1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 190 Weiyuan
The "Flying Fish 2" and "Flying Fish [-]" led by Dong Fengshan stayed in Haijiaobao (Bamajia Town) for a day in early August, and after a little resupply, they headed northeast to explore.

After a series of small islands, and then the endless sea.Dong Fengshan took out a general map of Nanyang drawn by Qi Tian and copied by the navy, and carefully compared the huge island (Guinea Island) to the northeast of Cape Fort. If you drive north, you can reach this island in a day.

However, he is responsible for the major task of exploring the Eastern Front. This trip is to find and establish the first supply point to lay the foundation for subsequent exploration.Therefore, the two "Flying Fish" could only head northeast to find a series of suitable supply points.

Two days later, Dong Fengshan and his party arrived on the opposite land in two fast boats, and then explored southeast along the coastline.

"Brother Dong, it looks good here. There is a bay between the two banks, which is suitable for ships to dock and shelter from the wind." Zhang Qisheng looked at the place on the shore, "If artillery is placed on both sides of the shore, the enemy will not be able to attack at all."

The place they are currently arriving in is located in the coastal city of Kerima in the south of Papua New Guinea, only [-] kilometers away from the land they just arrived.

"Let's mark it on the map first." Dong Fengshan looked at the dense forest on the shore, not very satisfied.Qi Tian once told them that the environment on the opposite big island is very harsh, and almost all of them are primitive dense forests. If a supply point is rashly established, many people will die.

"Let's go further." Dong Fengshan didn't expect to find a suitable supply point as soon as he arrived on the island.However, the map given by the chief executive was too rough, it was just a vague island shape.Many terrains and landforms need to be gradually refined and supplemented by these youngsters who follow.

All the way to the south, the scenery along the coast is always the same forest. Just when Dong Fengshan and others were extremely impatient, they saw a brown coast.

"Land aboard and have a look!" Dong Fengshan immediately ordered the boat to dock on the shore, calling for several Hanzhou natives to go ashore and check.

The trees here are obviously relatively sparse, and there are continuous hills and grasslands in the distance. What's more rare is that there is a long and narrow land plain protruding from the coast, and there is a huge bay inside, which is simply a very high-quality port.

Several Hanzhou natives slowly approached the shore in a small boat, and then he landed on land with a knife in hand.

"Could there really be cannibals here?" Zhang Qisheng asked nervously as he watched the Hanzhou natives enter the sparse forest.

"The chief manager said yes, so there probably are." Dong Fengshan said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? Even if a dozen or so come, those natives will feed them enough, and they won't be able to eat yours!"

"How did they get it right!" Zhang Qisheng said, "Cannibals, cannibals, I'm afraid they are all beasts."

"That's right. They're all cannibals, so they're not considered human anymore." Dong Fengshan couldn't help but think of those immigrants who came to Hanzhou, and vaguely knew that in Daming, the famine was serious, and it was not uncommon for them to change their children to eat.There are even special hunts for women and children, and they are used to cook and eat.People, sometimes, are really no different from beasts!
"They're back!" After waiting for about an hour, several Hanzhou natives who had landed appeared in everyone's sight, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Since they can explore nearby for a long time, presumably, there should be no danger.

"Landing, unloading!" Dong Fengshan did not hesitate to set the first supply point for the exploration of the eastern route here, a place with a cool climate, sparse forests, and a good port environment.

"Brother Dong, what name are you going to name this place this time?" Zhang Qisheng asked with a smile.

"Let me think about it first." Dong Fengshan was quite proud. He discovered and named the two consecutive supply points to the east, Beikou Fort and Haijiao Fort.Decades later, as long as people talk about these place names, Dong Fengshan's name will inevitably be mentioned.

Looking at the protruding land, Dong Fengshan said, "Should it be called a protruding fort?"

Zhang Qisheng rolled his eyes, if he builds a supply point on a sunken land next time, it will be called a concave corner fort!
Dong Fengshan smiled self-deprecatingly. Although the chief executive said, even if the place he found was named "kennel", the latecomers would still use it.But I can't let the residents of the place where I am located scold me whenever they mention this place name in the future.

"Boy, why don't you think of one for me?" Dong Fengshan said.

"Okay!" Zhang Qisheng said happily: "When we left Cape Fort, several ships returning from the south said that the chief executive gave the southern settlement a name of Weihai (Cairns City). This place is called Weiyuan?"

"Weiyuan?" Dong Fengshan read it again, "Is it famous?"

"In the future, our Hanzhou will be famous far and wide, and people from all over the world will pay respects!" Zhang Qisheng said with pride.

"Okay, this place will be called Weiyuan from now on!" Dong Fengshan was also infected by this young man.We start from Jianye City, and sooner or later we will walk to Daming step by step, so that the name of Hanzhou will shake the world.

The supply point they landed and established is Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, the most livable place in the entire Guinea Island, and the best port.The two "Flying Fish" unloaded fifteen Hanzhou natives, fifty Luzon natives, and a month's worth of supplies, and then continued southward to explore the next supply point.

The fleet circled the southeast corner of the island, then turned to sail northwest, successively passing through the later generations of Lae City, Finsch Harbor, and finally arrived at the later generations of Madang.So far, the 20-day exploration has come to an end.

When the exploration fleet arrived in Weiyuan again, more than a dozen Hanzhou natives had already commanded fifty Luzon natives, and roughly built a wooden camp. Moreover, for more than ten days, they did not encounter any Indigenous raids.Dong Fengshan encouraged the indigenous people who stayed behind to expand the construction camp to prepare for a new batch of indigenous people and Luzon natives next month.

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"Your Excellency, we have obtained some information from Batavia, which is quite unfavorable to us in the Philippines!" Colonel Polzionato, commander of the Spanish Army in the Philippines, looked at Governor Luis Das Marina seriously.

Governor Luis das Marina had a gloomy face and took a deep breath. There has been too much news that is not good for the Spaniards recently.The native tribes on the island heard that more than 1000 natives were lost in Hanzhou, and expressed their dissatisfaction with the Spaniards openly and secretly. Some bold tribes even openly resisted the colonial government's manpower recruitment and tax payment.

On the other hand, the "Kalamba" plan that the colonial government had been pursuing for more than a year also encountered strong opposition from the local Chinese.

The main goal of the "Kalamba" plan is to target some Ming people near Manila. The Spanish colonial government forced these Ming people to give up commerce and other handicraft industries, turn to agriculture, and go to Calamba for reclamation, but did not give them the necessary Infrastructure construction, the environment is very harsh, and the farmland after reclamation stipulates a higher tax rate.This move was naturally opposed and resisted by most Ming people.

"Tell me, what do those lowly Dutch commodity dealers want to do?" Governor Luis Dasmarina asked with a worried expression on his face.

"The news from our businessman in Batavia shows that the Dutch are uniting with the Hanzhou bandit gang and planning to attack the Philippines. Moreover, the Dutch have already begun to prepare war supplies. The number of merchant ships in Borneo has increased a lot. We have reason to believe that an attack may occur in the next few months," Colonel Polzionato said.

"I remember that in April, some people said that the Dutch were coming to attack us." Governor Luis Dasmarina turned his head and glanced at Colonel Rolscheit, the commander of the navy.

"Governor, this time, the Dutch should really come to attack us." Colonel Polzionato also glanced at Colonel Rorscheidt, and continued: "They are mobilizing the East Indies to hire Army, gathered more than a dozen armed merchant ships, and prepared all kinds of war materials. It is reported that the Hanzhou bandit gang will also follow the Netherlands to attack us in the Philippines."

"Hmph..." Governor Luis Dasmarina sneered a few times, "Do you think that our Spain will be attacked wantonly by these despicable commodity traders and pirates because of a small defeat? They are wishful thinking, They must suffer a disgraceful defeat! . . . "

Colonel Bolzionato glanced quickly at the other officials in the Doge's Palace, then lowered his head and continued to listen to the Doge venting his anger desperately.

"Conscript the natives of the Philippines! Conscript the Chinese near Manila! Conscript the people of the Lord! We will fight back against the enemy most fiercely!" Governor Luis Dasmarina issued an order.

"Governor, will the fleet and material personnel assembled in Sulu be withdrawn?" Colonel Rolscheid asked.

"Dear Colonel Scheit, what do you think?" Governor Luis Dasmarina looked at Colonel Rohrscheit coldly.

Regarding the increasingly moody governor, Colonel Rohrscheit did not dare to say any more, and silently stepped aside.

"Colonel Onato, do you have anything else to say?" Governor Dasmarina asked in a deep voice when he saw that Colonel Onato seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Your Excellency, the soldiers in Manila have not been paid for two months."

Governor Dasmarina was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look sideways at the tax collector in Manila.

The tax official nodded affirmatively: "In the official treasury, there is no extra tax."

"Let's collect taxes immediately! Tax those Chinese. They have made money from the Philippines. Now, it's time for them to repay us. Without our protection, they have nothing!"

The tax official just wanted to say that the Chinese in Manila had paid the tax for August and could not pay it again.But seeing the governor's firm gaze, he immediately shut his mouth.

Perhaps those Chinese don't care about paying taxes one more time.In the past, it seemed that they had not opposed the arbitrary taxation of the colonial government.

Well, this time, the Chinese will not object.

(End of this chapter)