Chapter 378 Taiwan

When the three steamers should actually be said to be warships, and it was the middle of the night when they arrived near the waters of Taiwan, Wan Qiyang ordered the warships to stop at Huwei (now Tamsui), which is far from the northwest coast of Taiwan, early in the morning, to maintain vigilance, and then each took ten small boats with a total of 300 people to go ashore together to take back the land occupied by Spain first.

After the bombing of the Spanish warships that stopped Spain in the harbor from Wan Qiyang, the camps stationed on land attacked at the same time, and soon all the Spanish soldiers were captured, and all the people who resisted were killed on the spot, and the battle also woke up the local residents in their sleep, and as the sky was bright, everyone knew what was happening, and at this time, Wan Qianyang's three big ships had already stopped in the port, and the obvious golden dragon flag on the ship also made everyone not know what country it belonged to. Anyway, looking at the whites, blacks and yellows on the ship, no one can guess what country's power, first of all, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to have such a harmful force, and it is said that it is other maritime powers, but the flag is obviously never seen, but despite this, Wan Qiyang still let all the people on the ship except for the crew get off the ship, quickly build war fortifications, and prepare to directly take the Taipei Yamen, which should be occupied by the Spaniards at this time, and Tainan is occupied by the Dutch.

For the history of Taiwan, what was Taiwan called in ancient times:

In the pre-Qin period, Taiwan was called "Yingzhou".

Qin annihilated Hanxing and called Taiwan "Dongying".

During the Three Kingdoms, Taiwan was also called "Yizhou".

From the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Song dynasty, Taiwan was called "Liuqiu".

During the Yuan Dynasty, Taiwan was also called "Ryukyu".

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan was called "Dongfan"; When merchant ships cross the strait, it is customary to mark the direction with the high mountains in northern Taiwan, and it is also called "chicken cage" because the mountains are like a cage covering chickens.

Fishermen often repaired ships and nets in Taiwan's western ports, calling the port "Yuwan", which later referred to Taiwan in general.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan was known as "Dawan", "Dayuan" and "Taiwanese".

The coastal people of Fujian also call it "burying grievances". Because in the process of developing Taiwan, many mainland people were either buried in the belly of a fish in the face of wind and waves, or died in a foreign land if they did not accept the water and soil. The above four names have the same pronunciation as the local language "Taiwan" in southern Fujian, so they are called.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan was called "Taiwan" because of its "terrain like a curved bow and floating sea like a platform". In August 1623, the Dutch invaded the coastal area of Fujian, were defeated by the Ming Fujian naval division, and retreated to Penghu, where they still harassed the sea from time to time, seriously endangering the safety of the coastal area of Zhangquan. In July 1624, the Ming army dispatched more than 10,000 men to attack Penghu, and the Dutch retreated to Taiwan. The Dutch colonists built a castle called Geranza on the island of Ōkan Wai Čeō. In January 1625, the Dutch chief Song Ke arrived in Taiwan and used only 15 pieces of cotton cloth to deceive a large piece of land in Tainan and build a red street.

Wan Qiyang first ordered a thousand men led by Jack's cronies to take the important city occupied by the Spaniards in full armor, and then drove away all the foreigners except the locals! And looked for Zheng Zhilong everywhere, because Wan Qiyang knew that in history in 1628 A.D. (the first year of Ming Chongzhen), when there was a great drought in Fujian, the people could not make a living, and Zheng Zhilong organized tens of thousands of victims to go to Taiwan, "so that the land can be reclaimed", and many villages were gradually formed in various places. So he wanted this person to manage this place first, so that he could free up his hands to do his own business when he had a helper.

As for driving out the Dutch, it was only a matter of time, after all, if you were attacked by land and sea, you could quickly end the battle with the weapons in your hand! Now that Wan Qiyang got on the ship, he sent Zhuang Yang to let one of the steamers sail towards Changshakou, and stop not far from the mouth of the sea, first let Zhuang Yang find a way to return to Chengdu Mansion to find out the news, and if possible, let Song Changqing come back together to discuss political affairs!

It is said that when Wan Qianyang ordered the people below to find out about the situation of the displaced people who fled from Fujian, he really got a news that some people had come to Taiwan from the mainland not long ago to take refuge, and as for whether there was a person named Zheng Zhilong, it was impossible to say, but Wan Qianyang explained more clearly on the search notice that he needed to be recommended by management talents, and someone recommended him.

In less than a week, Wan Qiyang cleared all the surrounding areas of Taipei occupied by the Spaniards, and at the same time learned some news about the Dutch from the mouths of the captured Spaniards. Wan Qiyang was going to pacify the local residents here before talking about other things.

On the 10th day of the occupation of Taipei, Wan Qianyang received news from the Yamen station in Taipei that someone claimed to be Zheng Zhilong who had come to meet him.

When Wan Qiyang saw this person, this person was about thirty years old, with thin and dark skin, and it seemed that he should have worked for a long time to get sunburned like this.

At this time, Jack stood up and said in Chinese: "This is our adult, you are Zheng Zhilong?" ”

At first, Zheng Zhilong was still a little surprised, but he didn't expect that this foreigner could speak Chinese, but he had some Shandong accents, in fact, this was the result of Zhuang Yang solemnly changing some Shandong local accents.

Zheng Zhilong originally thought that Wan Qiyang was a translator and a foreigner was the one in charge, but it seems that he was mistaken.

"If you go back to your lordship, it's Zheng Zhilong below, I don't know what the adults are looking for? Who else recommended it below? Zheng Zhilong still spoke very well, and when he decided to visit the powerful ruler, he saw that after the ruler drove away the Spaniards, he did not do anything to the locals, and repeatedly appeased the locals, which showed that his leader was at least not the kind of brutal person, so he also took the risk to come to find out the actual situation.

"Okay, if you have the guts, let's talk in the room first, it's a good thing to come to you!" Wan Qiyang entered the room first, and then asked Jack to make two cups of tea.

"You're welcome, drink tea, the main problem I came to you this time is that this place in Taiwan needs a local person to manage, I will give you power, you are a Fujianese, you can speak Fujian Hokkien dialect and Hakka, right? After a few days of Honko's drive out of the Dutch, a provisional government will be established here. You are the first leader, let's call the mayor of Taipei! A series of government regulations are about to be promulgated, I have someone to control the army, you only need to manage the people's livelihood, then I will bring a large number of crops graded local farmers, and then vigorously develop the local industrial manufacturing industry, as for what to do when the time comes, you will know! Take your time and digest what I've just said. ”

Wan Qianyang's words made Zheng Zhilong really not react at once, I really don't know who recommended him, and he can make the imposing son in front of him use himself so much. Although he was a showman, he also fought against the government and fled his hometown with everyone to the other side of the strait. In the end, he decided to take a gamble, after all, it really didn't hurt for him. And it's also related to the people, and leaders who think about the people are good people!

Zheng Zhilong decided to accept Wan Qianyang's conditions, after all, this is a good thing for himself and the people, so he also started his new life!

(End of chapter)

(Battlefield Literature)