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first day of november

Zheng Zhilong, Li Zicheng and many other generals stood on the watchtower in Orange City, watching the soldiers coming and going to deliver supplies.

What they transported to the city was the first batch of supplies that Maren sent to redeem the people.

"This red-haired devil is really rich, where did he get so much silver?" Li Zicheng sighed.

The first shipment was 100 million taels of silver, and there will be another 100 million taels to follow.At Zheng Zhilong's strong request, the rest was replaced with rice, totaling 150 million shi.

"General Li doesn't know something. Let alone Japan, there are countless silver. There is a mountain of silver in the island. It seems like it can't be dug. I have seen it once. At that time, the whole boat will be pulled out."

Zheng Zhilong looked into the distance, as if recalling the glorious years with Li Dan.

"It would be great if Japan belonged to our Ming Dynasty."

"Hahaha! General Li was joking, the Tokugawa family is still very strong." Zheng Zhilong laughed upon hearing this.Although Japan is small in size, its strength is still very strong.

Li Zicheng didn't speak again.

Is it strong?Take a look at the Liaodong battlefield, and you will know what is really strong!

From Li Zicheng's point of view, he couldn't think of anyone else who could create sharper weapons and equipment than the current soldiers in the Beijing camp.

Zheng Zhilong reported the results of the negotiation to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian agreed with this, and driving away the Dutch was the first step in taking back Taiwan.

At this time, in addition to the Dutch, there are also Spaniards in northern Taiwan who are dominating Taiwan.

The Dutch controlled the Chianan Plain and the Pingtung Plain, while the Spaniards controlled the Taipei Basin and the Yilan Plain.

You have one end, and I have one end.independent of each other.

In the sixth year of Tianqi, the Spaniards attacked Taiwan and first landed in Keelung to establish a stronghold.At that time, it was the time when the slaves were rebelling, and the court had no time to pay attention.Therefore, the Spaniard's attack went smoothly without encountering any decent resistance.

At the entrance of Keelung Harbor, they found a small island suitable for defense and named it Santissima-Trinidad.A bastion fortress was built on it.

In the second year of Chongzhen, they established a second fortress in Tamsui, Fort Santo Domingo.

Their soldiers and missionaries also started from the fortress of Santo Domingo and followed the Danshui River deep inland.While preaching to the indigenous tribes, he tried to expand his sphere of influence.

In their view, by occupying the northern part of Taiwan, they can establish a large-scale territory with Danshui as the center.Then control the route from Japan to the southeast coast, not only can obtain silver from Japan, but also obtain goods such as porcelain and silk from the Ming Dynasty that can be sold at high prices in the international market.

And the northern part of Taiwan they occupy is closer to Japan, and trade will be more prosperous.It can even replace Manila as the main trading partner of the Viceroyalty of the Americas.

At the beginning, it was exactly as they thought. In just one port of Keelung, dozens of foreign ships docked every day.But the good times didn't last long. Zheng Zhilong appeared on the southeast coast. Under the banner of doing business, he grabbed the opportunity when he saw the opportunity, so they had to invest more armed forces.

Originally, Zheng Zhilong was annoying enough, but later Liu Xiang appeared, who often stopped him on the way to and from Japan and asked for tolls.

Not only that, they soon discovered other problems, the food production was not enough, and they had to be transported from Manila.Furthermore, the natives are difficult to control.But even so, they still did not allow more Ming Dynasty refugees, Luzon people or Japanese to open up new territories.

Even though there is only a small population, they fantasize about relying on this single economic model to support the economic development of a region.It's just a dream.On the surface, although it seems to occupy a large area of ​​northern Taiwan, it is actually engaged in loss-making business.

Not only that, they also forcibly confiscated Taiwanese buckskins, which can be sold at high prices in Europe, and often forcibly drove Gaoshan tribes into the deep mountains to collect sulfur for them, resulting in countless deaths.When the Gaoshan aborigines resisted a little, they carried out a bloody massacre of the aborigines.As a result, people's grievances are getting bigger and bigger, and the opposition is getting stronger and stronger.

Now that the Dutch are all running away, they simply hug the grass and beat the rabbits, and get rid of the Spaniards together.

"Let the Frankies leave Taiwan and fight if they don't leave!"

Zhu Youjian issued another order.

Zheng Zhilong was not surprised after hearing this. The Dutch were all gone, so he still cared about the Frankies.

"General Li, Your Majesty ordered us to attack Keelung in the north of Taiwan. I am afraid that we will need the help of the general." After taking the order, Zheng Zhilong went directly to Li Zicheng and asked for his help.

"Zheng Bing is serious. His Majesty said when he came, let me cooperate with Zheng Zongbing in all actions!"

"Okay! Then let's rest for a few days and make an attack plan. We will start after my two brothers come back."

With the help of Li Zicheng, Zheng Zhilong is very confident in attacking Spain, but if he wants to capture Spain, he has to consider another force.

belly kingdom

If you want to get through the land route, you must not bypass the Big Belly Kingdom.

This is a cross-ethnic quasi-kingdom composed of five races: Babura, Maowudao, Bazehai, Hongya, and Daucas. The current monarch is Alami, which the aborigines call Lord of the day.

Zheng Zhilong didn't intend to conflict with him for the time being, so he sent Zheng Qiu, a brother from the clan, to Dadu with an acquaintance who knew the dialect, and met Alami.He told Alami about his plan.

Alami hesitated, saying that he could not make the decision and let his mother make the decision.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong didn't know that the social structure in Dadu was matriarchal, and Dadu Wang himself was not the same as the "monarch" in the feudal centralized system, with few followers and no power of life and death.He is more in charge of functions such as distributing prey, mediating clan disputes, and presiding over sacrificial ceremonies.So it's normal for him to be unable to take charge of such a major event.

After a while, Alami's mother came out. She was an old lady with gray beard and hair, and she looked very dignified.

"I have only one request, we can let you pass, but you can't disturb our lives."

"Our chief soldier said that we will never disturb your life. And this time, we also brought a hundred iron pots and a hundred kitchen knives as thanks!"

The old lady was very happy to hear that.They do not have the ability to produce this thing, and most of the ironware used in daily life are exchanged from the Han people on the island, and they have to pay a high price.In her opinion, iron pots and kitchen knives are more valuable than gold and silver.

Speaking of which, Zheng Zhilong is also smart, to give gifts you have to give what others need.

The gifts are in place, and everything is easy to talk about.

The old lady wanted to keep them for dinner, but Zheng Qiu refused on the grounds that she would return to her mission.

After discussing the excuse, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao also returned to Orange City one after another with their men.

november eleven

Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Zhihu to stay behind, and he and Zheng Zhibao led 5000 people each to head north with Li Zicheng.

Since he had seen the power of Wulangxin last time, he didn't bring many people with him this time.

A few days later, they came to the territory of the Dadu Kingdom. Alami had already informed the people in the tribe to be vigilant and not to provoke these well-groomed soldiers.

In fact, they didn't dare, the troops led by Zheng Zhilong almost caught up with the sum of the number of their several tribes.

In order to avoid conflicts and unnecessary panic on the other side, Zheng Zhilong ordered to move forward at full speed.Passed through the area of ​​the Big Belly Kingdom and stopped in the northern part of the Big Belly Kingdom.

They intended to rest for a day before moving on.

It is late autumn at this time, and the temperature in northern Taiwan is lower than that in the south.It was even cooler at this time, without the bites of mosquitoes.Without mosquitoes, there is no need to worry about the spread of malaria. In addition, our own side has weapons of mass destruction, so we are full of confidence in attacking the city.So everyone is very relaxed.

Moving forward, it is naturally much faster.

november seventeen

They entered the sphere of influence of the Spaniards. Most of the Spanish armed forces stationed in Taiwan are composed of natives from Luzon. When they saw the Ming army coming, they basically ran away.

Zheng Zhilong ignored these small groups of soldiers and went straight to Fort Santo Domingo built in Tamsui.

There is a freshwater river south of Fort Santo Domingo, and crossing it took another day.

november nineteen

Zheng Zhilong, who came from Nantou, finally arrived near Fort Santo Domingo in Beitou.

The Spanish defenders in the city panicked and stood on the top of the city and asked them loudly what they were doing here.

Zheng Zhilong laughed, what's the point?Bringing muskets and cannons to give you warmth without hitting you?

"I am Zheng Zhilong, the governor of Fujian of the Ming Dynasty. Our great emperor said that Taiwan is my territory of the Ming Dynasty, and I ask you to withdraw from Taiwan immediately. If you don't withdraw, you will all be killed!"

"You are Nicholas Yiguan?"

"Exactly!"

"We have been operating in Taiwan for many years. How can we just give up? There are no conditions?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Do you want to retreat?"

"Don't retreat!" The guard in the fort also lost his temper. He treated us like dogs and chased us away.

Zheng Zhilong stopped talking nonsense, and said to Li Zicheng who was beside him:

"General Li, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"It's a matter of time!"

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