If they have achievements, rewards, and trade privileges, they will definitely continue to hire mercenaries from the southeast, Africa, and Europe.

You know, that's 4 million taels of military pay.

Enough to employ 100,000 people.

Arquebusiers are just cannon fodder. They don't need armor from head to toe, just a gun.

In fact, the local people, especially the compradors, believe in the red-haired fighting power.

Precisely because they believe it, they have to interfere with it.

Later, they went to war several times and finally proved their strength. Even Emperor Yongli, after seeing the fighting power of the red-haired mercenaries, chose to turn his whole family into believers in God. This is ironclad proof.

You must know that he is the emperor. Even though he is the last emperor, he is still the emperor.

It's a pity that it's too late and Yongli no longer has the financial resources to hire.

Chongzhen, who had the financial resources to hire, encountered various constraints, and he was not determined and could not understand, thus wasting the opportunity.

Wen Rensheng understood this very well.

In fact, Ming Dynasty had too many opportunities to save itself.

However, in a world where one family has one surname, when 95% of people encounter a problem, they first consider whether it can benefit themselves, then the surname, and finally the country and dynasty. No, they will not consider it in the end.

Don't do anything, just rest by yourself.

If the system continues to operate like this, sooner or later it will collapse one day.

Because not many people are willing to think about the big picture first.

Only 5% of the seeds are dormant, waiting for better opportunities to lead people to rise again.

This is the advantage of having more people. If there are fewer people, 5% of the people will easily be wiped out during the massacres over the years and will never be revived.

This is also the reason why small civilizations and small races are easily cut off. It is simple and direct.

After three months, if the soldiers and horses are not yet proficient, continue practicing.

However, a clipper ship has already arrived to report that the fleet of red-haired men appeared in the distance of the port. They watched eagerly and blocked the port.

It seems that the fighter jet Wen Rensheng was looking for has appeared.

However, the red-haired people are also very smart. As the proactive party, they are still five miles away from the port. At this distance, their cannons can hit the port.

But they couldn't be reached at the port.

And it was impossible for the fireship to approach them at this distance.

The opponent can fly the kite by changing its direction.

But of course it is difficult to fly a kite, after all, the wind direction changes at any time.

But the fireship must have suffered heavy losses.

Wen Rensheng would not bet on this trend.

At this time, the two commander-in-chiefs came to him for discussion.

"Now that the red-haired man has taken the initiative to come to the door, should we send envoys to stabilize him first?" Commander-in-Chief Yu Datao was somewhat knowledgeable.

Wen Rensheng understood the other party's intentions and pretended to deceive the other party, saying that trade was possible, and then took the opportunity to make a sneak attack.

"Yes, if we show the enemy weakness and take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack, we can achieve a complete victory." Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming also said.

"Such deceit will only make the red-haired people dissatisfied, thinking that they have not lost in terms of strength. Sooner or later, they will have to do it again, and they will not be able to leave." Wen Rensheng shook his head.

"What should we do?"

"Of course there is another way, select 50 clippers and 300 sea ghosts, carry gunpowder in bamboo tubes, seal them, and carry pig urine to use as air, quickly go to the sea, sneak in at a distance of three to five meters, and get under the enemy's big ship...

..." Wen Rensheng said.

"This, the enemy is in the open sea, not in the harbor. They can hide." Zhou Ming was a little unprepared.

Wen Rensheng said: "Our clippers can approach from the outside, and then send out water ghosts. The emphasis is on deterrence."

Yu Da Tao heard this and said: "In this case, I will personally take 20 large ships and 50 fast ships to drive away the enemy."

"Then there is General Lao." Wen Rensheng said.

Then the Ming Navy navy began to go into battle in a mighty manner.

These days, the Ming Navy's navy still performs better than most of the battalions.

People rely on the sea to eat, and most rely on smuggling and fishing trade to still have enough to eat.

And it is also very effective at sea.

Wen Rensheng also specially selected loyal and brave men who dared to work hard to gain wealth.

Wen Rensheng had already agreed with them that the deceased would also enjoy the pension from Kuaiji Shipping Company, and from now on the family would have rice, salt and silver available every month.

The reputation of this shipping company is much better than that of the government.

At least most of these water ghosts have heard of this new boat line on the water.

With these rewards, morale is still quite high.

After a long time, the ship's manpower arrangements were completed.

But the red-haired man never fired.

Wen Rensheng understood that the other party did not want to quarrel, but still wanted to rely on intimidation to allow the Ming Dynasty to engage in free trade.

However, what seemed to be a very simple and reasonable request in later generations was treasonous and contrary to ethics under the feudal tribute system.

How can you, a country of barbarians, be able to travel freely to our kingdom?

impossible.

You have to use the tribute system to get trade, and there are limits.

As a result, smuggling has become more popular.

When it comes to smuggling, the red-haired people have many restrictions, and the quantity and quality of the goods they can obtain are limited.

Moreover, Jiangnan maritime merchants would also smuggle it to the island countries themselves instead of selling it directly to them.

Wait until the ship leaves.

Hongmao's five Galenic ships finally raised their battle sails and lowered their speed slightly to ensure the accuracy of their cannons.

However, this is undoubtedly a disadvantage under the Clippers' strategy of choosing close combat.

This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to expel the red-haired people without suffering any big losses.

Western ships of this era had great advantages in the ocean, but their advantages in offshore waters were much smaller.

There are no steamships after all.

Offshore wind is also limited.

The wind force near the shore will definitely be affected. It is affected by the mountains and soil, and the wind changes too much.

Especially at those outlets, the terrain and wind are very complex, and large ships simply dare not enter directly. If they do, they will be besieged to death.

So it is often the world dominated by pirates.

But this time, when the red-haired people came to block the port, they obviously did not have much advantage from the beginning.
Chapter completed!