Zheng Zhilong was very familiar with the report of 10 million two properties, and took the initiative to pay 600,000 taels of tax according to the highest monthly tax amount in Hong Kong - 6 percent. In addition, he paid the ransom and collected 10,000 taels wantonly, making up a total of 5 million taels, which can be regarded as a settlement with the crown prince.

It almost drained the cash out of his hand, but it still made it a lot easier. At least he still has thousands of ships in his hands, including more than 300 large Fu boats, and more than 10 Taixi gunboats that have been purchased one after another. That is the foundation of his net worth, and it is also the reason why Zhu Cihong is jealous.

With such a huge maritime force, it is impossible to force its own navy to become a pirate before the construction is completed, otherwise it will be ridiculed through the ages.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zheng Zhilong is indeed the number one force on the East China Sea, even if the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spaniards form a combined fleet, it is impossible to defeat such a powerful force. In the original historical script, Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch with the split Zheng family fleet, occupied Taiwan, and attacked the Manchu Qing Dynasty for decades, which shows its strength.

So from the first time Zheng Zhilong came to see Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong never really thought about Zheng Zhilong's life. Otherwise, the southeast coast will inevitably return to the state of the Jiajing period, or even worse, and there will be "chaos" everywhere, and there will be no development and rest at all.

It's the best state that is acceptable to both sides.

Zhu Cihong got five million taels of silver here, and he only needed to draw out one-fifth of it to perfectly solve all the costs of Taiwan's development. At the same time, he also upheld the dignity of the national law and set an example for other powerful families: if you want to atone for your sins, you must show sincerity, if you only take a dozen or two hundred thousand taels of the crown prince as a flower child, the crown prince will send your entire clan to Liaodong to be called a flower child.

Zheng Zhilong has been at ease since then, and he can still hang the title of the right governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion and be his emperor of the East China Sea. And in the future, Daming will have a business with the city, and he will have a share of the tax on his income. Although it is no longer possible to enjoy the profits of the East China Sea exclusively. But since then, I have been on the same boat with the royal family, and it is always much safer.

has really experienced the wind and rain at sea, Zheng Zhilong's attachment to land has exceeded other people's imagination. Perhaps it was precisely because of this psychology that Zheng Zhilong, who was in the other world, would rather not have a son than surrender to the Manchus.

Compared with Zheng Zhilong's light-heartedness and happiness, the First Army's gearing up, Fujian's civilian officials have really become the most painful cadres.

They must be responsible for the slavery that gradually spread in western Fujian. And without any help, they should clear the acres of land and organize the people in their respective jurisdictions.

The local officials who could have watched the fire from across the river soon found themselves as grasshoppers on a rope with the liuguan: if they failed to complete the administrative work requirements issued by the officials, and failed to pass the examination of the meritorious officials, they would have to be held accountable from the magistrates to the officials at all levels.

In order to show the serious attitude of the crown prince, the officials, miscellaneous servants, and public servants of the yamen at all levels in Fujian also received a large amount of public food and silver subsidies to make up for their losses in the past without state salaries.

This is simply the Ming version of Shang Ying's migration!

If anyone still doesn't know what is going on. It just so happens that the number of Taiwanese immigrants is far from enough.

For the big island that can swim over, its cultivated land area is as high as 10,000 square kilometers, equivalent to 15 million mu, accounting for a quarter of the island's land after industrial development.

Of course, this figure is not reached today, but in terms of the population of Fujian and Zhejiang, even if all those who are willing to go to Taiwan are pulled over, there will be enough land for them to live.

Of course. Before that, the whole island must be ruled first.

The Dutch could not have ceded Taiwan for nothing, just as they had driven out the Spaniards who had occupied the chicken coop (Keelung) two years earlier.

Both East and West. They all know the truth that "the side of the couch does not allow others to snore".

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"Your Highness, the minister really has a word in his throat, and he doesn't vomit or be unhappy." Lu Suyao finally waited for the opportunity to be alone with the crown prince.

"Say it." Zhu Cihong had just sat on Huang Huali's chair, and he hadn't had time to start work yet, just in time.

"Your Highness," Lu Suyao said. "Now that the matter in the south has been decided, if His Highness does not return to Beijing, I am afraid that many decisions will be delayed. Before the opening of Huangming Xinglin University, His Royal Highness was already absent. ”

Zhu Cihong has made outstanding contributions to the fields of hematology, surgery, bacteriology, and anatomy, and is respected by Daming Xinglin. Yu Chang opened Xinglin University in Beijing. With the teaching method he longed for, he trained the younger generation of medical scholars, invited famous doctors in China, and naturally the crown prince Zhu Cihong was indispensable.

"Well, that's a bit of a pity." Zhu Cihong said: "But the recovery of Taiwan is also a big deal, and it is not okay not to keep an eye on the progress." ”

"Your Highness, Liaodong and Xuanda are also at war, how can they favor one over the other?" Lu Suyao didn't know if she was interfering in political affairs, but she knew that if the crown prince didn't return to Beijing before August, the rest of her life would probably be very unsatisfactory.

"Liaodong is to fight instead of care, and when the population goes up, Pingliao is a matter of course. If Xiao Donglou can even mess up this, then he will really go back more and more. Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Xuanda fights with Fu, mainly to trade with the Mongols and expand the cavalry division, and it is enough for Zhou Yuji to sit there." ”

Zhu Cihong did not trust the Mongols outside Zhangjiakou, but they were a little far away from the Manchurians and could be fought for. Trading with them can not only break up the Manchu and Mongolian alliances, but also obtain the horses needed by the Ming army. Even if Zhu Cihong is not familiar with horse breeds, he also knows that the Mongolian horse is one of the best war horses in the cold weapon era.

However, when the crown prince talked about the mutual market, Lu Suyao was even more big.

If it was just selling tea and silk to the Mongols, of course, it didn't matter, and it could also weaken the fighting power of the Mongols. The question is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even dares to sell iron tools and grain, so he is not afraid that these Mongols will resell to the Manchurians?

This issue has also aroused dissent in the DPRK and China, but the actual situation is different from the grapevine.

The quantity of iron tools sold by Zhu Cihong to the Mongols was strictly controlled, and all of them were made into pots. Even if the Mongols and Manchurians were able to rebuild the furnace, the iron they obtained would not be able to make weapons.

As for grain, people only saw truckloads of grain bags transported to Zhangjiakou, but they didn't see Zhou Yuji selling cooked food. Cooked food could not be stored for a long time, and the daily sales were limited, which directly cut off the possibility of the Mongols to do resale trade. This was purely as a means to attract Mongolian herders to live in the periphery of Zhangjiakou as a family unit, with the aim of forming a bridgehead and experimental field for the assimilation of Mongolia by the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, in the huge volume of "grain exports", there is also a contraband such as "wine".

Brewing wine while there are still people starving to death in the country is undoubtedly a very hateful thing, so as long as the year is bad, the national ban on alcohol is a natural procedure. However, the high profits brought by wine, as well as the Mongols' obsession with wine, were destined to become the highlight of the Ming-Mongolian trade.

The several cavalry bureaus newly established by Zhou Yuji used high-quality Mongolian horses, relying on spirits made privately from a large amount of grain.

"If I don't go back to Beijing, Donglu and Mengtar can feel more at ease. They need time to lick their wounds, and we need time to fill them with gunpowder. It is better not to break this hard-won calm. Zhu Cihong leaned back in his chair and smiled, as if chatting with an old friend.

Lu Suyao enjoyed this warm conversation time, but soon remembered the letter from Jingzhong, and the words in the letter that seemed to be able to hear the queen's mother's roar......

"But Your Highness, what else can we do here but wait?" Lu Suyao did not give up.

Zhu Cihong was surprised: "Compared with the north, Fujian is a foreign land, everyone has something to do, are you very idle?" ”

Lu Suyao almost turned her back on her anger, and she couldn't hold back her dizziness and said, "What else does Your Highness have to do here?" In the past two days, they have begun to meet with the local squires of Fuzhou. ”

"I need to think." Zhu Cihong said: "Fujian is mountainous, and it is impossible to understand words when you turn over a mountain. I need to think about how to break this situation, at least so that they can listen and speak. ”

"But Your Highness, the hospital said that the crown princess will give birth in mid-August." Lu Suyao finally couldn't help but shout.

Zhu Cihong's expression froze slightly, and he didn't explain, just opened his notebook and handed the expanded page to Lu Suyao for her to read for herself.

I saw a thick line drawn by a brush on a page and divided into two sides. On one side of the top is written "Return to Beijing Division", and at the other end is written "Southern Tour". Under the column of "Returning to Beijing", there are two lines of words, the first line of which is "wife and child". The second line reads "Nothing can be done".

On the side of the southern tour, it was densely filled with words such as: the construction of the Fuzhou model city, the observation of maritime trade, the meeting with the envoys of Taixi, the promotion of official language, the popularization of Mongolian learning, the supervision of the judicial system, the establishment of the Fujian Naval Academy, the infiltration of the Fujian Naval Division, the supervision of the progress of the restoration project, the promotion and expansion of the first army, and the inspection of Guangdong......

"Your Highness is still going to Guangdong?!" Lu Suyao may really have to make a life choice: whether to be abandoned by the crown prince or killed by the queen's mother.

Zhu Cihong tapped the bookcase lightly with his knuckles, and did not answer Lu Suyao's words, but said in a deep voice: "You also think that I am the kind of cold-blooded person who ignores family affection?" That's the wife I'm marrying, and she's pregnant with my flesh and blood, my eldest son, or eldest daughter. How could I not have the slightest concern in my heart, how could I be a cold eye?

"But it's no use to rush back now. I know that the physiological knowledge and hygiene knowledge of the Dao have been passed on to the doctors...... I don't have a caesarean section, I don't know how to make forceps, so what can I do when I go back but stand and pace at the door? ”

"But ......" Lu Suyao has long been contaminated by the crown prince and worships the "practical role". At this moment, she had accepted the crown prince's reason in her heart, but her position forced her to refute it.

How is it possible for a man to refute what he believes in? (To be continued......)

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