In the south of the ocean, the climate is hot and the islands are crowded.

The rainy season is coming, and the downpour of rain hits the primeval forests. This is the most difficult time in the annual Nanyang region, and it is full of moisture everywhere.

A group of pirates fleeing along the Musi River have been hiding in the rain forest for more than two months. After more than two months, more than half of the members have dispersed.

Every day, some pirates secretly took a boat and surrendered to the naval officers and soldiers. More and more pirates could no longer support them because their families were still in the Ming Dynasty. When pirates became less and less prospects, returning to Fujian was inconvenient.

If the navy caught them when they were in the suppression, they would not be able to escape the consequences of being beheaded. But those ordinary pirates had nothing to do, and they were all minions, just to make a living at sea.

If these ordinary pirates have good navigation skills, they may even have the chance to be incorporated by the navy. Even if they are not incorporated, the court will distribute some land for them to manage. There is too much land that can be reclaimed in Nanyang. They can share it with them at will and then take their families over, so they can live a peaceful life.

Under such temptation, many ordinary pirates ran away secretly. Even if the pirate leaders kept punishing them at high pressure, it was still useless.

For those pirate leaders, the court's policies were very clear and firm, which was to cut them directly. These pirate leaders were restless. If they were put back, they would also cause great hidden dangers to social stability, so they would naturally cut them all.

Many pirate leaders were already in panic all day long, and they were always wondering who wanted to sneak away from the inside and whether someone would cut off their heads to do their contributions. So many pirate leaders did a lot of acts of suppressing ordinary pirates, but the result was contrary to the goal they hoped to achieve. The morale was depressed by this behavior inside and everyone was in danger. The idea of ​​ordinary pirates running away and surrender became even stronger.

Especially during this rainy season, I hid in the tropical rainforest on the banks of the Musi River. The environment is so harsh that I can’t eat enough, and I can’t get enough to get sick all day long.

These pirates hide in Tibet, and their lives are difficult, and they cannot see hope and light. They may die anywhere at any time, and such days are really too difficult. On the contrary, as long as they surrender to the navy, those ordinary pirates will have no risk at all. Instead, they can reunite with their families and even become members of naval officers and soldiers.

After some comparison, the difference is too great. The phenomenon of ordinary pirates among pirates running away is that they are constantly banned. If the ship had not been controlled, they might have been finished long ago.

However, several pirates ran to the mouth of the Musi River without obtaining ships, and encountered a naval fleet there.

This naval fleet had six gunboats, with the purpose of establishing strongholds on Jinzhou Island (Sumatra Island) and gradually including the entire island in the management scope of the Ming Dynasty.

The pirates were overjoyed when they saw the navy's fleet, and quickly raised the fire and released thick smoke, which successfully attracted the fleet's attention.

The fleet sent a small boat to pick them up. After a report, the naval officers and soldiers of the fleet realized that there was a group of pirates hiding in the Musi River Basin.

After the guidance of these pirates, the naval officers and soldiers then raided the pirate camp. During the raid, the ordinary pirates knelt down and surrendered, while the pirate leaders fled into the rainforest in panic.

Among the escaped pirate leaders, one of them was Zheng Zhilong, a pirate who later became famous in the Taiwan Strait. By accepting the imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty, he obtained huge human and material resources from the mainland, and thus easily formed a huge fleet. Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong later recaptured Taiwan and became a national hero. Zheng Zhilong was later killed by the Qing Dynasty because of his surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong ran into the rainforest, and behind him was a group of pursuers, which was not something that Zheng Zhilong should have been desperate. After jumping into a small river, he quickly got rid of the pursuers with the help of the smoothness of the river and the current.

However, Zheng Zhilong, who had got rid of the pursuers, felt that the situation was terrible.

Because Li Dan was dead, the former pirate alliance was also divided, especially under the attack of the court. Their group of tyrants who were both business and thieves had become rats hiding everywhere under the imperial encirclement and suppression. The crew members were unwilling to follow them. When they saw the imperial navy attack, they not only did not resist, but also did not even run away, and they were simply eager to be captured by the navy.

Sad! Desolate! Even despair. Zheng Zhilong looked at the surrounding tropical rainforest and felt desperate.

After the navy sent a fleet to Musihe to attack the pirate camp, it captured some ships and hundreds of pirates.

The fleet then continued to sail inland along the river. After half a day, they arrived at the later generations of "Paukgang", and easily landed in Paukgang, and declared their rule over the local indigenous people. It caused a conflict, but the power of these indigenous people was too weak and was no match for these Marines at all. The conflict of force was quickly suppressed. The indigenous people in Paukgang could not defeat them and quickly surrendered.

There are many islands in the South China Sea and extremely rich resources, but most of them are not developed. Therefore, after driving the Europeans out of East Asia, the Ming Dynasty began to build rule in various parts of the South China Sea and develop these resources.

Among them, agricultural resources are also extremely rich.

In later Indonesia, there were 280 million mu of arable land. In addition to the Philippines, Malaysia, and the entire Nanyang area was easy to reclaim 400 million mu of arable land. The crops were basically ripened twice a year, or even ripened three times a year, or ripened five times a year.

The Ming Dynasty needed Nanyang rice, cane sugar, cotton, spices and rubber.

Rice and sugar were commodities needed by the Ming Dynasty, while cotton was a more urgent resource. Whether in the Ming Dynasty or the external market, the demand for cotton was increasing.

There are also many indigenous people in Nanyang, who can provide cheap labor. After the implementation of the third-class and ninth-rank system of the Ming Dynasty, the indigenous labor was also effectively managed. Indigenous people who were not subject to discipline were forcibly arrested and educated, and those who could not be caught would be rushed into the rainforest.

There are too many islands to be included in management, but the meals have to be eaten bite by bite. If these islands are included in management, they can easily become hiding places for pirates.

As the scale of overseas resources is expanded, marine transportation will become more and more busy. If there is still pirate harassment, it will pose a great threat to civil aviation.

Therefore, the main task of the Navy now has become to encircle and suppress pirates and suppress indigenous riots, and the Navy is also responsible for exploration activities.
Chapter completed!