Why would a veteran who is about to retire honorably in a few years fall into such a situation? Could it be that he Yu Shigao doesn't have the Ming court and the people of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, so he has to do these things that will make him lose his old age?

Just when Sun Yueling was thinking about it, Li Dan and the others came to his side again and said to him: "My lord, this is the famous Penghu Bay. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info pointed to the blue lake and the beautiful beach not far away, and said, "Do you want to feel it, the scenery here is really beautiful and breathtaking." ”

To be honest, Sun Yueling really wanted to take a look, Penghu Bay, how to sing that song, the evening breeze blows Penghu Bay, and the white waves chase the beach, but now he is the head of a group, how can he go to the mountains and rivers before he arrives in Taiwan, and he is not scolded to death by other officials, so he smiled and said: "If you don't go, just stand in the distance and take a look." ”

Seeing Sun Yueling looking at the calm mirror-like lake in the distance, Li Danhan smiled and said, "My lord, this Penghu Lake has finally returned to the embrace of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Sun Yueling nodded and asked, "It's been a while since Holland Hongyi left Penghu, right?" ”

Li Dan responded: "Yes, these Dutchmen left Penghu in August last year, almost a year ago. Then he thought of something, sighed, and said, "I remember that at this time last year, there was still a lot of war here, and I didn't expect that it was now peaceful, and there was no trace of war left." ”

"Oh?" Sun Yueling felt a burst of surprise and said, "You also participated in the Battle of Penghu last year?" ”

Li Dan nodded and said: "Yes, my lord, when the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands went to war, the governor at that time, Nan Juyi, had mobilized all the maritime merchants to serve in the expedition, and he was still in Quanzhou at that time. ”

"Really?" Sun Yueling looked at Li Dan and Zheng Yiguan and others with generous expressions on their faces, and they didn't expect that they also participated in the Battle of Penghu. But it's no wonder that Li Dan and Zheng Yiguan and others are both businessmen and thieves, with their own private armed forces and warships, although their merchant ships are loaded with goods, but the men on board are all people who can participate in the battle at any time, Nan Juyi can mobilize them to participate in the battle against the Netherlands, which can be regarded as a united front.

In today's situation, he is not opposed to cooperating with these merchants who are also merchants and thieves, as long as they are not betraying the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but can bring wealth and glory to the Ming Dynasty, why not support their actions? Since the Ming Dynasty can't completely control them, it is understandable to support a group of people close to the government and crack down on those lawless maritime merchants.

Zheng Yiguan's face was full of excitement, and he said to Sun Yueling: "Don't hide it, my lord, I participated in the battle of the Ming Dynasty against the red hair fan last year, and burned one of their warships with my own hands. ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "Very good, very good, as long as you continue to serve my Ming Dynasty bravely and be a Ming maritime merchant who obeys the orders of the government, this envoy promises to fully support your operation, so that your business will flourish and expand to the countries of the Southeast Ocean." Then he changed his words, "However, if you collude with foreign countries and do those things that bring disaster to the country and the people, then don't blame the envoy for turning his face and denying people, and arrest and punish all of you." ”

Li Dan and Zheng Yiguan were extremely happy when they heard Sun Yueling say this, and said in a loud voice: "Your Excellency, rest assured, we will abide by the policies of the imperial court, act according to your orders, and never do anything that is unfavorable to my Ming Dynasty." When Sun Yueling said this to them, he was saying that he would support their business and escort their business. To be able to get the Fujian envoy as their backing, of course, they were happy in their hearts, so they hurriedly expressed their attitude.

"That's fine." Sun Yueling said to them.

After staying in Penghu for half a day, the fleet set sail again and headed for Taiwan, arriving off the coast of Taiwan in the early morning of the next day. After arriving off the coast of Taiwan, their fleet was spotted by a Dutch maritime patrol warship, and after some routine questioning, the patrol ship led them to the harbor of Geranza.

The city of Geranza is located on a large island on the east side of Dayuan, which was originally just a deserted island called the island of a kun. After the Dutch arrived at the Commander, they built a Western-style castle in this strategic place, and set up the entire fleet headquarters here, and Song Ke, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Taiwan, lived in this castle of Geranza.

After the Dutch entrenched themselves in Taiwan, they vigorously suppressed the natives of the local village communities, and placed the captured slaves in Geranza and the Dayuan to work for them. After nearly a year of operation by the Dutch, a market was gradually formed in the east of the city of Geranza, because it is adjacent to Dayuan Port, and this market is the corner place of maritime merchants from various countries in the Southeast Ocean to operate maritime trade, so it has become more and more prosperous, and traders from all over the world like to call this market "Geranza Town", and some people even say that it is the real Geranza City.

The fleet stopped outside the harbor south of the city of Geranza, waiting for an emissary from the Dutch. It was a full hour before the Dutch ships slowly approached them, signaling that they could sail into the harbor.

Li Dan, Zheng Yiguan and others were not surprised, but Dongfang Shengping said disdainfully: "What's the matter, these red-haired fans really regard this place as their own territory, and they actually want us to wait for such a long time." ”

Li Dan sighed when he heard this: "These Dutch dare to do whatever they want on the border of our Daming Sea Frontier by virtue of their strong force, since they occupied Taiwan, the maritime merchants in the Southeast Ocean have to act according to their faces, and even I have to compromise with them under their coercion and operate according to their requirements." Otherwise, the Dutch will embarrass my trading house in the town of Geranza. ”

He said this to Sun Yueling, and Sun Yueling naturally knew it in his heart. In order to maintain trade from Japan to the Ming Dynasty, Li Dan had to compromise with the Dutch entrenched in Taiwan and hand over part of the trade management rights to the Dutch. Only then did the Dutch allow him to open a trading house in the town of Geranza as a transit point for tomorrow's trade.

According to what Li Dan said earlier, his current trading house in Geranza Town is managed by his son Li Guozhu, and he has faintly become the leader among many merchants in Geranza. The town of Gelancha also gradually formed a Han force led by the Ming people, and it was also quite influential in Taiwan.

As the fleet entered the harbor with the Dutch ships, the Dutch envoys again signaled to the mission that only nine large ships were allowed to enter the inner harbor, and the remaining two warships were not allowed to enter, and could only dock near the island of Erkun on the outskirts of the harbor. The island was at least 200 zhang away from the city of Geranza, and the Dutch were clearly guarding against them.

This is a bit deceitful too much, and the sailor guard Wang Mengxiong was angry, and said angrily: "The red-haired fan is so rampant, he forgets the defeat of Penghu?" ”

In last year's Battle of Penghu, Wang Mengxiong fought against the Dutch as the vanguard, and now less than a year later, the Dutch have become so arrogant again, which makes him, a member of the army, feel unacceptable.

Sun Yueling was also very angry in his heart, especially as a person in later generations, how could he tolerate the foreign Yi people to do whatever they wanted and give orders on the land of China, but at the moment, the matter was urgent, and he was shouldering the heavy trust of the governor Zhu Qinxiang, so naturally he couldn't be as violent as them, so he could only take a breath first, and then discuss after seeing Song Ke, and said lightly: "Don't say it again, I'll follow their requirements for the time being." ”

After leaving behind the two sailors, the remaining main and cargo ships of the mission sailed into the harbor with the Dutch ships and docked at the harbor south of the city of Geranza.

After Sun Yueling left the ship with a group of large and small officials and maritime merchants, he did not greet the Dutch captain, and only sent a fleet captain named Planck to meet them.

Lu Wenheng, the prefect of Fuzhou, couldn't help it, and said to Sun Yueling: "My envoy from the Heavenly Empire came here, and the Dutch Hongyi only sent a district lieutenant to greet him, and he didn't take us seriously. Your Excellency, the lower official suggested that the envoys stay in place and not enter the city, and sent a message to Song Ke, the prefect of Hongyi, that if they did not come to greet the envoys in person, we would no longer trade with them. ”

Sun Yueling couldn't have imagined that the Dutch would be so rampant, and only sent a small lieutenant to greet them, and the captain of the fleet, Song Ke, was waiting for them to go and meet them, which was simply unexpected. Lu Wenheng is a scholar of the Ming Dynasty who has read poetry and books, and he has always had the self-esteem of the Heavenly Empire in his heart, how can he tolerate the foreign Yi people being so presumptuous in the Ming Sea Frontier, so he will comfort himself so much.

However, since you endured it at the beginning, why bother with twists and turns? Sun Yueling tightened his eyebrows, stroked his thick short hair, and said, "Forget it, since Song Ke is unwilling to come, why should it be difficult for me to be strong?" Let's go, I want to see what these Dutch can toss! With that, he strode away with Captain Planck.

Since entering the harbor, Sun Yueling saw the Dutch warship anchored next to the harbor, the ship is tall and thick, divided into four layers up and down, and there are cannon stampers in several layers on both sides of the hull, which is even taller than the largest warship of the Ming Dynasty, the Fuchuan, which is frightening. No wonder the Dutch were so arrogant, this warship alone was much more advanced than the Ming Dynasty, and the cannon installed was also more than the Ming Dynasty warship. The strongest warship of the Ming Dynasty, the Fu Ship, was loaded with no more than a dozen cannons, while the Dutch warship had at least forty cannons.

The Dutch soldiers who came to greet them were also equipped with long swords and various long and short guns, and Sun Yueling noticed that some of the long and short guns on these soldiers were not the guns used by the Ming army, but flintlock guns, which were much more advanced weapons than the fire guns that were ignited by the fire rope.

With such a strong ship and sharp weapons, there is no monster The Dutch dared to cross the Indian Ocean Strait and come to the coast of the Ming Dynasty to do evil with only a thousand people. However, although they were ahead of the Ming Dynasty in warships and firearms, they were far from being absolutely crushed, and the Ming Dynasty relied on the advantages of manpower and material resources with a large number of ships and rich armaments, coupled with the logistical support of the home battle, it was completely possible to keep these Dutch robbers out of the country.

When the envoys arrived in front of the city of Geranza, they were all shocked by the exotic castle. This is a square castle, the four corners are built with a protruding fortress, a total of three floors, up to five zhang, the second and third floors are also equipped with gun emplacements, there is a prominent semi-circular fort in the middle of each layer, it can be described as an extremely strong fortress, compared with the square city wall fortress of the Ming Dynasty is much more optimized, it must be extremely difficult to overcome.

After entering the castle of Geranza through the south gate, the envoys were led to the three-story meeting hall to meet the Dutch Governor in Taiwan, Song Ke. To the surprise of the Ming officials, this castle is not like the fortress of the Ming Dynasty but surrounded by walls, its whole is sealed, and it can only be lit by the windows opened around it, even in this daylight, the fortress is quite dim.

In the parliament hall, Sun Yueling finally met the Dutch governor Song Ke. No wonder the people of the Ming Dynasty like to call the Dutch Hongmaofan, this Song Ke has a high nose and deep eyes, a reddish-brown hair, a cleanly shaved beard, a towering black fur hat, and a blue and white standard military coat, which looks quite imposing.

Under the introduction of the interpreters of both sides, Song Ke touched his chest with his right hand and bowed to Sun Yueling's half-possessed body.

Lu Wenheng's long-suppressed anger finally broke out, and he immediately pointed at Song Ke unceremoniously and said, "Wait for the foreign people, don't you kneel down when you see my envoy of the Ming Kingdom?" According to his understanding, Sun Yueling came to Taiwan on behalf of Zhu Qinxiang, the governor of Fujian, and as an envoy of the Ming Kingdom, Song Ke was just the commander of a small fleet sent to Taiwan by Fanbang, and he dared not kneel, which made him angry.

Although Song Ke couldn't quite understand Lu Wenheng's words, he could tell from his appearance that this was a very unkind language, especially the last two words "kneel" that he often heard from the mouth of the Ming Kingdom, and his face suddenly changed. Planck, the lieutenant beside him, couldn't help but be angry, and said in an immature Chinese dialect: "I stuff your eyes, what do you say? "It's actually a Fujian scolding dialect, and I don't know where he learned it.

They were the fleet sent to Taiwan by the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company Batavia, and they had always regarded themselves very highly, and they did not take these Oriental barbarians seriously, so how could they tolerate the Orientals scolding him in person.

Sun Yueling heard it funny in his heart, what is this Planck not good at learning, he actually learned the national scolding of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the dialect of Fujian, stretched out his hand to stop Lu Wenheng, who wanted to ridicule him, and said to Song Ke: "Chief Song Ke, this envoy came this time with an edict from my Ming State Government, involving important trade matters, I hope you can calm down and negotiate with us well." ”

Zheng Yiguan hurriedly translated this and told Song Ke and the others to listen.

After Song Ke heard this, he finally suppressed the anger in his heart, glanced at Lu Wenheng fiercely, and then said to Sun Yueling and the others: "Pleacse, sitdowon!" (To be continued.) )