The autumn wind is gusting, the yellow leaves are flying, it is another autumn, it has been a few months since the navy went south, Ming Ruxin and Mao Chenglu and others have already completely recovered Taiwan, most of the Dutch defenders have been annihilated, and more than 700 people led by Governor Cohen have been taken prisoners.

Ming Ruxin, the great victory in the South China Sea, reported to Zhang Ke as soon as possible, but unfortunately, the ship delivering the letter encountered wind and waves at sea, and had to send a messenger twice, and finally sent the news to Tianjin.

But unfortunately, Zhang Ke went to Jinzhou again, and the Tokugawa shogunate of the Wa Kingdom was preparing to launch a counterattack, and it is said that more than 100,000 troops were concentrated.

Daddy Zhang Haichuan is high-spirited and wants to make dumplings for the widows. However, Zhang Ke was a little worried, after all, his father was old and wandering in a foreign land, in case there was any accident, he couldn't explain.

After much deliberation, Zhang Ke decided to send Yu Weiliang to replace his father, and sent his former classmate Tang Guang to Kyushu Island to deal with the counterattack of the Tokugawa shogunate.

After more than ten years of experience, Zhang Ke's subordinates can be said to be full of talents, not only martial arts, most of them can take charge of themselves, do things in an orderly manner, have methods, and can make decisions.

Many outsiders are particularly envious, how did Zhang Ke meet so many talents, some people say in private that Zhang Ke is destined to return, so God sent so many stars to earth to assist the true son of heaven.

However, Zhang Ke didn't believe in this, and to put it bluntly, there was nothing special.

Whether Zhang Ke is fighting a war or governing a place, he adheres to two words: pragmatic!

Once the personnel are selected, Zhang Ke will give strong support, even if something goes wrong, Zhang Ke will tolerate it, and let his subordinates forge ahead in the frustration.

What is particularly difficult is that no matter how big the problem is, Zhang Ke will shoulder it on his shoulders and shirk his responsibilities without shirking responsibility.

This kind of trust has touched many people to die as a confidant, and they don't have to worry about dumping, and they don't have to worry about someone pulling their backs. As long as you do things with one mind, you can rush forward with one mind!

Even if they are mediocre talents, after studying for so many years, they have become first-class followers and good hands.

Of course, this is only on the surface, secretly, Zhang Ke has a super intelligence system in his hands, as long as he wants to know, he can get the whispers of his subordinates and daughter-in-law.

And then there is Zhang Ke who holds the financial system in his hands and holds too much secret power. Anyone dares to be corrupt and derelict in their duties. If you dare to drill into the camp, you can't escape his eyes.

The treatment should be dealt with, the warning should be warned, everything has evidence, and the subordinates are convinced.

Whether it is the old brothers who worked hard at the beginning, or the original bureaucrats in Liaodong, or even the civil officials who were integrated into it later, everyone can quickly adapt to this new system and faithfully fulfill their mission.

After years of experience. Tang Guang had strong confidence in himself and said, "Yongzhen, according to my research, the land of the Wa Kingdom is barren. There is a large population, and there are not enough people to support the country, and if you want to completely defeat it, I think it is a piece of chicken ribs. It's a pity to eat without meat and throw it away. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Ke said with a smile: "As the so-called poor mountains and bad waters make a lot of people, since the founding of the country, the Japanese state has invaded Korea more than 1,000 times. The average is twice every three years. And every time after unification, they will try to get their hands on the Celestial Empire. There is the Battle of Baijiangkou in the Tang Dynasty in the distance, and there is the Renchen Rebellion in the near future. Speaking of which, the country is like a germ, which attacks from time to time, which makes people have a headache. ”

After years of research by Wu Youxing, a new medical system has been established, and Tang Guang is no stranger to the characteristics of germs.

"That's right, when the Celestial Empire is strong, it is naturally not afraid, if the Celestial Empire is sick, the consequences will be unimaginable." When Tang Guang thought of this, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

"Yongzhen, I will attack the Tokugawa shogunate, but I will not destroy them yet, but control the shogunate remotely, provoke the Japanese civil strife, and let them continue to fight, endless division. One day, let the population of the Wa Kingdom drop to dispensable, and then the immigrants will annex it, and the country will disappear completely! ”

"Good!"

Zhang Ke couldn't help but slap his face, and he personally watched Tang Guang's ship leave Jinzhou and sail to Nagasaki.

Coming back from the dock, Zhang Ke received Ming Ruxin's report, and when he opened it, Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Won, finally won!"

The hanging heart also let go, as the so-called everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you see the benefits of colonial development, even if you want to stop, you can't stop.

Reading carefully without any details, Zhang Ke's joy was somewhat restrained, and Ming Ruxin mentioned the strong combat effectiveness of the Dutch soldiers, as well as the skillful sea navigation skills, which his side did not have for the time being.

"It seems that we still have to train vigorously to train the troops!"

As the so-called century-old navy, it is already very good to be able to achieve the current level.

It's just that Ming Ruxin mentioned a problem. According to the original plan, it was to attack Luzon and drive the Spaniards out of the South Seas. However, Ming Ruxin captured Cohen, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia.

The so-called Batavia is the Jakarta of Indonesia in later generations, and it is the base camp of the Dutch in the East.

If history were to follow, the Dutch would have occupied this fertile and fertile colony until after World War II, when Indonesia became an independent state.

In Zhang Ke's impression, Indonesia is not a good thing, as a lackey of the West, it has repeatedly rushed to the front line of anti-China, and those dirty natives have pointed their butcher knives at overseas Chinese again and again, and the crimes are too numerous to mention.

"Maybe Indonesia shouldn't exist!"

Zhang Ke slapped the table suddenly, took the brush, and put pen to paper behind Ming Ruxin's report.

"There must be no mistake in ordering the army to move south quickly and seize Batavia. The captured Hongmaoyi, the heinous criminal, can be directly killed, the noble officers can be used as hostages, extortion of gold and silver, ordinary Hongmaoyi soldiers can use the ...... as appropriate if they want to serve our side"

The instructions were quickly sent to the city of Geranza, oh no, the place had been renamed the city of Guangfu, and the former governor's official residence had been turned into a temporary prefect's yamen.

During this period of time, in addition to strictly training the navy, Ming Ruxin was to appease the indigenous leaders who came from all over the country.

The natives of the island had a strong affection for the Ming court, and regarded the Dutch as foreign invaders, and they had to pay huge taxes every year to hand over the deer skins they had so hard to hunt. The heavy pressure has caused civil unrest on the island from time to time.

It's just that their weapons and equipment are too backward, coupled with poor organization, they are not at all a cunning Dutch opponent, and in many places entire villages have been wiped out.

Especially in order to build the city of Geranza and the city of Chichi, countless people died.

Now that the Yizhou soldiers are here, Ming Ruxin has strong financial support behind him. He began by waiving taxes for three years and returning to the indigenous people the land that had been stolen by the Dutch. And set up market towns to conduct fair trade.

This move quickly won the hearts of the people, so that the Yizhou soldiers completely gained a firm foothold.

Later, Ming Ruxin swept away most of the pirates in the South China Sea, most of whom were sent to the island, and those who were available were transferred to the army, and those who were not available were allocated land and let them work in the fields.

There is so much wasteland on the island that tens of thousands of people are like sprinkling peppercorns. Thin very. If you want to really prosper and become an important base for the Ming army to go south, you must also vigorously immigrate.

This naturally had to wait for Zhang Ke's order, and Ming Ruxin used this time to constantly torture the Dutch captives, asking them about various situations.

Speaking of which, many of these captives were mercenaries and sailors for many years, who had traveled far too many places and knew the customs of the world. Hydrological data.

Although it was not systematic, every bit of knowledge opened Ming Ruxin's eyes, and he specially arranged for a dozen interpreters to question the Dutch and dig out everything they knew. And organize it into a booklet. There are navigation logs, introductions to animals and plants, detailed descriptions of customs and customs, and introductions to human races......

These pamphlets soon became popular among the Ming army. Look at all kinds of unbelievable things, strange customs, what cannibal tribes. What matriarchal society, what huge crocodile, a python several feet long...... It's even better than a novel. In the past, China always boasted of the Celestial Empire, but there were so many things that I didn't know, and now it seems that there is a taste of sitting in a well and watching the sky, and everyone can't help but blush.

There was a rapid rush among the sailors to conquer the world, to the mysterious New World, to explore the vast ocean beneath their feet.

With curiosity comes the motivation to move forward. Ming Ruxin had been preparing in Guangfu City for half a year, and Zhang Ke's order had already come down.

He drew fifty large warships, carrying six thousand men and horses, and slaughtered Batavia as fast as he could. According to the recognition of the captives, there are still more than 3,000 defenders in Batavia, but the loss of the governor should be a mess, as for the Dutch government, as well as the East India Company, will they send reinforcements, Ming Ruxin is not worried at all.

The Dutch are beyond the reach of the whip, and it takes more than half a year to go back and forth, and sending troops and laborers on an expedition will cause more trouble, and the little Hongmaoyi may not have this ability.

As for the East India Company, they came only to send them to death.

When Ming Ruxin's fleet went all the way south and approached Batavia, he learned one thing, it turned out that Cohen ran to the city of Geranza to supervise the battle, and the Batavia group was leaderless, and the local natives held an uprising, and for a time the war spread all over the island of Java, making the Dutch anxious and exhausted.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you!

The Ming army immediately blocked the port, carried out heavy artillery bombardment, sank a dozen Dutch warships, and then landed. The Dutch could not withstand the wolf-like Ming army, and retreated one after another.

Within ten days, the Ming army captured Batavia and occupied half of the island of Java. For a time, the local natives were greatly encouraged, and all of them warmly welcomed the army of the Celestial Empire, and in their memory, the army of the Celestial Empire was still the original Zheng He fleet, a symbol of selflessness and magnanimity, and they were finally saved.

It's just that they don't know that the Celestial Empire has quietly changed.

"Your Excellency, please see, this is a botanical garden, and there are all kinds of plants in it, some of them from the South Seas, and some of them have been transplanted from the Americas."

Xipei is a naturalist, he also visited the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he was immediately impressed by the prosperity and civilization of the Ming Dynasty, became a hardcore Ming fan, for the Ming army to seize Batavia, he did not have much resentment, the idea is still very welcome.

"Your Excellency, this tree is called the Tear Tree, and once the trunk is damaged, it will leak a white liquid, which the natives of South America spit on their clothes to keep it water."

Listening to the introduction, Ming Ruxin suddenly frowned, and his heart was ecstatic, could this be the rubber tree that the prince said? (To be continued......)