In fact, from Zhou Xian's heart, he did not have much hope for Han Kuo to win.

During this expedition, he only wanted Han Kuo to cause certain losses to the Dutch navy, and at least to ensure that the Dutch did not dare to attack the Chinese merchant ships unscrupulously.

Sea trade is the lifeline of Shandong and Liaodong, and Zhou Xian must ensure its safety.

As for the Netherlands, the Nanyang Navy does not have the strength to fight against it in full swing, and it does not even have the strength to recover Taiwan. Since that is the case, let's continue to stalemate for the time being!

After all, the Netherlands was a business empire composed of merchants from seven provinces and local aristocrats. The main problem of merchants was that they pursued profits.

If they understand that there is no profit in Southeast Asia and even lose money, what should they make a decision?

Even if the upper Dutch ruler is to persevere in the long-term interests, how could the lower Dutch people who make profits by putting all their belongings in the East India Company?

Moreover, in Zhou Xian's memory, within a few years, the first maritime battle between the Netherlands and Britain for maritime trade would break out.

At that time, the Netherlands will definitely mobilize troops back to Europe, and then may be the best time. Let's fight first and talk slowly. When one day the Dutch can't hold on, the self-army will win.

In terms of endurance and endurance, China has never lost.

In the letter, Zhou Xian reminded Han Kuo several times to be cautious and not to suppress all his troops. This is the reason.

With Han Kuo's temperament, he should be able to do it, but Zhou Xian was still worried about it. He looked at the heavy rain outside, and there was a hint of sorrow between his eyebrows.

Through the rain, the two came together, namely Zhou Tai and Fu Yijian.

Outside the house, Fu Yijian put down his umbrella. He looked at the mud on his shoes and looked embarrassed. He was a little hesitant to go in. But when he turned around, he saw that Zhou Tai had already thrown away his hat and stepped into the house with some mud. A row of dirty shoe prints were left on the floor. He shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, and walked in.

"Uncle, do you have any food? I'm almost starving to death." Zhou Tai entered the house and shouted loudly.

Zhou Xian turned around and looked at the drawer, and found it was empty! He looked down and saw a candy jar on the table, so he took it over and handed it to Zhou Tai. "Eat this! Ma Shaoyu sent someone to send it from Qiongzhou, saying that it was a piece of candy made from sugar cane in the local area."

Zhou Tai took out a piece, "Isn't this brown sugar?" After saying that, he took out a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "It's brown sugar, but it's not pure brown sugar. The locals added dried flour, the ground flour that the fruits were dried, and there were some other things. It made it not too sweet, it tasted bad, and it also had a light fragrance of some fruits. There were not many other things in Qiongzhou, but these things were inexhaustible. I have ordered Ma Shaoyu to make as much as possible, Shandong and Liaodong are responsible for selling. Yu Pan (Fu Yijian's word), do you think this is a good business?"

Fu Yijian saw Zhou Xian handing over the jar, hesitated for a moment, and took out a smaller piece of it. "The decision made by the commander-in-chief is of course good."

Zhou Xian shook his head, quite speechless.

Fu Yijian was able to make Gu Xianzheng and Peng Shiqi plead for him as a commoner. He was a very different person. He transferred him to his side to serve as a trusted clerk. Zhou Xian also realized this. He was orderly in his work, conscientious in everything, and often had unique insights on things. He was knowledgeable, had all the classics, epics and essays, and was even more reproachable in his work. However, after the previous changes, his temperament became more cautious and even a little timid.

But this is good, it is better to make him feel fear than to be fearless.

After Zhou Tai finished eating one, he reached out to get it.

Zhou Xian handed him the sugar bowl directly and asked, "Have you all settled your brothers?"

Zhou Tai nodded in his mouth, and said in a hurry: "All..., OK! They are all clean barracks, and the brothers are very satisfied. General Gaoshen said I would come back first and come to see you after he finishes his work. Also, uncle, Wang Jun, who has found me privately, was hesitant, as if he wanted to lead troops independently."

Zhou Xian curled the corners of his mouth, and he knew Wang Jun's little thoughts very well.

He felt jealous when he saw Xie Qian leading the army alone. At that time, the two of them echoed each other, basically rebelling against the Ming Dynasty at the same time, and they were known as the King of the Southern Kingdom. But until now, Xie Qian has become the deputy general who commanded 17,000 people, but he only commanded 7,200 people with guerrillas.

Wang Jun was born in a rampant family and had a strong sense of self-esteem. From the beginning to the end, he was unwilling to serve under Xie Qian. Zhou Xian also considered this and asked him to be a general under Li Kai. Although he and Xie Qian were in the same army, they still looked up and saw each other, but at least they avoided the embarrassment of directly listening to Xie Qian's orders.

At this moment, he looked for Zhou Tai again, undoubtedly trying to plead with Zhou Xian through Zhou Tai, hoping to give him more opportunities to make contributions.

Zhou Xian didn't refuse him in his heart that he had such thoughts and smiled and said, "If you eat well, just do something for me!"

Zhou Tai said reluctantly: "Uncle, I just came back! You don't feel sorry for me. Before your butt is hot, you can let me do this and that."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "You are fat and should exercise more. Now you go find Li Kai, Wang Jun, and Xia Kuiyuan to come over and say I'll invite them here to have a meal. By the way, let Liu Yuchi follow Li Kai too!"

When Zhou Tai heard that there was something to eat, he suddenly became excited, "Okay, I'll go now." As soon as he stepped forward, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Uncle, will that high-speaking general come at this time, will it hinder your business?"

Zhou Xian shook his head, "I'll count him inside. You can tell him by the way. Don't come over too late. In addition, go find Sun Bao and ask him to get ten kilograms of candy, give Wang Jun five kilograms, and give Li five kilograms."

These candies are not precious things, but they appear rare because they are shipped from Qiongzhou and are small in quantity. Given to the two, there is a special preferential treatment here.

When Zhou Tai left, only Zhou Xian and Fu Yijian were left in the room. He pointed to his desk and said to Fu Yijian: "Yu Pan, sit there and draw a few orders for me."

Fu Yijian sat at the table, spread out the paper, grind the ink, and asked Zhou Xian: "Do you need to line up separately?"

Zhou Xian replied: "No."

As he said that, he took some tea leaves, picked up the boiled tea, poured two cups. One cup was placed on the table, indicating that it was for Fu Yijian.

Fu Yiji stood up quickly, feeling a little frightened.
Chapter completed!