The "Feiyu 2" and "Feiyu 3" led by Dong Fengshan stayed in Cape Fort (Bamaga Town) for one day in early August. After a little replenishment, they headed northeast to explore.

After passing a series of small islands, there is the endless sea. Dong Fengshan took out a map of Nanyang drawn by Qi Tian and copied by the navy, and carefully compared it with the huge island (Guinea Island) in the northeast from Cape Fort. If

Driving due north, you can reach this island in one day.

But he is charged with the important task of exploring the eastern front. This trip is to find and establish the first supply point to lay the foundation for subsequent exploration. Therefore, the two "Flying Fish" can only travel northeast to find a series of

Suitable supply points.

Two days later, Dong Fengshan and his two boats arrived at the opposite land, and then explored along the coastline toward the southeast.

"Brother Dong, this place looks good. There is a bay between the two sides, which is suitable for ships to dock and take shelter." Zhang Qisheng looked at the place on the shore. "If artillery is set up on both sides of the shore, the enemy will not be able to attack at all."

The place they are currently arriving is located in Kerima, a coastal city in southern Papua New Guinea, which is only more than 30 kilometers away from the land they just arrived.

"Let's mark it on the map first." Dong Fengshan looked at the dense forest on the shore and was not very satisfied. Qi Tian once told them that the environment of the big island opposite was very harsh, and it was almost all virgin dense forest. They rashly established a supply point.

Many people will die.

"Let's go further." Dong Fengshan didn't expect to find a suitable supply point soon after arriving at the island. However, the map given by the chief manager was too rough, just a vague island shape.

Many terrains and landforms need to be gradually refined and supplemented by the teenagers who follow them.

All the way south, the scenery along the coast was an unchanging forest. Just when Dong Fengshan and others were extremely impatient, they saw a brown and yellow coast.

"Land ashore and take a look!" Dong Fengshan immediately ordered the ship to dock at the shore and shouted to several Hanzhou natives to come ashore to check.

The forests here are obviously relatively sparse, and there are rolling hills and grasslands in the distance. What's even more rare is that there is a narrow land plain protruding from the coast, and there is a huge bay inside, which is simply a very high-quality port.

Several Hanzhou natives rode a small boat and slowly approached the shore. Then, he boarded the land with a knife.

"Are there really cannibals here?" Zhang Qisheng asked nervously as he watched the Hanzhou natives enter the sparse forest.

"The general manager said there is, so it's probably true." Dong Fengshan said with a smile, "What are you afraid of? Even if a dozen of them come, the natives will feed them enough and they won't be able to eat from you!"

"How did they get away with it!" Zhang Qisheng said: "Cannibals, cannibals, I'm afraid they are all wild beasts."

"That's right. They cannibalize people, so they can't be considered human anymore." Dong Fengshan couldn't help but think of the immigrants who came to Hanzhou, and vaguely knew that in the Ming Dynasty, the famine was serious, and there were not a few people who exchanged their children for food. There were even some people who specialized in hunting.

Kill women and children, steam them and eat them. Humans, sometimes, are really no different from wild beasts!

"They're back!" After waiting for about an hour, several Hanzhou natives who landed appeared in everyone's sight, and everyone couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Since they could explore nearby for a long time, there must be no danger.

"Land in and unload!" Dong Fengshan did not hesitate to locate the first supply point for exploration on the eastern front here, a place with a cool climate, sparse trees, and a superior port environment.

"Brother Dong, what are you going to name this place this time?" Zhang Qisheng asked with a smile.

"Let me think about it first." Dong Fengshan was quite proud. He discovered and named the two supply points set up consecutively to the east, Beikou Fort and Haijiao Fort. Decades later, people only talked about these place names.

That will inevitably mention his name Dong Fengshan.

After looking at this protruding piece of land, Dong Fengshan said, "How about calling it a protruding fort?"

Zhang Qisheng rolled his eyes. If a supply point is built in a concave land next time, will it be called Concave Corner Fort?

Dong Fengshan smiled self-deprecatingly. Although the general manager said that even if the place where he found it was named "Doghouse", the newcomers would still use it. But I can't let the residents of the place curse whenever they mention this place name in the future.

Me.

"Boy, how about you help me think of one?" Dong Fengshan said.

"Okay!" Zhang Qisheng said happily: "When we left Cape Fort, several ships returning from the south said that the general manager gave the southern settlement the name Weihai (Cairns City). Otherwise, we will

Is this place called Weiyuan?”

"Mighty?" Dong Fengshan read it again, "Is it famous?"

"In the future, our Hanzhou will definitely be famous far and wide, with people coming from all over the world to pay their respects!" Zhang Qisheng said with great enthusiasm.

"Okay, this place will be called Weiyuan from now on!" Dong Fengshan was also infected by this young man. Starting from Jianye City, sooner or later we will reach the Ming Dynasty step by step, making our name of Hanzhou famous all over the world.

The supply point they landed and established was Port Moresby in what would become Papua New Guinea. It was the most livable place and the best port on the entire Guinea island. Two "Flying Fish" unloaded fifteen Han Chinese indigenous people, five

Ten Luzon natives and a month's worth of supplies, and then continue south to explore the next supply point.

The fleet circled the southeastern corner of the island, then turned northwest and sailed successively through Lae and Finche Harbor, and finally arrived at Madang. At this point, the twenty-day exploration came to an end.

When the exploration fleet arrived in Weiyuan again, a dozen Hanzhou natives had already commanded fifty Luzon natives and roughly built a wooden camp. Moreover, for more than ten days, they did not encounter any

Due to the attack by the local indigenous people, Dong Fengshan encouraged the remaining indigenous people to expand the construction of the camp and prepare to welcome a new batch of indigenous people and Luzon natives next month.

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"Sir Governor, we have obtained some information from Batavia, which is very detrimental to our Philippines!" Colonel Porzi Onato, commander of the Spanish Army in the Philippines, looked at Governor Luis Das Marina with a serious expression.

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Governor Luis Dasmarina had a gloomy face and took a deep breath. There has been too much news that is not good for the Spanish recently. The native tribes on the island heard that more than a thousand natives were trapped in Hanzhou, and expressed their opinions openly and secretly.

In order to be dissatisfied with the Spanish, some daring tribes even openly resisted the colonial government's manpower recruitment and tax payment.

On the other hand, the "Calamba" plan implemented by the colonial government for more than a year also encountered strong opposition from the local Chinese.

The main target of the "Calamba" plan was to target some Ming people near Manila. The Spanish colonial government forced these Ming people to give up commerce and other handicrafts, switch to agriculture, and go to Calamba to colonize, but it did not give them the necessary

Infrastructure construction, the environment is very bad, and higher tax rates are imposed on reclaimed farmland. Naturally, this move was opposed and resisted by most Ming people.

"Tell me, what did those despicable Dutch commodity dealers want to do?" Governor Luis Dasmarina asked with a worried look on his face.

"The news from our businessmen in Batavia shows that the Dutch are uniting with the Hanzhou bandit gang to plan to attack the Philippines. Moreover, the Dutch have begun to prepare war supplies. Recently, there have been many people traveling between Batavia and

The number of merchant ships in Borneo has increased a lot. We have reason to believe that an attack may occur in the next few months." Colonel Polzi Onato said.

"I remember that in April, some people said that the Dutch were coming to attack us." Governor Louis Dasmarina turned his head and glanced at Navy Commander Colonel Rohr Scheidt.

"Mr. Governor, this time, the Dutch are really going to attack us." Colonel Polzi Onato also glanced at Colonel Roel Scheidt and continued: "They are mobilizing the East Indies.

The mercenaries have assembled more than a dozen armed merchant ships and prepared various war supplies. It is reported that the Hanzhou bandit gang will also follow the Dutch to attack our Philippines."

"Hmph..." Governor Luis Dasmarina sneered, "Do you think that our Spain will be attacked wantonly by these despicable commodity traders and pirates just because of a small defeat? They are wishful thinking.

They will surely suffer a shameful defeat!..."

Colonel Porzi Onato glanced quickly at the other officials in the Governor's Palace, then lowered his head and continued to listen to the Governor venting his anger hysterically.

"Recruit the natives of the Philippines! Recruit the Chinese near Manila! Recruit the Lord's people! We will give the enemy the most ferocious counterattack!" Governor Luis Dasmarina issued the order.

"My Lord Governor, will the fleet and material personnel gathered in Sulu be withdrawn again?" Colonel Rohr Scheidt asked.

"Dear Colonel Scheidt, what do you think?" Governor Louis Dasmarina looked at Colonel Roel Scheidt coldly.

Facing the increasingly moody Governor-General, Colonel Rohr Scheidt did not dare to say anything more and quietly stepped aside.

"Colonel Onato, do you have anything else to say?" Governor Dasmarina asked in a deep voice when he saw that Colonel Onato seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Sir Governor, the army soldiers in Manila have not been paid for two months."

Governor Das Marina was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the tax collector in Manila.

The tax officer nodded affirmatively: "There is no excess tax money in the official treasury."

"Tax taxes immediately! Tax those Chinese. They have made all the money from the Philippines. Now, it is time for them to repay us. Without our protection, they have nothing!"

The tax official was about to say that the Chinese in Manila had only paid August's taxes and could not collect them again. But when he saw the firm gaze of the Governor, he immediately shut his mouth.

Perhaps those Chinese would not mind paying one more tax. In the past, it seemed that they had never objected to the colonial government's arbitrary taxation.
Chapter completed!