"Forget it." Putmans knew that his arm couldn't twist his thigh, so he had to reluctantly agree, anyway, if he lost Taiwan, Batavia's punishment for him would definitely not be light, and for the sake of the child, it didn't matter if he punished him a little more.

"I knew that Your Excellency was a man of mercy." Zheng Zhilong held out his thumb to Putmans.

When Putmans heard that he would also compensate the Ming Navy for the loss of 1.5 million taels, his face changed color, "No, this is absolutely not possible, I have no right to sign this agreement, if you want to kill someone, kill it!" He slowly closed his eyes, and no one could see any expression on his pale face.

"Well, I'll go directly to the governor of your East India Company." Zheng Zhilong knew that Puttmans was telling the truth, he was only the governor of Taiwan, and now the assets of the East India Company in Taiwan had all been confiscated, and he no longer had any property that could be enforced, and once he returned to Batavia, he didn't know what kind of punishment he would receive!

In fact, Zheng Zhilong didn't plan to ask for any compensation, his purpose was the East India Company's assets in Taiwan, which was the most realistic property, as for the compensation, he was originally going to let Putmans bargain, since Putmans had given up all the East India Company's assets in Taiwan, his goal had been achieved.

Got Long, regained Shu.

Putmans agreed to the Ming confiscation of all the East India Company's assets in Taiwan, and Zheng Zhilong began to really think about compensation, at least he had to be prepared for it.

On the issue of hostages and ransom, Putmans was also powerless, he only made a verbal promise to Zheng Zhilong, if there was a chance, he would convey it to the Governor, as for whether the East India Company agreed to ransom people, he Putmans could not do anything.

There are only the first two articles of the official "Ming-Dutch Taiwan Agreement," and the agreement is written in duplicate, each of which is copied in Chinese and Dutch, and signed by Zheng Zhilong and Puttmans on behalf of the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands respectively, and the agreement will take effect immediately on the date of signing.

Beginning on the second day of the "Ming-Dutch Taiwan Agreement," Putmans, accompanied by marines, successively arrived at Chichicheng in Shanwei and the villages of Xingangshe, Mujiataowan, and Madoushe, to persuade the local Dutch soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender unconditionally to the Ming army.

In order to thank Putmans for his cooperation with the Ming Navy, Zheng Zhilong will allow him to leave Taiwan on a medium-sized Dutch ship, and allocate twenty sailors and fifteen soldiers, and these Dutch who leave first will not have to pay a ransom.

Of course, it is not yet possible to release Putmans, the Ming army has not completely recovered Taiwan, and the information that the South China Sea Fleet is stationed in Taiwan cannot be made public for the time being.

Zheng Zhilong asked the 10th Marine Brigade, which had already experienced the battle, to guard the Tainan area, and changed the city of Relansha to Dayuan, Chichicheng to Shanwei, and the temporary garrison of the 10th Marine Brigade to Dayuan, and at the same time divided troops to garrison the entire Tainan area.

In order to ensure the safety of Dayuan at sea, Zheng Zhilong left five Fu ships to be stationed in Dayuan Port, and the damaged ships of the South China Sea Fleet will be temporarily repaired here, and the captured Dutch ships will also dock here.

The aborigines of southern Taiwan, in the eyes of the Dutch, they are not yet civilized, but Zheng Zhilong directly sees them as Han people, they came to Taiwan across the sea to escape the war because of the changes of various dynasties, these Han people, originally illiterate, so after coming to Taiwan, gradually forgot their past history.

These descendants of the Han people have suffered from the bullying of Xiyi, and now that the fleet of the Ming Dynasty is coming, Zheng Zhilong wants to awaken their sleeping memories and let them return to the Han people and return to the arms of the Ming Dynasty.

In the war with the Dutch, the natives won fewer and lost more because of their inferior weapons, and the casualties were relatively large.

Now that the navy of the Ming Dynasty has come to Dayuan, Shanwei and other places, not to mention drinking the water of the strait, compared with the blue-eyed, red-haired, and white-skinned Dutch, the black-haired, black-eyed, and yellow-skinned Han people are more eye-catching, giving them a sense of intimacy.

Under Zheng Zhilong's repeated greetings, the Ming army adopted a policy of gentleness towards the local natives.

There were already many Han Chinese people in the area, and they were enslaved by the Dutch like the natives, because of their similar social status, intermarriage between the Han and the natives abounded, and with the assistance of the local Han people, the natives gradually accepted the Ming army.

As for the captured Dutch, the Ming army will not let them be idle, pies will not fall from the sky, and they will not work for nothing, that is the treatment only that officials have, and they are now prisoners.

The Dutch captives were now the best labor force, and under the supervision of the Ming army, they participated in repairing the city walls, expanding the docks, and repairing ships.

Among the captured Dutch merchants were Han Chinese and local indigenous women, who were married to the Dutch and had children with the Dutch.

The Ming army forcibly separated these husbands and wives, the Dutch will have to go back sooner or later, their relationship between husband and wife will not last long, the pain is not as good as the pain, as for the children born, if they look like the Dutch, let the Dutch take them away, if they look like Han, they will stay as Han.

Among these transnational marriages between China and the West, there is a special Dutch who has caught Zheng Zhilong's attention.

The Dutchman, David 61 Stern, was not an ordinary trader but an expert in repairing ships, and he married a Han woman named Liu Ling and had a pair of children.

Zheng Zhilong remembered that Zhu Youzhen had said that he was designing a special warship, and he summoned Stern alone.

"You're an expert in ship repair, so you should know the structure of a ship, right?"

"Of course, if you don't know the structure of the ship, how can you repair the damaged ship?" Stern didn't know why the commander of the Daming fleet summoned him alone, looking at Zheng Zhilong's and pleasant appearance, there should be nothing bad, maybe let him repair the damaged ship of Daming.

"Then do you know what is the difference between the Dutch ships and the Ming ships?"

"I've been in Nanyang and Formosa for many years, and I've only seen Ming merchant ships, and I've never seen Ming ships, so I'm sorry, I don't know the difference between the two."

"Ao," Zheng Zhilong nodded casually, and said in his heart, Da Ming basically doesn't have a special warship, of course you haven't seen it, "If Da Ming's merchant ships are converted into warships, will you?" ”

"This is simply impossible," Stern shook his head, "In order to carry more cargo, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty often designed a lot of cabins, so it is impossible to install more guns, unless the cabins are dismantled, in that case, the changes are very large, and in terms of cost, it is better to rebuild a ship." ”

"And do you know how to build a ship?" Zheng Zhilong asked casually.

"Of course I can build ships, but if I can't build ships, how can I repair them?" Stern thought for a moment, "However, I'm studying warships, and as for merchant ships, I really don't. ”

Zheng Zhilong secretly rejoiced, who wants you to build merchant ships, what we lack is the latest warships, "But the Dutch battleships are too bad, the naval battle that happened a few days ago, before half a day, the Dutch battleships sank and were injured, and then the entire fleet surrendered." ”

"Who said our ships sucked?" Stern seemed to be irritated by Zheng Zhilong's contemptuous attitude, he didn't care about his status as a prisoner of war now, "The ships of the East India Company in the Netherlands are all eliminated ships in China, and the real ships of the Netherlands are all in the Strait of Dover and the North Sea, you have not seen them, even the ships of Great Britain are not as good as our ships." ”

"Are Dutch ships really that powerful?" Zheng Zhilong looked arrogant, in fact, he had seen Dutch warships in the South Seas, and he had also suffered a lot.

"Of course," Stern's eyes dimmed for a moment, "but it's a pity that Dover and the North Sea are too far away from here, and I'm afraid you won't have a chance to see them." ”

"You have been in Nanyang and Taiwan for a long time, can you still catch up with domestic shipbuilding experts?" Zheng Zhilong was still a little worried.

"Although I have been in the East for a long time, I sometimes return to China to study the improvement of ships, and there will be experts from China who will come to the East from time to time to learn about shipbuilding technology." Stern felt that Zheng Zhilong was underestimating him, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

Okay, with character, Zheng Zhilong decided to use the radical method, "So you really know how to build advanced ships?" Can you build one for me to see? ”

"However, building a ship requires a whole shipyard, and how can anyone build a ship?" The anger in Stern's eyes faded away, replaced by undisguised regret.

"Since you can repair ships, don't you have a bunch of men under you?"

"They are just repairmen, and when they really want to build ships, they need a lot of skilled shipbuilders, and there are some in the Netherlands, but unfortunately, they are too far away." Stern glanced at Zheng Zhilong and felt that the commander of the Ming fleet was too idiotic on the issue of shipbuilding, "Just like these ships of the Ming Dynasty, could it be made by a man?" ”

"If you really know how to build ships, I can give you a shipyard, I don't know if you can really build the most advanced ships in the world."

"As long as there is a shipyard, I can build a warship like the Dutch."

Maybe this Dutchman can really design an advanced warship, Zheng Zhilong decided to have a showdown, "You work in Taiwan, how much silver do you get paid every month?" ”

"My salary is paid in guilders, in exchange for silver, about ...... a month It's about four taels. ”

"Okay, I'll give you ten taels of silver every month, as long as you can design the most advanced battleship," Zheng Zhilong was afraid that Stern would not be able to design a battleship for Daming with peace of mind, "Your wife and children can also be taken with you, if you want, you can join Daming in the future, it is a much bigger country than the Netherlands, with beautiful scenery and a long cultural ......"

"Really?" As if in a dream, Stern was now a prisoner of war in the Ming army, and had to do heavy manual labor every day to which he was not very comfortable, and Zheng Zhilong gave him a chance that he would continue to work on the shipbuilding job he loved the most, and that his wife and children would not have to be separated like others.

"Of course it's true, but the premise is that you can design the most advanced warship, if the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty prove that you are a straw bale, then all your wishes will not come true, and you are still a prisoner of war of the Ming army."

"I knew that I would be able to design the most advanced warship in the world, which would not even be comparable to the British."

Zheng Zhilong sent ships to take Stern, his wife, Liu Ling, and two children to the port of Xiamen, and then by land to the Fuzhou shipyard.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong sent a secret letter to Zhu Youzhen of Jingshi, explaining Stern's various circumstances, Zhu Youzhen once asked Zheng Zhilong to recommend talents to him, if it is really a shipbuilding expert, Stern is an unexpected gain, but I don't know if he is a talent in Zhu Youzhen's mind, after all, he is Dutch.

Zheng Zhilong waited for Tainan to stabilize and rested for two days, and the entire fleet began to move north along the coastline of western Taiwan.