240. Blockade
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"Hongyi is treacherous, and now it is blocked at the mouth of the Datian River, and even Captain Fang's Daishan has been detained. (The text was first published in the Cabinet biquge.info)"
Tian Chao negotiated with the Dutch envoys on the condition of an armistice, and after negotiations, the Dutch agreed not to invade Chaowu Fort and the colony of Xibo Ni in Ming Zheng for two years, while Tian Chao returned to release 57 captured Dutch and Germanic wounded soldiers. However, before the ink of the agreement was dry, the Dutch blockaded the mouth of the Datian River on the grounds that the armistice was limited to the interior, which caused a great dumb loss to the Governorate of Xiboni.
"Hongyi offered five hundred and fifty taels as the price for the release of the human ship." Zhuge Maple continued, but he was actually wrong, the Dutch asked for 550 thalers, and 1 thaler will only be established as a 25.9-gram silver coin in the Leipzig monetary agreement next year, which is very different from the 36.9-gram tael implemented in Taiwan today. "It's not a lot of money, but the cargo on board is not on the list of returns." Hearing this, the people below talked a lot, now Xibo mud has barely achieved food self-sufficiency, but the required cotton, dyes, needlework and other groceries still need to be purchased, the Dutch blockade is equivalent to blocking the source of these goods, how not to make the people present worry about it. "But more importantly, a fleet of gunpowder, cement and other supplies will arrive in Dongning before the rainy season."
"Governor, you can't sit still." Chang Yong, who had been promoted to the first sentry officer of Chaowu Fort two months ago, immediately jumped up. "We have to find a way to get rid of Hongyi's big ship, otherwise, the loss will be too great."
"Get rid of the Hongyi ship? What do you use to do it? "Jiang Tao, who was also promoted to the second sentry officer two months ago, shook his head like a rattle." Other people's ships are cruising overseas day and night, so we don't necessarily have to use the Daishan to fight hard. β
"Master Jiang has a point, even if we can use arson boats to drive away Hongyi, we don't have so many ships, and we don't have so many sailors to operate ships." Jiang Binjun, the leader of the artillery team (recommended by book friend Manson 2003), echoed Jiang Tao's statement. "This third, once you do it, you will give Hongyi an excuse to tear up the agreement, and I'm afraid that Hongyi, who will make a comeback, will not be as easy to deal with as the first time."
"Phew!" Cao Yi, the sword and shield sentinel, spat at the ground. "You're afraid that Hongyi will tear up the agreement, but now Hongyi hasn't torn the agreement? The other party can do the first year of junior high school, why can't we do fifteen, there is no boat to do, the raft is good, there are not enough sailors, then there will be a little bit of anyone who knows water. β
Listening to Cao Yi's somewhat fierce tone, Tian Chao glared: "Xibo Ni is just such a manpower, and you can't be rash." β
Tian Chao was still about to say something, when suddenly a lieutenant from Bapin Baoyi ran in with a happy face and whispered a few words to him, Tian Chao's eyes lit up: "Good news, He Zhichao's ship is back." β
Everyone immediately laughed and scolded, and Gong Chang, who was promoted to the first sentry officer, went out of the city to take a look, so the group all ran to the small wharf near the river in the north of the city. When I arrived at the trestle, I saw He Zhichao's 500-material double-sail ship [Xiyangfeng] leaning on the trestle safely, and the elated soldiers frequently carried the barrels down one by one.
Cao Yi suddenly rushed to the boat and pulled He Zhichao, who was pointing fingers, to the shore, and Tian Chao asked bluntly: "Old He, how did you slip in from under Hongyi's nose." β
"Who am I, I still need to slip." He Zhichao chattered, but when he saw seven or eight pairs of eyes looking at him unkindly, he hurriedly surrendered. "Don't, don't, it's all a look, it makes people panic, okay, good, okay, I said, I said it's not okay." He Zhichao led a few people to a secluded grove, reached out and broke a branch and drew a sketch on the ground. "I drove not far to Haikou and saw the Dutchman's boat swaying, knowing that it was not good, so I drove directly to the shore and the shallows, the Dutch were afraid of running aground and did not catch up, so I found an estuary in the south and drove in."
"You're saying that the rivers here are actually open." Tian Chao's eyes widened. "Lao He, they all say that you are lucky, I didn't expect it to be so powerful, the waterways of the seventeen or eighteen bays can be connected at once, how can you let me say hello, it's really shit luck."
"Bullshit, what shit luck, I'm okay to find out by myself." He Zhichao burst into foul language with dissatisfaction. "In the rainy season, you don't see Lao Tzu often going out under the pouring rain, not to mention a waterway at that time, the waterways within a radius of thousands of miles are all open, but now the water is shallow in the dry season, and only a few can still pass."
"Okay, you are a meritorious hero, I will write to you to ask for merit, and you must not let the lord give you an official and a knight." Tian Chao hurriedly comforted He Zhichao, who was looking indignant, and at the same time stretched out his feet to smooth out the sketches on the mud floor, and then took advantage of He Zhichao's face to slow down before asking seriously. "By the way, since the waterway is open, can Hongyi's big ship come in?"
"Maybe it's okay in the rainy season, but now, even Fang Xiaozi's Daishan is a little difficult."
When Zhuge Maple Ye on the side heard this, he immediately explained to He Zhichao: "Old He, I know that you just came back from the boat, and now I'm afraid you're very tired, but Hongyi is blocked at the mouth of the Datian River, and we always have to have a charter to deal with it, so I have to go out again." β
"Where are you going?" He Zhichao asked sensitively. "If you want me to go out and fight with Hongyi, it won't work."
"You don't have to fight with Hongyi, Lord He, I'm afraid you don't know that Captain Fang's Daishan was detained by Hongyi." He Zhichao raised his eyebrows and immediately sighed. "Now that Dongning's transport fleet is about to arrive soon, we can't let them fall into the hands of Hongyi." He Zhichao nodded, looking at his movements, Zhuge Maple Leaf Diagram said. "So I hope you can go north, it's best to block Gao Cheng's Red Crab first, and then lead Captain Murong and them to a safe route."
"Gao Boy is also a clever person, like me, he has explored the waterways a lot, and it is estimated that even if he encounters Hongyi, he will not suffer, as for Murong Bin, the old boy's boat." He Zhichao shook his head. "The sea route is vast, even if they come by the mountain pass, they may miss it, how can you and me definitely stop them."
"Lao He, this is your confusion." Zhuge Maple Leaf laughed. "Murong's boat group is going to send some ordnance, grain and medicine to Wuxiyu this time, don't you just wait there with Gao Cheng."
"If that's the case, that's fine." He Zhichao nodded, but then played a trick. "I don't stay in Wuxiyu for a long time, I will come back as soon as I find Gao Cheng and talk about it, looking at Gao Xiaozi's love with his new daughter-in-law, my teeth are falling."
"Is it a tooth or a gluttony? I heard that your brother can ask Zhang Mingcheng to find you an outer room in Batavia, what to bring back to the big guy. "The chiefs finished talking about their business, so Gong Changming squeezed his eyebrows and joked with He Zhichao." But I can warn you, if you lose the money of the Governor's Mansion in order to cover the outer room, don't blame your brother for making it difficult to do it. β
"It's not big or small, who's your brother." He Zhichao glared at Gong Changming. "I've been your father enough, do you talk to your uncle like this?" He Zhichao reprimanded with a smile. "Even if Lao Tzu has an outer room in Batavia, what about it, Lao Tzu was still a little old when he was on the sea, and he could use the money of the Governor's Mansion?"
"Lao He, don't be angry, the bow guard's hair hasn't grown, what are you doing with him." Tian Chao snorted and calmed down the internal disputes that might arise. "By the way, speaking of your outer room, have you talked to Zhang Mingcheng and asked him to find some women among the Han people in Java, there are still a large number of brothers in the Governor's Mansion who don't have families."
Hearing Tian Chao say this, He Zhichao's face quickly sank: "Governor, those new annexes from Qiongzhou or exonerated Dongning mining slaves, do you really want to use the money from the Governor's Mansion to find a wife for them?" β
"Yes, although I didn't follow the Lord at the beginning, but they are all Han people, in this foreign land, Han people always help Han people," Obviously, Tian Chao was not answering He Zhichao's question alone. "Besides, as long as they have a family and a business, they will follow us to cherish this overseas land, and only when they take root here can they follow us to defend it."
Zhuge Maple Ye on the side also said with emotion: "I agree with the governor's words, there will be no new annex army and old Zheng army overseas, let alone mine slaves, only a group of Han people in a group, can make a small world in this distant country surrounded by tigers and wolves, I think even if you spend a little money for this, the lord will not disagree." β
"That's the truth." He Zhichao grinned. "Okay, the next time I go to Batavia, I'll talk to Zhang Mingcheng, but there are thousands of people, it won't be able to solve it in a while, this is Chu Youyan, don't blame me for not doing things authentically."
"They dare," Tian Chao rolled his face. "It's so good-looking that it can be eaten as a meal? Besides, when the lights go out at night, it's not all two nai and one hole, and a little roughness may be able to help with housework. β
"Governor, you don't say this against your will." Cao Yi smiled at Tian Chao with a mouse's eyebrows. "Why don't I go back and sue a few Mrs. Ru, and say that they are not as good as the rough maid?" In fact, Tian Chao's concubines don't have to go to the ground like ordinary people, and they do whatever they have to do, and there is not much special, but Tian Chao's lascivious reputation is well known in the army, so Cao Yi, who is a township party, naturally uses it to make fun of it. "Or sue SΓΉ Dongning, and look for the ugly and stupid when you make a marriage, but in this way, I am afraid that your reputation will be"
"You kid, it's itchy, it's easy to do," Tian Chao said with a sinister smile. "The training of the sword and shield whistle has been doubled"
"The big guys have seen it, and the governor is a personal vendetta of the communiquΓ©"
In the midst of the noise, a junior military attache ran over and reported: "Governor, the Daishan has been released." β
"Lao He," Tian Chao immediately put away his hippie smile. "Captain Fang has not succeeded, I'm afraid I won't be very happy, so I'll trouble you to appease him"
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