Zhao Ming looked at the village in the distance and was a little curious, so he pulled out the reins and walked over.

There is a circle of wooden fences outside the village. On both sides of the village gate, there are tall buildings, flags from Donghai Town, and soldiers on them are guarding.

Zhao Ming looked at it and was even more curious, saying to the left and right: "Who manages this trunk? Why do I look so like a hamlet, and it's so gangster-like."

Chen Mingyu suddenly remembered something, "Duke, I remembered it. It should be Zhang Yida, a hundred households in Tamsuiwei and Qiantun Qiantun Qiantun."

"Oh." Zhao Ming asked in confusion, "It's that black guy!"

Zhao Ming had some impression of Zhang Yida. Last year, the black guy reported to him about discovering the Spaniards and killed several Spaniards.

At that time, Zhao Ming saw that he had some ability, so he wanted to take him under his command and transfer his troops back from the garrison army to cultivate them well. He didn't expect that this guy would give them face and refused directly. He also said that he could make better achievements in the garrison army.

Zhao Ming looked at the hundreds of households in front of him, which were all neat wooden houses. There were many shops outside the fence, forming a small market, and couldn't help but feel a little curious.

On Taiwan Island, the economic structure is relatively single. At the beginning of the Tunhu, Shanghai Island does not have much savings. In addition, there is a shortage of materials, so the business is not developed and there are few merchants. In order to meet the daily needs of the Tunhu, the government will directly set up supply and marketing cooperatives in various garrisons to supply various commodities.

Therefore, Zhao Ming couldn't help but feel curious when he saw the market outside the village.

Zhang Yida didn't tell any lies. All the way, all the treasuries were like shanty towns, just like his treasury.

At this time, Zhao Ming pulled out his horse and came to the market. He found that there were not only Han people, but also many natives in the market. He was a little surprised.

"Old man, what did you pull?" Zhao Ming couldn't help asking when he saw an old man next to him driving a mule cart full of sacks.

The old man glanced at Zhao Ming and saw that although he was not wearing official uniforms, there were soldiers guards behind him. He knew that he was a high-ranking official and hurriedly saluted: "Report to the high-ranking official, these are camphors bought by the villain from Zhang Baihu, and are ready to be transported back to Taipei Guard for sale."

"Camphor?" Zhao Ming frowned, then stretched out his face, and smiled in his heart, "Why did I forget this thing?"

Camphor is a good thing, especially in areas with humid and hot environments, with great demand. In the late Qing Dynasty, the British fought a camphor war with the Qing government for camphor.

When thinking of camphor, Zhao Ming's thoughts became active. Taiwan is a treasure land. Not only can it produce camphor, but it can also produce sugarcane and tea, but it can actually make good returns.

Chen Mingyu suggested: "Don't the Duke of the State want to go to the garrison to take a look?"

Zhao Ming glanced at the busy 100 households and shook his head, "Forget it, let's go next time! It's important to go to the chicken cage first."

Hearing camphor, Zhao Ming had already understood the secret of the prosperity of the hundreds of households, and the garrison lost its mystery. He smiled on his face, "Zhang Yida is a bit smarter, and everyone knows the principle of making a fortune in silence. When the Spanish are solved first, I will take time to come here to inspect."

The group of people pulled their horses and turned around and continued to gallop along the road towards the chicken cage.

Zhao Ming had just left, inside the hundred houses, and had a slightly fat body. Zhang Yida, wearing gorgeous clothes, got the news and hurriedly led more than ten brothers out of the village gate to greet him.

"Where are people?" Zhang Yida couldn't help but ask after looking around.

"The master of the family has left." said Zhong Yexian.

Zhang Yida frowned, "Do you know who it is?"

Zhong Yexian said: "Master, it seems to be Master Zhao."

When the seed industry was revealed in Zhoushan, I once saw Zhao Ming from a distance.

The news that Zhao Ming was granted the title of Duke is still unclear. Moreover, many of the villages prefer to call Zhao Ming the Grand Marshal.

When Zhang Yida heard that it was Zhao Ming, his expression changed drastically and his black face became more exciting. He couldn't help but slapped his thigh and said with a sad face: "It's over, I guess the business can't continue."

Mr. Lao Ji frowned and pondered: "I don't think the boss refused Zhao Dashen in person. Not only did he not wear shoes for the boss, he instead rewarded the boss with merits and gave him the boss a hundred households. With Zhao Dashen's mind, he should not make things difficult for us."

Zhang Yida also had to admit that Zhao Dashen is one of the best heroes in the world, but Zhang Yida was not relieved, "No, prepare me a generous gift, I want to connect with each other and ask for a meeting with the Dashen."

When Zhang Yida was worried that Zhao Ming would covet his camphor business, Zhao Ming rode his horse and ran for a day before he arrived at Jilong City.

Western bastions are indeed difficult to attack. If they attack hard, they will be difficult to capture even if they suffer huge casualties.

Therefore, the Ming army did not attack Jilong Fort, but adopted the strategy of siege. The army dug trenches outside the fortress to build walls, farm farms and grow grain, and cut off the way out of the Jilong Fort on land.

At the entrance of Jilong Bay, the Ming army built a fort, blocked the harbor, and bombarded the Spanish ships in the port. The ships in the port were either sunk or rushed out of the blockade to escape to Manila. There were no Spanish sailing ships in Jilong Harbor.

At the beginning of the siege of Jilong Fort, the Spaniards in Luzon organized a fleet to break through the Ming army blockade several times and transport supplies to Jilong Fort. However, after several times, the Spaniards in Luzon did not come again.

This is not because the Luzon colonies had no food, but because every time they were transported, the Spanish suffered a lot of losses, and there were always ships sunk by the Ming army. There were not many Spanish people in Luzon and they could not afford to consume them, so they had to give up.

After the foreign aid was cut off, the Spaniards in Jilong Fort wanted to continue to persevere and wait until the Ming army was exhausted outside the city, but they soon discovered that they could not consume the Ming army.

The Ming army could directly obtain supplies from various colonial garrisons in Taiwan. The besieged soldiers were also reclaiming land and preparing for farming, while the Jilong Fort was in vain.

After being besieged for nearly a hundred days, the Spaniards finally couldn't hold on anymore and the materials in the city had been exhausted. After the Western barbarians in the fort passed the discussion, they finally decided to hand over the fortress to the Ming army as soon as possible to obtain preferential conditions for surrender.

At the end of February, the Spanish Governor General sent an envoy out of the city to surrender to the Ming army, but who would have thought that the besieged Ming army could not make the decision and did not accept their surrender.

This made the Spaniards mess instantly. The Ming army was besieged in deep trenches and had sufficient supplies, so there was no hurry at all. However, the Spaniards were anxious. They had nothing to eat, so they decided to surrender. The Ming army did not accept it, so wouldn't they starve them to death?

After Jilong City proposed to surrender, the Spaniards did not expect it to be able to surrender immediately.

For a time, the Spaniards said that as long as they were allowed to leave the chicken cage and let them return to Manila, they could agree to other conditions.

After surrendering to the Ming army, the Spaniards were surrounded for nearly half a month. The food they could eat in the city had been eaten, and they could only catch a few sea fish on the shore and barely survive.

On that day, the Spanish Governor, who was so hungry that he had no strength, leaned on his chair and didn't want to move his fingers. An Spanish stumbled in and said excitedly: "Governor General, the Marquis of Pinglu has arrived. They agreed to surrender."

When the Spanish Governor heard the words, his eyes were filled with muddy tears, and he drew a cross on his chest, "Thank God!"
Chapter completed!