Chapter 123 Jiangnan Ends

Misfortunes caused by heaven can be forgiven, but misfortunes caused by man cannot be forgiven!

Qin Hao has not yet decided on how to deal with Zheng Zhilong, but he should not be beheaded like the Qing Dynasty, that is for sure. There are still hundreds of ships waiting in Xiamen, and killing him would definitely be asking for trouble.

It is not possible to release him for the time being, so let's wait until the money is delivered. With Zheng Zhilong in hand, the Xiamen Navy will naturally be cautious.

In a blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the shops in Keelung City are bustling again, and even many shops have been opened in various corners of the city.

Anyone who is not blind can see that Keelung City is now worth every inch of land.

For this reason, Zhuge Xuan had a lot of headaches. He took the bill to the general's mansion to find Qin Hao, hoping to use a ransom money to modify the old city. Zheng Zhilong's money has almost arrived, and Qin Hao went to see him in person later.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong with a greasy face, Qin Hao couldn't help but laugh a little. A month of imprisonment not only did not make him thin, but made him fat.

Indirectly proved that Keelung's water is really good for health!

As for Zheng Zhilong's attitude, it doesn't matter at all. Qin Hao personally took him to Keelung Shipyard for a walk. When he saw such a shipyard, he was dumbfounded.

After a long time, he came back to his senses and said that he dared not fight again. As for the truth, only he knew it, and Qin Hao didn't care.

Recently, Qin Hao has been obsessed with beauty. Li Xiangjun was brought over from Jinling by him.

Two people, oh, no, three people, plus Bai Ling'er, the three of them are singing and dancing every day.

Although there are two women, Qin Hao is still elegant and not inferior.

If Zhuge Xuan hadn't come to trouble every day, Qin Hao would really be a little obsessed with beauty.

It seems that he has realized that this is indeed inappropriate. In recent days, Qin Hao has moved into the study of the Government Affairs Hall and handled government affairs with Zhuge Xuan.

"My lord, the budget for the demolition of the city wall has been calculated." Zhuge Xuan's voice sounded beside the desk, and Qin Hao took it and looked at the last line of the report.

Thirty thousand taels! Wow! I was shocked!

"It costs so much to demolish a city wall?" Qin Hao asked suspiciously.

"It's not just the city wall that needs to be demolished, but also some houses. The area in Keelung City needs to be replanned." Zhuge Xuan explained.

"Half of it is the price of recruiting civilians. Since a batch of Zheng family captives were released, the labor prices in Keelung and Hsinchu have soared." Zhuge Xuan's eyes revealed a trace of helplessness.

"This is also helpless. Cheap captives are not always available."

Qin Hao is very open-minded about this. But he also knows that the development of a city must be inseparable from cheap labor, and Keelung City must open another base for this.

There are not many options in front of him, Ming Dynasty, Japan, and the Li Dynasty.

"Which place do you think is good?" Qin Hao asked Zhuge Xuan. Zhuge Xuan put down the report in his hand, pondered for a moment, then turned his head and analyzed slowly.

"My Lord, we should not act rashly in the Ming Dynasty for the time being. The officials and gentry in Jiangnan are all connected, and it is not easy to persuade them."

"As for the Li Dynasty, it is a good choice, but they are doing their best to resist the Later Jin. If we recruit people on a large scale, it may cause unnecessary trouble."

The Li Dynasty is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. It is a bit inhumane to attack it at this time. In a few years, when it surrenders to the Later Jin, the army will attack, and there will be no worries.

"In this case, it is determined to be the four islands of Japan!" Qin Hao said firmly.

"This time I will lead the troops myself, attack Japan directly, and march to Kyoto."

"My Lord, let the generals below go, your body is worth a million gold..."

Before Zhuge Xuan finished speaking, Qin Hao interrupted him. Other places are easy to talk about, but Japan is not.

In Qin Hao's mind, there are two places that he must personally conquer, one is the Ming Dynasty, and the other is Japan. The former is the homeland and a great country. If you get it, you will get the world. It is a place of hegemony. It is hard to feel at ease when fighting with others. As for Japan, it is a great hatred. If you don't destroy it with your own hands, it will be a vain journey.

"Get ready early, this time I must deal with it well." Qin Hao's eyes showed a blazing flame.

Not only Qin Hao, but even Zhuge Xuan beside him felt a surge of heat in his chest.

Putting aside other things, from the perspective of interests, Japan's expedition is definitely a place where you can make a lot of money. After the Tokugawa shogunate won the Battle of Sekigahara, Japan began to implement a truly closed-door policy. Except for a few powerful vassals such as Satsuma in the southwest, Japan could not find a trading port.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong agreed to the Keelung Treaty before was here. He married a Fuso woman as his wife and had close contacts with Satsuma, but Qin Hao couldn't do it. It was because of this that he was fearless.

The four islands of Japan, with 30 million people, are such a huge market. Moreover, it is right next to Taiwan Island. As long as it is opened, Keelung's business will definitely soar.

In addition to Japan, there is another place that Qin Hao never forgets, that is the Ryukyu Islands. This pearl necklace floating overseas has many good ports and a superior geographical location. No wonder the United States pays so much attention to it in later generations and has to station troops again.

Qin Hao used to like the great talent and strategy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty very much when he was studying, and he also remembered his words in his heart.

If the enemy can go, I can go too!

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Ryukyu kings of all dynasties have requested the Chinese emperor to confer titles on them. It was not until the 16th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty that the relationship between the monarch and the minister was officially established.

It has been almost two hundred years now, and the people of Ryukyu have long admired the grace of the Celestial Empire, and Qin Hao deeply agrees with this.

As another pearl in the East China Sea, Qin Hao knows the significance of Ryukyu to Taiwan. He is the hatred in the hearts of every Chinese. If Ryukyu is taken, the problem of island chains entering the Pacific Ocean in the future can be easily solved.

"Go to Japan first, then the Ming Dynasty!" Ryukyu made Qin Hao more determined to make this decision.

First, the Ming Dynasty can still survive, and it is very expensive to start now; second, Qin Hao found that Japan is now closed to the outside world, and his products cannot enter at all.

This is absolutely not allowed, and Qin Hao decided to blast it open himself with a cannon.

Let Japan not suffer from the pain of closing its doors to the outside world, and save the millions of dawn people on the land of Fuso.

Soon, a document from the General's Office was passed to the officers of the Navy and the Army, with only eight words: prepare for war in order to achieve results later.

For a time, military songs were loud on the training grounds everywhere, and all soldiers trained desperately.

The great war with Zheng Zhilong brought these soldiers so much benefits that it was jaw-dropping. Generally, the third-class soldiers had 10 taels of silver dollars, and this was before they went to the battlefield.

Those who went to the battlefield and killed the enemy all received a reward of 50 taels, and there was no deduction from the reward money, which was distributed by the staff officers in the camp one by one.

The three days of relaxation were reflected in the hearts of every soldier. Soldiers also served for a meal. With such a master, who would not be fearless and brave? They were all heroes.

The officers were even more generous with the money. Some bought shops and houses in Keelung, and some were more extravagant and went to live freely. After three days, the whole person was carried out, not because the silver was not enough, but because the body could not bear it. This incident caused quite a stir in the army. The man was whipped 50 times for this, of course, after his waist injury healed.

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