Mr. David is a naval officer by profession and a minor profession he is very interested in studying the climate of various places, he is a senior researcher at the Naval Meteorological Observatory, and he also enjoys the study of tidal hydrology and marine life, and is a man of great learning. (If he doesn't have connotation, he can't be a close friend of the boss)

During the dreary days on the warship, he had been studying ocean storms, and now that such days were over, he gave a forecast.

"Just look at the wind and waves at sea, although the weather is still very good, but the storm is coming!" Mr. David pointed out the signs that preceded the storm.

High clouds appear in the sky, and feathery clouds appear in the east, which are thickening into Cirrostratus, indicating that the storm is coming from the east.

In addition, the wind usually blows from the land to the sea at night and from the sea to the land during the day, but the land wind and the sea wind have changed significantly in the last day.

"There are long waves on the sea! When the long waves fade away, the storm is not far away! ”

Mr. David said: "Our ships are strong against the wind, but we have fought this battle, and I think we should evacuate this area, and it is better to leave sooner rather than later!" ”

He was talking about a battleship that had been in a battle, was in poor condition, and could not survive in a storm.

When Yan Changwu was still groaning, Gan Hui brought in an experienced old sailor and said the same thing.

In this case, Yan Changwu felt that it was not yet ripe to attack Batavia, so he announced the end of this battle and immediately retreated!

Although the Dutch lost, their strength still existed, and the other party was facing a life-and-death situation, but the resistance was fierce, Yan Changwu did not want to fight hard and broke the siege and left.

They left overnight, and the Dutch gasped for breath, how dare they pursue, so they preached to the outside world that the Southeast Army was unable to fight again, and our East India Company had the last laugh and won the victory!

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That night they sailed away, taking the Dutch ship and more than 800 prisoners, and returned as fast as possible to avoid the storm.

In fact, there is another way to save trouble, that is, to negotiate with the Batavian side and ask them to pay for ransom.

However, although Yan Changwu got into the eyes of money, he thought that it would be more face-saving to take the captives to Tainan to tour the streets, so the red-haired captives had no choice but to go to the southeast mansion with him.

They left properly, and three days later, a typhoon swept the sea, and the wind and waves were fierce

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The Southeast Fleet was rubbed by the tail of the typhoon, the ships swayed, and the whole was safe and sound, and everyone took it as a massage for their bodies.

Everyone is thinking about how much we will gain from this war victory, compared to the last draw, this time we are proud, and the Dutch pig is disgraced, the boss should be rewarded!

Yan Changwu is never stingy with military merits, he fully learned the lessons of the Ming and Qing dynasties before he came, and the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Chongba, was so small that his descendants treated the soldiers poorly, how could he let the soldiers work hard!

Emperor Chongzhen died by himself, killed the eunuchs who could help him make money and bear the evil scourge for him, did not levy business taxes, did not open the sea ban, and could not reward him if he wanted to.

The second battle of Jinchuan in which the braided emperor Qianlong fought against the natives of western Sichuan lasted five years, with more than 10,000 casualties and 70 million taels of silver!

There is a lot of corruption, but a large part of the corruption still falls into the hands of the military!

There were many justified rewards, and the braid dynasty gave the emperor a splash of silver to the soldiers who participated in the battle, so that the same fight against the barbarians, the braid soldiers were victorious.

When the emperor is worthy of the generals, he dares to kill the generals and officers and soldiers, and if he has money, he has a choice, and he is not afraid that the generals will be disobedient, which is diametrically opposed to the situation of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this hand is okay in the civil war, but it will not be used in the foreign war, more than 200 million Maguan indemnity, if the old woman would think, use more than 200 million silver to build a hundred towns far away, and the island would have been leveled long ago!

On the way back, the old road was more than twice as long, but the spirit of the southeast officials was relaxed and pleasant, and after the Champong, they took a short rest, and the Champa people heard that the southeast army had defeated the Dutch, and they were greatly admired, and they were hospitable, and asked them to stay more time, so as to ask Gao Ming.

The southeastern army returned to its heart like an arrow, refused the kindness, and continued on the road.

However, when I arrived at Hoi An (the territory of the Nguyen Dynasty in Annam), I found that the atmosphere was different before I entered the port, and there were several Ming ships moored outside the port, which was very unusual!

Seeing the arrival of the southeast warship, the Ming ships erupted in cheers!

They released the dinghy and carried people over, and soon, Yan Changwu knew the clue, which was caused by the monkey's despicable seizure.

Previously, the Southeast Fleet issued a threat, demanding that the Ruan Dynasty must be fair to the Ming maritime merchants' taxes, but the Ruan lord still attached great importance to it, and under the proposal of his military advisor Tao Weici, it was agreed that the Ming maritime merchants would collect 3,000 taels of silver from the tariff ships, and no other miscellaneous fees should be collected, and it was announced and implemented.

This is reasonable, the Ming maritime merchants expressed their satisfaction, but the customs officials in charge of tax collection and reception did not do it!

The meagre salary they received from the Ruan Dynasty and the need for tips to help support their families, that is, gray income, is extortion, and there must be no other charges, which is not killing them!

It was supposed to be a matter of the internal distribution mechanism of the Ruan Dynasty, and they could ask their superiors, but they did not dare to call out to their superiors, and they were used to collecting tips from Ming people and maritime merchants, and after the Nguyen Dynasty's decree came out, they began to collect tips again after a few days of peace.

Everyone knows that the people of the Celestial Empire are afraid of things and trouble, and they hold the concept that more things are better than less things.

A few taels or ten pieces of silver, give them!

The officials put it away with peace of mind, until three days ago, a sea ship "Ming Lun" from Haicheng, Fujian Province arrived in Hoi An, the owner of the ship, Chen Hu, is a retired veteran of the Southeast Army, this guy returned to his hometown from the southeast province after retirement to start a maritime business, trafficking silk to Hoi An.

As a result, when he passed the customs, the officials extorted silver from him, and kept saying ten yuan (silver dollars) and ten yuan in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Hu refused to give it, he finally bought a shipload of goods, and he didn't even give ten silver dollars before he made it market, and he really couldn't even give ten silver dollars, and he was a soldier with a military habit ----- Yan Dashao, never succumbed to unrighteous acts, and held his head high at any time!

The following things are logical, there was a dispute between the two sides, Chen Hu's voice was loud and his attitude was clear: no money!

When the officials saw that there was a hard stubble, how could they allow him to run rampant, in case other Ming people did the same, it was not to cut off everyone's rice road, they rushed up and fought!

Poor Chen Hu, uh, was beaten to death by the other party's heavy hand!

After the incident, the local Chinese Entrepreneur Association intervened and demanded that the murderer be severely punished and the interests of Ming merchants be protected.

The local government was willing to pay 100 taels of silver, punish the murderer (that is, beat the stick) and apologize.

It's just that during the negotiations, the officials are used to their previous status, their posture is arrogant, arrogant, and they keep saying that they are rewarding you, one hundred taels of silver per person, we can afford it!

The merchants were furious, thinking that if they were treated like this, maybe the same thing would fall on their heads.

One hundred taels of silver for a human life, I'm sorry!

The Ming merchants boycotted the market, and the sea vessels did not enter the port to unload their goods (did not deal with the customs), and demanded further processing from the Hoi An government until the Ming merchants were satisfied.

In the stalemate between the two sides, the Southeast Fleet is back, and now the Ming merchants have the backbone!

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Gan Hui was ordered by Yan Dashao to preside over a meeting and ask everyone what to do?

After reaching a consensus, it was reported to Yan Changwu for approval, and Hong Xiguan said: "This time is different from the past, and it is not suitable for you to go ashore in Deputy Gan, so as not to be detained by the monkeys of Annam." ”

He said righteously: "Just let me go, I believe that I will protect the face of my Southeast Mansion and the interests of Ming Shang." ”

Yan Zhang, who was next to him, knew his personality very well, and said in a low voice: "This guy is the most suitable to pretend to be B, if he doesn't pretend to be B for a day, he will be uncomfortable!" ”

So Hong Hee Guan was ordered to go ashore to negotiate with Hoi An officials, and met with the local governor Nguyen Phuc An, and the two sides could not talk a few words, and Nguyen Phuc An was so shocked that he jumped up from his seat.

"What, one life and ten people?" Nguyen Phuc An exclaimed.