Relying on the Han people, pacifying the natives, and searching for gold, silver and jewelry are the three steps that Zheng Zhilong did not change after conquering every castle in Taiwan.

According to Zheng Zhilong's estimates, there are about 100,000 indigenous people, most of whom crossed the sea from the mainland at different times, but they have lost their history, and if there is a family tree, I don't know if they can find their ancestors.

However, it can be seen from their dialects that the language spoken by these people is very similar to Hokkien, and they can barely understand each other's words, and most of them should come from Fujian, which is separated by a narrow strait from Taiwan.

As for the Han people, there are about 30,000 of them, they speak authentic Hokkien, and they should have not been from Fujian for a long time, if it is a long time, their dialect may have to undergo some changes, and they may not be able to find their ancestors again.

If we do not naturalize as soon as possible, no one can say for sure whether the islanders of Taiwan will develop their wisdom in the future and will stand on their own feet from the mainland; after all, Taiwan is isolated on the sea, separated from the mainland by a strait wider than a heart.

What Zheng Zhilong has to do is to first make the Han people return to their hearts, and then take advantage of the harmonious relationship between the Han people and the aborigines to assimilate the local natives step by step.

Before the local officials of the Ming Dynasty came to Taiwan, the South China Sea Fleet made full use of the local Han Chinese to assist the Marine Corps in establishing local military governments in various places, and initially effectively ruled all parts of Taiwan.

After the imperial court sends a large number of local officials to Taiwan, the South China Sea Fleet will be withdrawn from the military government and Taiwan will be handed over to these civilian officials, and the South China Sea Fleet will still return to its true nature of conquest.

Before the arrival of officials sent by the imperial court, the South China Sea Fleet had occupied the entire island of Taiwan.

Liang's 10th Marine Brigade was stationed in southern Taiwan, with Dayuan as the center, and the castle also included Shanwei, and the nearby villages were bullied by the Dutch, and after the arrival of the Ming army, the natives were also able to get close to the Ming Dynasty due to the guidance of the Han Chinese.

Wu Caimao's 11th Marine Brigade had completely leveled the Da Belly Kingdom and established a ruling center represented by Changhua City, but here, due to the high-pressure policy adopted by the Ming army, the local natives were only superficially subordinate, and their rule was extremely unstable.

In the northern region, stationed is the 12th Marine Brigade of the Jinhui, the division commander Zheng Xing is also here temporarily, the city of Santo Domingo and the city of San Salvador built by the Spanish have been taken over by the Ming army, the people here have been enslaved by the Spanish, and the situation in the south is almost the same, the local people, whether Han or indigenous, are relatively close to the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong wanted to erase the traces of Spanish rule, he changed the city of Santo Domingo to Tamsui City according to the nearby river, and the city of San Salvador changed to its original name, Chicken Coop, but he thought that the name "Chicken Coop" was too rustic and difficult to get into the elegant hall, so he used the homophone: Keelung.

The three Marine Brigades strengthened ties and collaborated with each other through the west coast of Taiwan.

In order to prevent the Dutch and the Spaniards from sending a fleet from Nanyang to retaliate, Zheng Zhilong concentrated the South China Sea Fleet at the port of Dayuan, and at the same time issued an order that the rest of the South China Sea Fleet stranded in Guangzhou and Xiamen should rush to Dayuan as soon as possible to join him.

When cleaning up the property, Zheng Zhilong found that the city of Santo Domingo and San Salvador together were not as good as the city of Geranza, and the two cities only found gold and silver worth 500,000 taels, plus the property in the city and the goods on the merchant ships in the port, the value was only about 800,000 taels.

And a castle in the city of Geranza found gold and silver worth 1,200,000 taels, and if the Dutch East India Company was willing to ransom the hostages with 500,000 taels each, it would have an income of 300,000 yuan.

Spain's trade in Taiwan is far inferior to that of the Netherlands, which shows the comparison of trade between the two sides in the East.

When he was in Beijing, Zhu Youzhen once dictated Zheng Zhilong, asking him to collect firearms, techniques, and books from Xiyi in Taiwan and the Nanyang region.

Through the comparison with the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong found that the Dutch and Spanish artillery was slightly smaller in caliber than the Ming Dynasty, and the firing range was also closer, and they still used solid bullets.

In terms of naval ships, Spain's only few ships in Taiwan have been sunk by Zheng Xing's anger, losing the possibility of comparison, Dutch ships, the tonnage is smaller than the Ming Dynasty's Canton ship, but the number of artillery is more than the Canton ship, there must be some reference value in the structure, but Zheng Zhilong has found a Dutchman Stern who is proficient in shipbuilding technology for the Ming Dynasty.

Stern had now gone to the shipyard in Fuzhou to participate in the shooting of the Ming ships, but Zheng Zhilong still sailed the captured Dutch ships to Fuzhou to give Stern as a reference when necessary.

In order to prevent errors in translation, Zheng Zhilong ordered two sets of people to translate them separately and send them to Beijing after completion, but this process takes a long time and cannot be completed in a few days.

Zheng Zhilong sent a military report to the National Defense Yuan.

In the military report, Zheng Zhilong not only reported on the war situation in Taiwan, but also reported on the extermination of the Potbelly Kingdom, and finally, he suggested to the National Defense Yuan that the army should be transferred from Fujian to be stationed in Taiwan, and the South China Sea Fleet could only be stationed in Dayuan, not in the whole of Taiwan.

After the successful end of the war in Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong kept his promise and released the Dutch supreme governor in Taiwan, Putmans, and let him return to Batavia.

After receiving the battle report of the South China Sea Fleet, Li Chunye did not dare to slack off at all, and he immediately entered the palace and asked to see Zhu Youzhen.

After reading the military report of the South China Sea Fleet, Zhu Youzhen seemed to be unable to believe his eyes: "Hou Q, what kind of battle did you say this Zheng Zhilong was fighting, and he pacified Taiwan so quickly?" ”

"Your Majesty, no matter how bold Zheng Zhi is, he doesn't dare to deceive His Majesty in this matter, right?" Li Chunye has his own judgment, if Zheng Zhilong takes Taiwan a few days later, no one thinks that he is ineffective in fighting, and it will not affect his military exploits, and the entire imperial court, except for Zhu Youzhen and the National Defense Yuan, may not find a few people who care about Taiwan.

"Zheng Zhilong doesn't dare to deceive me, I just feel that the speed of the South China Sea Fleet's advance seems to be faster than that of the army." Zhu Youzhen is like a hairy boy who got married for the first time, when he didn't enter the cave room, he looked forward to entering the cave room every day, like a monkey in a hurry, he really wanted to enter the cave room, and that's it, but he was a little less excited, and he was always more excited than he was.

"Your Majesty is saying that Zheng Zhilong is advancing too fast?" Li Chunye grinned, "Taiwan is an independent island, even if it advances quickly, there should be no sequelae, will the local natives launch a counterattack?" ”

"That's not what I mean, the natives can't even beat hundreds of Dutch, can they still beat the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Youzhen smiled and shook his head, the Taiwan war, he knew that it would be won, but he didn't expect the victory to come so quickly, "I mean, it's only been a month, Zheng Zhilong has pacified Taiwan, and the Ministry of Personnel is afraid that the officials who have not yet arranged to go to Taiwan to take up their posts." ”

"Your Majesty......" Li Chunye also smiled, "Since Taiwan has been recovered, how will it be included in the local management of the Ming Dynasty in the future?" ”

"Taiwan's management is naturally a province." Zhu Youzhen looked calm and breezy.

"Provincial? It should be the twenty-third province of the Ming Dynasty," Li Chunye raised his fingers and counted quickly, "Your Majesty, Taiwan is a land of projectiles, if it is a province, is the territory too small?" ”

"Too small? No. Zhu Youzhen took out a newly drawn "Ming Territory Map", "When I was still the king of letters, Hou Zhi knew my outlook for the Ming Dynasty, and now Hou Zhen knows why I developed the navy?" ”

"The navy is naturally to maintain the territory of the Ming Dynasty and escort the caravan of the Ming Dynasty." Li Chunye knew that Zhu Youzhen would never do something meaningless for the sake of pomp, and he would definitely not develop the navy to promote the so-called national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hou Q said well," Zhu Youzhen almost said, 'Those who know me, Hou Q also', "However, in order to maintain the safety of the Ming Sea Frontier and escort the merchants who go to sea, the navy must enter the sea. ”

Li Chunye took the "Ming Territory Map" handed over by Zhu Youzhen, which was different from the ordinary "Ming Territory Map", the east side of this "Ming Territory Map" expanded far outward, "Your Majesty, what is this east side of the Ryukyus, this azure part?" ”

"The sea, this is the real sea."

"The sea?" Li Chunye's eyes widened, and he found that the east and west sides of Ryukyu Island were the same azure blue, "Your Majesty, could it be that the east side of Ryukyu is also the sea?" ”

"Of course, you see, between the Ming Dynasty and the Ryukyus, it is what we often call the sea, but if the sea is only here, then the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty can only be the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Ryukyus.

"Your Majesty, isn't the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty in the south?"

"Hou Zhen is only half right," Zhu Youzhen first drew the southern trade route with his fingers, which was basically the route that Zheng He sailed back then, "This trade route has long existed, and it was recently opened up by Xiyi, but the Han people have long discovered it, called the 'Maritime Silk Road', and it was only because the imperial court did not attach importance to overseas trade, which was gradually abolished." ”

"Your Majesty, is this trade route opened up by the South China Sea Fleet in the future?"

"Well, Zheng Zhilong has been a merchant in Nanyang for many years, and he knows the huge profits of this trade route, as well as its importance to the Ming Dynasty," Zhu Youzhen pointed to the ports along the "Ming Territory Map", "However, wait for the quality to see, this trade route is very narrow for the Ming Dynasty, and if a slightly stronger country appears along the way, this trade route may be cut off." ”

Li Chunye started from Xiamen and Guangzhou, and looked all the way down, sure enough, there were very few exports along the way, and they were also very narrow, and the trade routes were easily cut off by others, "Your Majesty, these islands, is there a way for the Ming Dynasty to get rid of them?" ”