208. Chaowu Fort
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"Is this Dongning?" Looking at the subtropical scenery on the land, which is very different from the Korean Peninsula, the Korean princess, who has not yet recovered from the symptoms of seasickness, asks the envoy through the curtain for verification. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)
"Yes, Your Highness Princess." The send-off envoy with a beautiful beard replied respectfully, although the princess in front of him was not the daughter of the early death of the king of the dynasty, but no matter what, with the title of princess, she is a symbol of the friendship between the Joseon royal family and the Ming Zheng regime at this moment. "Ahead is Keelung Port."
"So it's almost there?" The girl seemed to feel that she could be relieved from seasickness, so her voice was a little excited.
"I'm afraid that when I get to the port, I will have to change to Dongning's ship." The send-off envoy poured cold water on him, but as if to comfort the disappointed girl, he followed closely. "After changing ships, we will be able to reach Chengtian in three or five days."
"Then why change Dongning's ship?" The young princess was a little puzzled. "Can't we continue to ride our own boat? Or is there no way for this Keelung to reach Chengtian by land? ”
"According to Dongning's greeting envoy, the official road from Keelung to Chengtian is being built, so it is temporarily impassable, as for why change Dongning's ship." The envoy smiled bitterly, for the sake of the dignity of North Korea, of course he didn't want to change ships, but the North Korean ship was small and slow, and Ming Zheng's mention was also in line with etiquette, so he couldn't insist. "Because the good period set by Dongning is about to pass, I have to change the clipper to go south, so as not to be unlucky."
The young female voice was silent for a while, and then asked, "What kind of person is Lord Zheng of Dongning?" ”
North Korea is adjacent to China, and Ming Ji's words have just come out in China, and there are pirated copies in North Korea, so Princess Xibei in front of her has also read "The Legend of the West Chamber" and other enlightenment books, and she has some expectations for her future husband.
But the envoy had not seen Zheng Kezhang himself, so he only pointed out to the princess vaguely: "The lord of Dongning has authority, the internal power is treacherous, the external enemy is Qingren, and the martial arts are magnificent, so His Majesty will make the princess cross thousands of miles of ocean to make peace with her, and the princess must not treat the lord of the domain as an ordinary scholar, otherwise it will affect the harmony of the husband and wife, and it will be a big disaster to break the original intention of His Majesty to connect with strong reinforcements." ”
The princess sighed faintly, and before she could answer, suddenly a thunderous cannon sounded on the sea, and the face of the relatives changed, and he rushed out of the cabin in a panic, but after a while, he came back with a smile and reported: "Let the princess be frightened, it is the welcome salute released by the Dongning garrison on the shore."
After defeating the expeditionary forces of the Sultanate of Pober and counterattacking into its kingdom, the reputation of the colonists at the mouth of the Capuas River grew, and for a time the Sultans of Western Bo Ni watched nervously on Zheng's next move. However, Zheng Junyan stopped concentrating on governing his small colony, which made the worried sultans temporarily put their hearts down, of course, there should be no less snooping, no, in the past few months, more than a dozen envoys have come to visit Tian Chao.
"We are merchants, we want to build a barn here, but considering the problem of supplies, we open up farmland outside the barn to cultivate, we don't want to encroach on any of your land, but if anyone offends us, Popol is a lesson for him." Tian Chao took the trouble to communicate with the messengers. "We need food, cattle, and we can provide iron, armor, and arquebuses for that." It seems that with the display of various weapons and armor, these envoys patted their chests one by one and promised to bring Tian Chao's kindness back to China. "Of course, if there is nothing, as long as there is this." In the end, Tian Chao took out the gold beads seized in the Popol Palace. "You can also exchange with us."
"A merchant from the Ming Kingdom," in fact, because the Ming pirate merchants have been in Southeast Asia for many years, the envoys of the sultans are not Inca chieftains who know nothing about white people, so everyone knows Tian Chao's ultimate requirements. "In addition to the weapons you provide, we need silk, porcelain, and if we can, we need you to help us deal with the enemy." Seeing Tian Chao's vigilant eyes, the envoys pointed to the gold utensils Tian Chao took out with bright smiles. "We can provide a lot of this gold, if you can help us."
"We can sell goods," Tian Chao shook his head, he only had 200 immigrants and more than 500 soldiers in his hands, and he didn't have the capital to act as a mercenary. "But I'm sorry, we don't want to get involved in your disputes."
The envoys threw out a condition that made Tian Chao unbelievable but tempting: "Are we willing to pay tribute to you?" ”
"This?" Tian Chao hesitated for a moment but shook his head. "I'm afraid I'm not going to be the master"
Sending away a few difficult envoys, Tian Chao finally got idle, and on this day, he just went to the tundi to inspect it, and he got the good news that Murong Bin led the replenishment fleet to arrive again. By the time he had reached the river in three steps and two steps, the boat had already begun to unload the precious tonics.
"Lord Tian, the Lord heard that you have found a place and have built a house to defend yourself, so I am very satisfied, and I hereby give this river the Datian River, and this fort is the Chaowu Fort, so named, Lord Tian is congratulated." Murong Bin smiled and congratulated this promising upstart, and Tian Chao, who was sincerely frightened, had no choice but to bow in the direction of Dongning to thank Zheng Kezang for his praise. "Among the immigrants sent this time, I said so much that I asked the Qiongzhou side to arrange a blacksmith and a leatherman, I don't know if you are in line with your heart?" Tian Chao naturally thanked Murong Bin for the icing on the cake, and at the same time presented the seized gold, silver, pearls and jade and the documents for reporting the victory to ask the other party to bring them back to Dongning. "By the way, last time you said that you were short of cement, I also brought you an extra 500 barrels, and I guess it's enough to build a city wall."
"Thank you, Lord Murong." Tian Chao hurriedly thanked him, saying that the materials he had transported this time were all in short supply, especially the arrival of one hundred and fifty new annexed troops had enhanced the mobility in his hands. "If you can build up the wall, my little brother can sleep well." Speaking of which, Tian Chao arranged. "Come on, help Lord Murong pick the two best ones and send them over." Murong Bin was still a little puzzled about what Tian Chao was talking about, and after a while, the wives and daughters of the two princes of Popor were sent over: "This is also the harvest of the attack on Popor, a part of it will be given to the brothers below, and the rest will be taken into camp prostitutes," Tian Chao explained. "If you don't dislike it, then you will have a good rest with the brothers in the fleet for these two days."
Murong Bin laughed and kept the two women: "Good brother, my brother is panicking, you sent these two, but the fire is extinguished, you can take care of yourself, brother, I will disturb my face."
Tian Chao walked out of the cabin with a smile, and looked at the people and goods that were still being transported. But when he returned to the shore in high spirits, a sudden news came.
"What? Is anyone in the camp prostitutes pregnant? Tian Chao was taken aback, and then smiled calmly. Some of the women who were distributed to the brothers below were pregnant, and that was a good thing. Tian Chaocheng continued with his chest in mind. In my opinion, no matter who the mother is, the child born is the son of my Han people, and the more such children we have, the more firmly we can grasp the Datian River area. ”
"Xia Guan also knows that this is the best way to sinicize aliens, but these children may not necessarily be raised by their biological mothers." Zhuge Maple Leaf's worries obviously came from another side. "In that case, in the future, I can only be used as a slave instead of the heir of the Han family."
"Then let the tunhu adopt." Tian Chao waved his hand. "We will give tax exemption to all the tun households that adopt such children."
Zhuge Maple Leaf is still a little uneasy: "I'm afraid that there is a difference between biological and adopted." ”
Tian Chao thought for a while and gave an ingenious answer: "This is also simple, after the age of seven, all enter the Benbao Boys' Camp and be disciplined in a unified manner, as long as we can master the Boys' Camp, naturally no one will forcibly distinguish between Han and mongrels." ”
"Boy Boy Camp?" Zhuge Maple raised his eyebrows. "My lord, this is a taboo."
"It's not the first time I've done something taboo." Tian Chao sneered, obviously not caring. "In this way, I will write this book myself, and you should remind you that although the Chaowu Castle is in ruins, the enlightened teacher will have to make arrangements as soon as possible, so I will submit the document to the Department of International Commerce."
Zhuge Fengye frowned, at this time Chang Yong reported that all the new soldiers had been assembled, so Tian Chao left the deputy envoy of Yingtian who was still shaking his head and walked straight away.
"How did they all fall crookedly?" Tian Chao yelled at the newcomer who had not yet gained a firm foothold. "Go and call all the teams!" Hundreds of soldiers with completely different spirits soon appeared in front of the newcomers. "See, some of them are from the new army like you, and when they first came, they were also worried about their families and wives on the mainland, but when they came to this point, what could they do, they could only grit their teeth and swallow tears into their stomachs." Tian Chao inspected in front of the newcomers. "But if you swallow the tears in your stomach, you will find that in fact, you can also settle down here!" Tian Chao pointed at someone. "Wang Hu (book friend lhjgj recommended), you come out." A big man speaking Xiangyin stood up. "You say, do you still want to go back to the mainland?"
"I don't want to." Wang Hu replied with a decisive answer.
Tian Chao smiled and asked, "Why?" ”
"Because the governor has divided the land and the women for me!" Wang Hu's answer caused a commotion among the newcomers, and if it was really fake, I heard Wang Hu continue. "I was so poor that I couldn't do it when I was a soldier and ate food, and now although the local women are a little ugly, they have a body, and my Wang family has a queen, who wants to go back and be chased and killed as a rebel!"
"Get out!" Tian Chao kicked Wang Hu's buttocks, Wang Hu ran back into the queue, and then Tian Chao asked. "Do you understand?" Tian Chao's response made Tian Chao very dissatisfied, so he shouted again. "There are no eggs, let's be louder!"
"Understood."
"It's good to understand, although Lao Tzu can't prepare wives and concubines for each of you right away, but follow Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will not let you suffer." Tian Chao pointed to the far inland. "There are a lot of natives waiting for us to conquer, and when the time comes, the women will have it, and the gold will also have it."
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