The battle of Penghu actually gave Zhu Youxiao a lot of confidence. This originally realized that the Dutch, the East India Company, was not at the same level as the Ming Dynasty, but after all, the Ming Dynasty had not been prosperous in maritime affairs for many years.

Soon, Zhu Youxiao made some arrangements.

First of all, the Royal Trading Company, which was established by Royal Bank Holdings, has officially intervened in maritime trade, and the current target of trade is North Korea.

At the same time, it began to monopolize trade with Japan, first sending envoys to the Ryukyus, which would become the second trading country of the Royal Trading Company. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao wanted to establish a military port in the Ryukyus and take over the supply of former merchant ships, which required negotiations with the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyu Kingdom, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, has always been relatively obedient, so it is not a big problem.

Even if it's disobedient, just teach it a lesson. It's just that this is unlikely to happen, and the Ryukyu Kingdom is a small country after all, and it has no ambitions in itself. As long as they are obedient, the Ming Dynasty will naturally not treat them badly, such a small place, worse than a county in the Ming Dynasty, but the strategic position is more important, and many of the ships trading with Japan are to be supplied in the Ryukyus.

The second was the formal establishment of the 'Royal Navy', which made the six gunboats captured by the Dutch the warships of the Royal Navy. The Denlai Marine Division was renamed the 'Marine Corps' and was also part of the Royal Navy.

At this time, Zhang Yan, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, was also recalled by Zhu Youxiao to report back to the capital. Zhang Yan reported to Zhu Youxiao about the situation of the Dongjiang Army, which made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

What satisfied him was that the Dongjiang Army led by Mao Wenlong also had the appearance and discipline of a new army. As for whether Mao Wenlong has any objections, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care. After all, the Dongjiang Army only has an establishment of 30,000. The likelihood of rebellion is inherently low. If you reverse it, you can't go back to the sky.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not need Zhang Yan to continue to grasp the military discipline of the Dongjiang Army at this time.

"I'm going to set up a Royal Navy in the near future. Go watch this for me! Others don't worry. Zhu You instructed Zhang Yan.

"Yes. Your Majesty, the slave will not let you down. Zhang Yan knelt on the ground excitedly to receive the order, and the three treasure eunuchs went to Nanyang three times, and now he Zhang Yan has also obtained such an opportunity, for the young Zhang Yan, how can he not be excited.

Soon Zhang Yan was appointed as the governor of the navy, with full authority to coordinate the formation of the navy, and at the same time, Zhu Youxiao also gave Zhang Yan 3 million yuan. Used to build gunboats.

The captured Dutch gunboats were sent to the Royal Shipyard in Jiaozhou Bay that winter, and the craftsmen, after examining the layout of the ships, did not find any technical difficulties. Soon, a 1,500-ton gunboat was designed.

This gunboat will be equipped with 60 guns, including 30 30-kilogram flat-fire guns (cannons), which will be erected on the bottom deck and the main deck, and 22 20-kilogram guns will be erected on the upper deck, as well as 4 tail guns and first guns. All of them are 30 pounds.

At this time, the warships on the ocean, the guns of the Dutch were mostly 18 pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams. Daming's 1 catty = 600 grams. Since the Ming Dynasty entered the steel era, the casting technology of large artillery is developing rapidly. The workers of the Royal Military Factory, with generous incentives, created a number of ways to improve production, so that the quality of the large artillery produced by the Royal Military Factory became better and better.

If this warship can be manufactured and equipped with a large number of 20-pound and 30-pound guns, then the Ming Dynasty will have the most powerful gunboat, at least in this era.

Therefore, the manufacture of this gunboat has received great attention from Colonel Zhu You, and the gunboat under construction has been named 'Imperial Power'.

"Your Majesty, the shipyard estimates that the manufacturing cost of this gunboat is at least 300,000 yuan, and the manufacturing cost of those guns is estimated to be 400,000 yuan. Only about half of the material cost is the cost of the craftsman, and the other half is the cost of the craftsman. Zhang Yan returned to Beijing and reported the manufacturing of the warship.

"Let's start according to this plan! As long as the warship can be successfully built, 400,000 yuan is nothing. Zhu Youxiao decided.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave is going to order the shipyard to start." Zhang Yan received the order, and then continued to report: "The general soldier Sun Yiguo has successfully built a fort in Dayuan, and the local people are more cooperative, it is time for the imperial court to send some officials over, and in addition, please give the fort a name." ”

"Yes, yes, let's call it Anping Fort!" Zhu Youxiao directly moved out the name of the later generations, saving brain cells. Then he said: "Let Sun Yiguo come back when the Taiwanese officials are stable!" The formation of the navy inevitably requires manpower, and after all, you are still a bit of an amateur to the navy. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Sun Yiguo's fort building in Taiwan was relatively smooth, the local area was not a wilderness, and there were still many people living in the local area. Many of these people came from Fujian, so they also know what is called the royal law. These people used to live in Dayuan, and there was no government to manage them. There are no towns here, they are all based on villages, and the two days of each month are the days of the market, and the villages get together to trade, and the economic model is mainly rural economy, most of the goods can be self-sufficient, and a few goods need to be shipped abroad.

When the imperial court sailors came to Dayuan, those people naturally did not dare to stop the imperial court from building forts in the local area. Because the military discipline of the sailor division was good, he did not disturb the local people, and the local people were still very cooperative.

Some of the materials needed to build the fort were mined and fired by the local people, and some were transported from Fujian, and the sailors paid silver dollars and wages according to the market price. After several months of busyness, in the position of the city of Reshalan, which was built by the Dutch in later generations, the sailors completed the fortification, and held the waterway that entered Dayuan, and at the same time arranged the defenders in the Luermen waterway.

Heavy artillery from the Royal Arsenal also began to be shipped to Fort Anping, and after these heavy cannons were erected, Dayuan Port became impregnable. Neither the Dutch nor the Spaniards, nor the pirates, would have done anything about the port.

Now that Fort Anping has been almost built, Zhu Youxiao is naturally going to start developing Taiwan.

Taiwan can at least develop thousands of acres of fertile land, but also open up a few forest farms, although the mineral is a little worse, but agricultural resources are the most needed things in the Ming Dynasty.

Next, it is the stage of recruiting immigrants to Taiwan for reclamation.

In December of the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao issued an edict to establish 'Taiwan Province', officially opening Taiwan as a province, and ordering Zhou Zuozhen, the governor of Fujian, to take charge of Taiwan. At the same time, a Taiwan garrison brigade was established to cooperate with the opening of Taiwan.

The port, fortress, administration, and military force were all in place, and the Royal Agricultural Company immediately began to recruit civilians in the north to go to Taiwan to reclaim the land. (To be continued......)