Chapter 1038 The core business of Datang Western Company: Colony
As the battleship entered the port, the first batch of marines began to board transportation boats and began to land.
Because the number of traffic boats was limited, the first batch of people to land was not many, only more than a hundred people. However, even these more than a hundred people were very important to Ying Zihua's small fleet.
To avoid accidents, the artillery on the three ships was always aimed at the shore to prevent the enemy from coming out to attack the landing troops.
However, the defensive strength of this port is really not very good. The naval gun bombardment just now destroyed most of the defense settings of the port. Although some defense forces have begun to gather inside, they do not have the courage to rush to the shore.
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The Ottomans are not stupid. They are not ignorant natives. They have been dealing with the Spanish and other Western European countries all year round, and they know a lot about artillery. Moreover, they are also equipped with some artillery. They know that the artillery on those battleships is not
Very annoying.
However, they did not have the courage to rush forward, but they still began to gather hundreds of people far away from the shore to prepare for defensive operations.
The Marines of Datang Western Company who landed were not in a hurry. Instead, they lined up on the shore and waited for the second wave of landing members!
Not long after, after the second and even third batch of landing personnel arrived, the troops of Datang Western Company, which had assembled almost 400 people, took the initiative to launch an attack!
The five-pound field guns and shotguns moved from the ship took the lead in firing, directly bombarding the Ottoman phalanx on the opposite side!
Then the infantry square began to advance forward in a standard three-row formation!
At this time, the Ottomans on the opposite side also fought with matchlock guns and spears!
They didn't back down!
Instead, he fought bravely with the troops of Datang Western Company!
They are indeed the Ottoman army established by contemporary Suleiman I, and they have a very good fighting spirit!
Then……
Then they bravely collapsed!
Yes, the whole process only took about four or five minutes. When Datang Xiyang's company bombed with artillery, and the infantrymen went up wearing breastplates and carrying flintlock guns to shoot for a few rounds, the Ottomans on the opposite side simply collapsed.
They are very brave, but under the powerful firepower of guns and artillery, bravery can only make them more capable of withstanding casualties.
But after these two to three hundred Ottomans killed and injured dozens of people, the collapse was inevitable.
Of course, their bravery also paid off. They paid the price of dozens of casualties and the collapse of the entire army, and successfully caused the loss of one person killed and three injured to the Western Company's landing force.
There was nothing to say next. The Oss in the port began to flee. Whether they were officials, soldiers, or civilians, everyone was running for their lives frantically.
And Ying Zihua and the others have no intention of continuing their pursuit. They don't even intend to enter the port city, which is hundreds of meters away. Their target is just the dock!
After the landing troops entered the dock, they began to collect various supplies and at the same time forced local people who had not had time to escape to work as coolies to transport the supplies.
As for the language barrier, this is indeed a problem. Anyway, the people who log in can't understand what the locals say, and the locals can't understand what the people from the Western companies say, but is this important?
It doesn't matter. In front of the bayonet, the language barrier will not be an obstacle to communication between the two parties. With a few casual gestures, the locals will know what to do, and then they will work hard to move the supplies.
The many supplies on the dock, especially food and fresh water, were continuously sent through many small boats to the three large ships still floating on the sea!
After the Marine Corps on the road initially took control of the dock, Ying Zihua also took several senior employees of Datang Western Company to the shore to take a look, but they could only take a few casual glances.
The language barrier resulted in no possibility of in-depth communication between the two parties, and basically everyone who should run ran to the city not far away. Apart from the Marines and the captured coolies, there was no one else on the dock at the seaside.
A living person.
Well, after taking a few glances and confirming that the supplies were sufficient, Ying Zihua was too lazy to stay on the shore, so he hurriedly returned to the ship.
During the next whole day, they were busy replenishing supplies. It would still take some time to complete the replenishment of these three large ships. In addition, they also found some materials for repairing the ships at the dock, but
However, Ying Zihua changed his mind about repairing it on the spot. Instead, he brought the craftsmen and materials to the ship and then found a remote place to repair it.
Because he had already seen a large number of Ottomans gathering in the city not far away. The number may be nearly a thousand people, and they also launched a lot of artillery, including dozens of cavalry!
In order to avoid any accidents, Ying Zihua changed his original plan. After spending a day hurriedly replenishing supplies, in the evening, he directly led the fleet to evacuate.
What is left is a devastated pier!
This made the local Ottoman officials furious. At first they cursed the Portuguese, but after questioning, they discovered that the people who landed were not blond or red-haired white people, but a group of people with yellow skin and dark eyes.
Who is that person? Is he a pirate from the Persian Gulf or India?
Naturally, they didn't know that those who attacked Jeddah Port were the Tang Dynasty people from the distant Eastern Empire. Well, they were not official armed forces, but the private armed forces of a commercial company in the Tang Empire.
The language barrier, coupled with the poor information exchange in this era, and people's general lack of knowledge, led to the two sides fighting inexplicably, and it was still confusing.
But are these important?
It's not important!
Ying Zihua successfully grabbed the supplies needed by the fleet, and the Ottomans successfully repelled the 'pirates', regardless of whether they were Portuguese pirates or Indian pirates...
Everyone takes what they need, hello, me, hello everyone!
It is said that several major officials at the Port of Jeddah were promoted and made a fortune soon afterward because of their meritorious service in repelling the pirates. They even received awards sent by people sent by Suleiman I.
After leaving the confusing place of Jeddah Port, Ying Zihua recorded in his report that the Osmans were extremely aggressive and repelled outsiders, and suggested that the company should be more cautious in its policy towards the Ottomans in the future.
Although there was no trade agreement with the Ottomans, they successfully replenished supplies. On the whole, the Tang Western Company's fleet achieved their original goal!
Ying Zihua led the fleet to continue south, occasionally encountering other ships along the way. However, the ones sailing in the Red Sea were all small ships, most of which were ships of local merchants, while the three ships led by Ying Zihua were all large ships.
, when people saw it from a distance, they would hide and walk away.
Ying Zihua was also unwilling to make any further trouble. After sailing for a few days, he re-entered the northeastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. He directly found a remote and uninhabited haven, then anchored and started repairing the ship. At the same time, he saw that this place was barely okay, and the surroundings
There are no Portuguese or others around, so we simply plan to build a simple port here, leaving a few people stationed there to use it as a supply port.
After repairing the ship, Ying Zihua's fleet will continue to move south, and then they will enter the Portuguese sphere of influence!
While Ying Zihua and the others were operating on the east coast of Africa, the large-scale fleet organized by Datang Western Company once again set sail, starting from Guangzhou and heading all the way to Luzon!
This time, the fleet organized by Datang Western Company included twelve ships, the smallest of which had a tonnage of 500 tons, and most of them were standard 680 merchant ships of nearly 700 tons. In addition, there was a ship with a displacement of
It reached more than 900 tons.
These twelve ships are not expedition ships, but standard trading fleets, loaded with various goods and supplies for construction. At the same time, a thousand immigrants organized by the Immigration and Reclamation Division set out with them.
, these immigrants will set off on three other immigrant merchant ships.
In addition, the Navy also dispatched a fleet of one cruiser, two frigates, and three patrol ships to escort!
According to the relevant agreement reached between the official and Datang Western Company, this winter, Datang Western Company will officially hand over the Luzon colony to the government. On the imperial side, Luzon State has been officially established to manage Mindao Island.
colony, so along with the fleet, there were dozens of middle and low-level officials selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
When these fleets arrive in Luzon, a navy frigate and three patrol ships will form an independent Luzon fleet to station in Luzon for a long time.
It was precisely because of the relevant agreement that the authorities officially organized more than a thousand immigrants to go to Luzon.
After these immigrants arrived in Luzon, each of them was able to obtain twenty acres of land for free. If a family had three or four people, they could directly obtain hundreds of acres of land.
Of course, due to the dangers of maritime colonization, especially the frequent attacks by indigenous people, before these immigrants set off, the young and middle-aged people, including strong women, received simple military training and learned how to use guns in combat.
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The young and strong men among these immigrants had already been incorporated into the Luzon militia camp on the spot and became part of the militia camp before setting off.
These militiamen will also become an important part of Datang's military power in Luzon!
When Datang Western Company set sail at the exclusive pier, many people were particularly curious when they saw this huge fleet. Today, Datang Western Company is still a relatively mysterious company among the public because the trade license has not been announced to the outside world.
, so they don’t know the specific situation of Datang Western Company.
But many people know that this company is full of weirdness. Not only does it recruit a large number of retired soldiers, but it also has private armed forces and even warships. It is said that it is still fighting with the indigenous people in Nanyang. These things are unknown to many people.
It seems that everything is extremely abnormal.
Just because this company is solely owned by the Royal Asset Company, although they thought it was abnormal, they didn't say anything. After all, the whole world belongs to the emperor, and it doesn't matter if the emperor sets up a company with private armed forces!
Now, this mysterious company has once again organized a large fleet. They are curious about what this Western company wants to do!
What else can you do? Do business!
You know, operating colonies is the most important core business of Datang Western Company!
So although trade is important, establishing, expanding, and operating colonies is even more important!
You must know that one of the most important sources of revenue in Datang Western Company’s estimated revenue is the colonial tax share!