Li Mingxun did not directly answer Ah Hai's question, but let him guess that this young man was in his twenties and had been trained as the Chief Executive of Taipei for several years. Everything went smoothly, completely worthy of Li Mingxun's training. The only regret is that his political career was in the base camp and he was still immature in handling external relations.

Ah Hai thought for a long time, compared with the map hanging on the wall, recalling Li Mingxun's words, suddenly his eyes were frozen on an archipelago and smiled: "I understand, Master, we want to have political exchanges with the surname of the country, and we must kill the potential of the surname of the country from the beginning."

Li Mingxun said: "You are right. Guo's surname is a young man with great potential. He is stubborn, strong, and enterprising. The most important thing is that he dares to break the original order. He is not worth mentioning now, but the future is immeasurable. We need him and we must also curb him!"

Ah Hai returned to Taipei and sent a letter to Zheng Chenggong. That night, Zheng Chenggong came to the official residence of the Taipei Chief Executive. In the spacious restaurant, Ah Hai, the housekeeper and the maid had been waiting for a long time.

"Tofu clam soup, roasted suckling pig, king crab..." Ah Hai signaled the butler to retreat and introduced today's dishes to Zheng Chenggong as his master, which made Zheng Chenggong feel meaningful. According to the letter, the cooperation between Zheng Chenggong and the United States was the responsibility of the young man in front of him. He thought that tonight would be a verbal negotiation.

Seeing Zheng Chenggong frowned, Ah Hai asked, "Does these not suit your taste?"

"No, I just wonder, what kind of person can train you to become such a hero?" Zheng Chenggong said.

Ah Hai smiled: "Do you want me to answer whether it is a teacher or my uncle?"

Zheng Chenggong smiled awkwardly when he was told by Ah Hai. He originally thought that Ah Hai would answer without hesitation, and Ah Hai waved his hand: "The master and uncle are recreating my kindness to me, but in recent years, we have rarely been together, so it is impossible to teach by words and deeds. If we really want to answer, who has trained me to be like this, I think it may be the responsibility."

Ah Hai signaled Zheng Chenggong to sit down, and sat down himself. While packing up the delicious king crab, he said, "You are from a wealthy family. You obviously don't know the life of a person struggling at the bottom. My childhood was completely in pain and fatigue. I have always met my master. Studying and fighting made me feel the blood surge, but my responsibility increased with the establishment of the Chief Executive District of Taipei. When I took over Taipei, it was a wasteland, and only the pioneer team and the natives were with me. Before everything was ready, I had to be responsible for resettling 300,000 immigrants. All I was given was rice from Nanyang. For three years, I only slept for three hours a day, from opening my eyes to closing my eyes, I had endless work. It took Taipei only five years to go from a barbaric land to the current overseas pearl.

In five years, a city was established and I persisted, so I became the hero you mentioned."

"Yes, the times create heroes." Zheng Chenggong said with emotion.

Ah Hai smiled: "It is unknown how much bitterness and blood and sweat there are after this sentence. My master once envied you more than once, especially when we first arrived in Taiwan, the son of the King of Minhai's family. If there was that foundation, what would the United States be like now?"

Zheng Chenggong's face suddenly became as cold as frost. These words were like a dagger piercing into his heart. Li Mingxun wrote a letter to ask for peace with his father, as if it happened yesterday. Now, he doesn't even have the qualifications to see Li Mingxun. It's only been seven or eight years.

When I heard about Li Mingxun, I was full of disdain. I met again in the Battle of Denglai. Later, when I saw each other again, I didn’t dare to face it. Now, it’s unattainable. In eight years, the status of both sides has been completely reversed. Li Mingxun has achieved success and fame, but he has accomplished nothing!

"The past is like smoke, it's hard to look back." Zheng Chenggong sighed. He took a few quick bites and said, "Your Excellency, everything is over. Let's take a foothold in the present. You and Your Excellency Mingxun are very interested in my suggestions. I wonder what step your country can do?"

Ahai said: "You should know that since the fall of Jiangnan, the generals of the Ming Kingdom began to find a way out for themselves. Of course, most of them chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and there were many hopes to settle their families overseas. After all, many people think that Li Mingxun, who was born in the wild, could have a foundation overseas for three to five years. If he is born in a noble family and has elite soldiers, he can have his own career? But you should also know that this is just a matter of course. His master's talent and strategy are not comparable to ordinary people."

Zheng Chenggong listened and suppressed the tide in his heart. To put it bluntly, he was also a general person in Ah Hai's mouth. He always felt that what Li Mingxun could do should be, of course, this was his previous idea.

"The world is so big, with waves of thousands of miles away, and there are countless places to live in, but there are not many places to establish a foundation and dominate the business." Ah Hai said while using pancakes, rolled roast duck meat, dipped it in sauce.

Zheng Chenggong asked: "How did your country answer those people?"

Ahaidao: "It's very simple. Moving overseas will last for several generations, but you need to hand over military power. If you want to match yourself and establish a foundation overseas, then our country will only have the same friendship but no help."

The meaning is already very clear. If the Ming officials want to expand overseas, the United States can help the best of their ability, but they will not guarantee or protect. The United States neither accepts warlords nor endorse them. If they want to connect with the fate of the United States, they have to hand over military power and be just a rich man.

"What about our Zheng family?" Zheng Chenggong asked seriously by biting the two Zheng families very hard.

Ah Hai was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Your Excellency, is there any difference? Zheng family? What is the Zheng family? The Zheng family of Minhaiwang is already history. If you really want to use the reputation and relationship network of Minhaiwang as a bargaining chip, the one sitting in front of me should be Mr. Zheng Cai.

Your Excellency, you are no different from those warlords who made requests to the United States. Three or five thousand men and dozens of ships are nothing in the East."

Zheng Chenggong felt that he was being fooled. He knocked on the table and gritted his teeth and said, "But you invited me here!"

Ah Hai smiled: "That's because the United States believes that you are more determined than other warlords, and you also know how to weigh the pros and cons, and know that you have something to give up if you have something to gain. Therefore, a plan tailored by the Consul and the Senate!"

"What plan is it? Which island in Nanyang is it? Or is it going to oppose which of the countries in Nanyang?" Zheng Chenggong asked urgently.

Ahai shook his head: "You are wrong. The United States has never thought of sharing Nanyang with any force. The Ming Dynasty's power is not good either. The place I am talking about is Ryukyu!"

"Ryukyu? That's the Japanese territory!" Zheng Chenggong shouted, and he stood up suddenly and asked, "Are you forcing me to be enemies with Japan?"

"I said, there is gain only if you have to give up." Ah Hai's face was as usual, and he took another fat king crab.

After a quiet moment in the restaurant, Zheng Chenggong sat down dejectedly and asked, "You, no, is Li Mingxun serious?"

Ah Hai smiled: "Your Excellency really thinks you have the status of letting the consul make jokes with you?"

"Okay, okay, Ryukyu! Why do I want to occupy Ryukyu? You should know that Japan has ruled there for nearly thirty years." Zheng Chenggong said.

Ahai responded: "That's just a de facto rule. From a legal perspective, Ryukyu is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the King of Ryukyu has never stopped tribute to the Ming Dynasty. As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, he was invaded by Japan. Shouldn't you, the surname of the Ming Dynasty, expel Japanese pirates?"

"Japan just provided assistance to me, did you let me repay my kindness and revenge?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

"A gentleman loves money, and he gets it well. Japan's aid does not change the overall situation at all, but Ryukyu is different. There are nearly 700,000 people in this archipelago and countless fertile land. If you take it to raise troops, it is the basis for establishing a country. As for gratitude and revenge, the aid can be returned. By the way, the younger brother of the country is still in Japan. It is best to make arrangements first and don't kill his life." Ah Hai said calmly.

Zheng Chenggong's chest was ups and downs, which was enough to show how excited he was at this time, but Zheng Chenggong was also very clear that the young man in front of him was not talking nonsense, but represented the Senate and the entire United States. Since he was not joking, it was reasonable.

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Chenggong asked, "Are you using me?"

"It's mutual use, no one owe anyone, and no one should claim justice." Ah Hai poured himself a glass of fruit wine.

Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly. He began to consider this issue from a rational perspective. In his original plan, he wanted to take the land of Tainan. After Zeng Ying persuaded him, he realized that it was just a delusion, so he settled for the second best and hoped to get the Nanyang Island, but he never thought that Ah Hai only gave Ryukyu this choice, and no other islands would be supported.

After thinking about it, Zheng Chenggong believed that Ryukyu was not bad either. These archipelagos located between Taiwan and Japan spanned thousands of miles north and south, with hundreds of islands of all sizes. Most of the large islands were inhabited by people. Moreover, since the founding of the Ryukyu Kingdom, it has been tributed to the Central Plains dynasty.

Ryukyu has mature agricultural planting technology and a relatively stable political system. After taking over, it will be a perfect base. Rice can raise military and civilians, and sugarcane can be used as a financial crop. It is not short of fish and salt. It is also a trade transfer station between the South Ocean and the North. It is known as the Jinliang of the All Nations. Even though Japan is now closed to the country, with the prosperity of trade between the United States and Japan, the status of Ryukyu trade transfer station has been increased again, and the United States' territory in the North has also enhanced its status as Ryukyu.

But Ryukyu is not an independent small kingdom. Ah Hai is right. Ryukyu is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but it is in a position of one country and two vassal state. Its domestic politics and economy have long been controlled by the Japanese Satsuma vassal state and become a vassal state of Satsuma, that is, Japan's vassal state. Japan will not sit idly by and watch someone occupy this fertile land.

But Zheng Chenggong even understood that this was exactly the intention of the United States. If Ryukyu had no vassals from Japan, these islands located in northern Taipei would have long been occupied by the United States.

"In other words, your country can support me in capturing Ryukyu, but I also have to bear the pressure from Japan for your country, right?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

Ah Hai nodded. This was the idea. For a country like Japan that has been peaceful for a long time and hopes to become a "central country", it cannot sit idly by and lose a vassal state like Ryukyu. After all, this is the only vassal state in Japan. If it loses it, it will be a great blow to the Tokugawa shogunate's status.

Ryukyu is weak, and Zheng Chenggong's troops can easily defeat Ryukyu. Whether it is Ryukyu, Satsuma, or Japan, the navy is not strong enough and can only be used for near-shore combat. The blessed ships, broad ships and bird ships under Zheng Chenggong's command that the United States looked down upon can completely defeat the Japanese navy in Ryukyu.

Obviously, as long as Zheng Chenggong sent troops to Ryukyu, Ryukyu would become a blood loss point in the Tokugawa Shogunate. If the Tokugawa Shogunate wants to protect his vested interests, he must abandon all unrealistic ideas, such as the Hokkien land.

This is also Li Mingxun's final plan for the dispute over the Essay Island. Only by letting it realize its own abilities can it be self-aware. Otherwise, it will always have no desires and no desires to the outside world, which will make the United States lose a lot of bargaining chips in vain.

From another perspective, Zheng Chenggong offended a great oriental power like Japan, which set a chasm for his rise, which is what the United States is willing to see.

After thinking this out, Zheng Chenggong felt that he had bargaining chips again. He asked, "Since I let me take the chestnuts for your country's fire, then your country can't stand by and watch."

"We will supply ammunition and armor at low prices, and we can also provide some armed merchant ships." Ah Hai said.

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand: "This is just basic. I am not worried about the strength of the Japanese navy. What I am worried about is the Netherlands. I think the Dutch are definitely willing to cooperate with Japan to attack me."

Ah Hai smiled. This is the fact. The Dutch did have this need to help Japan defeat Zheng Chenggong, which can not only gain commercial benefits in Japan, but also avenge the Zheng family.

"If there really is a day, we have plans to deal with it," said Ah Hai.

Zheng Chenggong shook his head: "Your Excellency, I am a three-year-old child. I don't believe you have broken up with the Dutch for me."

Ahaehiro: "Of course, we won't, but we won't give up on you. We can sign a secret treaty. You know, if the United States wants to be very reputable, we will definitely fulfill our promise."

"Secret Treaty? I ask Li Mingxun to sign it on it personally." Zheng Chenggong said.
Chapter completed!