Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 244 Restoration of the Old Hong Kong Inheritance Department
"Go back and tell Cohen, see you on the battlefield!"

Half a month after Zhu Youjian met the Su Nang envoy, Huang Long said the same sentence to the Dutch envoy in the palace of Boni Kingdom.

"You will regret it!"

"If you are willing to negotiate a peace now, we can take out [-] taels of silver to apologize for disturbing your country's coast before."

Nanyang is still scorching hot in the winter moon, and the Dutch envoys are also trying their best to persuade Huang Long, but Huang Long doesn't want to waste any more words with him, so he just waved his hands and said:
"Fork out!"

"No...you can't do this, you'll regret it..."

The Dutch envoy who was forked out was still shouting, but in the next second he was hit on the face by the Ming army with a scabbard. A few yellow teeth flew out with blood and saliva, and landed on the floor tiles of Boni Palace. ...

Such a scene made Abdul Jari Ruaba, the Sultan of Boni Kingdom, who had been threatened by Xiyi all the year round, swallow his saliva.

He turned his head to look at Huang Long, who was wearing armor in the hall, sitting on a chair with a big horse and a golden sword, and Li Dan, who was sitting next to him. He didn't know what he should say for a while.

The relationship between Boni Kingdom and Daming is very deep, and it can be said that they are Nanyang loyal vassals.

Since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to thank the "emperor's great grace" and express his loyalty, Boni went to Manaragana to bring his relatives and accompanying officials to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute in the sixth year of Yongle.

Manaraja became the first overseas vassal king to visit the Ming Dynasty, so he was grandly received by Zhu Di and received a lot of precious gifts.

It's a pity that Manarakana died of a serious illness before he was ready to lead the delegation back to China.

But before his death, he left a will, hoping to "buy China with his body".

Zhu Di, who also learned of Manarakana's death, was also very sad. Not only did he quit court for three days, but he also pursued his posthumous posthumous title of "Gong Shun", and followed Manarakana's last wish, and buried his body in Nanjing Cheng'an according to Ming etiquette. Shizigang outside Demen.

As a result, Manarakana became the first Nanyang king buried in the Central Plains in Ming Dynasty.

Afterwards, his descendants also respected Daming. Zheng He made several voyages to the West, and Boni Kingdom was responsible for a large number of supplies.

Similarly, when Ru Aba met Li Dan's people a few months ago and learned that Ming was going to recover Nanyang, Ru Aba directly rejected the money brought by the Ming envoy, and bluntly said that he would provide Daming with free supplies.

However, Brunei, with a population of only about [-], wanted to provide supplies for the Ming army with more than [-] soldiers and civilians. It was really too difficult for them.

"Your Highness, how are the supplies and fresh water prepared? When will they be ready?"

Suddenly, when Lu Aba fell into memory, Huang Long opened his mouth to wake him up, and after he was stunned for a while, he also hurriedly responded:
"This...the army needs a lot of food, fodder and fresh water. Please give the small country another ten days from the governor. After ten days, we can gather [-] shi of army rations and [-] shi of fresh water and vegetables."

"Boni Elementary School, I'm really sorry for making Your Highness spend so much time..." Seeing what Lu Aba said, Huang Long also felt a little bit sorry.

It's just that Lu Aba didn't think there was anything wrong, because since the Ming Dynasty landed in Boni a month ago, Huanglong immediately captured the Xiyi of various countries in Boni, and wiped out more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Xiyi. This allowed Boni to live a peaceful life.

The country of Boni is small and sparsely populated, with more than [-] people, but only cultivated more than [-] mu of land, so it can only sell a small amount of food while satisfying itself.

With such a size, the annual land tax is only tens of thousands of stones, so it is destined not to raise too many soldiers and horses.

If the Ming Dynasty completely empties Nanyang this time, Boni Kingdom will be able to settle down.

Thinking of this, Ruaba only felt that what he did was worthwhile, and he didn't feel that he was at a loss.

Especially in the current situation in Nanyang, his approach is absolutely correct, unlike other stupid countries...

Thinking of this, Ruaba also said:
"Commander, those who went to Java, Malacca, and Sumatra have returned,"

"It's just..." Ru Aba was a little cautious, this behavior made Huang Long realize that something was wrong, and what Ru Aba said afterwards also confirmed his conjecture:

"Mataram in Java, Aceh in Sumatra, Johor in Malay, Pattani, Kedah, Terengganu, Kelantan and more than a dozen countries, hundreds of states did not pay attention to the news of the arrival of the heavenly soldiers. "

"Only Sulu, the neighboring country of the small country, still does not forget Ming Dynasty and is willing to supply the heavenly soldiers together with the small country."

As soon as Ruaba's words came out, Huanglong also sighed in his heart.

After nearly two hundred years of vicissitudes, many former Nanyang loyal vassals have been wiped out, and now only three countries, Siam, Boni and Sulu, can supply the Ming Dynasty.

but……

"How about Siam and Gan Bozhi (Cambodia)?" Huang Long turned his head to look at Li Dan, and Li Dan also sat upright and said:
"The King of Siam and King Ganbozhi are both willing to obey my orders from Ming Dynasty, and are already preparing troops and horses for the expedition."

"Siam sent four thousand troops, three hundred war elephants, and fifty thousand stones of fodder."

"Gan Bozhi dispatched three thousand troops, one hundred war elephants, and thirty thousand stones of fodder."

For Nanyang, Ming's control may be weak, but for Southeast Asia, Ming's deterrence still exists.

Both Siam and Gan Bozhi are willing to cooperate in sending troops, and the reason is relatively simple, that is, the two countries have also been invaded and attacked by Europeans.

Therefore, when Ming Dynasty sends troops now, they are also willing to completely expel the Europeans from Nanyang, which is why they have made such great efforts.

Huang Long also understood the thoughts of the two countries, but he didn't care.

Zhu Youjian's letter to him made it very clear that he was still willing to pay tribute to Daming, and the country that obeyed Daming's discipline would continue as usual.

Countries that are unwilling to pay tribute to Ming Dynasty and obey the discipline of Ming Dynasty have only the status of bandits.

It's all right now, except for Boni and Sulu, all other countries in Nanyang are thieves.

After knowing the enemy and ourselves, Huang Long can give it a go.

During the month of rest in Boni Country, he didn't do nothing.

First of all, apart from Sulu and Boni, there are other large and small states and small countries on Borneo, and these countries have no awe of Ming Dynasty at all.

Therefore, within a month, the six guards and horses who went out for the expedition have already wiped out the Tubang who refused to pay tribute along the coastline of Borneo, and the things they have gained are also very rich.

Nanyang is richer than what Zhu Youjian said to Huanglong. Huanglong has harvested more than [-] mu of cultivated land just by eliminating some native states on the south and east coasts of Borneo.

This is only a part, more land states exist in the inland areas of Borneo, but Huanglong is not going to continue to clean up.

He has already acquired the coastal city-states, and he will have to fight a protracted war further inland.

What he has to do now is continue to go south to deal with the bandits and Xiyi in Java, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula.

After solving them and relocating the people, it is time to use troops against the inland states.

Thinking of this, Huang Long looked at Lu Aba, bowed and said:
"Your Highness, many coastal states in the Poro Land have been wiped out by my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. People of the Ming Dynasty will come to live in these places in the future."

"But don't worry, Your Highness. Bo Ni and Su Lu are still living as before, and we will not disturb the two countries."

"Where is the governor, I am also a citizen of Long Live. If the people of Ming Dynasty want to come to the small country, the small country will never stop it." Lu Aba can understand that Daming is much more particular than Xiyi and Nanyang.

After Huanglong cleaned up Xiyi, he never intervened in Boni's internal affairs, which instead gave Lu Aba a taste of truly controlling the country.

What's more, with the strength of the Ming army, it would only take a few days to take down Boni, so Ru Aba saw it clearly.

It has nothing to do with him whether the Ming army is the same on the outside, because he doesn't have the strength to resist.

Rather than thinking so much, it is better to believe in the Ming army.

Da Ming is benevolent and he can continue to be the king, but Da Ming has no choice but to lie flat when he becomes ambitious.

It has to be said that Ruaba is very smart, and Huanglong really has no intention of destroying them.

After all, the Ming army only had more than [-] people. It is impossible to kill millions of people in Nanyang, right?

What are the benefits of sabotage to the Ming army?There was nowhere to find supplies.

Now it's hard to find two stable regimes willing to provide supplies for them, and they are so obedient, Huang Long can't wait to help them secure their positions.

The more stable they are, the easier it will be for the Ming expedition to Java and Sumatra.

Therefore, Huang Long didn't have the heart to stay in Boni, but continued to say:

"The situation in Poro has stabilized now, and I will lead the troops to continue going south in a few days to recover Old Port, Java and other places for Ming Dynasty."

"Will the governor not rest for a few more days?" Ru Aba felt guilty when he heard that Huanglong was leaving.

If Huanglong led his troops away, some nobles of Boni Kingdom might start to embarrass him again.

"Your Highness, don't worry, Xiyi and the bandits are just clowns, and they will be able to put down the rebellion in at least three months."

Huang Long was full of confidence, and Ru Aba breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Huang Long's words.

"Your Highness, I will retreat first."

While talking, Huang Long and Li Dan got up, signaling to leave, and Ru Aba also got up quickly, and after sending them out of the palace, he still stood at the door and watched them go away with some reluctance.

But when they walked out, Li Dan also said to Huang Long:
"In this way, our army is going to go to war with the whole Nanyang."

"It's just a fight, it's just a group of chickens and tile dogs." Huanglong's expression was as usual, and he didn't pay much attention to the many countries in Nanyang at this time.

Li Ruolian from Beizhen Fusi has already figured out the foundation of Nanyang. Except for the colonial armies of European countries, the rest of the countries have very little artillery or firecrackers.

For example, Aceh, the most powerful country in Nanyang, has [-] to [-] soldiers, but it does not have a hundred artillery pieces, and only two to three thousand firecrackers.

With such firepower, it is ridiculous to want to compete with the navy's thousands of artillery pieces and [-] rifles.

Now Huanglong only cares about one opponent, and that is Batavia's red-haired barbarians...

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"boom--"

"Crazy! These Ming people are really crazy!"

Ten days later, when Huanglong was preparing to lead the navy southward, the envoys to Boni returned to Batavia.

When he told the original words of Huang Long to everyone in the Dutch East India Company, some members of the temper tantrum immediately slammed their fists on the discussion table, stood up and roared to vent their repressed emotions.

Sunlight poured into the parliament hall on the second floor from the balcony. On the long U-shaped table, many councilors also had ugly faces, while the governor sitting at the main seat, Jane Peterszorn Cohen, was even more silent.

For Cohen, who was called the "genocide" by later generations, the pressure on him from the Ming Dynasty did not start with Huanglong's conquest of Nanyang, but from an earlier time.

Since the Ming army and the company's ships broke out in the Penghu naval battle and banned all merchants from trading with Europeans, Cohen's emotions became depressed.

Unlike the "sea coachman" who was considered by later generations, the Netherlands at this moment is still under Spanish colonial rule.

In order to gain independence, the Netherlands and Spain have been at war since 1568, and it has been fifty-six years.

But so far, the Netherlands has still not achieved independence, and because of this, the Netherlands, which wants to participate in trade, can only establish the Dutch East India Company in order to protect merchant ships.

This so-called company is actually just a fig leaf for the Netherlands, in order to prevent merchant ships from being bombarded by Spanish warships.

It is precisely because the country is in war that the main role of the Dutch East India Company is to trade to earn money and food, and to support the Netherlands in winning the War of Independence.

But now an embarrassing situation has emerged. Ming Dynasty completely banned trade with Spain, Britain, France, Holland and other countries. Only Portugal has obtained the qualification to trade in Nangang Huangdian.

This is equivalent to the fact that the Dutch East India Company lost the purchase channels for many luxury goods such as tea, silk, brown sugar, and porcelain.

Without these things, the east-west trade can only be maintained with spices, and the income from spices for a year is simply not enough to maintain the Dutch army fighting the Spanish army at home.

Attack Ming...

This may be the silliest thing Cohen has done since his administration.

Now this incident not only affects the company's earnings, it will bring them war.

The Spaniards in Manila have already been defeated and are preparing to completely withdraw from the Nanyang region and negotiate peace with Ming Dynasty.

The Portuguese are still on the sidelines. If Ming beats the Netherlands, they will give up Malacca without hesitation.

As for the British and French, their troops and warships were pitifully small, and they didn't have the guts to go to war with Ming. They just wanted to exchange their colonies for a trade opportunity after Ming conquered Nanyang.

So, now all the governors of the East India Company are watching what Cohen will do.

Is it a fight?Or surrender?
This is not only a question that the governors of other countries are thinking about, but also what all members of the Dutch East India Company are thinking about.

They turned their attention to Cohen, and Cohen, who was cruel in the past, was also caught in a tangle at the moment.

In order to make a decision, he looked at the returning messenger and said:

"Theon, are you sure they have more than [-] soldiers? How many warships?"

As soon as Cohen spoke, everyone looked at Theon, and Theon replied sadly:
"I didn't see all the soldiers and warships of the Ming army. When I got there, their soldiers and warships were carrying out operations around the island to encircle and suppress some native states."

"But judging from the warships and soldiers they stayed in the port, their main warship is at least [-] tons, with hundreds of artillery pieces, and there are quite a few of them."

"In addition to these, they also have hundreds of warships and some troop carriers of more than [-] tons."

"The number of soldiers left behind is at least more than [-]. All of them wear armor, there are also some cavalry and a large number of musketeers."

"Hiss..." Hearing Theon's introduction, all the councilors took a deep breath.

You must know that even the current Dutch East India Company has less than [-] employees in Nanyang, and only more than [-] soldiers.

This is just the number of people, not to mention other warships and artillery, which are completely incomparable with this Ming expedition fleet.

If the two sides go to war, I am afraid that the company's fleet will all sink to the bottom of the sea within a few days, and without the right to control the sea, it is only a matter of time before Batavia falls.

Even if Huanglong gave them time and wrote to India for help, there were only a dozen soldiers and warships in India, more than a thousand people.

With such a small number of people, the result of participating in the war was that all Dutch soldier fleets east of the Arabian Sea were annihilated.

Therefore, even some congressmen who were furious before, all calmed down at the moment, and offered suggestions:
"Is it possible to propose surrender?"

"The warships of the Ming people have already arrived in Nanyang. Is it useful to surrender now?" Cohen frowned and asked the congressman who raised the question, which made everyone speechless.

Yes, other people have found their way to the door. If you admit defeat at this time, can they agree?
No matter what, why don't I beat you up first?

This is what Huanglong really thinks, and the compensation given by Cohen and the others is outrageously low.

Thirty thousand taels...

Those who didn't know thought it was sending beggars.

The six guards and horses who set out on the expedition spent [-] taels of silver just for pulling out silver. Cohen wanted to use [-] taels of silver to calm Huanglong's anger, but he didn't want Huanglong to become even more angry when he heard the compensation amount of [-] taels.

In Huanglong's view, this amount is like humiliating people.

He didn't want to fight at first, but after hearing the amount, Huang Long became more determined to fight them.

After all, King Qi has already said that he has the final say on where to fight and how long to fight.

Thinking about it this way, Huang Long couldn't hold back anymore.

It's just that Cohen and the others didn't know it at all, and they thought it was too much. From Huanglong's point of view, it was like dismissing beggars.

If he knew that the amount he set made Huang Long so angry, he might regret hitting himself.

It's just that it's too late to say anything now, a group of them are frightened, and at the same time gather soldiers, armed merchant ships, and warships scattered around.

But they also know that facing the suffocating fleet of Ming Dynasty, all their efforts will be in vain...

Cohen fell into helpless despair, but compared to their despair, some people laughed happily...

"it is good!"

At the same time, in the Qianqing Palace in the capital thousands of miles away, Zhu Youxiao was holding a memorial and laughing happily.

In the palace, Zhang Yan, who was holding the crown prince Zhu Ciran, glanced at Zhu Youxiao curiously: "Why is Long Live so happy?"

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao came back to his senses, glanced at Zhang Yan, then raised the memorial in Yang's hand and said:

"This is a memorandum sent by Shen Tingyang, deputy director of the Ryukyu Prefecture Shipbuilding Department. It mainly talks about the number of acres after Luzon was conquered."

"Didn't Uncle Wu say earlier that there should be [-] to [-] mu of farmland in Luzon? I'm afraid it's more than that?" Zhang Yan is very smart, and she can see the reason for Zhu Youxiao's happiness at a glance.

Seeing that she saw it, Zhu Youxiao also responded with a smile:
"Hehe, the number of acres in Luzon is indeed more than my brother estimated."

"There are many islands in the north and south, with a total of [-] mu of land. There are more than [-] households of overseas Chinese in Daming, more than [-] people, and more than [-] overseas natives."

"I didn't expect that, my brother also had a day when he miscalculated."

Zhu Youxiao was laughing, not only because Luzon had so much arable land, but more importantly, he also saw his brother's embarrassing side.

However, he smiled and continued to explain to Zhang Yan with the memorandum:

"My younger brother also prepared a gold mine for Ran'er as a first-year gift. When my younger brother returns from the expedition, you will be Ran'er's mother. Thank you brother."

"It's natural..." Zhang Yan laughed happily when she heard Zhu Youjian's handwriting.

But when he was laughing, Zhu Youxiao looked down at the memorial again, and then said with a smile:
"This Shen Tingyang has already organized [-] people who have just arrived in Ryukyu from Fujian by boat to go to Luzon."

"Zou Shuli, he plans to move [-] people there in one go, according to what my younger brother said earlier."

"Three hundred thousand?" Zhang Yan was a little surprised, put down Zhu Ciran and asked puzzledly:

"If [-] people are relocated there, plus the more than [-] people there, wouldn't each person only have one acre of land?"

"That's not true. In the memorial, Shen Tingyang said that he had found other things for the overseas natives to do, but he didn't say what it was." Zhu Youxiao explained with a smile, and continued:

"In the military order given to him by my younger brother, he was asked to relocate people with two acres of land per person, and then buy food from Siam, Ganbozhi and other countries to supply Luzon."

"But if you think about it carefully, you don't need to buy too much food. After all, many of them can move to the Poro in the south first."

"Huanglong has been out of the Poro for more than a month, and it is estimated that he has taken down other lands above the Poro who are not willing to accept the king."

"Relocating people to Nanyang is a major event, time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is estimated that the speed of people's migration cannot keep up with Huanglong's speed of conquering Nanyang."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao sighed:
"It's really a vicissitudes of life. When the Sanbao eunuch went to Nanyang, there were only a few thousand acres of land in Luzon. In just a few years, the local natives have reclaimed nearly [-] acres."

"According to my younger brother's calculation, it is estimated that Nanyang's original one to two million mu of land can be doubled."

"With fields, it's easier to relocate people."

As Zhu Youxiao talked, he became more and more interested in Nanyang, but his interest in Monan and Mobei began to decrease a lot.

Before conquering Luzon, because of the example of the Ryukyu Prefecture, Zhu Youxiao had always been somewhat resistant.

He believes that Nanyang is estimated to be the same place as Ryukyu Prefecture, and the people need to be relocated to reclaim the fields for three years.

As a result, it now appears that it only needs to spend more than one million taels of grain and fodder, which is enough to fill the shortfall of the migrant population going to Nanyang.

After three years, when the people stabilized, they would be self-sufficient, and then feed back to Ming Dynasty.

In this way, it won't take many years for Nanyang to become Daming's pocketbook.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao immediately said to Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies at the door:
"The decree is to transfer another [-] taels of silver from the internal funds to Shen Tingyang of the Ryukyu Mansion, so that he can properly handle the affairs of Nanyang."

"In addition, set up the old port to announce the government secretary, Shen Tingyang was promoted to the old port governor, set up the Luzon mansion and the Poro mansion in the old port, and the other mansions will be discussed after the Huanglong defeats them."

"As for the matter of Hexi, let's also bring up the Hexi Corridor to the west of the Yellow River as the Hexi Province, set up the Hexi Chengxuan Political Department, and appoint Mei Zhihuan as the Hexi Chief Envoy."

"After the land of Hetao was recovered, it was under the control of Shaanxi, and its prefectures and counties were named by King Qi."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Zhu Ciran who was sitting on the couch in a daze, walked over and patted his head:

"Ran'er, your fifth uncle gave you a gold mine..."

(End of this chapter)