The huge bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty was too slow to move, and it was not until the Dutch rebuilt a defensive castle in the original Penghu Inspection Division, and there was no change from the official side.

The old general Shen Yourong wanted to move, but he was pressed down by Wang Shichang, who was waiting for the arrival of the third year of the apocalypse and was about to return to Beijing to report on his work.

In private, Shen Yourong also sent someone to find Li Tianyang and asked him to exert pressure from the side to give the Dutch on Magong Island in Penghu a little restraint.

However, Li Tianyang was wishing that the Dutch would not pay attention to them at this time, so that he would have time to make adequate preparations.

Although Li Tianyang and Wu Jie, as well as many members of the staff department, repeatedly referred to the plan, they had found a way to resist the invasion of the Dutch. But whether it is these methods or strategies, they all require Li Tianyang and them to spend a lot of money to purchase materials and materials.

In the face of the Dutch battleship and the gap in insufficient strength, Li Tianyang could only narrow the distance between each other by taking some evil and crooked ways, and find the slightest possibility of defeating the opponent.

During the Spring Festival of the third year of the Apocalypse, Li Tianyang and them did not have a down-to-earth life, and Li Tianyang, who had been concentrating on preparing materials and guarding against the Dutch fleet on Magong Island nearby, together with Wu Juren, Wu Jie and Wu Daofu, and their middle and high-level personnel, only quietly rushed back to Bengang to get together with their families for a few days, and even spent the Lantern Festival in Bengang, and quietly took people back to their posts.

The original choice of Bengang was based on its concealment and proximity to the official organization of the Penghu Naval Division, and there would be no Haikou who was crazy enough to run to the Naval Division's rule to commit crimes, which brought Li Tianyang a sense of security to their initial construction.

Until now, this initial caution still brought good luck to Li Tianyang and them.

As soon as the Dutch invaded Penghu Magong Island, Li Tianyang had already suspended all the activities of ships entering and leaving Bengang, so until now, half a year later, Bengang has quietly laid an ambush under the noses of the Dutch.

It's just that most of the workshops in Bengang have temporarily stopped manufacturing products, and there are no cargo ships in and out, even if more goods are manufactured in Bengang, they must be able to transport them before they can be sold!

Up to now, most of the other businesses, including Defuxuan, which are friendly with Qixintang and sell Qixintang's unique products, have also been reduced by Li Tianyang and transported from the distant Tanmen and the newly built Jilonggang workshop.

Of course, Defuxuan and several other firms are not having a good time these days, and the Dutch are stuck in the narrow strait between Dayuan Island and the mainland, interfering with the ocean-going fleet of these firms, forcing them to make a detour to the sea area farther south of Dayuan, resulting in greater risks at sea and longer sailing times.

Bengang is temporarily safe, but on the side of Jilong Harbor, since Chinese New Year's Eve, there have been two armed merchant ships from Magong Island, cruising nearby, and it seems that they finally discovered the existence of Jilong Harbor.

This is also the reason why Li Tianyang said goodbye to them in a hurry during the Spring Festival, after only spending a few days with their families for a short time.

Previously, the reason why Jonlong Port had not been discovered by the Dutch was because the Dutch came from afar and were not familiar with the terrain around Dayuan, so that Jelcoong Port had a short preparation time. Now the Dutch have been stationed on Magong Island for half a year, and it is not a good way to go to sea for a long time to make trouble in the interior of the Ming Dynasty and get supplies from it, and although there are many islands in the Penghu Islands themselves, there is not much land that can be used for reclamation and planting, and it is not a suitable colony.

Therefore, after gaining an initial foothold, the Dutch turned their attention to Dayuan Island, which was on the sidelines.

Although the Dutch are arrogant, but they are not stupid, in the past six months, they have burned and looted along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, raped 0** women, and even robbed the Han people as their own slaves, built a fortress for themselves, etc., have already offended all the Ming officials. If you want to rely on these hundreds of people to build a territory in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and follow the example of the Portuguese to Macao, it is definitely impossible to get the approval of the Ming government.

Anyway, things were done, and they couldn't do it at the beginning, not only trying to show their Dutch powerful fleet strength through this move, but also coercing the Ming people to be captured, and agreeing to their shameless demands; It was also a special situation at that time, just after the defeat, it was urgent to cheer up a group of dejected naval officers and soldiers, and at the same time replenish the consumption of supplies.

And most importantly, Cohen, the Dutch governor of Java at that time, recognized this move of the Dutch fleet, and expressed his approval and support for the crazy remarks of Lai Jiechen, who was eager to make up for the new defeat and was eager to make amends: "There is no reason to talk about the Chinese, and the only way to resort to force is to resort to force."

In addition, Governor Cohen was anxious to increase the number of highly qualified laborers in the Dutch East Indies, so he also ordered the Dutch fleet to plunder the population in the Penghu area and transport it back to work in the Dutch East Indies colony. In just half a year, three or four hundred ships and villages were destroyed and plundered by the Dutch fleet, and nearly 1,000 Ming sons were enslaved and sent to the East Indies.

When the Dutch shifted their attention to Dayuan Island, the first thing they thought of was naturally to find a ready-made stronghold and occupy the nest of the dove. Unexpectedly, this search really made them discover the existence of Jilong Harbor.

It's just that what makes them a little troublesome is that the team to which this chicken coop port belongs is owned by Hong Tang, who is known as the overlord of this sea area.

Of course, it was just a little troublesome, Li Tianyang asked Wu Shu to spy on the Dutch, but the Dutch were actually secretly testing the scale of their Hongtang.

Although I already knew about the existence of Hongtang before, everyone can still be safe, or because we have no conflict of interest for the time being, after all, the Dutch have so many people, and one less dead and wounded is one, which is far inferior to Hongtang They occupy the advantage of geographical location and people, and have a steady supply of population, so the shrewd Dutch are also happy to be vigilant with Hongtang and keep peace.

But now it is different, since the developed stronghold of Chicken Coop Harbor has been favored by the Dutch, and it is such an excellent deep-water harbor, and it is also of great strategic significance, then the Dutch do not mind officially turning their faces with this neighbor and pulling up arms to do it.

It's just that before the start of the battle, of course, the Dutch still have to carefully investigate the construction pattern of the fortifications in the chicken coop harbor, as well as the number of personnel stationed in the chicken coop harbor, etc., so as not to be forced back by the weak Portuguese again!

(End of chapter)