Yangang is undoubtedly the base camp of the Ming Dynasty in this sea area. It was originally a deserted island that was not suitable for humans to live on a large scale. It was covered with rocks and mudflats, and there was no place to adapt to the cultivation of cash crops. Before the Ming people came here, only a few local natives lived on the island.

But he is the island closest to the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming merchants came across the sea and crossed the vast sea, they saw the first piece of land. They landed here, searched for fresh water, or avoided the storm that might come.

Gradually, the place gradually flourished. First, the maritime merchants collectively invested in the construction of a simple port here. This island, originally called Yandao, was simply changed to Yangang by the maritime merchants.

Maritime merchants are developing rapidly. Yangang first attracted the attention of Wang Yueyao of the Commerce Department. Her original intention was just to make more money, so she transferred funds to build large-scale construction in Yangang, chisel stones and dig soil, fill the mudflat land, and then build houses and warehouses on the mudflat land. After more than ten years of operation, Yangang has no longer been the deserted appearance of the past. This place has become the largest transit station for Daming Maritime Merchant, and the size of the port is no less than Baoquan Port, which is located in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to maritime merchants, more Ming people came here and operated this port in Yangang, opened inns, restaurants, and restaurants. In name, the Marine Merchants Federation was the Marine Merchants Federation, but in fact, it was the Ming officials who were truly managing this place.

Although there was no formal army stationed here, a guard was formed in the name of the escort of the Marine Federation of Marine Federations, with all retired soldiers from the Ming Dynasty. Their equipment and combat effectiveness were no less than that of the Ming army. Their mission was to ensure the safety of Yangang.

In the sea area of ​​Manila, in addition to the military port originally owned by Manila, Yangang was the most important springboard for the Ming Dynasty to advance. In the military port in Manila, the Ming Dynasty only borrowed it and was subject to many restrictions, but in Yangang, the Ming people themselves took charge of it.

Most of the natives who originally lived here have now become employees of the Marine Federation. Naturally, their lives have changed dramatically. From being uncovered and unable to cover their stomachs, to being free of food and clothing, they have basically been assimilated by the Ming people, eating food from the Ming people and wearing clothes from the Ming people. The children read schools run by the Ming people, and the young people are working hard to learn the language of the Ming people.

Everything happened naturally. Because for the natives here, if they could speak fluent Ming dialect, the salary they received could immediately rise by several levels. More than ten years have passed, and in addition to some of the elderly, the natives here have even forgotten their native language. These people stayed with the Ming people. If they didn't look at them, they were obviously shorter or darker than those of the Ming people, you can basically no longer tell whether they were Ming people.

The first stop for all maritime merchants that come across the sea must be to stay in Yangang, where they can supplement their living materials, obtain first-hand business information, and then decide on the next stop location they will go to.

This place is more like an overseas enclave in the Ming Dynasty.

In the past six months, the atmosphere in Yangang has become very tense. Lei Guard led most of the guards originally stationed here to leave, and the Manila waters became a little chaotic. Even places like Yangang began to be attacked by pirates.

At sea, Yangang did not have many armed warships available, but as soon as the pirates landed, they would be ruthlessly killed by the island guards. After trying several times, the pirates finally gave up this place. One reason was that they could not get any advantage at all, and the other was that their attack on Yangang led to soaring prices in Manila, and many necessary materials for survival were seriously scarce.

The methods used by the Ming Dynasty for this sea area were actually similar to those of Da Chu at that time. They used commercial activities to turn the island country here into the raw material bases of the Ming Dynasty. For example, the rubber industry.

On the island country that is rich in oak trees, oak trees are planted everywhere, and primary rubber refining and production workshops are built. The Ming merchants transported these primary products back to the Ming Dynasty for processing again. Planting and producing these things make more money than the original industries of the island country. With money, you can naturally buy everything, because in addition to transporting away rubber materials, the Ming merchants also transported everything that others needed for their lives. The price of these things is cheaper than that of local people. Under such double attacks, the original survival systems of these island countries have been destroyed.

There are many island countries like this, producing all kinds of raw materials needed by the Ming Dynasty. For relatively large countries like Pattaya and Manila, there are only two or three in this sea area.

Everyone knows what these so-called pirates are. If they can get benefits when attacking the Ming Dynasty, there will naturally be no psychological barriers. However, if it affects most of the living environment, people will naturally be unhappy.

It was under this background that Yangang was safe again, and the Ming Marine Merchants also logged in here and then transported countless supplies and goods to this sea area.

What was really affected was the Lei Guard's troops who were out to fight.

There is stability in chaos, and there is chaos in stability. It can be said that it is a strange phenomenon in the current Manila waters.

Yu Rongguang is the current head of the Maritime Merchants Federation in Yangang. He was originally the deputy of Lei Wei, who was a senior general of the Ministry of State Security, but Yu Rongguang is a senior official of the Ministry of Commerce.

This period was the most difficult time for Yu Rongguang. On the one hand, he had to ensure the normal operation and safety of Yangang Port, because if Yangang was in chaos, it would not only be that the production and life of Manila would be greatly affected, but even many industries in the Ming Dynasty would stagnate.

On the other hand, he had to pay attention to the progress of Lei Guards at all times and constantly find ways to provide logistics supplies for Lei Guards. He organized merchant ships to do everything possible to break through the enemy's blockade and send supplies. Even if only 100% of the things ended up in Lei Guards, it could ensure that Lei Guards survive.

After receiving the latest information from the Ming Dynasty, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The court finally made up his mind to completely solve the matter here. The matter in the Manila waters was not so complicated. Pattaya could not cause too much trouble to the Ming people. What really made the Ming people scratch their heads was Manila controlled by Luo Yishui, Chen Ci and others. This country was originally the most powerful country in this sea area. After Luo Yishui, Chen Ci and others took power, it developed extremely rapidly. Luo Yishui, Chen Ci and others were not only very insightful in military affairs, but also Luo Yishui, who came from a noble family, was also a good player in the governance of internal affairs and people's livelihood.

More importantly, their relationship with the Ming Dynasty was somewhat complicated, both interdependent and guarding against each other. If Luo Yishui in Manila could be in the same position as Lei Wei, how could Pattaya be worthy?

Yu Rongguang stood in his own office on the top floor of the building, looking down at the entire port. This building is the tallest building of the Marine Merchants Federation in Yangang and the location of the highest command. The building with a steel and concrete structure can ignore all sea waves and storms. The entire building is painted orange red, which is a striking coordinate for merchant ships sailing on the sea.

Another merchant ship slowly sailed into the port, and the ship was full of carbonite, which was Yu Rongguang's latest mission recently received. In this sea area, carbonite is not a rare thing. People here burn more firewood and charcoal. Carbonite will produce an unpleasant smell when burning, and even cause death. That is, the Ming people in Yangang like this fuel, and the carbonite produced in this sea area is all coal. If it were in the Ming Dynasty, it would be regarded as black gold by merchants. The price of coal is several times higher than that of ordinary fans, because it is better to boil the fire and the heat generated is also high.

Yu Rongguang knew that the steam engine needed to use burning carbohydrate to obtain energy. This time he received an order to collect a large amount of carbohydrate. Then the Ming warship that was about to arrive at Yangang was naturally the most advanced steam warship of the Ming Dynasty. I heard that the steam warship was equipped with the most powerful attack weapon developed by the Ming Dynasty, so this time it was an eye-opening event.

He had already collected millions of kilograms of carbohydrate in Yangang, all of which were excellent coal. He didn't know how long it would take to solve the problem this time, so when preparing materials, the more they were, the better.

"Sir Yu, what do you think?" A sea merchant standing beside him who came to discuss things with him suddenly pointed at the sea in amazement. There, thick black smoke rushed straight from the sea, looking like the sea had caught fire.

Yu Rongguang was excited and took two steps forward. He simply pushed open the large glass window, held the windowsill and stared at the distance.

A moment later, a towering warship, like a mountain, first appeared in his sight.

"Taipei!" he screamed excitedly.

"Taiping, our warship is here." The sea merchants around him were also happy and yelling. "Oh my God, such a big warship, hahaha, the dead monkeys in Pattaya this time should know how powerful we are."

Yu Rongguang ignored the words of the maritime merchants. His attention was focused on the Taiping that appeared in the horizon. As an official who has been dealing with maritime merchants for many years, he was very familiar with the ships. A large ship like the Taiping is not as fast as an ordinary ship, but now it is obvious that the speed of the Taiping is far higher than that of an ordinary ship.

He was quickly approaching Yangang. Behind him, five third-level main warships also appeared.
Chapter completed!