"Your Majesty, when the minister arrived at Phu Xuan (the capital of the Nguyen lord in Quang Nam), Zheng Jie, the lord of Zheng, who occupied most of the northern part of Annam, just launched an unprecedented southern expedition, raising 100,000 troops, and also hijacked Le Wei You, the commander of the capital of Annam. There is a great tendency to destroy Nam Nguyen in one fell swoop!

The Nguyen lord Nguyen Phuc Lan sent his son Nguyen Phuc Van to the north, and the general Nguyen Youjin led 20,000 troops north to South Nguyen to resist the border fortress of North Zheng Chang De Lei to defend and resist. The scale of this battle was unprecedented, and if Nam Nguyen was defeated, it was likely that the country would be destroyed.

Because he had to deal with the offensive of Bei Zheng with all his might, and Nguyen Phuc Lan had no time to take care of Puriango and Chai sticks, he agreed to let me lease land from King Udi in Shui Chenla and cultivate it.

In addition, Nguyen Phuc Lan also favored the co-governance of the four lords and shared the same Bao Li Jun. However, he was worried that Li Jun would be held hostage by the Zheng Lord, which would make the co-rule of the four masters come to naught. So he hopes to invite a son of Li Jun to Fuchun to sit down......"

Zheng Sen was sitting in a waterfront pavilion in the East Lake Palace, reporting to Zhu Cihong about his harvest in Annan and Shuizhenla. His father, Zheng Zhilong, was sitting on Zhu Cihong's right, and the smile on his black face couldn't be put down.

It seems that the richest man in the Ming Dynasty must have made a fortune from the speculation of feudal debts! Daming's number one black village is him!

Mingjun Zhu Cihong didn't have time to deal with him, and now his mind was on the issue of Shui Zhenla and Annan.

Zheng Sen's envoy to Annam and Shui Chenla this time coincided with the decisive battle of Nguyen Zheng Quang Duc - this is a decisive battle initiated by Zheng Jie, the lord of Zheng Jie, who has painstakingly prepared for many years, aimed at destroying the Nguyen clan in Quang Nam!

In order to ensure victory, Zheng Jie also invited Dutch military advisers to help train the so-called Royal Forest Army, and also bought the Dutch's armed merchant ships to form a navy, and also purchased a large number of artillery and firearms, which can be said to have made the biggest investment!

On the side of the Nguyen clan in Quang Nam, because the territory occupied was a newly developed "wild land", Annam's population was relatively small, and they also had to suppress the resistance of the Champa people on the newly occupied territory. Therefore, the number of troops that can be used to defend against Lord Zheng is only 20,000.

However, these 20,000 people are the elite of the Nguyen clan who have relied on the Portuguese generals for many years of training and training, and they are also equipped with a large number of war elephants, and their strength is very strong. Moreover, the Nguyen clan also possessed the dangerous Heng Son and Ling Giang in central Annam, and relied on the danger to build two defense lines, Chang Yu Base and Long Duc Base.

However, in the last Battle of Zheng Nguyen, the Chang Yu base was captured by the Zheng army, and now there is only one Chang Duc base left in the defense line to protect the Quang Nam Nguyen clan.

In this precarious situation, Ruan Lord Nguyen Phuc Lan naturally had no spare strength to prevent the Ming Dynasty forces from entering Shui Chenla. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's involvement in Shui Zhenla was not necessarily a bad thing for Lord Ruan...... If the Nguyen clan is defeated at Chang Duc and Quang Nam falls, the last stronghold of the Nguyen lord will be a stick.

If the Ming Dynasty opened a stronghold near the firewood stick, wouldn't the Ruan clan be able to learn from the Mo clan, protect the Ming Dynasty, and survive for a long time?

"How much land have we rented in Shui Chenla? In what place? ”

Zhu Cihong had little interest in Annam's domestic politics, because he knew that in the original history, the name of the person who destroyed the Nguyen Dynasty was Ho Chi Minh...... I'm not born yet!

Therefore, the results of this Zheng Ruan battle are mostly comparable.

"Your Majesty," replied Zheng Sen, "the minister has rented two plots of land in Shuizhenla, one near Puriango, and King Udie has agreed that we will build a castle in any of the lower reaches of the Kowloon River; One is in the Golden Ou Kok, the easternmost peninsula of Shui Chenla, where there are several ports that can provide food and fresh water for ships traveling in the South Seas, so we can choose any one of them. ”

"This Wudi King is quite easy to talk to...... Zhu Cihong smiled, "Senior brother, you didn't use gunboats to scare people, did you?" ”

Two years ago, 5 of the 10 Western-style warships that Zhu Cihong ordered Zheng Zhilong to build had been built, 2 of which were running on the Shanghai-Puga route, 1 was used as a training ship by Zheng Jiangong, and 2 followed Zheng Sen to Puliango and Fuchun. The five Western-style sailing ships were modeled after an armed Galen ship of the Dutch East India Company, which was overhauled at the Zheng shipyard in Anping Port. It is not that 5 ships will start work together, but that 1 will be started first, and then 2 will be started after the completion and sea trials, and then 2 will be started after these 2 are completed.

So these 5 ships were built in three batches, and the ships of the second and third batches were improved from the previous batch - in the direction of warships.

The two Galen ships that Zheng Sen brought to Priango and Fuchun were the two of the third batch, using a large amount of Siamese teak, with a very strong hull, and each equipped with 28 12-pounder Hongyi cannons. It's not okay to deal with the battleships of the Dutch East India Company (this gap is not only for ships, but also for sailors), but isn't it like playing to scare a prince of Shui Zhenla?

However, Zheng Sen was a scholar, and he would not admit to using such immoral things as Hongyi cannons and warships to force the barbarians to cede their land.

"The minister didn't use gunboats to scare Wudie," Zheng Sen smiled, "The minister is an envoy of the Heavenly Empire, so he naturally wants to convince people with virtue!" ”

Zheng Zhilong also followed and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, you must convince people with virtue, and convince people with virtue......"

Well, convince people with virtue...... The 56-door 12-pound Hongyi Dade is indeed convincing!

"That's good," Zhu Cihong nodded with satisfaction, "Then how many miles of land can we occupy?" ”

It sounded like a rich man's question.

The sea thief Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Emperor, those wild places in the South Seas occupy a lot of territory. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said in his heart: I know that your family is unreasonable!

"What's that talking about?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Talking about the number of walled cities along the coast and along the water," Zheng Zhilong explained, "the population of Shuizhenla is not large, and the population in the lower reaches of the Jiulong River and the area around Jinoujiao is even smaller, so the management is very loose, that is, some walled cities are occupied along the Jiulong River, and a large area between the walled cities is forested Zeguo, and each walled city can open up as much land as it can."

What Zheng Sen asked for from the vice king of Shui Zhenla was the right to develop two walled cities in the lower reaches of the Jiulong River and in the vicinity of Jinoujiao. As for how much land can be opened, it depends on our ability. ”

"It's all wild forests?" Zhu also knows that forests in Southeast Asia are not easy to develop.

"No," Zheng Sen said, "there are already many ports and fortresses built by immigrants from Annam and our dynasty. As long as the imperial court can build cities and reclaim them on the banks of the Jiulong River and Jinoujiao, they can be brought under their command one by one. ”

"That's good......" Zhu Cihong was very satisfied, the tiger skin of the Ming Dynasty was comparable to Shui Zhenla, and there were also warships that subdued people with virtue, which should be able to subdue many walled cities.

"Old Taishan, senior brother," Zhu Cihong asked again, "do you have a suitable candidate to recommend as the envoy of Jiulongjiang and Jinoujiao?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhilong said, "most of the people of the Ming Dynasty who live in the reclamation fields around the Jiulong River and Jinoujiao are Cantonese, and most of the maritime merchants who travel between Shuizhenla and Daming are Fujian. Therefore, the Yingtian envoy should have one principal and three deputies, and the deputy envoys should choose the Fujianese, Cantonese and Hakka people respectively, so that it is convenient to act. ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Then the envoy will be appointed by me, and the three deputy envoys will be appointed by the Governor of Liangguang, the Governor of Guangdong, and the Quanguo Mansion." ”

He paused, and then asked, "It costs a lot of money to reclaim the Jiulong River and Jinoujiao, right?" Where will this money come from? The finances of the imperial court are not rich! ”

"This is easy to do," Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "just issue feudal bonds...... The minister heard that the debts of the two feudal domains of Pingxi and Shuofang were issued quite well. ”

"Is the matter of the debts of the two feudal domains good?" Zhu Cihong's face sank slightly, "A while ago, the feudal debts rose and fell sharply, and many Hubei gentry and businessmen were bankrupt...... I have asked Jinyiwei, the Household Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to jointly conduct a thorough investigation, and found that there are masterminds behind the scenes who manipulate the feudal debt market, spread false news, and buy short and sell short, turning the feudal debt transaction into fraudulent gambling, which is really hateful! ”

Zheng Zhilong's face changed greatly when he heard this, "Ah, there is still such a hateful traitor? Emperor, who can be found out by Jinyiwei, Hubu and Metropolitan Procuratorate? ”