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"The best time to attack is at the end of February and the beginning of March. At that time, the north wind gradually stopped and the south wind started to rise. Zeelandia could not seek help from Batavia. When the wind direction changed, Zeelandia could certainly ask for help, but Bada The main force of the Dutch navy on the Via side will have to wait for another half a year. In this way, our army has enough time to implement various tactical plans." Fang Jiahong explained in front of the crown prince, Xiao Mo and other generals in the army. Every step of the recovery plan.

When the battlefield and the situation between the enemy and ourselves are gradually becoming clear, the timing of entering the battlefield is particularly important.Especially in today's age of sails, the wind factor accounts for almost half of the natural environment.

"Besides, the temperature in Taiwan in spring is not too hot. Most of our troops are from the north, and we are gradually adapting." Fang Jiahong was a little nervous, for fear that the Crown Prince would say that it was too late.

Zhu Cilang looked at Xiao Mo beside him, and said, "This is a good time, the army has more time for sea adaptation training. Are the medical and epidemic prevention preparations sufficient?"

"According to Wu Youxing's report, among the Han people in Taiwan, malaria is the most common disease. Once it spreads, countless people will die. It has been transferred to the General Logistics Department to purchase enough Artemisia annua to prevent malaria."

"I know about this disease," Zhu Cihong said. "The most important thing is to prevent the epidemic. You must have good hygiene habits. You must make it clear to the soldiers. Don't be lazy for a while, and regret it for life. In addition, when treating this disease, you need a lot of water, and you need to prepare more salt and sugar. some."

"Yes." Fang Jiahong said again: "Judging from the information fed back by Jin Yiwei, there may already be rumors about our army's resumption in Taiwan, but it's just word of mouth, and less than half of the believers."

"This is unavoidable." Zhu Cihong said to Xiao Mo: "There is a class among the Han people in Taiwan called the 'Toujia'. These people are inextricably linked to Fujian Shijia, and our news here is bound to be It will be passed on. Not to mention that Governor Zheng of Bamin Gancheng is also one of them."

Xiao Mo smiled following the crown prince's words, and said, "It's just a fight, the first guard will be afraid of who will come."

"Advantages cannot be discarded lightly." Zhu Cihong said: "I will arrange this matter, and try to delay it as long as possible. I will leave the matter on the military formation to you, and you can tell me what difficulties you have now. In the future, if you can't defeat Zeranzhe, you can find a reason But it will be too late."

Xiao Mo looked at Fang Jiahong and said, "If there is any difficulty, just say it."

Fang Jiahong saluted and said: "Report Your Highness, General. The deduction has been done enough."

Zhu Cihong nodded, stood up and said, "Then continue to prepare, and report any problems in time. I'll meet Zheng Du."

All the generals got up quickly and escorted Zhu Cihong out.

As soon as Xiao Mo sent Zhu Cihong into the carriage, Fang Jiahong followed up and said in a low voice, "General, the camp has been completed."

Xiao Mo raised his hand: "I'll talk about it later."

Fang Jiahong retreated in response.

Anyone who has dealt with the military intelligence department will find that "intelligence" is the most fragile thing, and it will be leaked if it is not careful.Those staff officers in the Military Intelligence Department can analyze all kinds of unimaginable information from a sentence or an object, which is sometimes unbelievable.

Measure others by oneself.Who knows if there are such capable men among the Dutch?

The 虺 is a kind of snake-like insect. According to legend, it disappears without a trace and kills people invisible.Xiao Mo organized the training battalion in the First Army, which was based on the Special Investigation Battalion, and was specially prepared for the battle of Taiwan's restoration.

From the point of view of intelligence.The number of Dutch troops stationed in Taiwan has been decreasing year by year, and now there are only 200.Among them, the number of officers is even smaller, less than ten. In many cases, soldiers are not commanded by officers at all.

The Ming army who fought using the same tactics certainly knew what this meant.

It can be said that if there are no officers on the battlefield, the soldiers don't even know when to advance or when to fire!

Such a low number of officers.It is enough to cause the Dutch army's combat effectiveness to be low.If a small number of officers were assassinated or controlled by others... it is entirely possible for the Dutch army to collapse without a fight and directly surrender the city.

Originally, the training syllabus of the special reconnaissance battalion contained the content of climbing over the wall into the city and stealthily assassinating.In order to be more targeted, the first guard army built a fake city exactly like Zeelandia with bamboo and wood, and made it into a sand table.Let He Bin, who has entered Zelanzhe City, carefully identify it to ensure that there are no mistakes.

According to this training method, the soldiers in the camp can easily enter the Dutch army barracks or the governor's office.

For complete secrecy, Fang Jiahong only reported to Xiao Mo.Everyone else just thought that the Special Investigation Battalion was conducting targeted training on Taiwanese students.

Xiao Mo is not worried that the crown prince will leak the secret, I am afraid that no one in this world knows better than this Highness.He just hoped to be able to explain it after it played a role, otherwise, if it failed, the guards and his own face would be greatly lost.It's just that he didn't know that there was a shadow of the ten-man regiment in the army, let alone that there were members of the ten-man regiment among the elite he selected.

Zhu Cihong has long been familiar with Xiao Mo's "beheading operation", and can even grasp the training progress in real time.The reason why he didn't tell the truth, one is to give Xiao Mo a sense of security, and the other is that he is very happy to see Xiao Mo succeed, so as to encourage the lieutenant generals to explore more ways to win the battle.

In the position of crown prince, the big picture is always more important than the details.

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"Zheng Du, this time we need to rely on Zheng Du's connections." Zhu Cihong laughed loudly at Zheng Zhilong who came to greet him as soon as he got off the carriage, for fear that others would not hear him.

Zheng Zhilong had already opened the middle door wide, cleaned the ground, and greeted His Highness the Crown Prince to enter, while saying: "Your Highness can give you orders, I dare not obey!"

"That's it," Zhu Cihong said as he walked, "Since Daming wants to do business with the Hongmao Yi, I always feel that it will be a bit of a waste of time to talk to the Taiwan governor. I think he is just a resident manager, how can he make the decision? As for the commissioner sent here, what's more He is a brat and has no authority at all. If we go on talking like this, we won’t be able to talk for three to five years.”

Zheng Zhilong responded again and again, and secretly said: You don't really want to talk, what does this gesture mean?

"That's why I hope Governor Zheng will take advantage of the north wind and send someone reliable to Batavia to explain our intention to trade with the governor-general." Zhu Cihong waved Lu Suyao to hand over a letter: "Among them are my court's requirements. The purchased goods, the people who need to be hired, have already sold the list of goods. The Dutch people can come to trade by boat when the south wind blows, and they will definitely not cheat."

"His Royal Highness wants to open a business?"

"Let's try to open the Zhongzuo Office (Golden Gate) first." Zhu Cihong said: "If we only do business by ourselves, where will the income of the Shibo Department come from? If the Dutch, Portuguese, and even the British all come by boat, the merchants entering and leaving The tax is a sum, and the port fees for seagoing ships are also quite a lot.”

"Did your Highness also inform the Franji people in Macau?" Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, so he can still see through such delaying tactics.

Zhu Cihong thought so too. Daming fought two battles with the Dutch and drove them from Penghu to the main island of Taiwan. Now that they want to do business is a bit suspicious.It would be better to bring in the Portuguese to show the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes, the Portuguese were friendly to us in the early years, and even sent artillery to help me defend the city. You can invite them to come." Zhu Cihong said: "Give them a list of goods purchased and sold. As for the Spaniards, forget it Well, the old accounts from Wanli's time haven't been settled with them yet."

Zheng Zhilong was a little worried when he heard the words. Now in the South China Sea, the only real powerful countries are the Dutch and the Spaniards.Speaking of it, the Spaniards are stronger. If His Royal Highness wants to settle the old accounts of Wanli with them, won't this offend both countries at the same time?

Zhu Cihong didn't have such worries.

For Ming, the transshipment port of Nanyang is far more important than the origin of raw materials, which means that no western country can impose an embargo on Ming alone.The Netherlands was originally a country independent from Spanish occupation and was naturally hostile to Spain.After the Netherlands advanced into Southeast Asia, it seized Portugal's overseas territories along the way, and also attacked Macau. It is doomed that it cannot live in harmony with Portugal.

As for the massacre of British businessmen, it also created a blood feud between the Netherlands and the UK... If it weren't for the fact that the British power is now limited to India, Zhu Cihong would not mind even bringing the British into the mix to make things even more confusing.

The winter of the 20th year of Chongzhen came quietly, and Fujian became a huge construction site.Not only are all the prefectures and counties carrying out old city renovations in order to meet the requirements of the crown prince, but more importantly, they are actively promoting the construction of trunk and branch roads.Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already nodded, as long as the road conditions can meet the standards, the state and county where he is located is allowed to open a carriage factory to produce four-wheeled carriages.

Everyone knows that the four-wheeled carriage represents the travel direction of the wealthy class in Ming Dynasty, and is a symbol of identity and status.However, the steel it uses is hard to come by.This special steel has excellent toughness and can reduce the bumps of the carriage, so it is the most important material.

This kind of material control has curbed private capital from investing in the car industry.At the same time, the administrative aspect also prohibits the private manufacture of four-wheeled carriages for carrying people, and only four-wheeled freight vehicles can be manufactured.To this end, each carriage will be numbered on the axle when it leaves the factory, and a prominent number plate will be hung on the carriage.

If the carriage goes out of the county, it must be registered at the state and county police stations along the way.

In this way, regardless of the quality of privately built carriages, they are in danger of being caught even on the road.

Such a monopoly market can naturally bring high profits, and high profits bring high taxes, which play a decisive role in the examination of state and county officials. How can we not care about it?

Not to mention the mountainous Fujian, even Guangdong, which is next door, got the news. They also inquired about road construction standards and began to raise funds to build roads, hoping to produce this high-end product.

The two Guangzhou county magistrates also dug out the dusty county town planning manual and racked their brains to renovate the old city.At least one project is hanging, how much the crown prince came is an explanation.Of course, this kind of cooperative attitude is for the purpose of opening up business, otherwise, wouldn't the people who invested in the stock market lose all their money?

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