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On February 1, 1642, the sky was still rainy. In the middle of the night yesterday, several transport ships coming from the local area were wandering outside the harbor because they were dark and unclear. They were not allowed to enter the dock in the bay until this morning.

The three transport ships brought the New Huaxia Colonial 800,000 yuan of funds raised by the Ministry of Finance, and also had a considerable amount of weapons, ammunition, cotton, leather goods, hardware and other commodities. According to the plan, Xinhua Fort will build a large cargo storage and transportation center like Hezhong Fort, and all kinds of goods required for transactions with the Ottoman Empire will be shipped directly from the Xinhua Fort warehouse, which will be much more convenient and much faster.

The three transport ships and an escort naval warship were not prepared to stay here for more. At present, the local maritime transportation capacity was still extremely tight, and they didn't have much time to wander outside. Therefore, Shiqinjie immediately ordered people to load a large amount of wood, coconuts, air-dried sea goods and other local specialties that had been prepared long ago on the ship. Of course, he did not forget the most important cargo that these transport ships pulled back, that is, people.

Under the organization of local militia, 1,200 relatively strong Ming immigrants were picked out, and then they boarded the boat with the assistance of sailors. Before leaving, they were told that after returning to the rich land, they would be granted houses, land, farm tools, seeds and oxen, and then clear land in a beautiful lakeside area, and live a fairy-like life they had never dared to imagine. In the future, they could eat the grain they planted themselves. If they were willing to work on the construction site during the slack season, they could still eat the fragrant beef. Where can they find such a day in the Ming Dynasty, which is now full of war?

These immigrants have been in Xinhuaburg for almost a month, and their physical condition has improved greatly. Most people's faces are full of healthy blood, and no longer the bitter look of the previous face. The immigrants boarded the ship very quickly, and by the afternoon, they almost all boarded the ship. The fresh water, vegetables and meat prepared by Xinhuaburg were also delivered to the ship in time. After a few wounded and sick people were placed in Xinhuaburg for recuperation, the four ships did not make any stops and directly pulled the anchor overnight and left Xinhuaxia Bay.

After 1,200 Ming Dynasty immigrants left, Xinhua Fort suddenly became much empty. After the more than 600 Eight Banners slaves who took two warships of the Second Fleet to the southern Tacheng area last week, the number of residents (including slaves) near Xinhua Fort suddenly dropped from more than 8,000 to more than 6,000. With the gradual development of the Tacheng Coal Mine, the continuous decline in the population of Xinhua Fort has become inevitable. However, the significance of the Tacheng Coal Mine is extremely important. With the spare time in the Xinhua Fort area, Shi Qinjie will definitely strongly support the construction there.

The day after the fleet left, that is, February 2, the sky cleared a day. It was originally a comfortable day, and Shiqinjie, who had just woken up, thought so. He also asked his secretary Rodrigo to prepare some fishing gear for him, and was preparing to relax and enjoy the fun of going down the sea to fish in the bay. At this moment, a rumbling roar sounded faintly outside the bay.

It was the sound of cannons! Shi Qinjie immediately made a judgment. He had heard the sound of cannons during practice on the cannons at the entrance of the bay many times, so he could naturally distinguish what is thunder and what is the sound of cannons! It was nothing to hear the sound of cannons. At least the more than 20 heavy sea defense artillery installed on the three cannons have been frequently fired to practice. But the problem is that there is no arrangement for artillery training today!

"Rodrigo, go and see what's going on." Shi Qinjie felt a little uneasy, so he quickly spoke out.

"Okay, sir, I'll go see it now." Rodrigo responded, then turned around and walked out the house. However, before he could reach the door, an officer in an army uniform suddenly ran in outside the door.

Shi Qinjie looked closely and saw that the person came was Lieutenant Baishui, the deputy commander of the 3rd Company of the Army. Baishui looked nervous at this moment, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. As soon as he entered the door, he heard him shouting: "Old Shi, something big is not good, our fishing boat was attacked. I just saw clearly on the No. 3 Fortress, three sailing Garen ships and three masts looked like armed merchant ships, chasing our four fishing boats. The place where the incident happened was at the entrance of the bay. Fortunately, our fishing boat was not far from the fortress and soon hid in the harbor. Those ships should not be chased in. Damn, but now it seems that they are already fighting fire. These ships are really brave enough to be resolute. Do you really want to rush in!"

"Which country's ships? So arrogant! I'm afraid no one nearby doesn't know that this is the territory of our East Coast Republic of China, right?" Shi Qinjie was a little surprised. Someone rushed to the door to provoke. This matter was a mess!

"Without hanging flags, I can't tell which country it belongs to." Baishui said helplessly, "but I can guess that, besides the Portuguese who are across the Mozambique Strait, there are only Dutch people nearby who have several slave-catching sites near the southwest coast here. I guess they are Dutch people. They are used to being arrogant and often go to Mozambique Island, Sofara, Marquis de Lorenzo City and other places to fight for autumn wind. The Portuguese have no choice but to do anything about them. This time, they are not ruled out that they can grab it easily, and then they run to us all the way to see the situation."

The Dutch slave hunting site mentioned by Baishui is located on the southwest coast of Madagascar, near Tulair. Since the Dutch took over the British East India Company's Fortress of Good Hope a few years ago, it has been trapped by the shortage of immigrants. In addition to recruiting immigrants from Europe who cannot survive for various reasons, the Dutch also brought many Malays, Javanese and Chinese from the East India region to the Cape Town Colony to farm and work.

Due to the actual pressure of the East Coast people, the Dutch did not build Cape Town as slowly as in history. Their Batavian High Court sentenced batches of subjects after batch of rule with incredibly efficient, and then sent them all to the Cape Town colony to grow vegetables, alfalfa, and grazing cattle and sheep for the East India Company.

However, even so, Governor Deyan of Good Hope Fort was still unable to satisfy him. Especially after the East Coast people completely defeated the invading Kama tribe army through a brilliant victory, Governor Deyan, who was shocked by the East Coast military strength, began to increase the strength of the Cape Town colony through various methods. He first made some concessions with the East Coast people about the demarcation of the colonies between the two countries in exchange for temporary peace; then he began to exchange with them the weapons urgently needed by the Kama tribe such as muskets and even artillery to exchange for slaves captured in the war with them.

In addition to these, he also sent some Dutch ships stationed there to harasse the Portuguese colonies along the coast of Mozambique, and occasionally went ashore to plunder, which captured many local Zambesians. While attacking the Zambesians on the west coast of the strait, they naturally turned their attention to the island of Madagascar on the east side of the strait. The southwest of this huge island is a flat grassland area, where many semi-nomadic indigenous tribes live.

Compared with the indigenous people in the north, the indigenous civilization level on the southwest coast is lower, and most of them are still slave society, so they have become good targets of plunder for the Dutch. According to the estimates of the East Coast people, starting from the Cape Town Colony to the Dutch, they had already plundered no less than a thousand indigenous slaves on the vast land near Tulair. With their efforts, the population of the entire Cape Town Colony in the Netherlands was estimated to have risen to more than 3,000 people, and they had initially gained a certain degree of strength.

"Let's go to the fort to take a look." Shi Qinjie didn't say nonsense, and walked towards the dock with a wave of his hand. There were several canoes on the dock. Shi Qinjie and others took a few guards to board the canoe, and then several Irish sailors began to row the boat and head towards the bay entrance to the fort.

More than an hour later, Shi Qinjie and others boarded the No. 3 Fortress located on the South Sea Cape from the side and rear of the fort in the bay. Five platoons of army officers and soldiers were stationed in this fort, as well as a large team of heavy artillery gunners composed of local residents or new immigrants from the Ming Dynasty.

At present, the No. 3 Fort has installed two 24-pound cannons, four 18-pound cannons and four 12-pound cannons, and the firepower is quite good. At this moment, there are about 50 gunners on the fort, all of which are making noises. Some people are walking around between the various gun positions, looking a little confused.

This gunner team has just been formed less than a month ago, and has not fired live ammunition several times, and its military quality is also very average. At this moment, when they suddenly encountered enemy ships attacking, they were indeed a little panicked. After seeing the No. 1 artillery firing, they didn't care that the artillery had not been calibrated and the firing table had not been established and improved, so they also rush to fire a few guns at the enemy ship on the sea. However, the result of the artillery firing was naturally extremely poor. Several shells fell into the sea without exception, just wasting precious gunpowder.

"Why are you panicking? Don't fire randomly!" Baishui walked into the barracks of his troops as soon as he got onto the forts, and then led the army soldiers to the various forts to suppress them, driving the panicked gunners back to their respective artillery positions. After doing this, he did not care about arranging Shi Qinjie and others to walk to the two 24-pound artillery positions and began to carefully guide them to shoot at the three Dutch ships on the sea.

At this time, the three Dutch ships were also a little panicked after being fired by artillery on the fort. They did not expect that so many heavy sea defense artillery were hidden on the headlands that looked lush and lush, so they were turning around quickly. The gunner team had just been established less than a month ago, and their live ammunition had not been fired several times, and their military quality was also very average. At this moment, when they suddenly encountered enemy ships attacking, they were indeed a little panicked for a while. After seeing the No. 1 fire, they didn't care that the artillery had not been calibrated and the firing table had not been established and improved, so they also rush to fire a few guns on the enemy ships on the sea. However, the result of the artillery firing was naturally extremely poor. Several shells fell into the sea without exception, but they were wasted precious gunpowder.

"Why are you panicking? Don't fire randomly!" Baishui walked into the barracks of his troops as soon as he got onto the forts, and then led the army soldiers to the various forts to suppress them, driving the panicked gunners back to their respective artillery positions. After doing this, he did not care about arranging Shi Qinjie and others to walk to the two 24-pound artillery positions and began to carefully guide them to shoot at the three Dutch ships on the sea.

At this time, the three Dutch ships were also a little panicked after being fired by artillery on the fort. They did not expect that so many heavy sea defense artillery were hidden on the headlands that looked lush and lush, so they were turning around quickly. The gunner team had just been established less than a month ago, and their live ammunition had not been fired several times, and their military quality was also very average. At this moment, when they suddenly encountered enemy ships attacking, they were indeed a little panicked for a while. After seeing the No. 1 fire, they didn't care that the artillery had not been calibrated and the firing table had not been established and improved, so they also rush to fire a few guns on the enemy ships on the sea. However, the result of the artillery firing was naturally extremely poor. Several shells fell into the sea without exception, but they were wasted precious gunpowder.

"Why are you panicking? Don't fire randomly!" Baishui walked into the barracks of his troops as soon as he got onto the forts, and then led the army soldiers to the various forts to suppress them, driving the panicked gunners back to their respective artillery positions. After doing this, he did not care about arranging Shi Qinjie and others to walk to the two 24-pound artillery positions and began to carefully guide them to shoot at the three Dutch ships on the sea.
Chapter completed!