At this time, it was May, and after capturing Hauge alive, the surrounding area of Nanzhi suddenly calmed down.

Yang Chao also did not have the strength to enterprising, because Dolgon re-arranged heavy troops in the north, and the south direction did not return to the previous situation, but only stationed 10,000 troops, but Dolgon set up 50,000 strong troops in Shandong, of course, most of them were Han Eight Banners and Meng Eight Banners, and there were also 100,000 green battalions composed of Ming troops who surrendered.

The arrangement of the Qing army forced Yang Chao to continue to shift the focus of defense to the north, and for a time he had no power to attack Jiangxi, and temporarily took a defensive position.

And it just so happened that the Dutch came, and Yang Chao also had time to deal with them.

By the way, the Dutch came this time to bring the goods purchased by Yang Chao, a thousand Western war horses, and a thousand telescopes.

Nassau also mentioned that if Yang Chao still needed war horses, they were willing to continue to provide them, Yang Chao told him that his army could not wait for a year and a half to get war horses, Nassau smiled mysteriously and said that if Yang Chao was willing, they could supply them in three months.

This made Yang Chao feel very strange, it was impossible to arrive in three months anyway, so with curiosity, he ordered another thousand war horses, but he was very strict, he must not lose the quality of these high war horses brought this time, otherwise he could not accept it.

What made Yang Chao even more strange was that Nassau happily agreed, guaranteeing that it was exactly the same as the war horse this time.

Through the seizure, Yang Chao now has 60,000 Mongolian horses, all of which are raised in the pastures around Xiaolingwei, but Yang Chao has 30,000 cavalry, and intends to expand the scale of cavalry to 100,000, so war horses are still in short supply.

Of course, it is impossible to rely on the Dutch to import war horses, and Yang Chao intends to use this batch of Western war horses to increase the strength of Mongolian horses.

Yang Chao knew that Nassau was here to negotiate, but apart from casually talking about the war horse, he didn't talk about anything else, but began to tour the city of Nanjing.

Yang Chao hired the most suitable tour guide for Nassau. Kang Xiaobao, the owner of Jinchai Tower, received him, and Kang Xiaobao gave back the news that this Nassau did not watch the forty-eight scenes of Jinling and did not watch the performance of Jinchai Tower. I like to wander around the shops, see the handicrafts of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of grains and edibles, look at cotton and silk fabrics, and so on.

In the end, his request to visit the handicraft workshop was rejected by Yang Chao. and told Kang Xiaobao not to let this foreign devil see the secret of Daming's craftsmanship.

Because what Yang Chao learned through Zheng is that this Nassau is definitely not a simple character, he is an artist, a biologist, a scientist, in short, he knows all kinds of Western sciences well, and it is because of this talent that he has achieved so much in seven years in Brazil, a place that he is said to have managed in later generations. It is still richer than other places, precisely because of the management methods he brought with him.

Therefore, Yang Chao resolutely can't let this guy steal Daming's technology, otherwise if he learns a trick and a half, it will be equivalent to Daming missing a bulk trade commodity, as for him looking at other categories of finished goods, Yang Chao is very welcome, and it is a good way to introduce Daming's goods to the West through Nassau.

Since the Dutch are not in a hurry to negotiate, Yang Chao does not need to be in a hurry, he has other things to deal with.

Yang Chao felt that it was time to deal with the 200,000 captives. After illness and exhaustion, as well as a large number of suicides, only 100,000 captives remained.

And it's a group of thugs who have been completely controlled by fear, and have gone from the past to the vicious. has become a good baby like a little sheep, since they have corrected their behavior through labor reform, and at the same time given a warning to other generals in the world, that is, surrender is absolutely unforgivable, then now Yang Chao intends to let go of these captives.

Their release from captivity does not mean their release. Rather, they were intended to be exiled after a public trial.

Yes, Yang Chao does not intend to leave these people in the territory of Daming, these people must be exiled, these people have now been subdued by Yang Chao by terrorist means, but it is difficult to guarantee that one day they will be relieved, and at that time their hatred of Yang Chao may not be able to be appeased by the gods and Buddhas.

On the two things of rushing to capture the Zhongzuo Liangyu rebels slaughtering Wuchang and Jiujiang, and the four towns surrendering troops to slaughter the people of Yangzhou, Yang Chao did not allow them to continue to survive in the Ming Dynasty, but Yang Chao was not a person who was easy to kill, so they had to be sent abroad, fortunately, this was already the Age of Discovery, just for them to open up a colony for the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the surrounding colonies are occupied by those damn colonists, a radish and a pit, if you want to occupy one, you have to afford one, but the surrounding Spain, the Netherlands and even the little Portugal are not easy to mess with, just a little navy against Yang Chao, may not be able to snatch the colony with fortress protection from others.

Entrust the Zheng Group, which is familiar with the situation in Nanyang, to help find it, and even pay to buy a large enough piece of land.

The Zheng family really found a piece for Yang Chao, but it was bought without spending money, it was a chaotic area that didn't matter.

Mekong Delta.

This delta was the granary of the Vietnamese in later generations, and it has fed nearly 100 million people in Vietnam's small land, and it is also one of the world's largest rice exporters.

But at this time this place is still very desolate, de jure belongs to Cambodian territory, but Cambodia has long been divided into a two-king ruling politics, the delta here belongs to the territory of the vice king of Cambodia, close to Vietnam is called Nanxin by Vietnam, that is, the southern border, similar to the Chinese Nanban land.

Later, the reason why this place was annexed by the Vietnamese was precisely because the politics here were out of control, not to mention the vice king, even the king of Cambodia was also worried about his life at home, colonizers, domestic warlords, the Vietnamese Nguyen clique in the east and Siam in the west, which made the king sleep.

Another reason why Zheng Zhilong introduced this place is that in this area, in addition to the Vietnamese Nguyen group that covets here, the biggest force is a group of Chinese pirates active in the Mekong estuary.

Such a good place, such a good time, if Yang Chao doesn't seize it, he will be a fool.

So he immediately agreed, and promised that the profits from operating here would be shared equally with the Zheng family, but the Zheng family had to ensure the safety of the sea here.

As for whether it is safe on land, then there is no need for the Zheng family to take care of it, what kind of people are this group, they are all ruffians who have survived a hundred battles, there are the remnants of the peasant army brought out by Gao Jie from the northwest to kill from the Chinese side to this end, and there are villains under Zuo Liangyu who slaughter the city at every turn, this kind of person obviously does not use a hoe to run the colony, but to run it with a knife.

Yang Chao plans to rearm this group of people, without too much cost, one person and one spear or a waist knife are enough for them to gain a foothold in the Mekong Delta, and 200,000 such scum scum is enough to walk sideways in the Mekong Delta, not to mention that Yang Chao also plans to send Song Kun to lead five thousand elite soldiers, even if they encounter the regular army of the Ruan group, they don't have to worry at all.

But Yang Chao still simply trained them, and then told them that their mission was to go overseas to occupy an area, and then reclaim wasteland and plant farmland, giving them the advantage that each person could get a thousand acres of land, and the officers could get a share of 3,000 mu to 10,000 mu.

Not to mention this kind of reward, just giving them freedom is enough to make these people tempted, and they don't dare to oppose Yang Chao at all now, they have long been frightened, now what Yang Chao says, they don't even dare to oppose the idea of rising, they can only use a hypnotic way to let themselves accept Yang Chao's statement from the bottom of their hearts, that is, the place where Yang Chao sent them is a paradise-like place.

After a month of training, the first group loaded onto the Zheng Group's big ship and sent it to the south.

After that, Yang Chao will only send them a batch of supplies every three months, including knives, guns, weapons, and food, but the support is only limited to three years, after three years, they need to be self-reliant, if they want weapons and equipment, they can, take silver, grain and gems in exchange, as for whether they can produce food, whether they can have silver and treasures, it depends on themselves, Yang Chao believes that they have a wealth of skills to obtain these items.

For this first colony, Yang Chao has high hopes.

In addition to sending that group of soldiers to explore, Yang Chao also sent a group of craftsmen to find a good place to build a port at the mouth of the river to support the expansion of the colony.

In the next step, Yang Chao also planned to send experienced managers, he did not plan to be as casual as the Zheng pirates, but serious development, and even Yang Chao planned to establish a company like the East India Company to manage and operate the colony.

Comparing the East India Company and the Zheng Group, we can see that compared with the joint-stock company management model of the East India Company, the Zheng Group's operation is too casual and has no development potential.

Zheng Zhilong was able to defeat the East India Company, but ten years later, the East India Company established dozens of trading posts in Asia, and the trade volume increased several times, while the Zheng Group still stuck to a Japanese route.

If the Cheng Group had the same long-term planning and development goals as the East India Company, this decade would be enough for them to exclude the Dutch from the Oriental trading circle and enjoy the profits of the entire Oriental trade.

However, after Zheng Zhilong obtained the base area in Fujian, not only did he not continue to open up the sea, but he also bought land in his hometown on a large scale, and even Taiwan, which was opened up in those years, was handed over to the Dutch.

Yang Chao absolutely does not want to see the Mekong Delta repeat the mistakes of Zheng, so he is willing to give Zheng dividends, but he does not plan to hand over the management of Zheng to the Zheng family, but now Yang Chao does not have a suitable candidate in his hands, and it will take some time to stabilize the business output there, so it is only support for the time being. (To be continued.) )