"Our army has achieved this goal."

"Second, although our army has established a foothold in Luzon and has developed Dongpu, Meidi and other places in the Annan area, the Han people in the Ming Dynasty in Luzon are sparsely populated, and this problem has not been completely solved."

"The purpose of attacking Qiongzhou is to gain a large population."

"However, according to our search of household registration in various prefectures and counties, the population on the island is not as abundant as we imagined." At this point, Du Li sighed without hesitation.

"However, for the Ming court, it was also a big victory. In this battle, our army captured more than 3,000 Qing army green camp soldiers, seized more than 100 households of treasury and wealthy merchants and gentry in various counties, totaling more than 200,000 taels of silver, offsetting the expenses of our army's expedition to Qiongzhou." Xiao Wu said hurriedly.

"According to these days, we have counted the household registrations of counties. The island has 70,000 to 80,000 households in Hanli, with a population of hundreds of thousands, which is far more than the number of people under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon."

Hearing this, the generals present looked at each other, obviously they were not interested in these things.

"General, in this battle, our land battle camp suffered too many casualties and urgently needed to replenish troops. Please send 800 Green Camp prisoners of war to me." Wang An said.

When he heard Wang An, he asked for eight hundred prisoners of war, and the Ming generals present were all excited.

"General, my Hubenqian Town needs to add 500 prisoners of war as a baggage army."

"General, I am in the Yangqian Town in urgent need of Qiongzhou Navy and 300 sailors and prisoners of war in Yazhou Camp."

The Ming generals present whispered loudly.

These generals are not interested in the number of people in Hainan and the situation of Han and Li living in a mixed state.

What they really care about was the more than 3,000 Qing army prisoners of war.

That's a real source of troops.

The Ming court now lacks everything, but what is really missing is actually the source of troops.

There is no way, there are only tens of Han people in Luzon, and there are only tens of Han people in Meidi, Jiading.

Now the Ming court has started to recruit soldiers in three draws.

However, most of the thousands of Ming soldiers who went on to expedition to Qiongdao were foreigners.

Therefore, after taking Qiongdao, the Ming army captured more than 3,000 Qing army officers and soldiers in one go, which can be said to greatly expand the Ming army's military strength.

"Everyone, two thousand of these three thousand prisoners of war will be transported to the areas of Luzon and Jiading in batches."

"The remaining more than a thousand prisoners of war will be assigned to the towns." Duke Li.

The main reason why two thousand of these more than 3,000 prisoners of war were transported to Jiading and Luzon was that the two places still urgently needed military sources to supplement.

Another point is that the Ming army does not trust these prisoners of war very much now.

What if these thousands of Qing army prisoners of war rebelled while guarding Qiongdao?

Instead of letting them stay on Qiong Island, it would be better to send them to Luzon and Jiading. Xiao Wu did not believe that they dared to rebel overseas when they were unfamiliar with their lives.

These methods of winning both worlds were quickly recognized by Li Dwyung and reported to Luzon.

When the generals present heard this, their enthusiasm was reduced by half.

"Okay, everyone, the third thing our soldiers need to do now is to harass Guangdong and Guangxi." Duke Li.

"We all know very well that if the Qing army from Guangdong and Guangxi gathers troops to attack Qiongzhou, we can't defend Qiongdao by relying on the thousands of troops on our island." Li Du pointed to the Qiongzhou Strait.

At this time, Lavague City in Luzon

The news that the Ming army is repeating its great victory has not yet come.

However, the news of He Xianzhen Mo Jiu's surrender spread throughout the Ming court.

"This Chen Ande is also a diplomatic talent."

After looking at the memorial sent by Chen Shangchuan from Jiading, Liu Yu was amused and crying.

Who would have thought that an old man who was over 60 years old could convince Hexian Town to surrender in just a few words?

Liu Yu couldn't help but think of the River Fairy, who was called the Harbour Country by later Westerners.

It is indeed a commercial port with extremely important strategic significance.

Unfortunately, the Hexian has just been established for a short time, and it is far less prosperous than later generations. The number of Han people on the list is only a few hundred.

For the Luzon Ming court today, it is of little significance.

And a lot of silver and manpower are needed in the early stage.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu rubbed his temples.

The time to choose is really bad when you go south to Southeast Asia. You have to do everything yourself.

But thinking about it is precisely because of this that I can control so many places of Chinese in Southeast Asia in just a few years.

"Take it and take a look." Liu Yu handed the note to Zhao Tianming, the president of Yuanhai next to him.

Zhao Tianming took the note respectfully and looked at it, unable to help but be stunned.

Where is this Hexian Town? He really doesn't know.

However, the memorial is very clear, and it is only a river away from Jiading.

"Since they have surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, they should go over and take a look at the far sea, right?" Liu Yu said.

“Hexian is also a good port, close to Siam and Annan.”

"Now Minghai is building a shopping mall in Peking University in Siam. Don't Yuanhai want to get a share of the pie?" Liu Yu said with a smile.

Boat owner Zhao looked at the memorial, and he was amused and crying.

After looking at the simple drawing of the sea chart on the note, Zhao Tianming also roughly understood the location of the so-called Hexian.

It is indeed a natural river port, close to Siam and Annan.

It is very convenient to transport sea. For today's Jiading County, having the Hexian is like a tiger's wings.

But the problem is that this river port has just emerged, and I don’t know how much snowflakes will be invested in the later period.

In order to acquire plantations in Batavia and produce sugar, the far sea has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources.

How could it be possible to develop another river port in Annan?

However, looking at the ardent gaze of the Governor, the ship owner Zhao couldn't say anything.

He had to nod and agreed quickly, saying that he would lead a fleet to Hexian to take a look.

Liu Yu naturally didn't plan to make the world bleeding from the sea to build a river port.

After all, according to historical development, under the leadership of Mo Jiu and his son, Hexian's development was booming, and it became a country among the country in the Siam area in just a few decades.

So, Liu Yu couldn't change anything, so he could only say that he would give Mo Jiu a reassurance first to calm his heart.

After all, although Hexian did not have much help to the current Luzon Ming court, it was of great effect to Jiading, which had just established a county.

After all, with a natural port of sea to sea, the food and grass in Jiading area can be sold to Siam, Annan, and even Batavia and East India through Hexian.

It will definitely play a vital role in the future of Jiading County.

Thinking of this, Liu Yugao glanced at Chen Shangchuan.

Unexpectedly, this person also had such a strategic vision.

When Jiading just established a county, I fell in love with the treasure land of Hexian.

Liu Yu thought about it and should he set the magistrate of Chen from Jia to Luzon?

The officials under my command are either businessmen or foreigners.

I usually have to translate for a long time when I say a word, but the efficiency is really unspeakable, so low that I can't help but feel.
Chapter completed!