"I cannot stay away from our base camp for a long time, so I will make the next strategic arrangement and I will return to Liaonan."

"There will be only two forces left along the southeast coast. One of them is the Guangdong pirate Liu Xiang, and the other is the Dutch people of Yizhou. Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong are in the same lineage. Although their power is not as good as Zheng Zhilong, it is still very difficult to occupy the near Hong Kong Island and join forces with pirates such as Li Kuiqi. As for the Dutch people, there are two cities in the south of Yizhou, one is Taiwan City and the other is Chikan City, with a population of thousands. However, the Dutch people have more than ten armed merchant ships, the Taiwan City is three meters high and cannons are placed, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Which direction do you think we should determine first?" Chu Yun summoned Nelson and other naval generals and asked.

"Well, we have to defend Xiamen Bay and Bengang at the same time. I personally tend to regard Xiamen Bay as our navy's base on the southeast coast." said a navy general.

Chu Yun glanced at the man, a naval major named Sun Xu, who is currently the captain of the Dazhao Fengfan battleship. These naval generals who grew up from unknown soldiers have been trained by Nelson and have become an outstanding group of local naval soldiers.

In addition to the Victory, Atlant, Constitution and other ships summoned by Chu Yun through the system were basically driven by blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, the others were basically local soldiers from southern Liaoning. Moreover, after the sailors on the Victory were injured and killed in the battle, the list of shortages had to be supplemented by local soldiers. This led to a shortage of naval soldiers, so Chu Yun naturally had the idea of ​​pirates, a group of proficient water-based soldiers.

"Sun Xu, tell me your opinion." Chu Yun said.

"Yes. Xiamen Bay is the only way to the south of the Yangtze River and Guangdong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the north. If the passing merchants do not want to pass Xiamen Bay, they can only enter the Pearl River, land from Guangzhou City, and then take ten times the time from southern Fujian to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they may be attacked by bandits on the way. So as long as we occupy Xiamen Bay and give them a little bit of life, they will definitely choose to go by sea instead of land. At that time, we will collect taxes on ships passing by Xiamen Bay, and a steady stream of silver will be paid. Zheng Zhilong did this, and each large ship must pay him a protection fee of 3,000 taels." Sun Xu said.

"What Sun Xu said is very much. Liu Xiang appears in the waters of Guangdong. If they also impose taxes on past caravans, then past merchants would have to pay tolls to Liu Xiang and us at the same time. Assuming that we could have collected 3,000 taels of silver, now we can only collect 1,500 taels. If we collect too much, we will not be happy." Other naval generals agreed.

"Nelson, what do you think?" Chu Yun asked Nelson.

"I also agree with taking Liu Xiang first," Nelson said.

"Then let's decide. We need to prepare for attacking Liu Xiang for a while, and then eliminate them in one go. When do you think it's appropriate to launch an attack on Liu Xiang?" Chu Yun asked.

"It is estimated that it will take until autumn. According to the navigation chart of Li Guozhu's little brother, the southeast coast will soon enter the summer typhoon season. At that time, the typhoon will be raging. If you act easily, you may encounter the tragic situation of the entire fleet being destroyed." Nelson said.

"Yes, especially in July and August, there are often typhoons in the sea area of ​​Guangdong. It is better to wait until the north wind blows in autumn and we can take down Liu Xiang in one fell swoop." Li Guozhu said.

"Since that's the case, the time is tentatively set in September and October. When Liu Xiang is eliminated, we can turn back and deal with the Netherlands in southern Yizhou." Chu Yun said, "The City of Chikan in the Netherlands is on the shore, and Taiwan is on the island of Jiao. We can divide our troops into two groups, one from land to the south along the western plains, and one from the shore to conquer Chikan in one fell swoop, cutting off the connection between the Netherlands on the shore and the Netherlands on the island of Jiao. In addition, we enter the Nei Bay of Yizhou from the sea, surround the Taiwan City, and bombard the island of Jiao with artillery, forcing the Netherlands to surrender."

"Basically, our Admiralty Department and the Army Leader have the same idea. At that time, the Marine Brigade will attack on land, and we will use warships several times the Netherlands fleet to blockade and shell out at sea." Nelson said.

"I feel relieved when this happens. There is one more thing I will make arrangements for."

"We occupy Xiamen Bay and cannot charge merchants tolls as blatantly as Zheng Zhilong, otherwise it seems that we are different from pirates." Chu Yun said.

"What the military leader means is that we have to collect tolls in another name?"

"Smart. We need to use tariffs instead of this protection fee. We will impose tariffs on passing ships. The amount of tariffs is proportional to the value of the goods on merchant ships. Any ship passing through Xiamen Bay must be moored on Xiamen Island to impose tariffs, which can promote the development of Xiamen Island. We will transport production machines and steam engines to establish factories on Xiamen Island, and trade with Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Nanyang areas nearby. At that time, we will export raw materials from Yizhou to Xiamen Island, and export technology and talents to Xiamen Island in southern Liaodong. Xiamen Island will become a nearby trade center, and will continuously absorb both silver from nearby areas like a bloodsucker worm to replenish our finances."

"This is my planned Xiamen Trade Port plan. Do you think it is feasible?" Chu Yun said.

"Trade Port..." The eyes of these naval generals lit up.

The success of Dalian Port has made southern Liao a triangular trade center in the north of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo and Japan. If we learn from the construction experience of Dalian Port to develop Xiamen Trade Port, then Xiamen can become the triangular trade center in the south of the Ming Dynasty, Yizhou and Nanyang, which is equivalent to the Liao army occupying most of the East Asian waters. This is even more ruthless than simply collecting tolls.

"If we do this, will the merchants on the southeast coast feel threatened? After all, they supported our Liao army in the past because our own products were in the north. If we set up the factory in the south, it would arouse their dissatisfaction. Our Liao army still needs to rely on these merchants on the southeast coast." Some staff members who followed Chu Yun said.

"Just let them participate in the construction of Xiamen Bay and pull them down. With these merchants here, I think even if the court wants to retake Xiamen Bay, the forces and families behind the merchants will be held back. Moreover, there are many merchants on the southeast coast that are not controlled by our Far East Trading Company. If they fall, the Southeast merchants in our Far East Trading Company will be gloating." Chu Yun explained.

Just as Chu Yun and a group of people discussed the construction plan of Xiamen Trade Port again, a naval soldier reported to Chu Yun and the others: "Military leader, all the commanders, Putmans, the governor of Yizhou of the Netherlands, asked for a visit."
Chapter completed!