No one can reject the temptation of glory and wealth. Even if this person already has all this, they will still be tempted by it, because people are always greedy.

Be the king of the Ming Dynasty!

From then on, no one will be regarded as a person who controls lowly karma by others, nor will it become a fat person in the mouth of others.

Faced with such temptation, who can resist it?

Fan Wendou, Jin Liangyu and others didn't even discuss it, so they reached an agreement - they were willing to obey Nan'anbo Zheng Zhilong's instructions. In other words, from now on, Zheng Zhilong is the "master" of tens of thousands of people on these more than 70 ships. As long as he has instructions, everyone will naturally obey.

"How many Westerners are there on our ships? How many black people are there?"

The first thing Zheng Zhilong asked was the number of people on the ship, but he was not asking about other people, but the crew and captains hired by Jin Wenbo from Macau on the ship. These people were not "gifts" when he bought the ship, but he specially hired them to train sailors to train sailors and lead the way when traveling to the West in the future. What Zheng Zhilong wants to know now is how many of these people are.

"I returned to Nan'anbo, and I bought a total of 15 ships from Macau. There were 1,247 sailors on these ships, 6 of whom died in Liaodong, and there are still 1,241 people..."

Jin Wenbo's answer made Zheng Zhilong ponder for a moment, and then said to himself.

"1241 people... Well, it's almost enough. Let's get some more together, get some together, get 1,500 people!"

Jin Wenbo looked at Zheng Zhilong in confusion and asked again.

"I wonder what Nan'anbo did to them? Those Westerners are different from us. They are all jealous of money and have no loyalty or righteousness."

Jin Wenbo's answer made Zheng Zhilong laugh.

"Three Young Master, what Mr. Zheng wants is that they are jealous of money!"

After saying that, he turned to look at Fan Sanba and said.

"Young Master, I wonder if I can prepare some money for Mr. Zheng!"

"No problem, I wonder how much money Nan'anbo needs?"

"2 million taels!"

2 million taels!

Although this number can be said to be equivalent to astronomical numbers, Fan Sanba still nodded and agreed. If it were said that it would take several days to raise 2 million taels of silver in the past, but now these ships carry a large amount of cash silver. In just a few hours, the silver was collected by several families, only a few hundred thousand taels a year.

After the silver was collected, thousands of Western crew members were gathered together, including white, black, and even some Indians. They wore various Western clothes and looked at Zheng Zhilong with strange expressions. Many of them had heard of Zheng Zhilong's name, and some of them were even a little excited when they saw this legendary figure.

"Everyone knows the name of Zheng, who is Nikola Zheng in people's mouth!"

Zheng Zhilong spoke in extremely fluent Portuguese. Because many of the crew members were Portuguese, they could naturally understand his words. It didn't matter if they couldn't understand them. Naturally, other crew members would help explain.

"No, Mr. Zheng won't say much. Today, Mr. Zheng is willing to give you a gift to everyone!"

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Zhilong, who was standing on the hillside, ordered people to turn the silver box over to the ground. The white silver fell on the ground with a "whistle" sound. Not to mention these sailors who had never seen much silver at all, even people like Jin Wenbo would suddenly see so much silver appearing in front of them, and their breathing was tight.

A full 2 ​​million and 20,000 silver!

Just as everyone's breathing became rapid, Zheng Zhilong continued to say.

"Everyone has seen it. There are a total of 2 million taels of silver here. Now, as long as everyone is willing to drive Mr. Zheng, each person can get 500 taels!"

500 taels of silver!

Faced with such temptation, no one refused. For these crew members who could not receive only two or three hundred taels of silver every year, five hundred taels of silver is equivalent to their income for two or even three years. How can they resist such temptation?

Just as everyone agreed, Zheng Zhilong looked around at these greedy sailors and continued to say.

"If everyone can help Zheng take down the Dutchman's Jelan Cham, then each of them can get another 500 taels of silver! And after the Jelan Cham is taken down, each of them will receive no less than 500 taels of silver!"

But it is not a big deal. One move can cost 1,500 taels of silver. Faced with such temptation, almost everyone became furious. Even the most rational person was staring at the silver and swallowing his saliva.

"Jeranzha, Jeranzha..."

Speaking of this place name, Philip looked at Zheng Zhilong and asked.

"Mr. Nicholas, why do you want to seize the Dutch?"

In his opinion, this decision was a bit too reckless, and it was even a bit delusional to try to conquer the Dutch fortress with just a little bit of people.

"And this is not an easy task."

"Captain Philip!"

Facing his rhetoric, Zheng Zhilong laughed.

"When did Taiwan become a place for Dutch? Zheng grew up in Taiwan earlier than the Dutch, and my Chinese ancestors arrived in Taiwan thousands of years ago. How could this Dutch occupy the land of China? How could it be that he would not drive away!"

Zheng Zhilong is talking about the facts. Not to mention the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan sent people to Taiwan. Even Zheng Zhilong excavated Taiwan far surpassed the Dutch. However, after receiving the amnesty, he moved most of the people back to a large number. As for the Dutch's construction of Relan Cha City, it was much later than Zheng Zhilong.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong chose Taiwan was because he learned from Lin Nengchuan that Damu's plan was that he wanted to seize Taiwan. As for why he offended the Dutch and wanted to seize Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong didn't know, but he knew that for him, this was an opportunity, an opportunity for him to return to Fujian with glorious father and son to reunite.

Since Damu wants Taiwan, then I will take down the city of Relan Cha for you!

However, because he had no soldiers or generals under his command, Zheng Zhilong naturally had to think of some solutions to capture the city of Relanzha. He was not unfamiliar with the Dutch city of Relanzha. He even went there in person. He knew that the city of Relanzha was extremely strong, and how could he seize the city when facing the reality that there were neither soldiers nor generals, and even no one available?

The strongest fortress was conquered from the inside. If you want to capture the city of Jelancha, you must conduct a surprise attack.

Based on Zheng Zhilong's understanding of the Dutch, since Damu has been preparing for so long, the Dutch must have received the news that Damu is preparing to attack the city of Relanzha!

In this case, the Dutch would definitely ask Batavia for reinforcements!

Reinforcements!

What if I pretend to be reinforcements and attack the city of Jelanzha directly?

"As for whether it is easy or not, there is a saying in China that is to be fooled by war!"

When staring at the Dutch-style merchant ships in the bay, since they are in East Asia, Western merchant ships are mainly Dutch-style merchant ships. Even when the Portuguese built merchant ships, they often built Dutch-style merchant ships. With these Western ships, and with the Western crew members on the ship who looked completely different from those of the Chinese, it was not difficult to "scam" the gate of Jelanzha.

The key is whether these Western crew members are willing to help him and take down the city of Relanzha.

As for Western sailors, Zheng Zhilong, who has been dealing with them since he was young, naturally knew that it was not impossible to make these Western crew members work hard. In fact, these sailors were mostly poor. They traveled thousands of miles to the East, mostly forced by life. In order to gain wealth, they were sailors and robbers. What is the best way for such people?

It’s just to lure it for profit!

They were smashed with a lot of silver, making them dizzy and ignorant, and then everything became easy.

Then they were naturally willing to drive him. After all, these sailors had not been mercenary, but Zheng Zhilong's move was more generous than others. After all, these silver was not his silver. For him, the most important thing was to capture Relanzha City. Moreover, if it was really a heavy army to siege the city, two million taels of silver might not be enough for him to capture Relanzha City.

Faced with such temptation, no one could resist. The sailors who had served as mercenaries more than once almost gasped and expressed their acceptance.

One thousand five hundred taels of silver!

This is even equivalent to their ten years of income!

Enough to make everyone moved!

After these Western crew members expressed their willingness to serve Zheng Zhilong, he began to prepare for the attack on the city of Jelanzha. First of all, the Netherlands is a major sailing country. After all, the Netherlands is now a major sailing country. When these Western ships used to pirates, they had already prepared the Dutch flag. The only headache was armor. Because most of the Dutch soldiers wore breastplates. If they wanted to pretend to be Dutch soldiers, they had to have breastplates. However, the sailors on the ship did not have many breastplates. After several pieces, they only made more than a hundred breastplates.

"It's no big deal, just tell them that the rest of the people are all sailors from all over the world who have been hired!"

After learning about this situation, Zheng Zhilong ordered Jin Wenbo.

Perhaps Jin Wenbo did not agree with the actions of the families, but it did not hinder Zheng Zhilong's appreciation of him. After all, for him, this young man is a talented person, and for him who has no one available, he naturally would not miss such talent.

"You know, the Zhongyi Army has deployed a large group of troops in the Nantianmen, and it is impossible for Batavia to send a large number of reinforcements to Taiwan..."

"This is nothing to do!"

At the city of Geranzza, facing Kiichi's inquiry, Philip said in an extremely helpless tone.

"Now, the Ming army has appeared in Southeast Asia. They have tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in the South Heaven Gate. What Batavia must consider is whether Zheng Chenggong's actions in Taiwan are to attract Batavia's attention. When we send reinforcements here, attack Batavia. This is what we need to worry about! But the city of Jelanzha cannot give up, so..."

Pointing at the soldiers behind him who were disembarking, Philip said.

"We had to hire these people to help us guard Jelan Cha. Although they are not real soldiers, it should be enough to defend the fortress. What we need is to let Zheng Chenggong retreat without a fight with him. What do you think? Your Excellency."

There is no doubt that yes, Philip's words completely entered Kiichi's heart, which was exactly what he needed.

"Of course, sir, letting Zheng Chenggong retreat with difficulties is the greatest consensus among us. After all, here we cannot live without the Zheng family. Once the Zheng family or Mingguo decides to block us, it will be a disaster for us. At that time, even if we are unwilling to leave here, we can only leave here. After all, without Chinese goods, our existence here is completely dependent on exporting Chinese goods to Japan. Without all this, the city of Relan Cha will naturally have no value of existence."

As an "old Taiwan", Kuiyi knew the value of Gerlan Chau very well. He knew why Gerlan Chau existed here because of trade. Without trade, there would naturally be no Gerlan Chau. In order to maintain trade, he could not offend the Zheng family, and he had to maintain a good relationship with Zheng Chenggong. This is the biggest contradiction.

But even if it is a contradiction, for Kuiyi, he must do his best to maintain all this. After all, for the Netherlands, the most important thing is business!

Without commerce, there will be no Netherlands. This foundation must be maintained no matter what. Without this foundation, everything will eventually be destroyed.

Now it seems that Batavia is not unaware of the situation here.

"So we must try our best to maintain our relationship with them, not only to maintain our relationship with the Zheng family, but also to maintain our relationship with the Ming Kingdom. After all, in the East, they are our most important trade objects."

The reason why Kuiichi said this was because he knew very well that the Ming Dynasty was not the uncivilized barbarian countries. They were strong enough to send fleets to expedition thousands of nautical miles away. European countries have always despised their power, but he would not, he knew what choice would be more beneficial to the Netherlands.

"Of course this is what I am here for, Lord Governor."

Philip's words made Kiiichi proud in his opinion. The reason why Philip had this attitude was because his lobbying of Batavia over the years had worked. It was under his lobbying and reporting that Batavia changed their attitude towards Ming Dynasty, making them realize what is the most important thing here.
Chapter completed!