Blood from Daming

Chapter 508

On the way back, Xue Yun took a detour to the cavalry battalions of Mr. You Qian and Mr. Fang Qian. The headquarters of Mr. You Qian and Mr. Fang Qian said they were cavalry troops. Due to the shortage of ships, a large number of horses could not be brought over. The war horses were only [-]% of the officers and soldiers. Mr. You Qian and Mr. Fang Qian complained to Xue Yun that the fodder horses in Taiwan had eaten some diarrhea, so Xue Yun had no choice but to agree to allocate an extra batch of black beans for them.

Xue Yun asked Mr. You Qian and Mr. Fang Qian to take the initiative to contact the people in the nearby villages, improve the relationship with the local people in Taiwan, and establish the Xue family army at the grassroots level in Taiwan. Then he ordered Mr. You Qian and Mr. Fang Qian not only to cooperate with Yu Si and Luo Erwa, but also to pay close attention to the situation from the north, because the Zheng Zhilong pirate group in the stupid port in the north is not far away from the senior members. Finally, under the escort of Mr. You Qian, Mr. Fang Qian and others, they took a small boat and returned to the "Yangtze River" battleship.

The governor, Wu Dahai, stepped forward and reported: "General, the Dutch governor Mattisunke has sent a batch of daily necessities to Miss Liya, and the person who delivered the goods is still detained by the vanguard ship."

Xue Yun thought for a while and said: "You and Liu Ben will check the items yourself. Liu Ben has experience in this area, and then send the items to Miss Liya. I will see if Miss Liya has anything to say. Her uncle."

Dudu Wu Dahai said: "General, the leader of the Dutch ghost wants to see Miss Liya."

Xue Yun said: "The "Yangtze River" is a military facility and cannot be entered or exited by enemy personnel. One request cannot be granted. In the future, non-Xue family generals who board the "Yangtze River" must undergo strict inspection and report to this seat when necessary. .”

Xue Yun entered his cabin and saw Liya playing chess on the low table alone. Xue Yun sighed in his heart. It is indeed not easy for a foreign woman to live alone in a completely unfamiliar environment. Should I pay attention to it? Let's grab a few little Dutch girls to entertain Miss Liya.

Xue Yun said to Liya: "When I came back just now, my subordinates reported that your uncle sent you a batch of daily necessities, and the things will be delivered in a while."

Li Ya just nodded slightly when she heard this, Xue Yun said: "Courts are often exchanged, my dear can also write a reply letter or send some return gifts or something."

Liya thought for a while and said, "There's no need to reply to the letter. The husband chooses any object as a return gift, and it should be regarded as a sign of his uncle's safety."

It didn't take long for several soldiers to hold the items sent by Miss Liya's uncle. Liya opened it and saw that almost all of them were clothes, accessories and living utensils that she had left in Promincia Castle. There was only one box containing a small amount of gems, gold and silverware. , perfume, lipstick and other cosmetics, it seems that this is the dowry given by my uncle.

Liya couldn't help but shed tears. Xue Yun looked aside and didn't know how to comfort Liya. Thinking of Liya's feeling of being away from home, she had to order the soldiers to choose a good gift to give back to Liya's uncle Matty Sunke. Who knew that after Liya stopped crying, Xue Yun couldn't laugh or cry after listening to Liya's explanation, and he would have misunderstood Liya's thoughts.

It turned out that Liya's father died under the butcher's knife of the Spaniards in the Netherlands. Not long after, her mother also died of illness. Under the instigation of his sister-in-law, his only brother planned to marry Liya to a local nouveau riche , and what Liya couldn't accept the most was that this nouveau riche was already over 50 years old, and he even had two grandchildren.

However, the greedy brother and sister-in-law valued the dowry, and they cared about their sister's happiness. Despite Liya's objections, they agreed to the marriage. The stubborn Liya was unwilling to be manipulated by others, and got a sympathetic cousin, Mathilaire. With the help of Liya Ke, she secretly followed her cousin Marty Lark on the fleet to the east, and joined her uncle Matty Sunk. At that time, Liya was not yet 15 years old.

Cousin Marty Lark became an officer in the guard of her uncle Matty Sunk, and Liya, relying on her intelligence and financial management skills, became a money-making tool in the hands of her greedy uncle. When she was captured by Xue Yun , Liya is already a veritable manager of merchant ships in Matty Sunk, but Liya herself is still a pauper with no money.

Xue Yun sighed and said to Liya: "Every family has half of the scriptures that are difficult to recite. It is true that people hate the poor and love the rich. The struggle between relatives is also a manifestation of the weak and the strong. Liya, you have suffered too much. , as long as you have something in your heart, my husband will make your wish come true."

Liya said: "I followed my husband, and everything will be arranged by my husband in the future. The family affairs have nothing to do with me. It's just that my cousin Laerke will be met by my husband's subordinates in the future. I hope they don't hurt him. .”

Xue Yun said with a smile: "Don't worry, lady, I will give orders to my husband after a while, and I won't hurt my own brother-in-law."

In the evening, Xue Yun summoned Wang Erwa, Lian Xiongwei, and Ji Tianen in his cabin, and conveyed the principle of strengthening peaceful coexistence with the local Taiwanese Pingpu and Gaoshan Fans, actively bringing Pingpu and Gaoshan to Taiwan. At the same time, it also severely cracked down on the Taiwanese who took refuge in the Dutch. Another important task was to send out some officers and soldiers to start building the city. Try to recruit a group of people from the Taiwanese to cooperate with Yu Si and Luo Erwa's city. , Sealing Promincia Castle from east and south directions.

After Wang Erwa, Lian Xiongwei, and Ji Tianen left, Xue Yun's day's work came to an end. He thought that the castles in the east and south directions would be completed, and that Promincia Castle would be close to the sea on the west and north sides. I am afraid that it will be difficult for a person to do anything in the lonely castle of Promincia Castle.

In the middle of the night, Xue Yun was about to sleep in his own cabin, but Liya held Xue Yun with affection and refused to let go. Xue Yun immediately understood, but out of love for Liya's body, he still asked: "My lady!" , is your injury healed?"

Liya blushed all of a sudden and said shyly: "My husband is more gentle, I believe I can touch you with you, hey, don't be greedy."

Xue Yun chuckled in Li Ya's ear: "Long Yue can't go down the ditch, but short Yue can't get enough of it. You are the one I want to love for the rest of my life. How could I hurt you?"

Liya shyly said: "You are the most sweet talker, I don't know how many women's bodies have been harmed." Liya took Xue Yun's hand into the inner cabin.

In the next few days, the Xue family army built the city at the same time in the east and south directions of Promincia Castle. Since there were Dutch prisoners of war and prisoners from the Xingang Society in the Yusi and Luoerwa departments in the east to participate in the labor, the entire construction site of the castle was full of people. It was very lively; Wang Erwa, Lian Xiong Wei, and Ji Tianen in the south also learned and used it, and brought the Dutch prisoners to the construction site to build the castle. Speaking of which, among the Dutch prisoners and the prisoners of the Xingang Society, the Dutch prisoners were the most sneaky and cunning. Without knowing the crooked reasoning, he tried every means to resist and destroy Xue's army's castle construction.

However, Xue Jiajun is not a good man or woman. He pulled out five and seven Dutch captives from the east and south to behead. The prisoners from the Xingang Society, because they couldn’t beat these Dutch prisoners, did not miss the whip of the Xue family army. These prisoners from the Xingang society only hated the Xue family army who killed them without blinking an eye. Instead, they got into a fight with those Dutch prisoners. There were also several small-scale fights. If Xue Jiajun hadn't stepped in to stop them at critical moments, these two groups would have killed people.

The murder of the Dutch captives who refused to work hard by the Xue family army was known by the Dutch governor Mattisunke in the castle of Promincia. Mattisunke, who received a large number of gifts from General Yan of the Ming army, just got better, and was killed by the Ming army. The massacre of prisoners of war was stunned. These Ming Dynasty people were really barbarians. How could they torture and massacre prisoners of war? This is unacceptable. The Dutch army must take revenge.

So Marty Sunke held a meeting of officers in the hall of the Chief Executive's Office to discuss how to avenge the slaughter of his comrades by the Ming army. Everyone had already set the tone, that is, to stick to the castle of Promincia and wait for the Dutch East India Company in India. Send reinforcements to support Promincia Castle, and now everyone is asked to go out to attack the Ming army, even the most radical Dutch officer does not have the courage to raise it.

However, a Dutch officer came up with a bad idea, that is, Promincia Castle used to have food for 1000 troops and immigrants for two years, because the company happened to have a fleet of ships coming to Taiwan to buy alluvial gold, millet, sulfur, yellow wax, and deer. Leopard skins and other goods, the population has doubled, there are also businessmen from various countries and Taiwan people doing things, and more than [-] Ming Dynasty coolies. The food stored in Promincia Castle is not enough for everyone to feed for a year, so they killed the Ming Dynasty coolies to vent their anger and save money by the way The idea of ​​food was introduced.

Gao Wenlu, the commander of Promincia Castle, disagreed with this proposal. He believed that doing so would endanger the lives of more than 300 Dutch comrades-in-arms. However, most of the Dutch mercenary officers who have always been cruel and easy to kill supported this proposal. , If you don't show the Ming army a little bit of strength, and wait for the Ming army to repair the castle, the Dutch really have no place to stand on Taiwan Island.

Even Chief Marty Sunke had illusions in his mind. People in the Ming Dynasty always talked about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. Maybe after killing a group of Ming Dynasty coolies, these Ming Dynasty generals would make some compromises under the pressure of the court and society. If the effect is not good, just stop slaughtering the coolies of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, in the future stalemate, I will win a lot of initiative on the side of Promincia Castle. Mattisunke made up his mind and ordered Commander Gao Wenlu went to carry out this mission. Gao Wenlu rejected Matty Sunke's order on the grounds that it was immoral to kill civilians who were powerless to resist. Matty Sunke was very angry with Gao Wenlu and had no choice but to order his nephew Marty Lyrk led a team of guards to carry out the order.

(End of this chapter)