Chapter 484: The Master's Job

When it comes to the prefectures and counties below, Chen Xie is not very polite, so he directly took out a list. {3w. He really achieved the rebellion of Shunchang and the destruction of the literati in Jiangnan Province. Unexpectedly, many people chose to rely on Chen Xie.

When this matter was settled, officials from all over the country were confirmed, and it was already early July. A detective team and tax collection team dominated by Dengzhou soldiers were also built in a very short time. The policy of ten commercial taxes and one tax in Jiangnan was officially implemented, and the government successfully undermined all local governments, which was speechless in this matter.

Let me put it this way, this system is a system that is directly dependent on the power of the monarch. When the taxes collected arrive in the capital, 80% are handed over to the Ministry of Revenue and 20% are handed over to the internal treasury. This proportion of stolen shares is also a result of a compromise. However, only 70% of the taxes received from the local government are handed over to the capital, and 30% are left locally for various expenses.

After the new commercial tax system was officially launched, Chen Xie disappeared. It seemed that Chen Xie left Jiangnan overnight, and no one knew where he was going. Fortunately, Chen Xie was a governor of the three provinces and could not always stay in Jiangnan. Zhu Mei stayed in Nanjing, which shows that Chen Xie would use this place as his base in the future.

Dayuan Island is far away from the distance. When the scenery on the sea was so monotonous that it made people crazy, I finally saw the destination. The Red Lady was lying on the railing, and her seasickness reaction was no longer so strong. When she got on the boat, she vomited so hard.

Chen Xie gently stroked his hands behind his back, and said softly, "I told you not to come. You don't listen." The Hongniang looked up stubbornly and glanced at him, "You don't go back to Jinan anymore, I have to come to find you. As soon as I arrived in Nanjing, you are going to go out to sea again. I won't follow you, isn't this a waste? Besides, if I don't follow you, I will be cheaper for those Korean women."

Chen Xie had no choice but to laugh. This woman became chaotic and had no reason to say. I really didn't expect that the Hongmao would suddenly come. The original plan was to take a group of North Korean women. They were not seasick, but they rushed all the way to relieve the hardships of recent times. Unexpectedly, the Hongmao rushed to Nanjing halfway. Chen Xie couldn't stand her. He had to take her on the way. Along the way, the Hongmao was so seasick that Chen Xie had no intention of going to the Hongmao.

For people of this era, the south is a place of malaria. In fact, it is not that mysterious. It is just malaria that is causing trouble. When northerners arrive in the south, few people who do not cause malaria are miserable. Chen Xie has artemisinin, so he naturally does not worry about this thing. After a large number of immigrants arrived at the senior officials, they survived 90% of them, and the rest could not hold on about 10%.

Five hundred thousand people live on Dayuan Island, which is the result of Chen Xie's persistent immigration. These are trivial matters. The key is that on Dayuan Island, hundreds of settlements appeared on both sides of Tamsui. At the mouth of Tamsui River, a solid fortress, a wharf and a permanent fleet were built.

At the same time, the Dutch were still in Tainan, and Chen Xie had never deliberately targeted them. But it was obvious that as the number of immigrants on the Dasheng Island increased dramatically, the Dutch felt a serious threat. He protested against Zheng Zhilong many times, but Zheng Zhilong ignored it. The Dutch protested, threw it aside, and said nothing politely, and he had to busy making money.

Zheng Zhilong has now achieved the position of general. However, the number of troops under his command has been greatly reduced. The soldiers are only 10,000, and the warships are only 100. On the contrary, his merchant ships are now very large, with more than 200, and they are specifically for two routes, Fujian-Fusang and Fujian-Si Shui. Zheng Zhilong, who is rich, is now stable and has long faded. This is to live a good life and no longer have the desire to fight. What's more realistic is that the strength of the Dengzhou Navy is so strong that he cannot stand against him. In just a few years, there are dozens of large ships of six or seven thousand materials (two thousand tons) and nearly a hundred large ships of three or four thousand materials. How can I do this?

Not to mention Zheng Zhilong, the Dutch are always worried about being beaten out in Tainan, or even being beaten to Si Shui. This is a very realistic worry. At this time, the situation in Europe was not so optimistic. Faced with the rise of the UK, the strength of the Dutch East India Company was unable to take into account Southeast Asia.

The rise of the Dutch was only a few decades. In the early 17th century, the Netherlands was known as the coachman at sea and was definitely the overlord of the sea. However, this country has a very famous disadvantage, and the country is too small.

Relying on his strong shipbuilding ability, and Dutch merchants stole navigation charts from the Portuguese, he immediately organized merchant ships to reach Goa, Java and Moluca Islands in India. In 1602, Dutch merchants and nobles jointly established the East India Company, expanded rapidly in South Asia, and established a number of armed merchant stations. In 1603, in Java and in 1606, they defeated the Spanish and Portuguese navies one after another. In 1619, Batavia (now Jakarta), the first colonial stronghold in Java was established, and then invaded Sumatra from Java to the west, and seized the spice island from Portugal to the east.

(now the Maluku Islands), and successively occupied Malacca and Ceylon (now the Sri Lanka). They once invaded Taiwan, the Chinese territory in eastern Asia. They obtained commercial strongholds in Nagasaki, Kyushu Island, Japan. In 1648, the Netherlands occupied the Cape of Good Hope and established a very important colonial stronghold in the southern end of Africa. Based on the Hudson River Basin in North America, the New Netherlands colony was established, and Manhattan Island was seized at the estuary to establish New Amsterdam. It can be said that this period was the peak period of the Netherlands and the time when the Netherlands began to decline. The process of prosperity and decline was unexpectedly fast.

After defeating Spain, the rising star, the Netherlands was excluded from British merchants. In Russia and the Baltic countries, in North American colonies, East Asian countries, Mediterranean and West Africa, the Dutch relied on strong capital and basically monopolized trade between countries. In 1649, he signed a treaty with Denmark to obtain the right to pass the Sonde Strait with duty-free cargo ships, thus gaining the trade advantages of this region. What the British could not tolerate was that the Netherlands actually caught fish, shrimp and other aquatic products in British waters, and even sold them at high prices to the British market to make great profits. These situations have long aroused the anger of the British bourgeoisie.

In 1651, the British Parliament passed a new Navigation Ordinance, stipulating that all cargo imported into the UK must be carried by British ships or ships from actual origin to the UK. This means that other countries with shipping capacity are not allowed to intervene. The Netherlands has always become a trade intermediary country with a large number of merchant ships, large size, high efficiency, and perfect organization. It has become a trade intermediary country and the center of the distribution of goods around the world. The new Navigation Ordinance of Britain is obviously against the Netherlands and fights its intermediary role in Britain's trade with other countries. The struggle between the Netherlands and Britain has intensified unprecedentedly. The Netherlands opposed the British Navigation Ordinance and Britain refused to abolish the Navigation Ordinance, which led to the British-Dutch maritime war.

Of course, these things have not happened yet and are still in the process of brewing. But at this time, it is undoubtedly the time when the Netherlands' expansion has reached its limit. Faced with Southeast Asia, thousands of miles away, the Dutch East India Company can actually produce very limited strength. Otherwise, it would not have been defeated by Zheng Zhilong and would have paid the protection fee obediently.

In order to welcome Chen Xie to arrive quietly, Zheng Zhilong arrived at the official early, stood on the dock waiting, and looked at the warships that were docking in the distance. The first warship that slowly docked was not Chen Xie's flagship, but a warship called "Lushun", with a displacement of 2,000 tons and equipped with 60 cannons.

Fangsigu, E Hongluo, and Gongsalu, three of them were wearing Dengzhou military uniforms and stood on the dock and waited. Westerners had rich experience in colonizing, and Chen Xie made full use of this. Over the years, he has also dug up some craftsmen from Europe and left them with the seniors as a supplement. These European craftsmen find it difficult to accept the more core technology of Dengzhou, but they are restricted from leaving when they are seniors.

As the Immigration Chief, these three Portuguese no longer recognize their nationality and all have joined the nationality of the Ming Dynasty. Chen Xie gave them positions, one guerrilla and two garrisons. The three of them traveled between Dengzhou and the Grand Secretary, and their families were settled in Dengzhou. Becoming a member of an ancient Eastern civilization and becoming a person with an official position, this is a comprehensive sublimation. These Portuguese, under Chen Xie's command, are definitely the ones who are devoted to their hearts.

"Liaodong" is the flagship, and the second one is to approach the dock. When Chen Xie helped Hongniu come down, everyone came to greet him. Chen Xie had no intention of embarrassment, and calmly supported Hongniu to the shore. In fact, his feet were also floating. The boat that had been on the ten-day journey from Songjiang Mansion would become weak when he stepped on the ground.

Despite the hard work, Chen Xie still shook hands with the welcome one by one, and kept saying, "Thank you for your hard work!" When he walked to Zheng Zhilong, Chen Xie smiled and bowed, "Feihuang, why are you here too?"

Zheng Zhilong is not a foreigner. He has to follow the rules of the Ming Dynasty and kneel up, but Chen Xie raised his hand and stopped him, "Just follow the rules of Dengzhou Camp." Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a moment, stood at attention, and saluted in a crooked manner: "I have met the Lord of the Pavilion." Chen Xie smiled and replied, holding his hand on his own initiative and said, "Feihuang, you are the Tongjia on the sea. This area of ​​sea has to be supported by you. We cannot stay at home and wait for the Thais to come to our door. We have to take the initiative and go out."

Zheng Zhilong laughed awkwardly and did not answer this. How do you say this? He doesn’t have much ambition now, and he just stays in Fujian, making money to live. He is very happy. A stable and wealthy life easily destroys the ambition of a hero on the sea. Chen Xie didn’t say much. He just had an attitude towards Zheng Zhilong, just don’t make trouble for me. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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