The damage of the Shark is indeed a major loss to the large fleet, but from another perspective, it can also improve the efficiency of the large fleet. After all, the broken mast of the Shark is difficult to repair, and joining the large fleet will only reduce the degree.

The large fleet left the anchorage and headed northwest to the depths of the Sulu Sea. From the beginning of its return, it was surveillance by Spanish notification ships and frigates. The large fleet frigates took turns to drive them away, but the strength of both sides was similar, and it was difficult to get a decisive advantage when they went back and forth. Later, the Raphael fleet appeared again, and the frigate was forced to evacuate. It was already early March. It was the time when the wind in the tropical region was at its most gentle. The northeast monsoon disappeared and the southwest monsoon had not risen. After nightfall, heavy fog spread around the large fleet.

Li Mingxun ordered the fleet to turn and sail south, taking advantage of the fog to get rid of Raphael's surveillance and then return to the original route, but the destination of the navigation was modified again, not Batavia or the Spice Islands, but Peking University.

The reason is actually very simple. When repairing the anchorage, the seriousness of the shipworm's invasion was seen. The White Shark, the Bruce Whale and the two frigates did not clear the bottom of the ship due to harassment. If you go to Batavia, the sailing time is too long, it may damage the keel. When you go to Peking University, you only need to cross the Sulu Sea, the Strait between Palawan and Borneo and the South China Sea, and you can arrive in fifteen days.

Peking University is a very open city, and the club has many business partners there. Soldiers can go ashore to rest and warships can be repaired. After resting for one month in Peking University, you can take advantage of the southwest monsoon to head north and return to the base camp.

When the large fleet left the anchorage, there was enough food, but there were not enough fresh vegetables and fruits, and even the number of lemons was pitifully small, but there was enough manpower, and the casualties were worsened and less than 500 injuries were injured, which was the manpower of a battleship and a frigate. The club lost four ships, and relatively speaking, there was still a little more manpower. Li Mingxun's only worry was the Manila fleet, which had always kept the large fleet on alert.

In fact, this is completely unnecessary. The reason for this is that Raphael misjudged the last large-scale maneuver of the community in the dense fog weather of the Sulu Sea. However, the Spanish reported that the community maneuvered south into the dense fog area and chased in. As a result, there was no trace of it. He could only tell Raphael truthfully that Raphael misjudged that the large fleet had crossed the Sulu Islands and entered the wider Sulawesi Sea.

In Raphael's eyes, the large fleet still has enough strength. Because he was repaired on the anchorage, he was in excellent condition, so he would definitely look for an opportunity to fight again. Raphael considered that the large fleet with a "criminal record" would definitely use the southwest monsoon to go to the waters of Samar Island to intercept Manila from the Americas to transport silver ships. In this way, Raphael chased into the Sulawesi Sea and reported to Zamboanga.

This is also what General Lopez, the commander of the Manila fleet, is worried about. Letting the large fleet escape is nothing. If the Manila sailboat is hijacked again, it will be a major loss to the Philippine Governor's District.

So Lopez immediately returned to Samar Island to escort the sailing fleet, completely drawing a silence for the expedition of the large fleet.

After passing through the Balabak Strait, it entered the South China Sea. Although the wind was weak, the surface sea water of the Sulu Sea entered the South China Sea and formed a relatively stable current. If it were not for this, the large fleet would not have passed three quarters. During the entire voyage, the large fleet advanced with sails, and the fastest time was less than five quarters. It took seventeen days to arrive, which was the result of crossing the South China Sea.

In addition to the slow down and the small troubles of Nansha Islands and reefs, the journey was smooth.

When entering the Gulf of Thailand, the number of ships coming and going has increased significantly, but it is not the monsoon season. Most of them are sailing boats and fishing boats sailing. By the end of March, the large fleet sentry encountered a medium-sized Gare ship. This type of Mediterranean-style galleon has a history of hundreds of years and is also the main battleship of the Sultans, large and small, around the Indochina Peninsula and Sumatra.

This Canadian ship belongs to the Queen of the Sultanate of Peking University. Li Mingxun revealed his identity and purpose to him, but was not allowed to enter the Beida Nian Port. Li Mingxun was not surprised by this. After all, the large fleet is too strong and has the advantage of destroying the country against Peking University Nian. Fortunately, with the Canadian ship, there is also a medium-sized broad ship, which is owned by the business partners of the community. After Li Mingxun expressed his tough attitude to the Queen of Peking University Nian, the two sides reached a compromise. The large fleet entered the Beida Nian Port, but was not allowed to enter the Beida Nian Port and its surrounding twenty nautical miles.

This is not a problem. The large fleet followed the ships of the Nianhua merchants in Peking University and came to a private port about 30 nautical miles southeast of Peking University Port.

The source of private ports is very simple. Nanyang, all of which are large and small, are excellent in war, business, and agriculture. They are abused by Chinese businessmen when doing business and are ravaged by European countries. Their main rule is to use the Tianfang Cult to fool them, and then contract the controlled land to Chinese businessmen and let them open it. Whether it is mining, planting or trading, they just need to pay taxes.

A similar method formed a completed system in the 19th century, called the Hong Kong master system.

The land between one stream and another stream is called the harbor foot. After the Chinese businessmen contracted it, they were the land emperor of this land. They could do whatever they wanted, as long as they paid taxes. This situation was prevalent in this area, but it was generally not large in scale. However, after the opening of Hong Kong, this phenomenon changed.

Nongji Port is the private port of the port owner Li Weijing. Li Weijing was less than 30 years old and had been in Southeast Asia when he was young. In his twenties, he became the Chinese Kabitan (Chinese Dominant) in Malacca. However, now Malacca is occupied by the Dutch, and the Dutch forced some Chinese to move to Batavia. If there were no clubs, Li Weijing would still serve as Kabitan in Malacca, which had lost his autonomy. However, Hong Kong's opening of a port allowed him to find a new career.

Lee Myung-hoon got ashore at Nongji Port, and only followed about twenty guards. The large fleet anchored in the sea and found a beach to rest one by one. Lee Wei-jing was very active, not only providing some craftsmen, but also providing materials such as wood for repairing ships at low prices. The reason why he was so active was because Lee Wei-jing had been seeking to become a member of Hong Kong.

Nongji Port has formed a small town with more than 400 Chinese people and more natives. In the tavern, Li Mingxun tasted the refreshing feeling of fresh soup, rice balls, and cooking, and listened to Li Weijing telling his plan.

"As soon as Hong Kong opened its port, our Chinese merchants in Nanyang went there and made a lot of money in recent years. After discussing with several Chinese merchant leaders from Siam and Batavia, they concentrated their efforts to establish a foundation in Peking University. The land here is fertile and suitable for cultivation. Peking University is a quasi-ally of the Dutch people and its national strength is not strong. It is not easy to encounter great disasters when it is explored here. Since last year, Nongji Port has been mine. We have developed many plantations, but we mainly buy grain from Banten, Jeddah, Pahang and Siam, and transported it to Hong Kong together with the southwest monsoon.

We transported 80,000 shi of grain in the first year, 120,000 shi of grain the year before yesterday. Even if the Spanish were in trouble last year, the food we arrived in Hong Kong reached 180,000 shi. Since last year, we have ordered Daguang ships in Siam, Guangdong and communities, and this year we plan to transport 300,000 shi of grain. The elder Linhe has agreed that when the total grain we transported to Hong Kong has exceeded 1 million shi, we will propose to the Hong Kong local council to be a member of the parliament."

Lee Myung-hoon smiled: "As long as the Hong Kong Parliament votes, the Senate will definitely agree."

"Thank you for your cultivation!" Li Weijing said excitedly.

He couldn't help but sigh: "Seeing that the adults are similar to those of the old man, they are also from a Chinese businessman in South China. A few years ago, they are not as good as a Chinese man. Now they have only been four or five years old, and they have dominated the country. The large fleet outside the sea is so unthinkable that they can't even imagine. Now they are just thinking about planning food and grass for the club in South China and attaching to the horse's tail of the adult man."

"Why is Brother Li so humble? Brother Li has always been known as a hero in Nanyang. I have heard of it. Now that he has established a foothold in Peking University, he may not be able to achieve a great cause." Li Mingxun put down his chopsticks and said with a smile.

Li Weijing said: "I wasted more than ten years in business, and I saved only a little money. I had no courage to be a general, nor could I develop the skills of an adult. How could I be called a career? I just wanted to develop a place for the Chinese in Nanyang. My Chinese were repeatedly bullied by foreigners and local people in Nanyang, because of a scattered sand and no achievements in military power. Now the great power of the adults has been established and is also famous in Nanyang. In the future, I will definitely establish a country and establish a stadium. The Chinese in Nanyang will eventually be dependent."

Li Mingxun paused for a while and finally said, "Brother Li's words are not wrong. It's just that the club's strength is not enough to achieve great things and not enough to shock the young people. It's too early to say this."

As he said that, Li Mingxun stood up, looked at the continuous farmland outside, and said with a smile: "The vastness of the South Ocean, the fertility of the land, and the richness of the products are no less than that of Jiangnan, Guangdong and Guangxi. It is really a place of prosperity."

When Li Mingxun enjoyed the peace and peace after the war in Peking University New Year, the distant Oriental 6 had turned upside down.

April of the 17th year of Chongzhen.

Zeng Ying's body was fluttering in the sea breeze. He looked reluctantly at Tianjin Wei in the distance. Countless people were running by the sea. They tried their best to board any sea boat by Shanghai, pushing and howling, and then it was useless whether they boarded or not. The reason was very simple. The southwest monsoon had already started, and it was difficult for Tianjin's sea boats to sail against the wind.

Zeng Ying closed her eyes, but couldn't stop the tears from flowing down. He looked at the people around him. It was the Governor Huang Fei. Zeng Ying sighed: "General Huang, how did you know that I was out of the imperial prison?"

Huang Fei said: "How can I know about Beizhi? He is from Tenglong Trading Company. He informed me of your information and asked me to pick you up. As long as he sees you, they will be willing to support Dengzhou rice and grain."

Huang Fei and Zeng Ying were both people from the world. In February, Chuang Ni had already surrounded the capital. At that time, Huang Fei felt something was wrong. While the north wind was still there, he retreated from Ningyuan to Dengzhou. Zeng Ying was trapped in the capital. Emperor Chongzhen accepted advice and the ministers were banned. Zeng Ying, who was imprisoned because of the battle of Denglai, was released from prison. After that, he was taken away and went to the ship.

Zeng Ying pulled Huang Fei and asked, "General Huang, the emperor... what happened to the emperor at this time?"

Huang Fei sighed, turned his head and said nothing.

Above Coal Mountain, Chongzhen was hanging on the old crooked tree, wearing red shoes on his right foot, and was accompanied by the eunuch Wang Chengen. The emperor's last words echoed between Coal Mountain and the Forbidden City: All ministers mist me, all ministers mist me!

Outside Shanhaiguan, Dorgon leaped on his horse and whipped his whip and galloped freely. After Huang Taiji died, due to his limited strength and the hindrance of the royal family, Dorgon did not get the throne, but became the regent and took over the power. Another regent, Jirhalang, was left in Shengjing by him, and threw the task of guarding the Eastern Band to him. Then he led two-thirds of the Qing army to attack Shanhaiguan. Only the Dashun peasant army was blocked by the founding achievements. They were as weak as Xiao Fulin who was blocking the throne and themselves.

Dorgon rode his horse into the closing door that Huang Taiji wanted to enter for the rest of his life. He was surrounded by newly shaved heads. Wu Sangui shaved it especially brightly. He clamped the horse's belly and threw off a slight dust. Wu Sangui raised his head, patted his head, looked at Dorgon who was leaving, and said, "I'm not afraid of getting my head dirty."

He said this on his lips, but there was a hint of hatred in his eyes.

In mid-May, the 17th year of Chongzhen, the large fleet returned, and they docked in Hong Kong, Keelung and Budai Port respectively. Li Mingxun disembarked. He encountered not the crowds celebrating victory, but the urgent faces.

"Shen Youlong, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, sent letters several times, and hope you can go to Zhaoqing."

"The gentry of Jiangnan sent an envoy to invite you to go to Jiangnan to discuss major events."

"Shen Fan of North Korea was surprised to hear the great changes in the Central Plains and sent an envoy to come and wanted to have a secret talk with you."

"Boss Zeng Ying arrived in Dengzhou and wanted to see you, and Huang Fei also had this intention."

"Shen Tingyang wants to discuss with you the major event of helping the north with food and grass."

"Mingxun, you broke into the capital, Emperor Chongzhen hanged the coal mountain, the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, and now the Central Plains have become a pot of porridge, and King Fu succeeded to the throne in Nanjing. As you guessed, the Great Six has collapsed and the earth has broken..."

Li Mingxun looked at the elders around him, took their worries and at a loss into their eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Enough, all are quiet!"

Everyone dared not speak, Li Mingxun said: "The club is no longer ah Meng. Now it is in Taiwan, and the world is changing rapidly. I am still unmoved. What's the use of rushing? Whether it is official or private, everyone who wants to see me asks them to go to Songjiang Prefecture and tell them that I will arrive there before June. I have no time or intention to explain the club's position and plan to them one by one. That's it."
Chapter completed!