Itsutsuki Island is located on the west side of Hirado Island, with a radius of about ten miles and only a few miles away from Hirado.
Decades ago, when Hirado Island was a Japanese foreign trade port, Izuki Island was once prosperous, with many buildings and merchants from the Ming Dynasty living on it.
However, for better management, the Japanese shogunate ordered the foreign trade port to be moved from Hirado Island to the Nagasaki Peninsula, and Izuki Island also disappeared.
There was little arable land on the island, and Japanese farmers did not want to live here.
There was a special Tang Dynasty housing area on the Nagasaki Peninsula for the Ming Dynasty merchants to live, so there was no need to live so far away.
So Ikutsuki Island is now very deserted.
But today it became bustling again, because dozens of large ships came here.
After arriving here from Nagasaki, Chen Yue had no dissatisfaction.
On the contrary, he felt more relaxed.
In Nagasaki, he felt very uncomfortable living under the eyes of the Japanese, but here it was different.
After arriving at Shengyue Island, more than 20 large-scale ships stopped in the bay, leaving enough manpower to guard the ships.
Chen Yue led people to board Shengyue Island in a small boat.
There is an 80-meter-high cliff on the east side of Shengyue Island.
When Fu Chun and others were renovating the island's residence, Chen Yue, Gu Junen, Chen Yan and others climbed to the top of the cliff.
Looking up, they saw winding mountains in the distance.
The winding coastline, ships floating on the sea like toys, and the entire Nagasaki Bay are all in sight.
Looking at the blue sea and sky from a distance, seeing the turbulent waves up close, and taking in the vastness of the sky and the sea, it makes people feel proud.
"I didn't expect that the Japanese country also has such beautiful scenery, it's not much worse than Putuo Mountain."
Even Gu Junen couldn't help but praise.
"The world is so big, with so many wonderful sights and beautiful places.
Only by going out can you see the vastness of the world.
Only in the Ming Dynasty, you will never know the world overseas."
Chen Yue said with a smile.
"That's what the Duke said."
Gu Junen said with a smile.
Now he no longer had any resentment at being forcibly taken out to sea.
As his knowledge increased and his horizons broadened, he realized how ridiculous his previous views were.
After seeing the huge profits from sea trade, he was puzzled that Ming Dynasty only regarded land and only collected taxes from farmers.
The profits from maritime trade are so huge.
If it were all controlled by the imperial court, how could the national treasury be so destitute?
Sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing it, the people in the imperial court must be so ignorant.
However, I was not much better after following Li Zicheng, and their knowledge was extremely shallow.
That is, how did I know about sea trade before, and how did I ever pay attention to overseas countries?
Only a person like Qi Guogong can have such a broad vision and such a far-reaching gaze.
Gu Junen looked at Chen Yue's profile and felt a trace of admiration in his heart.
This man was afraid of comparison.
Looking at Chen Yue, and then thinking about Li Zicheng and the group of people in Shunying, Gu Junen couldn't help but feel a little ashamed for his choice to assist Shunjun.
Even if Shunjun conquers the world, how can he use the knowledge of Li Zicheng and others, and how much better than the Ming Dynasty?
This world should be controlled by people like Qi Guogong "Mr.
Gu, what do we think we should do next?"
Chen Yue asked, not knowing that Gu Junen was having ups and downs in his heart at this time.
It's only the end of July now, and it will take at least three or four months before the monsoon turns.
We can't do nothing for such a long time.
"My lord, I think we have three things to do now.
First, we should use this rare free time to practice the navy.
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After all, our Zhoushan navy has just been established, and now it is supported by the old crew members, but they are not our own.
Our people must learn to sail as soon as possible and become proficient in maritime combat skills.
The second is to use Li Guozhu's relationship to purchase some specialties from Japan and bring them back to the Ming Dynasty for sale.
Most of our goods have been sold, so we can't just ship back empty.
Buying some Japanese goods and transporting them back to the Ming Dynasty can make another amount of money.
The third is to find ways to expand our strength.
I spent some time on the Nagasaki Peninsula and saw many Japanese samurai wandering in the port.
I heard that they were all wandering samurai who had lost their lords and were trying to find employers at the port.
I heard that these people were all professional samurai.
He is not engaged in production on weekdays, but specializes in martial arts training to serve his family, and his fighting skills are superb.
We in Zhoushan are short of men now.
Can we recruit some such warriors?
It will at least be better than recruiting new soldiers. " After Gu Junen thought carefully, he gave Chen Yue three suggestions.
Chen Yue nodded approvingly: "What Mr.
Gu said is true.
Of course our ship cannot return empty-handed.
I will contact Li Guozhu and ask him to help purchase Japanese specialties.
However, our Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and Japan seems to have nothing but a lot of money.
Especially famous things, well, let Fu Chunrang go to Li Guozhu to discuss what to buy back.
We can’t let up on the navy training either.
I’ll let Wu Ping supervise the brothers.
The fighting ability of the Japanese warriors is indeed not bad, I should recruit some for my use.
However, we in Zhoushan are the army of the Ming Dynasty, and we should still focus on the army of the Ming Dynasty.
However, there are many things that are not suitable for our army to do.
Let these Japanese warriors do the dirty work and work as coolies for us. " Seeing that all three suggestions he made were adopted, Gu Junen became energetic and said, "My lord, I have something I don't know should be said appropriately."
"If you have anything to say, feel free to say it.
It's just the two of us here, so we should talk about everything we know."
Chen Yue said with a smile.
"I have to say frankly that although we have many talents in Zhoushan, we lack people who really understand naval warfare.
Although General Wu Ping is not bad, it is his first time at sea."
Gu Jun'end said.
Chen Yue pondered for a moment and nodded heavily: "What you said is true, that's why I established the Naval Academy in the hope of cultivating a group of talents."
The shortage of naval talents is very helpless.
After all, the Pingnan Army used to be The army mainly fights on land, and most of its subordinates are from the mainland.
How can they know how to fight at sea?
"Our own generals don't know much about naval warfare, so how can we cultivate qualified talents?"
Gu Junen shook his head and said, "But now we have an opportunity.
We captured many Dutch people in the recent naval battle.
These Dutch people People who have traveled thousands of miles to come to our coast in the Ming Dynasty are naturally familiar with navigation and naval warfare skills.
We should find a way to make them useful to us, and at the worst, we can teach us their experience."
Accept these Dutch prisoners?
Chen Yue had a smile on his face, this really reminded him of himself.
Now that there is a shortage of talents under his command, Chen Yue is unwilling to give up all opportunities to improve his strength.
So what about the prisoners, as long as they can be used by me, Chen Yue does not mind dragging them to Zhoushan: