When they withdrew to the seaside camp, the two sides were at a stalemate. Although the Dutch discovered the camp by the sea, they did not send anyone to attack, but only watched from a distance. The number of Marines was relatively small and they were unable to counterattack, so the two sides quieted down.

After seven or eight days, Wu Yizhou's fleet finally returned triumphantly! They were able to annihilate the Spanish fleet without incident. The whole process of the battle was similar to that of Batavia. It was they who ignored the artillery of the opposing land and rushed up to the melee battle, hoping to end the battle as quickly as possible. And also rushed into the harbor and burned all the boats. And just like that, at the cost of two heavy losses on two ships, they completely annihilated the Spanish fleet!

So Wu Yizhou left half of the warships outside the port to spy on the Spaniards, and at the same time sent marines to the land to conduct raids and harassment battles. After that, the other ships were sent back to Batavia. So when Governor Cohen saw the newly returned warships on the city walls, he knew that the Spaniards were finished!

Wu Yizhou confronted the Dutch here, but Liu Pei was in a dilemma when he received Wu Yizhou's battle plan!

Because Liu Pei plans to send troops to deal with the Houjin Army this year, he is simply unable to open up a second battlefield. Although he said that he had recruited a large number of recruits from the victims, these recruits were now being trained in new barracks in Taiwan and the Ryukyus, and they were not able to conduct large-scale operations.

And there is also the most critical problem, that is, Liu Pei has no money again!

The 500,000 taels of silver that Liu Pei extorted from the Wa Kingdom a while ago were dispersed into his system in the blink of an eye, and became a steady stream of various materials into various materials. And the profits from his illicit salt trade were handed over to the increasingly large intelligence bureau.

As for the department store, the amount of water he extracted had reached its limit, and if he extracted it again, it would endanger the normal operation of the department store. Moreover, he also promised the shareholders of the department store that they would not take any turnover in the past year.

But if Liu Pei gave up the opportunity to seize Southeast Asia at this time, he was very unwilling. At this time, the Spaniard Liu Pei does not have to worry, because the Spaniards are now in decline and have no time to take care of themselves! Even if the stronghold in the East is lost, there is nothing they can do

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But the Dutch are different! At this time, they are in the rising period of national power, and the stronghold in the East is very important to them! So it was impossible for the East India Company to abandon Batavia.

However, when the East India Company received the news and organized troops to reinforce Batavia, it would take at least half a year during this period. In this half year, Liu Pei can wantonly attack in Southeast Asia, including uprooting the strongholds of Batavia City, and completely occupy Southeast Asia.

But Liu Pei is strength in his hands is relatively small, plus the military budget is exhausted, so he can't come up with a way for a while!

Liu Pei has been sitting in the house for a whole day today, and he has been thinking about whether to grab Southeast Asia directly? He just thought about it and decided! There is no reason not to eat the meat when it is delivered to the mouth!

But how to rob and how to raise military spending is a big problem. So it wasn't until night that Liu Pei came out and told the guards to call Liu Dahai to come.

A moment later, Liu Dahai rushed to Liu Pei's study. After seeing Liu Hui, he said, "I don't know what the handsome commands?" ”

Liu Pei said: "This time I have an idea that you need to contact some people, and a few of your helpers can also be released." Contact the maritime merchants who participated in the conference last time as soon as possible to meet in Quanzhou. said that the matter of attacking Nanyang was already under the eyebrow, and told them to prepare more silver taels! Needless to say, let's just say that whoever raises more silver taels will benefit more in the future! Let's ask them to meet at Wanghailou last time! ”

More than 20 days later, Wanghailou was chartered again. The bigwigs from all sides gathered in Wanghailou in a very low-key manner, waiting for the arrival of the Red-eyed Dragon King. Everyone was whispering about what the Red-Eyed Dragon King would say this time? Why do you need to raise a lot of silver?

However, everyone speculated that something unknown might have happened to Nanyang, so Liu Pei had to intervene in Nanyang in advance. But this is good news for the maritime merchants here! Anyway, they have coveted Nanyang for a long time, and if they can intervene in Nanyang's trade in advance, it will only be good for them, and there will be no harm.

Just as they were talking, Liu Pei appeared in the hall on the second floor surrounded by several guards. This time there are people here and the last time

It's different! This time, when they saw Liu Pei, they all saw Liu Pei as if they had seen a golden doll, and they got up to greet Liu Pei with a smile on their faces.

Liu Pei was also busy returning the gift. After a pleasant exchange, everyone sat down, and everyone waited to speak. Liu Pei picked up a cup of tea and took a sip to moisten his throat, and said straight to the point: "Have you already guessed the purpose of gathering everyone below?" That's right, I'm ready to send troops to seize the South Seas in advance! ”

As soon as everyone present heard Liu Pei's words, they immediately made an uproar! However, one of the old men waved his hand lightly, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said loudly: "Dragon King, since ancient times, the fierce battles of the soldiers cannot be moved lightly, so the old man wants to ask, what happened during this period of time?" ”

After Liu Pei glanced at the old man deeply, he roughly described what happened during this time. After listening to Liu Pei's story, everyone also agreed, after all, they also knew the truth that the opportunity was rare, and they were very happy that Liu Pei was ready to seize this opportunity!

Someone said at the moment: "No wonder the Dragon Lord wants everyone to raise money, this is a good thing!" I am willing to donate 5,000 taels of silver to the Dragon King! ”

Everyone also nodded, and was about to report the amount of silver they wanted to give you Liu Pei, but was stopped by Liu Pei waving his hand. Liu Pei said: "This time I do have the heart to borrow silver from everyone, but this time I borrowed silver is really different from the past. Not only do I want to take the silver for free, but I also want to share the profits with everyone! ”

Everyone was even more interested when they heard it, and they asked Liu Pei what kind of charter it was? Liu Pei said: "There are two ways to do this. The first option is the easiest. It was you who lent me the silver, and I used the Penghu tax as collateral. One year, repay the principal and interest at that time! ”

Liu Pei paused after saying this, so that everyone had time to think. But the old man who spoke just now had a sparkle in his eyes! He stared at Liu Pei tightly and said, "But I don't know what else is the way?" ”

At this time, Liu Pei already remembered the identity of the old man. The man's surname was Xu and he was a retired official. The highest was once the prefect of Huai'an, Jiangsu. There are thousands of hectares of fertile land in the family, and they are known as cultivators and heirlooms in the local area. It is extremely powerful in officialdom! It's just that all living beings don't know that behind this Xu family is indeed a big man on the sea!