Therefore, Lei Jianming immediately handed over the work at hand to his deputy An Kexi, and hurried back to Lingbao and began to arrange the artillery.
Don't think that Lei Jianming only knows about prospecting for mineral deposits.
Before time travel, he was a senior water friend on a certain military forum. After time travel, if it weren't for the fact that there were no such talents among the time travel community, he would have joined the military group long ago.
However, this time he was able to independently lead the coal mine development team to Jiaozhi, and he was ready to have a good time.
Not to mention that Lingbao began to deploy artillery, just that the business in the dock area was booming, and the reputation spread immediately.
There are even businessmen coming here from Guangzhou and Quanzhou.
But a big tree attracts trouble, especially in this war-torn era, being rich is originally a kind of original sin.
On this day, Wang Haitao, who was out fishing on a fishing boat, hurried to the small building of the temporary management committee after returning to the port and disembarking, and reported an unusual piece of information.
Just in the afternoon, when the fishing boats started to cast their nets for fishing, there were several small boats sneaking back and forth nearby.
After that, these small boats even followed them to the vicinity of the dock area before retreating.
"Who do you think sent these boats?"
Zheng Xiangdong, who was sitting at the head of the long table, took a sip of tea and asked Wang Haitao.
Wang Haitao hesitated: "I feel that there are only two possibilities, either the Ming army or pirates!"
It's easy to say that the Ming army was probably the spies sent by Governor Guangdong. After all, they had already fought two battles with Qianhu Station, and even occupied Qiongshan County. Although Qiongshan County is now used
The county magistrate used a guise to cover it up, but anyone with a discerning eye could see it.
As for pirates, the possibility of this is actually greater than that of the Ming army.
After all, the governor of Guangdong is probably spending all his energy on how to defend against the Qing army, so he has no time to worry about the troubles on the South China Sea Island.
But pirates are different. Wherever there is money, they may appear.
A place as affluent as the dock area is probably rare in the entire south, so it's not surprising that it attracts salivating wolves.
"Order martial law for all, and the military team will prepare a defense plan. How is the fort repaired?..."
After being the chairman of the management committee for a period of time, Zheng Xiangdong now has a bit of the temperament of a leader. He shows a bit of grandeur when speaking and doing things. After a few words, he is very organized.
Soon, soldiers from the military camp began to mobilize and put the dock area on alert. At the same time, the recruits who were still studying in school were also rushed to several newly built forts.
Even as far away as Qiongshan County, Chen Liuxiang and others in charge of commerce also sent a car to pick him back.
No way, if the dock area is left alone and Qiongshan County is defended in both areas, the military team's strength is really not enough.
Who knows how many pirates there are in the attack?
It's better to guard the lair tightly first.
If the dock area is attacked by a sneak attack, Chuangzhong will really be doomed.
At night, in order to prevent pirates from sneak attacks at night, the dock area even turned on searchlights that had not been used for a long time.
Several bright beams of light shine out from the dock area, sweeping back and forth on the nearby sea.
At this time, somewhere in the outer sea that could not be seen by the naked eye in the dock area, hundreds of ships of various sizes gathered together, each flying different pirate black flags.
A group of pirate leaders were gathering on a lucky ship to have a good time, eating meat and drinking wine.
"Brother, when will we start?"
A middle-aged pirate with a scar on his face put down his wine glass, looking a little unable to hold himself back.
"What's the hurry? We'll wait until the third watch."
The pirate leader who was sitting at the head, with his clothes open and his muscles swollen, grabbed a piece of meat and took a bite before scolding.
After being scolded, the middle-aged pirate was a little dissatisfied, but given that there were many people on the other side's ship, he did not dare to stab him. After all, he only had three ships under his command, and he could only be regarded as the younger brother among the pirates.
It should be said that since Zheng Zhilong became the overlord of the sea, swept across the Netherlands, and destroyed the old brothers of Shiba Zhi, there have been no powerful pirates on the sea.
No way, since Zheng Zhilong has become the biggest pirate, he will not allow other pirates to exist.
But just some time ago, Zheng Zhilong came to the Qing Dynasty, which caused the largest pirate group on the sea in the late Ming Dynasty to split.
Some pirates followed Zheng Zhilong to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, some followed Zheng Chenggong to go to sea to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and some pirates who did not want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, were afraid of being restrained, and did not want to follow Zheng Chenggong to die, so they scattered south to look for new opportunities.
Well, the Qing army was powerful at this time, and in the eyes of those pirates, fighting against the Qing army would mean death.
However, after passing Macau, the pirates dispersed, each designated a territory, and began to plunder passing merchant ships.
But these days, it's not easy to be a pirate.
First of all, because most of the land in the Ming Dynasty was occupied by the Qing army, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Zhili and other places that used to be prosperous in commerce fell into the hands of the Qing army, which greatly reduced the number of merchant ships plying the sea.
Secondly, during this time of war and chaos, the merchant ships also strengthened their defensive capabilities. Regardless of the size of the ship, they all added more or less firearms.
This is not to mention those merchant ships from the West. Those merchant ships are basically equivalent to half pirate ships, with artillery and matchlocks on them. When those Thai and Western musketeers were in naval battles, the bullets were flying. If you were not careful,
, can chip away half of your teeth.
And the pirates themselves are not engaged in farming now. After robbing the merchant ships, they spend a lot of money. If they don't get it within a month or two, most of the pirates will starve to death.
Under such circumstances, they received news that several new products were released in Qiongshan County, and these pirates planned to go to Qiongshan County to rob a fortune.
But after the spies they sent to Nanhai Island reported back, they learned that the goods that the merchants were chasing for profit actually came from a place next to Qiongshan County!
There is no doubt that compared to Qiongshan County, this dock area is more likely to attract the attention of these pirates.
After all, compared to Qiongshan County, the dock area is the place where those goods are produced.
Especially when they learned that the bandits actually issued gold and silver coins themselves. In the minds of the pirates, traveling through the bandits was almost equivalent to gold mountains and silver seas.
As a result, the leader of the pirates, Ma Dalian, gave a slight greeting, and more than a dozen pirates immediately gathered together, preparing to ruthlessly grab the dock area!
The small boats that followed the fishing boats before were naturally sent by these pirates.
After following the fishing boat to find the dock area, I have to say that the modern atmosphere of the dock area really shocked the pirate spies, which also convinced the pirate leaders that this place was really rich.
Otherwise, how could it be possible to build a pier with such large stones?