Chapter 762 Landing in Taiwan
Zheng Zhilong can't wait any longer.
Now that Liang Zheng is on the verge of war, he still pays homage to Gao Huan and is granted a wild land like Luzon, many people are shaken.
For Zheng Zhilong, being the King of Luzon is actually good, but for his subordinates, there is no need.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong must transfer the military and civilians crowded on Pingtan Island to Taiwan as soon as possible. As long as they go to the island, the military and civilians will not be able to return to the mainland even if they regret it. They can only reclaim wasteland and build towns in Taiwan. When they have houses and fields, the people's hearts will be settled.
In order to prevent more people from leaving, Zheng Zhilong had to step up his actions.
On Pingtan Island, on the beach, gathering whistles sounded, and five thousand Zheng soldiers gathered on the beach and lined up to board the sea boats on the pier.
Although the Zheng family's naval army is strong, it is not easy to cross the Taiwan Strait and land in northern Taiwan.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong was wearing a dragon robe and watching the first group of soldiers boarding the ship, he said to Zheng Sen beside him: "According to my understanding, the Red and Mass Yi is mainly concentrated near Dayuan Bay. There should be no strongholds in the places where you land in the north. After you land in Taiwan this time, what you need to do is to build a stronghold to prevent the Red and Mass Yi from attacking, and then build houses, docks, warehouses, and cultivate farmland to prepare to welcome me and my family."
Now, the most powerful one on Taiwan Island is undoubtedly the Dutch, but the Netherlands is a small country with a sparse population and cannot control the entire Taiwan.
At this time, there were no more than two thousand Dutch people on Taiwan’s island, and most of them were entrenched in southern Taiwan.
This gave the Zheng family the opportunity to bypass the Dutch and build settlements directly in the north.
Zheng Sen focused on the key point, "Don't worry, Father! There is a derelict base of the Spanish over there, and I will use this as a basis to build the base."
Earlier, the Spanish built a castle in northern Taiwan, but it was captured by the Netherlands a few years ago and destroyed it.
Zheng Zhilong looked at the sky and felt that it was getting late. The night gradually fell and whispered: "Then let's go!"
At this time, the first batch of 5,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 families had already boarded the Shanghai ship, and then avoided the Dutch surveillance, set sail quietly, and left Pingtan Island.
In the dark night, more than 300 sea boats loaded with soldiers, family members, as well as food, tents, iron tools and other supplies were riding the wind and waves on the sea. The soldiers on the deck leaned on the side of the ship and gradually fell asleep.
Zheng Sen did not fall asleep. He stood on the boat building, looking at the dark sea, listening to the whistle and sound of waves hitting the hull, and thinking about the words he said when he talked with Gao Huan that day.
At this time, he thought of the world map that Gao Huan gave him, and he couldn't help but hope that one day he could paint a large piece of his own color on it.
Zheng Sen carefully looked at the map and knew that there were still many blank lands in this world, waiting for countries to develop.
Now these Western barbarians have come to the forefront, but he believes that he will definitely come from behind.
The fleet sailed on the sea overnight and was far away from Pingtan Island, but it was still more than a day away from Taiwan Island.
Although it was winter, the climate near Taiwan was hot, and when the ship was shining by the sun, some soldiers and relatives squeezed into the ship immediately fell ill.
The Zheng family has rich experience in sailing and knows that sailing is most afraid of outbreaks on the ship. In the small space, if the crew and sailor get sick, they will soon be transmitted to everyone.
This made Zheng Sen a little anxious and ordered the person who fell ill to be arranged in a separate cabin, and at the same time ordered the ship to move forward with full sails.
More than 300 sea ships are definitely a powerful maritime force. There is no need to worry about being attacked by pirates. Everyone endured the narrow space and the storm and high waves on the sea. After sailing for two days, they finally arrived in northern Taiwan.
At this time, Taiwan had not been developed yet, only the vicinity of Dayuan Bay in the south was reclaimed, and the north was still wilderness, which was the territory of Shengfan.
"Criminal, we are here!" Gan Hui shouted excitedly on the deck.
Zheng Sen stood at the bow of the boat, and the sea breeze made his robe sway. He looked at the huge island in the distance and said excitedly: "Send the order, choose the right harbor, and the fleet is ready to dock and land."
Looking at the distant coastline, Zheng Sen looked a little excited, knowing that this will be an important base for the Zheng family in the future and the starting point for him to move to the ocean.
At this time, the fleet was walking along the coast, looking for a port where it could dock. In the dense forest on the island, a group of local vassals with bare shirtless hands holding bows and arrows and spears and tattoos on their faces looked at the huge Zheng army fleet in horror from the gap between the leaves, thinking that they were paradise soldiers.
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Taiwan, Dayuan Bay, Hot Chalamburg.
The Zheng family fleet consisting of 300 sea ships set off from Pingtan Island to Taiwan, so naturally it could not hide the Dutch entrenched in Taiwan.
At this time, in the Fort Council Room, Governor Philland was angrily questioning Kiichi.
"Damn it! Member of the Kuiyi, didn't you say that Lord Liang wants to work with us to deal with Zheng Yiguan? Why is Liang Guo and Zheng Yiguan now?" Philland slapped the table.
After Gao Huan summoned the Dutch to Fuzhou for discussion, the Dutch, who was a senior, was happy to make an alliance with Liang State and jointly deal with Zheng Zhilong.
Taiwan East India Company is dreaming of monopolizing trade with China after destroying Zheng Zhilong. However, news suddenly came that Zheng Zhilong had surrendered to Liang State and the two families lived in peace.
This news can be said to be a bolt from the blue for the Dutch East India Company, which immediately shocked the company's senior management.
At the instigation of Liang State, they just rejected Zheng Zhilong's request and made harsh words to Zheng Zhilong, but they did not expect that Liang State would make up with Zheng Zhilong.
This time, the Dutch in Taiwan became embarrassed.
Kui Yi's face was gloomy, "Your Excellency, I think we were deceived by the cunning Liang people. They used us to put pressure on Zheng Yiguan to force Zheng Yiguan to surrender to Liang Kingdom, and then supported Zheng Yiguan to attack us. We were deceived by Liang people! Now this is the situation, let's think about what to do!"
Philland said: "It's all your responsibility, you're responsible for it."
Aoi looked calm and said annoyed: "Your Excellency, I will not evade responsibility. Now that Zheng Yiguan's fleet has arrived in Taiwan, you should consider how to safeguard the company's interests in Taiwan."
"Damn it! The cunning Liang people!" Philland was silent for a while, looking at the many congressmen, "What else can we do now? We obviously fell into the trick of Liang. At this time, Zheng Yiguan's fleet arrived in northern Taiwan. If we want to safeguard the interests of the company, we can only go to war with Zheng Yiguan!"
Fleet Commander Kaowu said: "Jun Zheng has just landed and has not yet established a castle. We will send a fleet immediately and we will definitely be able to destroy their strongholds."
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