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The Quang Nam Squadron, whose strength has been reduced, is anxiously waiting for the possible retaliation of the Dutch, but there is no follow-up intention on the Batavia side, of course, this is not that the Dutch have changed to vegetarianism, it is really a forty-gun military Galen is also a treasure at the bottom of the box for the Dutch who are far away from the home country by sea, and every loss makes them feel distressed, so after knowing that Zheng Jun has a tenacious will to fight, he feels that the Dutch, who have given a certain lesson, have no intention of further expanding the war. At least until the Banten is repaired, the Dutch will not be provocative. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

Of course, there was another reason for Batavia's temporary withdrawal, that is, Ming Zheng's colony in Xiboni was discovered by them. It is also inevitable to say that the Governor's Mansion of West Bo Ni, located south of the Yamaguchi Ocean, is too close to Batavia, not to mention the busy Malacca waterway next to it.

The so-called lying on the couch does not allow others to snore, and the United East India Company, which was secretly infiltrated into the core ruling area by Ming Zheng, naturally has priority to pull out this thorn in the eye. For this reason, the Dutch side tried every means to buy the natives, after a period of reconnaissance, the Dutch figured out the general strength of the Zheng army in Xiboni, for this colony with only a small number of Chinese (junk) ships as a transport force and a limited number of defenders, the Dutch were confident that they could be captured, but the crusade army was delayed, the only reason was that the Dutch garrison was too widely distributed to take back a considerable period of time.

However, Tian Chao, the Dutchman's abacus, obviously didn't know, and he was enjoying the last tranquility before the war, and he was comforting Fang Yunchun, who was full of complaints: "Where do men not start a business, what is the interest of guarding your one-third of an acre of land." ”

Fang Yunchun looked at Zheng Junyan, who was standing and talking without backache, and his heart was full of resentment, but the shape was stronger than people, so he had to show a sincere and frightened color, listening to Tian Chao nagging in the words of Nanzhili officials with a strong Hokkien accent.

As if to see that he was absent-minded, He Zhichao on the side handed over a bowl of wine: "Good brother, if you come, you will be safe, when you are free one day, let's go to Batavia together for a walk, how about finding a few red hairs to vent your anger?" ”

In the end, he is also a man on the sea, although he didn't understand the other party's Guangli dialect very well, Fang Yunchun still took the wine bowl and touched it with the other party, and drank it all: "What kind of wine is this, the taste is sour." ”

"I don't understand." Tian Chao responded with a smile. "This is the favorite wine of the Tessie people."

"Peach wine?" Fang Yunchun shook his head. "It's not as good as the rice and wine I brewed myself."

Hearing that Fang Yunchun could make his own wine, Tian Chao's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he shook his head when he thought of something: "The rice we planted has a lot of harvest before the rainy season, but who knows if it will be able to harvest again next, so we can't spoil it for you, but this place is rich in sago, I don't know if this can be used as food." ”

The so-called sago rice, also known as sago rice, is a kind of starch extracted from the pith of the coconut tree and sago palm tree in the West Valley, and is made by hand. Since sago is almost pure starch, it is the best substitute food for immigrants when food is scarce, so Tian Chao subconsciously thinks that since it can be eaten as food, it can naturally be used as one of the raw materials for winemaking.

"Simi?" Fang Yunchun, who is from Zhejiang, naturally doesn't know what sago is, but since there is rice in the name, it can naturally be used as rice. "I can implement it, but the water and soil here are different from my hometown, and I may not be able to make good wine."

Tian Chao said with feeling: "No matter what kind of wine is good or bad, don't we just drink the taste of a hometown." ”

"Yes, I don't know when I will be able to return to Zhejiang." Fang Yunchun, who was aroused, sighed and raised the wine bowl casually. "Come, Governor, a few adults, a little brother has just arrived, a few people have a bowl to talk about their hearts"

"According to the latest inspection, there are now 243,409 households in Taiwan, 714,529 men and women, more than 70,600 young children and girls not counting Ding, 90,528 old men and women who are not recruited, and a total of 113,567 acres of land reclaimed by the above people." This was a comprehensive report with the participation of not only the Salt and Iron Division, the Salt and Iron Division, but also the Taxation Division. "After deducting the reduction and exemption, this year's spring and autumn levies can be calculated and levied 1,473,265 stones."

"Now there are 35,000 people in Dongning, including the seven towns of the land division, the Anping Left-behind Division and the flood soldiers, the three major fleets of the Naval Division, the two fleets, the Keelung team, the Governor's Mansion and the Hailongxiang Division, including about 13,000 people, and there are also young martial arts, martial arts, and sailor schools, the total number should be 50,000, and Dongning will increase the number of troops at most 30,000 if it is calculated to raise one soldier in ten dings."

"But now Dongning's financial resources are already tight," said the Zhidu Division, which clearly opposed the plan for arms expansion and warfare just announced by the Military Affairs Division. "Now, even if the cost of ordnance is no longer calculated, but the expenditure of military salaries and hundreds of officials has exceeded the annual income a lot, if the income of the fleet under the name of the Iron Division of the Salt Division replenishes the shortage of silver in the treasury of the Taifu Temple, it is almost impossible to support, if the army is to be expanded, the lord still exempts the ministers from the errands."

Hearing Liu Chongxi's words, Zheng Kezhang interjected and asked: "If the army is expanded by 30,000, how much money should be lacking in a year." ”

In this regard, Liu Chongxi responded honestly and unceremoniously: "At least replenish 250,000 taels of silver every year." ”

Two hundred and fifty thousand taels does not sound like a lot, but this is only the annual expenditure of military salaries, and the grain and straw have to be calculated separately.

"It seems that in order to expand the army, this domain must first grab a vote." After listening to Zheng Kezang's cold jokes, Hong Lei and others present all showed a wry smile, of course, Zheng Kezhang was not telling jokes, I saw him ask seriously. "Is it better to rob the silver treasure ship of Luzon, or to target Satsuma or Sado in Japan?"

"Lord, speak carefully." Wu Shu immediately stopped and said, the so-called ministers are not secrets, the monarch is not secret, and the country is lost, even if he really wants to attack an enemy, Zheng Kezhang can't say it on this occasion.

Lin Weirong on the side also persuaded: "Lord, now that this domain is in harmony with the two countries, there should be no more provocations. ”

Looking at the eager courtiers, Zheng Kezhang had no choice but to admit his mistake in a hurry: "Lone knows, it's just a joke, you don't need to mention it, let's talk about the business, about the expansion of the army, Lone thinks it is imperative." ”

Now it is the 16th ** year of the Western calendar, and there is a big war between the Qing court and Jungger in June and July next year that is related to who belongs to Mobei, at this juncture, Ming Zheng must get involved in it anyway, otherwise sit back and watch the Qing court stabilize the rear, then the next unlucky person is Zheng Kezhang himself, and it is necessary to pay some financial price for this.

"As for the lack of financial resources, this is easy to do, and it will be allocated to you from the inner treasury." To be honest, Zheng Kezhang doesn't know how much money he has in his inner treasury, but he also has a big killing weapon in his hand, which is more than enough to fill the lack of military spending. "The Military Affairs Department immediately expanded the six divisions according to the established plan, including the left and right Longwu, the left and right Yiwei, and the left and right Huben, and the surplus establishment was left for the fleets of the naval division for backup."

Seeing Zheng Kezang's firm gaze, Lin Heng leaned over and responded: "The minister respectfully obeys the lord's orders." ”

"Cai Qing." Zheng Kezang's gaze moved to the officer of the Ordnance Department on the side. "Although the Qing Dynasty has no strength to threaten Dongning for the time being, but the Franc Jiyi, Hongyi, and Luzon Yi surround their own domain, and they are still looking at each other, and they still have the heart to kill me, so before June next year, the Dongning Shipyard should provide two more 8,000 large splint gunboats for the Zhenguo fleet, and Qing and Zheng Qing must coordinate the lack of iron materials."

Cai Qian hasn't replied yet, Zheng Yingping, who originally thought he was fine, showed a wry smile, although he can separate pyrite to obtain sulfur and some sponge iron, the number of refined iron in Dongning has not increased immediately, and this time he has to coordinate the number of two large splint gunboats and ensure the amount of artillery, firearms, scab armor, and chain mail for the six new divisions, could it be that Zheng Kezhang is preparing to keep himself awake at night?

But Zheng Kezhang had already spoken, and Zheng Yingping had no choice but to come out and respond in unison with Cai Qian: "The minister obeys the order"

The meeting ended, and the ministers walked out of Anping City with various thoughts, and Hong Lei stopped Hong Gongzhu: "Wulang, do you say that the Lord really wants to use troops against Japan and Luzon?" ”

"The Lord wants to return to the mainland to drive out the Tartars, and the Senate has made several strategies for this." Hong Gongzhu reported to his brothers, but he did not say that these reports were actually made privately by Zheng Kezang who arranged for them to join the army, so that he, Wu Shu, and Lin Sheng all opposed it. "But although the old Seventh Division has fought a few battles in Qiongzhou, how can the recruits really become an army without seeing blood, so the lord has the idea of training with battle, and there is just a shortage of money."

Hong Lei frowned: "In other words, the Lord will not give up the idea of doing something to one of them?" ”

"I'm afraid that the lord's intention is not just to do it to one of them, you must know that the treasure interception ship needs a sailor, and the expedition to Japan only needs a land division," Hong Gongzhu said worriedly. "If the Lord has the heart to open the bow left and right, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"No, absolutely not, you must dispel the Lord's thoughts." Hong Lei said with a decisive face. "Let's go, let's go to Madame and mention these things to her, now only Madame can restrain the Lord."

Hong Gongzhu knew that Hong Lei was talking about Chen Xianqiao, but he was very hesitant about this: "It's not good to talk to Mrs. about this matter." ”

Hong Lei was stunned for a moment, Hong Gongzhu explained: "Although the lord is still very affectionate with his wife, he has a lot of suspicion of his wife's several admonitions. ”

Manipulating inside and outside, civil and military collusion, these eight words slammed on Hong Lei's heart, and immediately made him speechless, yes, the identities of Hong Gongzhu and Hong Lei are already very dangerous, if you add the wife of the feudal lord who is related to him, even a first-class Ming Jun has to muttered such a combination in his heart, not to mention the master of Zheng Kezang.

"Fourth brother, this matter can only be slowly resisted by the military academy." Hong Gongzhu comforted Hong Lei, who did not belong to his mind. "Lord Wu Shuwu and Lord Lin Shenglin support my opinion, so you don't have to worry too much"

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