1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 314 The Heart of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Masanobu Sudo and a group of Satsuma samurai stayed on Hanxing Island (today's Miyako Island) for more than ten days, and saw five large ships arriving on the island, and then unloading more than 1000 Ming people one after another.Cultivate farmland, build houses, and make various utensils, as if you want to settle here and settle down.

Immediately, they left in a hurry by boat and returned to Ryukyu Island (today's Okinawa Island, Japan), preparing to report to the old middleman stationed in the Ryukyu Kingdom by Satsuma.But the accompanying Ryukyu officials stayed behind, ecstatically following behind Li Fade, and kept asking whether the Emperor Ming knew that the Ryukyu Kingdom was being oppressed by the Satsuma clan of Japan, and whether he would send them to rescue the Ryukyu Kingdom and expel the Ryukyu Kingdom. Japanese.

"Wen Qi, you said that we pretended to be Zheng Zhilong Navy to occupy this Hanxing Island, will it be exposed in the end?" Li Fade finally got rid of a few Ryukyu officials, and found Zhang Wenqi to ask what to do next.

"Will the Ryukyu people go to Zheng Zhilong for verification?" Zhang Wenqi said with a smile: "Even if they do find Zheng Zhilong, it may be a few years later. At that time, we will be able to build this small island into a strong city." The fortress, let alone the Japanese Satsuma clan, even if the Dutch and Spaniards come, they can’t do anything to us.”

"Then if in a few days, the Ryukyu Kingdom sends people over and asks us to help them expel the officials and soldiers stationed by the Japanese Satsuma Domain, how should we respond?"

"We can't specialize ourselves, so we naturally need to ask the superior for instructions." Zhang Wenqi said leisurely: "The sea is a long way, and it is difficult to send messages in time."

Li Fade laughed, we in Hanzhou are going to depend here.Whether it's people from the Ryukyu Kingdom or the Japanese Satsuma Domain sending troops over, don't want us to leave this small island.

"With the arrival of a large number of immigrants this time, we need to slowly transfer more than 1000 Ryukyu natives here to Midway Island and Weiyuan Island. Instead, some Ming people will stay here to avoid any repetition in the future." Zhang Wenqi said softly .

"More than 400 Ryukyu natives! Get them all?" Li Fade asked in surprise.

"Of course." Zhang Wenqi nodded and said: "The chief executive once said that if there are too many aborigines in any place occupied by Hanzhou, it will definitely be a hidden danger in the future, and maybe outsiders will be liquidated. After all, they He is the owner of this place and has a natural right to it."

"Then there may be a lot of aborigines in our Hanzhou, so we have to clear them out in the future?"

"I think it will be cleaned up in the future. Hanzhou is our foundation." Zhang Wenqi said thoughtfully: "In the future, the masters of Hanzhou must only be us Hanzhou people."

"Is it a bit...over?" Li Fade didn't quite understand this truth, and felt that it was not worth it to go through such a lot of trouble.There is a shortage of manpower in Hanzhou, and driving out the natives in the interior can allow them to dig mines, build roads, and even farm land, all of which are excellent labor.Although, they are indeed a bit stupid in doing things, but they are all free labor after all.

"Captain Li, the natives of Hanzhou are not only very different in appearance from us, but also their thoughts and thoughts are completely different from ours." Zhang Wenqi said slowly: "If they develop people's wisdom and even master force in the future, Do you think they will have the same heart with us Hanzhou people? Our ancestors have a saying that is very good, if they are not of our race, their hearts must be different!"

"Is this all the ideas instilled in you by the chief executive?" Li Fade really didn't expect that this talented young man would appear so radical.

"The chief executive said that this world is actually very big, but it is also very small. If we Han people want to obtain a large enough living space in the future, we must unify our nation, our thinking, our language, and finally our Behavior. Put all our strength into the living space we need!" Zhang Wenqi said eagerly: "Whether it's the Dutch, the Spanish, or the natives...no one can stop us from expanding."

"Isn't our Hanzhou already very big?" Li Fade asked in a daze: "We have less than 4 people now. Is it necessary to occupy so many places?"

"Of course, and it is very necessary." Zhang Wenqi said seriously: "We are less than 4 people now, but with the continuous immigration, the population will inevitably increase. Moreover, the population of Hanzhou will continue to multiply, 50 years, 100 years , or even 1000 years, think about it, how many people will we have? Therefore, we must seize any land suitable for survival and production now, for the sake of our future generations.”

Li Fade stared blankly at Zhang Wenqi, who had an impassioned expression, and suddenly felt that the young man in front of him was very scary.If this passionate young man moves towards the goal he thinks, how many lives will be lost along with it, those of Hanzhou people, Westerners, natives...

Then I thought of Qi Tian, ​​the general manager of Hanzhou, with a gentle smile on weekdays, could he be like Zhang Wenqi? While making Hanzhou stronger, he would also continue to expand outward, to kill, and to snatch enough future generations living space.
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"Your Hanzhou is thousands of miles away in the south?" Balin Popa, the envoy of the Kingdom of Cambodia, looked at Hu Pingjiang in surprise, "What is your relationship with Daming?"

"We Hanzhou people are all from Ming Dynasty, and have nothing to do with our homeland." Hu Pingjiang said, and at the same time, he couldn't help but glance at the man next to the Cambodian envoy, who was obviously from Ming Dynasty.

"In addition to the war with Guangnan, are you also at war with the Dutch from Europa?" Cambodian envoy Balin Popa continued to ask.

"Yes, we are at war with the Dutch." Hu Pingjiang replied.

"If we want to join forces with you against the Dutch, what help will you provide us?" the Cambodian envoy Balin Popa asked suddenly after being silent for a while.

"Huh?" Hu Pingjiang looked at Balin Popa in surprise, didn't you suffer from Guangnan Kingdom's bullying?Why are you going to fight the Dutch again all of a sudden?

In 1637, the Dutch entered the Mekong River Basin and came to the Kingdom of Cambodia. Their goal was very clear, which was to control trade along the river.For this reason, the location of the stronghold was deliberately placed near Phnom Penh, which was only 20 kilometers away from the Udon King City at that time.Any light sailing ship of limited size can arrive here downstream to load goods, and then sell them to Edo Japan, which has opened the lock-up order.

However, the ambition of the Dutch East India Company is not limited to the logistics and transshipment of goods, but hopes to use its own economic and military advantages to obtain a monopoly of the entire trade, just like in the Spice Islands.Therefore, the nearby Portuguese commercial station has many conflicts with it, and it is almost as if it is fighting in other places.

The Japanese community, which also has a large number of Catholics, also kept a distance from the Dutch because they helped the shogunate authorities during the Shimabara Rebellion, and finally simply allied with the Portuguese who had been running for a long time.As for the most powerful Malay business group and the seemingly weak Ming business group, they are also victims of the Dutch trade expansion policy.

When these people exerted their own influence on the Cambodian court, King Anton Rachel of Cambodia gradually became dissatisfied with the domineering behavior of the Dutch.He first acquiesced in joining forces with the Portuguese merchants and Captain Ming to break through the loose blockade of the East India Company.There were two Dutch crew members who died in a brawl in the territory, and they also refused to hand over the murderer and pay compensation.

It's just that in the eyes of the Malay group with a majority of the Communist Party, King Antonreche's limited resistance is still too mild.So he turned to support the rebels to assassinate, and in February of this year, he supported Ibrahim I who converted to theology (this king is the only king in the history of the Kingdom of Cambodia who believed in the true religion).Out of conflicts of interests and beliefs, the latter became even more hostile to the conspicuous Dutch, and secretly contacted all foreign groups who were dissatisfied with the East India Company.

It was against this background that the Cambodian envoy Balin Popa came to Xinsheng Island, trying to gain some support against the Dutch.I originally thought that this small island with a majority of Ming people would have some kind of connection with Daming, and then it would be able to get the support of that huge country.But they never thought that they called themselves Hanzhou, and their homeland was also in the far south.

In this regard, Bahrain Popa was slightly disappointed, but still held the attitude of giving it a try, and put forward a request to jointly fight against the Dutch East India Company.

"What help does your Kingdom of Cambodia need from us?" Hu Pingjiang asked.If you just want some firearms, there are still some in some warehouses on the island.

"We need you to send a big ship, which can remove several Dutch merchant ships on the big river (Mekong River)." The Cambodian envoy Balin Popa looked at Hu Pingjiang and said, "Do you have any big ships here?"

After listening to the interpreter who looked like a bright man next to him, Hu Pingjiang was stupid at the time, how can there be such a big ship here!They were all stuck at home by the Dutch.

Seeing Hu Pingjiang's demeanor, Balinpopa smiled softly. It seems that these forces who call themselves Hanzhou don't seem to have a big ship to fight against the Dutch.As for the commercial stations that attacked the Dutch on land, the Kingdom of Cambodia seems to have no use for them.

Just when Hu Pingjiang was slightly despised by the Cambodian envoy for the lack of large ships on Xinsheng Island, two Hanzhou warships brought "Flying Fish 5" and slowly docked on the coast near Xinshengbao.

The ecstatic village soldier quickly ran over to report to Hu Pingjiang. After more than eight months, people from Hanzhou came!

The Cambodian envoy Baling Popa also followed the people in the city to welcome the Hanzhou warships to the seaside and looked at the two large ships parked not far from the shore.

The towering masts, the huge hull, and the dense cannons on both sides of the ship all show their strength.With such a big ship, it must be able to easily defeat the two Dutch merchant ships in the big river.I just don't know if these two big ships can enter the big river.

"The Dutch have a trading station in the Kingdom of Cambodia?" Qi Dajiang entered Xinshengbao with several naval officers, and heard Hu Pingjiang talking about the Kingdom of Cambodia's desire to unite with Hanzhou, and to destroy the Dutch merchant ships on the river and Phnom Penh. Dutch merchant station.Qi Dajiang was very moved by this.

"The depth of that big river is unknown, so we might not dare to enter it easily." Qi Dajiang thought for a while and said, "It would be best to lure the Dutch merchant ships to the sea."

I also heard that the two Dutch merchant ships on the big river are small boats of about [-] tons, with only a few cannons, and their force is weak. For Hanzhou warships, they are the best targets to attack. The naval combat skills of the Hanzhou navy.

"The people of the Kingdom of Cambodia should be able to lure the Dutch merchant ships to the sea." Hu Pingjiang nodded and said, "From their tone, it seems that they have long wanted to attack the Dutch, but they are a little wary of the Dutch armed merchant ships on the river. "

"Then let's help Cambodia take over the Dutch stronghold first, and then turn around and deal with the Annans!"

(End of this chapter)