The battle of Penghu actually gave Zhu Youxiao a lot of confidence. He realized that the East India companies like the Dutch were not at the same level as the Ming Dynasty, but after all, the Ming Dynasty did not engage in maritime affairs for many years.

Soon Zhu Youxiao made some arrangements.

First of all, the "Royal Trading Company" established by Royal Bank Holdings officially intervened in marine trade, and the currently determined trade target is North Korea.

At the same time, it began to plan monopolize trade with Japan. First, it was to send envoys to Ryukyu, which would become the second trading country of the royal trading company. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao wanted to establish a military port in Ryukyu and take over the supply of merchant ships forward, so he needed to negotiate with the Ryukyu Kingdom. As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Kingdom has always been relatively obedient and there was no big problem.

Even if you are disobedient, just teach a lesson. However, this situation is unlikely to happen. After all, the Ryukyu Kingdom is a small country and has no ambitions. As long as they are obedient, the Ming Dynasty will naturally not treat them unfairly. Such a small place is worse than a county in the Ming Dynasty, but its strategic position is relatively important. Many ships traded to Japan need to be supplied in Ryukyu.

Furthermore, the formal establishment of the "Royal Navy" was organized, and the six gunboats captured from the Dutch were organized into warships of the Royal Navy. The Denley Navy was renamed the "Marine Corps" and was also affiliated with the Royal Navy.

At this moment, Zhang Yan, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse, was also recalled by Zhu Youxiao to report his work. Zhang Yan reported to Zhu Youxiao about the situation of the Dongjiang Army, which made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

What satisfied him was that the Dongjiang Army led by Mao Wenlong also had the appearance and discipline of a new army. As for whether Mao Wenlong had an intention to rebel, Zhu Youxiao didn't care. After all, the Dongjiang Army only had an organization of 30,000. The possibility of rebellion was very low. If you resist, you could turn it to heaven.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not need Zhang Yan to continue to arrest the military discipline of the Dongjiang Army at this time.

"I am going to establish a Royal Navy soon. You can watch this for me! I am not at ease with others." Zhu Youchao ordered Zhang Yan.

"Yes. Your Majesty, I will definitely not disappoint you." Zhang Yan knelt excitedly and received the order. The eunuch of the Three Treasures went to Southeast Asia three times. Now he, Zhang Yan, has also obtained such an opportunity. How can he not be excited for the young Zhang Yan?

Soon, Zhang Yan was appointed as the governor of the Navy and fully coordinated the establishment of the navy. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao gave Zhang Yan 3 million yuan to build gunboats.

The captured Dutch gunboat was sent to the Royal Shipyard in Jiaozhou Bay this winter. After checking the layout of these gunboats, the craftsmen did not find any technical problems. They quickly designed a 1,500-ton gunboat according to their interpretation.

This gunboat will be equipped with 60 artillery pieces, including 30 kilograms of flat-fire cannons (cannons), which are set up on the bottom deck and the main deck. The upper deck is equipped with 22 artillery pieces of 20 kilograms, and 4 tail cannons, and the first cannons. They are all 30 kilograms.

At this time, the Dutch guns on the warships on the ocean were mostly 18 pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams. 1 pound = 600 grams of the Ming Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty entered the steel era, the casting technology of large artillery was developing rapidly. With generous rewards, the workers of the Royal Military Factory have created many methods to improve production, making the quality of large artillery manufactured by the Royal Military Factory better and better.

If this warship could be manufactured and equipped with a large amount of 20 kilograms and 30 kilograms of cannons, then the Ming Dynasty would have the most powerful gunboats, at least in this era.

Therefore, the manufacturing of this gunboat has attracted great attention from Zhu Youxiao, and he named the gunboat under construction "Imperial Power".

"Report to Your Majesty, the shipyard estimates that the manufacturing cost of this gunboat will cost at least 300,000 yuan, plus the manufacturing cost of those guns, it will cost 400,000 yuan. The material cost only accounts for about half, and the other half is the cost of craftsmen." Zhang Yan returned to the capital and reported the manufacturing of the warship.

"Just start construction according to this plan! As long as the warship can be successfully built, 400,000 yuan is nothing." Zhu Youxiao decided.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll go to order the shipyard to start construction." Zhang Yan took the order and continued to report: "General Sun Yiguo has successfully built a fort with the officials, and the local people are more cooperative. It is time for the court to send some officials there, and ask His Majesty to give the fort a name."

"No, not bad, just call it Anpingbao!" Zhu Youxiao directly brought out the names of later generations, saving brain cells. He then said: "If Taiwanese officials stabilize, let Sun Yiguo come back! The establishment of the navy is indispensable. After all, you are still a bit amateur in the navy."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Sun Yiguo's fortress building in Taiwan was relatively smooth. The local area was not wilderness, and many people lived in the local area. Many of these people were from Fujian, so they also understood what the law of the king was. These people lived in the past with the officials and were not managed by the government. There were no towns here, all of which were based on villages. Two days were required every month to go to market. Each village gathered together to trade. The economic model was mainly rural economy, most of the goods were self-sufficient, and a few goods needed to be transported out.

When the imperial navy came to the high-ranking officials, the people naturally did not dare to stop the imperial court from building forts in the local area. Because the navy's military discipline was good and did not disturb the people in the local area, the local people were still very cooperative.

Some of the materials needed for fortification were mined and fired by local people, and some were transported from Fujian. The navy paid silver dollars and wages according to the market price. After several months of busyness, at the location of the Rezhalan City built by the Dutch people in later generations, the navy completed the fortification and guarded the waterways that entered the officials. At the same time, defenders were arranged in the Luermen Waterway.

The heavy artillery from the Royal Military Factory also began to be transported to Anping Fort. After these heavy artillery were set up, the Dayuan Port became impoverished. Whether it was the Dutch, the Spaniard, or the pirates, there would be no way for the Dayuan Port.

Since Anping Fort has been almost built, Zhu Youxiao naturally needs to start developing Taiwan.

Taiwan can develop at least thousands of acres of fertile land and also open up a Shaolin Farm. Although the minerals are a little worse, agricultural resources are what the Ming Dynasty needs most at present.

Next, it is the stage of recruiting immigrants to Taiwan for cultivation.

In December of the second year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao issued an edict to establish the "Taiwan Province" and officially establish a province, ordering Fujian Governor Shang Zhou Zuozhen to take charge of Taiwan. At the same time, the Taiwan garrison brigade was established to cooperate with the matter of opening up Taiwan.
Chapter completed!