The Dutch people cultivated Zheng Zhilong's team, firstly, because of their local strength in the Netherlands, and they wanted to bypass Africa and come to the Far East, which cost a lot; Second, the environment in Europe was complicated, and as an emerging maritime power, the Netherlands, the sea coachmen, did not have much spare power to support the colonies in the Far East.

Rather than waiting for the kingdom's distant support, it is better to use local materials in the Far East to cultivate the strength of the Westerners who are close to them, and use the Orientals to restrain them.

Moreover, in many cases, the unique face of the Oriental people makes it easier to do a lot of things in the land of the Far East without being noticed by the increasingly powerful Hongmen people.

This time, the turmoil in many indigenous kingdoms in Nanyang really has to be traced to the end, in fact, there are still shadows of Westerners participating in it, but Westerners have now become smarter, and they did not play on their own, but handed over these tasks to the representatives of the Han people who depended on them for a living and cultivated, so even Hongmen's powerful foreign guard intelligence system failed to find any clues.

"It's just a pity that we invested before, after this incident, those Song native kings on the Nanyang Peninsula are afraid that they no longer have the courage to make too derailed actions in secret and provoke Hongmen."

As Zheng Zhilong grew older, the night gradually calmed down, but because of the passage of age, the obsession in his heart became more ingrained, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to give Hongmen a fatal blow.

In order to take revenge, Zheng Zhilong had less ambition for power and more for the accumulation of strength, and was more willing to cooperate with Westerners and become their vassals.

"There's no pity, sooner or later, the opportunity will come, I have reached an agreement with the British and the Spaniards, and in the future, I will give up the dispute in the Malay Archipelago and distribute the power to maintain the current indigenous kingdom."

"When the strife in the Malay Peninsula is over, with the reproductive ability of the indigenous islanders on the peninsula and the strong military strength of our Europeans, it will not be long before we can form a powerful naval division and march east to the Ming to recover what we have all lost."

Governor Dandel did not feel the slightest feeling, as far as he was concerned, the layout on the Nanyang Peninsula was just to make some trouble for Hongmen, if Hongmen lost control of the countries of the Southeast Asian Peninsula because of this, and the countries on the island turned to their Western power, it would naturally be excellent; But if it doesn't work, in fact, for their Westerners, the loss is not big, anyway, except for the spices and jewelry on the island, the Westerners do not have a strong demand for the island's population and land.

"Do you mean, Lord Doge, that from now on there will be fewer wars between my Java Kingdom and the surrounding Sulu Kingdom?"

Zheng Zhilong frowned without a trace, their Flying Dragon Gang can have the current strength because of the complicated situation on the Malay Peninsula, the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, and even British all support their own indigenous kingdoms on this peninsula, and as an important shipping route discovered by the eldest daughter, the Strait of Malacca is a choke point to curb the trade between the East and the West.

Over the years, in order to control this chokepoint, various Western forces have shown their strengths, and used their means to divide the local indigenous kingdom between this small and large archipelago.

And it is this chaotic situation that gives Zheng Zhilong's Flying Dragon Gang a stage to show, and through win-win cooperation with the Dutch people, even if the Flying Dragon Gang has no territory, they can live comfortably.

Of course, in fact, the internal situation is even more complicated, because the strong rise of Hongmen has made the Westerners, who originally had an absolute advantage in the ocean, suffer a lot over the years and suffer a lot of losses.

Therefore, for all kinds of forces that suddenly appeared, these Westerners gradually became obedient, and at the same time competed with each other, they tacitly suppressed those forces that might threaten their colonial kingdoms, which is also an important reason why the Flying Dragon Gang led by Zheng Zhilong is still attached to the Dutch people and has no territory of their own.

Now, from Governor Dandel's words, Zheng Zhilong heard the news that the situation in the chaotic Malay Peninsula would calm down, which was not a good thing for the Wyvern Gang, who needed to exchange for supplies through seizures and war.

"Rest assured, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done for you in the future, and the temporary calm in the Malay Archipelago does not mean that you have lost ground."

Dandel was obviously aware of Zheng Zhilong's concerns, and while saying the previous news, he comforted him: "There will be a batch of artillery delivered from Europe in the near future, and I have already ordered that I will give you fifteen guns when the time comes, and as for how to use it, you can do it yourself." ”

Deliberately restricting Zheng Zhilong's territory was an important reason why Dandell dared to lead a strong sailor, if there was no material supply from their Dutch, how could Zheng Zhilong support the fleet that had now swelled to seven or eight thousand people again?

"Oh?"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face: "Thank you so much, Lord Governor!" ”

"There's nothing to thank, it's a reward for your Kingdom operation in the Southeast Asian Peninsula this time!"

Dandell waved his hand, in the eyes of Westerners with a kingdom background, in fact, this amount of artillery was harmless at all, but it was rarely transported to the Far East for sale because of the need for blockade technology.

And as Hongmen gradually broke through the technological blockade of Westerners, and was even able to create artillery far beyond their Westerners, then the so-called blockade has become a joke, and there is no longer much need.

In addition, the strong power of the Hongmen people at sea seriously threatened the interests of the Westerners, so that the Western colonists in the Far East could not support many troops in order to protect themselves, but a lot of dead things such as artillery and warships were transported over, otherwise Zheng Zhilong and his Flying Dragon Gang fleet would not be able to use Western-style warships.

"As long as you are loyal to my Kingdom of the Netherlands and my East India Company, I will not treat you badly!"

"Your subordinates must do their best to get rid of their brains!"

Zheng Zhilong seemed to be moved by Governor Dandel's words, and hurriedly made a standard Western knightly etiquette, and replied with a sincere look in his eyes.

"Okay, I've worked hard for you this time, let's go back and rest first!"

Governor Dandell was very satisfied with the performance of the Han man in front of him, and with a concerned expression, Zheng Zhilong withdrew from the official residence that Dandel had built in imitation of a Western castle.

With Zheng Zhilong leaving, the originally kind look on Governor Dandel's face calmed down, and he stood up and walked to the window, looking at the helper who had been as loyal as ever in front of him, until the other party disappeared from his official residence.

"Someone!"

"Lord Governor!"

"Send someone to closely monitor Zheng Yiguan, especially his family, if there is any trouble, I will allow you to act first and then report."

But I don't know why, Dandell is full of suspicion about these Eastern faces, even if this Zheng Zhilong has been working under him for five or six years, plus the time he spent under the former governor, more than ten years still can't gain Dandel's true trust.

Perhaps, this is why it is difficult for Westerners to change their strong vigilance, just as they did in the technological blockade of Eastern civilization.

After all this, Dandell retracted his distant thoughts and pulled his mind back to the tedious business in front of him.

"Three days ago, another Dutch sailor disappeared, this is the one hundred and thirty-third missing person in Java in five years, the Governor's Palace sent a team to conduct a search in all aspects, but it is the same as the previous disappearances, the missing person seems to have disappeared from the world, and there is no trace of him."

The first document gave Dander a headache, originally their Dutch kingdom had a small population base in the Far East, and more than 100 Western sailors had been missing one after another in the past five years, at least more than half of them were Dutch, so Dander was condemned and questioned by the domestic nobles.

"Continue to send someone to search for me, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to make it for me!"

Dandel viciously gave instructions on the official document, and at the same time did not forget to let out all kinds of curses in his mouth, for the unknown black hand who was looking for trouble for himself, he was eager to dismantle the other party in eight pieces, in order to vent the fire in his heart.

And the middle-aged Zheng Zhilong, who had just finished reporting the task and was heading towards his manor, had a faint sarcastic smile on his face after walking out of the governor's mansion.

Zheng Zhilong has never really given in to the deal between the Dutch represented by Dandel and his own side, what he needs is advanced technology and weapons from the West, and what the Dutch need is an executioner to help them rule the Jawa country.

After experiencing all kinds of failures, Zheng Zhilong and the others no longer superstitiously thought that through the tactics of the sea of people, they could lead the revenge move, whether it was the Hongmen or the Westerners, they were so powerful, and they never completely relied on the advantage of numbers.

Therefore, in the past few years, Zheng Zhilong has been working in the hands of the Dutch people, more because the other party can continue to fund his own advanced Western warships and artillery, and at the same time, he can also silently develop his own strength and team under the cover of the sunset.

"Helper, while you're away from Jawwa, we've sent someone to tie up the sailors who we inquired about working in the Dutch shipyard and put them on our island."

Back at the manor in Java Country, Zheng Zhilong's henchman Zheng Haomin greeted his helper and uncle while reporting to Zheng Zhilong what they had done in his absence.

"Has anyone found out?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded, and then asked.

"No, it was done neatly, and it was sent out that night, and no one could have noticed."

Zheng Haomin replied in the affirmative.

(End of chapter)