Chapter 123: The fuse of war has sounded

On the second day, Tomei changed ships and came to Dongyong.

It wasn't his first time here, but he was still impressed. A brand new city was erected on the east coast of Taiwan.

The last time Tomei was here, Tomei had come here with Xu Dong's first ship from Malacca. At that time, it was still very simple, but it was a wooden camp, and it was destroyed by a typhoon, which was a mess.

But it's only been a few months, and a city has already been built, so why don't you surprise Tomei?

This city is a typical Chinese city, built with earth, and some places are being covered with bricks. The wooden trestle in the harbor has now been turned into a stone trestle.

In the past few months, it has been like magic.

Tomei couldn't believe her eyes.

And the complexion of the people is also very different, although the clothes are still the same as before, and the faces are still the same as before, or even worse, but their spirits are very good. What I saw before seemed to be all serfs, but what I saw now was all commoners.

That's true.

Zhu Houhuang divided the fields, although the first harvest was simply miserable, it was better than nothing. But it put everyone at ease. However, Yang Shen did it in one step and abolished Zhu Houhuang's military cantonment system, Zhu Houhuang used to reclaim here, almost all the strong men were incorporated into the army, and a large area of wasteland was opened up in the way of the army. But Yang Shen lifted this system, allowing them to return to their free bodies, no longer subject to military discipline, and of course, there was no free food in the army.

However, Yang Shen did not completely abolish everything, such as the officers who organized them to work together were directly transferred to county lieutenants, who were still responsible for militia training and the formation of county soldiers. All strong men are still obliged to serve in the military.

Yang Shen summed up a model, all the strong men who opened up the wasteland in the future are registered in the army, and after the results of the wasteland, they are converted into civilian registration, this model has been recognized by Zhu Houhuang, and this model will be used in the future Yongguo wasteland.

This creates a problem. When I was in the army, the food was provided by the army, and everyone was desperately fed, but after leaving the army, what I ate was my own family's things, but I was reluctant to eat, especially when the harvest was not too good in the first year or two before the landing.

Zhu Houhuang originally wanted to borrow a batch of grain for them to live on, but almost no one came to borrow money, which made Zhu Houhuang feel extremely surprised for a while.

This formed the appearance of Tomei, whose face was not better than some time ago, but his expression was much better.

Tomei couldn't see Zhu Houhuang directly.

Although Zhu Houhuang entrusted many things to Yang Shen, it does not mean that Zhu Houhuang can be idle. There are two things that Zhu Houhuang has not let go of at all, one is the army.

King Yong's personal guards are not many, with the population base of Yongguo, can not recruit more soldiers, so Zhu Houhuang implements the policy of elite soldiers, and strictly trains Yongwang's personal guards, under normal circumstances, Zhu Houhuang will look at it every day.

On the other hand, it is the matter of Shaofu.

The so-called Shaofu affairs were actually taken over by the Empress Dowager Wu. Empress Dowager Wu handled some things by herself at all, and didn't ask Zhu Houhuang at all. Zhu Houhuang generally focuses on technical issues.

For example, cement, such as red bricks, such as salt, such as shipbuilding, and so on. There are also things about the school, big and small.

Therefore, Tomei's visit will also be delayed.

Tomei also peeked at Dayuan Wharf as she did in Penghu, and found that there was no difference between what she saw in Penghu, and she had confirmed that what she saw was real, and she was more confident in her heart. It was as if he had seen the scene of him landing here with the Franc Machine's soldiers.

Two days later, Zhu Houhuang summoned Tomei.

After Tomei and Zhu Houhuang greeted each other, they asked directly: "Your Highness, why don't you allow the Franco to come to Penghu to trade?" ”

"Because the Franc machine is not a subject country of my Ming Dynasty." Zhu Houhuang said the high-sounding reason and said: "Your envoy has also been to Beijing, of course I know that your country has destroyed the Manchurian country for no reason, which is an offense to my Ming Dynasty. Therefore, private trade with your country is already the limit of what I can do. ”

Tomei said, "Really? He did not dwell on this issue and said, "Your country sells us silk, porcelain. I hope that your country will also buy ours. So that the two countries can communicate with each other. ”

This is another reason why Tomei came, and during this period of time, the Malacca area began to run out of money. Xu Dong traded with the Franc machine in the Malacca area, and he always only needed hard currency. At this time, the Spaniards had not yet made great discoveries of gold and silver, so there was not much gold and silver in Western society. If this continues, it will be detrimental to the Franc machine, which is also an important reason why Tomei is here.

Zhu Houhuang thought: "I don't know what specialties you have, so let's do it, I will explain it, food, table clocks, and your books and other things, I will purchase some, but please also send a few interpreters from your country to translate your country's books." ”

Tomei secretly said in her heart: "In this way, I can also explain to the church." ”

That's right, Tomei wants to send a few priests to Dongyong, which is also the consistent position of the West.

There seems to be no trace of conflict in the conversation between the two.

Zhu Houhuang didn't feel it. He has long determined the bottom line and will not make the slightest concession to Tomei. And Tomei had long been secretly determined to promote the war against Dongyong, and to use war to settle their disputes. Naturally, he didn't care, he just wanted to wait for the day when the war came, and then look at Zhu Houhuang's face.

The talks between the two sides seemed to have come to an end in cordiality and friendship. But the wise have long since heard the sound of the fire being lit by the war.

And the person who heard this voice was not Zhu Houhuang. And Tomei Pires.

After leaving Dongyong, Tomei returned to his heart like an arrow, took a turn in Penghu, and immediately returned to Malacca. Upon his return to Malacca, he directly asked to see the Governor of Malacca.

The Governor summoned Tomei and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" If not, just wait for me to come back, the parliament has always decided, since diplomacy cannot be opened, China's gap, then use force. We are ready to look for a port near Guangzhou. And occupy there. ”

The trade between Zhu Houhuang and Francois did not satisfy them, but made them covet China's richness even more, especially since the first batch of traded goods had arrived in Europe, which caused a great sensation. Let them also be kings, and lead great riches for themselves.

"Don't think about Guangzhou, we have newer, better goals. It is Yongguo, we only need to occupy Yongguo, for example, we can get a thousandfold benefit. Tomei said with an excited face. In the past few days on the ship, he has not left the cabin for a single step, and he has been refining his plan, the plan to attack Yongguo.

The governor hesitated and said, "Yongguo is our trading partner?" ”

"In the face of money, everything is nothing." Tomei's words, as if tempted by the devil, said: "You don't want to think about how much money they made in this transaction, it should all be ours." It's all ours. ”

The Governor's face turned red suddenly, and his eyes glowed with gleam, the light of money. Of course, he knew how much money Yongguo made in this transaction, and said: "How is Yongguo's strength, and what is the relationship with China?" If we attack Yongguo, will it attract China's interference? ”

"The strength of the Yongguo is not strong, although they have a lot of ships, but those are cargo ships, and they cannot be used for war at all, as for the relationship with China." Tomei sneered and said: "I don't know, because I didn't investigate in detail, I used everything I said, some said that King Yong was exiled, and some said that King Yong himself wanted to expand Dongyong, but does it matter?" If the governor dares to storm Canton, does he forget that Canton is also part of China? ”

The Governor stopped talking, he got up and paced for a moment, and said, "I need a detailed report so that I can convince the others, remember, that it is a detailed report." ”