expansion!

I was in the office, looking at the large-spoke map. While marking the blank northern shore of Heilongjiang and other landmarks on the map with white flags, I looked at North Korea, which had already planted a yellow flag.

Now Dorgon and Huang Taiji are doing their best to expand. What is the purpose of their expansion?

It’s all about expanding your strength!

Whether it was Dorgon's march north to surrender the barbarian women or Huang Taiji's annexation of North Korea, it was all for the purpose of strengthening himself.

Compared to them, our own strength is weaker and our territory is smaller.

Entering customs?

Staring at the huge Central Plains, Zhu Guoqiang frowned. The drought has become increasingly serious in various places in the past few months. It has not rained in Shandong for several months. The same is true for Heshan, Beizhili, and most of Shaanxi. If in such a large country,

In a year of disaster, how can tens of millions of people provide relief...

Staring at the map, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes fell on the sea in the southeast, on Taiwan, and then said to himself.

"Whether you can ask for millions of people is up to you!"

…

For Sun Hejing, who had just arrived off the coast of Jilong Bay, although he did not meet the prince's expectations for him, he did not know the importance of this island shrouded in green to the Ming Dynasty and to the Pinglu Palace.

Through the telescope, he looked at the gun platform on the island at the entrance of the bay. He looked solemn and ordered loudly.

"The entire army is on alert!"

While the gunners were operating the artillery at the rear of the gun, through the telescope, Sun Hejing saw the movement on the island - the island was in chaos, with the sound of brass trumpets and the sound of leather drums echoing on the island.

"He's from the Ming Dynasty!"

Even without a telescope, Bol's Leo could clearly see who he was looking at.

"People from the Ming Dynasty, why are they here? Is it Zheng Zhilong or someone else?"

As the governor of San Salvador City, Boltario never thought that he needed to worry about the Ming people. In his opinion, apart from the Dutch, the only threats to San Salvador City were the native savages on the island. But he never thought that he would have to worry about the Ming people.

I never thought that one day a large number of Ming troops would come and kill us.

"My God, there are sixteen warships. Do they want to destroy everything here and kill all of us?"

The priest made the sign of the cross on his chest in fear. Not to mention the priest, even the Spanish soldiers in the city looked at the huge fleet outside the bay in fear.

"God, what now?"

"Gentlemen, we cannot fire the cannon first. In order to trade with the Ming people, any act of firing the cannon first is likely to affect our relationship with the Ming country. So, Philip, you and Father Martin take a boat there.

, ask them why they came here, have they lost their way, or has something happened?"

"Yes, sir."

Although Philip speaks fluent Spanish, he is actually from the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Manila and also speaks fluent Hokkien and Mandarin.

Soon Philip and Father Martin boarded the Ming Dynasty's warship, but what awaited them was news like thunder.

"I am Sun Jinghe, the admiral of the water camp under General Pinglu of the Ming Dynasty. Under the order of the general, I require you to evacuate Taiwan within three days. This is my territory of the Ming Dynasty and will never be tolerated by outsiders!"

As soon as Yun Haiping translated the admiral's words into Spanish, Father Martin said hurriedly.

"Your Excellency, General, according to your country's official statement, this is a foreign land and does not belong to the Ming Dynasty. How did it become the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

"absurd!"

Sun Hejing said in a deep voice.

"Everywhere the sun and moon shine, and wherever the rivers go, are all the lands of our great Ming Dynasty. Even if they are outside the land, they are also the land of our great Ming Dynasty. Today, the Japanese general has been ordered to come here to recover the land of our great Ming Dynasty.

Now you have two options. First, take your belongings and evacuate by boat. Second, I will knock this place down! You have two hours to consider whether to accept or reject!"

You have two hours to think about it!

When Father Martin and Philip brought Sun Jinghe's conditions back to the city, Bol's Captain Leo was completely confused.

"Who is General Pinglu?"

Everyone was at a loss for a while, and after asking for a while, a businessman in the city told him that General Pinglu was the heir apparent of the Mingde Domain and a member of the royal family.

"As a prince, he didn't fight against the barbarians in the north, so why did he reach out to Taiwan?"

No one could tell Bol's Leo the answer, but Father Martin told him very directly.

"Major, if it is just an ultimatum from an official of the Ming Dynasty, we can turn a blind eye, but this is an ultimatum from the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he is most likely the emperor on behalf of the Ming Dynasty!"

Naturally, Portilio had no objection to the priest's judgment. In fact, the Spaniards did not understand the Ming Dynasty at all. Many of their understandings were based on their imaginations, just like the plan they formulated to conquer the Ming Dynasty with thousands of people.

Same plan.

The same is true now.

In fact, for Spain, the city of San Salvador was not important. In 1626, Valdez led a fleet from Manila, along the east coast of Taiwan to the small island in Jilong Bay, and established the city of San Salvador, establishing the colony.

In the end, this place felt like useless food.

Compared with Tainan occupied by the Dutch, which is a plain area with gentle folk customs and suitable for development, northern Taiwan is really a de facto "foreign land", and the indigenous people are very aggressive. The Spanish were conquered by many indigenous tribes in Taiwan.

The siege lasted for several years, and they continued to attack all directions before gradually gaining a foothold. However, conflicts with Taiwan's aborigines continued.

Originally, the Spaniards calculated that by occupying northern Taiwan, they would be able to avoid the threat of the Dutch, but the situation was not satisfactory. Even if they occupied northern Taiwan, things did not go as expected because the Dutch colluded with the Zheng family to prevent Ming merchants from coming along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Trade was carried out here. Moreover, Fujian's maritime merchants had long controlled the Ming Dynasty-Manila business. And their business with Japan had not been opened. This place became a "tasteless" place and consumed a large amount of colonial resources every year.

The feeling of making a profit at a loss was too uncomfortable, so the Spaniards always wanted to leave. Three years ago, the Philippine Governor Coquilla decided to reduce the military strength in northern Taiwan in order to reduce expenses. He ordered the destruction of the city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui.

, leaving only a small garrison in San Salvador.

In fact, the garrison left behind was pitifully small, just a few hundred people, just in case the situation came to change in the future? But even so, they still had to guard against the invasion of the Dutch. But unexpectedly, they did not wait until the Dutch invaded.

People, but waited until the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Is it an evacuation?

Or stay here?

If he gives up here, a military trial is likely to be waiting for him. What should he do?

"Major, maybe we can negotiate with the Ming people."

As the host of the local Dominican order, unlike Leo of Boer who was hesitant, Father Martin saw a new opportunity.

"negotiation?"

"Yes, Major, although we established the city of San Salvador here, because of the interference of the Dutch, merchants from the Ming Dynasty did not come here to trade with us at all. If we return this place to the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty will

Chinese merchants will naturally come here, and we can continue to trade with them here. Moreover, our merchant ships can even enter the Ming Dynasty cities in the north. Of course, with the consent of His Highness the Prince, but, Major, you can

One thing that is certain is that we have to make concessions here!"

In fact, if the Dominicans had not insisted on preaching here, perhaps the Philippine Governor Coquilla would have withdrawn from the chicken coop. However, the Dominicans insisted on preaching to the indigenous people here, so until now, Spain is still here to hold on and carry out

This is a somewhat loss-making enterprise in their eyes.

In fact, for the Spaniards, their expansion in South America may have been due to the temptation of gold and silver, but the initial motivation that drove them also had religious factors. In fact, in the whole of Europe, at least in Europe now, Spain is the most religious.

After all, they had just unified the country and expelled the Moors in the south. For them, roads were important, but religion was equally important, and even religion was the foundation of Spain.

And now the new opportunity that Father Martin sees is the opportunity for more people to preach, not just the indigenous people. For him, it doesn't matter that the fourth step is a Spanish colony, after all, Spain was originally prepared to abandon this place.

, there is such a good opportunity now, of course we must seize him.

But compared to what the priest saw, Leo, who would be the supreme leader of the colony, would certainly not appear as far away as Father Martin. After all, he had more practical issues to consider.

"Father Martin, if there is no resistance, hand this place over to the Ming people and return to Manila. I will be court-martialed!"

For the priest, handing over this land to the people of the Republic of China has no impact. He will even be rewarded for the success of his missionary work. However, if the land is given to the highest official of the colony, if the land is handed over to Rio de Boer,

If he is a citizen of the Republic of China, then there is only one outcome waiting for him, a military court.

"But, Major, if we insist on resisting, maybe everyone will die here. Don't forget, there is a whole fleet of Ming people at sea, and what do we have? It's just a mere 100 soldiers!"

Father Martin's reminder made Bol's Leo fall into silence. Too few troops was indeed a practical problem that he had to consider, but the troops were very small. Well, as for him, he only had four cannons.

Or can such a small number of troops and a few cannons be able to withstand such a huge fleet of the Ming people?

Even a fool knows very well what the price will be if we continue to resist?
Chapter completed!