"Go back and tell Cohen, see you on the battlefield!"

Half a month after Zhu Youzhen met the envoy of Su Nang, in the palace of the capital of Bo Ni, Huang Long said the same thing to the Dutch envoy in the palace.

"You'll regret it!"

"If you are willing to negotiate peace now, we can take out 30,000 taels of silver and apologize for disturbing the coast of your country before."

The South Seas in the winter moon are still very hot, and the Dutch envoy is also trying his best to persuade Huang Long, but Huang Long no longer wants to talk to him, so he waved his hand directly and said:

"Fork out!"

"No...... You can't do that, you'll regret it......"

The Dutch envoy who was forked out was still shouting, but in the next second, he was hit in the face by the Ming army's scabbard, and several miserable yellow teeth flew out with blood and saliva and landed on the floor tiles of the Bo Ni Palace......

Such a scene made Abdul Jali Ruaba, the sultan of the Boni State, who had been threatened by Xiyi for many years, swallow his saliva.

He turned his head to look at Huang Long, who was wearing armor and sitting on a chair in the hall, and Li Dan who was sitting next to him, and didn't know what he should say for a while.

The relationship between the Bo Ni Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty is very deep, and it can be said that it is a loyal domain of Nanyang.

Since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to thank the "emperor's grace" and express his loyalty, Bo Ni went to Mana Jagana to bring relatives and courtiers to the Ming Dynasty in the sixth year of Yongle to pay tribute.

Manajaka became the first overseas vassal to visit the Ming Dynasty, so he was received by Zhu Di and received a large number of precious gifts.

It's a pity that Manajagana died of a serious illness before he was ready to lead the delegation back home.

But before he died, he left a will, hoping to "bury China with his body".

Zhu Di, who also learned of Manajajana's death, was also very sad, not only for him to drop out of the dynasty for three days, but also to posthumously "be obedient", and in accordance with Manajajana's last wishes, according to the Ming etiquette, his body was buried in Shizigang outside the Ande Gate of Nanjing City.

As a result, Manajajana became the first Nanyang king of the Ming Dynasty to be buried in the Central Plains.

After that, his descendants also respected the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng He went to the West several times, and Bo Ni was responsible for a large amount of supply work.

Similarly, when Ruaba met with Li Dan's people a few months ago and learned that the Ming Dynasty was going to recover Nanyang, Lu Abba directly refused the silver brought by the Ming envoy and bluntly said that he would provide supplies for the Ming Dynasty for free.

It's just that Brunei, with a population of just over 200,000, wants to supply the Ming army, which has more than 46,000 soldiers and civilians, and it is really too difficult for them.

"Your Highness, how are supplies and fresh water prepared? When will it be ready? ”

Suddenly, when Ruaba fell into memory, Huang Long opened his mouth to wake him up, and after he was stunned, he hurriedly responded:

"This ...... The grain and fresh water needed by the army are indeed a bit much, so please give the small country another ten days, and after ten days, you will be able to make up 100,000 stone of military rations and 300,000 stone of fresh water and vegetables. ”

"Bo Ni Elementary School, so let His Highness spend a lot of time, I really don't want to go......" Seeing Lu Aba say this, Huang Long was also a little unhappy.

It's just that Lu Aba doesn't think there's anything wrong, because since the Ming Dynasty landed in Bo Ni a month ago, Huang Long immediately arrested Xiyi, all the countries in the country of Bo Ni, and annihilated more than 600 soldiers and horses in Xiyi, which made Bo Ni live a peaceful life.

The Boni country has more than 200,000 people, but it has only cultivated more than 1 million mu of fields, so it can only sell a small amount of grain while satisfying its own food.

With such a volume, the annual tax revenue is only tens of thousands of stones, so it is destined not to raise too many soldiers and horses.

If the Ming Dynasty completely empties the South Seas this time, the country of Boni will be able to settle down.

Thinking of this, Ruaba only felt that his actions were worth it, and he didn't feel that he was at a loss.

Especially in the current situation in the South Seas, he is absolutely right in what he did, unlike other stupid countries......

Thinking of this, Ruaba also spoke:

"Governor, the people who went to Java and Malacca and Sumatra have returned,"

"It's just ......" Ruaba was a little cautious, this action made Huang Long realize that something was wrong, and Ruaba's words later also confirmed his conjecture:

"More than a dozen countries such as Mataram in Java, Aceh in Sumatra, Johor in Malay, Pattani, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan, and hundreds of princely states did not pay attention to the news of the arrival of the heavenly soldiers."

"Only Sulu, a neighbor of a small country, still does not forget the Ming Dynasty and is willing to work with the small country to supply the heavenly soldiers."

As soon as Lu Aba's words came out, Huang Long also sighed in his heart.

After nearly two hundred years of vicissitudes, many of the former Nanyang vassals have been destroyed, and now only the three countries of Siam, Bo Ni and Sulu can supply the Ming Dynasty.

But......

"How is Siam and Kam Po Chi (Cambodia)?" Huang Long turned his head to look at Li Dan, and Li Dan also sat upright and said:

"The King of Siam and King Gan Bozhi are willing to obey the dispatch of my Ming Dynasty, and are already preparing troops and horses to go on the expedition."

"Siam sent 4,000 troops, 300 war elephants, and 50,000 stone of grain."

"Gan Xiaozhi sent 3,000 troops, 100 war elephants, and 30,000 stone of grain."

For the South Seas, the control of the Ming may be weak, but for Southeast Asia, the deterrent power of the Ming still exists.

Both Siam and Gan were willing to cooperate with the army, and the reason is simple: both countries have also been invaded by Europeans.

Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty sent troops, they were also willing to completely expel the Europeans from the South Seas, which is why they made such a big effort.

Huang Long also understood the thoughts of these two countries, but he didn't care.

Zhu Youzhen's letter to him made it very clear that he was willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and obey the Ming Dynasty's discipline, and everything would be as usual.

Countries that are unwilling to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and obey the discipline of the Ming Dynasty only have the identity of thieves.

Now, except for Bo Ni and Sulu, the whole of Nanyang is full of thieves.

After knowing the enemy and the enemy, Huang Long can also give it a go.

During the month of rest in the Boni Country, he didn't do nothing.

First of all, in addition to Sulu and Boni, there are other large and small princely states and small states on Borneo, and these countries have no reverence for the Ming at all.

Thus, in the space of a month, the six guards had gone out along the coastline of Borneo, and the princely states that had refused to pay tribute had perished, and what they had gained was very rich.

Nanyang was richer than Zhu Youzhen said to Huanglong, just by eliminating some of the princely states on the south and east coasts of Borneo, Huanglong harvested more than 400,000 mu of arable land.

And that's just a part, there are more princely states in the interior of Borneo, but Huanglong is not ready to continue cleaning up.

He had already secured the coastal city-states, and if he went further inland, he would need to fight a protracted war.

What he has to do now is to continue to go south and deal with the bandits and Xiyi in Java and Sumatra, as well as in the Malay Peninsula.

After they were dealt with and the people were relocated and settled, it was time to use troops against the inland princely states.

Thinking of this, Huang Long looked at Lu Aba and said:

"Your Highness, many coastal states in the land of Luo have been swept away by my Ming soldiers, and these places will be inhabited by the people of the Ming Dynasty in the future."

"But Your Highness don't worry, Bo Ni and Sulu are still living as before, and we won't disturb the two countries."

"Where is the governor, I am also a citizen of Long Live China, the people of the Ming Dynasty want to come to a small country, and a small country will never stop it." Lu Aba saw that the Ming Dynasty was too particular about Xiyi and many princely states in Nanyang.

After Huang Long cleaned up Xiyi, he did not interfere in the internal affairs of Bo Ni at all, which gave Lu Aba a taste of real control of the country.

What's more, with the strength of the Ming army, it will take a few days to lay down the mud, so Lu Aba can see it clearly.

Whether the Ming army is the same on the outside or not has nothing to do with him, because he has no strength to resist.

Instead of thinking so much, it is better to believe in the Ming army.

Da Ming is benevolent, he can continue to be the king, and Da Ming has no choice but to lie down if he is ambitious.

It has to be said that Ruaba is very smart, and Huang Long really has no intention of destroying them.

After all, there are more than 30,000 Ming troops, and it is impossible to kill millions of people in the entire Nanyang, right?

What good did sabotage do for the Ming army? Supplies couldn't find a place.

Now that there are finally two stable regimes willing to supply them, and they are so obedient, Huang Long is eager to help them secure their positions.

The more stable they were, the easier it would be for the Ming expedition to Java and Sumatra.

Therefore, Huang Long didn't bother to stay in the mud, but continued:

"Now that the situation in Poro has stabilized, I will lead my troops to continue southward in the near future to recover the old port, Java and other places for the Ming Dynasty."

"Won't the Governor rest for a few more days?" When Ruaba heard that Huanglong was leaving, his heart instantly became weak.

If Huang Long led his troops away, some nobles of the Boni Kingdom might start to embarrass him again.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Xiyi and the thieves are just clowns, and they can return from the rebellion in three months at most."

Huang Long was full of confidence, and Lu Aba was instantly relieved when he heard Huang Long's words.

"Your Highness, I'll step back first."

As he spoke, Huang Long and Li Dan got up and signaled to leave, and Lu Aba also hurriedly got up and sent them out of the palace, and after seeing them away, he stood at the door a little reluctantly and watched them go away.

It's just that at the same time as they walked out, Li Dan also said to Huang Long:

"In this way, our troops and horses are equivalent to going to war with the entire South Seas."

"Fighting is fighting, it's just a group of local chickens and tile dogs." Huang Long's face was as usual, and he did not take the many countries in Nanyang in his eyes at this time.

Li Ruolian of Beizhen Fusi has long figured out the bottom of Nanyang, except for the colonial armies of European countries, the rest of the countries have few artillery or firearms.

For example, Aceh, the largest power in the South Seas, although it has 50,000 or 60,000 troops, it does not even have 100 artillery pieces that can pull out, and only 2,000 or 3,000 guns.

This kind of firepower wants to be an opponent with the firepower of thousands of artillery pieces and 30,000 infantry guns of the navy, which is simply ridiculous and generous.

Now there is only one opponent that Huang Long cares about, and that is the Red Hair Yi of Batavia......

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"Bang-"

"Crazy! This group of Ming people is really crazy! ”

Ten days later, as the Yellow Dragon prepared to take the navy south, the envoys to Boni returned to Batavia.

When he told the owners of the Dutch East India Company what Huang Long had said, some of the grumpy parliamentarians immediately slammed their fists on the table and stood up to vent their pent-up emotions with roars.

Sunlight poured from the balcony into the second-floor council chamber, and at the U-shaped table, many of the councillors were equally ugly, and the governor sitting in the throne, Jane Pieterszon Cohen, was even more silent.

For Cohen, who was later called the "genocidaire", the pressure brought to him by the Ming side did not start with the Yellow Dragon's conquest of Nanyang, but from earlier.

From the outbreak of the Battle of Penghu between the Ming army and the company's ships, and the ban on all merchants and Europeans from trading, Cohen's mood was suppressed.

Unlike the "coachmen of the sea" that later generations believed, the Netherlands was still under Spanish colonial rule.

It has been 56 years since the war broke out between the Netherlands and Spain in 1568 in order to gain independence.

But so far, the Netherlands still did not gain independence, and because of this, the Dutch wanted to participate in the trade, so they could only form the Dutch East India Company to protect merchant ships.

This so-called company was really just a fig leaf for the Netherlands, in order to prevent merchant ships from being shelled by Spanish warships.

It was precisely because the mainland was at war that the main role of the Dutch East India Company was to trade to earn money and support the Netherlands to win the War of Independence.

But now an embarrassing situation has emerged, the Ming Dynasty has completely banned trade with Spain, Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, and only Portugal has obtained the qualification to trade with Nangang Huangdian.

This is equivalent to the Dutch East India Company, which lost the purchase channels for many luxury goods such as tea, silk, brown sugar, and porcelain.

Without these things, the trade between the East and the West would have been sustained only by spices, and the profits of spices for a year would not be enough to sustain the Dutch army fighting the Spanish army on its own soil.

Attack the Ming ......

This is perhaps the stupidest thing Cohen has ever done in his presidency.

Now this matter will not only affect the company's earnings, but will also bring them war.

The Spaniards in Manila had been defeated and were ready to withdraw completely from the South Seas and negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

The Portuguese are still on the sidelines, and if the Ming beat the Netherlands, they will not hesitate to cede Malacca.

As for the British and French, their armies and warships are pitiful, and they don't have the courage to go to war with the Ming at all, they just want to wait for the Ming to conquer the South Seas, and exchange the colonies in their hands for a trade opportunity.

So, now all the governors of the East India Company are looking at what Cohen is going to do.

Is it hitting? Or is it a surrender and peace?

This was not just a matter of thinking about the governors of other countries, but also about all the parliamentarians of the Dutch East India Company.

They looked at Cohen, and Cohen, who was ruthless in the past, was also entangled at the moment.

In order to make a decision, he looked at the returning messenger and said:

"Theon, are you sure they have more than 30,000 soldiers? And how many warships are there? ”

As soon as Cohen spoke, everyone looked at Theon, and Theon replied sadly:

"I didn't see all the Ming soldiers and warships, and when I got there, their soldiers and warships were carrying out operations around the island to encircle and suppress some princely states."

"But judging from the warships and soldiers they left behind in the port, their main warships are at least more than 2,000 tons, with the presence of hundreds of artillery pieces, and there are quite a few of them."

"In addition to these, they also have hundreds of warships of more than 1,000 tons and some troop carriers."

"There were at least 10,000 soldiers left behind, all in armour, as well as some cavalry and a large number of musketeers."

"Hiss......" Hearing Theon's introduction, all the councillors took a deep breath.

You must know that even the Dutch East India Company has less than 20,000 employees in Nanyang, and there are only more than 4,000 soldiers.

This is just the number of people, not to mention the other warships and artillery, which are completely incomparable to this Ming expeditionary fleet.

If the two sides go to war, I am afraid that the company's fleet will all sink to the bottom of the sea in a few days, and without sea control, it is only a matter of time before Batavia falls.

Even if Huanglong gave them time to write a letter to India for help, there were only a dozen Indian soldiers and warships, more than a thousand people.

With such a small number of people, the result of the war was the annihilation of all Dutch soldier fleets east of the Arabian Sea.

Therefore, even some of the parliamentarians who were angry before calmed down at the moment, and opened their mouths to suggest:

"Is it possible to offer a surrender?"

"The warships of the Ming people have already arrived in the South Seas, is it useful to surrender now?" Cohen frowned and asked the congressman who asked the question, which left everyone speechless.

Yes, everyone else has found the door, at this time you admit defeat, can people agree?

Anyway, I can't beat you up first?

This is what Huang Long really thinks, and the compensation given by Cohen is outrageously low.

30,000 taels ......

I didn't know and thought it was called Hanako.

The six guards and horses who went out on the expedition spent 170,000 taels of silver alone, and Cohen wanted to use 30,000 taels of silver to make Huang Long angry, but he didn't want Huang Long to be even more angry when he heard the compensation amount of 30,000 taels.

In Huang Long's view, this amount is the same as humiliating people.

Originally, he didn't want to fight, but after hearing this amount, he was even more determined that Huang Long wanted to fight them.

After all, King Qi has said that it is up to him to decide where to fight and how long to fight.

Thinking about it like this, Huang Long couldn't help it even more.

It's just that Cohen doesn't know at all, and what they think is too much, in Huang Long's opinion, it's like sending Hanako.

If he knew that the amount he had set made Huang Long so angry, I was afraid that he would regret beating himself.

It's just that it's too late to say anything now, and a group of them are all scared, and at the same time they are gathering soldiers and armed merchant ships and warships scattered around.

But they also knew that in the face of Daming's suffocating fleet, everything they did was in vain......

Cohen fell into helpless despair, but some of them laughed happily compared to their despair......

"Good!"

At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Qianqing Palace in the capital, Zhu Youxiao at this moment was holding a note and laughing happily.

In the palace, Zhang Yan, who was holding the crown prince Zhu Ciran, glanced at Zhu Youxiao curiously: "Long live, why are you so happy?" ”

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao came back to his senses, glanced at Zhang Yan, and then raised the note in his hand and said:

"This is a note sent by Shen Tingyang, the deputy director of the Ryukyu Prefecture City, which mainly talks about the number of acres after the defeat of Luzon."

"Didn't the fifth uncle say before that Luzon should have 300,000 or 400,000 acres of tuntian? Hooray, I'm afraid it's more than that, right? Zhang Yan was very smart, and she could see at a glance the reason why Zhu Youxiao was happy.

Seeing that she could see it, Zhu Youxiao also responded with a smile:

"Hehe, the number of acres in Luzon is indeed more than my brother estimated."

"Many islands in the north and south have a total of 784,600 acres of land, more than 4,000 overseas people, more than 24,000 people, and more than 200,000 overseas natives."

"I didn't expect it, my brother also miscalculated one day."

Zhu Youxiao was laughing, not only because there was so much arable land in Luzon, but more importantly, he also saw his younger brother's troubled side.

But laughing and laughing, he still continued to explain to Zhang Yan with the song:

"My brother also prepared a gold mine for Ran'er as a first birthday gift, and when my brother returns from the expedition, I want to thank my brother as Ran'er's mother."

"This is natural......" Zhang Yan heard Zhu Youzhen's handwriting, and the whole person laughed happily.

It's just that when he was laughing, Zhu Youxiao glanced down at Song Shu again, and then said with a smile:

"This Shen Tingyang has already organized 30,000 people who have just arrived in Ryukyu by boat from Fujian to go to Luzon."

"Soshuri, he is going to follow what his brother said before, and move 300,000 people in one go."

"Three hundred thousand?" Zhang Yan was a little surprised, put down Zhu Ciran and asked puzzledly:

"If 300,000 people are relocated, plus the more than 200,000 people there, won't one person only have one acre and five cents of land?"

"That's not true, Shen Tingyang said that he had found something else for the overseas natives to do, but he didn't say what it was." Zhu Youxiao explained with a smile, and continued:

"In the military order given to him by his younger brother, he was asked to move people over with two acres of land per person, and then buy grain from Siam, Gan Pozhi and other countries to supply Luzon."

"But if you think about it, you don't need to buy too much food, after all, many of them can move to the south first."

"Huanglong has been out of Poluo for more than a month, and it is estimated that he has already laid down other princely states above Poluo that do not obey the king."

"The relocation of people to Nanyang is a major event, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is estimated that the speed of people's migration cannot catch up with the speed of Huanglong's defeat of Nanyang."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao sighed:

"It's really a vicissitudes of life, when the eunuchs of Sanbao went to the South Seas, Luzon only had thousands of acres of fields, and in just a few years, the local natives actually reclaimed nearly 800,000 acres."

"According to my brother's calculations, it is estimated that the original 12 million acres of land in Nanyang can be doubled."

"With the land, it's easier to move people."

As Zhu Youxiao spoke, his interest in Nanyang became more and more great, and his interest in Mo Nan and Mo Bei began to decrease a lot.

Before the defeat of Luzon, because of the example of the Ryukyu Prefecture, Zhu Youxiao has always been a little resistant.

He believes that Nanyang is estimated to be the same place as the Ryukyu Prefecture, and it will take three years to relocate the people to reclaim the fields.

As a result, it now seems that only a million taels of silver will be spent on grain, which is enough to make up for the shortfall of the migrants who have gone to the South Seas.

After three years, when the people stabilize and become self-sufficient, they will be able to feed back to the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, it won't take many years for Nanyang to become the money bag of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Youxiao immediately said to Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies at the door:

"Spread the decree to transfer another 600,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury to Shen Tingyang of the Ryukyu Mansion, so that he can handle the affairs of Nanyang well."

"In addition, the old port was set up to announce the political secretary, and Shen Tingyang was promoted to the political envoy of the old port, and Luzon Mansion and Poluo Mansion were set up in the old port, and other prefectures were discussed after Huanglong was defeated."

"As for the matter of Hexi, let's also bring it up, set the Hexi Corridor west of the Yellow River as the province of Hexi, set up the Hexi Chengxuan Political Secretary, and order Mei Zhihuan to serve as the political envoy of Hexi."

"After the land of Hetao was recovered, it was returned to Shaanxi moderation, and its prefecture and county were named after the king of Qi."

After that, Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Zhu Ciran, who was sitting on the couch in a daze, walked over and touched his head:

"Ran'er, your fifth uncle sent you a gold mine......

(End of chapter)