The so-called North Sea Fleet is actually not a real navy. Strictly speaking, this force is more like a later Marine Corps.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, according to Zhu Youjian's opinion, the Ministry of War ordered the Beihai Fleet to expand its army, expanding its army from 5,000 to 8,000, and a baggage battalion of 3,000.

The expanded source of troops came from the young and strong Ming people they had collected in Liaodong, and some of them were recruited from Dengzhou Prefecture.

In the past two years in Dengzhou Prefecture, the generals and soldiers of the Beihai Fleet have basically married, had children and settled in Dengzhou. This large-scale marriage wave has also greatly driven the development of the local economy and the prosperity of the market.

Among all the teams participating in the battle outside the pass, their side divisions can be said to have made the most profits.

After landing on the Liaodong Peninsula, a series of sieges and camps were sieges, and they suffered the least losses, but they seized countless Eight Banners property.

After the war, Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao reported to Sun Chuanting, requesting that they be allowed to return from a distance, because there were still many wounded people staying on his way, waiting to return to Dengzhou Prefecture with them on a boat. In addition, if you return from Shanhaiguan to Dengzhou, the journey was too far, so it would be easier to return to their landing site and take a boat back.

Sun Chuanting naturally knew that there must be something wrong with it, but after the victory, he felt particularly comfortable, and with sufficient reasons, he turned a blind eye to agree to the request of Liu and Zhang.

On the way back, Liu and Zhang led the team back, they also took out several buried spoils and then returned to Dengzhou Prefecture by boat.

After dividing the spoils based on the performance of each team, the court's commendation and reward silver were sent over. The two things were added together, and everyone in the Dengzhou army made a fortune.

If you have money and time, why don’t you hurry up and marry a wife and have children?

These 5,000 people are basically from Shaanxi, Yansui and other places. Many of them have no relatives at their families. Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict for half a year of vacation in the entire army after the war, only a few soldiers chose to return to their hometown to visit their relatives. The rest took the opportunity to get married, and while solving their physiological needs, they also completed the task of inheriting the family line.

"Okay, Old Liu! He is so loyal! Haha!

Well, Lao Zhang, accept your love!

I will definitely find a way to return it to you in the future!

I have already thought about picking soldiers. This time I will choose someone with children at home, so I will save the death of a battle and no one will pay tribute to you behind you!"

Hearing that Liu Guoneng was so happy, he agreed to let him lead the army to the war. Zhang Wenyao, who wanted to make a lot of money, was overjoyed. He slapped the armrests of the seat and clasped his fists at Liu Guoneng. Liu Guoneng waved his hand and said, "It's done, we are a friendship that is life-and-death, so don't be polite.

The only one left in the Liu family is the only one who can give birth to more children. Don’t let the E family die before it becomes successful!

There are so many children in the same family, and then I will replace you!

Since you know Lao Zhang, you know it, then hurry up and select personnel tomorrow, and go south in three days!"

Compared with Zhang Wenyao, who is more fame and fame, Liu Guoneng is already very content with his current status and treatment.

When he received the order from the Ministry of War last winter, he saw Zhang Wenyao looking eager to try, so he made up his mind to give up the merits and thought about having a few more sons before talking about it.

On the third day of the third month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the weather was sunny.

The North Sea Fleet's 5,000 officers and 2,000 baggage battalions boarded the ship one after another. Zhang Wenyao, who was wearing helmets and armor, boarded the first ship with a full sense of pride, waved goodbye to Liu Guoneng who came to see him off on the deck on one side, several chief officials of Dengzhou Prefecture, and the families of soldiers who came to see him off. Then he gave orders, more than 20 giant ships set off from Dengzhou Port, sailed eastward along the coastline with the column formation, and drove out of the Bohai Bay the next day and entered the Yellow Sea waters, then turned around and headed southwest.

After about ten days of unstoppable day and night sailing, the North Sea Fleet carried 7,000 people and related supplies to the waters near Quanzhou Port, and then drove into special berths and docked one after another under the guidance of the guide ships sent by the South Sea Fleet.

The fleet will dock at Quanzhou Port for two days to replenish tassels and supplies. The main generals of the North Sea Fleet Expeditionary Force will land on ashore to visit Jinghai Bo Zheng Zhilong. The two sides will discuss cooperation and cover after the war begins. After agreeing on relevant combat plans, the two fleets will set off their anchors and sail straight for Manila.

Just as the two Ming fleets were preparing for the war, the Spaniards, thousands of miles away, were still immersed in the joy of plundering the wealth of the Ming immigrants at the front-end time.

"Tiago, I heard that the Japanese are hiring natives from the Spanish Ministry to try to rebuild the Bali Anming gathering area and turn that place into their residential area. Is this true?"

Located in the Spanish royal city in the center of Manila, in a luxuriously decorated office, the Spanish Governor Perez is discussing business with Spanish garrison Colonel Thiago Ferreira.

It has been five months since the massacre of the Ming Dynasty immigration incident. There is no trace of bloody scenes outside the Spanish royal city. All the ugliness are washed away by heavy rains.

"Yes, Governor General, the Japanese are doing this, and Noo Kimura and Takuno Akigi are the leaders of the reconstruction work.

The Japanese also grabbed a lot of wealth from the residences and corpses of the Ming people a few months ago, so they wanted to use this wealth to build their own gathering places.

After all, Bali'an is a good place. Some of the houses built by Ming people are intact. As long as you use a lot of labor to repair them, I believe that in a year, the prosperous Bali'an will appear in front of us!"

Thiago, who was over 40, replied leisurely while tasting black tea.

“Those Japanese short haircuts are really ugly!

However, compared to those "physiological people who are smart and do not obey our Spanish leaders, the Japanese are still relatively gentle.

At least they will obey powerful forces and will not try to seize dominance with us on the islands of Luzon and Manila.

Balian let them rebuild.

After the construction is completed, I will issue an order to allow the Ming smugglers who fled in the countryside and the Dalun Mountains to return to Manila and live in Bali'an, which they are familiar with.

We have to admit that the wisdom and hard work of those Ming people are incomparable to others, and we also need them to bring us wealth.

By the way, how much has the number of merchant ships in Ming Dynasty decreased after the last incident?

We need a lot of porcelain and silk to earn wealth, and the massacre was also carried out under forced circumstances.

The fleet has been dispatched to the Ming Dynasty for five days. I hope the Portuguese can lead them to meet with senior officials of the Ming Dynasty government and let the Ming Dynasty government understand our difficulties!"

After the massacre occurred several months ago, as the news spread, the number of merchant ships that the Ming Dynasty came to Manila to trade decreased sharply, the number of silk and porcelain obtained by the Spaniards also decreased significantly, and the income of the Governor's Office plummeted, which made Perez a little panicked.

Manila is the most important overseas wealth-making base in the Kingdom of Spain. If his income dropped too much compared to before, his position as governor would not be able to be saved.
Chapter completed!