The Netherlands finally signed the non-aggression pact, and Zhang Bin's trip to Europe was a complete success, and after nearly four months, he could finally embark on his return journey.

On this morning, as soon as it was dawn, the port of Lisbon sounded a trumpet order, and the newly recruited 10,000 Portuguese recruits came to the docks early, cleaning and not only flowers and pennants, but also busy.

At about six o'clock, King João IV of Portugal and Zhang Bin shared a carriage and went straight to the docks, accompanied by a group of officials on horseback, and there were countless guards on both sides of the carriage to accompany them all the way to protect them, the scene was really lively.

Soon, the group arrived at the dock, and at this time hundreds of warships were already lined up in the harbor, and tens of thousands of Portuguese soldiers had already surrounded the harbor.

Zhang Bin got out of the carriage and said goodbye to Joao IV, and then pulled Zheng Chenggong, who was saying goodbye to Zheng Zhilong, and explained it in detail, and then waved his hand and took the Portuguese Governor Svera, the Spanish Governor Coqueira, the Dutch Speaker Chockman and the Nanyang Marquis Zheng Zhilong on the return journey, as for Zheng Chenggong, he was left by him to command the fleet, and at the same time cultivated a relationship with Princess Joanna.

In a round of farewell, the returning fleet finally set off, and according to the original agreement, he left behind a hundred Weiyuan battleships, a hundred Zhenyuan cruisers and a hundred light ironclad ships to be stationed in the port of Lisbon to help Portugal deter the great powers and protect the interests of the colonies, while he led the other warships on the return journey.

Except for stopping ships and landing on the Gold Coast, Cape Verde and other places, and letting the Dutch speaker Jockman inform the local garrison to prepare to hand over the colony, and at the same time replenish fresh water and food, at other times, he ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed and strive to return to Daming as soon as possible.

In this way, after less than two months of sailing, they miraculously returned to Ceylon.

At this time, Ceylon has become the base of the Ming Dynasty to cross the Western Ocean, Yu Chenglong has organized people to build several large wharves here, and more than ten large wharves are under construction, the entire Colombo port is full of warships, and there are busy figures everywhere, and it has long ceased to be deserted.

As soon as he stepped on the dock, Yu Chenglong led a group of generals to greet him and said excitedly: "Grandpa Guo, you are finally back." ”

Zhang Bin stepped forward and praised him on the shoulder: "Jackie Chan, isn't it good, I also know that I want to expand the port, but I ignored it." ”

Yu Chenglong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Where do I know so much, it was all reminded by the shopkeeper Zheng, he said that this will also be an important transit station in the future, there must be a lot of merchant ships coming and going, it is best to expand the port, as soon as I heard it, I felt reasonable, so I made a good idea to transfer 10,000 guards from Xingang City and began to expand the port." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he nodded and said: "Well, very good, you don't have to wait for me to call the shots in everything, there will definitely be a lot of overseas affairs in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it will be a delay if you wait for me to call the shots." ”

Accompanied by Yu Chenglong and others, he inspected the port, made some arrangements for the construction of the port and Colombo City, and then took Coqueira and Zheng Zhilong on the return journey.

As for Schwila and Jockman, he handed them over directly to Yu Chenglong, anyway, they were all negotiated in Lisbon, after Chokman contacted the fleet of the East India Company, he took them and the captives of the Comanro Coast and the Malabar Coast to return to the European continent, while Schvera and Condet sent people to receive the colony that was robbed by the Dutch with Yu Chenglong's fleet.

Joao IV has completely fallen to the Ming Empire, and he can't draw any troops to receive so many colonies at this time, so he simply asked Zhang Bin to send some people to help him receive them, and Conde and Schvilla only need to send some administrators to manage the civil affairs of the colonies.

Zhang Bin is like an arrow at this time, and he doesn't have the heart to care about those details at this time, he just wants to return to Daming as soon as possible and return to the capital to reunite with his relatives.

However, when he arrived at Xingang City, he had to stop and arrange for guidance, because at this time, Xingang City had almost been built, the supply points and the main body of the streets had been completed, Dongshengtang and the major merchants had also begun to gather here, all kinds of goods had been piled up, and the major merchants were preparing to open up the Western market.

There is a saying in later generations, time is money, for these big businesses, a month may be hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels of income, if you go back to the capital to arrange overseas trade, it is estimated that this year will pass.

Zhang Bin also knew everyone's eagerness, so he simply summoned the representatives of the major merchant gangs to the newly built Nanyang Governor's Mansion for a meeting to discuss the development of Western trade.

There were two topics on the agenda of the meeting, the first was the issue of the lease of the Zhenyuan cruiser, and the second was the issue of the distribution of the Western market.

If you want to do maritime trade, you naturally have to have ocean-going cargo ships, this Zhang Bin has already said hello to the major merchants, everyone can directly lease the Zhenyuan cruiser of the Daming Naval Division, and even the sailors who drive the cruiser and the gunners who operate the air guns don't need to be in charge of them, they are equipped with them at one time, they just have to pay for it.

At this time, there are more than 200 Zhenyuan cruisers gathered in Xingang City, and the matter of sending troops to the European continent and transporting troops to Nanyang has been completed, and these cruisers have no task for the time being.

He only emphasized one point, once the imperial court needs to use these Zhenyuan cruisers, they will be recalled immediately, and the major merchant gangs must be mentally prepared for this.

The second is the distribution of the Western market, the Western market is not a little big, according to the area, it is four or five times that of the Ming Dynasty, the major business gangs naturally do not need to crowd in one place to compete, everyone has a region, each doing their own business.

In this way, not only will the price of goods not be depressed because of competition, but also conducive to the major merchants to cultivate their own customers, and everyone naturally has no opinions.

In the end, Zhang Bin made a decision that the area in charge of the Huizhou merchant gang was from Siam to the Mughal Empire, the area from the Mughal Empire to Persia in Longyou was responsible for the area from the Mughal Empire to Persia, the area in charge of the Ningbo merchant gang was from Persia to Dashi, the Jiangxi merchant gang was responsible for Dashi to the European region, and Dongshengtang was responsible for the area from the European continent to the Americas.

The major merchants delivered the rent of the Zhenyuan cruiser and couldn't wait to take the goods to the designated area to open up the market, and the Zhenyuan cruiser of the Ming Dynasty also appeared all over the world, and the goods produced by the Ming Dynasty in this period were definitely considered to be of good quality and low price, and soon, the major merchants and gangs gained a firm foothold in the place, and the sales of Daming's goods doubled as a result.

The surge in commodity sales naturally led to workshops and workshops in various places, and the industrialization process of the Ming Dynasty was accelerated, and the tax revenue of the imperial court also skyrocketed.

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