Chapter 1933 Zheng Zhilong, do you want to be the protagonist?
"My eldest brother, are you really willing to send troops to North Korea?"
When Shen Tingyang heard what Zheng Zhilong said, he suspected that this Fujian pirate had drunk too much. He quickly looked up at the black face... it was dark and red, maybe he really drank too much.
As soon as he made a lot of money as a pirate, he went to Korea to fight slave pirates? What if I didn't drink too much?
"Really! I keep my word!" Zheng Zhilong patted his chest, "As long as Long live the Lord can agree to send a nicer imperial envoy to meet with the envoys of the Red-haired Kingdom, and make me an admiral of the Ming navy, I will lead 10 new styles The warships are heading north... including the navy to fight the slave thieves!"
Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch East India Company are still negotiating. The East India Company hopes for "monopoly free trade" - that is, Ming Dynasty can only conduct free trade with the Netherlands, but not with Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Zheng Zhilong's boss, Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan, did not dare to report the Dutch's request to the court...
Of course Zheng Zhilong is in favor of free trade, but what he wants is free trade between himself and the Dutch... Others cannot interfere!
But Zheng Zhilong also knew the power of the Dutch East India Company, so he adopted delaying tactics. During this time, the Dutch were a little anxious. And his new warship has just been built and has not yet formed combat effectiveness.
So Zheng Zhilong hoped to find some excuses to deal with the Dutch... and Zhu Youjian's "visit to Jiangnan" this time seemed to him a very good excuse.
Shen Tingyang was a little disappointed with Zheng Zhilong's proposal. He shook his head and said: "The navy of Hou Jin is easy to deal with. Even the Koreans who surrendered to the enemy, our heroes from the Shachuan Gang can also deal with them. The real trouble is their Eight Banners soldiers! Li Xin only has more than 5,000 men at hand, and he can barely defend Jianghua Island, and he is completely unable to fight back. Mr. Yiguan, can your Lu division fight against the slave thieves?"
Li Xin has been operating on Ganghwa Island for nearly a year. The number of troops on hand has expanded from the initial 3,600 to the current 5,000. He has also built a tower that can not only guard the bay of Ganghwa Island (located in the west of Ganghwa Island), but also protect the king of the Li Dynasty. and Ganghwa City of high officials.
But facing the powerful Eight Banners soldiers, Li Xin can only defend passively at the moment. They were not even able to defend themselves against the enemy outside Ganghwa Island.
This is because the east coast of Ganghwa Island is so close to the west coast of the Korean Peninsula that it is almost connected together. The narrowest point is only more than a hundred steps, and you can cross the strait with a small wooden boat.
After possessing the Eight Banners North Korean Navy, Dorgon's army can freely enter and exit Ganghwa Island. So in the past few months, we have killed Ganghwa Island twice. However, Hou Jin's siege ability was still a bit poor. Even with the homemade Hongyi cannon, there was no way to break through the walls of Ganghwa Island City.
Because Ganghwa Island City is a cannon-proof bastion, and it also has cannons.
Although he was defeated twice, Li Xin was unable to fight back. With the support of Mao Wenlong and the Tianjin Navy, he continued to use waterways to attack the Korean lands controlled by Hou Jin. At the same time, he issued orders to the Korean land that had not yet fallen through the Korean King Li Zhu, allowing the courtiers of the Korean Kingdom to organize forces and launch a counterattack.
However, those North Korean loyalists were no match for Dorgon, and were easily repelled every time they counterattacked.
If he hadn't been worried about Li Xin on Jianghua Island and Mao Wenlong on Liaodong stealing his retreat, Dorgon would have gone south in a big way and pacified the entire dynasty.
But the advantage on the Korean battlefield is undoubtedly on the side of Hou Jin!
"Why can't we fight?" Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "Didn't Long live the people ask the Portuguese to help train the troops? I also asked the Portuguese to help train the troops... There are 2,000 land divisions currently training, and they will be able to form an army soon. ”
In fact, there are not many Portuguese mercenaries in Zhu Youjian's army, and they are not very useful - Zhu Youjian himself has the "Taizu Art of War" series, and the Portuguese are just for training musketry and artillery.
Although the officers of the "Guard Regiment" gradually grew, Zhu Youjian had already asked most of the Portuguese to return to Macau. However, some of them were invited by Zheng Zhilong to Xiamen to help him train Master Lu.
"I don't know what I know," Shen Tingyang shook his head. "The Eight Banners soldiers of the slave thieves are very powerful...except for being defeated twice by Long Live Lord, they have never been defeated in the field!"
"So what?" Zheng Zhilong smiled, "Didn't Li Xin not be able to defeat the slave thieves? Didn't he also get a piece of land on the coast of Korea and become the king? What he can do, we can do too!"
It turns out that Zheng Zhilong is planning to "colonize North Korea"!
In his opinion, North Korea's current situation of life and death is quite good. The Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were fighting in the north and had no time to look south. They took advantage of the opportunity and captured one or two ports in southern Korea as a base for their trade with Japan and North Korea.
Shen Tingyang finally understood the thoughts of this big Fujian pirate. I have to say that Zheng Zhilong's vision is really brilliant!
"The eldest brother is really smart, I admire you!" Shen Tingyang immediately made a decision and said with a smile, "Why don't we two do it together! My family has been trading with the Koreans since the Wanli period, and is familiar with the situation of the eight roads in Korea. , and also has many connections in North Korea’s officialdom.”
Zheng Zhilong nodded with a smile and said: "Brother Ji Ming is willing to join forces, I wish for it! The most important thing now is Long Live Lord! As long as we can pass the hurdle of Long Live Lord, not only can we make a big deal in North Korea, but also Connect all the transactions in Japan, Korea, Liaodong, Dengzhou, Yangtze River Estuary, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, to Annan Kingdom, and even Nanyang... From now on, if our two families join forces, we will not be able to make money in the Southeast Sea. It’s over!”
Hearing Zheng Zhilong mention Long Live Lord, Shen Tingyang frowned again. He had stayed with Zhu Youjian for a while, so of course he knew that Long Live Lord was not fooling him!
Shen Tingyang thought about it and said: "Long live the Lord will arrive in Nanjing tomorrow... His plans for going to Jiangnan this time are very big. Just look at what he did in Huguang! I will go with Eunuch Pang first. Let’s get to the bottom of it, and then we’ll make some plans.”
Zheng Zhilong smiled and took out a gift list and handed it to Shen Tingyang with both hands: "Brother Ji Ming, this is a small gift prepared by me for Lord Long Live. Please help me, Brother Ji Ming, to pass it on to Lord Long Live!"
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Yingtianfu, Jiangbei, at the foot of Laoshan Mountain, on the bank of Chuhe River.
A young man wearing a red arrow jacket was riding along the river bank with several young women in bright colors, followed by a large group of cavalry guards. There are golden rice fields on both sides of the Chu River. Farmers in the Jiangbei area of Yingtianfu are rushing to harvest rice on sunny days. Seeing this team riding through, they just looked up and continued working.
The young man in arrow robe is none other than today's emperor Zhu Youjian. He is now revisiting his old place... The land is still this land, but the legend that happened on this land has not yet begun, and perhaps it never will. The meeting begins!
Zhu Youjian gently reined in the horse, immediately rode across the Chu River, and looked at the old mountains in the distance.
At this time, Widow Xu quietly came up and said in a low voice: "Long live my Lord, I have followed your instructions and bought all the land around Laoshan... and also bought all the land in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture. All the land has been bought!”
"How much land did you buy in Shanghai County?" Zhu You asked.
"One hundred and one hundred thousand acres." Widow Xu said, "The price for the slave is very high. I'm afraid I won't be able to make back my money by collecting rent..."
Zhu Youjian smiled: "It depends on who is asked to collect the rent!"
Widow Xu smiled and said, "Long live the Lord, you want to open a commercial port in Shanghai, right?"
Zhu Youjian turned his head and glanced at the young woman, and said with a smile: "You still know me... What do you think of Shanghai?"
"Of course it's a good place, but it's too far away from Beijing, so it's not easy to manage."
Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "I already have a candidate in mind!"
Widow Xu asked: "Is it Shen Tingyang?"
Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's him! From now on, Tianjin will be in charge of you...Shanghai will be in charge of Shen Tingyang. You two, one in the south and one in the north, manage these two major commercial ports, and I can The wealth is rolling in!"
