"Your Majesty, when I arrived at Fuchun (the capital of the Nguyen Lord in Guangnan), Lord Zheng Zheng, who occupied most of the northern part of Annan, happened to launch an unprecedented southern expedition, raising 100,000 troops, and also hijacked the Annan capital commander (

Li Weiyou, known internally as the Emperor, marched south together. It was likely that Nan Ruan would be destroyed in one fell swoop!

The Ruan lord Ruan Fulan sent his son Ruan Phuc Bin and general Ruan Youjin to lead an army of 20,000 troops north to Nan Ruan to resist Bei Zheng's border fortress Chang De Lei. The scale of this battle was unprecedented. If Nan Ruan was defeated, the country would probably be destroyed.

Because he had to deal with Beizheng's offensive with all his strength, Ruan Fulan had no time to take care of Priango and Chai Gun, so he agreed to let me lease land to King Ude of Shuizhenla for cultivation.

In addition, Ruan Fulan also agreed with the co-governance of the four masters and the protection of Li Jun. However, he was worried that Jun Li would be held hostage by Master Zheng, which would make the joint governance of the four masters come to nothing. Therefore, he hoped to invite a descendant of Li Jun to sit in Fuchun."

Zheng Sen was sitting in a pavilion facing the water in the East Lake Palace, reporting to Zhu Cihong his harvest of Shui Zhenla in Annan. His father Zheng Zhilong was sitting on the right side of Zhu Cihong, with a smile on his dark face.

There will be no more piles left.

It seems that the richest man in the Ming Dynasty must have made a fortune from the feudal debt speculation incident! The number one black banker in the Ming Dynasty is him!

Mingjun Zhu Cixi didn't have time to argue with him, and now his mind is on Shuizhenla and Annan.

Zheng Sen's mission to Annan and Shui Zhenla happened to coincide with the decisive battle between Ruan Zheng and Guangde. This was a decisive battle launched by Zheng Zheng, Zheng Jie's painstaking preparations for many years, aimed at annihilating the Ruan family in Guangnan!

In order to ensure victory, Zheng Jie also invited Dutch military advisers to help train the so-called Royal Guards. He also bought armed merchant ships from the Dutch to form a navy. He also purchased a large number of artillery and firearms. It can be said that he spent the largest amount of money!

On the side of the Ruan family in Guangnan, because the territories they occupy are all newly developed "wild lands", Annan has a relatively small population, and they have to suppress the resistance of the Champa people in the newly occupied territories. Therefore, they can be used to resist Lord Zheng.

There are only 20,000 troops.

But these 20,000 people are the elites that the Ruan family has trained through many years of training by Portuguese foreign generals. They are also equipped with a large number of war elephants and are very powerful. Moreover, the Ruan family also controls Hengshan and Lingjiang, the dangerous strategic points in central Annan, and relies on dangerous strategic points.

Two defense lines, Changyubao and Changde fortress, were built.

However, in the last battle between Zheng and Ruan, the Changyu Barrier was captured by the Zheng army. Now there is only the Changde Barrier left to protect the Ruan family in Guangnan.

In this precarious situation, Ruan Lord Ruan Fulan naturally has no spare power to prevent the Ming Dynasty from entering Shuizhenla. Moreover, it is not necessarily a bad thing for the Ruan Lord if the Ming Dynasty gets involved in Shuizhenla. If the Ruan family is defeated in Changde, Guangzhou will

After the fall of Nan, the last stronghold of Ruan Lord was Chai Guan.

If the Ming Dynasty established a stronghold near Chaigun, wouldn't the Ruan family be able to learn from the Mo family, take shelter from the Ming Dynasty, and survive?

"How much land have we rented in Shuizhenla? Where is it?"

Zhu Cihong was not very interested in the domestic politics of Annam because he knew that in the original history, the man who destroyed the Nguyen Dynasty was named Ho Chi Minh and was not yet born!

Therefore, the outcome of this battle between Zheng and Ruan is likely to be similar.

"Your Majesty," Zheng Sen replied, "I have rented two pieces of land in Shuizhenla. One is near Puliango. King Ude agreed that we can build a castle anywhere in the lower reaches of the Jiulong River. The other is in Jinoujiao.

It is the easternmost peninsula of Shuizhenla. There are several ports there that can provide food and fresh water for ships traveling in the Southeast Asia. We can choose any port."

"This King Ude is quite easy to talk to." Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Elder brother, you didn't use gunboats to scare others, did you?"

Five of the 10 Western-style warships that Zhu Cihong ordered Zheng Zhilong to build in the past two years have been completed. Two of them are running on the Shanghai Uraga route, one is being used as a training ship by Zheng Jiangong, and the other two are on the way.

We followed Zheng Sen to Priango and Fuchun. These five Western-style sailing ships were built based on an armed Galen ship of the Dutch East India Company that was overhauled at the Zheng's Shipyard in Anping Port. They were not five ships either.

Instead of starting construction at the same time, one line will be started first, and then two lines will be started after completion and sea trials. After these two lines are completed, two lines will be added.

Therefore, these five ships were built in three batches, and the second and third batches of ships were improved compared to the previous batch and were improved towards warships.

The two Galen boats that Zheng Sen took to Priango and Fuchun were from the third batch. They used a large amount of Siamese teak and had very strong hulls. They were also equipped with 28 doors and 12 pounds of red.

The barbarian artillery cannot deal with the battleships of the Dutch East India Company (the difference is not only the ships, but also the sailors), but scaring a prince of Shuizhenla is not like playing?

However, Zheng Sen was a scholar-official and would not admit to using such immoral things as red barbarian cannons and warships to force barbarians to give up their land.

"I didn't use gunboats to scare Uday," Zheng Sen smiled. "I am the envoy of the heaven, so I naturally have to convince people with my virtue!"

Zheng Zhilong also laughed together and said: "Yes, yes, you must convince others with virtue and convince others with virtue."

Well, the 56-door 12-pound Hongyi Great Virtue can indeed convince people with virtue!

"That's good," Zhu Cixi nodded with satisfaction, "Then how many miles of land can we occupy?"

This sounds like a question from a rich man.

The great pirate Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the territory occupied by those wild places in Southeast Asia does not matter."

Zhu Cixiang nodded and said to himself: I know your family is unreasonable!

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Cixiang asked.

"Talking about the coast, how many cities and towns are there along the water," Zheng Zhilong explained, "Shui Zhenla Country has a small population, and the population in the lower reaches of the Jiulong River and Ca Mau Kok is even smaller, so the management is very loose, that is, along the Jiulong River

It occupies some fortresses, and the large areas between the fortresses are forests and swamps. Each fortress can develop as much land as it needs.

What Zheng Sen wants from Deputy King Shuizhenla is the right to develop two cities in the lower reaches of the Jiulong River and Jin Moujiao. As for how much land can be developed, it depends on our ability."

"It's all a wild forest there?" Zhu Cixiang also knew that the forests in Southeast Asia were not easy to develop.

"No," Zheng Sen said, "There are already many ports and forts built by immigrants from Annan and our dynasty. As long as the imperial court can build cities and settle land on the banks of the Jiulong River and Ca Mau Point, it can take them all under its control."

"That's good." Zhu Cixiang was very satisfied. The tiger skins of the Ming Dynasty were as bluffing as water, and they also had warships that convinced people with virtue. They should be able to conquer many cities.

"Old Taishan, Senior Brother," Zhu Cixiang asked again, "Do you have any recommendations for suitable candidates to serve as camp envoys in Jiulongjiang and Jinoujiao?"

"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhilong said, "most of the people of the Ming Dynasty currently living in the Jiulong River and Jinoujiao area cultivating fields are Cantonese, while the maritime merchants who travel between Shuizhenla and the Ming Dynasty are mostly Fujianese. Therefore, the field envoys should be honest and honest.

The deputy and deputy envoys are selected from Fujian, Cantonese and Hakka respectively, so that things can be done more conveniently."

Zhu Cixi thought for a while, "Then the chief envoy will be appointed by me, and the three deputy envoys will be appointed by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the governor of Guangdong and the Duke of Quanguo respectively."

He paused and then asked: "It will cost a lot of money to cultivate the Jiulong River and Jinoujiao, right? Where can this money come from? The imperial court's finances are not rich!"

"This is easy to handle," Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "It's just a matter of issuing vassal bonds. I heard that Pingxi and Shuofang vassals issued vassal bonds quite well."

"Is the matter of the debts of the two vassals good?" Zhu Cixiang's face sank slightly, "The debts of the vassals rose and fell sharply a while ago, which made many Hubei gentry and businessmen bankrupt. I have asked the Jin Yiwei, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to jointly investigate.

It is extremely hateful to find that there is someone behind the scenes manipulating the market of feudal bonds, spreading false news, and buying and selling short, turning the trading of feudal bonds into fraudulent gambling!"
Chapter completed!