The blue sea in front of me was boundless. Amid the sound of cannon salutes, more than 40 large and small warships and nearly 10,000 naval officers and soldiers began to sail to the south. Below the rising hard sails were dazzling cold lights, which were the reflection of the soldiers' armor and weapons. On the side of the ship were painted black cast iron cannons, with the muzzles aimed at the sea surface, rising and falling with the hull.

Some gunners have already adjusted their muzzles. Unfortunately, with more than 200 years of abandonment, there are no few qualified gunners. Some existing instructors have only fired small cannons of 200 kilograms. They are simply blind people touching elephants and know nothing about how to adjust, ranging, and calibration test fire.

This military operation to crack down on the remnants of Luzon thieves was also intended to train gunners. After all, no matter how good the weapons were, they needed someone who was good at using them.

The Dutch wanted to help, and in Luzon they could publish information and recruit a large number of Portuguese and Spanish from Europe and South America, including the Dutch, of course.

As long as you provide about a thousand guan a year, there will be a large number of European gunners coming to serve.

Of course Xu Zixian refused. How can a sharp weapon be controlled by others?

Besides, the artillery these days is quite simple. Below the gun body is a gun mount. Since it is not a field gun, there are no wheels, and there are no auxiliary metal facilities such as quilts. On the gun mount mixed with wood and iron is a gun barrel. Below the bottom of the gun is a metal-supported winch. The gun can only move the gun barrel up and down, and use a gallows to adjust the gun barrel according to the distance. It is impossible to move left and right, unless it is a field gun equipped with wheels.

The original Wei army artillery used the method of placing wooden blocks to adjust the firing distance. Fu Qian felt that this was too stupid, so he added an iron bracket and a winch at the back of the barrel. Xu Zi praised it after seeing it first, which was similar to the Napoleon cannon he remembered.

During this expedition, the navy's elite soldiers and half of the new recruits were all the first-level naval officers, which was also an opportunity for the officers to learn from their experiences and lessons. This time, not only would there be a naval battle, but it would also be possible to land on Cebu Island, completely annihilate the remnants of the two Luzon thieves from Luzon. In addition to colonizing Luzon, they would at least strengthen control over Luzon and seize the Europeans' plan to take down Luzon before the Europeans. Therefore, in addition to generals such as Liu Yi, Tian Heng, and Ren Zhong, the navy's military officers also sent Chen Daojian and other civil servants to accompany them.

The Military Information Department and the Foreign Trade Industry Department sent a lot of people, in name, to discuss trade with Luzon, but in fact the lowest idea was to get Cebu Island.

Cebu is more than 400 miles long and less than 100 miles wide. It is about one-eighth of the East Phantom and four times the size of the Penghu Islands. The population is mainly local natives, with about one hundred thousand people. The climate on the island is the standard tropical climate, which is hotter than the southern part of the East Phantom. Farmland accounts for less than one-quarter of the island. The main reason is that the island is hot, with a narrow terrain and long mountainous land accounts for half of the island. It is surrounded by the sea on all sides. The island is mainly fishing. In addition, some rice and sugarcane are planted at will, as well as large tropical fruit crops such as coconut forests and banana forests. The islanders are quite lazy. Sometimes picking a bunch of bananas a day can fill their stomachs. At most, the whole grilled fish is enough.

The Luzon thieves were mainly entrenched on the Cebu bird. This island is the main throat of the coast of Luzon Island. They can attack and retreat or defend. Take down this island and then threaten and hit the local high-level officials in Luzon. Generally, they can achieve initial control.

After defeating the pirates, Xu Zi first considered a fight with the colonists. Luzon was undoubtedly an important strategic point than Siam, Champa, and Japan. It occupied Luzon and later had the Eastern Vanguard, which basically occupied the local areas in Southeast Asia. It could operate it calmly, and the colonists could not occupy the inner ring.

Supply points cannot form a colonial system.

As for the Three Buddhas, Malacca, it is a more important place. Only by snatching these places, and there are no later generations after hundreds of years.

Xu Zixian also shouted on the No. 1 Middle School. The situation in front of him was quite shocking and extremely exciting. The tall Dutch people with golden retrievers seemed to be more excited than the Great Wei people. They were more wild, more impulsive, and more like the scene in front of him. They were sailing large warships, surrounded by strong and dying partners, with excellent weapons and heavy artillery under their hands, which was equivalent to gathering to bully others. The Dutch people liked the feeling in front of him very much.

Zhongyi has no plans or plans to drive out of the sea. This ship is a standard plywood ship, which is only used to train sailors and officers. The training plan is ten years. This ship often drives out and shows off to give sailors and officers the opportunity to train practically. It may be that ten years later, when the Dongfan Shipyard began to build similar plywood ships, this warship would play a very important role in the past.

A group of large Dutch people looked here from time to time. There were only Xu Zixian and Fu Qian on the tail building, and then the guards of the attendant. Under the armored soldiers wearing armor, holding long scepters, and carrying long bows and short crossbows, Xu Zixian's identity and status were obvious.

These Dutch people knew that the tall young man was extremely noble in his identity. Although Xu Zixian was wearing a hat for shading the sun, a gray cloth robe with military robe, and his feet were wrapped around like ordinary soldiers, wearing sluts... This is the outfit of naval officers and soldiers. The sluts can reduce the risk of slipping in the smooth cabin. Even old sailors, when the waves hit, a person was knocked over and even fell into the sea. The difference is that the navy soldiers were wearing blue robes, while Xu Zixian was still wearing a gray robe.

The sea and sky are the same color, the sea breeze has a slight fishy smell, and the hull is also shaking under Xu Zixian's feet. Xu Zixian has no discomfort with this. This level of shaking can no longer make him feel uncomfortable.

Even after getting off the boat for a while, you will feel a little dizzy, but it will be cured soon. If you go out to sea for a long time and don’t get off the boat for a few months, you will have to adapt to it for a while after getting ashore.

The sea, sea water, waves, sea ships, various warships, navy soldiers, as well as passing merchant ships, trade, goods, and everything in front of you constitutes a lively picture, making people feel extremely happy.

When the Dutch saw Xu Zi walking down from the boat building first, hello to everyone, even these foreigners. The Dutch were republican, but there were also kings. Like ordinary Europeans, they neither like oppression nor autocracy, but they were full of respect for the noble blood.

The Dutch knew that the prince of the Great Wei Dynasty was. In such a huge country, he had a larger territory than Europe, with hundreds of millions of people, only one emperor and less than ten princes. The prince was also a prince with real power. He had an army of more than 100,000 people, a huge fleet and the island in front of him, and the Fujian Road, which was larger than the small European country. It is said that this prince would occupy the rest of the territories and populations he controlled were about the same size as that of more than ten European countries.

Such a big man appeared in front of everyone with a gentle and plain attitude. The smile on his face did not make people feel friendly, nor was it obvious that the big man's reserved, but made people feel comfortable and casual.

As the hull rose and fell, Xu Zi first saw his entourage dropping the four-oat boat first, and then Xu Zi first jumped off the big boat and rowed the four-oat boat towards Nan'an Port.

A load

The Orchid rowed a cross on the boat and said with emotion: "May God bless this noble His Highness. His hard work and experience will make him successful."

"Of course it will make us successful." The colonists of this era have just begun. One of them has a keen sense of smell and ambitious person who wants to attack Asia like this. But in the eyes of ordinary people, there are many civilized countries here, and there are giants like the Great Wei, and the forces of heaven. The Thais should not imagine colonizing here. They left their hometowns and came out of Europe, of course, not just to come out to save their lives, or why people take risks with their ambitions. All adventurers hope to gain wealth and success, not to be born to colonize overseas. Just like Columbus' goal when he went out to sea, they just wanted to go to India and get gold and spices.

The Dutchman's words were recognized to a considerable extent, and many people rowed crosses and prayed after the boat.

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The boats shuttled across the sea like shuttles and arrived at the port soon.

Xu Zixian, Fu Qian and others went ashore one after another, but no one was welcomed on the shore. After the establishment of the Marine Department on the island, all affairs were in order. A large number of officials were stationed in various parts of Fujian Road, and even Li Yi stayed in Fuzhou. There were only Fu Qian, Chen Jie and others on the island, mainly responsible for manufacturing, industrial and commercial affairs.

Zhang Mingliang is responsible for the central part, and in terms of the boat yard, craftsmen such as Lin Jiusi, Zhang Cheng and the people sent by the Lin family are responsible for the technology, while the marching department sends officials to be responsible for daily administrative management.

Among the welcome crowds on the shore, the most conspicuous ones were not Chen Jie and others, but Wang Xinyuan, the new Secretary for Health and Health.

The Department of Health and Health is in charge of not only private hospitals, but also military doctors are under its overall management. In addition, it is related to epidemic prevention and health care, and then it is the Department of Health and Health and Health and Health.

Wang Xinyuan's family background, knowledge, and medical skills have been proved and tested. This time, the establishment of the Department of Welfare and Shengsheng was the most elected. Perhaps he had succeeded in treating Xu Zixian and made great contributions to the Dongfan and the entire Qin Dynasty's shogunate. Xu Zixian had already given Wang Xinyuan a generous reward, but when electing the officials, this kind of kindness still made many people ignore the old Chen Changnian, but instead pushed Wang Xinyuan up.

Xu Zixian was also happy to see that he was successful. The doctors who came to the Dongfan earlier may have passed the medical skills, but their family background must be relatively poor. After all, a gentry family can regard medical skills as a hobby, but they will never treat them as a job for their meals. This is true for Wang Xinyuan's family. His family is still a gentry family, and medical skills are inheritance. Wang Xinyuan is extremely talented. With family traditions and self-learning, he is also one of the talents obtained by Dongfan.

"I've seen Your Highness." Wang Xinyuan lived a good life on the island. In fact, he was in charge of the Department of Health and Health to hand over the main chores to the officials. Chen Changnian and other deputy were also very capable. Wang Xinyuan mainly took the exam for new medical officers to prevent those travelers from hiding in. These people are used to traveling around the world, watching the wind and looking at the wind and talking nonsense, remembering some unilateral prescriptions based on rote memorization, and taking medicine entirely based on unilateral prescriptions. They dare not add or reduce the amount. When they are lucky, they can cure some people. Most of the time, they will either not cure the person or directly treat them to death.

There were originally some doctors who were scattered on the island, but they were basically driven out of Wang Xinyuan's examination.

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