The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 725 Sea Empire
Zhu Linming then ordered: "Transport the sugar cane and rice to Yangzhou Prefecture and hand them over to Zhang Canghai for deployment. The cash will be directly transported to Muyang as military supplies."

Zheng Chenggong bowed in response, "Yes."

Then he remembered something again, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the red barbarians in Dongfan did not resist the mortar bombardment, went out of the city to beg for surrender, and withdrew the guards from Jilong Mountain. According to your Majesty's previous instructions, I agreed to let them return to Pakistan." Davia."

The chicken cages in the northern part of Dongfan were much weaker than Zeelandia's defensive force. Bertman knew that Zeelandia would not be able to defend them, and the chicken coops were given for free, so he simply "given" them to the Ming Dynasty as a negotiation condition.

Zheng Chenggong continued: "It's just that most of Hongyi's ships were damaged in naval battles. Nearly two thousand Yi people want to leave, but they have to mobilize many ships to transport them..."

Zhu Lin was overjoyed, "It's not difficult, let Batavia send a boat to pick it up, where do we have a free boat to do this? Ah, by the way, before their boat arrives, all of these people's food, clothing, and housing will be covered." They pay for it themselves."

Zheng Chenggong was stunned, "Your Majesty, according to the Yi people, it will take at least two months from Batavia to Dongfan City. The property in Dongfan City has been counted and put into storage by the navy, and the Yi people may not be able to take out the money. "

"Then let them work to pay for their meals."

Zhu Linming knows that the Helan people have been operating in Taiwan for a long time, and they are very familiar with the conditions on the island. "Hiring" these "skilled workers" to develop Taiwan will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

He continued: "The tens of thousands of bandit troops who captured Doduo before were also sent to the east to reclaim land, log, and mine. That is a treasure land, and it must not be wasted."

Taiwan has fertile land, rich forestry resources, and there is also a kind of mineral deposit that Ming Dynasty lacks most-copper.And the nearly [-] captives of the Qing army are all strong and strong, and they don't need to pay wages, so they are most suitable for coolies.

Helan's manpower is too small, guarding this treasure land for decades, only using it as a trade transfer station, without proper development, it is a waste of money.

Zhu Linmei estimates that as long as the business is done properly, even Taiwan alone can solve half of the copper mine consumption in Ming Dynasty.In addition, rice is an important strategic material, and sugarcane, buckskin, and timber can bring at least five to six million taels of income every year.

Just as he was talking, Shi Lin reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Li Guangchun, the Minister of Rites, has come and said he has something to see."

The sailor's affairs were roughly finished, so Zhu Linming asked Zheng Chenggong to execute as quickly as he had just said, and asked Shi Lin to bring Li Guangchun in.

Not only Li Guangchun was following Shi Lin, but also Chen Que, the new Minister of Commerce.

After the two had met Li, Zhu Linmei asked in confusion, "What's the big deal that made you chase to the front line?"

Li Guangchun bowed and said: "Return to Your Majesty. A few days ago, Special Envoys of Sebayat, Moreno, and Special Envoys of Franji, Caslo, entered Nanjing to have an audience. It coincided with His Majesty's personal visit, so the two handed over the letter of credence to the Ministry of Rites. Xu Butang talked for a long time.

"Although the barbarians didn't say it clearly, the Lord of the Ministry listened to what they said, and he was very concerned about my navy's recovery of Dongfan. The Lord of the Ministry was worried that the barbarians might be detrimental to Ming Dynasty, so he specially asked his subordinates to report play."

Then he said some details of the conversation, which Zhu Linming immediately understood.

The Helan Fleet was wiped out in the Taiwan Strait, and the power of the Daming Navy was shown to Westerners for the first time.

Although the Helan still has a fleet in the Batavia Fleet, the main battleship, the Dodrechet, etc., were all lost to Da Yuan. At this time, even the Manila Fleet was unable to deal with it.

So now the Daming Navy has become the most powerful sea force in Asia!

In addition, the loss of Taiwan by the Helan people made the Spaniards and Portuguese sad. They were afraid that Ming would have any thoughts about their colonies in the Far East, so they hurriedly sent people to Nanjing to find out.

Zhu Linmei smiled inwardly, the Spaniards occupying the Philippines, and the Portuguese occupying India's Goa, both are good places.

However, at present, the main force of Ming Dynasty's overseas colonization is concentrated in Australia, where there are "no one manages" resources and land everywhere, and it is very rare to be able to digest the resources of this continent in a short period of time.

In addition, South and North America are also very rich in resources. Rather than fighting hard against Spain and Portugal, it is better to go to the Americas first.

On the contrary, the Helan people in Batavia need to be vigilant. They will not be reconciled to losing Taiwan's fat, and they will inevitably make trouble for Ming at sea in the future.

If Spain and Portugal hook up with the Helan people because of their fear of Ming, the waters near Daming will definitely be difficult to calm down, which will be extremely detrimental to Zhu Linmi's overseas trade plans.

Of course, he will not allow Western forces to stay in places such as the Philippines, which are close at hand, but that is a mid-to-long-term strategy.

When Daming's overseas power is stabilized and the fleet is stronger, he may have ways to move the Spanish and Portuguese, but right now he should focus on stabilizing them.

So he said to Li Guangchun and the others: "I know about this matter. After you go back, inform Xu Erlu and Huang Zongxi, and ask them to come forward and assure the barbarians in those two countries that Daming will not touch their territory in the Far East. But The two countries must be consistent with Ming and put pressure on the Helan people in Batavia.

"It's best to use this as an opportunity to re-sign the trade agreement with the two countries and strive for conditions that are beneficial to us."

The Spaniards have been fighting with the Helan people in Europe for decades, and they are still at a disadvantage at this time. Zhu Linming is [-]% sure that they will be happy to join hands with Daming to make things worse for the Helan people.

As for the Portuguese, they have also been bullied by the Helan people for a long time. If they can destroy the Batavia fleet, their trade volume in Asia will increase significantly, and most of them will not refuse.

Li Guangchun and Chen Que hurriedly bowed to each other and said, "Minister, take the order."

The two were about to leave, when Zhu Linmei stopped Chen Que again, "By the way, the navy seized a lot of ships and supplies from Dongfan. These things were all given to the ocean-going caravan as shares in the imperial court.

"The Helan people's shipbuilding skills are good, and armed merchant ships can be used directly. You can sell the goods where the price is high.

"However, don't go to Japan recently, there will be chaos there, and trade more in Nanyang.

"In addition, send someone to find out the route to Europa as soon as possible. Ah, there may be people familiar with this matter among Hongyi's prisoners. The Ministry of Commerce can pick it at will."

"Sir, lead the order."

When the two people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Commerce returned to Nanjing, the special envoys of Spain and Portugal soon returned home happily, and at the same time signed a trade agreement with Daming to exclude the Helan people in Asia, with a posture of overthrowing the wall.

The eight armed merchant ships captured in the Dayuan naval battle subsequently joined the Daming Ocean Caravan after simple repairs.So far, the ocean-going caravan has a total of [-] large and small merchant ships, with a total tonnage of nearly [-] tons, making it the most powerful maritime caravan in Asia.

It's just that there are so many Galen sailing ships suddenly added, but the caravan doesn't have enough sailors to control them.

The money of sailors who can control Galen boats tripled in a row, and there was an upsurge of learning how to sail a boat among the people.

Seeing the situation, the Ministry of Commerce had to build a new shipping school in Ningbo to step up the training of sailing talents.

There are many similarities between merchant ships and warships in the seventeenth century, and civilian sailors can quickly be supplemented by sailors in battle.

The continuous heating up of maritime trade has played a very positive role in promoting Daming's maritime strategy.Starting from the victory of the great officials, Da Ming has truly entered a period of rapid ascension as a maritime empire.

(End of this chapter)