"Director Tong's words are rough but true. What he said is absolutely correct. Jiangnan Group spent a lot of money to support you in order to protect the interests of the group from being harmed. You have also protected the group with your heroic battles and gave back to the group." Zhao Hao waved his right hand vigorously and said in a deep voice:

"All is past. From today on, your identities have been completely changed from the security force of Jiangnan Group to the maritime police force of the Daming Royal Tamra Garrison. Don't worry, you are still under the responsibility of Jiangnan Group, but the group will assign you new tasks--" Zhao Hao said, pointing to the bright red sun and moon flag behind him, and said in a sonorous and powerful voice:

"That is to protect this flag and the sea routes of our Jiangnan Group!"

"The group established the Ming Royal Shipping Corporation for the purpose of transporting the imperial grain by sea. Why should we transport the imperial grain by sea? Because it can reduce the burden of the people in the south of the Yangtze River by 90% when they pay the imperial grain in addition to the regular taxes!" While Mr. Zhao explained why the burden was reduced by 90%, he looked at the coast guard officers and soldiers on the scene with a sharp gaze, and indeed saw countless expressions of joy and encouragement.

The reason is very simple. More than 95% of these 4,000 marine police are from the ten prefectures in Jiangnan, and naturally benefit from the sea transportation of grain. The rest are from Shandong and Henan, and their families have settled in Jiangnan. As their income increases, they will gradually settle in Kunshan.

Now everyone understood the significance of shipping grain. The question of why we were fighting was almost solved.

"The benefits of shipping grain by sea are far more than that." Young Master Zhao waved his hand and continued loudly: "The court also granted our shipping fleet the right to conduct overseas trade. You may not know how important this is to Jiangnan and the Group. Let's put it this way, because of the cessation of maritime trade, the silk weaving industry, the pillar industry of the ten prefectures in Jiangnan, suffered a heavy blow. Half of the raw silk and silk products had no market, and last winter there was even a civil uprising in Suzhou."

"In the end, the group had no choice but to spend a huge amount of money to support the silk weaving industry. How much did the group spend? As of last month, it was a full eight million taels, which was barely enough to maintain the livelihoods of the people in the ten prefectures of Jiangnan."

This was a bit exaggerated, because the group did invest 8 million taels in purchasing raw silk and silk, but the Jiangnan Textile Corporation led by Liu Zhengqi had already sold half of them relying on the powerful sales network of the Dongting Merchants. So the paper loss was only less than 3 million taels. And they were all corporate bonds issued, and the Jiangnan Group actually only paid a few hundred thousand taels of interest.

Moreover, as soon as the news of the grain transport reached Jiangnan, the price of raw silk and silk products rose. It was only because the Jiangnan Group was in control that the price did not rise as wildly as it did the year before. However, it was enough to turn the huge amount of raw silk and silk products stockpiled by the Jiangnan Group into a sought-after hard currency, without any financial pressure at all.

But we still have to export it quickly, otherwise if we can’t open up overseas sales for a long time, the silk price will plummet again…

So Mr. Zhao's logic is not wrong, it just skips some links. There is no way, people who play tactics are dirty, and Mr. Zhao is even dirtier. I only heard him say in a deep voice:

"Eight million taels of silver can be piled up into a mountain. The group is under great pressure. Only by quickly resuming maritime trade and selling silk and raw silk overseas can we escape danger and make a lot of money! Only when the group makes a lot of money can we give bonuses to everyone!"

The police officers burst into laughter. What the young master said was so clear that they could understand it.

"But most of you have experienced the Battle of Gapo Island in different capacities, and you should have truly realized that this sea is not peaceful! This is a place where pirates roam and the strong prey on the weak. There is no win-win situation and no compromise. It's just a fight to the death, where the winner takes all and the loser leaves! So the group needs us to operate warships and fire cannons to wipe out all the monsters on the North Sea and protect our fleet so that it can trade safely!"

"'Jing' means to be vigilant. The Coast Guard is the patron saint of the Group's maritime trade! Without the protection of our Coast Guard, the Group's maritime trade will be vulnerable and can only become a fat sheep for pirates to fight over, and then withdraw from the maritime trade sadly. Of course, then we will lose the meaning of existence when we have nothing to protect. Therefore, our Coast Guard and the Group's maritime trade have a relationship of sharing happiness and sharing difficulties. Although we are not born on the same day, we will definitely die on the same day!"

"So everyone remember, our battle is to protect the group's maritime trade and maritime power, so that the people of Jiangnan can live a good life. Of course, we will also deserve to live a better life!"

Mr. Zhao waved his arms vigorously, and the heartbeats of all the police officers became faster and faster with his sonorous tone. He used the most plain language and the simplest truth to ignite the blood of the soldiers little by little. In the midst of their blood boiling, they clarified their responsibilities and developed a sense of pride and honor for their identities!

The soul of the coast guard is awakening!

"In the future, our overseas trade will expand to Southeast Asia and the West, earning endless wealth for the group and allowing the people of Jiangnan to live a good life. The duty of our Coast Guard is to eliminate all threats to our trade fleet. Wherever the maritime trade expands, we will fight there! When the maritime trade expands to the seven seas, our fleet will cruise on the seven seas. This is the glorious and sacred duty of our Coast Guard!"

"Go to sea, fight! Glorious and proud marine officers and soldiers, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is already too crowded to accommodate us latecomers to stand out. But on this 80,000-mile ocean, there are patches of virgin land that almost no one has cultivated. On the other side of the ocean, there are fertile lands several times larger than the territory of the Ming Dynasty waiting for us to own, there are countless mountains of gold and silver waiting for us to grab, and there are unprecedented great achievements waiting for us to obtain!"

Zhao Hao took a step forward and punched his left chest with his right fist. He hissed in a very alluring tone, "I promised you all these! I swear to you with my heart!"

In the audience, four thousand police officers simultaneously punched their left chests with their right fists and responded with a thunderous roar:

"I will destroy the seven seas and die with no regrets!"

"Go to sea! Go to sea!! Go to sea!!!" Then, under the leadership of Zhao Hao, they raised their arms and shouted together!

The senior police officers on the platform were also excited and shouted loudly! They knew very well that Mr. Zhao's last words were meant for them and the officers below the platform. It was a promise to them!

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In an almost boiling atmosphere, Zhao Hao announced the official establishment of the 'Ming Dynasty Royal Tamra Garrison' and awarded it a police flag.

Gao Wu, wearing a black police uniform, held a ten-foot-tall flag with a banner on it in both hands. He marched to the center of the platform, stretched out his arms, and handed the flagpole to Master Zhao with a solemn expression.

The flag was six feet six inches long and four feet wide. Its main body was the same as the Sun and Moon Flag, except that there was an extra one-foot-wide blue horizontal stripe at the bottom of the flag. It looked like the sun and moon shining on the sea.

Young Master Zhao took the flagpole with both hands and turned around to solemnly hand it over to Jin Ke. After Jin Ke saluted solemnly, he respectfully took the police flag and turned around to raise it three times to the soldiers below the stage. Each time the flag was raised, the soldiers cheered loudly!

Jin Ke retreated with the flag, and Zhao Hao awarded the fleet flag to Wang Rulong.

The fleet flag is slightly smaller, with an eight-foot flagpole, a flag length of four feet four and a width of two feet six. It has a blue satin base and no pattern, only a line of eye-catching Weibei-style gold characters embroidered on it: 'Tamra Garrison District Directly Under the Coast Guard Corps'!

This is to avoid totem confusion among the soldiers, so there is no pattern under the police flag.

Then Zhu Jue was awarded the flag of the Xingang Water Police Bureau...

Under Tang Youde's strong suggestion, the Gapado Marine Police Station was renamed and relocated, and the headquarters will be located in the future New Port Fort, which can better save resources and support the construction of the New Port City. However, the main force of the local fleet of the Marine Police Station will still be stationed on Gapado, specifically responsible for the protection of the grain shipping route.

Tong Zigong was then awarded the flag of the "Chengshan Water Police Station", the specifications of which were consistent with the fleet flag.

In fact, ship flags should be awarded, at least for the main battleships of the fleet, but after consideration, Master Zhao decided to turn it into a reward - only awarded to warships that have made meritorious contributions in battle.

Those warships that have never made any contributions, no matter how big or expensive they are, have only one number as their code name. The ones starting with 1 represent battleships, the ones starting with 2 represent medium-sized ships, the ones starting with 3 represent small ships, the ones starting with 4 represent various small boats and speedboats, the ones starting with 5 represent transport ships, and the ones starting with 6 represent other special ships.

Moreover, after Zhao Hao allowed the warships to have the right to name, the crew members named their own warships to encourage the officers and soldiers on each ship to fight bravely and deepen the relationship between the police and the warships.

In order to set an example, after research and discussion, the garrison decided to award only one flag to the medium-sized Wuwei ship numbered '301' to commend its outstanding performance in the Battle of Gapa Island.

This decision had been notified to the 301 ship ten days ago, which made the officers and soldiers of the brother ships jealous. Even Haierge, who had been promoted to captain of the 101 ship, shouted that he wanted to take back the 301.

The officers and soldiers of the 301 ship were extremely proud and launched a heated discussion. After countless nominations and countless overturns, they decided to name their battleship "First Blood"!

In the official application submitted by the captain and police instructor of the 301 ship, they explained the name as follows: Our ship fought bravely in the Battle of Gapo Island and successfully destroyed the flagship of the Japanese pirate fleet, making great contributions to the first victory in the battle. It can be said that in this punitive operation, the Japanese pirates shed the first drop of blood, so our ship was named "First Blood" in memory of this. Sincerely, salute!

Although Mr. Zhao felt it was strange, he couldn't explain it and had to approve their application.

So, the captain of the 301 ship, with two black iron stars on his helmet, proudly took the flag with "First Blood" written on it from Chief Police Inspector Zhao amid the envious and jealous gazes of everyone!

He also imitated his superiors and waved his hand three times, but except for the fifty police officers on the "First Blood Ship" who cheered enthusiastically, the rest of the police officers chose to ignore it. If it weren't for Director Tong watching over him, there would definitely be people booing.

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