Zeng Ying returned to Keelung, he mobilized all political resources, spent 5,000 taels of silver, and got the dispatch of the governor of Leizhou, Lianzhou, and Qiongzhou.

The Fuchen is under the jurisdiction of the Qiongshan sub-patrol Qiongzhou Mansion (Hainan Province) and the Lianzhou sub-patrol Lei Lian (Haibei Province), both of which are also two military preparation roads for military preparation.

Compared to the Shou Order and Zeng Ying's plan, there is one less Gaozhou Mansion. The army of Gaozhou Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of Gao Zhaobing Beidao stationed in Zhaoqing, and Zhaoqing was the residence of Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, probably because the imperial court considered this and did not assign Gaozhou to Zeng Ying. For Zeng Ying and Shou Order, it is a little regrettable that they did not get Gaozhou Mansion, but it is not very critical.

Western Guangdong is an important part of the Western route, and Jincheng has done a lot of work in it, and has also cooperated with local forces.

The existing military forces in western Guangdong are mainly battalions of several large water villages along the coast.

Lei Lianqiong Sanfu was originally supposed to have Leizhou Baigemen Water Village, Qiongzhou Baisha Water Village, and Leizhou Wutu Water Village.

Among them, the White Pigeon Gate Water Village is responsible for the defense of Guangzhou Ao (now Zhanjiang Guangzhou Bay) and Jinzhou Island in the eastern part of the Leizhou Peninsula, and the cruising sea surface reaches the Chishui Port of Wuchuan Institute in Gaozhou Prefecture in the east, and hands over with Beijin Water Village.

Baisha Water Village is responsible for the defense of Hainan Island and cruises the coast around Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Wutu Water Village is responsible for the defense of the western part of the Leizhou Peninsula, and the cruising range is from Hai'an Station in Xuwen County to Longmen Island in Qinzhou.

In the whole Guangdong coastal defense, there are ten major water village border patrol outposts, from east to west by Chaozhou, Huizhou, Guangzhou, Gaozhou, Leizhou, Qiongzhou 6 provinces of coastal defense Tongzhi sub-division is responsible. The six coastal defense colleagues are stationed in a certain place in Guangzhou Prefecture (uncertain) Guangdong according to the deputy envoy to patrol the sea road and prepare for the army, stationed in Chaozhou and Guangdong according to the inspection of the affairs of the patrol of the tide and Hui and the army, Lei Lian and Qiongzhou 4 military preparation roads.

In addition to the sea route, there are also four military garrisons under the jurisdiction of the governor of Liangguang in the mainland, namely Gaozhao, Nanxiong, Luoding, and Shaonan, which may not be permanent.

The most important of these is undoubtedly the Guangdong Patrol Channel, which governs the entire Pearl River estuary and Macao. One of the most important Taoist platforms in the whole world, second only to the Governor-General's political envoy and the fourth most powerful person in Guangdong Province.

In the military system of western Guangdong, each of Sanshuizhai has a general Qin Yi who is responsible for the specific command, and on top of it is General Lei Qiong. Sanshui Village has forty or fifty large and small warships and hundreds of soldiers.

The above is only a theoretical situation during the Chengping period. The imperial court was short of funds, and western Guangdong, as a marginal place that had less impact on the war, naturally would not be taken seriously and could not be financially inclined.

In the past, most of the warships of the battalion and sailors were hired sturdy civilian ships and civilian sailors, and if they had no money, they would naturally be slowly abandoned, and the warships would rot into waste wood, and the soldiers would flee. After a long time, the Wutu Water Village was simply withdrawn from paper, and the cruising sea area was handed over to the White Pigeon Gate Water Village. It's just that at this time, the Baigemen Water Village and the Baisha Water Village only exist in name.

Zeng Ying is a bare-bones governor for the time being. As a potential source of soldiers, the escape of military households in Guangdong Province is better than that of the whole country, but it takes time and money to prepare and mobilize.

The sea control in western Guangdong was actually controlled by the half-official and half-bandit pirates of the Tanmin organization, who were called "pearl thieves" by the government.

The people of Lianzhou and Leizhou relied on fishing and pearl diving for their livelihood, and the Ming government once exploited the people of pearl diving, provoking widespread revolt, but in the early years the court still had the strength to maintain general order.

Until the Wanli period, Li Mao, a great pirate, led the great pirate Lin Feng into western Guangdong, completely defeating the defense force of western Guangdong. The Ming Dynasty was unable to recover, so it had to recruit Li Mao as the commander of the water division and let him control the pearl pond and the trade routes. Later, although Li Mao was suppressed, Western Guangdong could not return to the previous situation.

Pearls and other financial resources are still controlled by the Tanmin pirate organization. The Tanmin became a semi-official organization, which the imperial court called the Cantonese Party. Any general Lei Qiong who took office had to go to the Tankan Yue Party to pay homage to the dock, and everyone would share the money together, and if the talks were not properly discussed, there would be a big mess.

The main external threats faced by western Guangdong were the pirates of the Japanese and the Annan (Zheng Zhu) and the local pirates such as Lin Feng, Li Kuiqi, and Liu Xiang. The Tan people often bring in these external forces when they are in rebellion. Both the Japanese and Li Liu have now disappeared, and the only relatively big threat is the Annan pirates.

As long as they do not oppress the Tan people too much, the Tan people will not only not cause chaos, but will be allies with the government to resist the invasion of foreign forces. It was precisely because of this that the imperial court later simply acquiesced to the power of the Tan people at sea, allowing them to control the pearl pond and collect a certain protection fee for merchant ships.

On the sea of Guangdong, the strongest Tan people are the Panyu Tan people Zhou Zhen, Zhou Yu and Li Weirong, who are mainly active in the Pearl River estuary. The local Tan people in western Guangdong are still relatively peaceful, as long as Zeng Ying does not move the pearl, he will not cause trouble.

"I need soldiers, and my brother's three hundred Jiangxi soldiers are not enough," Zeng Ying said, "I heard that you have contained some of the remnants of the Yellow Dragon?" Hand them over to me. ”

In Chongming, more than 800 remnants of Huang Fei and Wu Zhikui who broke out of the siege from Desheng Port were successively contained, and most of them came to Taiwan with him. Wu Zhikui's subordinates, many of whom were from Shanghai, were arranged to go to Taichung and stationed with the people of Shanghai.

There are still 400 remnants of Huang Fei's Dengzhou Naval Division, and it is not appropriate for Taiwan to put too many Ming troops, which may cause trouble. Zeng Ying, as the former governor of Denglai, their old chief, is more convenient to use.

"Yes," Shou Xuan said more generously, "old man, I'll send you six more ships." ”

With the arrival of Zeng Ying, the work of Shou Xiang in Taiwan is coming to an end. The northerly wind season was coming to an end, and he had to return.

In order to resettle the migrants as soon as possible, Taipei dismantled more than 100 ships that were not performing well, built houses with ship wood, and freed up ship materials to prepare other ships.

Excluding Hualien, there are more than 300 ships in Keelung and Tamsui, of which 90 are ships hired in eastern Zhejiang. He Junyao, the general of Wenzhou, the warships of the commander of the Dinghai General Army, and some civilian ships, they will go home after completing the preparation.

After the break, there are 260 ships in Taipei that are in a ready state of use. The order in Fujian and Zhejiang is not as good as before, and there are many opportunities for small-scale immigration, leaving Taiwan with 70 small and medium-sized junk ships, and the remaining 200 ships are organized into a huge return fleet.

Maiden selected 3,000 single women, 10,000 immigrants, and nearly 10,000 family members of Gao Jie's officers and soldiers to board the ship in Taiwan. It was difficult for Taiwan to accommodate Mrs. Xing's troops. Because of the massacres committed by Gao Jie's remnants in Yangzhou and Jiangnan, Mrs. Xing was reluctant to return to the mainland. After consulting with Mrs. Xing, Shou ordered to place their entire army in Houjiang Mansion.

The only area that Houjiang Province has really ceded now is Jinoujiao, and the others are leased from Chenla. The small amount of rent was not given to Chenla, but directly to Siam.

In the northwest of Houjiang Province, Longjiang City in the upper reaches of the Mekong River is still in the territory of Chenla, and after the devastation of the last coalition army, it has not recovered its vitality. The powerful people of Houjiang Province often crossed the border to catch slaves, and the Zhenla royal court did not care about the suffering of the indigenous people in the Shui Zhenla area.

In the northeast of Houjiang Province, Jincheng and Quang Nam are bounded by default along the Guyu River, the southernmost tributary of the Qianjiang River. The river itself is the cruising range of Quang Nam, and Geumseong does not set foot in it.

Between the Guyu River and the Saigon River, to the northwest to the Dong Tha, Long An area, and southeast to Haikou, it is the Shui Chenla country that is subject to Quang Nam. Between the Guyu River and the Houjiang River is a large river continent 120 kilometers long, more than 20 kilometers wide and nearly 2,500 square kilometers. This river island is now in a wild and primitive state, and is a nest infested by crocodiles and pythons. Neither Jincheng nor Quang Nam cared about developing this territory.

Shou Xuan drew out the Jiangzhou for Mrs. Xing on the map, and raised her head, "The land of Yifu, I call this place Yonglong." Water is abundant, the land is fertile, and rice cultivation yields are high. ”

Mrs. Xing's eyes flashed, "Hereditary recklessness? ”

This is the real separation, and most Ming Dynasty generals have pursued it all their lives.

"Hereditary replacement, Madame can divide the land of Yonglong Province among her subordinate generals," Shou Xuan promised, "The sealing documents will be given to me later, and I will have to go through a formality in our Senate Heraldic Committee before it will be officially recognized." ”

"Could there be any problems?" Mrs. Xing was a little worried.

"No, don't worry."

For Kaneshiro, this is not a loss. Yonglong Province is located between Houjiang and Quang Nam, and the wild land has to pay a high labor cost from development to harvest, and secondly, Jincheng has to take into account diplomatic relations with Quang Nam after all.

Mrs. Xing is still wearing the Ming Army brand, and her only son, Gao Yuanjue, is also the son of the Ming Dynasty earl, and he can inherit the title when he is an adult. It is better for the Ming army to have a fight with Guangnan than Jincheng directly, and it is impossible for Guangnan to turn his face with Nanming now.

All hereditary titles of nobility were to go through the Senate Heraldic Committee, which mainly played a supervisory role to avoid crimes such as murder and seizure of the throne within the family. At least for now, the Heraldic Commission is not an obstacle to the hereditary succession of knighthoods.

Mrs. Xing was a little curious, "What is heraldry?" ”

Shou Xuan smiled: "The family emblem of the hereditary nobility is usually printed on the military flag, castle and shield. This thing was actually present during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in China, but was later lost. If the lady is okay on the road, she can design one by herself. ”

……

In mid-March, the northerly winds have eased, and the southwest monsoon will break out in the South China Sea in April.

Shou ordered to say goodbye to Huixiang in Keelung.

The woman threw herself into her arms, "Won't I go to Jincheng to see my sister?" ”

Shou Xuan smiled, "It's hard at sea, you don't have to go, you can live in Keelung with peace of mind." ”

Hui Xiang raised his head and stopped talking.

Shou orderly put on the full set of honor guards of the admiral and walked out of the bamboo garden. In Keelung Port, the fleet has been assembled.

The Taipei Squadron left the Keelung and Qinjiang as the ships.

The convoy was commanded by Allemand and consisted of four warships: the Raphael, the Melville, the Tempest, and the Zhenjiang. Orderly, he took the Melville, and this time he was not commanding the fleet.

On the deck of the Melville, Shou Xiang shook hands with Maiden, "I left all the army I brought to you, Taipei is not more important than ever, whether it is the Ming army or the Spaniards, they are all potential threats to us." The navy is not able to support you too much for the time being, and you have to rely on yourself to expand the army as soon as possible. ”

"I understand," Maiden said, "that the Army is more direct and better than the Navy to defend the country." ”

Shou ordered a few more words, "Well, goodbye." ”

"Goodbye."

Shou Zhi and Maiden exchanged military salutes. The Peace Fort fired a 21-gun salute, and the fleet returned the salute. The Raphael raised the blue sailing flag, and the huge fleet sailed out of Keelung Harbor.

On the peak of the commanding heights of Heping Island, under the white hood, two women in costume watched the fleet set sail.

"He still hasn't promised you a name?"

"I didn't ...... I don't care. Hui Xiang's voice was already crying.

Li Xiangzhen sighed softly.

……

The returning fleet met in Tamsui and regrouped, and after entering Guangdong, it switched to coastal sailing. Zeng Ying separated from the fleet at Shangxiachuan Island and continued westward to Leizhou.

The large fleet made a short stop in Sanya to replenish some fresh fresh water and vegetables.

The flotilla was again separated in Houjiang Province. Allemand led the Raphael, Storm, and Zhenjiang to stay behind and wait for Madame Xing's army to be unloaded. The Order took the rest of the ships to transport the craftsmen, brimstone, copper, and women back to the mainland.

At the mouth of the Gulf of Siam, two brigs stationed at the Golden Oubao Naval Base met them, and the Melville fired a gun salute.

The quick notification ship has sent the news of the orderly return to Jincheng, and what awaits him is a grand triumphal ceremony. Order brings back the loot that the homeland has been coveting for a long time.

Walking into the Senate, a hundred senators gave a standing ovation.

Shou ordered to look at their rich and varied expressions, and smiled as he stepped onto the podium.

Some people may worry that Jincheng will be at odds with the Tatars, the conquerors of the East Asian continent, which will affect future maritime trade. But that was later, and at this point, he achieved unimaginable results at a very small cost. At this rate, it will soon be truly accepted by the world. Only when the strength is reached, can you be qualified to sit at the game table, and only when the strength is reached, can you consider future trade issues.