The British, French and Dutch maritime coalition forces that Batavia Company had long been defeated and retreated. They fully exposed many problems in the naval battle on the west coast of South America.

First of all, the command is completely chaotic.

Secondly, the lack of express ships led to the failure of the entire battle situation. If the British warships were not completely wiped out at the beginning, they would not have been defeated so thoroughly, and they might even be able to hit their strongholds.

The three kingdoms once again conspired to attack Jinshan, but this great defeat would take at least a year to gather new forces.

The Spanish began to take the lead in the peace talks, but the California colonies did not want to negotiate peace talks with them. At this time, the American fleet had 33 warships, ten frigates and twenty-three pirate ships.

With such power, the California colonies are no longer afraid of any coalition attacks. Their biggest reliance is the ten frigates in their hands.

Moreover, within half a year, they still have ten frigates launched. California shipyards basically only built frigates, and twenty-three frigates are expected to be launched within one year.

Once there is no need to talk about it, there is no reason to rob. If it is robbery, it is to tear up the agreement.

Now California’s trade income is not high, and there are not enough merchant ships, so robbery is still the main source of income for some time to come.

After all, Shandong sent 30,000 township heroes and brought so many new muskets and shells. It is really unreasonable to not make any achievements.

How can there be no way?

The Spanish were disappointed in California, and Liu Yuan instead proposed to the Spanish to buy southern South America. The California colonies were willing to use 4 tons of gold to buy intelligence and Argentina.

4 tons of gold, that is, more than 1 million taels of silver.

The Spaniards did not value intelligence and Argentina very much. After all, the intelligence of saltpeter and copper mines are among their mining.

In this era, sea transportation was far from reaching the level of being able to transport heavyweight goods such as long-distance transportation, so copper ores are generally not mined.

In terms of saltpeter, the war was not as fierce as during World War I. The saltpeter in Europe was basically sufficient to supply and there was no need to transport it from overseas.

So intelligence is not something Spain values.

When Argentina and the Spanish occupied Argentina, they found that there were many silver jewelry on the local indigenous people, but no silver mine was found in Argentina.

Argentina basically has not much gold and silver minerals, and it is not very valued by the Spanish.

However, the California colony requested to purchase was rejected by the Spanish because the two places basically earned more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, and the California colony wanted to buy it only for such a little money, so it would be better to control it yourself. It has been more than ten years since then, and the land is theirs.

After being rejected, both sides parted ways unhappily!

Liu Yuan immediately rejected the Spanish's proposal, and the Spanish also rejected his purchase intention.

However, this does not mean that Liu Yuan wanted to stop. Instead, he directly sent 5,000 people to Zhili to start colonizing the stronghold.

At the same time, ten thousand people were sent to Argentina.

Fifteen warships and ten frigates were sent to cooperate.

The Spanish only occupied two places in name, but most of them were not occupied by them. They could not beat them up. Since they didn't know the truth, they would go straight to it.

When the Spanish are exposed, some conflicts will inevitably occur, and these conflicts are likely to become the fuse for both sides to turn against each other.

The Strait of Magellan is the key goal of competition.

Few people go to Drake Strait, where the winds are high and the waves are harsh and the storms are constantly coming year by year, which is not an ideal path. Only some pirates will take that route to the west coast.

So the California colonies sent out all fifteen warships and ten frigates from the American fleet, leaving behind eighteen warships in California, many of which were newly captured and were being equipped in the shipyard.

The California colonies sent 18,000 people, and 19,000 people remained in California, of which 500 were sent to the Marquis Bend to hunt and retrieve the skin.

Three thousand people stayed at the Kingsoft Fortress, and another 1,500 people were distributed around the passes around Kingsoft Port. The remaining 13,000 troops were sent to Alaska, and Alaska's troops reached 6,000.

The remaining 10,000 people stayed in California to sweep the Indian tribes.

There are many Indian tribes in California and there are enough labor to capture them. However, in fact, the policy of Huairou implemented by Liu Yuan recently was not very effective.

Many Indian tribes were very good at fighting, and although they could not fight on the front, they often jumped out to attack and stumble.

Many Indians arrested were also very disobedient, so there were basically only Indian women in the cotton field, while Indian men could only throw them into the mine to mine.

But some Indians performed well under the Huairou policy. The 20,000 Indians trained in Kingsoft to help defend the city were basically very obedient.

Huairou's policy says that failure is also failure, but it is not without effect.

However, the investment is far lower than the rate of return. Liu Heng has written to Zhaojiabao's recruitment bureau, asking the recruitment bureau to send additional immigrants to California.

As for the Indian tribe in California, Liu Yuan has decided to use the effective Spanish methods to wipe out them.

The Spanish method is very simple, kill the man and keep the woman.

This is a common method used by colonists on the American continent, and it is also a very effective method. Indian women are far more obedient than men.

As for the factors of insufficient labor, Liu Yuan also considered it.

However, when he carefully studied the significance of the colony, he found that the significance of the colony was not about how much wealth it could create, but about how many nations could compete for the survival space.

The shortage of labor can be slowly supplemented through immigration, and Indians are not required.

Although the Indians are somewhat similar in language to the ancient Han people, they are not the same ethnic group after all, and their bloodlines are different, and the Indians are blacker and more redder.

There are not many places where agricultural production can be carried out on the west coast of America. North America, California, is more suitable. In the north, there are mountains and forests, and in the south, Central and South America occupied by the Spanish, infectious diseases are prevalent.

South America is the Spanish-born Peru, Chilean province, and Argentina on the east coast.

The survival of a nation cannot be separated from agriculture. To a certain extent, agricultural prosperity is the real prosperity. Industry needs the support of agriculture, and agriculture needs the driving force of industry...

California will be the first immigration point of Ming Dynasty in the Americas, while Argentina will be the ideal second immigration point. Argentina has vast pastures and will inevitably become a wealthy animal husbandry area.

These two areas are the key areas for future immigration. In addition to the occupation of agricultural areas, Liu Yuan also began to explore gold and silver minerals around California.

After the support arrived, Liu Yuan immediately organized twenty expeditions, each with 200 soldiers, and began to conduct more in-depth investigations into northern, eastern and central California.

Exploration is a necessary part of human understanding of the surrounding environment.

Sometimes there will be amazing discoveries, sometimes there will be terrifying dangers, and sometimes there will be endless disappointments. What each expedition team hopes to find is gold and silver mines.

This is the most direct source of colonial income projects and the easiest way to operate. Once a gold and silver mine is found, the expedition team will receive generous rewards.

……Tainan!

When the 20 frigates entered Taijiang had already transported more than 5,000 troops back and forth to Chikanlou, and twenty-six warships had blocked the outside of the Dayuan Port. Arc lights were also set up on the fly-scissor ships to prevent the Dutch ships in the port from escaping.

The Dutch merchant ships and warships were completely blocked in the port.

The next morning, the frigate continued to transport troops to Chikan Tower. After a day of transportation, the entire Nanyang Infantry Brigade was transported into Chikan Tower.

Governor-General to Taiwan Putman also sent an envoy to negotiate terms with the First Fleet.

The Dutch envoys proposed that they were willing to give up all Taiwan's strongholds, provided that the First Fleet had to let them go. However, this proposal was rejected by Su Buheng and asked the Dutch to surrender unconditionally.

The demands of the First Fleet made Putman unacceptable. Since surrender was the same as the result of resistance, why not resist? The city of Gerlandzha also has a large number of artillery and a solid fortress, which is enough to withstand for a period of time.

On the third day, it was rainy.

The Nanyang Infantry Brigade did not take action, but sent personnel to investigate the city of Jelanzha. Jelanzha is a bastion about six meters high. The Dutch bastion is far less scientific than the Shandong bastion, and the city wall is still higher. Moreover, the angle is not very well designed, and it is a relatively basic bastion.

On the fourth day, the weather is cloudy!

After a day of repair, the Nanyang Infantry Brigade brought the heavy artillery regiment toward the city of Relanzha. The heavy artillery regiment had 100 heavy cannons and 300 heavy howitzers.

It took them two days to move the artillery to 1,500 meters away from the city of Jelancha. On that day, the Dutch were shocked to see such a large formation in the telescope.

From the telescope, we can see that the northern navy of the Empire of Light had already set up hundreds of artillery guns, but more artillery guns were hidden behind the hills, which were invisible to the Dutch.

On the seventh day, Han Sheng ordered the shelling of Jelanzha City.

The bombardment was the most violent at the beginning. One hundred cannons shot out the shells one after another, and directly exploded a gap on the wall of the city of Jelanzha.

At the same time, the cannon hidden behind the hills also roared.

The shells fell into the city of Jelancha like raindrops, and the sound of shells exploded everywhere. The Dutch had never experienced such a violent shelling. Governor Putman was so scared that he fainted on the spot.

As soon as Putman was scared, the other Dutch people had no choice.

How to surrender without the order of the governor?

Putman's adjutant did not want to bear the responsibility for surrender, and he did not want his name to be recorded in this humiliating decision.

There was no Dutch white flag, and the shelling outside the city of Jelanzha was continuously launched.

The heavy artillery regiment let go of their arms and bombed the city of Jelanzha. Howitzers were flying everywhere in the city of Jelanzha, and more and more Dutch soldiers were killed on the spot.

Han Sheng looked at the scene of flying shells everywhere, and felt very proud, thinking that the heavy artillery regiment was indeed fierce, how long can these red barbarians last?

"Brig Commander, there may be a large number of Han people in the city." At this time, a scout came to report to Han Sheng. He saw some people wearing Hanfu on the city wall while he was investigating.

"What? Have you seen it clearly?" Han Sheng couldn't help panic when he heard the scout's report.

"Report to the brigade commander, my subordinates can see it clearly." The scout replied.

"Howitzers stopped shooting immediately, and the cannon continued." Han Sheng couldn't help but sweated coldly. He was so proud that he had to look at the scene of "10,000 cannons fired at the same time". This was obviously not a suitable place. Han Sheng hurriedly ordered the howitzers to stop shooting. If the cannon continues, it is very likely to go to the military court.

The situation is very clear at this time. It is only a matter of time before the Dutch surrenders. If the random bombing is reckless and the accidental injury is caused by wasting shells, they will be held accountable.

Fortunately, the howitzer only fired two rounds, and about five or six hundred shells fell into the city of Relanzha.

Han Sheng hurriedly ran to explain to the Education Commission of the Nanyang Infantry Brigade to avoid being impeached. Han Sheng was quickly scolded. On this Taiwan island, whether it was a Han nationality or a minority, the orders assigned by the military ministry were to treat them well.

What made the Education Commission of the Nanyang Infantry Brigade even more intolerant is that Han Sheng wasted artillery shells like this. Don’t you know that the production of the Military Equipment Bureau is very tight?

The number of employees of the Military Weapons Bureau has now increased to about 150,000, mainly producing muskets, artillery and shells. Rockets basically have no energy to produce.

At present, the Military Weapons Bureau has implemented a reading power accounting system, that is, labor costs are included in profits, and the profit part is procurement in military expenditure.
To be continued...