According to South Vietnamese official statistics, more than 3,000 people died in Hoi An's 'rebellion', while more than 30,000 local residents fled Hoi An during the 'chaos'...... The update is so fast. However, among this death figure, less than 1,000 people were directly killed by the Haihan militia army, but more people died in the riots after the war. Of course, the South Vietnamese government will not publish this kind of inside story, and this black cauldron can only be carried by the invaders, the Haihan people.

The death toll is relatively easy to count, but the damage to property is more difficult to calculate. The Haihan people looted and took away most of the local belongings, and some of the fleeing people also took some of them, and in the ensuing riots, thousands of mobs looted and divided the remaining scraps.

For the South Vietnamese court, how many people died in Hoi An City and how much the looted property was worth was not the point of the matter. After the destruction of Hoi An, how to fill the corresponding financial holes and how to deal with the blows from the sea in the future are the real headaches for the powerful people in charge of the government.

When the South Vietnamese court was shocked by the 'chaos' in Hoi An, the fleet of the expedition to Hoi An had already returned to the port of Black Soil and the port of Shengli respectively. Unlike at the time of departure, the size of the fleet was more than doubled, and there were a large number of sea vessels captured by the militia in the name of booty, and some of them belonged to Chinese merchants who had evacuated Hoi An with the militia.

The voyage from Hoi An to the mouth of the Pearl River was more than 500 nautical miles, and most of the Chinese merchants who fled Hoi An in a hurry were unable to prepare enough supplies on board, so almost all the Chinese merchants who evacuated Hoi An with the Haihan warships chose to go to Shengli Harbor to rest and resupply -- by the way, to see if the place where the Hai Han people had been working tirelessly to propagate was as good as they had preached.

The Executive Committee also attached great importance to the arrival of this group of people, and made corresponding preparations for receiving them before receiving the telegram. These Chinese businessmen are familiar with the maritime trade situation in Southeast Asia, and many of them still have trade relations in Mangara and other places, which are all resources required by the Ministry of Commerce. And this summary report meeting after the return of the militia army is probably the most relaxed atmosphere in history.

“...... About 176,400 taels of silver, 8,300 taels of gold, 72 tons of pig iron, 44 tons of copper, and a number of various jewels and 'jade' stones were seized in the battle of Hoi An. In addition, more than 14,000 pieces of porcelain, nearly 20 tons of various spices, 470 ivory, and more than 1,300 pieces of animal 'hair' skins were seized......"

Just reading the list of loot took Tom Wang a quarter of an hour. The seizure in Hoi An was so lucrative that when he left, he had to give up some of his less valuable supplies, such as rice, because of the limited space he had. The overall value of the loot will take some time to calculate the specific amount, but only based on the material statistics on paper, there will definitely be 700,000 or 800,000 yuan. The militia army has carried out several military operations with foreign countries, and each time it has achieved considerable gains, but this time the gains are certainly the most, and the economic gains have even exceeded the sum of the previous operations.

Of course, while the members of the Executive Committee were excited, they did not forget that the original intention of this action was to strike at South Vietnam at a strategic level and destroy its foreign trade undertakings. Everyone waited patiently for Tom Wang to finish reading the list of loot, and then Tao Donglai cleared his throat and said: "There are so many loot this time that the ship can't be loaded, so everyone doesn't have to worry about losing money in the war." ”

Everyone let out a burst of good-natured laughter, and Tao Donglai continued: "The seized materials will be 'handed over' to the relevant ministries and 'gates' for inventory, and the discounts that should be discounted and the sales that should be sold will be transferred to the Military Commission by the Ministry of Finance according to the proportion we have set in advance." Tom, do you think there is any possibility of a comeback in Hoi An after this war?"

"It's hard. Tom shook his head decisively and said, "What we have destroyed is not only Hoi An City, but also the faith of the South Vietnamese people. They should know very well that even if we can rebuild Hoi An City, we will not be able to stop us from destroying it again. Whether it is a Chinese merchant or a Portuguese, after this incident, there will probably not be any more delusions about Hoi An. ”

"As long as the Portuguese cut off military aid to South Vietnam, North Vietnam could go south to exterminate the Nguyen clan in a year at most. Yan Chujie was very clear about the military strength of both sides of the Annam Civil War, and immediately added: "Even if Hoi An is to be rebuilt, it will have to wait until the end of the Annam Civil War and let the North Vietnamese court 'hand' Hoi An over to us to build." ”

"It doesn't make much sense to rebuild Hoi An, the topography of that place is not very good, and the inland port will limit the development of the city, so I think if you want to build a port city in that place in the future, it is better to put it in Da Nang, north of Hoi An. Tom Wang did not blindly agree with his boss's opinion on this issue, but put forward a new view based on what he had found out in the local area.

Tom was right. Ning Qi also said: "Because Hoi An Port is an inland port, it must be regularly dredged and dredged every year, which is not a small project. Historically, in the 18th century, Hoi An Port was gradually abandoned due to the silting up of the river. In contrast, Da Nang, with its natural harbor, is in much better condition and has the potential to build a large port. ”

"Whether it's Hoi An or Da Nang, the Portuguese are probably more anxious to find a new transit port. Tao Donglai hurriedly pulled the topic back, if they let them discuss it on their own, I don't know where the topic would be led: "Enrique came to talk to me two days ago, hoping to set up a Portuguese trading station in Port Victory. ”

Enrique, the special envoy sent by the Macao 'Gate', did not rush to leave the port of victory after the Haihan militia sent troops, but only sent people back to the Macao 'Gate' by boat to report the news. The Executive Committee did not stop him at all—if the Portuguese were able to stumble on the question of Annam, they probably would not have needed to send an envoy like Enrique to Victory Port to lobby for him.

Although the treatment has not changed in the slightest, Enrique's life in Port Victory has suddenly changed from a laid-back paradise to a year of life. He had also been to Hoi An Castle before, and knew that the defensive situation there could not resist the Hai Han militia with loaded guns and strong ships and artillery, and the fall of Hoi An Castle was only a matter of time. Enrique was not worried about the safety of Hoi An City, but he was worried about the personal safety of the local Portuguese - if these people died at the hands of the Haihan militia, then the peace talks between the two sides would inevitably break down, and once they entered a state of 'belligerence', the Portuguese in Macao might not be able to withstand the attack of the Haihan militia.

For a variety of reasons, Enrique had to wait for the results in Victory Port before making his next decision. After ten days of torment, Enrique finally received a notification from the Haihan that the city of Hoi An had been destroyed, that the local Portuguese had had their personal property confiscated for fighting for the tiger, and that five others had been hanged for attempting to attack the Haihan militia by force.

Upon receiving such news, Enrique was greatly relieved. Only five people died, and they were all unknown little horn 'sex', so it wasn't a big deal. As for the seizure of the property of the local merchants by the Haihan militia, this was even more insignificant to Enrique - who made them choose to stay in a place like Hoi An? At least the Haihan did not exterminate them all, and let the local Portuguese survive, leaving a way for the two sides to continue the negotiations.

After Enrique calmed down, he naturally thought about the consequences of the destruction of Hoi An - although the Portuguese had not completely lost their foothold in Indochina, it had undoubtedly destroyed most of the maritime trade that supported the South Vietnamese economy, and South Vietnam would inevitably face economic difficulties if they wanted to organize a large northern expedition in the future. Of course, these were all problems for the South Vietnamese court, and Enrique had no intention of planning for a dynasty that was beginning to decline, and he was thinking about where to seek a new trade transit point after losing the port of Hoi An.

In the southeastern coastal areas of the Indochina Peninsula, there are actually many natural harbors, such as Quy Nhon and Cam Ranh, and it is not too difficult for the Portuguese to establish trading posts in these places. The problem was that it was not enough to build trading stations, and to form a new maritime port, a large number of maritime merchants would have to go to these places, and the Portuguese did not have enough goods to attract maritime merchants. In the entire South China Sea, except for Manraka and Batavia in the south, the most prosperous port is probably the Shengli Port, which is still in a period of rapid development.

Enrique has not been idle during these days in Victory Port, and he has gone around almost all the places where he can get permission, and he has a deeper understanding of the surrounding environment of Victory Port. Victory Port has two natural harbors, one large and one small, which are very suitable for the construction of a large port city. Moreover, since the opening of Shengli Port, it has attracted a large number of Ming merchants to trade here, and the Haihan people have even organized large-scale commercial institutions such as "Qiong Lianfa" to spend a lot of money on local development and construction.

Enrique, who had accompanied Schneider to Sanya New Town, could only describe the Haihan people's plans as ambitious -- an inland river port that could accommodate hundreds of merchant ships at the same time, a ten-mile urban area, a large farm with an area of 10,000 acres, and hundreds of thousands of residents who would live here in the future.

The duty-free policy implemented by the port of victory will undoubtedly attract more merchants to trade here in the coming period, and the Ming merchants will certainly be happy to ship their goods here to sell to the Haihans, rather than Batavia or Manila, which are subject to mandatory customs duties. When Western merchants learned of the policy and environment here, they probably gave up waiting for the arrival of Ming merchants in their own colonies and took the initiative to buy cheaper goods in Shengli Port.

If the Portuguese are looking for a new trading hub in the South China Sea, Port Victory is an excellent choice. After Enrique realized this, he did not even send anyone to ask for instructions from the Australian 'Gate' Council, but went directly to Tao Dong to apply for the establishment of a trading post - the destruction of Hoi An was irreparable, and if the Portuguese did not want to lose more, they had to at least gain a foothold in Victory Port before the Spaniards and the Dutch.

"The Portuguese want to build a trading post in Port Victory, that's a good thing, just follow the rules of the game we set and let them come." And of course, don't forget to collect money. Schneider replied with a smile. Schneider has always been a force to facilitate the establishment of a commercial station in Shengli Port by foreign merchants, not to mention that the Ministry of Commerce has always been looking for a partner who has mastered the western shipping routes.

As a cross-cutting group with a large number of cross-era black technology, if the goods produced can only be sold to the territory of Daming, it will be too 'wasteful', and distant Western countries are also the target customers of the Ministry of Commerce's 'door'. In particular, lucrative products such as silk, porcelain, cane sugar, and munitions, which never have to worry about being marketed, are hard currencies that can be sold aggressively to Western countries. However, it is not the level of productivity and technology that crosses the group itself, but the boundless sea that currently restricts this trade.

There are indeed some navigation experts like Wang Tom in the crossing group, but the strength of the entire shipping industry is still weak, and it is not even comparable to a Ming maritime merchant like Xu Xinsu. At present, the relatively stable routes under the Ministry of Shipping are only two routes from Shengli Port to Heitu Port and Guangzhou, and further afield, they are still only on paper plan.

For this kind of long-distance voyage, the Crossing Group may not have the strength to complete it in the next few years, and it is unlikely that the limited 'elite' British personnel will be put into the task of opening up ocean routes, after all, the main development areas of the Crossing Group are still concentrated in the Far East and South Asia. Therefore, the task of opening up the Western market, the Executive Committee has always hoped to find a partner to carry out the task - just like the principle of cooperating with "Fu Ruifeng" to open up the Daming market.

In response to Enrique's request, the members of the Executive Committee were also unanimous in their unanimous refrain from dissenting against it. The Minissitudes showed mercy to the Portuguese in Annam, which had been decided in advance by the Executive Committee, hoping to show their "goodwill" and make the Portuguese realize their mistakes in finding a partner. And Enrique has clearly thought of this by now and is trying to remedy it.

The day after the militia returned to Victory Port, Enrique hurriedly left Victory Port and hurried back to Macao, where he did his best to report to the Council what he had seen and heard in Victory Harbor and inform the Council of the latest changes in Annam's form.

On the day Enrique left Shengli Port, it also welcomed the first batch of Ming immigrants recruited by Lijiazhuang near Guangzhou, a total of more than 700 people, and nearly 1,000 people will arrive in Hong Kong within a month.

At this time, three months had passed since the militia fought in Lijiazhuang and finalized the establishment of a migrant transfer station, and the reason why it had been delayed for so long was that on the one hand, it was necessary to establish a large number of temporary residences for immigrants and corresponding living facilities in the local area, and the efficiency of the local recruited migrant workers was obviously not comparable with that of the naturalized people in Shengli Port, and the construction period was postponed again and again. On the other hand, because the Li family broke openly with Li Fengjie, the number one leader in Guangdong, they were deliberately suppressed by the Guangzhou government at that time, and even the merit of exterminating the bandit leader Liao Dabi was not publicly rewarded. In order not to give the government an excuse to find fault, the Li family did not rush to openly recruit displaced people, until recently Li Fengjie finally stepped down as the Haihan people said, and Wang Zunde, the right 'servant' of the Criminal Department, took over as the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, and the Li family finally showed their signboard and recruited immigrants to Qiongzhou Island to reclaim the famine.

As soon as Wang Zunde took the throne, he reissued an official commendation order to the battle of Lijiazhuang, which his predecessor had been silently mentioning, and praised the Li family in the commendation order for "serving the country and the people, being loyal and courageous, and being a model for the gentry of Guangzhou." Wang Zunde also spoke highly of the Li family's initiative to pay for relief through work, bear all the expenses, and recruit disaster-stricken and unemployed vagrants in Guangdong to open up the wasteland on Qiongzhou Island, and gave the green light all the way to allow the Li family to send people to various prefectures and counties in the province to carry out open recruitment.

In this way, the Li family's recruitment activities undoubtedly have official endorsements, and they have higher credibility in the process. The Li family's recruitment activities in various prefectures and counties have official officials to maintain order, and there are even official documents issued by the Yazhou government, which prove that the Li family's recruitment activities are supported by the local government's policies, and the people do not have to worry about being loaded and sold to Nanyang as piglets. As a result, the government has also found a new way to solve the problem of the victims who have accumulated for many years, and sent these victims who have no food and clothing to the remote Yazhou, so that they can work in the local wasteland, and the Li family is responsible for supplying all the food and clothing, and the local government no longer has to worry about the displaced people rebelling in order to survive. As for whether the fields reclaimed by these immigrants in the local area belonged to themselves, the Li family, or some other landlord, Lord Wang did not care so much, and the rule of peace was the greatest political achievement, and the local government would naturally be responsible for handling the issue of land ownership. Lijiazhuang in Panyu County has built a migrant transit point that can accommodate 3,000 temporary residents, and the dock has been renovated so that more migrant boats can dock there at the same time. According to the agreement in advance, this cost is all borne by the crossing group, and it is not a small amount, just to build this transfer point and prepare to recruit all kinds of materials and manpower, it 'spent' out 10,000 taels of silver, and from May to August, dozens of tons of rice and more than 3,000 sets of clothes were transported to the local area, and a large number of 'medicine' and daily necessities were also purchased in Guangzhou.