On the vast South China Sea, the merchant ship Flisingen is slowly sailing on the blue sea.

The weather is good today. The sea breeze is quite comfortable and the sun is very good. Now the wind direction on this sea surface in East Asia has gradually changed from the south wind to the howling north wind, which is not conducive to the driving of Western sailboats to the north, but the Flisingen is different because it is an old gate ship.

Although it has a very Western name, its owner is a Chinese.

With the Netherlands' defeat in Formosa, Batavia has issued an order. Before they reached an agreement with the Zheng family, it is not recommended that Western merchant ships sail into the South China Sea area and enter the Zheng family's sphere of influence.

Therefore, even if it was the exchanges and transportation of the Dutch negotiators, Batavia would rather use old gate ships than choose to arm the merchant ships or even warships, so as not to make the Zheng family feel provoked.

Fanosini is an Italian, but has been serving the Dutch East India Company for twenty years. If he could, he would rather settle down in Armstrong than return to the chaotic Apennines.

With the opening of the East-West sea roads, both Venice and Genoa, these two powerful republics were in decline, but the (versus the Ottoman) war and the Great Depression were not stopped.

Fanosini hoped that he and his descendants would ride a large ship leading to prosperity, rather than a decaying ship that was about to sink.

Although Formosa's failure will bring certain losses to the Dutch East India Company, Fanosini, who knows the company's strength and capital, is still very optimistic about the company's future and the Netherlands' future.

The Flisingen merchant ship was filled with spices, as well as ivory, rhinoceros horns from Africa and India, as well as some silver coins, and two horses from Tianfang. The latter is said to be the favorite of Zheng Zhilong, the Eastern overlord on the sea.

In recent years, many people have made huge profits from the Chinese by selling Tianfang and Tianzhu horses.

Governor Anthony was trying his best to please Zheng Zhilong, because the entire Batavia was worried about the Zheng family's next action, and they actually built a port and artillery tower in Temasek.

Zheng Zhilong stretched his hand from the traditional South China Sea to the South China Sea.

Although they repeatedly stated that this was not targeting anyone, Temasek's geographical location was very important.

In the past, the place had not received attention from the Dutch, Portuguese, Spaniards, and British people. But with a large military port there from scratch, the key to Temasek's geographical location was also seen by everyone.

With Zheng Zhilong there to support him, his influence will be able to cover the entire Nanyang.

Even the Malacca waterways are shrouded in the shadow of Temasek military port.

The Netherlands and the Zheng family have not reached an agreement on many negotiations and consultations, and Temasek accounts for a very important factor.

The Dutch did not want to see a deadly military port around them, and the existence there was simply a life of Malacca and Batavia.

The Zheng family said that they were planning to turn Temasek into a free trade port. Think about it, a large number of Chinese goods appeared there, and trade was free. How should Malacca City and Batavia City handle themselves?

The loss of Formosa, the company's interests in Asia have been greatly touched. If this is deposed by Malacca City and Batavia, Mr. Anthony needs to report his resignation to Armstrong immediately.

Anthony did not allow the company's interests to be threatened any more, and he could not accept the Zheng family's influence to expand in the willful expansion of Nanyang.

Unfortunately, the Spanish have declined, while the Portuguese have to worry about their interests in Macau, and they can't pee in the same pot as the Dutch, and the British are so untrustworthy. Otherwise, the negotiators around Fanosini would have been formed by people from multiple countries.

The fleet will continue north from Luzon Island along the familiar route. The ship will first arrive to Macau, then enter the Formosa coast along the southern coast of China, and continue north along the Taiwan Strait, and you will see Kinmen.

That is where they negotiated and negotiated many times.

The outline of an island appeared far ahead. Captain Huang Dejiang held up his telescope and looked at a green island with dense trees everywhere. He could see several fishing boats nearby.

It should be no mistake, it is Dongsha Island, which is the original Nanao Qi.

The island is densely covered with trees and sea birds. No one lives here all year round, and only fishermen come and go. The houses on the island are seasonal products.

After Huang Dejiang thought about this place in his heart, he did not put down his telescope, but held it up and continued to look at it. Because there was news that this place had been opened as a port by the Zheng Navy. Zheng Zhilong said that this place was the southern gate of Fujian and Guangdong, located at the estuary of the Pearl River, Qiongzhou Island, Luzon Island and Dayuan Island. It is the only way for ships to appear in the South China Sea. It is a key rush to the South China Sea. There are still warships stationed here.

"Original, we found two ships! No, three! to the west." The lookout hand in the mast shouted loudly in his official language with a strong Guangdong-east accent.

What?! Huang Dejiang was shocked and hurriedly climbed onto the deck of the stern from the bow of the ship. At this time, he could clearly observe without using a telescope that three ships appeared on the western sea surface.

The three ships were in an inverted triangle formation, and their speed was not very fast, but looking at the flags on the mast, it was obviously Zheng's warship.

The two in front are also old gate ships, while the other behind is a large plywood ship from the Western Yi.

The other party's ship had obviously discovered Huang Dejiang. They adjusted their course and rushed towards this side.

Under the sea breeze, the speed of the two old gate ships opposite was obviously much faster than that of the Flitsingen, and Huang Dejiang was not panicked. He came to give up this time, not to fight.

He hurriedly asked someone to hang up the banner.

Is the Zheng family's banner? Those who pay the money are all old friends of the Zheng family.

Although the two old gate ships had no previous aggressive momentum and had slowed down, judging from the movements of the soldiers on the ship, they did not relax their vigilance.

One cannon has untied its cannon suit, and the soldiers are standing by the cannon.

The two sides were getting closer quickly. When there were less than two nautical miles apart, a small boat was dropped from a boat on the left of the other party and then struck towards the Flisingen number.

Everything that followed was natural. They spent the night safely in Dongsha Island, replenishing fresh water and food.

Then I continued to go to Macau.

Huang Dejiang had only a sense of joy about this. He got what he wanted on Dongsha Island, water, food, whether it was vegetables, fish, shrimps, and even wine and two doctors in his forties who looked trustworthy. And what he didn't need this time, but he was not allowed to come here again next time, wood, ropes, iron nails, tung oil and canvas.

Dongsha Island has everything that a sea boat needs to drive on the sea, except for the absence of silk and porcelain.

But this had already made Huang Dejiang extremely satisfied. He felt that the security between him and Batavia and the Southeast was even greater.

However, he did not see Fanosini's gloomy face hidden in the darkness.

This is not the first time he has experienced this place on Dongsha Island. I remember the last time he experienced this place, the so-called Dongsha Port was just a simple small port, just like many broken ports along the coast. The pier here is very small and can only provide water and food.

But what about now?

He found that this place had become something he could not recognize.

At least four docks, I'm afraid that twenty or thirty sea boats would be a piece of cake. Each dock had a tall and sturdy warehouse, and he even saw a small dock here and several towering forts.

Such a port can be considered very good if it is placed on the coast of Africa or the Americas. This reminds him of the rapid progress of the New South Wales port.

"Zheng Zhilong has sufficient financial resources, and China is another huge empire. As long as he has money, how can Zheng Zhilong go from home to everything he needs? If he is willing to invest enough money in Nanyang, I believe that ports like Dongsha Island will soon be opened by him throughout East Asia. If this is true, Zheng Zhilong's threat to the company will far exceed those of the Portuguese..."

Fanosini left a passage like this on his own notes.

Meanwhile, he was in a bad mood during the next journey.

Huang Dejiang felt this keenly, and he could even guess why, but what does this have to do with him?

The Han people in Nanyang respected Zheng Zhilong very much. After the Zheng family navy defeated the Dutch, the upper class of Han people like Huang Dejiang and his boss behind the scenes could clearly feel the changes in their social levels.

In Batavia, although the Dutch were not as bloody as the Spanish, their suppression of the Han people was also very powerful. You can tell this by looking at the Dayuan Island.

But what about now?

The depression from the top of the head was obviously loosened. Especially after the Zheng family established a military port in Temasek.

Huang Dejiang didn't know what choice the Huang family would make in the end, but he had decided that once the Zheng family announced that Temasek was no, it was New South Wales and New South Wales' land and real estate could be sold freely, he would lose all his money and would grab a piece of land there.

This is not based on economic interests - yes, the Zheng family said that NSW will be a free trade port in the future. As long as half of this promise is fulfilled, it means that there will be prosperity and prosperity here in the future, and buying the property here will definitely not suffer any losses.

In fact, people are now allowed to buy real estate in New South Wales, but those are all big deals of "big people". People like Huang Dejiang don't expect stores, but just want to have a place to live.

The reason why he made such a decision was more from the perspective of his own life safety.

The Spanish launched bloody massacres in Manila several times, which not only scared the disabled, but also scared the Chinese in Batavia.

If you want to live in other people's places, it is easy to live in your own places. But if you can live as an old man, no one wants to be a grandson, right?

Huang Dejiang would not pay attention to Fanosini.

In this way, when the Flisingen docked in Macau, Fanosini still had a stern face, just like someone who owed him a hundred thousand Dutch guil. His entourage also had serious expressions.
Chapter completed!