Under the bright sunshine, the two cruisers, as in the past, sailed into the harbor of Nantianmen under the drive of several man-powered sampans, and under the sunshine, the red sun and moon flags on the cruisers reflected the white sails and looked particularly conspicuous. Because the "Ming" flag of the Ming Dynasty on the sea is not very eye-catching, so at the request of the fleet, Zhu Mingzhong formulated a special flag for it - the Sun and Moon Flag.

In fact, there have been sun and moon flags for a long time, as early as a century ago, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty saw that the merchant ships of the Portuguese and Dutch had a national flag on the bow of the ship, which was conducive to the distinction at sea. So the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty also hung a "national flag" on the bow of the ship, indicating that it was a ship of the Ming Dynasty, and the sun and moon flags were not customized, and the colors were also varied.

However, after the fleet returned from the expedition to Burma, in the face of the difficulty of identifying at sea, he hoped to follow the suggestion of formulating a flag in the West, so that Zhu Mingzhong realized that there was no national flag in the Ming Dynasty, although as a vassal king, he could not formulate a national flag, but he could formulate a "naval flag", and the sun and moon flag on a red background naturally became a naval flag, and now it is not only hung for the fleet, but also for the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and now it is common all over the South Seas. To some extent, it has become a symbol of the Ming Dynasty.

Just like now, dozens of miles apart, the identity of the ship can also be distinguished by the flag, which is more conducive to naval battles and the defense of Nantianmen.

"A warship from Haizhou!"

When the people on the dock saw the military fleet coming from China again, some of them who had left their homeland for a long time waved their arms excitedly and whistled frantically to welcome these fleets that came to Nantianmen.

Only those who are here know what the fleet means overseas. When the warship entered the port, the people on the small sampan kept asking the people on the ship, asking if there were any fellow villagers, and even shed tears of excitement when listening to the long-lost countryman.

Such a scene is not common in Nantianmen, but every few months, there will always be several warships sailing here, and the fleet always needs to go on a long voyage, and always need long-distance training to understand this sea area.

"Do you know what it means to be here in the fleet?"

Sitting on the Wanghai Tower, Li Shidi, who was the governor of Nantianmen, held a teacup in his hand and said to his friends sitting in front of him.

"It means the foundation of survival, as long as the fleet exists here, the sun and moon flag of my Ming Dynasty can fly here, not to mention the local natives, even Westerners......"

The corners of his lips were slightly raised, and Li Shidi sneered.

"In Nanyang, you can't take this place lightly! Not because of how many of us have here, but because we have the most powerful fleet in the entire South Seas here! As long as our fleet exists here for a day, no one will dare to ignore our power, and the power we have can drive them out of this land at any time, and why would they tolerate us establishing their stronghold here, not because of how magnanimous they are, nor because this land is vast enough to accommodate all of us, but because our power is not something they can challenge, at least now that we have here, it will keep them silent. ”

When he said this, Li Shidi's expression looked very proud, he should have been said to be a very inconspicuous naval officer, but the opportunity pushed him to the front and became the first governor of Nantianmen.

Under his governance, after two years of development, Nantianmen is no longer a small seaside fishing village with only more than 1,000 people, but a city with a population of nearly 10,000, and tens of thousands of acres of paddy fields have been cultivated outside the city, and immigrants and exiles from China have promoted the prosperity here. It also made the city one of the strongholds of the Ming people to dye the guide to the foreign - on the peninsula across the river, there are already Ming expatriates who have discovered tin ore there, and soon, the large tin produced there will be continuously shipped to China, thus further increasing the connection between here and the mainland. Compared with the existence of military power, this economic prosperity is the fundamental reason why the Ming army can always control Nantianmen. Otherwise, for Jiangbei, Nantianmen is a burden, and any burden cannot last long.

But now Nantianmen has slowly become a cow for Jiangbei, which can bring more economic returns to Jiangbei, and this is the foundation of long-term sustainable development.

"What Taiwan said is very true, like last year, if the Dutch fleet was not afraid of the might of our Ming fleet, I am afraid that it will definitely send troops to Taiwan, how can it retreat halfway?"

Discipline complimented on the side, he was a native of Shandong, and he went to Jiangbei by chance, and then entered Qinghe Academy, and then served in the local government office for more than a year, and was transferred to Nantianmen at the beginning of the year as Li Shidi's deputy. Now the relationship between the two is not so much an assistant as a friend, so he behaves very casually a lot of the time.

The Dutch fleet he mentioned was the fleet led by Major Jan Van Delang, who had been sent by Batavia to reinforce Taiwan last year, but when they passed through the waters of Nantianmen, they happened to encounter the "Qin" that was sailing to the South China Sea for long-distance training, and the Dutch almost subconsciously thought that they were intending to attack Batavia, so they immediately retreated back to Batavia.

"It's just a coincidence, at that time, Major Jan Van Derang and they themselves were weak-minded, although the Nantianmen detachment only had three cruisers, but compared with their armed merchant ships, ours was a 40-gun fast cruiser, and the "Qin" ......"

When mentioning the "Qin", Li Shidi's face was full of unconcealable pride.

"That's a giant with 108 cannons! Don't say it's him Jan Fan Delang, even when I first saw the "Qin" entering the port, I almost thought that the king intended to attack Nanyang, but who would have thought ......"

With a mocking smile, Li Shidi put the teacup on the table.

"It's just a misunderstanding, they just came to Nanyang for a voyage training."

"But even so, it frightened the Dutch a lot, and I heard that the Batavian side was on guard day and night, for fear that we would fight us."

Although he was in charge of civil affairs, he was also able to know how nervous Batavia was at that time, and even after learning that Zheng Zhilong had conquered the city of Geranza, he specially sent officials to Nantianmen to ask Daming if he intended to attack Batavia.

"That's when they were thieves,"

Li Shidi smiled coldly.

"If they don't know it, Nanyang is the Nanyang of my Ming people, how can they be so weak-hearted? Besides......"

Looking at the sea in the distance from the Wanghai Tower, Li Shidi said in a flat but eager tone.

"This Nanyang is my Ming Nanyang, those Westerners have been here for too long, sooner or later, they have to be driven out!"

The Governor's words reminded the minds of discipline of the words which the King had spoken when he practiced them for their officials who had served overseas.

"Nanyang is the ocean of South China, since it is the ocean of China, it should be the reason of the Chinese officials, you are the first batch of officials of my Ming Dynasty to be the Nanyang, when can this Nanyang be my Ming Nanyang, all inclined to fight you!"

Although the king's words were calm, the discipline could feel the king's longing for the South Seas, and all this was just the beginning, perhaps as the king said - the road to overseas is a long one.

There is still a long way to go!

That's our responsibility!

Suddenly a knock on the door interrupted discipline's thoughts.

He looked back and saw a naval officer in a white navy uniform with a sword in his hand standing outside the door, a smiling officer smiling at the governor.

"My Governor, I didn't expect that you would be the governor of a place now!"

"Blank!"

Li Shidi, who was still thinking about how to drive the Dutch and Spaniards out of Nanyang, immediately stood up excitedly when he saw the arrival.

"Why are you here?"

Wang Zhiyang was Li Shidi's classmate when he was in the naval school, and the two of them were even roommates, and the relationship has always been extremely close, but later Li Shidi went on an expedition to the South Seas with the fleet, while Wang Zhiyang stayed in Haizhou, and he never thought that he would see Wang Zhiyang here anyway.

"If you can come, why can't I?"

Wang Zhiyang gave a military salute to Li Shidi.

"Admiral of the Sixth Sentai of the South Seas Task Force Cruiser, report to you."

The Nanyang Task Force, which is a special fleet in the formation of the Loyal and Righteous Army fleet, they are stationed in Zhancheng, Nantianmen and Dingnan, the fleet has twelve cruisers and gunboats, but there have always been only five warbands, three of which are stationed in Pingnan, two are stationed in Nantianmen and Champong, and the sixth team is obviously newly formed.

"You've been transferred to the South Seas?"

Looking at his friend in surprise, Li Shidi's eyebrows raised slightly.

"Isn't the king on the Northern Expedition now? How can the fleet pump out warships to strengthen the South Seas? ”

"Order of the Admiralty."

Walking to the table, Wang Zhiyang said.

"Besides, the Northern Expedition doesn't need many warships, it just needs troop carriers, and the ministry is afraid that if you don't send warships over again, you will continue to complain when the time comes, so I was sent."

"Why don't you complain, Nanyang is different from China, there is almost no navy in the domestic war, but in Nanyang, you can never leave the navy."

The joke of his friend made Li Shidi sigh while pouring himself and his friend a cup of tea, and then said.

"For the Northern Expedition, almost all the merchant ships were sucked away, although they were merchant ships, but they were also armed merchant ships, which was one of the fundamentals of my Ming Dynasty's foothold in the South Seas, which is good...... All pumped away! ”

Then, he looked up again and asked.

"What is the situation in the country now?"