After a rainstorm, the air on the seashore was clear and clear, and a cool feeling flowed through the breeze all over the body, and a dragon boat on the sea carried Hou Xuanyan and the generals of the Agni Battalion to Long Island.

Long Island and Penglai, the capital of Dengzhou, face each other across the sea, like a big ship parked on the seashore, and people recruited from all over Dengzhou travel back and forth between Changdao and Penglai, transporting all kinds of supplies.

On Long Island, there were also Qing soldiers captured by the Agni Battalion, who were originally only imprisoned here to prevent them from escaping, and this became the best coolies.

The port will be built on all sides of the island, and everything will be repaired according to the Wusong River Institute, and soon a new Shui Shijiang Institute will be completed.

Hou Xuanyan looked at the sea with a calm face, this was his first time on the sea, the vast blue ocean has enough charm and unknown, Hou Xuanyan has always disliked being on the sea. Because on land, no matter what situation he encounters, he has a chance to fight, but there is no way back on the sea.

In particular, the naval division of the Northern Expeditionary Army is not like the army, and the Northern Expeditionary Army is already the strongest army on land, but the naval division is not. If Li Haoxian hadn't been instigating him to go to sea, and the Dutch invited him to meet on Long Island, Hou Xuanyan himself would not have come to sea. If it was okay before, since the reversal of the situation, Hou Xuanyan has become more and more cautious.

Li Haoxian was full of interest, as the first local tyrant in Dengzhou, he grew up by the sea since he was a child.

"Dashuai, when we arrive on Long Island, we have to stay for a few more days, and we will build a courtyard for you on the island."

"Leave it to yourself." After Hou Xuanyan finished speaking, he entered the cabin.

After landing on Long Island, there were coolies everywhere building walls and moving bricks, and the entire river station had begun to take shape. Hou Xuanyan nodded with satisfaction and said, "In two or three months, it is estimated that it will be completely completed." ”

Bai Junyan, who was supervising the construction on the island and rushed over after hearing the news, said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, it can be put into use in less than a month, and when the time comes, the troops will be trained while building the island." ”

Hou Xuanyan was even more satisfied, and said with a chuckle: "If that's the case, I'll give you all a great credit." Let's go, take us around. ”

Bai Junyan paused slightly, and said: "Guogong, the envoy sent by the red-haired people has been here for a long time, do you want to see Guogong." ”

The Dutch often have red hair, Hou Xuanyan said with a smile: "A big country should have the bearing and etiquette of a big country, those red-haired people come from a country called the Netherlands, and they will be called Dutch in the future, don't let the red-haired people scream." ”

Long Island is full of greenery, and there is a mansion on a high hill, and the Dutch envoy Dilibat has been waiting for a long time. At this time, the two major forces active in China's coastal areas were the Dutch and the Franco. Among them, the Franco-Romans are arrogant and arrogant, and have always thought that they are the center of civilization, on the contrary, the stronger Dutch are very pragmatic, as long as they can make money, let them pretend to be grandchildren.

After Hou Xuanyan sat down, the soldiers on the island were ordered to call the Dutch to come, and the envoy brought a total of dozens of people to come directly from Japan on a merchant ship.

They had long learned from the governor that the young man in front of them was the most powerful duke in the largest empire in the East, and after seeing Hou Xuanyan, Di Liba saluted respectfully.

Hou Xuanyan saw that he was going to take it out even three times and nine bows, so he hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, I personally don't like this set very much, show them a seat." ”

The soldier brought out a chair, and Dilibat sat down in the hall, with the other Dutchmen standing beside him.

"I had a gentleman's covenant with your governor before, I will help him contain Zheng Zhilong, and he will help me build a dock and an arsenal."

Di Liba, who knew Chinese, hurriedly said, "That's right, we are very honored and happy to cooperate with the Duke. ”

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said, "Your Chinese is quite good, and you have even learned the essence of our Han people, and you know that you have to choose what to say." What's so happy about our cooperation, you were just beaten by Zheng Zhilong on Dongfan Island and lost your armor, and you want to provoke me to beat him. And I'm here to get your most advanced artillery and ships. This is a failed deal, I have a pact with Zheng Zhilong, and he has long since surrendered to me. And you don't really teach the skills, my skills are obtained through other channels.

But you don't have to be afraid, I'm a very pragmatic person, and the failure of one business won't affect me to think about the next. As long as the price is right, both parties can benefit, and we can have a good time again. ”

Diliba never imagined that from the mouth of this Duke of the East, such words would be said that were very in line with the conditions of the Netherlands. He has studied this distant and mysterious Eastern Empire very deeply, and knows that they like to talk about righteousness, always talk about ethereal etiquette, but not very interested in profit.

"You're a wise duke." Diliba said sincerely.

Hou Xuanyan stood up, laughed, and said, "Wise? No, don't think that those adults who are full of morality are stupid, it's just that your interests don't coincide with theirs, and those people are really wise. I'm just a pragmatic person, that's all. You can walk around Nagashima these days, and there's a huge army of sailors on the verge of being built, and I'm sure it's going to be the strongest water force in the vicinity of Japan. ”

The biggest purpose of Di Liba's trip was, of course, to persuade Hou Xuanyan to continue to exert pressure on Zheng Zhilong, who was losing ground on Dongfan Island and was about to be completely driven out by Zheng Zhilong. But after hearing Hou Xuanyan's first sentence, he knew that this goal could not be achieved at all, and the next words made him even more frightened, if it was really as Hou Xuanyan said, their oil and water in Japan would probably be taken away.

Hou Xuanyan watched coldly, seeing that his expression was difficult to hide, he said calmly: "Japan is a good place, there is silver everywhere, and we have been good neighbors since ancient times, but unfortunately now their national conditions are unstable, and the people on the island are in dire straits, I have decided to give them a hand." ”

This is another earth-shattering news, from the most powerful empire in the East, has begun to pay attention to the development of its own sailors, but also wants to meddle in the situation in Japan.

It was an unstoppable rise, and Dilibal had seen a few years later a mighty sailor crisscross the waterway of wealth, backed by the richest land, and no other country could compare with them.

Moreover, the Duke's intention was obvious, he could accept a mutually beneficial contract, and Dilibal could not wait to rush back to their base camp and persuade the Governor to cooperate with this man sincerely, otherwise he might really be driven out of this sea in the future.

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