Jelanzha City, a trade center established by the Dutch in Taiwan. Taiwan was also renamed "Jerzha Province" by the Dutch. Taiwan is currently occupied by Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch.

The Dutch occupied Tainan and Taipei, while Zheng Zhilong occupied the central part of Taiwan's west coast. This was originally the place where the pirates settled, and the first person to come here to reclaim was the founding king Yan Siqi.

Wen Bangliang once followed Yan Siqi in Taichung. After Yan Siqi failed to plan a peasant riot in Japan, he came to Taiwan and later died of overeating.

After Yan Siqi's death, the pirates embraced Zheng Zhilong as the leader of the brothers' alliance, and Taichung became Zheng Zhilong's territory.

In the seventh year of Tianqi, there was a severe drought in southern Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong took advantage of the situation.

After he was recruited, whenever there was a disaster in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong would organize immigration. Each person gave three taels of silver and three people a cow, and moved many people to Taichung area.

Taipei was originally occupied by the Spanish. When they saw the Dutch running to Tainan to open a stronghold, they also opened a stronghold in Taipei.

Just a few years ago, the Spanish were driven out by the Dutch.

Taiwan's transportation is not convenient on land. Taipei, Taichung and Tainan are basically connected without roads, and the transportation is all by sea. However, the Dutch have begun to expand to the central region on the west coast. Historically, Zheng Zhilong lost all the central region and even went to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Later, his son Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan.

The soldiers of the Nanyang Infantry Brigade rushed into the city of Jelanzha and controlled all the Dutch people in the city.

"The King is here, the King is here."

The Han people in the city shouted excitedly, looking at the Shandong soldiers rushing into the city with tears in their eyes.

Putman was captured in the Chief Office. The city of Jelanzha was divided into inner city and outer city, in an L-shaped shape, with the inner city horizontally and the outer city vertically.

The city of Jelan Cha is the Anping Castle in Taiwan later.

This time, the soldiers attacked the inner city. After entering the city, they did not find too many accidental injuries. The deaths were all Dutch soldiers, officials, merchants and their families, because Han people and those merchants who came to trade in the city of Jelanzha were mostly concentrated in the outer city.

The Han people in the inner city ran to the outer city excitedly, and soon the outer city was also in a hustle and bustle.

The Dutch brutally suppressed the Han people and the Gaoshan people in Tainan, and forced them to believe in Christianity. There were also various taxes, such as the captive tax, and the hunting tax, which was very cruel.

The Nanyang Infantry Brigade began to search for all and the Dutch people in the city. At the same time, under the leadership of the Han people, they rushed outside the city to clear out the scattered Dutch soldiers.

At the end of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Dutch had signed agreements in 57 villages to maintain the Dutch rule over these areas. So far, it has risen to more than 70 villages.

Some of these villages were composed of Han people, some were composed of Gaoshan people, and some were composed of Pingpu people. At the same time, the Dutch began to extend to the central plains on the west coast, and Zheng Zhilong did not have any troops stationed in Taiwan at all.

There were about 1,000 Dutch soldiers arrested in the inner city, and more than 3,000 Dutch officials, merchants and their families were also arrested.

As soon as the Dutch in Jelancha surrendered, the Dutch warships in Dayuan Port also raised the white flag. These ten warships transferred from the Cape of Good Hope were extremely depressed.

I just came to the Far East and didn't go out at all arrogantly, and I was picked up by someone.

After the Dutch warships in Dayuan Port surrendered, the First Fleet took over the Dutch warships and began to investigate the merchant ships in the port.

After a check, it was found that there were more than a dozen merchant ships in the port belonging to Zheng Zhilong.

"Haha, all of them are confiscated to me." Su Buheng laughed, "Those ships that are not Zheng Zhilong, they evade taxes, operate without a license, and fined half of their goods."

"yes."

...The Shandong army captured Tainan, and the people in Tainan were in a state of excitement. All the villages that were tragically atrocities sent people to the city of Relanzha.

The administrators who came with the First Fleet began to record the crimes committed by the Dutch in Tainan. The Dutch Governor Putmann, the Dutch Governor to Taiwan, and the Dutch soldiers, will be handed over to the Military Court for trial.

Judging from the crimes committed by Putman, his fate is probably very miserable.

At Dayuan Port, Zheng Zhilong's crew has been controlled, while those maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong are looking at the tickets in their hands with a sad face.

The fine is half the money! Adding to the tax collected by the Dutch before, it is a waste of money and it will be a loss.

Zhao Yan is now a Ming Dynasty patrol envoy, and the fine is justified. Fortunately, the Shandong Navy did not take away their merchant ships.

Even if they take away their merchant ships, they will still call them "Di Di not effective".

While issuing the ticket, the First Fleet also issued a manual on the "Da Ming Maritime Trade Management Regulations" to those maritime merchants.

The regulations stipulate that all commercial ships along the southeast coast should come to Tainan or Shandong to register for a ‘mass license’.

If an emergency occurs, such as war or disaster, all merchant ships will unconditionally accept the recruitment of the Shandong Navy and will be given a certain reward afterwards.

No attack or rob Ming ships shall be allowed, and the offender shall be punished for death.

Do not steal import and export tariffs. Those who commit death penalty shall be punished by the law and will be punished with half of the goods in advance.

Any merchant ship ascended the throne will have an obligation to protect it in the waters that have been controlled.

The regulations also attach tax collection standards for various commodities. At present, Shandong's import and export tariffs have been changed to collect different tariffs based on different commodities.

Things that encourage imports, such as saltpeter, sulfur, and imports are exempt from tariffs, while exports are extremely high. Other import projects involve protection industries, tariffs are levied relatively high. Cotton cloth that encourages exports are also exempt from tariffs. Zhao Yan's own industries are exempt from tariffs. Anyway, it is almost the same whether they are levied or not. The export tariffs for products produced by private factories are normal, and they are generally charged between 10 and 50%. Those with large profits are overcharged, while those with small profits are less.

On the southeast coast, the collection method is different. Fujian is still under Zheng Zhilong's control, so it is impossible to collect taxes in the port for the time being.

Therefore, the way to collect taxes is to catch them at sea, and those who do not have certificates will be punished.

The fine is secondary. The important thing is to force those maritime merchants to Shandong to make a living.

They went to sea, and first were taken over by Zheng Zhilong, then they went to sea, and then they were taken over by the Shandong Navy, so they would have no money to make money.

Don’t pay taxes from the Shandong Navy?

Well! Wait for a fine! You will be punished to death!

If you pay it, you will naturally have to get rid of one of them. After all, no one can bear the taxes from both parties. So whoever you get rid of it depends on the strength of both parties.

At the same time, it depends on who is levying the tax.

Zheng Zhilong has a tax of 30,000 taels of silver per ship, which makes people lack flexible business names, so some goods with small capital and small profits cannot be exported.

Shandong is different. As for taxation, maritime merchants are more flexible when choosing import and export trade of goods, so they have more room for operation.

Secondly, in terms of goods, Shandong is not less than in Fujian and Guangdong.

Because Shandong itself has many novel goods, in addition to Qingdao, it also has a Songjiang Port. Songjiang Port has been used as a supply port for Qingdao Port. The goods in Jiangnan are usually collected at Songjiang Port first and then shipped to Qingdao. Now Songjiang Port is like Qingdao and shipped directly to Nagasaki. The distance from Qingdao to Nagasaki and Songjiang to Nagasaki is about the same.

Now that Tainan, Qingdao and Songjiang are taken down, the goods from Tainan can be gathered in Tainan first, and then transported from Tainan to Nanyang, or even India.

Since this year, Zheng Zhilong has been completely driven out of the Japanese market, and the only market they have left is Nanyang.

Of course, they were still serving as compradors for Europeans and buying Ming products on their behalf.

In terms of operation, Shandong and Fujian have no longer had the disadvantage of being in the north and south. In addition to having a huge advantage in the northern Japanese market, Liaodong and North Korea have also opened trade ports, and the northern sea trade has been monopolized by Zhao Yan.

After the South defeated Tainan, it was no disadvantage compared to Zheng Zhilong.

Choosing Shandong is much greater than staying in Fujian.

The maritime merchants with a little brain know how to choose. Of course, they abandoned Zheng Zhilong and then switched to Shandong, Fujian, and Guangdong. With the merchant ships that intercepted Zheng Zhilong, they basically cut off Zheng Zhilong's wealth.

Of course, this will inevitably lead to conflicts, and it will be a large-scale conflict. However, with the current strength of the First Fleet, I am no longer afraid of conflicts with Zheng Zhilong.

Su Buheng left Wen Bangliang in Tainan, split the First Fleet into two parts, leaving Wen Bangliang with 20 warships, 10 frigates and 3 fly-scissors.

Su Buheng took another 8 warships and 10 frigates to the Nanyang, 12 troop transport ships and 3 fly-scissors to the Nanyang to attack Batavia and other Dutch strongholds.

The Nanyang Infantry Brigade left 1,000 soldiers in Taiwan, while tens of thousands of others fought in Nanyang with the fleet.

There are still 10 warships in Palembang being equipped. These 10 warships are relatively complete. Before departure, they have already brought sailors from the 10 warships.

Therefore, Su Buheng will have 18 warships, 10 frigates, and tens of thousands of marines in his hands. He will take the fleet to the Nanyang Ocean to attack the Dutch strongholds in Nanyang.

Wen Bangliang has 20 warships and 10 frigates in his hands. He will use these forces to fight against Zheng Zhilong.

Although Taiwan only has 1,000 soldiers, it is completely enough.

Taiwan only has the power of the Dutch, so there is no need for too many soldiers. At the same time, Taiwan's population is only more than 100,000, not to mention that even the administrators have brought it this time.

With Shandong's administrative capabilities, it is almost impossible for any chaos to occur.

Furthermore, it won’t take long for Shandong to send troops to Taiwan. After all, the Nanyang Infantry Brigade is not responsible for garrisoning the territory, and the Nanyang Infantry Brigade is a combat group.

Soon, the first fleet was divided into two parts. Su Buheng took the warships and frigates toward the South China Sea, while Wen Bangliang began to clean up the Dutch strongholds in Taiwan and cooperated with administrative personnel to take over the places.

After Wen Bangliang was taken over at Dayuan Port, he took the fleet to Taichung area. When he arrived in Taichung, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

This was the territory of the Brotherhood back then. Yan Siqi also wanted to start a family by relying on settlement and recruiting thousands of households from Fujian to Taichung for settlement.

Taichung is now even better than that of the past, and there have been 30,000 to 40,000 people here. Zheng Zhilong, who has already controlled Fujian, obviously looks down on the people in Taichung. He can be more popular than Taichung in any town in the mainland. At the same time, there is no commercial significance here. Zheng Zhilong, who has been whitewashed, does not need to hide any place. He only sent a few hundred soldiers in Taichung.

As soon as Wen Bangliang arrived, he docked at the port and took off the ship with the sailors on the ship to receive the territory. Seeing so many people coming ashore, the personnel affiliated with Zheng Zhilong obviously did not dare to move.

Seeing that it was the Shandong Navy, he went to negotiate.

Wen Bangliang asked someone to take out the order from the military headquarters and issued a notice to them that Taiwan had been under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and he said that the government would be established again, and the unrelated personnel would leave quickly.

The effect was obviously very good when using the imperial court to suppress it, but the personnel sent by Tian Zheng Zhilong returned to Fujian on a boat, and the Taichung Plain was officially accepted.

...At this time, Fujian Shijing.

When Zheng Zhilong appeared on the southeast coast, he always paid attention to the movements of the First Fleet.

The Shandong Navy moved south together, and this time it had a sharp increase in strength, so Zheng Zhilong had to be vigilant and beware of himself.

The strength of the Shandong Navy is getting stronger day by day, which has made Zheng Zhilong feel that it may not be that simple to be a rich man.

It was soon returned that the Shandong Navy took only six days to capture the Dutch city of Jelanzha.

In Ishii's mansion, several of Zheng Zhilong's younger brothers were anxious to ask Zheng Zhilong to send troops to support the Dutch, after all, they had a common enemy at this time.

The so-called "death of lips and teeth" means the current situation.

If they join forces with the Dutch, they may still compete with the Shandong Navy, but if they do not support the Dutch, the southeast coast will probably change.
To be continued...