From the island of Sheliao, where the city of Salvador is located, along the coast to the east, about 20 miles away, in the mountains is the Jinguashi area, which has been coveted by the Executive Committee for a long time. Originally, this area was the sphere of influence of the mountain natives, but after the Spanish entered the chicken coop port, the indigenous tribes within a radius of dozens of miles were cleared, except for a very small number of people who took refuge in the Spaniards, most of the other indigenous tribes moved into the mountains to settle, and the treasure land of Jinguashi was thus vacated and became a real terra nullius.

Haihan's coveting of this place can actually be traced back to before the crossing. At that time, the crossing group, which was still in the preparatory period, arranged for Tian Yeyou to visit the New Taipei City Gold Museum and some mine pit sites in the Jinguashi area in the name of tourism, so as to assist in confirming the location of the gold ore veins and the approximate burial depth in this area. However, in the first few years after the crossing, Haihan has been busy with development, and his tentacles have not yet reached such a far place in northern Taiwan, so the preparations made by Tian Yeyou several years in advance have not been able to come in handy. It was not until the Penghu garrison took the initiative to attack this time that the executive committee reopened this long-dusty mining project and appointed Tian Yeyou to personally go to Jilong Port in Taipei to preside over the initial exploration and mining work.

Although it is said that there are no permanent residents in this area, Takahashi Minami still carefully considers and still asks his subordinate troops to clear this area in advance to avoid any problems when Tian Yeyou arrives. However, there was no decent land passage from Sheliao Island to the coast near Jinguashi, so the local pathfinder troops, including the miners and laborers stationed in the future, basically had to go by sea by boat.

On the other hand, the search and inventory of the city of Salvador also had preliminary results later in the day, except for the boatload of people who were released in the afternoon, Haihan killed a total of 75 people and captured more than 1,700 people in the city of Salvador, almost all of whom were killed in the previous artillery battle, and after the surrender of Kaesong, no one took any more radical resistance. After all, the general trend has gone, and the Spanish officials who manage the local area have paid their money and left, and the rest of the people are basically scattered, and they will no longer be willing to work hard.

Of these captives, the Spaniards numbered just over 500, including those who had fled with Gusman from the city of Santo Domingo. These guys are really unlucky, they were war refugees in Santo Domingo, and they didn't expect to be captured again two days after they fled to El Salvador, and they were still captured by the same enemies.

As expected, it was not much different from the city of Santo Domingo, where not much gold, silver, or jewel had been found, and the most valuable things were livestock and people - although the analogy between the two may seem inappropriate, but it was so. The horses and cattle that the Spaniards failed to take made up for Takahashi's failure to extract the desired number from Alcalázo's head, and all eight high-headed horses were confiscated by the military, while several cattle and pack horses of ordinary quality were signed by Takahashi Minami to the Ministry of Agriculture with a large stroke of the pen for use in the next step of resettlement.

Although the official residence in the city is indeed okay, and the interior decoration is also a rare European style in the territory of Haihan, Takahashi Minami does not plan to live here for a long time, so he is not interested in it. He only set up the Jilong Port headquarters here temporarily, but after that, it is estimated that he will have to move to the coast of Jilong Port, after all, the area of Sheliao Island is too small, and there is almost no space for development. Although the coast near Jonlong Harbor is also mainly mountainous, it is possible to reclaim some arable land, and the Ministry of Agriculture will probably develop and build some plantations for mountain cash crops and carpentry workshops for processing high-grade timber according to local conditions.

Although the port conditions and developable area of Jilong Port are far less than those of Kaohsiung Port in the south, it is also the second largest port on Taiwan Island. The scale of the shipping industry in this era was limited, and there was still great potential for developing it as a regional transit port to connect with future maritime trade with countries such as the Ryukyus, Japan, and Korea. Of course, in addition to commercial and trade purposes, the conditions of the port area here are also suitable for the deployment of an armed fleet.

Although Haihan had defeated the Dutch and Spaniards entrenched in Taiwan and completely expelled the Spaniards from the region, there were still some unstable factors in the waters north and east of the island of Taiwan that Haihan had to guard against. These potential dangers were not colonial powers such as Spain and the Netherlands, but pirate gangs whose whereabouts and purposes were not easy to accurately determine.

After the defeat of Haihan last year, Shibazhi, which was previously entrenched in the Fujian Strait, took the initiative to withdraw from Penghu and chose Miyako Island, east of Taiwan and west of the Ryukyus, as a new place to settle. Although the Eighteen Zhi have not approached the Fujian Strait since then, and have taken the initiative to maintain a safe distance from the Haihan sphere of influence, this does not mean that the Eighteen Zhi have forgotten their previous hatred, and they have not softened or signed a peace agreement with the Haihan through direct or indirect means in the near future.

In other words, the two sides are still at war, and as long as the time is right, the war may be rekindled at any time, after all, the voyage from Miyako Island to Jilong Port is only about 200 nautical miles, which is definitely within the combat radius of Shibachi. Of course, Qian Tiandun will not ignore this former defeated general, and the naval combat ships participating in the Taipei Campaign will still be stationed in Jilong in the near future, and it is even possible that an additional "Weiyan-class" main warship will be dispatched according to the situation to ensure the absolute safety of Jilong Harbor and the nearby Jinguashi gold mining area.

And the coastal area of Zhejiang, north of the island of Taiwan, has also been plagued by piracy. Although these pirate gangs are not as large as Eighteen Zhi, they are also inextricably linked with Eighteen Zhi in the past, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not join forces with Eighteen Zhi out of interests. Although it is difficult for these small pirate gangs to threaten Haihan's control over the island of Taiwan, it is also quite annoying if they come to harass them twice in three days. If a fleet is deployed on the side of Jilong Harbor, it can not only protect the safety of Jinguagang, but also give the navy the opportunity to brush up its achievements with relatively weak opponents and further exercise its ability to coordinate operations at sea. Because of the existence of the treasure of the Jinguashi Gold Mine, the Executive Committee probably won't be stuck on this proposal anymore with military spending, after all, the benefits that can be brought here in the future will definitely be far greater than the security costs.

At noon on 11 March, Tian Yeyou and a group of staff members led by him arrived at the wharf of Sheliao Island, which had just been pocketed by Haihan, on the "Seagull" fast troop carrier. The local provisional military and political governor Takahashi Minami came to the dock to wait a long time in advance, for him Tian Yeyou is not just the head of the executive committee sent to work, the two have had a lot of contact time during the period in Heitu Port, they are very familiar with each other, in addition to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, there are also some friendships.

"Lao Gao, long time no see!" Before Tian Yeyou stepped off the gangplank, he waved loudly to Takahashinan on the dock. Among the many traversers, he is the only one who will use the name "Lao Gao" to call Gao Qiao Nan, although Qian Tiandun has also popularized science with him several times, Gao Qiao Nan is surnamed "Gao Qiao" instead of "Gao", but Tian Yeyou never intended to change this habit. After a long time, Takahashi Minami and others have also gotten used to it, and for Takahashi Minami, this kind of closeness is something that no one else can give him except Qian Tiandun, so for Tian Yeyou, in addition to the respect between superiors and subordinates, Takahashi Nan also treats him as an excellent friend.

"Lao Tian, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Takahashi Minami replied with a loud laugh. Tian Yeyou is also the only chief he can call in such an intimate way, but if other leaders are present, he will still follow the orthodox way in a proper manner, so as not to mess up the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

After the two shook hands, Takahashi Minami said, "Lao Tian, I haven't seen you for a year, right?"

"It's not just a year!" Tian Yeyou shook his head again and again: "The last time I saw you was during the anniversary celebration the year before last, and you went back to Shengli Port to receive the award, and it was two years after a month. After a drink, you left early the next morning, and you didn't get together. ”

"This time, you stay in Chicken Coop Harbor for a while longer, and you can drink it every day!" Takahashi Minami smiled: "Yesterday when we were counting the spoils in the city, we found the Spaniard's wine cellar, which contained enough wine for both of us to drink until at least next year. However, the fruit wine made by the Spaniards is sour, and I don't know if you are used to drinking it. ”

"It's called wine, and Westerners like to drink it, and drinking it in moderation every day can invigorate the blood and be good for the body. As soon as Tian Yeyou heard it, he knew what Takahashi Minami's "fruit wine" was, and immediately explained to him: "I'm not too interested, but the North American Gang people like it very much, so I'll send them some back." ”

"Then it's all loaded back on the boat, I still think Sanya special brew is better. Takahashi Nan squeezed his eyes and said, "You should have brought it with you this time, right?"

"Your boss is afraid that you will drink and make mistakes, so ......" Tian Yeyou deliberately sold a pass, and when he saw that Gao Qiao Nan's face darkened, he said unhurriedly: "So let me bring two boxes over so that you can save some drink!"

Gao Qiao Nan's face turned gloomy and said: "There are twenty-four bottles in two boxes, and the boss still understands me! I'll let people go to sea later, go get some fresh seafood, and have a good tooth sacrifice at night!"

Takahashi Minami himself did not live in Alcalázo's official residence, but after Tian Yeyou arrived, he couldn't help but arrange for Tian Yeyou to live in, and sent several more honest servants who had been identified to serve Tian Yeyou. Although he and Tian Yeyou interacted as friends, the treatment given to each other was carried out according to the standard "chief level". However, he knew that Tian Yeyou had already married and attached great importance to his family, so he did not arrange for someone else to "sleep" him.

That night, the two reunited after a long absence and had a good drink. During his stay in Danzhou, Tian Yeyou also learned some of the latest news on Hainan Island through local cadres, and then told Takahashi Nan about this opportunity one by one. Although there are radio stations in various locations, they are often only used to deliver particularly urgent news, and in locations like the Penghu base, time-sensitive news is generally delivered in the form of newspapers 20 days to a month late. In addition, the words in the newspaper are very rigid, and with insiders like Tian Yeyou's explanations, Takahashi Minami can also understand more deeply the intentions of some of the new policies of the Executive Committee.

The next morning, Tian Yeyou led a team to the Jinguashi area for exploration, and Takahashi Minami couldn't get out because he had many affairs to deal with and command, so he could only send Tian Yeyou and his subordinates to the dock to board the ship. Although a company of troops had already been sent to the Jinguashi area to fight the front station, Takahashinan lined up another platoon of soldiers to escort the ship for safety reasons. Of course, considering the limited self-defense capability of the "Seagull" on which Tian Yeyou and his entourage were riding, Takahashi Minami specially assigned two exploration-class light warships to accompany them.

Sailing eastward along the coastline from Sheliao Island for about an hour, you can see a stone headland more than two miles long stretching from the coastline to the sea. This place is close to natural fishing grounds such as Jilongyu and Pengjiayu, and the fishery resources are very rich.

However, this time Tian Yeyou's task was more urgent, and he probably wasn't in the mood to fish at sea before the ore vein was excavated. Before he reached the coast, Tian Yeyou had already seen the soldiers of the special operations battalion on the shore, which reminded him of the time when Heitu Port was just starting, when the coast was also barren, and there was nothing except immigrants and troops who had moved to the local area. The mining value of the buried deposits in this place is extremely high, and unlike the mines of Tiandu and Shiroku, which require an extremely complex smelting system, the progress of development and construction should be faster than that of several large deposits mined in the past. According to Tian Yeyou's plan in advance, as long as the migrant labor is in place, mining can begin within five days after the exploration is completed.

"Report to the chief, the inferior position is the commander of the second company of the special operations battalion, Nguyen Jun. As soon as Tian Yeyou got off the boat, the officers waiting on the shore immediately came up to report to his home. It is not difficult to tell from the surname Nguyen that he is a naturalized citizen of Annam origin. Of course, this is not unusual in the special operations battalion, after all, when it was first formed, the Annan people were the basic team. Until now, more than seventy percent of the personnel in the entire special operations battalion are still of Annamite origin, and most of the officers are from Annam, and this Ruan Jun is also one of them.