Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"Is this Dongning?" Looking at the subtropical scenery on land that is completely different from that of the Korean Peninsula, the North Korean princess, who has not yet recovered from her seasickness symptoms, asked the sending envoy for confirmation through the curtain.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Princess." The messenger with a beautiful beard replied respectfully. At this moment, she with the title of princess is a symbol of the alliance between the Joseon royal family and the Mingzheng regime. "Ahead is Keelung Port."

"That means it's almost here?" The girl seemed to feel that she could be relieved from seasickness, so her voice was a little excited.

"I'm afraid we'll have to transfer to Dongning's boat when we get to the port." The send-off envoy poured cold water on her, but he followed up as if to comfort the disappointed girl. "After changing the ship, we will be able to arrive at Chengtian in three to five days."

"Then why change Dongning's ship?" The young princess was a little puzzled. "Can't we continue to take our own boat? Or is there no way for Keelung to reach Chengtian by land?"

"According to Dongning's welcoming envoy, the official road from Keelung to Chengtian is under construction, so it is temporarily impassable. As for why you want to change Dongning's boat." The North Korean ship was small and slow, and Mingzheng's proposal was also in line with the etiquette, so it was difficult for him to insist. "Because the happy period set by Dongning is about to pass, I had to switch to the Clippers and go south to avoid bad luck."

The young female voice was silent for a while, and then asked: "What kind of person is Master Zheng of Dongning?"

North Korea is adjacent to China, and the Ming Dynasty script was just published in China, and North Korea has pirated copies, so Princess Xibei in front of her has also read "The Romance of the West Chamber" and other enlightenment books, so she has some expectations for her future husband, and she must hope that the other party will be suave and suave , who can recite poems and paint paintings, belongs to the dignified talent.

But the envoy who sent the relatives had never met Zheng Kezang himself, so he just pointed out to the princess vaguely: "The lord of Dongning holds power, suppresses power and traitors internally, and has enemies outside the Qing Dynasty. He is a heroic figure, so Your Majesty Only then will the princess travel thousands of miles across the ocean to make peace with him, the princess must not treat the feudal lord as an ordinary scholar, otherwise it will affect the harmony between husband and wife, and it will be a catastrophe if it destroys the original intention of His Majesty to link up strong support."

The princess sighed faintly, but before answering the words, suddenly there was a thunderous cannon sound on the sea, and the face of seeing off the relatives changed, and he rushed out of the cabin in a panic, but he came back with a smile on his face after a while and reported: "It surprised the princess, it was the welcome salute released by the Dongning garrison on the shore"

After defeating the conquering army of the Porpal Sultanate and counterattacking into its country, the colonists of the Kapuas River Estuary became famous. For a while, all the sultans of the West Boni were nervously watching Zheng Jun's next move.However, Zheng Jun stopped and concentrated on managing his own small colonization point, which made the suspenseful sultans temporarily relieved of their hearts. Of course, there will be no shortage of spying. Come to visit Tian Chao one after another.

"We are businessmen. We want to build a business post here, but considering the supply problem, we open up farmland outside the business post. We don't want to encroach on any of your land, but whoever offends us, Porper It is his lesson from the past." Tian Chao took the trouble to communicate with the envoys. "We need food and cattle, for which we can provide ironware, armor and matchlock guns." Seeing the display of various weapons and armor, these messengers patted their chests and promised to bring Tian Chao's kindness back to the country. "Of course, if you don't have anything, all you need is this." Finally Tian Chao took out the gold beads seized in the Porper Palace. "You can also exchange with us."

"Businessmen from the Ming Dynasty." In fact, due to the fact that the pirate merchants of the Ming Dynasty have been in Southeast Asia for many years, the envoys of the sultans are not Inca chiefs who know nothing about white people. Therefore, everyone is very concerned about Tian Chao's ultimate request. I know it well. "In addition to the weapons you provided, we also need silk and porcelain. If possible, we also need you to help us deal with the enemy." Seeing Tian Chao's vigilant eyes, the envoys pointed to the golden utensils that Tian Chao took out with bright smiles. . "We can offer much of this gold if you will help us."

"We can sell goods," Tian Chao shook his head. He only had 500 immigrant households and more than [-] soldiers. He had no capital to serve as a mercenary. "But I'm sorry, we don't want to intervene in your dispute."

However, the envoys offered Tian Chao an unbelievable but tempting condition: "Are we willing to pay tribute to you?"

"This?" Tian Chao hesitated for a moment or shook his head. "I'm afraid I won't be the master of this"

Sending off the difficult envoys, Tian Chao was finally free. He just went to the village to check on this day, and got the good news that Murong Bin led the replenishment fleet to arrive again.By the time he arrived at the river in three steps at a time, the boat had already started unloading those precious black supplies.

"Lord Tian, ​​the lord heard that you have found a place and built a house to defend yourself, so you are very satisfied. He specially bestowed this river as Datian River and this castle as Chaowu Fort. Congratulations, Lord Tian." Murong Bin Smiling and congratulating this promising upstart, Tian Chao, who was apprehensive about it, had no choice but to thank Zheng Kezang for his praise in the direction of Dongning. "Among the immigrants I sent this time, I asked Qiongzhou to arrange a family of blacksmiths and a family of cobblers because of my hard work. I don't know if you are what you want?" Tian Chao naturally thanked Murong Bin for his icing on the cake, and at the same time offered the seized gold, silver, pearls and jade. He Baojie's Wen asked the other party to take it back to Dongning, seeing these belongings, Murong Bin's eyes narrowed into a line. "By the way, last time you said that you were short of cement, I brought you an extra [-] barrels, which is probably enough to build the city wall."

"Thank you, Lord Murong." Tian Chao thanked in a hurry, saying that he was in short supply for the supplies brought in this time, especially the arrival of 150 new attached troops strengthened his mobility. "If we can build the wall of the village, my little brother can sleep well." Speaking of this, Tian Chao arranged. "Come here, help Master Murong choose the two best ones and send them here." Murong Bin was still a little confused about what Tian Chao was talking about, and after a while, the wives and daughters of the two princes of Porpur were sent over: "This It was also the harvest from the attack on Porpal, and some of it was distributed to the brothers below, and the rest was collected as camp prostitutes," Tian Chao explained. "If your lord does not dislike it, you can rest well with the brothers in the fleet for these two days."

Murong Bin laughed loudly, and saved the two women: "Good brother, my brother is in a panic, you sent these two, but the fire has been extinguished, you can do your own work, and I will disturb you, brother." up"

Tian Chao walked out of the cabin with a smile on his face, seeing the people and goods still being transported in a steady stream, he suddenly became very passionate.But when he returned to the shore in high spirits, a sudden news came.

"What? Someone in the camp is pregnant?" Tian Chao was startled, and then smiled calmly. "Some of the women assigned to the brothers below are also pregnant. This is a good thing." Tian Chao continued confidently. "In my opinion, no matter who the mother is, the sons born are the heirs of my Han people. The more such children, the more we can firmly control the Datian River area."

"The lower officials also know that this is the best way to Sinicize foreigners, but these children may not always be raised by their biological mothers." Zhuge Fengye's worry obviously comes from another aspect. "In that case, in the future, I can only be regarded as a slave instead of a descendant of the Han family."

"Then let Tuhu adopt him." Tian Chao waved his hand. "We will give them tax exemptions for those who adopt such children."

Zhuge Fengye was still a little worried: "I'm afraid that there will be a difference between the biological one and the adopted one."

Tian Chao thought for a while, and gave an ingenious answer: "It's also simple. After the age of seven, all of them will enter the Boys' Camp in Benbao and be disciplined in a unified way. As long as we can master the Boys' Camp, naturally no one will forcefully distinguish between Han people and children." Hybrid."

"Tongziying?" Zhuge Fengye frowned. "My lord, this is taboo."

"It's not the first time I've done something taboo." Tian Chao sneered, obviously not caring. "In this way, I will write this melody by myself. In addition, you reminded that although the Chaowu Fortress is waiting to be rebuilt, the teacher of Kaimeng has to make arrangements earlier, so I will report it to the Department of Commerce and Industry."

Zhuge Fengye frowned. At this time, Chang Yong reported that all the new soldiers had assembled, so Tian Chao left the Deputy Envoy Tian who was still shaking his head and walked straight away.

"Why is it so crooked?" Tian Chao yelled at the newcomer who was not on his feet. "Go and call all the teams!" Hundreds of soldiers with completely different spirits quickly appeared in front of the newcomers. "See, some of them are from the new attached army like you, and they were worried about their families and wives in the mainland when they first came, but now that they have come to this point, there is nothing they can do but grit their teeth and swallow their tears. "Tian Chao patrolled in front of the newcomers. "But if you swallow your tears, you will find that you can actually settle down and take root here!" Tian Chao pointed at someone. "Wang Hu (recommended by friend lhjgj), come out." A big man speaking Xiangyin stood up. "You said, do you still want to go back to the mainland?"

"I don't want to." Wang Hu responded decisively.

Tian Chao asked with a smile, "Why?"

"Because the governor gave me the land and women!" Wang Hu's answer caused a commotion among the newcomers, whether it was true or not, Wang Hu continued. "I became a soldier because I was too poor to get enough food. Now, although the local women are a bit ugly, they are still healthy. My royal family has a queen. Who wants to go back and be hunted down as a traitor!"

"Get out!" Tian Chao kicked Wang Hu's ass, and Wang Hu ran back to the queue, and Tian Chao asked at this time. "Do you understand?" The sparse response made Tian Chao very dissatisfied, so he shouted again. "There are no eggs, so speak louder!"

"I understand."

"It's good to understand. Although I can't prepare wives and concubines for each of you immediately, I will not let you suffer if you follow me." Tian Chao pointed to the distant inland. "There are a lot of natives waiting for us to conquer. When the time comes, there will be women, and there will be gold."