Li Zicheng received a message from Dongfan Island after dark, which Zhou Kun sent by clipper immediately after the battle.

Although it came a little late, the result was what Li Zicheng wanted most - the South China Sea Fleet had successfully occupied the city of Geranza and the port to the west.

More than 400 Dutchmen were captured, including the Dutch commander in Formosa, Maier, more than a dozen large and small warships and transport ships, nearly 1,000 muskets, and countless ammunition......

It is impossible to have no silver money for this capture, but Zhou Kun didn't have time to count it, so he doesn't know the amount for the time being.

There is also no time to count, as well as the number of Han people in the city of Geranza, status, and the general situation of the aborigines, however, Zhou Kun said the strategy of this sneak attack on Dongfan Island in great detail, perhaps it was prepared before the battle, and when the battle is over, just fill in the results.

The South Sea Fleet landed not from a port controlled by the Dutch, but from a deserted beach to the north, and after the landing, the troops were divided into two routes, the first battalion attacking the city of Geranza, and the second battalion encircling the point to ambush the Dutch soldiers in the port.

By the time the 2nd Battalion had almost exhausted the Dutch in the harbor, and it was almost dawn, the main battleships attacked from the sea and destroyed the remnants of the harbor with flowering shells......

The whole battle process is like a textbook, and it may go down in history in the future......

Li Zicheng looked at the message sent by Zhou Kun, and immediately thought that Huaxia may lack a naval school, no, an army school!

Although this battle was a sneak attack, the fire # guns in the hands of the Dutch were not vegetarian, and the South China Sea Fleet must have suffered a lot of casualties, however, Zhou Kun did not report it, and perhaps it has not been counted......

Since there is a war, there will be casualties, and in the face of the Western navy, China does not have much technological superiority, and a war of "zero casualties" will not exist, and can only be regarded as the highest ideal of the military.

The key is the result.

Huaxia is a country, different from the maritime nature of the Dutch, no matter how big the casualties, Huaxia can afford it.

Li Zicheng immediately asked his soldiers to summon Zhang Kentang and Li Changxiang and let them come to see them tomorrow morning, then put away the message and pondered alone for a long time before hugging Zhou Qingrou and falling asleep.

At dawn the next day, Li Zicheng trotted in the training ground for a while, and just after eating, Zhang Kentang and Li Changxiang came to ask to see him.

Li Zicheng didn't hurry to have breakfast, thought for a while, and summoned the two, in fact, there is no need to say more, when he was in Quanzhou last time, he had already summoned them and asked them to prepare for their future posts on Dongfan Island.

"The villain is waiting to see the emperor!" Zhang Kentang and Li Changxiang both paid homage to Li Zicheng.

"No rudeness!" Li Zicheng didn't waste time, and said very directly: "The two of you pack up and take office today." ”

"Inauguration?" Zhang Kentang was stunned for a moment, but reacted instantly, "The emperor said that he would go to Dongfan Island to take office?" There are no red-haired Dutchmen on Dongfan......"

"Wrong," Li Zicheng said categorically: "There is no Dongfan Island anymore, I have already told you last time, it is Taiwan Island, the treasure island of Taiwan!"

"The ...... of the villain's capital crime"

Li Zicheng did not punish him, but said: "On the island of Taiwan, there are no more red-haired people, and the red-haired Dutch have surrendered to Huaxia and returned to Taiwan."

Bay Island!"

"Return?" Zhang Kentang said curiously: "So fast? How did the Dutch return the East...... No, the return of the island of Taiwan ......"

"This, naturally, depends on the South China Sea Fleet," Li Zicheng didn't want to say more on this issue, so he said: "I have already said last time that I want to establish a province on the island of Taiwan, and the first governor of Taiwan is Lord Zhang." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Zicheng asked Zhang Kentang to get up, looked at Li Changxiang, and said, "I plan to change the name of the Dutchman's Gelanza City to Anping Mansion, and this prefect is none other than Lord Li!"

"Thank you to the emperor!" Li Changxiang also bowed to thanks, the position of prefect, he was not surprised, the emperor had already told him last time, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Zhang Aiqing, Li Aiqing, I have already said a lot about Taiwan Province last time," Li Zicheng paused, and said: "Taiwan Province is a new place, do you know what to do?" ”

Zhang Kentang said: "The emperor said last time that Taiwan is newly established, and there are many natives on the island, and the ministers naturally want to do naturalization......

"Zhang Aiqing looks at it this way, in fact, there is nothing wrong, but," Li Zicheng said: "Of course, the matter of naturalization is important, but it cannot be forced, Aiqing and others went to Taiwan, as long as they care about the people and the natives, let them live a good life, the natives will naturally return to ......their hearts."

"Keep it in mind!"

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Taiwan is a transit place for maritime trade, and trade can enrich merchants and people; In addition, I heard that the island of Taiwan is suitable for growing sugarcane, and sugar can be refined in the future, and if the information is true, Aiqing can consider it on the island, give more land to the people, and expand the sugarcane planting area......"

"Teachable!"

Li Zicheng explained a few more words, and then asked the two of them to go to Anhua City as soon as possible to take a small boat to Anhua City, and build the local government of Taiwan Province, Anhua Mansion should not be the capital of Taiwan, but Zhang Kentang can only go to Anhua Mansion for the time being, and after taking the northern part of Taiwan Island, the capital should be in the north.

If we talk about the current degree of development, the Dutch have been operating in the south for a longer time, and the south should be more developed, but Li Zicheng put the capital of Taiwan in the north, so he naturally stared at the islands in the north.

After Zhang Kentang and Li Changxiang left, Li Zicheng was not idle, he immediately asked his soldiers to go to the interrogation, and asked Xia Yujin, the prefect of Quanzhou, and Lai Jijin, the prefect of Zhangzhou, to arrange the immigration.

Li Zicheng learned from Zheng Zhilong that there are about 100,000 natives on the island of Taiwan, and the Han people have reached 30,000.

No matter what kind of ethnic group the aborigines are, as long as there is no written language, it is not difficult to assimilate, and Taiwan is a trade transit station, the economic development speed will be very fast, and if the aborigines can follow the benefits, things will be easier and easier.

Although Zheng Zhilong has not yet sent back the message, Li Zicheng is not in a hurry, the first and second battalions of the South China Sea Fleet have already gained a foothold in southern Taiwan, even if Zheng Zhilong fails to take the city of Santo Domingo and San Salvador in the north, the next battle is also a land battle, and the South China Sea Fleet can completely advance north along the coastline and completely expel the Dutch.

For China, the land of Taiwan Island is not too big, but its status is extremely important, especially for future overseas trade and the South China Sea Fleet, Taiwan Island is the most important fulcrum out of the Pacific Ocean.

"Li Zicheng" comes from later generations, and naturally he will not let go of the opportunity to take back Taiwan.

In the afternoon, Zheng Zhilong sent a message

Cease.

Egret Island is basically directly west of Anping Province in southern Taiwan, farther away from the northern part of Taiwan Island, and counting the time, this group of heralds sailed in the sea for almost a night.

Zheng Zhilong did not disappoint Li Zicheng.

He was more familiar with the waters near Taiwan, and even the island of Taiwan, and this sneak attack not only took the city of Santo Domingo at the mouth of the Tamsui River, but also sent a detachment to take the city of San Salvador at the mouth of the chicken coop river in the northeast, the city of San Salvador was built by the Spaniards, and the Dutch expelled the Spaniards and renamed the city of San Salvador as "North Holland".

The return of these two cities to China naturally erases the traces of the Dutch, and the city of Santo Domingo is located at the mouth of the Tamsui River, and it is appropriate to change its name to Tamsui; The city of San Salvador also has to be renamed, and since it is at the mouth of the chicken coop river, it stands to reason that it is appropriate to change the name to the chicken coop.

However, Li Zicheng disliked the name "chicken coop" and thought of the later generations, so he simply changed his name to "Keelung", which is not only the same as "chicken coop", but also has the meaning of "base Changlong", and even "chicken coop river" was also renamed "Keelung River".

Li Zicheng didn't know the size of the two cities of Tamsui and Keelung, whether they were counties or mansions.

Although Zheng Zhilong left a map of Dongfan Island, the map was too brief, except for the northernmost and southernmost parts, even the mountains and rivers were not very clear.

The northern part of the island of Taiwan will be the capital of Taiwan Province, regardless of the size of the two cities of Tamsui and Keelung, at least the center of this province should have a certain depth.

Li Zicheng thought about the message sent by Zheng Zhilong for a long time, but he still had no clue, if it wasn't for the thousands of things in China, he really wanted to go to Taiwan Island to see it on the spot.

There is no time to go to Taiwan for the time being, so Li Zicheng can only face the map.

Swimming upstream from the mouth of the Tamsui River, there is a large area of low-lying land, because it is far away from the estuary, the trade is not as convenient as Tamsui and Keelung, but the depth is much larger than that of Tamsui and Keelung.

He remembered the "Taipei" of later generations, yes, called Taipei Mansion, from the map, Taipei Mansion is in the center, with Tamsui City to the west and Keelung City to the north, which happens to be the two counties under Taipei Prefecture.

Taiwan Island is a long and narrow terrain, and it is not enough to have only Taipei Province in the north and Anhua Province in the south, at least in the central part of the country, it is necessary to establish a government and enclose the Penghu Islands.

Li Zicheng thought about it for a long time, and did not have further ideas, the key is that he does not know the topography and population distribution of Taiwan, he just knows that because of the influence of the high mountains in the central part and the typhoon in the east, the entire east coast of Taiwan is difficult to develop for the time being, and the early Taiwan, whether it is Spain, the Netherlands, or later Zheng Chenggong, can only develop on the west coast.

He really wanted to personally plan a road map for Taiwan's development, but unfortunately, the most important thing now is not Taiwan's development, but the South China Sea Fleet's gains in Taiwan.

The Dutch's warships, fire# guns, land, cities, gold and silver, and property must be confiscated, except for the warships and fire# guns that need to be brought back for study, Li Zicheng does not plan to bring the property back to Beijing, "take it from Taiwan and use it in Taiwan", these property should be used as the first batch of funds for the development of Taiwan.

However, what is a little hot is that Zhou Kun and Zheng Zhilong captured nearly a thousand Dutch prisoners of war.

What to do with these Dutch?

Did they let them go for nothing, or did they demand a ransom from the Dutch East India Company? The Dutch East India Company suffered huge losses on the island of Taiwan this time, will it send warships to take revenge?

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