"In this operation to recover the areas occupied by Hongmao Fan and Taiwan, the Navy also lost a lot of gold, silver, spices, raw silk and other commodities. In addition to the reward regulations for the navy that performed the mission, the total gold, silver and commodities worth more than 10 million yuan of silver coins have been escorted to Beijing and warehouses. In addition, there are also families of Western families, namely women and children, who are not of high service value, and are still in Haojing. The governor Chen Xin asked for an order to divide these women into Han people who have just been rescued and organized into new households to increase the population. Among the children, men are castrated, and women are all changed to dress and sent to Beijing. As for how to give it to the homeland or reward, your Majesty also asks for instructions."

Fang Congzhe then made a speech.

"It's okay for women to match the new Han people who have just been rescued and enslaved by Western affiliations. Now Haojing has fewer Western affiliations, and it also needs to increase the population and restore business. As for children, boys cannot be sent to the Dameni Palace after being castrated and given to the royal family. The eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty will take the power of the central government in the future. In the future, they cannot let foreigners become large-scale gangs in the inner court. After being sent to Beijing, girls will first raise them to the Jiaofangsi, and teach them Chinese and Confucianism, and then sell them!"

"As for merchant ships, they are auctioned by the newly established Shipbuilding Department of the Ministry of Industry, and the goods are sold in the comprehensive stores controlled by the East Factory and the Jinyiwei Maritime Bureau. Gold and silver are put into warehouses, and some of them are drawn as the silver for the civil and military officials this year."

"After the Western Apostles in Taiwan and Haojing were captured, their previous trade between Goa, Manila, Batavia, and Japan and our Ming Dynasty could not be interrupted. This is the key to the imperial foreign trade income. The scale of the trade of the Maritime Bureau was expanded, and the Maritime Bureau was promoted by private stocks, and the capital was used to immediately replace the trade function between these places. They immediately sent representatives to contact the Western Apostles in Goa, Manila, and Batavia, and demanded continued trade."

Zhu Youxiao ordered.

After hearing this, Fang Congzhe had no objection to the emperor's first two instructions, but for the third one, namely, continuing trade with the Western Apostles, he had to ask more questions: "What if the Western Apostles in places such as Manila, Batavia, and Goa require us to release the Western Apostles that were forcibly enslaved by us by our request to resume trade?"

"It is not only the Ming Dynasty that needs to resume trade. The Western countries in these places need these trades more. Otherwise, they came to these places for thousands of miles to colonize. Therefore, he is not qualified to refuse to trade with us. I ask that trade with them be restored. It is not the Ming Dynasty that needs their trade, but the gift from the Ming Dynasty to them. In addition, the Privy Councilor mobilized the navy to cruise in these places. If trade was not restored, they would be able to resume trade!"

Zhu Youxiao replied.

He knew that in this world, as long as the people inside the Ming Dynasty did not mess around, it would be difficult for any force outside to stop any will of the Ming Empire.

It is now August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

According to the original history, the Zhu Youjian era has begun to enter this time.

But what Zhu Youxiao was happy about was that now was still the era when Emperor Tianqi was in power.

The Donglu in the northeast is already in a stagnant stage.

Although Lin Danhan in the north has always had the ambition to unify Mongolia, it has not been completely completed and has not yet posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Domestic reforms have completed the step of collecting food into one government and gentry, leaving only the commercial tax reform.

Now he has enough strength and energy to protect and compete for the maritime interests of the Ming Dynasty in the south.

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Goa.

The Portuguese-Indian Governor Castro found that he had not returned from a merchant ship in Goa for a long time, which made him begin to doubt. He had to appoint Peso, the commander of the Sino-Japanese Trade Fleet, to lead the warship to Haojing.

But before Peso set off, the newly established Daming Haojing Maritime Market Merchant Ship first arrived at the Portuguese-Indian Governor's Governor's Territory - Goa.

Although in this era, it is necessary to explore routes in advance to avoid touching reefs or encountering hurricanes, the Ming Dynasty has captured many Western airlines, so naturally, we can find several Western airlines familiar with the Goa-Haojing route.

It is easy for the Ming Navy's warships and the Maritime Traffic Traffic Traffic to come to Goa.

"You wise people want to trade with us?"

When Castro saw the Maritime Bureau coming to envoy Fang Yuegong, and when he heard Fang Yuegong say that Goa would allow Ming merchant ships to trade here and sign a trade agreement, he felt a little wrong.

Although the Goa region is a colony of Portugal in India, there is no so-called international trade here, it is just a trading distribution center and commodity processing site for the Portuguese merchant ships.

Global trade in this era is still relatively primitive, and it is still a direct way to grab it, whether it is territory or merchant ships.

Only when one side has no absolute advantage can one trade with it obediently.

The Netherlands directly grabbed the Malacca, which originally belonged to Portugal, which is today's Malacca, and instead paid the Portuguese money, and then came to trade with Japan.

Like other Western countries, they are now basically competing for each other's territory and striving to be maritime overlords. The way they get along is relatively primitive, and they have not yet established a corresponding international trade order.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty now calls them barbarians, not to belittle them.

However, the Ming Dynasty is different from these Western countries.

The Ming Dynasty is the most civilized and productive country in the world today.

Now, what Ming Dynasty needs most is the market and raw materials, and it needs to dump the goods.

The Ming Dynasty needed to resume trade.

So the Ming Dynasty seems less primitive and rough at this moment.

Castro did not object to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but he was unwilling to let the Ming merchant ships act as a trade role.

A merchant ship travels to China or Japan, and the goods brought back to Goa can be exchanged for several times the profit.

And this profit has always been earned by the Portuguese.

If the Ming merchant ship is now in charge of transporting its own goods to Goa, it will undoubtedly mean that the profit will be earned by the Ming merchant ship.

"We do not welcome your merchant ships to Goa for trade. This is just a concentration of my Portuguese merchant ships."

Castro replied.

"You should consider it again, don't make my Emperor Ming angry."

Fang Yuegong replied.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of your country should understand that the route from Goa to Haojing belongs to us. If you appear here now, you are already infringing on our interests. Based on your respect for Your Majesty the Emperor of your country, we hope that your fleet will return as soon as possible."

Castro still maintained a tough stance.

"Aren't you worried that my Emperor Ming Dynasty refused to trade with you because of this?"

Fang Yuegong threatened.

"Of course, but doing so is not a wise decision. Your emperor should not do this. Your country has abundant resources and is cheap and of high quality. If it is not used for trading, it will cause great losses to your country. Otherwise, the envoy will not come to talk to us. We urge your country to make a compromise and allow our merchant ships to continue to trade in your country. We are willing to abide by all your laws."
Chapter completed!