Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 42 The Journey Again
"It seems that the benefits from killing the enemies in Europe are quite good." After Bai Mingxiu finished arranging Batavia's affairs, he came to take stock of his new gains.

The system gave him a reward of 20 goldfinger coins for killing a European colonist, which is the same as killing a soldier of the Eight Banners.It's just that during the offensive and defensive battle of Batavia, Bai Mingxiu's army actually didn't kill many Dutchmen. Only about [-] Dutchmen were killed, and most of them still chose to surrender.There is also a reward for capturing enemy troops, but the reward is reduced by half.On the contrary, capturing enemy commanders, such as senior figures such as the governor, will give relatively high rewards.

This situation is actually very common. Originally, there were not many Dutch people in the colonies.Europeans have a high self-esteem, which often comes from the fact that they often only have dozens or hundreds of people in the colonies, and they can control a large area of ​​land, defeat more enemies, and grab huge profits.Of course, in actual operation, they are often beaten in the face.

On the contrary, Bai Mingxiu, who regarded himself as the "son of the system", even though he didn't get any side missions released by the system to make a fortune, he still got a part of the Golden Finger Coin reward for acquiring a new colony.

The whole battle was almost spontaneous and impromptu by Bai Mingxiu, bringing Bai Mingxiu a total of 9174 gold finger coins, which made Bai Mingxiu a little dissatisfied.After all, he gained a lot in the last decisive battle in northern Myanmar.

But from another aspect, Bai Mingxiu also gained a lot.After all, Batavia is a colony run by the Dutch for half a century, and some wealth has been stored here. Bai Mingxiu seized the internal treasury of the Dutch East India Company, and also harvested tens of thousands of taels of silver, as well as a large amount of goods.

Of course, what satisfied Bai Mingxiu the most was that he controlled 22 Dutch ships in Batavia Port, including 8 warships.Although these European warships are inferior to Bai Mingxiu's clipper sail warships, they are still stronger than the warships of this era in East Asia, not to mention the hundreds of cannons on them.

The Dutch merchant ships could be used as trading tools by the Ocean Company.

What makes Bai Mingxiu feel helpless is that he doesn't have enough sailors to start these boats.

"Maybe after getting in touch with Zheng Chenggong, we can recruit more sailors from there." Bai Mingxiu sighed.

Lin Xiu, an undercover agent of the Zheng family, was also entrusted by Bai Mingxiu to choose a large ship, and gathered some Chinese children who could sail and set sail. Come to Bacheng or Sydney to meet His Royal Highness.

This Dutch warship was a 40-gun cruiser, and Bai Mingxiu mobilized some of his own sailors and sent a platoon of marines to accompany him.He needs to show enough strength to the Zheng family and enable the Zheng family to obey his orders honestly, so a moderate display of strength is necessary.

After staying in Batavia for several days, Bai Mingxiu decided to set sail.When he was leaving, thousands of Chinese raised their hands again to see him off, but Bai Mingxiu bowed his hands towards the Bacheng Chinese in a chic way.This move scared everyone to their knees again.

Bai Mingxiu was at the bow of the boat, with a sound like a bell, and accompanied by the sound of the waves, he said: "May my Chinese building and boat break through the waves, and my Chinese sons and daughters travel all over the world, show my grand ambitions, and build my beautiful home, regardless of your body. Wherever you are, where you look at the sun and the moon, you can also remember—the sun and the moon are the bright, the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the sun and the moon never set——the place where the children of the Ming Dynasty is, is where the Ming Dynasty is, and the Ming Dynasty will always be the well-being of the children of China. Antai, the sun and the moon Yong Zhao."

His voice was transmitted to the ears of every Chinese in Bacheng, and it was so powerful that many people couldn't help but shed tears.In this era, Chinese people do not have much awareness of nation-state, and the concept of family is even more important.But at this time, Bai Mingxiu told them that their actions were affirmed by the court, each of them represented Daming, and Daming would protect them, how could these displaced people who were living overseas be moved.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Bai Wenxuan looked at the scene of thousands of people moved, and couldn't help feeling: "It seems that the hero who came from heaven really saved Daming. In every troubled world, there must be a real hero. I used to think that King Jin was a hero." , Today, I feel that our Crown Prince is probably the number one hero in this troubled world, and the great achievements of Han Guangwu in the past may be surpassed by the Crown Prince soon."

Li Sixing, the heir of the Jin Dynasty standing beside him, had long agreed and admired Bai Mingxiu. He said: "King Gongchang, the destiny is in the Ming Dynasty to be a hero. My father told me a long time ago. His Royal Highness is a peerless talent. Restoring the Central Plains, rectifying ethics, and opening thousands of miles of seas and territories in the future, perhaps the aspirations of kings throughout the ages are not one-tenth as high as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Bai Wenxuan couldn't help but nodded. When he was in Burma, he had almost given up on Nanming and was preparing to join the Manchus.But I didn't expect that Bai Mingxiu would come out of nowhere, save Nanming, and even defeat Wu Sangui and Zhan Aixing'a. At this time, Li Dingguo's army might have invaded Kunming, and the entire anti-Qing situation had changed.Bai Wenxuan felt that the principles and experiences he knew in the past were no longer understood by Bai Mingxiu.

He has come into contact with all kinds of new things these days, including new weapons and new tactics. The prince also distributes various classics to let his officials understand the countries of the world. There are also many ideological things. I understand it too well, but I faintly feel that His Royal Highness is like a thunderbolt, ready to shake the entire land of China, and even the world.

After leaving Batavia, Bai Mingxiu was already looking forward to seeing what the Sydney city that the system rewarded him would look like.Bai Mingxiu also tried to ask the system these days, but the system said that this city would be random, and something might not necessarily appear.

The fleet crossed the Spice Islands along the ocean current, and Bai Mingxiu didn't bother with the Portuguese on Timor Island, but headed for Australia wholeheartedly.In fact, his fleet did not have a complete sea chart, and it sailed entirely by the outline map of the mainland drawn by Bai Mingxiu according to his memory.It's just that Bai Mingxiu doesn't know how to sail in the age of sails, and doesn't know how to use ocean currents and winds, so he can only rely on the people in the ship's navigation department to modify the route.

After entering the southeast trade wind belt, the fleet could only sail against the wind with its own sails.Finally, Bai Mingxiu's fleet arrived at the northeastern coastline of the Australian mainland, and he also received a reminder from the system as he wished.

"Congratulations to the host for discovering the Australian continent."

(End of this chapter)