Hearing this, Li Guozhu felt a little bitter.
How could he not know that the Tiger Flag could build Galenic ships? The first batch of shipwrights were people his father captured from Luzon and Batavia.
Without these people, it would have been impossible for Tiger Flag to build the Galen ship.
It's a pity that the Tiger Flag can build Galen ships on Da Yuan Island, but the Li family can't, even if they capture boatmen who can build Galen ships.
Unlike Tiger Flag, although his father is considered the leader of a force, many people below him do not obey his father and son in everything.
Everyone knows that the Galen ships of the red-haired barbarians are good, but no one is willing to put away a lot of money and spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build the Galen ships. Even the Tiger Flag took several years to build its own ship. Lun ship.
After all, building a Galen ship is a very troublesome thing and costs a lot of money. More importantly, the Galen ship may be stronger in terms of force, but it may not allow the people below to make more money. The money spent on building Galen's ship is not as cost-effective as building a few more blessing ships.
So when they knew that the Tiger Flag could build a Galen ship, the father and son were really envious.
If their father could speak the truth like Liu Heng of the Tiger Flag in his power, they would have had their own Galen ship built long ago.
But precisely because they couldn't build it themselves, the Tiger Flag was able to build the Galen Ship, which also gave the father and son a great sense of crisis.
The Tiger Flag is different from the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch East India Company has limited people and ships in Batavia, but the Tiger Flag is the local force of the Ming Dynasty. As long as there are enough ships, it can get enough from the Ming Dynasty. of manpower.
It can be said that no matter how powerful the Dutch East India Company is, it cannot threaten the Li family, but the Tiger Flag is different. Once the Tiger Flag becomes powerful to a certain extent, it will inevitably become the Li family's opponent. In the future, either the Li family will annex the Tiger Flag. , or the Tiger Character Banner annexed the Li family.
More importantly, the Tiger Character Banner was based in the north of the Ming Dynasty. Even if it was defeated at sea, there would still be a chance to make a comeback. It would take a few more years at most, but once the Li family was defeated, there would be nothing.
This is why his father and his son still did it even though they knew that it would take more effort to bring the Dutch East India Company to Bengang if they wanted to dare to leave again in the future.
It is true that the Tiger Character Flag poses too great a threat to their Li family.
Li Guozhu took the boat gradually away from Taiyuan Island and headed towards Hirado.
He knew in his heart that as long as he brought back the news that the Tiger Flag did not agree with the ships of the Dutch East India Company to set up a supply point on Taiyuan Island, it would not be long before the Dutch East India Company in Batavia would send a fleet to the island. Member Island.
At that time, the Tiger Flag will fight with the Dutch East India Company's fleet in the waters near Taiyuan Island.
On Damuan Island, Zheng Tie and Yan Weixin were sitting in the house.
Not only the two of them, but also Li Zhao, the military judge on the island, Zheng Chao, the sailor instructor, and Xing Chaoxi, the commander of the island's combat barracks, are all here.
Several people sat down separately.
A cup of hot tea was placed in front of everyone. Except for the record clerk, there was no one else in the room. Even the guards around them were arranged to wait outside.
"That's what happened. Tell me what you think!" Yan Weixin told Li Guozhu's purpose of coming, including the news that the red-haired Yi fleet would soon come to Damuan Island. He also told everyone in the room personal.
Li Zhao, who was sitting opposite Yan Weixin, was the first to speak: "There is news that the Red-haired Yi fleet is attacking Taiyuan Island. We need to send a fleet to send this news back."
"The message must be sent back, but that's not the point. After all, it takes a long time to go back and forth. We can't wait for the proprietor to give us orders. The next thing we need to discuss is how to defend against the Red Mao Yi fleet. ." Yan Weixin reminded.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xing Chaoxi said: "The red-haired Yi have long had the ambition to invade Dajuan Island. It just so happens that this time we can let them have a taste of our power."
"Yes, when things have reached this point, we have no choice but to fight." Zheng Chao also said.
Zheng Tie, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at the people in front of him and said: "We all know the strength of the Hong Mao Yi fleet, so this battle must be won, and it must be won beautifully, otherwise even if the Hong Mao Yi fleet is defeated, Mao Yi and Li Dan may also take advantage of this opportunity, after all, he has always been dissatisfied with his power withdrawing from Da Yuan Island."
"Hmph, this old guy still thinks that he is really the Kapitan that the barbarians say he is!" Xing Chaoxi snorted coldly.
Kapitan is the name given by the red-haired barbarians to the leaders of the Han people.
But in the eyes of everyone in Tiger Flag, Li Dan was just a pirate leader who wanted to monopolize the benefits of Ming Dynasty's maritime trade, and was not worthy of being called a leader at all.
Li Zhao said: "Our ships should be enough! The Red-haired Barbarians have many ships and thousands of soldiers in Batavia. These people are more difficult to deal with than the pirates under Li Dan."
"No matter how many red-haired barbarian ships are in Batavia, it is impossible to send them all to Taiyuan Island. However, we fight in the waters around Taiyuan Island and take advantage. Those sand ships can be used just offshore." Zheng Tie explained to Li Zhao.
Hearing this, Li Zhao nodded.
Although they built many ships in Bengang, including Galen ships, they were still lagging behind the red-haired barbarians of Batavia. After all, their time at sea was too short.
If Liu Heng hadn't spent all the money he earned from sea trade on shipbuilding, I'm afraid the gap between him and the red-haired barbarians would be even greater now.
"How about the sailors? We have ships, but we can't let the sailors use them. Otherwise, it will be useless no matter how many ships cannot sail to the sea." Zheng Tie looked at Zheng Chao.
Zheng Chao said: "Don't worry, Commander, there are enough sailors. Not only that, there are also many sailors on those sailing ships. There will never be a ship that cannot go to sea because of lack of sailors."
"My war barracks has also been training with the ship for a long time, and I will never be held back." Xing Chaoxi from the war barracks also said.
As a soldier on Da Yuan Island, the fighting on land is limited, and more of the fighting is on the ship. People on the ship need to do things such as joining gangs and seizing the ship.
The soldiers in the war camp must not only be able to fight in formation like the soldiers on land, but they must also be able to fight on ships.
Even though his father and his men defeated the Dutch East India Company's fleet at sea, they lost far more ships and sailors than the Dutch East India Company.
If it weren't for the fact that the Dutch East India Company's home fleet wanted to come to Hirado and had to spend a year at sea, it would be hard to say who would win in the end.
"The people of the Tiger Flag were able to build the Galen Ship because of Master Li. If Master Li hadn't helped them get the shipbuilders, how could they have built the Galen Ship?" Moringde said sarcastically.
