At the beginning of January, more than two months have passed since the visit of the Dongpu envoy.

A merchant fleet was sailing towards the coastline in the sea breeze.

The warm sun is shining on the sea, and the sailors who have been running ships at sea all year round are standing on the deck with a comfortable face, looking at the looming mainland not far away.

The sea breeze blows and the flag is ringing.

The envoy group appointed by Chen Yanchuan returned with the goodwill of the Ming court after staying in Luzon for more than half a month.

They were accompanied by a fleet of ships from the far seas.

For security reasons, the flotilla passed directly through the Babuyan Strait, passing through the Babuyan Islands.

The Ming Army's naval division and Fubo were sent to escort the two towns along the way.

In order not to provoke the Nguyen regime in Quang Nam, after leaving the islands off the coast of Luzon, Governor Li ordered a withdrawal.

And several big bird boats of the Fubo Town Sailor have been escorted for more than half a month before leaving.

The far-sea merchant fleet was not deterred by the loss of the Ming escort.

Since the formation of an armed merchant fleet in Minghai, the two seas, including the Far Sea, the Land and the Sea, have spent huge sums of money to purchase second-hand artillery from Minghai.

Now this far-sea merchant fleet consisted of six Great Fortune ships, each carrying eight guns and a squad of arquebusiers.

If you encounter pirates in the South Seas, these firearms are enough to make the pirates of the South Seas go around.

Of course, if there really are unsightly pirates who dare to plunder, the merchants of the far seas will not be intimidated.

After all, the treasure ship could also carry more than 300 arquebuses and 20 Franc cannons.

Along the way, no matter what forces on the sea did, they did not stop the merchant fleet of the four seas, and even a few groups of pirates stayed away after seeing the bright flags and the merchant flags of the four seas flying on the merchant ships.

It took them more than a month to cross the South China Sea and arrive in Annam.

"My lord, this time I will not fail in my mission, and Lord Chen can rest assured." One of the messengers looked at the looming coast in the distance and said with an excited expression.

Chen Ande nodded, quietly went to sea from Dongpu, bypassed the long sea route to Luzon, and now returned to Dongpu with the promise and assistance of the Luzon Ming Court, and it has been more than three months back and forth.

Chen Ande refused Liu Yu's offer and resolutely returned to Annam, although the situation in Luzon was more stable.

But for an envoy who had traveled around the world for most of his life, he preferred to return to Annam in person and bring the aid of the Ming court back to Dongpu.

More than 20 years ago, he traveled to Europe, begging for Western aid, but he traveled to Europe for several years but returned in vain, and Yongli, who had been struggling to support himself in Yunnan, did not wait for European aid until his death.

And today, he has long passed the age of sixtieth year, and he also went to Luzon with the hope of a group of Ming people to meet Liu Yu.

And this loyal and brave marquis of the Ming Dynasty in his twenties did not live up to the expectations of the Ming people of Annan.

Looking at the land of Annan that was getting closer and closer, Chen Ande's already cold body had a surge of blood in his bones.

"Lord Chen, we have arrived at the border of Annan." A merchant from the far sea walked up to the old man and spoke.

"Hmm." Chen Ande nodded.

This trip to Annam was due to the intention of the Ming court in Luzon to contact the Ming people in exile in Annam, and at the same time, the Ming court also hoped to trade with the Nguyen regime in Quang Nam.

Before, Chen Shangchuan sent an envoy to come, and he must have secretly carried Ruan Fuwei, the lord of Ruan.

Liu Yu thought about it, instead of secretly aiding the Ming people of Annan, it was better to negotiate with Lord Ruan generously and communicate with each other.

Since the fall of Vietnam, the declining Khmer Empire has become a state of Chenla, but because there are still three Cham Tusi regimes in the ancient land of Champa, the Lê Dynasty of Vietnam did not choose to directly annex the kingdom of Chenla, but by letting Chenla pay tribute to make Chenla a vassal state of Vietnam, and later after the Le Trung Hang Dynasty, there was a Quang Nam Nguyen lord regime, occupying Quang Nam with mountains and rivers as a barrier, Hue and other places to divide the south, and since then instead of the Le Trung Xing Dynasty has become the suzerainty of Chenla, and in order to expand, successive generations of Nguyen lords have sent troops to annex land, Expand military capabilities

Military and political institutions such as Phu An Battalion, Binh Kang Battalion, and Binh Thuan Battalion were set up on the occupied land

The fertile field of Shui Zhenla has long been coveted by the Ruan lord, and the Ming army's rout and escape to Quang Nam gave the fifth generation of the Ruan lord Ruan Fu an opportunity, and the Ruan lord Ruan Fu was generous to incorporate these Ming people's armed forces, and intentionally placed them in the territory of Zhenla to live, intending to take away Dongpu, Luye and other places from Zhenla by the hands of the Ming people.

The fleet separated shortly after its arrival in southern Vietnam, and the far-sea fleet headed for Quang Nam with letters from Liu Yu to Nguyen Phuc Binh, the lord of Nguyen, and the purpose of trade.

Chen Ande and other envoys returned to Dongpu with the aid given by the Ming court to the exiled Ming people in Annan.

This time, the Luzon Ming court also made a bloody investment.

A full 300 old-fashioned arquebuses and 20 six-pounder Franc cannons were collected from the storehouse, more than 100 pieces of armor such as armor, and 10,000 Yongli silver yuan.

Liu Yu thought about it, with these firearms materials, he should be able to stabilize the situation with Chen Shangchuan in Dongpu.

After arriving in southern Annam, the merchant fleet did not stop long, and after unloading the firearms and silver taels given to the Ming people of Annam, it headed directly along the coastline of Vietnam towards the central port of Tuoyang.

After more than half a month of sailing, the six big treasure ships of the open sea finally arrived at the destination of this trip, Tuoying Port.

Zhao Tianqiang, the owner of the offshore merchant ship, was looking at the crowded wharf not far away with a happy face.

Boats of all kinds come and go from the harbor, and hundreds of small sampan boats ply and fro between the big boats.

Zhao Tianqiang, the owner of the offshore merchant ship, couldn't help but look at the prosperous scene of the port, although the port in front of him was not as prosperous as Manila, but there were many ships coming and going, and the trade must be quite prosperous.

After thinking about it, if Annan can trade with Luzon, the far sea must be able to make huge profits.

Soon, a sampan boat sailed to the surface of the sea near the merchant fleet.

This Luzon-flagged merchant fleet had already attracted the attention of local officials in the port of Tuoyang.

Several officials from Tuoying Port came on a sampan to inquire about the intention of the Minghai merchant fleet.

In these days, the remnants of Taiwan's Zheng army went south to Luzon to establish the Ming court, and the news has long spread throughout Nanyang.

With regard to these ships of the Four Seas Commercial Company flying the bright flag, these Quang Nam officials were deeply wary.

"On the order of Lord Liu Yu of the Ming Court of Luzon, the Four Seas Commercial Bank went to Quang Nam to meet Lord Ruan in order to seek trade." Zhao Tianqi looked at several Guangnan officials in front of him and said in Cantonese.

Several local port officials looked at each other suspiciously.

Naturally, they could understand Chinese, and one of the officials stepped forward and glanced at Zhao Tianqiang, who was neatly dressed and gorgeous.

"It looks like a Tang merchant, if there is no problem with the fleet after inspection, you can enter the port, if you want to meet Lord Ruan, you need to wait for us to report, as for the time, you just wait here." The official of Tuoying Port spoke.

Subsequently, under the enthusiasm of Zhao Tianqiang, several officials from Tuoyang Port inspected the cargo of the merchant ship.

It is clear that these officials in Tuoyanggang did not trust the Chinese businessmen, or were wary of the Ming court behind the Chinese businessmen.

After inspecting the Minghai merchant ship, he did not stop, but went to another merchant ship to inspect it, and did not let the Minghai merchant ship enter the port until the six merchant ships had searched one by one to make sure that there were no prohibited items.