Ming Zuo

Chapter 1181 Receiving
Since Zheng's surrender, the sea area of ​​Fujian has returned to tranquility, as if nothing had happened.

Only Kinmen Island has changed its owner, and the warships of Xia Kingdom on the nearby sea are cruising back and forth.

At the beginning, the villagers were frightened, but after a long time, they found that these Xia soldiers never disturbed the people, even if they bought and sold, they never extorted money or gave them enough money.

The villagers quickly fell in love with these kind soldiers, and even took the initiative to set up stalls by the sea to sell goods to the Xia soldiers.

The nearby government officials all saw it, but they didn't dare to annoy Xia Jun, so they simply turned a blind eye.

Anyway, as long as Xia Jun doesn't go ashore or fight, they will treat it as if nothing happened.

Even here in Anhai Town, Zheng's house is well preserved, as usual.

The rumors had already spread.

Brother Zheng Zhilong went north to visit Zuo Menggeng, and the relationship between the two parties became a family again.

Those ambitious people who had waited for the Zheng family's defeat to snatch wealth had to put away their thoughts.

Provoking Zheng's at such a time would be tantamount to enmity with Xia Guo.

Kinmen Island has already been bustling with activity.

The businessmen in Fujian got the guarantee from Xia Jun and rushed here to trade.

Zuo Hua spent a lot of thought and established a huge market on Kinmen Island.

Businessmen from Shandong, Songjiang, and even North Korea and Dongying all came to Kinmen Island one after another.The Dutch and Portuguese in Nanyang also chose this place.

Coupled with local products from Fujian and surrounding Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, Kinmen Island has suddenly become the largest business distribution center in the Far East.

Visible to the naked eye, the island prospered in a short period of time.

Zuo Hua, however, had nothing to do, and spent the whole day nestling in the pier of the port, basking in the sun while putting his fishing rod beside him.

Anyway, every day is the Air Force, just dawdling.

The huge fleet docked under the guidance, and a group of people came to his side alone.

"General Zuo is so elegant!"

Zuo Hua opened his one eye and immediately put on a smiling face.

"It turned out to be Ambassador Lu and Mr. Dimen. Are you planning to return?"

Lu Guangzhai was in high spirits and informed Zuo Hua of the situation.

"Our Xia Kingdom has reached an agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Netherlands. The friends of the Netherlands have decided to return the occupied Taiwan territory to us. General Zuo, please prepare immediately and go to Taiwan to receive it."

Zuo Hua's previous laziness immediately disappeared, and he became energetic.

"I knew the Dutch were interesting enough, don't worry, the preparations that should be made have already been made."

Anthony van Diemen approached Putmans.

"We have obtained the permission of His Highness King Xia to purchase advanced artillery from Xia. General Putmans, you can discuss the deal with General Zuo. In addition, the Spaniards are our next target. Please also cooperate with General Zuo Work closely together to eliminate those hateful Spaniards."

Both are good news for Putmans.

Stationed on Kinmen Island these days, the Dutch army has often conducted cooperative exercises with the Xia army.

And Xia Jun's weapons, whether they were muskets or cannons, made him jealous.

Especially Xia Guo's cannonballs that could explode when shot out shocked him even more.

He also looked at it carefully after getting close, but unfortunately, even if Zuo Hua told the name of the gunpowder assembled in it, he didn't know it.

He knows even more that in today's Europe, even the top gunpowder masters cannot produce this magical gunpowder.

Zuo Hua had already clearly told him that the Xia Kingdom would not sell this advanced and powerful weapon to the outside world.

Even if the Netherlands is an ally of the Xia Kingdom.

Because of Zuo Hua's confession, although Putmans regretted it, he was not angry.

In fairness, the Netherlands has such a powerful weapon and would not give it to others.

Fortunately, the Netherlands and Xia Guo are allies, so there is no need to worry about Xia Guo aiming their guns at themselves.

In addition, the bronze cannon produced by Xia Guo is far better than all kinds of artillery in Europe, and this weapon can be sold to the outside world.

Putmans is really happy to know that he can buy the bronze cannon from Xia Guo.

He had already imagined how awesome it would be when the warship he led returned to Europe and used this new type of artillery to confront those European opponents.

As for teaming up to deal with the Spaniards...

Isn't that the long-cherished wish of the Dutch?

"General Zuo, I haven't seen you for many years, and I've been hearing about your great achievements. It's really admirable."

Walking up behind Lu Guangzhai and Anthony Van Diemen was Zuo Hua's old friend.

"Ouch, brother-in-law, why is it you?"

Gong Duan smiled.

"Taiwan's recovery is imminent, the center has decided to establish a province, and I will be the consul."

For Taiwan's administrative status, Xia Guozhong conducted a careful discussion.

In view of the great distance from the mainland of Xia, and the vast territory and important location, the central government unanimously decided to establish Taiwan as a provincial administrative region.

The first consul is Gongduan.

As one of the duo of the Gong family and the founder of the Xia Kingdom, Gong Duan has a very high status.

Although he did not enter the cabinet, he is also a top official.

This time, he was sent to take charge of Taiwan, which can be regarded as officially entering the ranks of one of the princes.

In addition to the officials, the center also sent nearly [-] officials at all levels.

"From now on, Kinmen Island will also be under the jurisdiction of Taiwan. Given its importance, it should be directly under the provincial government, and it would be best to establish it as a city-level administrative agency."

Zuo Hua made a suggestion to Gongduan.

"You are more familiar with the situation here than I am, so you have to talk about it carefully, so don't let my eyes get darkened."

Gong Duan attaches great importance to the situation Zuo Hua has.

The next day, the East China Sea Fleet, together with the Seventh Regiment of the Second Marine Division, the Dutch Mission and the Dutch Fleet, formed a mighty army, crossed the Taiwan Strait, and formally marched into Baodao.

Their first stop was Penghu.

This archipelago located in the middle of the Taiwan Strait is the key to controlling the entire strait.

The army stopped briefly in the Penghu Islands, but Shen Shouyue, the captain of the Chuzhou ship, took the lead and set foot on the islands first.

He searched carefully on the island, and finally stood still in front of a stone tablet. At the same time, he kept stroking the writing on the stone tablet with his fingers, with tears in his eyes.

Seeing his strange appearance, everyone came over one after another.

"The first test was here in the past, and it fought against Wei Malang, and finally regained Penghu. You see, the stone tablet erected in the first test is still here."

Everyone came closer and could see clearly.

I saw the words "Shen Yourong Instructs Tuihongmao Fan Wei Malang and others" to be engraved on the stone tablet.

Zuo Hua's heart was surging.

"Your father defended his family and defended the country and drove out the invaders in the past. His merits will last for thousands of years. Today, seeing us younger generations regaining our homeland, we will definitely be able to smile at Jiuquan."

Shen Shouyue nodded heavily and straightened his back.

Shen Yourong will definitely be proud of what he is today!

(End of this chapter)