Chongzhen seven years of the Ming Dynasty, in the hinterland of the Central Plains divided and disturbed in the war and ice disaster came to the end of the year, in Henan and Nanzhili several cities were captured by the Liukou when the news came, greeted to Chongzhen eight years.

"The city of Nanzhili is lost, take care of my birds! Even if the ancestral grave of his old Zhu family was dug up, he couldn't bite my eggs, but this red-haired Yi man took away my big member, and this is a desperate thing to fight with him! ”

This mansion is located in the north of Jian'anping Bridge in Anhai Town, Jinjiang, and Zheng Zhilong spent three years and three months to build. As Zheng Zhilong's military base and maritime trade base, it can be described as a golden city soup pool. If nothing else, let's just say that those cargo ships and gunboats under his command can sail directly into the mansion, and just one is enough to be breathtaking!

In the Zhiyuan Garden, which is surrounded by walls and hills, pavilions, fine houses, ponds, small bridges, winding paths, and full of beautiful trees and exotic flowers and plants, Zheng Zhilong, who is still angry, pointed to Guo Huaiyi who was kneeling on the ground of the terrazzo bricks and scolded.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Dutch, under the leadership of Putsmann, forcibly marched overnight, sailed hundreds of miles to Guo Huaiyi's port, and took down the base and command center of Zheng Zhilong, which had been operating and reclaiming Dayuan since the era of Li Dan and Yan Siqi, and tens of thousands of people in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, their fields and wealth became the spoils of the Dutch East India Company.

Guo Huaiyi fled back to Xiamen by boat overnight.

"Pu you Eminem! Lao Tzu handed over the big man to you, so many fellow villagers in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou handed over to you, and those iron tools, you are good! Overnight. Throw a clean one for Lao Tzu! That's what Lao Tzu spent hundreds of thousands of silver to get in exchange for being careful with others in a low voice! ”

"Big brother, and the raw silk we hoarded in the big people, tens of thousands of bundles, are all cheaper than the Hongmao Yi people!" Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhibao's words were no less than pouring a bucket of hot oil on Zheng Zhilong's anger, making Lao Zheng's anger more and more out of control!

He flew up and kicked Guo Huaiyi into a rolling gourd, "Say!" How did those Dutch Furmen get here!? ”

Unable to wipe the blood on his face, Guo Huaiyi knelt on the ground. "Great. It was the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the brothers were rewarded with wine and meat, and the brothers drank too much. By the time the brother on duty found out, the Dutch had already pounced on him. There was no time to cast artillery. The brothers were driven down by these Dutch ghosts! ”

"You're useless!" Zheng Zhilong pulled out the sword at his waist and was about to behead Guo Huaiyi. But he was hugged by Zheng Zhibao.

"Big brother! Eldest brother! Now is not the time to hold accountable, now is the time to employ people, or to think of gathering troops. Take back the big guy is! Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to raise military rations this year! ”

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but force himself to calm down, and carefully thought about how to deal with the battle of the generals.

According to the agreement when the Reclamation Bureau was established that day, the land rent of the grain harvest of the senior members was all returned to the Zheng family, and as the military rations of the Zheng family's army, the Nanzhong side did not take a grain of grain. However, it is necessary to pay the price of all kinds of materials with deerskin, camphor and other things, and now there is no land rent for the big staff, and all kinds of accounts owed to Nanzhong must be paid.

"Go! Go down to the infirmary to see your injuries, and when the brothers from all walks of life arrive, you will tell the brothers how to attack the big man! ”

However, Zheng Jun was scattered everywhere, and it was the Spring Festival, the officers and soldiers took Zheng Zhilong's additional one-month salary and half-month festival gifts, and happily went home for the New Year with these white flowers and round silver dollars, if you want to find all the people again, you must at least wait until after the fifteenth day of the first month, and then prepare ships, raise gunpowder shells and other materials, I am afraid that it may not be completed in February, and even if it is completed, it depends on the wind direction and tides at sea, so anxious that Zheng Zhilong is like an ant on a hot pot every day. Make a wish and incense all over the Catholic Church and the Tianhou Temple.

And the same bad news also passed over the vast waves of the South China Sea on the 11th day of the first lunar month, and reached the ears of Shouhan who was inspecting the Qiongzhou Mansion.

Shou Hanben came to Qiongzhou Mansion for a few other things.

One is to come to Yulin to see the construction of the military port here, in fact, it is not only a military port, the port here also bears the heavy responsibility of transferring personnel and materials to various places, not only the gunboats are moored there at the berth, but also many merchant ships and cargo ships are also parked here, replenishing fresh water and fresh ingredients.

As soon as there are too many ships, the berths are not enough, not to mention that this Yulin port also has to provide material support for the Li and Miao tribes who conquered the Wuzhi Mountains. Therefore, after spending the New Year at home, Shouhan led a team to Yulin Port, the capital of Qiongzhou, to come to the site to work.

The second thing is to go to the breeding base that he named Nanhong Seed Farm. From Siam to Alakan, from Annam to the mountains of Laos, large areas of farmland are like a hungry man, who seems to have the appetite to swallow a qiē and devour the whole world, whether it is farm tools, fertilizers, seeds, pesticides or cloth, salt and other necessities of life, no matter how much is invested, it is like throwing into a huge black hole, silent, not right, the output is still very amazing. Moreover, with the deepening of land reclamation, the ability to control the above-mentioned areas is also gradually strengthened.

In this way, the importance of the Nanhong breeding farm is even more prominent, no matter what kind of seed it is, after several generations of cultivation, there will be different degradation of dù, and there must be a new seed input, otherwise there will be a large-scale reduction in yield.

Therefore, Shouhan must come to the Nanhong Breeding Farm. For the sake of his tens of millions of acres of fertile land and the livelihood of millions of people, he also has to come. Moreover, there are also large tear trees that he ordered to be planted, which are the planting of rubber trees that we are familiar with.

The third thing is that the fleet responsible for the exile of the five major families of Xin'an County to the Ten Prefectures will return to Nanzhong through here, and it can be regarded as Shouhan going to sea to welcome this group of sea pride who have returned from a long voyage, and give them the praise they deserve.

Shouhan believes very much that the group of rookies in the Sailor Academy, even if they are vegetables, have experienced this circle to the South Pacific. It will also become an old bird that does not change its face in the face of mountains and waves. Compared to any sea coachman and English pirate, it is not inferior!

Therefore, Shouhan brought a cadre of civil and military officers, and even his baby daughter Li Huamei came with the fleet.

However, I heard such a bad news in Yulin Port!

"Whoa!"

Hearing the news that Zheng Jun, who had fled from Dayuan and brought back to Dayuan, had been driven to sea by the Dutch overnight, Shouhan kicked off the table in front of him, and the cups and plates on the table shattered to the ground. It's all fine lily porcelain!

"How many men does Zheng Jiajun have in the north of Dayuan? It was all over overnight? Shouhan Tie blushed, asking or questioning the business guy who came to report the news.

"Guo Huai's department should have at least more than 1,400 people, in addition. There are also some Kenting among the reclamation people. There should also be no less than that number. ”

"Is it accurate?"

"It should be accurate, this is inferred from the number of knives and guns we delivered to the Staff!"

"How many are the Red Hairs?"

"No more than four hundred," said the steward of the firm, hesitated.

"But what?"

"This time. The Dutch have been on the island for a long time. He fought twice with the big-bellied Shengfan king of the 18 villages south of Dajia Creek. I was convinced by these people who were interested in grass hunting.,Every year I go to the city of Chichicheng to meet the Dutch.,Participate in a meeting organized by the Dutch.。 Pay for deerskins, raw gold, camphor and other specialties sent by the Dutch in the previous year. ”

"Since the defeat of Liuluo Bay, Putsmann has intensified his efforts to loot the island, asking for 10,000 deerskins in previous years, and 30,000 since last year, camphor, raw gold, rice, etc. have also doubled, in order to recapture the losses of defeat as much as possible, so that the Dutch in Batavia can continue to send troops!"

When everyone heard this, they seemed to understand something, especially the sailor generals who participated in the naval battle of Nanao Island back then, and the eyes of the guards were a little wrong. "Huh?! It turns out that you asked me to deliberately open an opening to let Putsmann go that day, so I'm afraid it's not today, right?! Putsmann's hatred of the defeat at Luowan was bent on revenge, and it was necessary to reorganize the army and build ships to train soldiers, but these were backed up by a large amount of money. He can only loot from which heads, so he looted in his head, and you will come again when the robber meets the thief's grandfather, and robs him halfway?! ”

"These beings were frightened by Putsman, and they were threatened with extermination at every turn. This time, when Putsman went north, he recruited more than 20 people from the village community to help them fight, and promised them to conquer the city of Santo Domingo, and the iron and cloth in the city could be divided into 10%. On the one hand, there is such a lucrative temptation, and on the other hand, there is the threat of force to exterminate the race, which Shengfan of course knows how to choose that! That is, each village community sent 100 soldiers, and that was more than 2,000 people, not to mention, Fan'er has always been fun to hunt heads. ”

The steward of the firm was silent.

Out of the grass, is another name for the local custom of hunting the head of the head (hunting head), that is, the act of cutting off the head of the enemy, and it is called "Mgaya" in the Atayal language. This kind of behavior also exists among the Austronesian peoples, who are inextricably linked to the life of the Austronesians. There are also many tribes among these ethnic groups that have such customs. In fact, the custom of hunting for the head has complex motives. Of course, they will hunt people's heads out of hatred, but it can also be hunted for blessings, or for their own bravery. Or maybe they hunt heads, hoping for a good harvest in the coming year.

However, anyone who can participate in the grass production and behead people is regarded as a warrior in their respective tribes, and this behavior is related to their living environment and status.

In the face of such a group of crazy slashing and slashing, and the Dutch commanding and dispatching the Zheng family army to use firearms and scatter in the camps everywhere for the New Year, it seems reasonable to defeat the battle!

It's just that when he thinks of the farm tools and iron tools that were just delivered to the senior members of the Reclamation Bureau in Layue, as well as the knives and guns that were enough to organize a team of thousands of Kenting, Shouhan felt that his heart was bleeding.

"Damn! That's nearly 200,000 catties of wrought iron and nine-turn steel! It's all in the hands of the red-haired people, how many weapons can they make?! ”

However, it is a little gratifying that due to the chemical and casting characteristics of the nine-turn steel, it can only be cast once, and once it is melted again, it can no longer be re-molded. There is no need to worry about the Dutch taking the Nine Turns of Steel to make firearms, at most they will distribute these iron tools and weapons to those shengfan, and use them to buy and appease those shengfan.

However, even so, it was enough for Zheng Zhilong to drink a pot when he recovered the members.

Seeing that Shouhan was silent for a long time, the civil and military officers on the side did not dare to speak much, so they could only communicate with each other with their eyes.

"You say, how should we deal with the affairs of the adults?"

After thinking for a while, Shouhan finally opened his mouth to ask everyone present.

The people looked at each other. Soon. Opinions are there.

"Lord, that big man was given to him by you Zheng Zhilong, we gave him farm tools and seed rations, and he couldn't keep it himself. What about our birds? ”

It's one of a kind. It's none of your business.

"My lord. That big man shouldn't have been handed over to Zheng Zhilong at that time, and it was just lost in his hands today, let's take it back! Don't give it to him anymore! Those tens of thousands of reclamation people in the big people. It's right under our command! ”

This is another, such an opportunity, how can it be missed?

"Lord, how can Zheng Zhilong be a good person? The meaning of the big man to him, I think the lord knows better than us, he is bound to recapture the big man, we will send the big man, and when he is frustrated, then take the big man, this is the old trick of Zhuge Liang to take Nanjun repeated. We didn't grab the land from you, Zheng Zhilong! ”

Three opinions, advocating the rapid takedown of the big people and the inclusion of the big people in the sphere of influence of Nanzhong; advocated that regardless of the contradictions between the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong, just watch from the sidelines; The third is to observe the trend between the two and take the opportunity to win the big job.

Wait and see, act, don't care. Three opinions were placed in front of Shouhan.

"Don't be anxious, don't panic! War is not something that can be carried out in three days and two mornings! It is also necessary to prepare for the collection of materials in advance! You're right, my lord, you must get it back! If you take it back this time, it won't be handed over to Zheng Zhilong again! However, we will not go toe-to-toe with the Dutch! Even if you want to fight hard, you have to wipe out the power of the Dutch! ”

After hearing this, everyone knew that Shouhan had made up his mind that everyone had just put forward their own opinions and suggestions in accordance with his major policies.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, when people were trying to pull out their bodies and wills from the firecrackers and lanterns of the Lantern Festival, and devote themselves to the work of the new year, the ships that served as patrol guards in the distance rushed to deliver letters, and a large fleet appeared in the distance, which should be the return of our army's naval division practice fleet from Shizhou!

The young men of the practice fleet stood straight, and even the most discerning and strict instructors in the academy could not find fault with them, and the sea breeze blackened their faces and turned them into heroes across the sea.

A lazy koala, as Chu Tianlei's pet, was given to Li Huamei, this lazy little guy immediately made Huamei scream and jump happily.

In the next few days, in addition to normal business, Shouhan listened to Chu Tianlei tell about the ten states, and listened to him talk about the natural scenery and characteristics of the ten states.

"My lord, these ten states seem to be the Yellow Java that the eunuchs of the Three Treasures went to back then!"

"From the sea, here is a yellow and yellow area, the vast and magnificent area, far from the south and the central comparison. Moreover, the climate there seems to be exactly the opposite of our southern and central regions, and when our troops arrived, it was just when the spring grass sprouted, and within a thousand miles, there was a verdant field. ”

After disrupting the members of the five major families who were assigned here along the coastline, they were built into resettlement sites, and these thousands of people were settled, and while they were given weapons for self-defense, a sentry and horses were sent to each resettlement site to guard and maintain law and order. The few local dwarf natives that can be seen are fierce but primitive, and the stones in their hands are no match for the immigrant armed with wrought iron, let alone the regular armies armed with firearms.

The construction of the resettlement site was carried out very smoothly, the land reclamation, surveying, and drawing of maps were carried out in an orderly manner, and the iron ore exposed on the ground was also found in a residential area. "The accompanying technicians have seen it and said that it is of high grade, and I order those who stay in Shizhou to pay more attention, if there is a coal mine in this place nearby in the future, they can mine and smelt iron on the spot, and there is no need to transport iron tools to Shizhou."

"The local natives are different from my Chinese, and they are also different from the Franc Jiren and Kunlun Nu, the skin of this generation is brown, the eyebrows are thick, the head is long and curly, the jaw is thick, the jaw is protruding, and the pupils are dark brown or black. The hands are all stone tools, most of which are made and occasionally polished. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Tianlei got up and knelt down to plead guilty, "My subordinates have the courage to claim that when they landed in the ten states, they pretended to be the lord and ordered that the crimes of this generation be pardoned and allowed to cultivate in the ten states, and they were not restricted by the number of acres of land. ”

"It doesn't matter! After returning to Hue, you can go to Changshi for the record, which is regarded as a follow-up procedure, and it is not considered a violation of the law. ”

But what made Chu Tianlei even more excited was that this seemed to be the largest and best pasture of the Southern Central Army after the Fulang Mountains. The terrain is not like the mountainous meadows of the Fulang Mountains, but the grasslands with a radius of thousands of miles. They had only seen descriptions of the grasslands in books, but the world in these ten states seemed to be a paradise for animal husbandry, and the vast and empty ancient wasteland had beautiful grass and water, which was extremely suitable for animal husbandry.

"The subordinates left all the cattle, pigs, horses, cats and dogs carried by the fleet with the ships in the ten states for the cultivation and reproduction of soldiers and immigrants."

"Tianlei, this trip to Shizhou, you did a good job! After you go back, first, you and the dolls who practice the fleet will be credited, and second, all the ships that run to the ten states in the future will go with the ships with breeding cattle, breeding sheep, and breeding horses! A couple of breeding masters from the horse farm are also going to one or two! ”

After speaking, Shouhan's words changed.

"Tianlei, this voyage can be described as a thousand waves, I don't know if there is still the strength of a battle?"

His eyes were fixed on Chu Tianlei.

"Lord, where are you going to fight?"

"I want to destroy the Dutch fleet on this sea!" (To be continued......)