Regardless of whether Eighteen Zhi will make a comeback in the near future, for the Fujian government, the strategic point of Nanri Island must be defended as much as possible. This time, fortunately, relying on the Haihan militia to make a move, he was able to easily take Nanri Island from the hands of Eighteen Zhi, if he lost it lightly, Xu Xinsu probably wouldn't have the face to continue to work in the position of the Fujian General Army.

Of course, if you want to defend this island, there is still a little bit of suspense just by relying on the strength of the Fujian military itself, and Haihan must give some help. Fortunately, the basic structure of Nanri Village is very solid, and although it has withstood many rounds of shelling by the Haihan militia, only the battlements in the upper part of the walled wall have been damaged. Even Shi Diwen and Morgan had to rejoice that Shibazhi had surrendered early, otherwise it would be difficult for the cannonballs brought by the Haihan militia to collapse this solid wall, and in the end, it was likely that they would only have to take a ladder to attack the wall. If the battle situation goes on like that, it will be difficult for the Haihan militia to avoid casualties.

Judging from the damage to the fortifications of Nanri Village, Shi Diwen believes that only a small repair is needed, and then the firepower points on the wall are rearranged, which can completely improve the defensive strength of Nanri Village to a higher level, so that the Ming army defending the village can independently deal with the possible counterattack offensive launched by Shibazhi in the future.

However, Shi Diwen's small repairs and small repairs are only measured by the engineering level of Haihan, but for the Ming army, Shi Diwen's proposal for the reconstruction and construction of Nanri Village is not a small project. With the level of infrastructure of the Ming army, it will take a month or two to complete the transformation plan proposed by Haihan.

Xu Xinsu naturally realized that his lack of engineering ability would bring a gap in the defense of Nanri Island, so he immediately asked Shi Diwen: "This Nanri Village repair project will still take time to realize, and during this period, the defense of the island will be empty, how can we prevent the counterattack of Shibazhi? The old man implored your army to be stationed on Nanri Island for a while longer, and the expenses should be borne by the Fujian government, and Mr. Shi must agree." ”

Shi Diwen didn't expect that Xu Xinsu would continue to retain the militia army after the war, he originally thought that the survival of the militia army would make Xu Xinsu have some scruples, and the early evacuation of Nanri Island would also make Xu Xinsu settle down, but he didn't expect that the other party not only had no scruples, but because he was worried about the defense of Nanri Island, he asked the Haihan militia to stay for a longer period of time.

Shi Diwen saw that Xu Xinsu's appearance didn't seem like he was testing himself, so he pondered and responded: "In this way, the military advisory group sent by our side to Fujian will come in the near future, and it will take time for them to build their local station, or after they arrive, they will first come to Nanri Island to assist in defense for a period of time, and after the fortifications on the island are repaired, they will be transferred to the vicinity of Zhangzhou to garrison? ”

Shi Diwen didn't plan to let his subordinates live in the same camp as the Ming army here, this island was deserted, and it was not convenient to get supplies, so it was better to live on the nearby mainland coast. It is not less than 20 nautical miles from Dongqiao Bay to Nanri Island, and if something happens, it is too late to rush to the rescue after receiving the alarm.

"It's so good, then there are soldiers of the Lao Gui Army. The old man will order someone to set aside a place in Dongqiao Bay for your army to station. Xu Xinsu heard Shi Diwen's words that he did not plan to live on the island, so he had already guessed his thoughts and immediately said that he would make corresponding arrangements.

On the night of the battle, Shi Diwen sent a telegram to Ningqi, who was still stationed in Zhangzhou, explaining the outcome of the battle and the current situation, and informing him that the militia would probably have to be stationed in Quanzhou for some more time because of the needs of the form.

The militia can't leave for the time being, and Ning Qi can't go back to Hainan Island alone. However, it just so happened that he had more time to deal with some people-to-people exchange affairs, and recently, many literati from Zhangquan and Quanzhou came to visit him, the "master of the sea and the Han". Ningqi also needs such communication channels to promote Haihan culture and values to Fujian's cultural circles.

In recent years, Fujian has seen a large number of Haihan products pour into the local market through the distribution channels of Xu Xinsu, which naturally includes one of Haihan's signature products, a wide variety of glass stationery. Similar to the market feedback in Guangdong, the literati in Fujian have no resistance to these forced things. In the price is nearly two percent higher than the Guangdong market, the number of Haihan glass stationery exported to Fujian is still showing a trend of increasing year by year, of course, many of them are sold to Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places through the local transshipment. Moreover, according to the information obtained by Ning Qi during his visit to Zhangzhou, a small number of Haihan glass products have even been sold to Ryukyu, Japan, Korea and other places in the north through guò by sea.

Tong Guò's specially formulated propaganda strategy, Haihan's image of "attaching importance to culture and education" for itself has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Fujian's cultural circle. In the minds of the Fujian literati, although these descendants of Han Chinese from overseas were engaged in "vulgar" business, their emphasis on cultural undertakings even surpassed that of many local governments in the Ming Dynasty. For example, Haihan is the sponsor of the two largest cultural events in Zhangzhou every year, the Zhangzhou Poetry Society and the Southern Min Literary Society, and often takes out a large number of valuable Haihan stationery as souvenirs or prizes distributed to the participants on these occasions, which makes the literati in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places generally have a certain good impression of Haihan.

The official consciously publicized that the Zhangzhou cultural circle soon noticed that Ning Qi, the leader of the Haihan Mission, was the person in charge of Haihan cultural and educational affairs, so various invitations and greetings were sent to the place where the mission was staying. However, due to the assassination incident that occurred as soon as the mission arrived in Zhangzhou, and Xu Xinsu had to go to sea with the fleet to fight later, he had no time to take into account the safety of the mission, so he temporarily forbade the mission personnel to go out to visit people on their own. Ning Qi was unwilling to waste the opportunity, but quickly came up with a compromise solution.

Since there is a certain risk of going out to save zài, then simply invite all the guests back. After Ning Qi asked the father and son of the Gong family, who were stationed in Zhangzhou, he decided to hold a temporary cultural meeting at his residence. During the period when Shi Diwen, Xu Xinsu and others led the coalition forces to Nanri Island to fight, Ningqi invited many Fujian literati to Zhangzhou and held a seven-day literary meeting in the courtyard of his house.

Poetry and appreciation of calligraphy and painting are naturally the subject content. And when literati gather together, it is indispensable to talk about the past and the present, and discuss the major events of the world. Ning Qi was originally born in history, coupled with his hundreds of years of knowledge and long-term cultivation of mouth cannon skills, he widely promoted the cultural values of Haihan during the Wenhui, but also achieved good results. There are even many curious literati who are willing to take the ship of the Haihan Mission back to Sanya, Qiongzhou, to see what this legendary little paradise in the South China Sea is like.

When Shi Diwen sent the telegram back, Ningqi's cultural meeting was only halfway through, so he was relieved that the military needed to stay for the time being. Otherwise, if the military chooses to drive back to the base camp directly after the war, then he will have to consider whether he needs to let the military people give him a few more days to complete the unfinished work at hand. This trip, the military not only fought a beautiful victory, successfully publicized the strength of Haihan, but also made a considerable amount of extra money on Nanri Island, and the sense of storage was already full. If Ning Qi does not make some achievements before leaving Fujian, it will inevitably be a little shameless to report to the Executive Committee after he returns.

While the civil and military dignitaries of the Haihan Mission were busy with the affairs at hand, Qian Tiandun, who had completed the handover of Annan's defense, also returned to Shengli Port with his own guard platoon. The special operations battalion under the Annan militia group, which was to be transferred to Fujian, would depart even later, and a ship arranged by the Ministry of Shipping would go to the Annan garrison to carry them directly to Fujian, with only a brief stop on Hong Kong Island on the way. The reason why they were not allowed to return to Qiongzhou Island to rest and recuperate was because the Executive Committee was worried that the identity of this unit would be discovered by someone with a heart, after all, during the "Liaoyuan Operation" last year, all members of this unit disguised themselves as pirates and swept through the entire Qiongbei Island, and it is difficult to say whether any of the local people still remember their appearance.

Regarding Qian Tiandun's return to the base camp, the executive committee and the military top brass attached great importance to it. Except for Yan Chujie, who was in Qiongbei and couldn't rush back, almost all the other high-level personnel arrived at the Shengli Port Wharf in advance to welcome Qian Tiandun's return.

Qian Tiandun stood on the bow deck of the ship, looking at the prosperous Shengli Port port area, and his heart was also quite emotional. He began with the colonization fleet in the summer of 1627 and has been stationed in Annam for nearly four years. Although during this period, there was an arrangement to return to Shengli Port almost every year to report on his work, but he spent most of his time in Annam after the crossing, and it would be a lie to say that he left without any attachment at all. After all, all of Haihan's colonies in Annam and the military forces that maintained local stability were built up by him and his colleagues little by little.

According to his own plan, there are still many unfinished things in Annan. For example, training a full-fledged field regiment for the military, building a military port in the south that could support Haihan's southward expansion plan, and assisting the Annam court in building an army to fight against the Siamese Dynasty in the west of Annam. These tasks can probably only be left to Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan, who took over, and Qian Tiandun himself understands very well that what he has done in the past four years in Annan is actually still preparing for Haihan's mainland strategy.

After four years of development, Haihan's strength has been greatly improved. Four years ago, they could only choose a place like Annam, which was in the midst of a civil war and had no time to look outside, and had to find a sparsely populated place like Heitu Port to settle down, but now, four years later, the Haihan militia has the strength to organize a fleet to go north to Fujian and compete head-on with the eighteen Zhis entrenched in the local area. Although the Executive Committee's order did not make it particularly clear, Qian Tiandun could perceive that the Executive Committee already had a plan for the next step in the mainland and Northeast Asian waters, and no matter what kind of means were adopted to achieve expansion, military support was a necessary measure, and the Executive Committee must also rely on generals like him with experience in leading troops to take charge of opening up the situation of Haihan on the mainland's coast.

"How do you feel when you see the current Victory Harbor?" Qian Tiandun suddenly asked.

Behind Qian Tiandun, there was only one man standing who was not tall but very stocky, it was his personal adjutant Takahashi Nan. This time Qian Tiandun's position was transferred, he also asked Gao Qiao Nan if he wanted to stand on his own, if Gao Qiao Nan had this plan, then he could recommend and guarantee to the Military Commission, so that Gao Qiao Nan would be a military leader on Annan's side. However, Takahashi Minami rejected this and said that he would continue to follow Qian Tiandun and stay by his side as an attendant officer.

Takahashi Minami said: "For the humble position, the memories here are very painful, even better than when I was adrift at sea. If given the choice, the lowly does not want to be in this place permanently. ”

Takahashi Minami was coerced into being a pirate, and during the attack on Victory Harbor, he was captured alive by the traversers who had just landed at that time, and was put into the hard labor camp to serve, and he did suffer a lot during that time. However, his nature is not bad, and his brain is not stupid, and he was soon appreciated by Ren Liang, who was in charge of the hard labor camp at the time, and was later asked by Qian Tiandun to go to the military, which can be regarded as getting rid of the sea of suffering. For him personally, Qian Tiandun is indeed like a reborn parent, so he chooses to repay his kindness by staying by Qian Tiandun's side.

Qian Tiandun said: "We won't stay here for a long time, and we will set off for Fujian." However, I hope that you will not hold a grudge against what you suffered at that time, because if you show such feelings in front of others, it may be a little detrimental to your future career in the army. ”

Gao Qiao Nan understood what Qian Tiandun meant, and immediately nodded in response: "I understand the humble position!"

Qian Tiandun continued: "Don't forget, you are not a Japanese ronin now, not a prisoner, but a member of the Haihan, you are an upright Haihan officer, the prosperity of Shengli Harbor, the glory of the Haihan, and there is also a part of you! The military exploits you have made for the Haihan will be recorded in history, and your family and descendants will be proud of it in the future." As for the wrongdoings and sufferings you have done before this, these things will not be recorded in the military history of Haihan. ”

Takahashi Minami perked up, raised his voice and responded: "I am willing to fight to the death for the executive committee!"

"There will be a chance for you to go to the battlefield and fight. Qian Tiandun came back to his senses, patted Gao Qiao Nan on the shoulder, and said: "In the days to come, we will have more opportunities to fight!"

Although Takahashi Minami didn't understand where the next battlefield would be, the news that there was a battle to fight had already stimulated his nerves and made his eyes begin to glow.