After more than half a month of renovation, the Denglai Navy is now ready to go to war again.

After Chen Yourong, the general of Dengzhou, resigned, his fourth son, Chen Shouyue, took over the position of general of Dengzhou, and was therefore on par with Zhang Pan, the general of Laizhou.

This has caused the officers and soldiers of the Laizhou Camp Navy to be indignant for a period of time...

Chen Shouyue, who knew that he was not as capable as his uncle, also submitted memorials to Zhu Youxiao many times and asked for demotion to avoid embarrassment.

The imperial edict was soon issued. Zhu Youxiao did not demote the Dengzhou General Chen Shouyue to the post, but instead issued an imperial edict to directly remove the two official positions of Dengzhou General and Laizhou General who had been in charge of many years.

Zhu Youxiao merged these two positions into one, and temporarily continued to set up "miscellaneous numbers" of General Denglai in Denglai, with Chen Shouyue as the one who served as the leader.

At the same time, the former general of Laizhou, Zhang Pan was promoted to his position.

Due to his years of military achievements and the military achievements of capturing the flagship of the Dutch Rofo Fleet in the Battle of Penghu, Zhang Pan was promoted to Deputy General of Shandong this time.

The deputy general of Shandong was the official position chosen, not the former general of Dengzhou, Laizhou general, and now the general of Denglai. Such inequality numbers are comparable to those of incomparable miscellaneous numbers.

At this point, people's hearts are at peace.

Zhang Pan stood in the port of Penglai Water City, looking at the soldiers carrying supplies back and forth, and asked Liu Xingzuo, the Qiang General, on the side:

“Have you bought the lime?”

Since Liu Aita returned to the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, he asked to start from scratch. Yuan Keli had no choice but to give him the position of Laizhou Ying Navy.

This time, due to the military achievements of the Penghu Navy, Liu Xingzuo was promoted to the Qianzong General of the Navy of Laizhou Camp.

"Don't mention it. When the merchants from Luzon, South China, heard that we were going to expedition to Manila, the lion opened his mouth and a box of limes was going to get thirty taels of silver!"

Liu Xingzuo said this and sneered:

"But Beizhi didn't let him kill us like this. Just say that the Ming navy must have passed by Luzon. If the docking price is not the same, be careful of your head."

"Guess what that guy is doing? He was so scared! He was so silly that he didn't know what to say. In the end, he sold us three taels of silver in a box of limes."

Zhang Pan hummed, put his hands on his hips and said:

"Well done, these merchants, whether from Yifan or the Ming Dynasty, have few good things. The money saved by this batch of limes is enough for the Military Equipment Department to build more armor for the brothers."

The reason I prepare lime is because I am afraid of scurvy.

This disease is tantamount to a plague in the expeditionary fleet, and there is no special medicine, and it will not be properly treated at sea. It can only be resisted by the body.

Once it happens, it basically means waiting for death.

Limes are also what Zhang Pan heard from Spanish people. Now European countries, whether fleets or merchant ships, will reserve a large amount of limes at the bottom of the bilge to fight scurvy.

Zhang Pan put in a lot of effort to go to this expedition.

He was eager to try, but suddenly a cavalry came, and Zhang Pan recognized that the cavalry was his own personal soldier.

The personal soldier turned over and dismounted from a distance, his face was not very good-looking, and ran over and said breathlessly:

"Master, the reply from the Red Barbarians has been sent to the capital. I heard from a fellow villager who works in Yongwei Camp that the Red Barbarians must use any means to negotiate peace this time!"

"Your Majesty is hesitating, and the words of the cabinet and the six ministries have changed!"

"This group of Zhongshan wolf who can only see money. If the other party gives the money, tens of thousands of people in Manila will die in vain?" Liu Xingzuo spat and sneered:

"Master, I'm afraid I won't be able to fight this expedition!"

Zhang Pan's face was not very good either. At this moment, a sharp laugh came from afar, but it was Wang Chengen, the manager of Huangji Palace, who was not sure when he would come out of the palace.

"Want, why not?" Wang Chengen narrowed his eyes and smiled:

"Our family is not here to announce the imperial edict. You generals don't have to be too polite. We are just here to see the sea and chat with you."

Zhang Pan was stunned, "Talk?"

No, Danui's father-in-law ran so far away and was just chatting with him? This is obviously something in his words!

His eyes rolled, and although he didn't understand, he still smiled and said, "I don't have any military affairs here for the time being, what do my father-in-law want to talk about?"

Wang Chengen sat down, looked at the Laizhou Camp Navy who was preparing to go out in the distance, and the busy military port wharf, and said with a smile:

"Before our family left the palace, I have never heard of His Majesty saying that he would not fight this war."

"What father-in-law means..." Zhang Pan had just sat down, but suddenly stood up again and stared at Wang Chengen.

The latter smiled slightly, signaled him to sit down, and asked, "The last imperial edict said that the Laizhou Yingke period would be launched, but does it indicate when will it leave the port?"

As he said that, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Pan, and said with a smile:

"Sir Zhang, our family has just said that this time we are here to come to the sea, not to announce the imperial edict."

Zhang Pan suddenly realized and turned around and said, "What are you waiting for? Liu Xingzuo, passing on the military order from this commander, the entire battalion is ready to go to war and head straight to Manila!"

"I will report to Your Majesty tonight, saying that the Laizhou Camp is ready and will go on the expedition tomorrow! If you don't win, you will not return it!"

Liu Xingzuo was still confused. Looking at Zhang Pan who suddenly became excited, he was a little at a loss.

What are the medicines sold in these two people?

Is it going to war now?

......

A few days later, the Forbidden City and the Qianqing Palace.

In the West Warm Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao held the reply letter signed by Hotman, the director of the Dutch East India Company, and looked carefully.

Indeed, the East India Company has invested heavily in order to negotiate peace this time.

In this letter, the East India Company directly paid the compensation for the damages of the Manila Chinese to 2 million Dutch guilds, equivalent to 240,000 taels of silver!

Although this is a conversion between currencies, the purchasing power of the two million Dutch guilds at this time is far greater than that of the official silver used by the Ming Dynasty.

You should know that teachers are an extremely noble profession in the Netherlands. Even teachers have an annual salary of only 220 Dutch guilds.

Two million Dutch guilds are not the only terms, and there are many concessions such as recognition of the equal trade rights of the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch East India Company in the Far East.

It can only be said that the Dutch East India Company really wants to negotiate peace, but the more they want to negotiate peace, the more they cannot allow them to negotiate peace smoothly.

This time, the East India Company's peace agreement terms must be eaten by Ming Dynasty, and Manila must also be included in the territory!

That's tens of thousands of people, and tens of thousands of people, there will be more than 100,000 relatives and old friends who are mourning, and they cannot die in vain!

Regarding the Dutch, Zhu Youxiao knew in his heart that he would never be able to live in peace with them in the future, so he simply played with them more.

So, Zhu Youxiao's face, which had been dull, became slightly more relaxed, and he said:

"Your terms this time are considered to be a little sincere."

Claude was granted a general amnesty and hurriedly said, "His Majesty the Emperor, please issue an imperial edict to prevent the Ming fleet from going out."

"The United Provincial Arbitral Tribunal will definitely give Da Ming an explanation about the affairs of the Governor of Manila."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Transfer my will to let Zhang Pan temporarily go to sea."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor is so kind-hearted!"

Several Dutch diplomats almost cried with joy, but not long after being happy, Wang Chaofu suddenly ran in and said in a panic:

"Your Majesty, it's not good. Laizhou Camp has already started the day before yesterday!"
Chapter completed!