After retreating from Jinzhou to the pass, Zu Dashou's troops have been stationed in Beitang, which is east of Tianjin and near the outlet of the Chaohe River.
Not only are there tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, but there are also a number of family members, probably no less than 50,000 in number.
To a certain prince, these people were all dispensable. The only thing was that he could no longer let the prince catch them all.
After finally withdrawing these people from Jinzhou, no matter what, they cannot be enemies again.
A certain prince didn't know how to use Fatty Zhao's trick of drinking wine to release his military power, which would be too cold to the hearts of his subordinates.
Even guys like Xue Chengcai who surrendered can retain their military power and organizational structure, and evacuate all of them to Nanyang Island to live a happy life.
Before Zu Dashou surrendered to Huang Taiji, his merits generally outweighed his faults. After surrendering, he did not repeatedly charge into battle like Wu Sangui.
This guy still has some conscience, but that's the end of it. The military power will not be taken away, but the homeland cannot be left behind.
The multiple-choice question given by a certain new emperor to Zu Dashou was not to go or stay, but to choose one of the three islands of Mindoro, Samar, and Palawan!
Samar Island is the largest in area, Mindoro is the closest to Manila, and Palawan is just in the middle in size and is also in the middle from Manila.
After thinking about it, Zu Dashou finally decided to take his men to Mindoro Island. The island is only one day's flight from Manila and is very convenient for getting supplies from the mainland.
Six thousand five hundred soldiers were organized into the 13th Infantry Brigade of the Fifth Expeditionary Division of the Ming Dynasty and followed Zu Dashou to Nanyang.
There are about 4,000 people left, and many of their family members are old and infirm. They may get hung up on the long journey, so they stay.
Divided into three, they were organized into the three cavalry brigades of the East Palace Guards.
With Zu Kuan, the commander of the first brigade who came from the Zu family, as an example, these Zu Dashou's men did not dare to make any mistakes.
As for the future of going to Nanyang, Zu Dashou was completely indifferent.
The ancestral family has lived outside the customs for generations, and its climate is completely different from that of Nanyang.
However, after reading his resume, Zu Dashou also understood that His Majesty the new emperor was being generous in allowing him to take a large number of subordinates to Nanyang to spend the rest of his life.
In order to appease Zu Dashou and commend him for his many years of guarding Jinzhou, a certain new emperor rewarded him with 10,000 taels of silver and shopping coupons worth 10,000 taels.
He also showed Zu Dashou the letters sent by Xue Chengcai, Wang Guangen, and Hui Dengxiang, as well as the photos taken.
Xue Chengcai knelt down and offered a three-foot-long fish, estimated to weigh more than ten kilograms.
Due to the inconvenience of transportation, we can only use this method to "offer" from a distance.
Wang Guangen held two large coconuts that had just been picked, while Prime Minister Hui Deng showed off his newly built wooden house.
Without exception, the letters expressed endless gratitude to a certain prince. Since these were old letters, the people in Nanyang did not know about proclaiming themselves emperor.
If there were only letters, Zu Dashou might think that these contents were deliberately fabricated by a certain new emperor to deceive him.
But there are a large number of photos as evidence, and the pictures and the truth make Zu Dashou believe it even if he didn't believe it.
The letter also angrily denounced the ignorance and barbarism of the natives on the island. The three people were unforgettable about a certain prince's request to civilize the natives, and were leading their troops to clean up every corner of the island under their jurisdiction...
Zu Dashou not only watched the excitement, but also excerpted the various problems and difficulties he encountered in the local area and the corresponding solutions.
When he leads his troops there, he will surely encounter these difficult things, and he can no longer rely on the imperial court to send troops to help.
The nearest garrison was Zheng Zhilong's in Manila, and he had to decide whether others would respond to his request for help.
Minduluo Island is not too big, but the cultivated land and fishing are enough to support more than 100,000 people.
There was no problem for Zu Dashou's troops and his family to move there and settle there. The recent difficulties were simply the inability to adapt to the local tropical climate.
But even the three former bandits who surrendered can adapt, so Zu Dashou, who was born in the army, has no reason to shout about it.
No matter how hot and uncomfortable it is over there, it's much easier than Jinzhou, which is surrounded by an army of Huangtai Chickens like iron barrels.
A certain new emperor also reminded Zu Dashou that this was not an allotment, first-come, first-served.
For those who went there later, let alone the good places, they couldn’t even find the bad ones.
This is not alarmist. Luzon and Mindanao are islands directly under the imperial court and will not be separated.
Of the remaining islands, Xue Chengcai chose Masbate Island, Wang Guangen settled in Cebu Island, and Prime Minister Hui Deng settled in Bohol Island.
Panay Island and Negros Island were reserved for Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing and have been eliminated from the candidate menu.
After Zu Dashou chose Mindoro Island, the only three islands that were considered large islands were Samar Island, Leyte Island, and Palawan Island.
Further south, there are Borneo and Sulawesi. These two large islands are the territories of the vassal kings. They are overseas vassal states of the Ming Dynasty and are not allowed to be interfered with by others.
If there is still someone who can enjoy this treatment after Zu's birthday, it will be one of three choices.
After the three large islands were selected, even if others wanted to move to the Nanyang area, they could only choose some much smaller islands to settle.
Obtaining a big island means that the island can support a larger population in the future, and more soldiers can be recruited, so that the defender will be more confident.
Anyone who is lucky enough to enjoy this treatment will be given the power to rule the island forever by a certain new emperor!
In other words, generations to come can dominate the island.
Except that you cannot resist the court, you can do whatever you want.
This is a great gift, and everyone will refute it.
For Zu Dashou, trading a mere Jinzhou City for a big island was not a bad deal.
There are many braided soldiers outside Jinzhou. They can't be beaten again and again, so they can only huddle inside the city.
When we arrived on the island in the South China Sea, there were vulnerable natives who could be killed by the soldiers at will.
From now on, the surname of Minduluo Island will be Zu. This is not an exaggeration at all. It was also authorized by a certain new emperor, although this will not be written in the imperial edict.
A certain new emperor would give some advice to the generals who were sent to Nanyang to open up wasteland.
The natives on the island are not enemies at all. What we need to pay attention to is the possible landing operations of the Spanish garrison and its fleet.
The garrison has a small number of troops, two to three hundred at most, and a siege will suffice.
Once you encounter the latter, you must stay away from the beach, otherwise you will be hit by the firepower of thousands of heavy artillery.
As long as they retreat inland and slowly grind with the enemy, the Spaniards' patience will be exhausted and they can wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.
While Zheng Zhilong's main fleet has not been eliminated, it is impossible for the Spanish fleet coming from the mainland to completely clean up every island.
It turns out that the enemies of the Ming Dynasty were Braid and the bandits. Now Braid is still the number one enemy, but the secondary enemy has become the Spanish Huskies!
This guy looks pretty strong, but actually he can't beat the Netherlands in a naval battle, and he can't beat France in a land battle.
But if you are bitten by a husky, you will definitely feel angry, annoyed and regretful.
Therefore, take precautions as much as possible and don't take the initiative to fight hard.
Zu Dashou can choose Minduluo Island as his territory, which is also a good thing for the defense of Luzon Island.
The island is considered the gateway to Luzon Island, and a hundred miles north is Manila Bay.
Even if the Spanish fleet blocks the entrance to Manila Bay, as long as Mindoro Island is not lost, the Ming fleet can use the island as a base to attack the Spanish fleet from the south.
The most worrying thing of a certain prince now is when King Philip will send a fleet to counterattack. Since the intelligence system in Europe has not yet been established, he still relies on the Dutch and French.
The French may strongly support themselves, but the Dutch are just a bunch of bastards and completely unreliable.
Originally, I relied on others to help me. It is considered a prosthetic limb. This prosthetic limb is still a leg.
You can only jump on one leg, so you can imagine the reliability and speed of the intelligence...
Zheng Zhilong deployed no less than a hundred warships in Manila Bay, mainly to threaten and assist in cleaning up the coastal areas of Luzon Island.
This ship simply couldn't defeat the Spanish fleet that came to retaliate, and the main force had already returned to various places in Fujian for repairs.
Zheng Zhilong now also knows the consequences of stirring up a hornet's nest, but as long as he relies on his local base, he is confident that he can win again in the second battle.
Xiamen and Quanzhou are two large bases that can dock thousands of ships.
Fuzhou and Ningde are two small bases with more than a hundred ships stationed there.
In addition, the Relanja base in the south of Dongfan and the chicken coop base in the north have also been repaired and can be used by the fleet.
Last year, Zheng Zhilong's navy received another twenty plywood ships, which are Western-style Galen warships.
In addition to ten heavy guns and ten Folang machines, each battleship is equipped with four missile launchers.
A plywood ship is equipped with at least eight "harpoon" anti-ship missiles, which can be devastating to wooden enemy ships in close combat.
Including the plywood boats launched previously, the total number reached seventy-eight, and they formed the main force of Zheng Zhilong's defense against the Spanish fleet.
But these are no longer the battleships Zheng Zhilong wants most. After seeing the large-scale model of the ironclad ship, Zheng Zhilong became obsessed with it.
The fully iron-clad hull is completely immune to fire and has excellent ballistic resistance.
Steam engines provided the power and propellers drove the boats, eliminating the need for many sails.
These two advantages alone are worth one million taels of silver!
After Zheng Zhilong read his son's letter and model, and remembered the relevant words a certain prince said to him before, he decided to purchase ten ships.
The advance payment of five million taels of silver has been sent to the capital. This is the request of a certain new emperor. Because the construction period is long, Zheng Zhilong is not required to pay the full amount.
Besides, due to the construction period and accounting costs, the price may increase in the future. Zheng Laofi really has to pay the full price, and a certain new emperor is embarrassed to mention the price increase.
The price increase was not just for Zheng Laofi, a local tycoon. Now it is difficult to determine the mass construction cost of ironclad ships. Even if the court purchases it for the navy, it cannot determine the specific price.
If the Spanish fleet sails to the sea off Tianjin now, it will really be blocked by huskies at the door of their house and bitten...
When Zu Dashou led his troops to sail to Nanyang, he encountered a husky. That would be bad luck for him!
"Your Majesty, the information sent from Nandu has arrived!"
"Read it!"
"...This slave dare not read it!"
"It's nothing more than scolding me for forgetting my ancestors and being shameless!"
A certain prince took the letter from Li Jizhou and glanced through it, and he guessed it was almost the same.
Scholars from all over the south of the Yangtze River on different occasions, even when hugging the young lady, did not forget to denounce themselves as the "unfilial son" who suddenly became emperor!
The officials of the imperial court did not say much, but their silence had already made their attitude clear. It was probably difficult to accept the matter of the twin emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
Some people also signed a letter asking Emperor Chongzhen’s father to cancel the “Three Five-Year Agreement” given to Emperor Hao Jing’er!
In other words, the Southern Court agreed to give the Northern Court five million taels of silver and five million stones of polished rice every year within five years.
In fact, a certain father was not happy either, but at that time he could not escape to heaven without signing the contract, so he could only choose to compromise temporarily.
Due to the huge disparity in military strength between father and son, if a certain father dared to openly breach the contract, a certain son would dare to send troops to Nandu to collect money and food for himself!
It doesn't matter whether you are acting rogue or looking for excuses. All in all, a certain father did not dare to directly declare the agreement invalid before his own strength grew.
After a certain father announced the agreement, he never directly expressed his position on it, and he still purchased a large amount of goods from a certain son.
Because the more goods you purchase, the more money you can make.
Excluding the factors of the capital and local vassals, the consumption power of the south is far greater than that of the north.
The consumption level of the wealthy gentry in the Jiangnan area is second to none in the country.
As long as there are novel objects in the capital, they want to get them as soon as possible.
To describe it in one sentence, I can't stop cursing on my lips, but my body can't resist it...
After several games, Chongzhen finally saw clearly the faces and thoughts of this group of people.
Since you can use novel products to satisfy the demands of these people and make a lot of money, why not do it?
Even the Bo Shi trading company jointly opened by Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi could earn profits of more than half a million taels, let alone a certain father who had much greater capital than these two women.
Of the eight corners in the south, Zheng Zhilong only occupies one corner, and of the remaining seven, a certain father's market share is as high as six and a half!
Whether you make more or less depends on your ability. A certain father's money can be considered as earned by his own efforts, so there is nothing wrong with it.
In addition to supporting the two young ladies who made their fortune from scratch, a certain new emperor was sitting on the sidelines.
However, with the self-examination after suffering a loss, a certain father has now learned to compromise and tolerate.
For enemies that cannot be defeated, you can retreat temporarily.
For enemies who can beat them, their internal organs will be beaten into dumpling fillings...
The two or five young men lurking in various places in the south of the Yangtze River were ready to take action again after a certain father drove north.
Especially when I heard that a certain father was imprisoned by a certain prince, I almost burst into joy.
However, to their disappointment, a certain father not only returned to Nandu safely, but also implemented plowing tactics again!
First, the factory guards were asked to arrest those who spread Yao rumors, and then the dogs were pulled out of the sheep's intestines. Tens of thousands of people were implicated.
It's easy to figure it out, just pay the money, otherwise it will be sent to Beidu and handled by a certain emperor.
That means there will be tens of thousands more free miners in the Shandong mine!
Having learned enough lessons from the past, the young men now all behaved honestly.
The last batch of people who were arrested have not been released yet!
The reason why a certain emperor did not increase the price of the goods delivered to a certain father was for the sake of the free miners.
The reason why those young men can cheer for a certain father is not to weaken the imperial power and then find opportunities to stand up.
A certain new emperor can make these guys stand up?
There is only one possibility, and that is grilled salted fish!
One side is already baked and really needs to be turned over!
As long as I am in office for one day, I will make it impossible for you to stand up even if you shout out loud!
