The Anglo-French-Dutch naval alliance that the Batavia Company was counting on had long since been defeated and retreated, and many problems were fully exposed in the naval battle on the west coast of South America.

The first is complete confusion in command.

The second is that the lack of fast ships led to the defeat of the whole battle, if the British warships were not completely destroyed at the beginning, they would not have been defeated so completely, and it was even possible to hit their stronghold.

The three kingdoms once again conspired with each other to attack Jinshan, but this time they were defeated, and it would take at least a year for them to gather new forces.

The Spaniards began to take the lead in negotiating peace, but the California colonies did not want to negotiate peace with them, and the American Fleet had thirty-three warships, ten frigates, and twenty-three corsairs.

With such a force, the California colonies were not afraid of any coalition attack, and their greatest reliance was on the ten frigates in their hands.

Moreover, within half a year, they will have ten frigates launched, and the California shipyard basically only builds frigates, and it is expected that 23 frigates will be launched within a year.

Once you talk about it, there is no reason to rob, and if it is, it is to tear up the agreement.

California's trade revenues are not high at the moment, and there are not enough merchant ships, so looting will continue to be the main source of income for some time to come.

After all, Shandong sent 30,000 villagers and brought so many new muskets and shells, it is really unreasonable not to make some achievements.

No way.

The Spaniards had a nose in California, and Liu Yuan instead proposed to the Spaniards an agreement to buy the southern part of South America, and the California colony was willing to buy Chile and Argentina with 4 tons of gold.

4 tons of gold, that is, more than 1 million taels of silver.

The Spaniards did not attach great importance to intelligence and Argentina, after all, the saltpeter and copper mines of intelligence were among their mines.

In this era, shipping was far from being able to transport such heavyweight goods over long distances, so copper ore was generally not mined.

In terms of saltpeter, the war was not as fierce as it was during the First World War, and there was basically enough saltpeter in Europe to be supplied, and there was no need to transport it from overseas.

So intelligence is not what Spain values.

In Argentina, when the Spaniards occupied Argentina, they found that there were many silver ornaments on the local natives, but as a result, no silver mines were found in Argentina.

Argentina has few gold and silver mines, and it is not very valued by the Spaniards.

However, the California colony's request to buy it was rejected by the Spaniards, because the two places basically had an income of more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, and the California colony only gave such a small amount of money and wanted to buy it, so it was better to control it in their own hands, and they would have this money for more than ten years, and the land was still theirs.

After being rejected, the two sides broke up unhappily!

Liu Yuan immediately rejected the Spaniard's offer, and the Spaniards also rejected his purchase intention.

However, this did not mean that Liu Yuan wanted to stop, but directly sent 5,000 people to Zhizhi to start colonizing the stronghold.

At the same time, 10,000 people were sent to Argentina.

Fifteen warships and ten frigates were sent to cooperate.

The Spaniards only occupied two places in name, but most of them were not occupied by them, and the greeting could not be beaten, since they did not know each other, they went directly.

When the stronghold is opened under the noses of the Spaniards, there will inevitably be some conflicts, and these conflicts can easily become the fuse for the two sides to turn their faces.

The Strait of Magellan, on the other hand, is a key target for contention.

Very few people would take the Drake Passage, which was not an ideal route due to high winds and storms, and only some pirates would take that route in order to get around the West Coast.

So the California colonies sent all fifteen warships and ten frigates of the American Fleet, leaving eighteen warships in California, many of whom had just been captured and were being fitted at the shipyard.

The California colony sent 18,000 men, and 19,000 remained in California, 500 of whom were sent to the Mink Bend to hunt and skin the mink.

3,000 men stayed at Jinshan Fortress, another 1,500 people were distributed in the passes around Jinshan Port, and the remaining 13,000 troops were sent to Alaska with 3,000 additional troops, bringing Alaska's strength to 6,000.

The remaining 10,000 remained in California to sweep up the Indian tribes.

There are many Indian tribes in California, and there is enough labor to capture them. In reality, however, Liu Yuan's recent Huairou policy has not been very effective.

Many Indian tribes were warlike, and although they could not fight head-on, they often jumped out to sneak up and harass.

Many of the captured Indians were also very disobedient, so there were basically only Indian women in the cotton fields, and Indian men could only be thrown into the mines to dig.

But there were also some Indians who behaved well under the Huairou policy, and the 20,000 Indians trained in the Jinshan Fortress to assist in defending the city were basically very obedient.

Huairou policy said that failure also failed, but it was not without effect.

It's just that the investment is far below the rate of return, and Liu Heng has written to the recruitment bureau in Zhaojiabao, asking the recruitment bureau to send more immigrants to California.

As for the Indian tribes in California, Liu Yuan has decided to use the methods that the Spaniards have used to wipe them out.

The Spaniards were simple, the men were killed and the women were kept.

This was the usual method used by the colonists on the American continent, and it was also a very effective method, and Indian women were far more obedient than men.

As for the factor of labor shortage, Liu Yuan also considered it.

It's just that when he carefully studied the meaning of the colony, he found that the significance of the colony was not how much wealth it could create, but how many nations could compete for the living space.

The shortage of labor can be slowly supplemented by immigration, and there is no need for Indians.

Although the Indians are somewhat similar to the ancient Han people in terms of language, they are not the same people after all, and the bloodlines are also different, and the Indians are darker and redder.

There are not many places on the west coast of the Americas where agricultural production can be carried out, North America is California, which is more suitable, more north is mountains and forests, and the south is Central and South America, occupied by the Spaniards, where infectious diseases are prevalent.

South America, the provinces of Peru and Chile by the Spaniards, and Argentina on the east coast.

The survival of a nation is inseparable from agriculture, to a certain extent, agricultural prosperity is the real wealth, industry needs the support of agriculture, and agriculture needs the drive of industry......

California would be the first settlement of the Ming Dynasty in the Americas, while Argentina would be the ideal second settlement. Argentina has vast pastures and is bound to become a rich pastoral region.

These two areas were the focus of future immigration, and in addition to the occupation of agricultural areas, Liu Yuan also began to explore for gold and silver minerals around California.

Upon the arrival of support, Liu Yuan immediately organized twenty expeditions, each with 200 soldiers, and began to explore more deeply into the northern and eastern parts of California, as well as the main region.

Exploration is a necessary part of human understanding of the surrounding environment.

Sometimes there are amazing discoveries, sometimes terrifying thrills, and sometimes endless disappointments, and the most important thing that every expedition wants to find is gold and silver mines.

This was the most direct source of revenue for the colony, and it was also the simplest means of operation. Once the gold and silver mines are found, the expedition will be rewarded handsomely.

…… Tainan!

By the time it fell, the 20 frigates that had entered the Taijiang River had already transported more than 5,000 troops to Chikanlou back and forth, and the 26 warships had also blocked the outside of Dayuan Harbor.

The merchant ships and warships of the Dutch were completely blocked in the harbor.

Early the next morning, the frigate continued to transport troops to Chikanlou, and after a day's transportation, the entire Nanyang Infantry Brigade was transported into Chikanlou.

Putman, the governor in Taiwan, also sent an envoy to negotiate terms with the First Fleet.

The Dutch envoys offered that they were willing to give up all their positions in Taiwan on the condition that the First Fleet let them go, but this proposal was rejected by Su Buheng and demanded that the Dutch surrender unconditionally.

The demands of the First Fleet were unacceptable to Putman, and since surrender had the same result as resistance, why not resist? The city also had a large number of artillery, plus a strong fortress that was strong enough to withstand it for a while.

On the third day, it was rainy.

The Nanyang Infantry Brigade did not act, but sent personnel to reconnoiter the city of Geranza, which was a bastion about six meters high. The Dutchman's fortress is far less scientific than the Shandong fortress, and the city walls are still higher. And the angle is not very well designed, it is a relatively rudimentary bastion.

On the fourth day, the weather was cloudy!

After a day of repair, the Nanyang Infantry Brigade marched towards the city of Geranza with a heavy artillery regiment with 100 heavy cannons and 300 heavy howitzers.

It took them two days to move the artillery 1,500 meters away from the city of Geranza, and the Dutch were shocked to see such a large formation in their telescopes that day.

From the telescope, it can be seen that the northern navy of the Empire of Light has set up hundreds of cannons, but more artillery is hidden behind the hills, which is invisible to the Dutch.

On the seventh day, Han Sheng ordered the shelling of the city of Geranza.

At the beginning of the bombardment, it was the most violent, and a hundred cannons fired out the shells one after another, blowing a gap directly in the walls of the city of Geranza.

At the same time, the cannon hidden behind the hill also let out a roar.

Cannonballs rained down into the city, and there was the sound of shells exploding everywhere, and the Dutch had never experienced such a heavy bombardment, and the governor Putman was so frightened that he fainted on the spot.

As soon as Putman was stunned, the rest of the Dutchman was gone.

How to surrender without an order from the governor?

And Putman's lieutenant did not want to take responsibility for surrendering, he did not want his name to be written on this humiliating decision.

The white flag of the Dutch was not seen, and the shelling outside the city of Geranza continued.

The heavy artillery regiment unleashed its arms to bombard the city of Geranza, and howitzer shells flew everywhere in the city, killing more and more Dutch soldiers on the spot.

Han Sheng looked at the scene of cannonballs flying in the sky, and was very proud in his heart, thinking that the heavy artillery regiment was really fierce, how long could these Hongyi people hold on?

"Brigade commander, there may be a large number of Han people in the city." At this time, a scout came to report to Han Sheng that when he was scouting just now, he saw some people wearing Hanfu on the city wall.

"What? Do you see clearly? When Han Sheng heard the scout's report, he couldn't help but panic.

"Report to the brigade commander, and his subordinates can see it clearly." The scout replied.

"The howitzers immediately stopped shelling, and the cannons continued." Han Sheng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he was really too proud, to see the scene of 'ten thousand cannons firing at once', this was obviously not the right place. Han Sheng hurriedly ordered the howitzers to stop firing, and if the shelling continued, it was very likely that he would go to court-martial.

It was clear that the Dutch surrendered only a matter of time, and that they would be held accountable for the reckless and indiscriminate bombardment that resulted in accidental injuries and a waste of shells.

Fortunately, the howitzer fired only two rounds, and about five or six hundred shells fell into the city of Geranza.

Han Sheng hurriedly ran to explain to the education committee of the Nanyang Infantry Brigade so as not to be impeached. Han Sheng was quickly reprimanded, on this island of Taiwan, whether it is Han people or ethnic minorities, the orders given by the military department are to treat them well.

What made the education committee of the Nanyang Infantry Brigade even more intolerable was that Han Sheng actually wasted shells like this, didn't he know that the production of the Ordnance Bureau was very tight?

The Ordnance Bureau has now grown to about 150,000 employees, mainly producing muskets and artillery and artillery shells, and there is basically no energy left to produce rockets.

At present, the Ordnance Bureau has implemented a reading power accounting system, that is, labor costs are included in profits, and the profit part is the procurement of military expenses.

During the expansion, almost most of the production capacity was diverted to casting artillery, and the supply of artillery shells was also somewhat tight, and the Navy and Marine Corps still gave priority to supply, but it could not be wasted like this.

Han Sheng was trained bloody, and ran back in embarrassment to continue commanding, and this training made him understand that if he wants to gain a firm foothold in the Shandong army, he still needs to continue to work hard.

He has a congenital defect compared with other Shandong generals, that is, he was born as a thief, so that his subordinates are not very interested in him many times, and it is not so easy to be promoted.

Although Han Sheng is very satisfied with this achievement now, if he wants to maintain this achievement, he has to redouble his efforts, and he has no future as a thief in this era, and the only future is in the Shandong army.

The earth is so big, and the soldiers who have made great achievements can always get a piece.

This training also made Han Sheng understand that only in this way can he gain the trust of his subordinates by exchanging the smallest price for the greatest result.

Returning to the command position, Han Sheng began to order the artillery to focus on the gap in the wall of the city of Gelanza, and under the continuous continuous attack of the cannon, the gap became bigger and bigger.

The Dutch governor in Taiwan, Putman, fainted for most of the day and was woken up directly by splashing cold water.

As soon as Putman woke up, he still heard the rumbling of artillery outside the city, and after learning about the shelling, Putman finally ordered surrender, and there was no point in resisting.

According to the enemy's firepower, the city of Geranza could not hold on for long, but instead suffered casualties in vain, and it was very easy to annoy these Far Easterners.

Soon, Dutch soldiers raised a white flag on the city walls...... Surrendered!

----- Xiaocai has been harassed by many strangers recently, and these people are not readers, I don't know which bastard posted my QQ to where, and there are many boring people who add me all day long.

(To be continued)