"Tell the emperor, the small one is named Ma Dashan, and he is a hundred subordinate households of the Fu Division of Nanzhen, and a month ago, the small one was ordered by Lord Chen to explore Jinxia and get in touch with Jinxia rudder...

The man was sent to Nanzhen Fusi, and then was placed in the palace by Chen Yonghua to report, this person is the man who contacted the helmsman of the Jinxia branch last time, and when he was in Jinxia, he carefully analyzed every move of the Dutch, and concluded that the Dutch had another trick, the Dutch surrendered falsely, and the capture of Haidu was true. Therefore, in order to report back to Haidu in front of the Dutch, he discussed with the same door of the Jinxia rudder, and decided to ask a group of pirates on a nearby island to help, although the number of pirates is small, but there is a fast ship, after paying a high deposit, the pirate ship took Ma Dashan to ride the wind and waves, day and night to the South Seas, who knew that after Malacca, the pirates had infighting, Ma Dashan was injured, had to jump into the sea to escape, fortunately, he was brought back to Haidu by the passing maritime merchants, so there was the scene on the dock.

Zhu Jun listened to Ma Dashan's statement quietly, and sometimes interjected to ask a few details, he already had a preliminary understanding of the Dutch expeditionary fleet, as for whether the Dutch fleet really landed or fake, Ma Dashan was also vague, this was originally an analysis of the Dutch's various strange actions, not direct evidence, Zhu Jun had already determined in his heart that the Dutch fleet was not sincere.

Immediately afterwards, all kinds of information from the North Town Fu Division and the South Town Fu Division were also sent to the Imperial Library, and the predecessor of the South Town Fu Division was the Heaven and Earth Society, and the Heaven and Earth Society had hundreds of rudders and incense halls in Nanyang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and they were in charge of espionage in the Nanyang and southeast coastal areas. And the Beizhen Fusi has gradually infiltrated into Yunnan, Guichuan and other places, plus they originally had people in the nine provinces who secretly supervised officials and spying on intelligence, so the Beizhen Fusi was in charge of the intelligence of the nine provinces, Yunnan, Guichuan and other places under Zhu Jun's rule, because the responsibilities of the two Zhenfu Divisions overlapped. Both sides were eager to make meritorious contributions, and some Beizhen Fusi Difanzi would also be sent to Taiwan and other southeastern coasts to lurk, so that the secret news about the movements of the Dutch expeditionary fleet spread like snowflakes to Haidu. It's just that what Ma Dashan said is more detailed and intuitive than other secret reports. Zhu Jun confirmed each other, and he already had some eyebrows, so he invited Zhou Mubai to discuss.

Zhou Mubai has become a candidate for a concubine since his niece, and he is also very enthusiastic about going to the Ministry of Rites to discuss the auspicious day of the wedding, step etiquette, etc., but he did not make any aggressive moves towards the Mu faction on the issue of court politics, and Zhu Jun also put away his temperament. I was very happy for a few days, so I was a lot more kind to him.

After reading the secret report that had been analyzed by the Suppression Division. Zhou Mubai frowned, this is an extraordinary matter, fortunately, it is timely, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable, he thought about it for a while, and felt that this matter was also very troublesome to deal with, so he planned to ask the emperor's opinion first.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has two strategies, please make your own decision." Zhou Mubai typed the draft and bowed to Zhu Jun firmly: "The best strategy is naturally the safest way." The conspiracy of the Dutch fleet has been revealed. Today, there are still 15,000 army troops in Haidu City, and the number of Dongyang Navy battalions is also nearly 10,000. The Dutch fleet had passed Malacca and was far from exhausted. and lack of supply ammunition, the emperor can order the commander of the Oriental Naval Division Battalion to make Liu Guoxuan lead the naval division to set up an ambush along the coast, which can defeat the thieves in one fell swoop. ”

Zhu Jun paced and pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and said: "This is not appropriate, the Dutch fleet has nearly 30 large ships, and there are more than 70 large and small armed merchant ships, and the Oriental Naval Division Battalion is all ordinary warships except for six large warships.

Zhou Mubai nodded, in fact, he had two strategies in his belly, and the best strategy he just said was just because it was safer, after all, the emperor was also in Haidu, if he instigated the emperor to make a risk to control the enemy so that some officials could hear it, he would have to announce one more of his own crimes, he saw that Zhu Jun was not much interested in the best strategy, and hurriedly said: "The minister's next policy is to pretend to let the Dutch fleet surrender close to the coast, once the Dutch land, let me be brave and brave, divine machines, recruits, mountains and other places to rush up and attack it, At that time, the Oriental Navy Division intercepted its rear road, and on the shore was the firearms of our battalions, catching turtles in the urns, and never letting out a single Dutch battleship to escape. ”

"It's just ......" Zhou Mubai changed his words and said worriedly: "The Dutch are not Burmese soldiers after all, although their firearms are not as good as my Ming's firearms and steel crossbows, they are also extremely sharp firearms, not to mention that there are many artillery guns on their ships, although the ammunition is insufficient, but it is not useless, if the battle situation of our army is unfavorable, the emperor's land is safe......"

Zhu Jun waved his hand to interrupt Zhou Mubai: "This method is good, according to me, the soldiers of the Ming battalions are still stronger than the Dutch, not to mention that they are tired soldiers, and the chance of winning is at least ninety percent." ”

"Soldiers are dangerous, I want to prosper the Ming Dynasty, but also to subdue all directions, so that the world will return to the heart, and all countries will surrender, so naturally we must fight hard, how can we be afraid? Zhou Aiqing, you go down to draw up a statement and do it according to this idea. ”

Zhu Jun's face was slightly red, nearly 30 large Western warships, in addition to the Dutch who were coachmen at sea, even many European maritime powers probably did not have such a big background, after the war, these warships were sent to the shipyard for renovation, and in a few months, the Ming Dynasty had the most powerful fleet in Asian waters, and there were more than 10,000 Dutch mercenary prisoners of war, these Westerners were all strong and strong, and they were good materials for labor, and the labor problem of the increasing shortage of new development areas should be solved.

Since the capture of the Dutch prisoners of war in Java, Zhu Jun set up a labor camp near the Xinjian Kai District, and all the prisoners were taken in, and the workshop owners in the Kai District could apply to the government for labor if they were short of manpower, and the Yamen escorted laborers without any special skills to work in the workshop at the lowest labor price, so that the workshop owners did not have to spend too much money to hire some workers to do some dangerous manual work in addition to hiring craftsmen, and the captives also created an income for the national treasury. Don't worry about this group of people who only know how to eat and drink and spoil food.

After the establishment of the opening area, Zhou Mubai personally sat in the town, opened the government and set up a government, recruited businessmen everywhere, and did it himself. Supervise the construction of the factory. In just a few months, hundreds of workshops were erected on a desolate land, and the recruited laborers also built cement roads in all directions, and one of the three main roads led to Haidu City. As long as the goods go out of the workshop, they can be sold in the sea, and they can be directly sent to the port warehouse to pile up and wait for loading, or they can be transported to all parts of the nine provinces through the gallop.

The traffic of the reach, the smell of cement has not yet dissipated the new workshop, a steady stream of craftsmen, laborers. There are also all kinds of novel utensils researched by Xinxue Xiucai and Gongsheng, all of a sudden. It is said that a Han merchant bought the right to use the two-wheeled carriage restructured by Xinxue Gongsheng, and sold out 500 planes in the first month, and earned 3,000 taels of silver in a month, and a merchant built a printing house, because of the use of new printing technology, he suddenly attracted the business of Xinxue and Cheng Zhu's several newspapers, and the business was prosperous, and the day was in Jindou.

The success of the first batch of merchants immediately attracted more overseas Han merchants, and by the time the second batch signed up, the number of merchants had doubled. There were two hundred of them. Among them, there were also merchants from Sumatra, Cambodia, Annam and other countries, and some local gentry in Myanmar also began to sell their land and invest in the vigorous tide of workshops.

There is no other reason. These are just profits, when some landlords can only earn a few hundred or even a thousand taels of silver a year on hundreds or thousands of acres of land. Who wants to be tied to the land and not invest in a workshop, making a profit of thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver a year?

Capital is afraid of no profit or too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum. As soon as there is a proper profit, capital is emboldened. If there is a 10 percent profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With a twenty percent profit, it comes alive. With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of hanging!

What's more, at the same time of profit, the opening of the zone also put forward a lot of attractive policies, such as where there is a certain scale of workshop owners, the imperial court can be named a justice of the peace, there is the privilege of not worshipping officials, some more outstanding businessmen can enter the chamber of commerce, in the chamber of commerce to express their own high opinions, if the majority of people pass, can send their opinions to the opening of the district yamen for reporting, the opening of the district officials to the cabinet for discussion, if reasonable, can form the opening of the decree, this is to give some businessmen to participate in the government, give them a channel to speak, Although this right is not large, and the government still needs to make the decision in the end, compared with the humble status of the former merchants, the status can be regarded as rising.

With a certain right, the businessman who was originally holding his tail dispelled his worries at once, coupled with the temptation of interests, for a time, the opening area of Haidu City was spread everywhere in the entire Nanyang, and the opening of workshops has become popular.

On the fifth day of the second month of the first three years of the new year, the Dutch fleet had gradually sailed into the waters of southern Burma, and hundreds of large and small ships were connected together, like a drop in the ocean, quietly sailing northward.

The Orange is a warship named after the Dutch royal family, and it is the largest tonnage and the most powerful sea monster in the expeditionary fleet, and now, Rear Admiral Lane is sitting in the command cabin, drawing small dots on the map on the long table with a quill pen, the fleet has been sailing for more than half a month, and in one day, they will arrive at Haidu Harbor, where Rear Admiral Lane will fight the most critical war of his life, which is not only about his future, but also about the fruits of the Dutch in the South Seas for decades, and he must not fail.

"There are so many merchant ships here, we meet a merchant ship almost every hour on the route from Malacca to Haidu, and God, even all the ports on the island of Java can't compare to the shipping here." An adjutant knocked on the door and sighed, he was the nephew of Major General Lane and the person Lane trusted most.

The Expeditionary Fleet belonged to the East India Company, and although it also served the Kingdom of the Netherlands, its internal staff was much looser, and it was not a big deal for some captains to have their nephews serve as lieutenants.

Ryan raised his blue eyes, the curly gold was a little scattered, and his face was a little unhappy, obviously a little unhappy that his nephew was disturbing him.

"Arbus, we're not here to visit, so please don't waste your time on boring merchant ships." Ryan straightened his clothes and put on the triangular hat on the table, the Dutch Navy eagle emblem shining in the candlelight, and he began to lecture his nephew with a stern tone and a hint of warmth.

"Yes, General." Arbus stood upright, and continued: "General, I don't simply appreciate the coastal scenery, I am thinking, since we attack Haidu, then this city will be ruled by the Dutch in the future, and this place is even more than Java's Agoda, maybe we can apply to the king to establish a governor's palace here, uncle, the governor of Java is finished, his future has been ruined with the fall of Java, I think, the next governor should be you." ”

Lane's face twitched, a trace of ambition in his eyes was a little gone, there was nothing to hide in front of his nephew, for the throne of the governor, it is impossible to say that he has no ambition, if he can capture Haidu this time and capture the Ming Emperor, not only can he rescue the captives and expatriates of the Netherlands, he will also become the greatest hero in the Netherlands, he has saved many people, and he has also saved all the property of the Netherlands in Nanyang, and it is not impossible to become a governor. "Abs, I'm afraid we still have to go back to Java, Java holds the Strait of Malacca, which is the most important strategic point in the South Seas, which is incomparable to Haidu City." Ryan avoided the topic of his nephew, and he was reluctant to talk about these things until he was sure: "I'm most worried about our military operation, Arbus, maybe I shouldn't have brought you to Nanyang, you listen to me, no matter what the result is, if our military operation fails, you can run, whatever you want." ”

The newborn calf of Arbus grinned without fear of the tiger: "Uncle, I don't want to run for my life alone, will we really fail?" ”

"Who knows?" Major General Ryan felt that the topic was too heavy, shrugged his shoulders, and said: "The war is like this, you can never guess the outcome until it is over." ”

"General, Da Ming sent a ship." One of the sailors shouted from outside the cabin: "Their envoy has asked to see you to discuss the steps of surrender." ”

Ryan coughed, nodded at Arbus, grunted, and stepped out of the hatch in his boots.

On the side of the ship, a medium-sized sea ship gradually approached the huge Orange, and the sailors brought large bamboo baskets and skeins and put them down, and several Ming Dynasty envoys climbed on the bamboo baskets and were hoisted up by the sailors.