There were so many red barbarians who were captured alive, but there was no big reward. After checking, Zhu Youjian only rewarded a sword and removed another 10,000 taels of treasury as a reward.

After discussing with the two of Zhao Yan and Chen Zhongsheng, they took the opportunity to open the Shandong sea ban, but they were still rejected. The sea ban involved too many interests.

Zhao Yan's intention to open up Shandong's sea ban was strangled again, so he could only shake his head helplessly for this.

In early March, the teams who went to the Liaodong Peninsula to explore the terrain returned one after another and brought back the topographic maps of Liaodong and Zhenjiang. Zhao Yan was overjoyed and rewarded each soldier of the team with 200 taels of silver. He also established the "Liaodong Special Forces Brigade" and promoted the team leader Cheng Jin to the team leader.

"The main task of the Liaodong Special Exhibition Brigade is to investigate information in the enemy's territory, attack Jiannu, destroy production, etc., and members need people who are proficient in the Liaodong environment to serve as the ones." Zhao Yan said to Cheng Jin: "After you go back, select 300 Han people from Liaodong and form a special combat brigade as soon as possible. Your main task is to investigate the information mobilization of Jiannu's troops and horses, and instigate the Liaodong Han people to escape to destroy the production of Jiannu."

"The official understands." Cheng Jin responded excitedly.

"Go to the Ministry of Military Affairs to report!" Zhao Yan handed over the appointment letter to Cheng Jin.

"yes."

After Cheng Jin came to the Ministry of Military Affairs to report, he then began to select personnel from the Han people who fled from Liaodong. Most of the young and strong people who fled from Liaodong entered the army, with a population of less than 1,000, so the manpower was very sufficient.

After selecting the 300 people with the highest loyalty, Cheng Jin's special operations brigade was immediately taken to the Intelligence Department for in-depth training. The Liaodong Special Operations brigade belongs to the Intelligence Department to a certain extent, but unlike the mere collection of intelligence, it also serves as a certain violent character.

They need to be proficient in assassination, robbery, poisoning, setting fire, spreading rumors, instigation and other methods of destruction. At the same time, they must understand disguise in order to get involved.

At the same time, they also need to be proficient in a series of techniques such as survival in the wild.

Their most important task was to destroy the production of the Qing Dynasty and instigate the Han people to escape.

Although Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang, he failed to control the Qing Dynasty repeatedly and failed to achieve the effect of restraint, Mao Wenlong's existence allowed the Han people in Liaodong to see hope. There were more than 200,000 Han people who fled to Pi Island, and the production of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed to a certain extent.

What surprised Cheng Jin was that they actually received 50,000 taels of activity funds, which shows how much Zhao Yan attaches to them. He said to the members of the special forces: "The Lord has spent a lot of effort to restore Liaodong and rescue his fellow Liaodongs. When I arrived in Liaodong, I must remember not to be greedy for life and death, be ungrateful, and do things that sell my tribe and seek honor."

Everyone agreed.

...In the Zheng family's mansion in Shijing, Fujian, Zheng Zhilong is discussing matters with his generals.

Zheng Zhilong has received a very bad news since last year that General Denglai intervened in the trade, which made Zheng Zhilong very angry.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had 100,000 sailors, both white and black, and there were thousands of warships, which seemed to be the dominant one of the southeast coasts.

Japan is Zheng Zhilong's forbidden body. Except for the Dutch who can get involved in Japan, anyone else who gets involved in Japan is robbing his money.

Even the Dutch merchant ships were often intercepted by him.

Since last year, Zheng Zhilong's merchant ships' profits from trade in Japan have dropped a lot. First of all, porcelain is difficult to sell in Japan. Not only are there porcelain shipped from Denglai, but also Imanli in Japan have also begun to produce porcelain.

Furthermore, the prices of tea and cotton cloth began to dip, but the prices of sugar and honey did not fluctuate much. The ironware bought from Foshan could not be sold in Japan.

What made Zheng Zhilong even more angry was that the general of Denglai Zhao Yan exported more goods to Japan than him. According to Nagasaki's eyeliner report, a very fast merchant ship arrived in Japan almost every day. After unloading the goods, it immediately loaded silver and brass. If there was no storm at the sea, it would return directly.

There is also a large fleet of ships, all of which are made of Dutch merchant ships.

This made Zheng Zhilong very puzzled. However, two days ago, the news that Zhao Yan had sunk eight warships of the Red Barbarians had been spread throughout the world through the palace reports. Zheng Zhilong and the others finally knew the reason.

This news surprised everyone in the Zheng Group. The Dutch were their old rivals, but they were always in a state of being unable to do anything to each other.

The Dutch ships are strong and cannons are powerful, while Zheng Zhilong has small ships and few cannons, but there are many people and many ships, and each has its own advantages.

Once they meet, the Zheng group usually grabs the Dutch warship with a hook anchor, then rushes up and burns the Dutch warship with a mother-child ship.

The Dutch were usually frightened and fled in a panic, or saw hundreds of warships and dared not approach them.

In terms of losses, the Zheng group's losses were much greater than that of the Dutch, but the southeast coast was close to the Ming Dynasty's territory. Zheng Zhilong could replenish ships and personnel at any time, but the Dutch were unable to replenish ships and personnel.

Everyone's face was a little heavy, and the atmosphere made people feel depressed for a moment. Zheng Cai suddenly sneered: "I believe everyone knows the power of the Red Barbarians' warships. Back then, we were blocking the brothers' alliance and fighting everywhere. Even we could not sink eight of their warships in one breath. How could that general Denglai sink eight of them? The cowhide was so rude."

"hehe!"

"Hahahaha~!"

As soon as Zheng Cai spoke, laughter suddenly appeared, and everyone's mouth smiled, and the depressed atmosphere suddenly disappeared. Zheng Zhilong also laughed and nodded and said, "My official troops from the Ming Dynasty have always liked to exaggerate their achievements. It is true that they cannot be trusted to sink eight Red Barbarian warships."

"But you must believe it. It is probably true that 600 Red Barbarians were captured alive. On the Red Barbarians' warships, there are usually between 200 and 300 people per ship. There should be no eight warships that they sink the Red Barbarians, but there may be three or four." Zheng Zhilong continued, Zheng Zhilong was once sent by Li Dan to serve as a member of the Dutch fleet, and had a period of cooperation with the Dutch and was also very familiar with the situation of the Dutch fleet.

Everyone's faces suddenly became solemn again. Even three or four Dutch warships were not something they could easily sink.

"What are the Red Barbarians going to Qingdao, Laizhou to do?" Zheng Zhibao asked in confusion.

"We received news before that General Denglai was using the merchant ships of the Red Barbarians to trade in Japan. They may have robbed the Red Barbarians of the Red Barbarians, which angered the Red Barbarians, so the Red Barbarians went to Qingdao to retaliate, but obviously did not get good results." At this time, Li Guozhu speculated.

"Haha! Maybe it's right!" Zheng Cai responded with a sarcastic smile on his face.

Li Guozhu was the son of Li Dan, the brothers alliance. Before the rise of Shibazhi, the overlord of the previous generation was Li Dan of Yishang and Yidao, with 500 merchant ships and dozens of armed merchant ships.

After Li Dan's death, Zheng Zhilong embezzled Li Dan's property in Taiwan, which aroused the resentment of Li Guozhu. Later, together with Liu Xiang, he broke away from Zheng Zhilong's power and ran to establish his own business.

After Liu Xiang became the comprador of the Netherlands, he received support from the Dutch, but was soon targeted by Zheng Zhilong and sent out warships to fight. During the process of suppressing Liu Xiang, Li Guozhu saw that the wind was wrong and turned against Zheng Zhilong again.

Therefore, Li Guozhu is not very popular in the Zheng group. But he is Li Dan's son and Zheng Zhilong's brother, but he also has a certain status in this group.

"This time we call everyone to discuss solutions," Zheng Zhilong said. "If we continue like this, we will lose Japan's profit."

"If you have anything to discuss, whoever doesn't accept it, just beat him up." Gan Hui said coldly. Since Zheng Zhilong was stroking, this group has been doing this style.

Zheng Cai smiled bitterly and said, "This Zhao Yan is different from the pirates. He is an official army and his official position is higher than that of the eldest brother. Moreover, this Zhao Yan is not simple. His troops are strong and powerful. I believe everyone knows that in the seventh year of the Battle of Fengyang and the eighth year of the Battle of Luohe, there are tens of thousands of thieves who were beheaded."

"After all, we are begging for food at sea. Land combat is our weakness, but the foundation is on land. The strength of the Denglai Army's land battle is probably not something we can resist, it is very difficult." Zheng Cai continued.

"Hmph, we are also an official army. Can he still dare to move us on land?" Gan Hui snorted coldly and said with extreme contempt: "We are the overlords at sea."

"Brother and he are both generals of the court. Even at sea, we are not easy to do." Zheng Cai shook his head and said.

"If you destroy it directly, what can he do to us? Do he dare to send troops to Ishii? I'm afraid he will be stopped by the court on the way." Gan Hui speculated: "Even if he is involved in the maritime trade, his strength will definitely not be strong. It will be easy for us to destroy him, but it is difficult for them to destroy us from land."

"This..." Zheng Cai couldn't help but ponder, "What if... what if... he really rushes south regardless of obstruction?"

"Fujian is mountains, so you can stay at a dangerous distance." Gan Hui said loudly. Zheng Zhilong nodded softly at this time. Gan Hui suddenly felt energetic and continued: "If Zhao Yan knows the appearance and pays taxes to us every year, it is okay to let him trade in Japan! If he doesn't know the appearance, he will steal him once. There are too few ships from the Red Barbarians, and the brothers have not opened it for a long time."

"Yes! The brothers under his command have not opened for a long time and are complaining about the lack of oil and water."

"Brother, just take Zhao Yan to take action! That's a fat sheep! It's not slaughtering you, you won't slaughter."

"Brother, if we don't do anything, will we give up Japan's trade to him Zhao Yan?"

Zheng Zhilong's generals suddenly started to make a noise. Raiding merchant ships is definitely their way to make a fortune. If they rob the merchant ships, they can get a commission or even hack some of them.

Unfortunately, since some of the Dutch merchant ships were stolen, they immediately reduced the number of times they acted alone and instead used warships to escort, which led to a sharp drop in oil and water. Those merchant ships escorted by warships were simply seeking death when they moved.

"Okay." Zheng Zhilong immediately made up his mind, "Then let's steal his damn, Zheng Zhibao."

"At." Zheng Zhibao hurriedly left the line.

"Bring two gunboats and go north to investigate the Denglai trade route immediately." Zheng Zhilong ordered.

"yes."

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!