The sea breeze blew the plywood, and Xiamen Island, which was originally like a military camp, now seemed like a busy city.
Sun Lin raised his eyes and saw that Zheng's army disembarked from the warship in groups. Many family members greeted them on the shore. Tears and laughter continued. It looked very touching.
The bachelors, on the other hand, took out their money bags without hesitation, showed lewd smiles, loosened their belts as they walked, and headed towards the tent a few hundred steps away.
Although it was not clearly visible, the woman's laughing voice and graceful figure could be vaguely heard.
In sharp contrast, in the East China Sea Navy, the sailors stayed on the ship. Although they looked envious, they stayed calm and did not dare to mess around.
Only those marines who were exploring the road carefully got off the ship and formed a column according to the rules. They quickly became like tofu. Although it took a quarter of an hour, they looked like elite soldiers.
In this way, a sharp contrast is formed.
Zheng Zhilong stared silently, while Zheng Hongkui (formerly known as Zheng Zhifeng) gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and closed his eyes, unable to speak.
Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhipeng were surprised. They turned to look at their elder brother and saw that his face was gloomy and his lips were slightly open. He wanted to say something but couldn't.
"Jingying is indeed the best in the world!"
Zheng Zhilong clapped his hands and said with a smile.
"It's also typed."
Sun Lin said modestly but with pride: "These soldiers have fought for hundreds of years and been included in the Marine Corps. They are all elites who can equal one to five or ten. Ordinary soldiers cannot come."
After that, he glanced at the messy Xiamen Island and couldn't help but said: "As for the island, we won't go there. We can't let our thoughts wander now."
This statement seems to have a double meaning.
"Brother——"
Zheng Zhihu is a reckless person, has a bad temper, and can't help it.
"Even though she is young, she is a relative of the royal family, so don't disturb her."
Zheng Zhilong stared at Xiamen Island and murmured: "It seems that I won't be able to stay in Fujian for long..."
Just as these few people were repairing in Xiamen, countless civil and military officials from Fujian came to visit. Especially after seeing the warships that were no less than those of the Western Yi people, they were even more impressed.
On this trip south, the Donghai Navy deployed its ten most elite galenic ships, each worth about 1,500 tons (500 tons), which can be said to be extremely serious.
The troop transport ships were large fortune ships with two thousand materials. They were five huge ships. Although the speed was a little slower, they had a full transport capacity.
Food consists of firearms, gunpowder, armor, and the most important red cannon.
That's right, in this battle, Santo Domingo in the chicken coop and the city of Relanja in the big army both need the support of artillery.
According to the information from the Spanish, the two castles in Chicken Cage and Tamsui were both bastions built by them back then.
What's more, the city of Relanja in Dajuan has been built for decades and is extremely dangerous.
Historically, Zheng Chenggong first surrounded Relanze and built freshwater chicken coops. It took him a year and only after the reinforcements were cut off, Relanze surrendered.
Without a few red cannons, the Dutch would not surrender easily.
On the eighth day of the second lunar month, the army set off on time, and the envoy who was one step ahead speeded up to reach the leader and boarded the dangerous Castle of Geranze.
The garrison only had a thousand people, but the number of Han and Tibetan people within a radius of two to three hundred miles of the castle exceeded 20,000. They monopolized the trade in silk, sugar, tea, deerskin, etc., and accounted for 20% of the East India Company's profits.
So when Zheng Zhilong focused his attention on the mainland, the Dutch went out in force and usurped many of the Zheng family's interests.
"Surrender? Transfer the land?" Governor Felberg stood up and said angrily: "Back then, Zheng Yiguan allowed us to build and expand the city of Dayuan. How come we regret it now?"
This is why the Dutch are so angry.
At that time, he was trying to build a new trading post on the Penghu Islands, but he was thwarted by Zheng Zhilong and the government, who wanted to use coercion and inducement, so they only had a promise of development in the country.
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The Ming envoy was a scholar after all. Hearing this translation, he immediately angrily said: "Zheng Zhilong is just a general soldier. How can he decide the fate of a country's land?"
Upon hearing this, Felberg immediately ordered the secretary on the side to look for the peace treaty.
In the end, there was nothing. Zheng Zhilong was so famous back then, it was just a verbal promise, and the Fujian government didn't want to be talked about. They didn't say anything about the seal, and there wasn't even a word of evidence.
"Akito is so shameless."
Felberg cursed silently, but still said loudly: "You are not from the land of the Ming Dynasty. In a strange place, first come first served. Your country's words are really unworthy of nobility. Do you want to be a thief?"
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"Nonsense, Da Yuan has been the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times."
The Ming envoy said without fear: "This place was originally under the jurisdiction of the Penghu Inspection Bureau. How can we deny it now that it has been taken back?"
As he spoke, he quoted scriptures, from Wei Wen during the Three Kingdoms period to the people's development during the Tianqi period of Chongzhen, and finally echoed the words from beginning to end:
"Da Yuan has been our Ming Dynasty's land since ancient times, and there is no way to deny it."
Felberg was choked to the point of speechlessness and rolled his eyes helplessly.
He finally understood that this Mingren was just like them, what they had from ancient times and what history was was just a reason.
"I want to report it to Batavia. I can't make the decision."
"Your Majesty the Governor, you only have two days. Once these two days have passed, our Ming army will arrive at the city of Relanja."
"What, the army?" Felberg was furious, his beard trembling: "You are lying about destroying pirates, your real intention is to kill the city of Geranze?"
The envoy quickly denied it.
After he left, the whole Relanzhe fell into panic. Everyone was afraid of Zheng Zhilong, and they didn't want to fight with the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty.
The East India Company was here to do business, not to fight.
However, Feuerberg had other ideas: "The Spaniards went to Beijing. It must be because of them that Ming people will go south."
"Gentlemen, although the Ming Dynasty is indeed huge, the interests of the company's senior officials cannot be easily discarded. This is the intersection between the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Batavia, and it must not be given away."
"I admit that they are outnumbered at sea, but this is a castle, the city of Geranje, and they do not have such artillery."
"You are right, Your Majesty the Governor, but you forgot that there are Spaniards and Portuguese in Macau who can sell artillery to Ming people."
At this time, a man raised his hand and said.
"Then let God decide!"
Felberg shook his head and said: "Anyway, I can't make the decision to surrender. Unless the castle is about to fall, I still have to protect the East India Company's property."
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and Relanja chose to refuse.
As soon as the Ming army landed, they immediately showed the strength of the Zheng family, almost licking the pot and embracing each other enthusiastically.
Therefore, under this castle, a huge Ming army surrounded it layer by layer.
The Ming Dynasty and the Dutch began their first real confrontation in history.