I have to say that with Luzon suppressing the Zheng family and defeating the Netherlands, things in the South China Sea have also gone a lot smoother.

On the eighth day of December in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhao Jingyong came to Xin'an County with the official documents obtained from the Yamen of the Guangzhou prefect, and began to recruit people here to build a port.

Because the wages offered by the Luzon people were as high as 100 wen a day and they were in charge of food and lodging, for a time there was a flood of people from Xin'an, Panyu and other surrounding prefectures and counties who were recruited to work.

One hundred wen a day, equivalent to two taels of silver a month, is considered a high salary among the common people wherever it is placed.

Of course, Zhao Jingyong and others did not have the idea of doing charity, and while the construction project of the port was in full swing, the work of mapping the local people was also carried out at the same time.

For those families who performed well, worked hard, and had good qualifications, the Luzon people quickly sent out invitations to emigrate, and later there were even cases where entire Hakka villages moved to Taiwan or Luzon.

As the saying goes, the wind blows eggshells, and wealth goes to people's comfort, and the Liu family's money offensive is very tempting for the people of the Ming Dynasty who are living in difficulty.

The main urban area of Childgang is located in the area of Kowloon in later generations, and the bay facing it is named Mazu Bay.

By the time the port of Childgang began to take shape, the five-star red flag had already fluttered over Childport.

With the Luzon Navy asserting its control over maritime trade in Guangxi, Hainan, Annam, and other places, the entire South China Sea has become Luzon's dominance, at least nominally.

Why nominal, because at this time piracy was rampant, coupled with the limited number of the Luzon fleet, it was impossible to complete real control of the South China Sea.

Under such circumstances, on the 16th day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, You Degao, who had been repairing in Taiwan for several months, once again led 6,000 soldiers and horses, led by Sun Wu, and a detachment of 20 warships left Wanghai Fort (formerly Relanza City) and headed north.

Just northeast of Taiwan, in the Pacific Ocean, there is a chain of pearl-like islands, and here is the Ryukyus, a vassal state of China since ancient times.

The first stop of You Degao on his way north is here.

According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, the current king of the Ryukyus Kingdom, Shang Feng, is the eighth king of the second Shang Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he is fifty years old this year.

The name Shuri of the Ryukyu Imperial Castle is derived from the name "Rite State" at the time of the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, which shows that Ryukyu is a member of the typical Chinese civilization system.

However, since the 37th year of Wanli, the Satsuma Shimazu Domain of Japan plundered the Ryukyu Shuri Castle, the Ryukyus have been under the control of the Satsuma Domain for 31 years, and even the Ryukyu King has been forced to go to Edo to meet the Tokugawa shogunate.

Ryukyu had become a de facto vassal of the Tokugawa shogunate, but it was only in consideration of the relationship with the Ming dynasty that the Tokugawa shogunate tolerated the retention of the name of the Ryukyu country.

Naturally, the Luzon Shogunate, which had already regarded the entire Northeast Asia region as a forbidden country, could not tolerate such a move by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Ryukyus were an important relay station to Japan and had to be controlled by the Luzon Shogunate.

Moreover, Luzon was not ignorant of Japan, and because of the Shimabara Rebellion, the Tokugawa shogunate had now successfully completed the closure of the country.

With the exception of a few foreign powers, such as the Zheng family and the Dutch, all foreign merchants were forbidden to do business in Japan, and the seals of daimyo in Kyushu and other places were abolished.

Under these circumstances, the Luzon General's Mansion certainly did not naively think that if he went to Japan, he would be able to enjoy the treatment of the Dutch and the Zheng family.

Moreover, the Luzon General's Office not only wanted to trade with Japan and Korea, but also wanted to directly monopolize the foreign trade of these two countries.

From Anping Prefecture in Tainan, it is necessary to travel 2,000 miles by sea to reach the Ryukyu Shuri Castle.

You Degao's fleet first sailed along the western coastline of Taiwan, and after repairing and replenishing supplies in Keelung, it headed northeast again.

It was not until the first day of the second month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen that the fleet reached the port of Naha in Shuri.

After more than 200 years of development, Shurijo Castle has become a city with a population of more than 10,000, and the port area is located in Naha.

As soon as the huge fleet led by Yu Degao arrived off the coast of Shuri, it immediately caused a sensation among all the residents of Naha Port in Shuri Castle.

On the Sun Wu, You Degao and others carefully observed the movement on the dock, and said lightly with their lips: "Order, prepare to land to control the dock, and if you resist, kill on the spot." ”

In the Shuri King Castle, the current Ryukyu King Shangfeng has been seriously ill and lying in bed for several months, and the slaves and maids who are taken care of around him don't even dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing Shangfeng's rest.

Suddenly, there was a noisy sound outside the originally quiet palace, and the door of Shang Feng's bedroom was pushed open, and a round-faced young man dressed in the red python robe of the prince of the Ming Dynasty hurriedly rushed to Shang Feng's bed.

"Father, the king of the Ming Dynasty is here, we are saved."

This young man is the third son of Shang Feng, the son of the king of the Ryukyus, Shang Xian.

Shang Feng, who was still lifeless and lying alone in the hospital bed, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes revealed an inexplicable color, and his sallow face began to become vivid.

"My son is serious, is it indeed the master of the Ming Dynasty?"

Shang Feng's withered hands grabbed Shang Xian's shirt and struggled to ask, his face full of anticipation.

Shang Xian's young round face showed an unconcealed ecstasy, and he nodded desperately, "That's absolutely right, the fleet of the Wang Division who came here is all under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, although there are only 20 ships, but all of them are as tall as a mountain. ”

In order to confuse the Satsuma samurai of the Ryukyus, and to give the Ryukyuan people the courage to resist, You Degao and others are all under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and now it really works.

"Erchen's subordinates have come to report that they have already fought with the Japanese people on the dock, and it is said that there are at least nearly a thousand kings ashore."

"Hahaha, hurry, quickly mobilize all the soldiers and horses in the palace to guard the palace gate, and you must insist until the king comes to help."

Shang Fengqiang's words made Shang Xian suddenly realize, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at Lin Dehong, the purple scarf official who came in with him.

"Aiqing quickly dispatched men and horses to guard the palace!"

"I'll do it."

In the Shuri royal castle, Shang Feng's father and son and all the palace people were anxiously waiting for news from the dock.

On the docks of Naha, the battle between the Luzon Marines and the Japanese soon came to an end.

At present, the Satsuma clan sent 1,000 ashigaru troops in Shuri, including 150 iron artillery troops and 200 archers.

For Ryukyu, a place with only 3,000 soldiers and horses at its peak, this was an absolutely overwhelming force.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that the Ming army was preparing to land on the dock, Kitago Dingmori, the general of the Shimazu family who was in charge of guarding the Ryukyus, immediately organized his men to prepare for resistance.

However, the ferocious firepower of the Luzon army directly stunned the Satsuma samurai, and before they disembarked from the frigate, hundreds of Luzon marines immediately seized several entrances and exits at the port, and opened fire here.

The iron cannon of the Satsuma samurai was actually an arquebus built by the Japanese themselves, and it had no advantage in the face of the Luzon army's dragon and saga.

The archers could barely reach the Luzon position, but the bamboo bows used by the Japanese were light bows, and shooting at a distance of seventy paces could be of much use.

In just two quarters of an hour, the samurai and ashigaru forces of the Satsuma clan who had come to Naha to support were completely annihilated by the Luzon army.

As for Kitago Dingsheng, the general of the Satsuma Domain stationed in Shuri, he was blown up beyond recognition by a grenade in the process of screaming and charging with a sword.

Before the Ryukyuan could react, the Luzon army had already entered Shuri Castle.

Faced with a thousand heavily armed and mightily dressed Luzon soldiers, the Ryukyu soldiers who were still trying to control the fear of guarding the royal castle hurriedly opened the gate of the Miyagi Shouli Gate in fear.

The prince of the Ryukyus, Shang Xian, with a group of high-ranking officials such as the secretary and the pro-party, had already been waiting in the palace tremblingly, and when they saw the figure of the Luzon army, a group of people all pushed the gold mountain and bowed down.

"The prince of the Ryukyus, Shangxian, led the officials and people of the subject country to welcome the envoy of heaven."

Wang Min, the captain of the Marine Corps who was in charge of leading the team, smiled and arched his hand towards the wide open palace gate.

"Under the command of the Luzon General's Mansion, Wang Mingao, the commander of the Navy Governor's Mansion, has seen Shang Shizi, and my family Governor is still at the port, please wait for a while."

"Luzon?"

Wang Mingao's words made Shang Xian and the others stunned, didn't they say that they were the master of the Ming Dynasty?

Ryukyu is not far from the mainland, and I have heard some rumors about Luzon from the mouths of maritime merchants, but I just came to my Ryukyus.