He knew that the Europa people were very straightforward, so he didn't beat around the bush, but it was just a few merchants, and it didn't matter to him whether he let it go or not.

And according to what he knew about the Dutch, the sea coachman was not a man, and their country as a whole was a confederation of merchants, of which the king was one of them, and this confederation had no interest in anything other than to make money and do business.

It was for this reason that the Netherlands was defeated by rising star England in less than a hundred years.

The problem that money can solve is not a problem, and several Dutch businessmen know this very well, and even think of a way to save them money.

If they were willing to go to the city of Geranza to persuade Ovat to surrender, not only would they not have to pay the additional ransom, but the goods would have been returned to them intact.

Liu Hongjian just said casually, as if he himself disdained such traitorous behavior, and did not expect these Dutchmen to agree.

But who knew that these Dutch businessmen's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they immediately agreed to be willing to run, which allowed Liu Hong to gradually see the bottom line of this group of businessmen.

But Liu Honggradually didn't think that Ovat would surrender obediently, but he was always unwilling not to try, in case a miracle happened.

In order to prevent these forgetful fellows from taking advantage of the opportunity to escape, Liu Honggradually limited himself to three hours, and if they could not return on time, he would kill all the sailors on their merchant ship.

In fact, Liu Hong gradually thought too much, although the Dutch businessman had no country in his heart, he was still very trustworthy in business.

However, He Bin didn't forget to greet those Dutchmen and ask them to help find out the whereabouts of their families.

After a few Dutch merchants left, Liu Hongjian found Chang Yu from the guard battalion again, and instructed him to lead a sniper team to ambush around the city of Geranza, and if he found Ovat or other Dutch officers, he could be killed immediately.

The 30-member sniper squad is all equipped with special scopes made by the ordnance, and although the accuracy needs to be improved, the distance of 500 meters can already achieve good sniper results.

Yang Tianbao, the leader of the sniper team, could even reach 80 percent of the hit rate at a distance of 500 paces.

It wasn't that he didn't think that he would follow these Dutch merchants to Geranza for a trip, and that he would not get a tiger without entering the tiger's den, and with his ability, as long as he saw Owat, he would take out the AK from the ring and it would be a shuttle.

You can go into the tiger's den, but the problem is how to get out, kill Owat, I guess I have to explain it, this is definitely not cost-effective, it is not difficult to find a death squad, the problem is that the gun will definitely not be able to bring in.

After thinking about it, Liu Hong gradually didn't want to think about it, and immediately took several guards to the head of the Red Embedded City.

There were about 4,000 Han people living in the city, most of whom were farming, not only paying heavy taxes to the Dutch, but also being used as coolies to carry goods.

The arrival of the Ming army first boosted the morale of these Han people, and before the expedition, Liu Honggradually explained to Qin Gongming that except for the Dutch, no Han people should be harmed for no reason after entering the city.

After the city was stabilized, all the Han people gathered at the head of the city, and they were waiting for the court's will, whether to take them back to the interior of the Ming Dynasty, or to allow them to stay here, and the court's policy towards them were all matters of concern to them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor to stand here and tell you that the Ryukyus have been restored, and from today you will be free from the oppression of the Dutch and own this land as a proud citizen of the Ming Dynasty."

Looking at the people in the city, Liu Hong gradually had mixed feelings in his heart.

As the reformer of the empire, he can sneer at the courtiers, but for these poor people at the bottom, he really can't show a domineering style.

A considerable part of the Han people in the Ryukyus came here with Lao Zheng Zheng Zhilong to open up the wasteland, and Lao Zheng offered three people and one cow and gave additional subsidies.

It can be said that these people are the real pioneers of the Ryukyus.

"This king announced in the name of the king of Anguo of the Ming Dynasty that Ryukyu will be renamed Taiwan from today, and will be a province of the Ming Dynasty, forever included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

And you, as the first batch of people in Taiwan Province, this king, on behalf of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, announced that all recorded fertile land will be exempted from land for two years, and all newly opened acres of land will be exempted from land for three years. ”

In fact, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there were several names for Taiwan, the court officially called it Ryukyu, the folk called it Dongfan, and there were also called Taiwan, Dayuan, this title was not unified into Taiwan until the time of Qingkang Mazi.

Liu Hong gradually knew what these people wanted, and all they thought about was to have enough food and dignity so that their children would not go hungry.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, the people in the city consciously knelt down to thank God.

Most of the people have been living here for more than 20 years, and nearly a generation has already had a sense of belonging here, and many people are reluctant to let them go back to the mainland.

They didn't care if the place was called Ryukyu or Dongfan or Taiwan, they only cared about how the imperial court would settle them.

Their worst fears had vanished, and they were overjoyed that the imperial court had exempted them from their field tax.

That night, the Dutch merchants returned on time, and as Liu Hongjian expected, Owat in the city of Geranza did not see them at all, which made several Dutch merchants very angry.

In fact, Liu Honggradually felt that it was good luck for these guys to come back alive, and he couldn't understand why Ovat let them come back.

But this doesn't matter, the problem is still not solved, and Liu Hong's rice is not fragrant.

"Lord Admiral, there's a man out there who wants to see you." Qin Gongming saw that the lights in Liu Hongji's house were still on, and whispered at the door.

"Fanren?"

"Yes, my lord, it seems to be from the Gaoshan people."

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PS To put it simply, the first half of the chapter on recovering Taiwan is actually a reproduction of the general context of Zheng Chenggong's naval battle in Taiwan, including the character He Bin, and the predicament that Zheng Chenggong encountered back then.

It's not that Han Han didn't want to write something different, but the battle when Zheng Chenggong attacked Taiwan was really interesting, and it can be described in four words, which is the chapter name of the first two chapters, God bless China.

If you want to know more about it, I suggest that you can take a look at Mr. Gao Xiaosong's Xiaoshuo, which has three issues dedicated to the naval battle of Taiwan, including the dormant after Zheng Chenggong captured the Pu Minsha.

Of course, the next hot Lansha will definitely not be like Zheng Chenggong, who has worked hard for a year.

Han Han believes that the key point is the Gaoshan people, and Zheng Chenggong would not have fought with the Gaoshan people if it wasn't for the food problem.

The Gaoshan people were still in the primitive tribal stage at that time, and purely in terms of force, they were still very powerful, and those who have seen Saidekbale should be clear.