The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 856 Southeastern Raiders
In April of the third year of Rende.

Saigon Port, Dagan Annan Province.

Dagan has occupied Annan for more than two years, and has been expanding Saigon Port in the past two years.

Later generations here is a famous big port in Asia. After Ding Yi's continuous expansion, the port is getting bigger and more prosperous.

In the past, European merchant ships passing through the Strait of Malacca went directly to Luzon, and then went to Dayuan and Dagan from Luzon.

Now that the port of Saigon has been expanded, there is an additional option after coming out of Malacca, which can go directly to Saigon, and then go to Dayuan from Saigon.

Saigon and Luzon have their own characteristics. Ding Yi grows a large amount of sugar cane in Luzon to make white sugar. It is the highest producer of white sugar besides Daguan.

There are many grains in Saigon, Ananduo Iron Mine, Ding Yi built an iron pot factory here, sold a steady stream of iron pots to Europe, and shipped a large amount of grain back to Dagan.

And Ding Yi gradually weakened Luzon's trade status, allowing European merchant ships to go from Annan to Dayuan, thus bypassing Luzon.

In the future, Luzon will become an important military port.

In the early morning of April [-], Hong Xu brought Annan Governor Li Yuankuan to Saigon Port.

Like Dayuan in Saigon, Ding Yi is used to building two piers in the north and south.

The south side is where merchants come and go ashore, and the north side is for personal use.

At this time, they were on the north side, and saw ships lined up on the sea, waiting to dock, and a large number of soldiers and horses were disembarking one after another from the boats that were docked.

In December of the first year of Rende, the military and political personnel of Saigon were appointed in the capital.

Governor Hong Xu, Governor Li Yuankuan, and four other commanders, Xilaojing, Ma Yue, Yuan Youcai, and Fang Duotai.

They are all elite soldiers under Ding Yi's subordinates. Half of the soldiers and horses of their four chief soldiers are veterans from Lushun and half are elite officers.

In March of the second year of Rende, several people came to Annan to take over.

Then Hong Xu ordered Ma Yue and Yuan Youcai to lead [-] troops to attack the Kingdom of Cambodia first, and then the Kingdom of Lancang (Laos).

Annan's Dagan army is the elite of the elite, and they are good at mountain warfare. In less than half a year, they have broken through two kingdoms successively, and Dagan occupied all their territories. They are adjacent to the Ayutthaya Dynasty (Thailand) established by the Siamese in the west.

After capturing the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Lancang, Hong Xu ordered a temporary stop, and then relocated the nationals of the two countries to Annan, from Annan to the Han people, and from Fujian and Guangdong to relocate the people.

According to Ding Yi's request, take it gradually, digest it slowly, and don't eat too much in one bite.

Today is the time for the rotation of soldiers and horses. Annan has [-] Lushun veterans who have left Ping An and returned to Dagan.

Accompanying them were [-] people from Fujian, Guangdong.

They landed in Saigon and emigrated to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Lan Xang.

Each household will get ten times the grain field, the cattle supported by Daqian, and the money to settle down in the local area.

Governor Li Yuankuan looked at the boats of soldiers and horses coming down, and there were a large number of people waiting to disembark, and he didn't take it seriously.

He was an important minister in the former Ming Dynasty, and he was a governor in the former Ming Dynasty. Now he doesn't understand that Ding Yi spends a lot of soldiers and money here every year. What's the use of attacking these wild places?

But the governor is changed every four years, so he is not in a hurry, he can stay for a few years with peace of mind, hoping to transfer himself back to the capital or Jiangnan next time.

"Master Li, Master Li." He was thinking about something on his mind when Hong Xu suddenly called him.

"Ah, Hongdutang." Li Yuankuan came back to his senses and quickly responded.

"This group of people will be resettled in Poundsun Port (Siha\Nuk Port). The emperor said that Poundsun will be changed to Annan Port. This year and next year, we will focus on building this port. In the future, this port will be north to Siam. Luo, go south to the important stronghold of Malacca."

"Understood, I understand." Li Yuankuan said with a smile.

Hong Xu glanced at him indiscriminately: "I forgot to tell you something. I received an order from the imperial court yesterday to provide additional subsidies to all officials and soldiers in remote areas."

"At a level like Governor Li, there is an extra 100 taels of silver per month."

"Really? There is such a thing?" Li Yuankuan's eyes lit up suddenly, and he felt relieved. He was scolding Ding Yi in his heart just now, but now he suddenly forgot.

"Well, His Majesty is sympathetic to the ministers, the more subsidies Chaoyuan will give."

"Hahaha, okay, okay." Li Yuankuan danced happily, and suddenly felt that he didn't want to go back to Jiangnan.

Because the Annan women here are also unique.

The Dagan Code stipulates that officials are not allowed to block the pavilion, but there is no rule that they cannot go to the Red Chamber. Li Yuankuan decided to go to have fun at night.

"Is Hong Dutang free at night? Let's go to Anchunyuan for a drink. Tomorrow is a rest day."

Hong Xu shook his head: "Sex is a knife for scraping bones, Master Li must take care of himself."

Li Yuankuan shook his head noncommittal.

The two were chatting, watching the port army come in, and suddenly someone came to report.

"Hong Dutang, there is a special envoy who claims to be the Sun King of Xiyi, please see Hong Dutang."

"Sun King?" Hong Xu and Li Yuankuan looked at each other.

Such an arrogant name? The two thought at the same time.

In less than half an hour, Hong Xu and Li Yuankuan returned to the Governor's Mansion.

During the Annan Kingdom, Shenglong City was mostly the capital. After Ding Yi occupied Annan, he established Annan as a province, and the provincial capital was located in Saigon.

Because it is closer to Southeast Asia and the sea, and it echoes with Luzon across the sea, it is convenient for offense and defense.

The location of Thang Long is convenient for land attack on Siam and Toungoo Dynasty (Myanmar) in the west, which is relatively simple for Ding Yi, but it is more important to attack the later generations of Malacca, Aceh Dynasty, and Johor Kingdom (Malaysia) by sea.

The two came to the governor's mansion together, only then did they find a lot of people coming.

It was a large diplomatic corps from as far away as France, the Bourbon offshoot of Europe.

The Bourbon dynasty is a transnational dynasty that ruled Navarre, France, Spain, Naples and Sicily, Luxembourg and several principalities of Italy intermittently in European history.

Its rule in France began in 1589, and the current king is the famous Louis XIV in history.

Louis XIV ranked 24th among the [-] emperors who influenced the world in later generations. In China, only Qin Shihuang, Genghis Han, and Liu Che ranked ahead of him.

Of course, this ranking is made by the Chinese, and it is estimated that foreign countries may be completely different.

Undoubtedly, Louis XIV reigned for 72 years and 110 days, making him one of the longest-reigning monarchs and the longest-reigning sovereign monarch in world history.

Not to mention his achievements, during his reign, France became the strongest country in Europe at that time, and expanded its territory for France.

His status in France should be similar to Qin Shihuang's status in China, and he is definitely the most talented and strategic emperor of this era.

It's a pity that Louis XIV at this meeting is still young, and he has just succeeded to the throne not long ago.

Louis XIV succeeded to the throne in 1643. He was only five years old at the time. Now Rende is three years old (1648). Louis XIV is only ten years old and has not yet been in power.

When Louis XIV first came to the throne, his mother Princess Anne of Austria was regent.

But it was Cardinal Giulio Raimondo Mazarino, also known as Mazaran (Mazarin), who held the real power.

Mazaran was not only the prime minister and godfather of the young king Louis XIV, but also the lover of the Queen Mother Anne, whose status and authority can be imagined.

When Mazaran accepted the government, it was precisely the moment when the French army won the Thirty Years War.In order to meet the needs of the war, Mazaran advanced money to financiers in exchange for allowing them to collect taxes and collect state revenue.These tax packers made huge profits from it, which aroused the jealousy of the nobles and the anger of the people, and laid the foundation for the future Fronde movement.

At this time, France was engaged in a 30-year war with Spain and was very short of money. Mazaran was looking for opportunities in Asia while making advances to financiers.

Spain used to have colonies in Asia and a steady stream of wealth, but was later defeated by Ding Yi, lost Luzon, and completely cut off the wealth in Asia. This made the French army in Europe victorious and saw the hope of victory.

In the original history, Spain certainly did not fail because of this, but now that Spain has lost Luzon, it is losing faster.

Therefore, Mazaran believes that it is necessary to go to Asia, find someone who defeated Spain, and form an alliance with them to gain their support.

There are more than 100 people in this mission, which is quite large. When they passed the Strait of Malacca, they heard that there was a powerful fleet in Saigon on the other side of the strait, which was to attack the Dagan Empire of the Spanish, so they immediately transferred to Saigon.

The leading emissary was the Catholic priest, Schwarzi, and the accompanying special envoy was the young and beautiful Olympus Messini.

Olympus Messini was the niece of Mazarin and the first love of Louis XIV.

Mazaran loved her niece very much. Historically, he made his family members rich and well-clothed, especially his nieces, who all wore gold and silver.He once gave his niece a necklace, which was one of the most expensive jewels at the time; but he was stingy and stingy with officials and subordinates, so he was described as "easy to forgive the mistakes of the enemy, but also easy to forget to give to his own people." benefit".After his death, he left an inheritance of 5000 million livres, which was equivalent to the taxation figure of France for more than half a year at that time (the total tax amount in 1661 was 8100 million livres, but the royal family actually received 3100 million livres); , according to Voltaire's slightly exaggerated estimate, Mazaran's actual inheritance totaled 2 million livres (almost all of which was later confiscated by Louis XIV).

Olympus Messini was only 13 years old, young and energetic, but because of her first love with Louis XIV, Mazarin had to transfer her to the mission.

Because Mazaran wanted Louis XIV to marry the Spanish princess Maria Teresa, so as to seek major future benefits for France.

At this time, France and Spain were still at war, and Louis XIV was still young, so it hadn't entered the agenda yet, but Mazarin forcibly separated his niece Olympus Messini and Louis 14 for future plans.

Hong Xu met them at the Governor's Mansion. In his Governor's Mansion, there were more than a dozen translators from officials and the capital.

Daqian Royal University has a translation discipline, which is also Ding Yi's main research strategy in Europe.

During the past two years in Annan, Hong Xu also started to learn English, Portuguese, and even Spanish, very seriously.

It was really the best choice for Ding Yi to choose him to attack the southeast.

None of Yuan Youcai, who came from Lushun, was willing to learn foreign languages.

(End of this chapter)