"Huh. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zheng Zhilong laughed contemptuously twice, and put on a smile on Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing, "Two, how do we negotiate with the Dutch people next, Zheng still wants to hear the opinions of the two." ”

There were only four people in Zheng Zhilong's cabin.

"General Zheng." Zeng Guangxian first said, "In today's battle, I think the Dutch people have seen our strength. Their own warships have not participated in the war, and they are probably afraid of us. Liu Xiang suffered heavy losses this time, and after he returned, he would not be able to turn against the Dutch. But at present, they have all withdrawn to the city of Geranza, and they are fighting at sea, and we dare not say that they have the chance to win, and they will always suffer nothing. But if we attack the city of Geranza, there is basically no hope, and besides, we have no supplies if we are floating on the sea, and once the war drags on for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to us. ”

"My eldest brother knows all this." Zheng Zhihu eagerly interrupted Zeng Guangxian's words, "Brother Zeng, just tell me how we are going to negotiate with the Dutch." ”

"Brother Zheng, don't be anxious, I'll talk slowly and listen to the two of you." Zeng Guangxian said with a smile, "The current situation in Taiwan must be known to the general, the Spanish occupy fresh water and chicken coops in the north, and the Dutch have built the city of Gerancha in the south. These places are high and deep ditches, and they are not easy to attack. So we can't touch him for the time being, and we can't move him. But at present, the central part of Taiwan is in a wild area, and there is no occupation by anyone. The main thing is that this place has a natural harbor and is also close to the General's Golden Mansion. If the general can take this place as the foundation and build a city here, then it is very convenient to go north to capture Tamsui and chicken coops, go south to capture the city of Geranza, or echo with Jinxia from afar. ”

Zeng Guangxian is actually talking about Taichung Port in Taiwan Province in later generations. In the future, Taichung Port is adjacent to Taichung City across the Datushan Plateau in the east, about 30 kilometers away from the city center. Between the east of the port and the foothills of the Dadu Mountain Plateau is the Dajia Coastal Plain, which is about 5 kilometers wide from east to west. It is 127 nautical miles away from Xiamen and 117 nautical miles from Fuzhou, which is also of great significance to the mainland's maritime links.

"But I wonder how Brother Zeng knows so much about this place?" Zheng Zhilong asked lightly.

Zeng Guangxian suddenly realized that his words might have aroused Zheng Zhilong's suspicions, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, and his heart turned quickly.

Wang Zhaoxing preemptively said at this time: "Don't hide it from General Zheng, the last time the general went to Yulin Bay, we also told the general that I want to send troops to Liaodong in Yulin Bay to save my Ming people from fire and water." We discussed with the general the idea of setting up a supply point in Taiwan. The general may have his own plans, and we understand this, so this time we happened to come to Taiwan because of the pursuit of the Dutch, so we also paid attention to it. I haven't had time to explain these things to the general, and I hope the general will forgive me. ”

"I see." Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said, "You Yulin Bay are worried about state affairs, Zheng really admires it." ”

"General." Zeng Guangxian saw Zheng Zhilong say this, and decided to give Zheng Zhilong a reassurance, "After all, our Yulin Bay is too far away from Taiwan, even if we have the heart to set up a point in Taiwan, I'm afraid there will be a lot of inconvenience." If the general can occupy this place, it will be of great benefit to both the general and my Yulin Bay. ”

"Thank you, Brother Zeng."

"But the general." Zeng Guangxian continued, "If the general wants to garrison and repair the city here, I am afraid that it will not be possible without 2 or 3 years. Besides, it will take some time for us to promise the general the warships and artillery, so it is better for the general to have no more disputes with the Hongyi people during this time. We will temporarily cede the north and south to them, and when the general's foundation is firmly established, it will be twice the result with half the effort to seize Taiwan. ”

"Thank you Brother Zeng for thinking so thoughtfully for me Zheng." Zheng Zhilong stood up, "Tomorrow I will go to negotiate with the Dutch people, and I hope that Brother Zeng can accompany Zhilong to go with him." ”

Zeng Guangxian also stood up: "It is incumbent." ”

The next day, when Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing returned to the Guangzhou from Relanza City, it was already midnight, and Zhao Dequan and others were waiting for a heart.

"How's it going, how are you talking?" As soon as the two of them entered the captain's room, everyone asked before they could sit down.

"It's basically done." Wang Zhaoxing sat on the chair, "This day, I'm tired." ”

"What the hell is going on, what's going on when it's basically right?"

"Don't worry." Zeng Guangxian also sat on a chair and explained to everyone, "The Dutch don't want to fight now, so they readily agreed to Zheng Zhilong's conditions." With freshwater and chicken coops as the center, the northern part was assigned to the Spaniards, the city of Geranza was the center, and the southern part was assigned to the Dutch, and Zheng Zhilong asked for the place in Taichung City. Several aspects also agreed on commercial and trade matters, with Taiwan as the demarcation point, and all the commercial and trade routes north of Taiwan belonged to Zheng Zhilong, and Westerners could not touch it. South of Taiwan, all the way to Manila belonged to the Spaniards, Macau, Goa these routes belonged to the Portuguese. The route from Manila to Batavia, including Malacca, belonged to the Dutch, and Dutch ships were taxed on the Spanish if they sailed on the Spanish routes, and the Spanish ships were taxed on the Dutch routes. ”

"It's complicated enough, I'm dizzy when I hear it." An Yuhang asked, "Can they abide by such a complicated division?" ”

"We don't know if we can comply with it, but we do." Zeng Guangxian replied, "Judging from the current scenario, it is estimated that there will be no conflict in the short term." Let's go back and make a detailed report on this situation to the committee and the crossing conference, and let the family have an idea of what to do later, my head hurts when I play politics these days, I knew this earlier, just bring Sun Tianhao and Xu Lang. ”

"Hehe, I'll get used to exercising more." Everyone laughed, and Xin Jiaju suddenly asked, "What about Liu Xiang, how did he talk about his affairs." ”

"The Dutch are now trying to keep Liu Xiang." Wang Zhaoxing said, "Liu Xiang is completely finished this time, he doesn't dare to go out of Relan City, Zheng Zhilong will definitely get rid of him as soon as he comes out." So he stayed in Gelanza City, and Zheng Zhilong also agreed, which was also a quid pro quo. ”

"So what do we do next?" An Yuhang asked again.

"Let's go home." Zeng Guangxian got up from his chair, "Let Zheng Zhilong handle the rest of the matter, I don't think he is at ease if we stay in Taiwan." Besides, it's been a month since all four of our warships came out, and the family still doesn't know what the situation is. Let's all split up and prepare, and tomorrow morning, let's set sail for home. ”

In Wanzhou Academy, Xu Lang and Lu Xing, who had just arrived in Wanzhou from Qiongzhou Mansion, were sitting below and listening to the heated debate between Lin Chao and Ma Qiji on the stage with interest.

"Dean Ma's point of view is something that students will never agree with." Lin Chao blushed and was a little excited, "Zhu Wengong did say that reason comes first, poor heavenly reason, enlightened people, speaking holy words, and causing accidents." But what is the reason? Thinking about the world, the universe is vast, where is the reason? In my heart, of course. My heart is reason, and this is the foundation of all things. ”

"Nonsense." Ma Qiji was even more excited than Lin Chao, "Everyone has a heart, but people's hearts are different, such as one person and one heart, isn't it one person and one reason?" Let me ask you, the prince of heaven and earth, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, did you come up with this eternal and immutable principle? ”

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Xu Lang turned his head to Lu Xing and said, "Young Master Lu, what do you think of this Wanzhou Academy?" ”

"Brother Xu, I admire it." Lu Xing replied in a low voice, "Brother Xu's 'inclusiveness' is indeed powerful, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a second one in Qiongzhou Mansion." ”

"Hehe, Gongzi Lu has won the award."

A student-looking person stood up and interrupted Lin Chao and Ma Qiji's heated argument: "Mr. Lin, let's not talk about reason for the time being. It's just that the student has something to understand, and he asks for advice. ”

Lin Chao looked at the questioner: "I don't know what's wrong, I will answer all questions." ”

"Sir." The student asked, "The day before yesterday, when Mr. gave us a lecture, he said that my Chinese civilization of thousands of years is ashamed of itself compared with the Western barbarians, and the student does not know why Mr. said this, thinking that my Central Plains culture, since the Confucian sage and Meng Sage, since it is broad and profound, is it comparable to the barbarian state, I don't know what Mr. despises my Chinese civilization so much?" ”

"Thou hast said this falsely." Lin Chao was a little anxious, "I don't mean to belittle the saint. How can I belittle the words of the saints, even if I can't measure myself, how dare I say such a great rebellion? My original intention is to say that there are deficiencies in our Chinese civilization, for thousands of years, we have only focused on ethics and morality, a subset of scripture and history, but for the counting machine, it has been degraded to obscene skills, but no one has explored anyone who knows how to break words. Westerners, on the other hand, have strong ships and sharp guns, and they are counting the use of machinery. ”

"What about the ship's guns?" Ma Qiji asked first, "Soldier, the ominous weapon is also." Mr. Lin admires the strength of the ship so much, does he want to teach me that the people of the Ming Dynasty are all going to kill people? ”

"Dean Ma has misunderstood the meaning of Zaixia again." Lin Chao turned to Ma Qiji, "The student dares to ask the dean, does the dean know about the Hongyi people in Haojing?" Do you know how many continents the world is divided into? How many countries is a continent? ”

"I know what he has done." Ma Qiji snorted.

"Then the student asked the dean again." Lin Chao didn't give up, "The dean doesn't know about the Hongyi people, but why can the Hongyi people come to my Daming when they are tens of thousands of miles away from my Daming, and how many of my Daming people can go to their places, and how many can understand their affairs." ”

He Chaoyong, who was sitting on Xu Lang's left, secretly stretched out his thumb to Xu Lang: "You are really good, this is almost the Peking University of May Fourth." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang laughed twice, "By the way, how are you recruiting now?" I came to Wanzhou this time, and Han Wantao asked me to ask you. ”

"It's still like that, let's improve it a little bit." He Chaoyong touched his head, "I can almost make up more than one battalion, let Ye Zhan go with you when you go back in a few days, and take 2 companies back first." You also talk to Chief Han, and we did our best. ”

"Okay, I know." Xu Lang asked again, "What is the recent situation between Gu Bin and Cao Hui?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm looking for people to keep an eye on it. They basically don't care about anything except some necessary official business. ”

"Hmm." Xu Lang responded, "Also, the teachers who taught physics and chemistry with me this time are all our own people, safety first, you have to take responsibility for this matter." ”

"Don't worry." He Chaoyong replied, "I have arranged a personal guard by myself, all of whom are from the guard class, and there will be no problems." ”

The two of them were whispering in a low voice, Ye Zhan walked in from outside, looked around, and went straight to Xu Lang.

"Mr. Xu, Chief He, someone from Yulin Bay is here, and I want to see Mr. Xu."

"Okay." Xu Lang got up and greeted He Chaoyong again, "Let's go, let's go out and have a look." ”

There was a corporal of the Yulin Army standing at the gate of the academy, and when he saw Xu Lang and He Chaoyong coming out of the gate of the academy, the corporal hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "Hello sir, good commissioner Xu." ”

He Chaoyong returned a military salute: "What is the matter with being so anxious to find Commissioner Xu?" ”

The corporal handed the bamboo tube with the lead seal in his hand to Xu Lang: "The committee and the military committee asked their subordinates to inform Xu that they should return to Yulin Bay immediately, and this letter is all clear. ”