Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 547 Soldiers enter Taiwan
The sea breeze blows the plywood, and Xiamen Island, which was originally like a barracks, now looks like a busy city.

Sun Lin looked up and saw that Zheng Jun got off the warship in groups of three or four, and was greeted by many family members on the shore, with tears and laughter constantly, which looked very touching.

And those bachelors took out their purses without hesitation, showed lewd smiles, loosened their belts as they walked, and headed for the tents hundreds of steps away.

Although not clearly seen, Lang Xiao's female voice and graceful figure could be vaguely heard.

In stark contrast, the sailors in the East China Sea Navy stayed on board. Although they looked envious, they kept themselves safe and did not dare to mess around.

Only those marines who explored the way carefully disembarked from the ship and lined up in a column according to the rules. Fang Fang quickly became like tofu. Although it took a quarter of an hour, they looked like elite soldiers.

In this way, a stark contrast is formed.

Zheng Zhilong stared silently, while Zheng Hongkui (formerly known as Zheng Zhifeng) gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, closing his eyes and unable to speak.

Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhipeng were surprised, turned to look at their elder brother, saw his face was gloomy, his lips were slightly parted, and he wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

"Jingying deserves to be the elite of the world!"

Clapping his palms, Zheng Zhilong said with a smile.

"It was also typed out."

Sun Lin said modestly and proudly: "These soldiers have survived a hundred battles and were taken into the Marine Corps. They are all elites who count as five or ten. Ordinary soldiers can't come."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the messy Xiamen Island again, and said involuntarily, "As for the island, we won't go, we can't get distracted now."

This seems to have a double meaning.

"Big brother-"

Zheng Zhihu is a reckless person with a bad temper, and he can't help it.

"Don't look at his young age, but don't be disturbed by his family background."

Zheng Zhilong stared at Xiamen Island and murmured: "It seems that I won't be staying in Fujian for long..."

Just when these few people were being repaired in Xiamen, there were countless visitors from Fujian civil and military officials, especially after seeing the warships that were no less than the Xiyi people, they kept admiring them.

This time going south, the East China Sea Division dispatched the ten most elite Galen ships at around [-] materials ([-] tons), which can be described as extremely serious.

The troop carrier is a big blessing ship with two thousand materials, five huge ships, although the speed is a little slower, but the capacity is full.

Food is firearms, gunpowder, armor, and the most important red cannon.

That's right, both Santo Domingo in the chicken coop and the city of Zeelandia in the big team need the blessing of artillery.

According to the information of the Spaniards, the two castles of Chicken Coop and Danshui were the bastions they built back then.

What's more, in Dayuan's Zeelandia City, it has been built for decades, which can be described as extremely dangerous.

In history, Zheng Chenggong first surrounded Zelanzhe and went to fight freshwater chicken coops. It took a year, and after the reinforcements were cut off, Zelanzhe surrendered.

Without a few red cannons, the Dutch would not surrender easily.

On the eighth day of February, the army set off on time, and the Ming envoy, who was one step ahead, speeded up to Dayuan and boarded the formidable Zeelandia Castle.

There were only a thousand soldiers in the garrison, but there were more than [-] Han and Tibetan people within a radius of two to three hundred miles of the castle, monopolizing the trading of silk, sugar, tea, deerskin, etc., and accounting for [-]% of the profits of the East India Company.

Therefore, when Zheng Zhilong devoted his attention to the mainland, the Dutch mobilized aggressively and usurped many interests of the Zheng family.

"Surrender? Sell the land?" Governor Felberg jumped up and said angrily, "Back then, Zheng Yiguan allowed us to expand the city in Dayuanxiu. Why do you go back on your word now?"

This also can not help the Dutch angry.

At that time, he sought to build a new trading station in the Penghu Islands, but Zheng Zhilong and the government threatened and lured him, and he only had a promise to develop in Dayuan.

"absurd--"

The Ming envoy was a literati after all. Hearing such a translation, he immediately scolded: "Zheng Zhilong is just a general, how can he decide the home of a country?"

Hearing this, Felberg immediately ordered the secretary at the side to find the peace treaty from that year.

In the end, there was nothing. Zheng Zhilong was famous back then, and it was just a verbal promise, and the Fujian government didn't want to let people talk about it. They didn't say anything about seals, and there was not even a single word of evidence.

"Ming is too shameless."

Felberg cursed secretly, but still said loudly: "Master, you are not from the land of Ming Dynasty. In an unfamiliar place, first come first served. Your country speaks like this, it is really out of aristocratic demeanor. Could it be that you want to be a thief?" ?”

"Nonsense, Dayuan has been the territory of Ming Dynasty since ancient times."

The Ming envoy said without fear: "This place was originally under the jurisdiction of the Penghu inspection department. How can we deny it now that it has been taken back?"

As he spoke, he quoted scriptures, from Wei Wen in the Three Kingdoms period to the pioneering of the common people in the reign of Chongzhen and Tianqi, and finally echoed from beginning to end:

"Since ancient times, the great official has been the land of our Ming Dynasty, and there is no way to deny it."

Felberg was so choked that he couldn't speak, and rolled his eyes helplessly.

He sort of understood that this wise man is just like them, what has been going on since ancient times, what history is just a reason.

"I'm going to report it to Batavia, I can't decide this matter."

"Your Excellency, you only have two days. Once the two days pass, our Ming army will arrive at Zeelandia."

"What, the army?" Felberg was furious, his beard trembling: "Your extermination of pirates is fake, but the real intention is the city of Zeelandia?"

The envoy quickly denied it.

After he left, the whole of Zelanzhe fell into a panic. Everyone was afraid of Zheng Zhilong, and they didn't even want to fight against the behemoth Daming.

The East India Company was here to do business, not to fight wars.

However, Felberg had other ideas: "The Spaniards went to Beijing, presumably because of them, smart people will go south."

"Gentlemen, although Daming is indeed huge, the company's interests in the senior staff cannot be easily discarded. This is the meeting point between Daming, Japan, and Batavia, and it must not be let go."

"I admit that they have a large number of people at sea, but this is a castle, Zeelandia, and they don't have such artillery."

"You are right, Your Excellency 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.

"That's up to God!"

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 property of the East India Company."

Two days passed quickly, Zeelandia chose to refuse.

As soon as the Ming army landed, they immediately showed the strength of the Zheng family, almost embracing each other warmly.

Therefore, under this castle, the huge Ming army surrounded it layer by layer.

Daming and the Dutch started the first real confrontation in history.

(End of this chapter)