"Son, tomorrow is a good day for you, and I don't know what to send...... I can't take it if it's light, and I don't have so much silver if it's heavy...... Come to think of it, my aunt is quite skillful, so I will help you prepare a few sets of children's clothes first, don't dislike it. ”

The inverted seat of the new house was already crowded with people, all craftsmen from Ushijima; Wang Denghai held a few sets of children's clothes, looked at Chu Fan timidly and said, looking afraid that he would dislike him.

Chu Fan smiled, reached out and picked up a tiger head hat to play with, "Such delicate clothes, that can't be bought with money, how can you dislike it...... Thanks! ”

Seeing that he was sincere, Wang Denghai knelt down overjoyed, muttered the eulogies of "a hundred years of good harmony" and "early birth of a noble son", and kowtowed respectfully three times, and then retreated to the side happily.

After he retreated, Tang Jiniu and Duan Laohan stepped forward one after another, gave their gifts, and kowtowed with the same sincerity and blessings, and retreated one by one.

Their gifts are varied and varied, ranging from clothes, hats, shoes and socks to children's toys such as small wooden horses and nine links, and even some who have just arrived have simply given a basket of eggs; Chu Fan didn't care, whether he knew it or not, whether he saw it or not, he took it with a smile and thanked him personally.

Chu Fan's smile was sincere, because he could deeply feel the sincere blessings of the craftsmen, and in his opinion, these gifts were even more precious than the real generous gifts that would come tomorrow - it stands to reason that these gifts should have been given before the wedding banquet on the first day of tomorrow, but tomorrow they will be sung, that is, they will shout out who has given what and what; These craftsmen have a small background, and they can't afford to buy any decent gifts, after all, Jeju Island has not yet developed commerce, and there is really nothing to buy on this desert island, so they simply send it today, so as not to be embarrassed when they sing the salute tomorrow.

There are really a lot of craftsmen of all kinds on Ushijima now, and they come in pairs, sending away wave after wave, and they are busy until noon, which is considered to be the end.

Turning his face, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Cai, who were sitting behind him, all looked like they were frowning slightly and still in a trance, Chu Fan couldn't help but swallow a secret laugh.

This was all provoked by Chu Fan's words just now - after finalizing the business cooperation with Zheng Zhilong, Chu Fan said tentatively, since the Dutch East India Company can set up a governor in Batavia, why can't our Ming East India Company? People have come all the way from Taixi to reach out, and we are so close that we can't even fight at the door of our homes?

These words were like thunder, and the second Zheng Zhen was stupid at that time, especially Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla general, of course, knew that whether it was the Spanish governor in Manila or the Dutch governor in Batavia, it was the local emperor! How many people's net worth and life can be decided in one word! There are some aspects of power in his hands that are even greater than that supreme in Beijing!

It's just that Zheng Zhilong, as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, has never thought about it from this point of view - yes! Since the Dutch and Spaniards can be emperors when they come here, why can't the Ming people?!

So the guerrilla general, who had always been calm and unhurried, completely lost his temper, and sat there like a puppet without saying a word, frowning and not knowing what was better in Luzon and Java. Or are you thinking about which is more affordable, the governor of Nanyang or the general army of Fujian and Zhejiang?

Seeing Zheng Zhilong's distraction, Chu Fan knew that his Nanyang strategy was playful - Nanyang was the last piece of territory in his entire layout.

In his layout, Korea, as the rear of the attack on Liaodong, must be firmly held in his hands, so he did not hesitate to spend the most energy and time to support the Liuguan of Jingyi County and the remnants of Tamna at the same time - the former is the vanguard of the invasion of Korea, and the latter can be used to reap the fruits of victory! Eventually, Korea will be divided into two parts, the north and the south, and firmly controlled by the puppets Gwanghaejun and Tamna respectively!

As for Japan, Chu Fan does not intend to occupy it directly - at least not for now.

What he is most interested in Japan is nothing more than those places rich in gold and silver, such as Kagoshima, such as Iwami Ginzan, such as Sado Island; In order to obtain these places, it is not necessary to occupy the whole of Japan at all, but only to sign a treaty on the basis of balancing the forces of all parties in Japan.

It's not that Chu Fan doesn't want to occupy Japan, but what the Fuliao Army and even the East India Company lack most at present is human resources!

Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, it is the most populous country in this era, but Chu Fan can only fight the idea of hundreds of thousands of Liaodong refugees, and other places basically can't think of it; Unless he pulled the flag and rebelled, how could those officials of the Ming Dynasty watch him recruit the common people: this can be clearly seen from the Liaodong refugees in Dengzhou - as soon as Chu Fan left, the Dengzhou officialdom blocked the pillar for various reasons, and after the third batch of refugees was sent, no one could be recruited.

No one, what did Chu Fan take to occupy such a large piece of territory in Japan? So for now, it can only be put down temporarily.

Compared to Japan, Nanyang is even more troublesome.

There are a lot of Chinese in Nanyang, but they are all in the hands of Spain and the Netherlands, and if they don't put these two governors down, they want to rescue these Chinese, but there is no door.

That's right! It's deliverance!

Others don't know, Chu Fan can clearly understand that if history develops as in his previous life, the Chinese in Nanyang will usher in a miserable "leek" career - starting from the Hongxi tragedy, every few decades, the Chinese in Nanyang will be like leeks by Western colonizers and natives to harvest a stubble, but the harvest is bloody heads!

However, with the current pace of development of the Fuliao Army, it will not be more than ten or twenty years, and it will not even think of reaching out to the South Seas -- the main enemy of the Fuliao Army at this stage is not Spain and the Netherlands, but the Tartars between the white mountains and black waters, so for a long time to come, both personnel and materials will be tilted towards the land division.

But the fact that the whip is out of reach does not mean that there is nothing to do, so Chu Fan thought of Zheng Zhilong - with Chu Fan, Zheng Zhilong is probably useless if he wants to be the king of the East China Sea, but if he is the king of Nanyang, it is very suitable in terms of strength and timing.

The Dutch are the sworn enemies of the Zheng family's business, and the Spaniards also have a San Salvador city on Dayuan Island, which is all in Zheng Zhilong's backyard, the so-called "side of the couch does not allow others to sleep peacefully", Chu Fan believes that with just a gentle push, Zheng Zhilong's development to the south is not a big problem.

As for whether Zheng Zhilong will be subdued by himself, this is something that Chu Fan didn't think much about - as a pure nationalist, he only hopes that the Chinese in Nanyang can get rid of such a tragic fate, as long as there are Chinese willing to take on such a responsibility, he will help as much as possible.

But the key question is - Zheng Zhilong's ambition!

Zheng Zhilong in history is a little ambitious: first he was partial to southern Fujian, then he couldn't resist the temptation of the Tartars and surrendered, and finally because his great son was beheaded.

Is it feasible to let such an unambitious man take on the burden of expelling the Europeans from the south? (To be continued.) )