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Chapter 516
Following the appointment of Li Huan as the chief officer of the Sansi Yamen in the Nanyang Province, with the assistance of hundreds of officials and thousands of officials sent by the imperial court, within a short period of time, the Sansi Yamen in the Nanyang Province of the Ming Dynasty The structure was completed, at least to a certain extent, it began to perform its own duties, and initially ruled and controlled the Nanyang Province.

As one of the large gathering places of Nanyang Han people, the old port can be said to be open to the sea. Now more and more Han people gather in the old port. To be precise, with the arrival of many merchants from the Ming Dynasty, the old port is becoming more and more prosperous.

The site of the old port was also transformed into the site of the old port city of the Nanyang Province of Ming Dynasty.

One of the guards following the fleet, the guards of one of the guards were placed in the Old Port Mansion.

A group of officials including the prefect of the old Hong Kong government had just completed the placement of that guard soldier not long ago. After all, it involved the placement of nearly [-] guard soldiers. This is definitely not an easy task.

Fortunately, the most important thing in Nanyang is a large piece of fertile land, and for these soldiers of the Great Ming Guard, as long as they have land, it is not difficult to settle these people.

Especially when all the officials of the guard were eliminated, these guard soldiers who had been enslaved by the guard for decades seemed to have gained a new life.

When these guard soldiers learned that the court would distribute ten acres of high-quality fertile land to each of them, these guard soldiers felt as if they were in a dream.

You must know that many of them have a family of several or even a dozen people, and the imperial court divides the land according to the population. Regardless of whether the male or female has a small population, each person has ten acres of good land, which means that they A family may be allocated hundreds of acres of high-quality fertile land.

Such a thing seemed like a dream to these guardsmen. If they hadn't held the land deeds distributed to them one by one, they would not have believed such a good thing even in their dreams.

When they really saw the fertile land assigned to them, these soldiers of the Daming Guard who were originally relocated to the Nanyang Province thousands of miles away finally put aside all distracting thoughts. None of them will leave.

Because apart from here, they will have nothing when they return to Daming, and here, each of them can get ten acres of high-quality fertile land, so a fool would want to go back to the inhuman life in the past.

Accompanied by officials from the old Hong Kong government, Li Huan inspected the resettlement of soldiers from the former guard that had been divided into more than a dozen villages.

There are almost a thousand people in each village, which is just suitable to be a village, and this time Li Huan took advantage of the establishment of the village, directly disrupted these guards and soldiers to distribute them, so as to prevent the clan from becoming bigger, and to distribute the soldiers of the imperial court. The rule was directly installed in every village.

At this time, the people who have been allocated their own fields are using the agricultural tools and seeds distributed to them by the imperial court one by one, and are racing against time to plow the land and cultivate it. The infatuation of the Chinese people for the land is fully displayed.

Although it is said that there is Jin Yiwei's supervision, Li Huan has always held a skeptical attitude towards many officials in Daming. From time to time, they will use their hands up and down to destroy the overall situation, but there is still a need for proper supervision.

Fortunately, these officials were indeed not fools, and nothing happened to make Li Huan feel bad.

Looking at Li Qing, the former prefect of the Hong Kong government, who was by his side, Li Huan said slowly: "As a new province established by the Ming Dynasty, the Nanyang Province has many systems that are different from those in the interior of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, it is just that the officials go down to every village, and the imperial court has achieved control over every village. In addition, the most important thing is the issue of state ownership of land. After the land distributed to many people is registered and recorded, Then it is under the jurisdiction of the government, the ownership of the land belongs to the government, and the people only have the right to use it permanently, prohibiting land transactions and avoiding land mergers..."

A group of officials nodded repeatedly after listening to Li Huan's narration.

It has to be said that the Nanyang Province is a blank sheet of paper. Many policies that cannot be implemented in the Ming Dynasty can be implemented in the Nanyang Province. Many of these policies are Li Huan's experiments in the Nanyang Province. Worse, it won't be worse than the current situation in Daming, right?
In the distance of the village is the primeval jungle that can't be seen at a glance. Many local indigenous people live in these jungles. Dozens of young and strong in the village are cutting down huge giant trees at this moment. These giant trees But it is an excellent shipbuilding material, and even many of them are precious wood.

Looking around, Li Huan saw that the whole village was full of vitality.

Just as Li Huan was about to leave, he suddenly saw a group of fast horses galloping towards him. An orderly dismounted from his horse, walked quickly to Li Huan, bowed down and said, "General, an urgent report from the Straits of Malacca."

Li Huan couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard the words, reached out to take the military newspaper and opened it, and soon Li Huan's face showed a bit of strange color, he chuckled and said to Chen Ang and the others who were following him: "Get ready." , we will return to Malacca immediately."

In March of the ninth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Afonso, the governor of Portugal and India, finally waited for the reinforcements sent from China, a reinforcement team composed of more than a hundred ships.

Among them, there are dozens of battleships, plus auxiliary ships, the scale of hundreds of ships is not small, and with Afonso's preparations during this period of time, Afonso Directly mobilized dozens of warships and more than a hundred auxiliary ships, and gathered hundreds of warships and hundreds of auxiliary ships, which can be called a huge expedition fleet.

Afonso, on the other hand, led such an amazingly powerful sea fleet to the Strait of Malacca.

You must know that during this period of time, Afonso was preparing for the battle while inquiring about news in the direction of Malacca.

Thanks to the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of ships entered and exited the Strait of Malacca, among which were many Portuguese, Indian, and Arab merchant ships.

For these merchant ships, Li Huan, who occupied the Straits of Malacca, naturally had no intention of blocking them. After all, if Ming wanted to develop maritime trade, he naturally hoped to be able to connect with other countries.

As long as they don't come to trouble Daming, Li Huan welcomes these merchant ships.

As for whether these merchant ships will bring any danger to Daming, to be honest, Li Huan really doesn't care. Even though he knows that some of these merchant ships may bring out the situation in the Strait of Malacca, Li Huan has no idea. cared about.

If Daming is even afraid of this, he might as well give up the Straits of Malacca.

After all, occupying such an important sea traffic route will inevitably attract the prying eyes of many people with ulterior motives.

The Portuguese are just the first peepers. In the future, there will be waves of Western maritime powers rising one after another, such as the Spaniards and the Dutch.

Therefore, if Ming wants to occupy the Strait of Malacca, he must be prepared to face all challengers. Only with sufficient strength can he hold the Strait of Malacca in his hands.

And precisely in this era, Daming has this strength.

You must know that apart from a dozen warships that need to escort the caravans full of various supplies from the Nanyang Province back to Daming, Daming has hundreds of warships in the Nanyang Province, of which only the powerful There are dozens of great Ming treasure ships, which can definitely be called an invincible fleet in this era.

When Afonso's huge fleet approached the Strait of Malacca, the news about such a huge fleet of Afonso naturally entered the sight of the Ming Nanyang Provincial Government through many merchant ships at sea.

The merchants at sea were definitely the most well-informed group of people. These people brought the news that the Portuguese were attacking aggressively. When Li Huan returned to the Straits of Malacca, it was already a few days later.

In the Navy Yamen named by Li Huan as the Ming Nanyang Fleet, a group of generals headed by Zhang Huai had already gathered together at this moment.

Walking into the navy yamen, all the generals in the hall stood up and saluted Li Huan.

Li Huan turned around and sat down, waved his hands, and his eyes fell on a figure. This person was Jiang Bin, but now he has been appointed by Li Huan as the commander of the Navy of the Daming Nanyang Province, succeeding Zhang Huai and directly governing the water affairs of the Daming Nanyang Province. The division fleet is under the jurisdiction of the commander of the capital, Si Yamen.

Looking at Jiang Bin, Li Huan said, "Commander Jiang, tell me, what's the situation with the Portuguese fleet?"

Jiang Bin's promotion is no longer as simple as being promoted to three ranks in a row. From a mere officer of a thousand households to a commander of the first army, this is simply a speed of promotion. So after Jiang Bin became the commander of the fleet, the whole person To do everything conscientiously and diligently is to gain Li Huan's approval through his own efforts.

I think Jiang Bin is very clear, but if he can't show his ability and value, then Li Huan will definitely beat him back to his original form without hesitation.

Hearing Li Huan's question suddenly at this moment, Jiang Bin got up without hesitation and said to Li Huansu: "Back to the general, since he received the information about the Portuguese invasion, the general has sent a scout ship to investigate the news, now It has been determined that the Portuguese fleet came from the direction of Tianzhu. According to those merchants, the commander of this fleet is Afonso, the Portuguese governor in India. This person gathered nearly a hundred warships and hundreds of auxiliary ships. , intending to recapture the Strait of Malacca, in order to avenge the defeat in the naval battle."

Sitting there, Zhang Huai couldn't help saying with a bit of disdain: "Since I, Daming, a mere barbarian, can defeat him once, then I can defeat him countless times."

Li Huan ignored Zhang Huai, but looked at Jiang Bin and said, "If I leave it to you to meet the enemy this time, will you be sure to defeat the opponent?"

When Jiang Bin heard the words, he almost hesitated and said to Li Huan: "The general is willing to issue a military order. If the Portuguese are not defeated, the general is willing to come and see him!"

Li Huan slightly nodded and said: "Since that's the case, this battle will be entrusted to you to command. The entire naval fleet will be dispatched by you."

Jiang Bin suppressed the excitement in his heart, and saluted Li Huan respectfully: "The final general will definitely not disappoint the Lord."

On March [-]th in the ninth year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, the sea in the Malacca waters could be said to be calm, but it was filled with a sense of tension.

On the surface of the blue sea, two huge sea fleets separated by several miles were approaching at an extremely fast speed.

The Great Tomorrow Sun and Moon Flag fluttered in the wind, and on a huge treasure ship, many officials from the Sansi Yamen of Nanyang Province headed by Li Huan were gathering at the moment, looking at the situation in the distance.

At this time, Zhang Huai, as the commander of the capital of Nanyang Province, can definitely be said to be the highest-ranking person on this ship except Li Huan.

Looking at the fleets of both sides approaching at a very fast speed in the distance, Zhang Huai's face showed a rare dignified expression and said to Li Huan: "Is it a bit strange for the general to entrust such an important battle to Jiang Bin? It’s a little risky, if it’s just in case..."

It's no wonder that Zhang Huai is so worried. After all, Jiang Bin was just a slightly capable official of a thousand households before. In Zhang Huai's view, his ability is not much better than that of many guerrillas and counselors under his command. go.

If Li Huan hadn't personally appointed Jiang Bin as the commander of the naval fleet, he would never have agreed.

The rest of the important ministers of the Sansi Yamen couldn't help looking at Li Huan.

It's just that Li Huan was standing at the bow of the ship, with his hands behind his back, looking at the fleets of both sides that had started to fire tentatively in the distance. Hearing Zhang Huai's words, he didn't look back and just said indifferently: "This man has some tricks. , the commanding ability is not too bad, if you can experience it, you will be a good general."

Regarding Jiang Bin's ability, to be honest, Li Huan is not very worried. After all, the other party has become the favorite of the emperor by virtue of his ability. The eye of the emperor.

But it was said that Afonso personally led the army. At this moment, Afonso looked at the densely packed ships of the Ming Dynasty, and his face could not help showing a dignified expression.

Although he had learned from Colonel Solo that the strength of the Ming Fleet was not weak, how could Afonso, who had always been proud and used to it, take the Ming Fleet to heart.

After all, today's Portugal is absolutely invincible on the sea. Except for Spain, which can compete with it one or two times, there is no rival on the vast sea.

So Afonso was annoyed when he learned that the Strait of Malacca had fallen into the hands of Daming, and that Earl Sivans, Colonel Solo and others had joined forces and were defeated by the navy of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how much Afonso looked down on the Daming Navy before, but when he saw the size of the Daming Navy fleet and the huge ships, Afonso instantly let go of his prejudice and looked at the Daming Navy. The vigilance of the navy fleet has been raised to the extreme.

As the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. No matter how Colonel Solo described the strength of the Daming Fleet to him, Afonso was still skeptical. Excuse.

; only when he saw the size of the Daming Navy fleet with his own eyes, Afonso knew that the Daming Navy in Colonel Solo's description was not exaggerated, and even the real size of the Daming Navy fleet was larger than what Colonel Solo said Even stronger.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the waves in his heart, Afonso suppressed all the thoughts in his heart at this moment. In any case, this battle is inevitable, and it is too late even if he wants to retreat.

"Tell everyone, for the glory of my Kingdom of Portugal, attack!"

With Afonso's order, the Portuguese fleet suddenly kicked off the war after a simple test.

Immediately, hundreds of warships opened fire in unison, the rumbling sound of the guns was like thunder, the projectiles fell like rain, and water jets splashed on the sea surface.

Jiang Bin, who was sitting on the flagship of the Navy Fleet, also looked at the other side with a solemn face, slowly put down the binoculars, and ordered in a deep voice: "Tell everyone, the Lord is watching from behind, and order all the warships to lock Target, hit me hard."

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