The first thing the Huang family was preparing to seize was not the Malay Peninsula, but the island of Sumatra.

Relatively speaking, it is much easier to completely control an independent island, supported by a strong naval force, than to completely control a peninsula, at least without encountering simultaneous attacks by the enemy at sea and on land.

There are many regimes in the vicinity of Malacca, and there are many natives here, and if you give a spear to a native man, they will become warriors and will constantly harass the new territories.

These pick-and-choose monkeys are quite familiar with the terrain, and the Malay Peninsula is mountainous and undulating, so it is quite easy for the Huang Jia Re Weapons Force to defeat them, but since this is only a peninsula, there will be hostile forces in the north from time to time to move south.

In a place where war is always raging, how can Hermes-Epitek produce with peace of mind? So Huang Sheng's next step is to target Sumatra.

The cold-weapon army is offensive as long as it has a spear, but it is simply impossible to become a navy, the navy needs warships and requires long-term training.

In the long history from the Ming Dynasty to modern times, all the countries in Southeast Asia belonged to the existence of mud that could not support the wall, and there has never been a military force that can be regarded as a navy.

It is imperative to completely take the island of Sumatra with naval superiority and wipe out all the indigenous forces here, and expel all the indigenous population.

Huang Sheng's character is steady, not impatient and step-by-step, and he will thoroughly digest a piece of land when he takes it.

Let the occupied land be formed by a social structure with the Han people with knives as the main body, and after three and five years, the occupied land will be the homeland that the Han people will never give up.

This time, the Huang family navy crossed Malacca with merchant ships to the Indian Ocean in the future for trade, mainly to buy cheap and high-quality cotton, sell porcelain and glassware, and open up trade routes to open up a huge market in the South Asian subcontinent.

In this year's maritime trade, without a strong navy as the basic guarantee, it is a gift to others.

Of course, the Huang family navy who sailed away only accepted gifts, and it was absolutely impossible to give gifts to others.

will pocket the merchant ships and warships of other countries that appear in the field of vision along the way, the strength of the Huang family is not what it used to be, and there is no need to give face to anyone, just go all the way and grab all the way.

Those who dare to resist will not be forgiven, and those who surrender will be given food and clothing for their jobs. There are too many advantages of sea raiding, and every time you succeed in capturing merchant ships and warships, your opponents will lose some of your strength, and the Huang family will have fewer competitors when doing business.

There is no moral burden on this, other colonial empires do the same, the law of the sea is the survival of the strong, and several Xiyi maritime powers are also constantly attacking each other, you rob me, I take him is the norm.

Huang Mingdao led a caravan escorted by the navy to the east coast of the Mughal Empire, which was at the height of Shah Jahan's time.

From the Ming Dynasty, there was a huge trading fleet and the ships were strong, but the Ming people did not fight bravely, but demanded fair trade.

Under the strong military support, of course, business was easy to talk about, and the fleet that returned was full of cotton, a specialty of the empire, and not only that, the goods of the Ming Dynasty won the favor of the merchants of the Mughal Empire, and fine porcelain and glassware became a must-have luxury in the homes of the country's celebrities.

After peaceful and friendly negotiations between the two sides, the fifth trade agreement of the Huang family was signed, the "Indian Ocean Treaty". In the future, the Ming caravan traveled to the Mughal Empire at least twice a year, and the two superpowers communicated with each other.

Zheng Yiguan's pirate gang has seized territory in Malacca, an island larger than later Singapore, the largest island in the Riau archipelago called Bintan, located on the south side of Singapore.

When the Portuguese colonists invaded Malacca decades ago, the Sultan of Malacca, Ma Moshah, was defeated and fled to Bintan Island and founded the city of Tanjung Pinang to fight the Portuguese.

After defeating the descendants of Sultan Mamaha in a fierce battle, and slaughtering the monkeys who regarded the Han Chinese as inferior citizens, Zheng Yiguan now has a population of 50,000 or 60,000, and the output of the tuntian on Bintan Island is fully sufficient for the food supply of Zheng Yiguan's group.

When Huang Mingdao's navy passed through this island, Zheng Yiguan thought that the Ming army was coming to suppress the Kou again, so he did not dare to act rashly, and sent Zheng Zhibao to negotiate.

Zheng Zhibao saw Huang Mingdao kneeling down and begging, and told Huang Mingdao that the Zheng family had obeyed Lord Huang's instructions to stay away from the Ming Dynasty, why did the Ming army still rush to kill them?

Of course, Huang Mingdao comforted him with kind words, and told Zheng Zhibao to tell Zheng Yiguan that the Ming army was not here to suppress the Kou at all, but to go to the Mughal Empire to do business.

In recognition of Zheng Yiguan's expedition to Malacca, Huang Mingli sold Zheng Yiguan 500 flintlock muskets and 30 six-pounder smoothbore cannons.

Zheng Yiguan in Malacca belongs to the naked wolves, there are many pirates here, soldiers and horses from all countries are constantly attacking, with advanced firearms, has been affirmed by Lord Huang, Zheng Yiguan boosted his confidence, will definitely carry forward the great cause of plunder, to kill the monkeys to talk about the Han color.

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In the study room of the old Gao Di's mansion in the inner city pavilion of the Beijing Division, Gao Di put down the letter of his second son Gao Zhiyong and sighed, "Alas! How difficult the state affairs are, and it is not easy to be a magistrate! ”

Gao Jian, who was waiting on the side, knew that the old man was not at ease with the second son, Gao Zhiyong, he was promoted to Suizhou, Defu, and it has been a year since he arrived in Liupin Zhizhou.

Gao Jian whispered to comfort Gao Di and said: "Master, the second son has been a magistrate for more than seven years, and you should try to transfer him back to be a Beijing official." ”

"Alas! It's not easy to talk about, now that Henan has been plagued by disasters for many years, there are many thieves in the local area, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my children to escape the blame, it is difficult to say whether they can keep their official positions, and it is wishful thinking to return to Beijing to serve as a teacher! ”

Gao Jian flattered and said: "Master, you are a noble person, how forgetful!" The eldest prince is now a Qing official in the Ministry of War, and he is a Beijing official who holds real power in the five ranks. How did he rise to the top? ”

"That's because of the support of the Duke of Nanguo, and the imperial court is in urgent need of talents who know the soldiers!" Gao Di suddenly paused, laughed, and said, "Gao Jian, sure enough, there are some Gao Jian, the old man has an idea." ”

Huang Sheng, who was in Jinzhou South and was grinding with the Red Gangster, received a letter from the elder Gao Di, and it was Gao Jian, the chief housekeeper of the Gao family, who personally came to Liaodong to deliver the letter, which shows that this letter is quite important.

In the letter, Gao Di asked the Duke of Nanguo to help his second son, Gao Zhiyong, with a helping hand.

Now that the territory of Henan is not peaceful, he is worried that something will happen to his son, knowing that the Huang family's forces have begun to infiltrate Henan, so he implores Nanguo Gong to send some family members to Suizhou to help train the militia group, the township warrior and the soldiers of the inspection department.

Gao Di had mixed with the master of Jinglu in Liaodong, and knew the Huang family's ability to train soldiers, if his son was assisted by the Huang family, he would be safe from anything.