In a corner of the dock, Shimazu Chiyo took a few samurai and watched the departure of Xia Nan and the others. The samurai behind the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info asked, "Chiyo-chan, just watching them go?" ”

Shimazu Chiyo replied coldly: "What else can I do?" This is the territory of the Hizen Domain, and the Nabeshima family insists on favoring them, and we have nothing to do. However, the samurai of the Shimazu family cannot be humiliated in vain, and we must avenge this revenge. Remember the appearance of these strange ships, the next time they appear in any port in Japan and are discovered by the people of the Shimazu family, it will be time for us to take revenge. ”

"Hello! The subordinates know how to do it. ”

The clipper boat rode the wind and waves, and rushed back to Lingao in more than ten days. Thanks to the convenience of transportation and the fact that it was smooth in Suzhou and Japan, the trip only took a little more than two months, which was within the plan of Xia Nan.

After arriving at Bofu Port, Xia Nan first arranged for the transportation of 800,000 taels of silver to be sent back to Tiannan Qianzhuang in Guangzhou to repay the principal and interest of 600,000 taels, and the remaining 1.4 million taels of silver were left in Lingao to run the Qiongzhou battalion, which was about to launch a war machine.

Because of the success of the trade, a large amount of cash was brought back, and the high-ranking personnel of the Qiongzhou battalion who knew about it were all elated. In a jubilant atmosphere, Sun Yuanhua, who stayed behind, was summoned by Xia Nan and reported what had happened in the past two months.

To Xia Nan's surprise, it was learned from the Imperial Court Newspaper that Zou Weilian, the governor of Fujian who maintained the maritime ban policy with a tough attitude, was dismissed, and his successor changed the harshness of his predecessor and adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards Zheng Zhilong.

Xia Nan is not surprised by Zheng Zhilong's development trajectory, the original history is like this, but Zou Weilian had a meritorious role in expelling the Dutch, and it is really incomprehensible that he ended up like this.

Sun Yuanhua explained: "According to the news circulating in the Di newspaper and officialdom, it should be that Wen Tiren, the head of the court, was jealous of his merits and instructed the officials of southern Fujian to frame him for impeachment. ”

"Why would Wen Tiren go to such lengths to deal with a meritorious governor?"

Sun Yuanhua sighed: "Wen Changqing has always regarded himself as a 'lonely minister', and Zou Dehui is a ...... of the Donglin Party."

I see! Xia Nan immediately understood. After Chongzhen eliminated Wei Zhongxian, the intertwined Donglin party tail was too big to fall off, and it became Chongzhen's heart disease, and Wen Tiren, who appeared as a 'lonely minister', immediately gained favor, squeezed Zhou Yanru away, and became the first assistant. Zou Weilian, as the governor of Fujian, has made great contributions, and he will definitely be reused, and the Donglin Party will get a big boost in the court, so he will definitely be feared by Wen Tiren of the Donglin Party alone, and it is not surprising that he will be framed and excluded.

However, Zou Weilian's stay has little to do with the Qiongzhou battalion, anyway, no matter whether anyone slows down Zheng Zhilong's advance, the Qiongzhou battalion will have a decisive battle with the Zheng family, and this trend cannot be changed. Xia Nan no longer continued to discuss the fate of the former governor of Fujian, and instead asked, "Does Wang Qinian have any news?" "Whether Wang Qinian can successfully break into the Zheng family and send key information in a timely manner is what is more worthy of attention at the moment.

Sun Yuanhua arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to the general, Wang Qinian has lived up to his high expectations, he has infiltrated the Zheng family's Anping old mansion and become the bookkeeper, and Liang Dong also took advantage of the opportunity of the Zheng family's replenishment of manpower to infiltrate the Zheng family's fleet. ”

In the summer, Nan Daxi, the two of them are inside and outside, and it is not difficult to detect the Zheng family's movements in advance.

"Wang Qinian is really doing this business, why did he get into Anping and become the account office of the inner house?"

Sun Yuanhua replied: "According to the news that Zhou Baihu passed through Fujian Jinyiwei, the fourth child of the Zheng family was snubbed by Zheng Zhilong because of repeated mistakes, and returned to the old house in Anping to recuperate. ”

"Very good, let Zhou Guoxin keep in touch with Fujian Jinyiwei at any time, so that Wang Qinian's news can be passed on, so that he will not be stingy with money, and use the silver to feed his colleagues in Fujian, and if the money is not enough, ask me for it."

Sun Yuanhua agreed, and said another thing: "The red-haired side sent someone here, saying that they wanted to redeem their chief, but the general is not there, and I can't do this ......."

Xia Nan snorted, "I want to redeem Putmans, and wait until I win Zheng Zhilong." Put this guy back now, and maybe you'll incite Batavia to continue sending ships over to trap the beasts and sabotage my plans. "As long as Putmans is not dead, and there is still hope of returning to Taiwan, the East India Company may not be in a hurry to send a new chief executive, and there will be no third party to disrupt the war between the Qiongzhou battalion and the Zheng family. Although the Dutch had been completely destroyed along the coast of China, the emaciated camels were bigger than the horses, and the people in Batavia were in a hurry, and there were still plenty of armed merchant ships on the Luzon side and the Dutch mainland.

"There is also good news for the general: Mr. Cha from the shipyard reported that two 2,000-expected ships could be launched before the end of the month."

Xia Nan stood up excitedly: "Can a thousand-ton warship be launched?" Great, so that we can catch up with the battle with Zheng Zhilong. ”

As Lin Weiye said, the existing Wuyi-class battleships with a displacement of 500 tons and the Wuxiang-class patrol ships with a displacement of 280 tons, relying on the performance advantages of more advanced hull design and artillery, can gain the upper hand in the face of the Dutch fleet, but it is not enough to form a crushing situation, and the Dutch fleet has lost to Zheng Zhilong regardless of the history of the old time and space or the current time and space, so the Qiongzhou battalion is not sure of victory in the face of Zheng Zhilong only by relying on the existing fleet. If the Zheng family can't win at sea, the Qiongzhou camp can only develop on the island, which is a fatal blow to Xia Nan, who is determined to control China's coastal sea power, obtain huge wealth through sea trade, and go from the sea to the mainland, and it is not his ultimate goal to be a local overlord on a marginal island.

The 1,000-ton displacement warship is a killer weapon that changes the balance of the battlefield, and with the large-caliber bombardment gun that Lin Weiye said, it is enough to change the rules of naval warfare in the 17th century.

Xia Nan couldn't wait to call Lin Weiye to inquire about the progress of cannon development.

Lin Weiye replied helplessly: "I just came back with you, and I haven't had time to enter the house yet." But just now I went to see the data written down by the craftsmen, there is still a harvest in the past two months, and the heat to control the water temperature and cooling rate is almost grasped, if it goes well, I should be able to try out the first sample cannon for testing in half a month. ”