1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 293
Chang Shiliang walked to the door of the store with some timidity, then looked at the shopkeeper Zhou standing behind the counter, and walked over hesitantly.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, we have lived here for more than three months. I would like to ask, when can I go to that Hanzhou?" Chang Shiliang cupped his hands towards Tuesday Gui and said boldly.

"You were sent... from Luzon." Tuesday Gui glanced at Chang Shiliang, put down the account book in his hand, and said with a smile: "Why, if there is any inconvenience living here, just tell me. You After all, your child has become the brother of our Hanzhou Navy, so we can't let you be wronged!"

Including Chang Shiliang, Hanzhou Heiyiwei successively found and moved more than 120 family members of Ming sailors in the former Spanish fleet to Guangzhou in Manila, Luzon, and planned to send them back to Hanzhou to reunite with their relatives.But when the Sino-Dutch war broke out, the immigrant ship in Hanzhou was blocked, and these people were stranded in the warehouse in Guangzhou.

On Tuesday, you held 10,000+ taels of silver in your hands, and there is no problem in supporting the families of these bright sailors, but after staying here for a long time, the families of these sailors became a little anxious.They received various keepsakes and letters from the Hanzhou people in Manila for their children, and out of fear of the Spaniards and their children, they immediately obeyed the arrangements of the Hanzhou black guards and left Luzhou by boat. Song, and then went to Guangzhou.

But they never expected that after arriving in Guangzhou, they would stay here all the time. The shopkeeper Zhou who was in charge of managing them claimed that Hanzhou was currently at war and the sea routes were blocked, so they would have to wait for a long time.I thought that the waiting time was only a month or two.But who knows, this wait seems a bit far away.

If not, there is food and clothing in the warehouse, and they are not so driven to do some heavy work, and the people who gather together are all old and young, and they are really worried that they will encounter human traffickers who abduct labor.After a long time, it is inevitable to have some strange thoughts. Could it be that something happened to their child in Hanzhou, or that Hanzhou encountered a catastrophe, so that they could not rush there to meet their child.

"To be honest, I'm not too clear about the current situation in Hanzhou." Tuesday Gui said with a wry smile, "But even if our Hanzhou can't beat that Dutchman, we can protect ourselves. Your child will be fine. If I If the estimated time is correct, there are still two months at most, and our Hanzhou will definitely send a boat to Daming. At that time, we will naturally pick you up to Hanzhou to reunite with your relatives."

Gui thought to himself on Tuesday that Commander Dong of the exploration fleet came to Guangzhou from another route, claiming that he could completely avoid the Dutch blockade.Then when he returns to Hanzhou, make some preparations, and then bring the big fleet to Daming. If it is fast, it may be in March, if it is slow, it will be May or June at the latest.

I heard that there are already more than ten large ships in Hanzhou, so in addition to fighting the Dutch, at least three or five large ships can be spared to come to Daming. In addition to transporting a large number of immigrants, it is just right to transport the families of these Luzon Ming sailors back. Hanzhou, to reassure people's hearts.

Just as he was talking, a clerk ran in from the door of the warehouse, and arrived at the counter panting.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, a merchant ship from Luzon came to the pier. Seven people, No. 80, got off. The leader said he wanted to find the Hanzhou Warehouse. Now the middleman who has been hired is leading this way."

When Tuesday Gui heard the words, his expression froze, and then he thought of something and couldn't help shaking his head.The men in black from Hanzhou became more and more courageous, and their methods became more and more powerful. They were able to bring back 80 to [-] people from Manila at once.Needless to say, these people are either the families of the Ming sailors, or the families of the original Ming servants captured by Hanzhou.

"How did you get it back? Don't ask me. I'll leave it to you first. I still have special needs here. I need to trouble Shopkeeper Zhou." Xu Xingmin, the person in charge of Luzon of the Black Guards, did not show much politeness when he saw Tuesday Gui. "Help me find a boat. The owner must be courageous enough and reliable. Moreover, the boat must be able to hide things."

"What are you going to do?" Hearing the words on Tuesday, Gui Gui immediately became a little vigilant. Looking at it, they wanted to transport some prohibited items to Luzon.

"What are you doing?" Xu Xingmin also shook his head and smiled wryly, "Get me some swords and spears. The quantity should be more, at least six or seven hundred pieces.... If you can get some muskets, that would be the best."

"You..., you... want to attack Luzon?" Tuesday Gui was a little stunned, "Aren't we in Hanzhou still at war with the Dutch?"

"We in Hanzhou will not attack Luzon!" Xu Xingmin said, "There is a fool in Luzon who wants to find a way for the Ming people there to survive."

"Looking for a way to survive?... What do you mean?" Tuesday Gui was a little confused.

"The Ming people in Luzon are about to be driven to death by the Spanish." Xu Xingmin said: "Some people can't see it, and want to pick up a knife and kill a way out!... I was also persuaded by that crazy Asura."
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Some fleets of Qi Dajiang have stayed in Hanxing Island for five days. Marine soldiers from the two companies mixed with more than 300 armed sailors, under the guidance of the natives on the island, carefully sorted out the entire island.Six large and small tribes were found, and more than 400 natives were found. Several officials appointed by the Ryukyu Kingdom several years ago were also arrested.

The wooden village led by Zhang Wenqi was expanded and reinforced again, and four cannons were unloaded from the ship, striving to build this immigration transit point closest to Ming Dynasty into a place that can resist the invasion of pirates and a small number of Western colonial forces. stronghold.

In view of the fact that the natives on the island are relatively highly civilized and have a mild temperament, they can also grow crops and fish at sea.Therefore, Qi Dajiang accepted Zhang Wenqi's suggestion and directly included these natives in the management of Hanzhou, and mixed with more than 100 Ming people who had immigrated here from Guangzhou.

The food brought from Weiyuan Island is not enough to support large-scale immigrants to stay here.For this reason, after Qi Dajiang discussed with everyone, the fleet will be divided into two when it arrives in Daming. The warship, and the "Flying Fish No. 5" clipper ship, went to Annan, Champa and other places via Guangzhou to buy grain.

Luo Rucheng led the remaining five large ships to buy some daily necessities such as grain and cloth in Quanzhou and Wen (zhou) and Tai (zhou) areas, then went to Huaibei, Shandong and other places to collect hungry people, and finally shipped them to Hanxing Island .Considering that the facilities at various supply transfer points on the eastern route have not yet been fully built, it may be difficult to bear too many immigration transfer tasks.Therefore, it is best to control the number of immigrants collected between [-] and [-].

"Wen Qi, do you really want to stay on Hanxing Island?" Qi Dajiang looked at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as his fourth brother, feeling relieved and feeling a little bit emotional.In a blink of an eye, the once bewildered young man has grown and developed, and can be independent.

"Commander Qi, a few years ago, Chief Chief led us to build Jianye City into our safe and comfortable home bit by bit. After two years, Commander Hu of Xinsheng Island also built that small island into our Hanzhou The largest immigration transfer point on the western front. Now, I want to use what I have learned before on this Hanxing Island to see how much I can achieve. For the countless hungry people in Ming Dynasty to reach Hanzhou safely , laying a solid way to survive!" Zhang Wenqi looked at the many natives on the island who were busy in the camp, with determination in his eyes.

"Remember you told me before that you want to sail a boat to explore many unknown places in this world?" Dong Fengshan asked.In the exploration fleet for more than a year, Zhang Wenqi taught Zhang Wenqi how to sail, how to operate the ship, and how to recognize the direction.I set off for Daming tomorrow, and I was very sad to hear that he wanted to stay on Hanxing Island and build Hanxing Island as an immigration transit point for everyone.

"Explore the unknown world, of course we still have to go." Zhang Wenqi said with a smile: "After two years, after we have completed the construction of all the transit points on the eastern route, I will still follow Brother Dong to explore our new Hanzhou. territory!"

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In the city of Santo Domingo in the north of Formosa (Taiwan) (now Taiwan’s Danshui Port), three Spanish warships and a requisitioned merchant ship hoisted their sails one after another, preparing to go to the Dutch stronghold in the south to implement the full occupation of the Spanish governor in the Philippines Plans for Formosa Island.

At this time, the main energy of the Dutch is to deal with the Hanzhou bandits in the south and the Portuguese near the Strait of Malacca. This will provide Spain with a very favorable opportunity to take advantage of the situation and seize the two strongholds of the Dutch in the southern part of the island. .

Of course, there may be certain risks in Spain's attack on the Dutch stronghold on the island this time.If you are unable to attack for a long time, if you are blocked there by Dutch reinforcements, you will lose your troops and even endanger the two strongholds of the Spaniards in the north of the island.

However, once the Dutch stronghold is seized, the Spaniards can independently enjoy the island closest to the Ming Dynasty and fully develop trade with the Ming Dynasty, which will gain more economic benefits and greatly promote the development of the Philippines. .

As the commander of the attack on the Dutch stronghold, Major Pascal Gross is full of confidence.The Dutch may have some strength at sea, but on land, they are definitely not the opponents of the Spanish Army.Although the two hundred Spanish musketeers drawn from Manila came from Mexico and Peru, they were not something that the Dutch mercenaries could compete with.What's more, they also attached more than 500 native servants on the island.

It is reported that the two strongholds of the Dutch have only 400 armed forces, including some colonial officials and business personnel.Its overall combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the soldiers of the Spanish landing force.

The Spanish attack fleet traveled south along the west coastline of the island. Two days later, on March 1639, 3, the Spanish fleet arrived at the sea off Chikan City, the Dutch stronghold.

However, here, they encountered a huge Ming Dynasty fleet, consisting of more than 120 large and small ships, densely arranged outside Luermen Port, with a huge momentum.

(End of this chapter)