The current imperial court is still the Ming court, and Wang Yue has no right to disband Zheng Zhilong's army, after all, he is a guerrilla general in Fujian coastal defense. If the Zheng family army is disbanded now, the Fujian region will immediately be empty, and the whereabouts of these nearly 200,000 people are also a problem.

These 200,000 people have all been soldiers with knives and guns, and it is impossible to kill them, and it is not appropriate to directly regard them as immigrants.

It is better to put it in Zheng Zhilong's hands and restrain it first, and a battalion of Tiance Army as a military adviser will infiltrate the Zheng family army to pave the way for the future division and disintegration of the Zheng family army.

The one in front is equivalent to slapping Zheng Zhilong a few times, and it's time to put sweet dates on the back.

Wang Yue said again: "In this battle of Xiamen, your Zheng family suffered a lot of losses. It has also lost the income from the protection fee at sea, and it should not be easy to maintain such a large stall in the future. ”

"Lord Xie Shaobao, I understand Zhilong's distress." Zheng Zhilong is almost crying, isn't it easy? He's thinking about how to cut back on expenses. Because another business of the Zheng family is sea trade, which used to be tax-free, but now it has to pay taxes to Wang Yue.

"Well, so this official is also thinking about adding some input for General Feihuang." Wang Yue said with a smile.

"Oh? Please speak, Lord Shaobao. Zheng Zhilong said curiously.

Wang Yue said: "My Tiance army has taken Manila and Batavia, and the ocean east of Malacca is already under the control of my Tiance army.

This official intends to invite General Fei Huang to cooperate with this business, and the cooperation period is ten years, and your Zheng family can share one percent of the profits to make up for the short-term losses caused by the lack of this business. ”

The Zheng family has been working in this field for more than ten years, and Wang Yue has to cooperate with them temporarily, after all, they are more proficient in business. Customs is not built in a day, there must be a gradual process.

Zheng Zhilong understood that this was Wang Yue using him as a transition, and ten years later, the Tiance Army's forces were all over the ocean east of Malacca, and there would be nothing to do with him.

But he had to accept this cooperation, although it was only one percent, at least equivalent to thirty percent of the protection money that the Zheng family had collected before.

In the past, the Zheng family could not collect protection fees from Manila and Batavia, nor Tianjin and Shanghai, but now the scope is much wider. Moreover, the Zheng family of the Tiance Army is stronger, and there are fewer fish that slip through the net.

"Zhilong is willing to cooperate with Lord Shaobao."

Wang Yue did not uproot the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong had already invited the heavens, and it was impossible to bargain.

"Very good, this official will order someone to sign a cooperation document with you, and all the articles of association will be listed one by one."

Wang Yue said: "In addition, after our army took Manila and Batavia, it urgently needed a large number of immigrants. General Feihuang can also collect immigrants who are willing to go to sea, and I will take all the orders from the starting city.

As long as General Feihuang's people send it to the civil affairs department of our starting city in Fujian, they will pay the corresponding fees to General Feihuang, five taels for adult men and women, and two taels for the elderly and children, and these immigrants will also be paid five taels by the civil affairs department of my starting city to settle in to solve their worries.

After these immigrants arrived overseas, each of them was given 50 acres of land, and every 10 people were given a share of a cow, and agricultural tools and equipment were distributed by our starting city. ”

Free immigrants are different from refugees, so the corresponding fees are higher to attract them to the sea.

The capture of Manila and Batavia, the raid of indigenous villages and the war against Matalan yielded a very large number of cattle, nearly 50,000 heads, so they could be distributed to the immigrants. In the future, Japanese mercenaries will continue to sweep the indigenous tribes, and the source of cattle is not a problem.

"Fujian is mountainous and has few lands, and the people also have a tradition of going to the sea to make a living, and Zhilong is willing to serve adults." The immigration conditions in the starting point city are more favorable than when Zheng Zhilong organized people to go to Taiwan to open up wasteland, the key is that the Zheng family can have a lot of benefits, of course he is willing to do it.

Wang Yue nodded and said: "The other main business of the Zheng family is sea trade, and this official fully supports this business of your Zheng family, and you can completely let go of your hands and feet." In the South Seas, the East Ocean, and even Europe, your Zheng family's merchant ships can come and go freely.

As long as the customs duties are completed, our Tiance Army and Navy will not only not interfere, but will also provide the necessary protection. If you are interested in maritime trade further afield, our starting point city can also sell you larger and more advanced sea ships and more advanced artillery, enough to deal with the Europeans. ”

Wang Yue hoped that the Zheng family would develop into a maritime trading group, and did not even mind that they were able to expand overseas, just like the Dutch East India Company.

Zheng Zhilong looked around and asked happily, "Lord Shaobao said that it can be sold to a warship like a young general?" ”

The place where he met Zheng Zhilong was the dock landing ship, Wang Yue laughed when he saw his demeanor: "This battleship is made of 37 million catties of steel, please remember that this is steel." And the total value of many of the equipment on this battleship is at least ten times that of these steels, may I ask General Feihuang, can you afford it? ”

"Shhh Zheng Zhilong almost didn't bite his tongue off, the value of this battleship was almost equal to half of the Zheng family, and he said shamefully: "The last general can't afford it!" ”

Although this battleship does look very valuable, he feels in his heart that Wang Yue must have exaggerated it, anyway, he doesn't understand it, and it's not up to Wang Yue to blow it.

From Zheng Zhilong's face, Wang Yue could also see that Zheng Zhilong didn't believe it, but he didn't bother to explain.

"Although you can't buy the artillery and warships in service with the Tiance Army, this officer guarantees that it will definitely be stronger than the level of European warships in terms of firepower. There are large areas of territory and gold and silver waiting for you to acquire, so why always stare at the one-third of an acre in front of you?

Those Europeans were able to come to the South Seas and rob the natives, wouldn't you do the same? How many troops did the Europeans have when they came to Asia? Your Zheng family has 200,000 troops! There are hundreds of millions of people behind the Ming Dynasty, and my Tiance Army as the backing, this is a bigger deal than the sea protection fees you once charged. ”

Wang Yue put on a plate of hard dishes again, if the 200,000 Zheng army is strengthened again, it will be a formidable force overseas, and many small countries will be wiped out if they say they will be destroyed, even if many European countries are difficult to resist.

The energy of the starting point city is also limited, and the development of overseas enterprises can not only be participated by state-owned enterprises, but also private enterprises, which are usually very dynamic, and the Zheng family is a huge private enterprise.

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up, robbery is indeed a promising career.