Chapter 171: Hoi An

After the offshore merchant fleet was allowed to stay in Annam temporarily, the owner of the Ming Sea merchant ship personally led three merchant ships to Hoi An.

Hoi An is located in the central part of Vietnam, 30 kilometers away from the seaside of Tuopa Port, which was originally a foreign trade port during the Champa Kingdom, and was known as "Dazhan Haikou" in ancient times.

In the 17th century, Hoi An and Malacca became the most important commercial ports in Southeast Asia and the earliest Chinatown in Vietnam.

Many Chinese businessmen who went to Nanyang settled down here, forming a prosperous Chinese community.

There are many Chinese associations in Hoi An, including Chinese associations, Teochew associations, Hokkien associations, Guangzhao associations, and Qiongfu associations, and merchant ships from Chinese mainland, Japan, Nanyang, and even Europe often enter and leave Hoi An Port, which can be said to be the most prosperous maritime trade port in Annam.

This time, in addition to going to Annam to meet the Ruan lord and ask for trade on the order of the Ming court of Luzon, Yuanhai also undertook the mission of contacting Chinese merchants in Annam.

Most of the Chinese merchants in Annam obviously did not follow the fallen generals of the Zheng army group to Chenla, but chose to live in coastal towns such as Hoi An.

When Zhao Tianqiang went to Guangnan with the mission of the Ming Court, the team led by Chen Ande had also returned to Dongpu.

When Chen Ande brought the promises and assistance of the Ming court to Dongpu, the leader of the Ming people, who was almost in the age of sixties, broke out and wept bitterly, and bowed heavily to the south.

"My lord, the Luzon Ming Court has just been established, and there are Franc machines eyeing it, if Annan has an incident, I am afraid that the Luzon Ming Court will also be powerless."

When Chen Ande gave Chen Shangchuan the edict of the Luzon Ming Court, Lord Chen actually cried bitterly, and several generals present couldn't help but dissuade him.

The details of the Ming court in Luzon are actually known to the Ming generals present, after all, they all ate the same bowl of rice at the Zheng family in Taiwan, and everyone knows the roots.

The Luzon Ming Court was just a few towns that would encourage Lu Zhen, a sailor from several towns, to run to Nanyang to stand on its own.

According to the official position, several Ming generals present are all town generals, and Xiao Wu and Huang Liangji exist at the same level.

And Chen Shangchuan is still the chief soldier of Gao, Lian, and Lei.

They are all inescapable Ming troops, so why bother to lower the Ming court in Luzon.

Now seeing Lord Chen so out of shape, these Ming generals are naturally a little uncomfortable.

In addition to giving the old man a pacification edict, the Ming court also gave the Chinese in Annam 300 firearms, 20 Franc cannons and 10,000 silver yuan as assistance." Chen Ande looked at several generals coldly and said softly.

At this moment, several Ming generals present were dumbfounded.

"I didn't expect General Xiao Wuxiao to be so righteous, and I will always remember Lord Xiao's kindness." Chen Shangchuan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a somewhat excited expression.

It is no wonder that he was so out of shape, with thousands of brothers traveling thousands of miles, from Taiwan to Guangnan country, and then from Guangnan to Zhenla, these years encountered the Qing court, Guangnan, Zhenla Cham Tusi encirclement, hunting, killing, and fear of surveillance.

Tens of thousands of Chinese people in Jiading and other areas are blessed with the body of a sixtieth year, and how many people know all kinds of sadness, blood and tears.

"My lord, since the Luzon Ming Court can give so many firearms and military expenses, presumably the Luzon Ming Court has already established a foothold in Luzon, and it is not in vain that Lord Lu sent Mr. Chen to Luzon to make contact." Adjutant General Chen Anping said with interest.

"Now that Zhenla Cham Tusi has repeatedly invaded, and the local people in various places are ready to move, our soldiers lack ordnance and food, and their morale is low, and now the assistance of the Luzon Ming Court can be described as a charcoal in the snow, which will definitely stabilize the morale of the army, and the aid of firearms is enough to deal with the army of Zhenla Tusi."

The assistance of the Luzon Ming Court must not be untimely, and it is really a relief in the snow.

"Mr. Chen, please be sure to go back to Luzon for Father Annan Ming, and thank Xiao Wu on behalf of me and Father Annanming." Chen Shangchuan said with a calm face.

I thought that the small Ming court in Luzon would only issue an edict to appease itself and take verbal assistance.

Who would have thought that so many firearms had really been helped, and it was obvious that the Ming court, which was far away in Nanyang, also knew the difficulties and predicaments of the Ming people in Annan, so they did not hesitate to provide great assistance, and such courage really shocked Chen Shangchuan.

If the Zheng family, the Great Western Army, and even the three feudatories had such righteousness, I am afraid that the Central Plains would not have been lost in the hands of Jiannu.

Chen Ande just shook his head when he heard this.

Due to the lack of information, although the Ming people of Annam learned about the establishment of the Ming Court of Luzon from Chinese merchants and other Nanyang merchants, they really did not know who the Ming Court of Luzon was talking about today.

Even Chen Shangchuan thought that the Ming Court of Luzon was still in the hands of Xiao Wu, the Duke of Qin, but he didn't know that he had already been squeezed out of Dayu Island by Liu Yu.

The Naval Division of the Four Towns of Fubo led by Li Du was stationed on Bataan and other islands in the name of guarding against piracy, and monitored the Naval Division Town day and night.

"Your Excellency, you should contact Lord Yang in Dingxiang now, and the two families will join forces to protect themselves under the threat of Guangnan and Zhenla." Deputy General Nguyen Jiu Phu reminded.

"Well, what you said is right, although I have a letter with Lord Yang, I have not told him about sending an envoy to Luzon to contact the Ming court, and now Zhenla Cham Tusi has repeatedly provoked, and Jiading (Dongpu) and other places are afraid of war, and it is true that they should join forces to resist Tufan." Chen Shangchuan nodded, and now the situation in Annan is not stable, it has only been a few years since he came to this land of Shuizhenla, and the Ming people have not yet gained a firm foothold, and now they should work together to protect themselves.

"Someone, allocate one hundred firearms and five thousand silver yuan from the firearms and silver taels given by the Ming Court in Luzon to Lord Yang Yandi." Chen Shangchuan is also a generous person, and now the situation of the Ming people in Annan is delicate, Zhenla is ready to move, and the lord of Guangnan is silent, Chen Shangchuan naturally knows the truth of the death of cold lips and teeth, and naturally does not hesitate to send out these firearms and ordnance, although now his subordinates are also extremely short of firearms.

There was no way, Chen Shangchuan saw that there was no hope of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, so he and his deputy general Huang Jin and Yang Yandi led more than 3,000 troops and more than 50 warships to flee to Tuoping Port in Quang Nam to join the Ruan lord of Da Yue State.

Unfortunately, Nguyen Phuc was suspicious of the fleeing Ming army, and after convening his courtiers to discuss, he resettled them in the land of Dongpu in Shui Chenla, located in the Mekong Delta.

Most of the warships, firearms and other ordnance owned by the Ming army were detained by Guangnan, otherwise how could the Ming people be overwhelmed by just relying on Zhenla, a vassal state under Guangnan.

Thinking of this, Chen Shangchuan couldn't help but sigh.

Nguyen Phuc is known as a place to give the Ming people a place to recuperate, but it is actually a place where the Ming people cannibalize the fish and rice of the real wax.

Although Jiading and other places are fertile for thousands of miles, these days, the Ming people in Jiading, Bianhe and other areas to reclaim wasteland, many Annan Ming people have come to invest, to establish villages and towns.

But this is still the realm of Zhenla, and the lord of Ruan gave this land to the Ming people, so why not use the Ming people to encroach on the land of Zhenla.

At that time, the Ming people and Zhenla fought to the death, and Lord Ruan sat on the profits of the fisherman, which was really a good calculation.