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    The country of Annan has a long and narrow terrain, and almost innately has the best conditions for the separation of north and south. A few years later, South Vietnam and North Vietnam also became their own countries.  During this period in the seventeenth century, the situation in Annan was very similar to that of later generations.

    However, compared to the corruption and incompetence of South Vietnam in later generations, the Nguyen regime that controlled the southern region at this time was actually a more enlightened party - there was no way, the Nguyen regime was weak.  The Zheng family on the opposite side can mobilize about 100,000 troops, while the Ruan family, even if they try their best, can only cobble together an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people.  The usual standing army is only about 20,000.  Thanks to the unique terrain of Annan, the entire country is very narrow and long, and the junction between the Ruan and Zheng families is even narrower.  The Ruan family built several city walls and fortifications there. As long as these fortifications were defended, the territory could be controlled.

    Of course, to be able to do this, in addition to geographical advantages, the other two conditions are military technology and people. The Ruan family also did well in these two aspects - they had a good relationship with the Portuguese and purchased many muskets and artillery for defense.  City, while employing Western military experts to assist in defense, surpassing the north in military technology.

    As for the most core "people", there is a famous military strategist in the Ruan Dynasty today, Tao Weici. The most famous work left by this man in his life is called "Wollongong Song" - obviously, he was named after  Zhuge Liang of Vietnam considers himself.  And his current position in the Ruan regime is quite similar to Zhuge Liang: he serves as a military advisor.  He presided over the construction and defense of the two most important barriers for Ruan's defense in the north.

    Tao Weici is very old now, and he will die in about a year according to history.  But this "Vietnamese Zhuge Liang", like the original one in history, left a "Jiang Wei" for the court to which he was loyal - his son-in-law Ruan Youying.  Proficient in martial arts and good at using troops, his life ambitions were probably in line with Jiang Wei's - after taking charge of the military power of the Ruan Dynasty, he also found opportunities to conduct several Northern Expeditions, but failed.  But in terms of defense, they never gave the opponent a chance and always defended their own territory firmly.

    Precisely because of the help of Western technology and the command of outstanding military talents, those barriers have always been unbreakable. During the decades-long Ruan-Zheng War, the Zheng family in the north had nothing to do with these "Great Walls."  Therefore, the dispute between Ruan and Zheng continued until a hundred years later. As the two families declined at the same time, they were simultaneously destroyed by the new forces that emerged in the later period.

    The Ruan family is quite flexible in diplomacy. Soon after Qiong Haijun took control of Hainan Island, they took the initiative to send people to trade, although Shorthair refused to sell weapons to foreign countries.  But it can provide metal tools and agricultural tools in large quantities, the quality of which is better than the products in Ruan's own military workshop.

    Therefore, a rather strange phenomenon has appeared in the Ruan Dynasty today. The most advanced iron tools are used for agriculture and daily life: hoes, sickles, saws, kitchen knives, scissors and steel needles - most of these things are imported from Hainan Island. The steel quality is excellent and the cutting edges are  All of them have been made of steel and carburized. If you put these things into a head-on collision with the weapons made by Ruan Chao himself, the weapons will be destroyed instead.

    Of course, the Nguyen family tried to make imitations, but in this regard, they only had traditional blacksmithing techniques and they certainly could not understand modern casting techniques. Even if they melted and cast imported ironware and then made it into weapons, due to the lack of local processing technology and awareness  , and its quality is far from comparable to the original farm tools. It is just a waste of materials and money.

    Even though the "Vietnamese Zhuge Liang" personally paid attention to it, he could not solve this problem. Later, Ruan had to admit that his skills were not as good as others, and stopped thinking about copycats. He honestly bought production tools with peace of mind and saved his own related resources.  After all, investing in the military will be a good supplement to national strength.

    Because he was very eager for Qiongzhou’s goods, the Ruan Dynasty envoy had always been very respectful to Zhao Lide.  I usually visit and greet you, and move around frequently.  As soon as Zhao Lide sent the invitation, he arrived quickly.  Greeting and chatting with Zhao Lide, we became very familiar with him.

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    "Compared with the initiative and flexibility of the Ruan family, the envoys of the Zheng family in the north are much more rigid.  Historically, it was not until 1635 that Zheng finally came to his senses, abandoned the policy of isolation from the country, and turned to seek foreign help.

    Originally, they cooperated with the Dutch to obtain shipbuilding and artillery technology to defend against the south.  However, in this time and space, their "opening up to the outside world" was much earlier. Soon after the Ruan family got in touch with Qiongzhou, they also had business contacts with Hainan Island.

    "However, this opening is not completely voluntary, but the Qiong Navy took the initiative to send people there to seek trade - because the shorthairs need the coal there.  Even a few years later, Vietnam's Hon Kei Coal Mine is one of the top high-quality large-scale coal mines in Southeast Asia.  Open-pit mines are easy to mine, and they are close to the coast for easy transportation Combined with the Hainan Shilu Iron Mine, it is simply a gift from God. If the Travelers don't control it, it will definitely be a waste.

    Of course the Zheng court was different at the beginning.?This kind of trade method has a compulsory color.  However, they were not qualified to say "no" - with the little force of the Annan people, the Qiong Navy did not dispatch any serious troops at all. It was Ling Ning who led the marines attached to the navy ship to do a small job.  After the war, they directly occupied Hongji's land.

    At this time, the Annan army was far less elegant than the Vietnamese guerrillas of later generations. Besides, the Qiong Haijun did not want to occupy territory and did not go inland. They stayed in the seaside mining area. Even if the opponent wanted to use guerrilla tactics, there was nothing they could do.  In addition, the Qiong Navy was much more mature in terms of economic strategy than the Western colonists, and their actions were generous enough - they never expected to occupy this coal mine for free.  After giving the Zheng Dynasty's army a small lesson, they found a middleman to negotiate with the other party and expressed their willingness to pay for it, and the amount was quite large.

    The rulers and ministers of the Zheng family are more rigid than the Ruan family in the south, but they do not lack judgment after all. After confirming that "you will definitely not be able to defeat them, and you will never be able to defeat them in this life," they had to accept the reality:  Every year, a large amount of "land lease fee" is obtained from Short Hair; in addition, for every ton of coal produced by the Hongji Coal Mine, a purchase fee will be paid to the Zheng family; as well as hiring people from the local area, purchasing food, etc.  Income brought by consumptionHongji Coal Mine soon became a very important financial source for the Zheng court.  The money received can be used to purchase Hainan products.

    And after they started trading with Hainan Island, they immediately discovered that the products in Qiongzhou Prefecture were simply dazzling. Then, whether the Zheng court wanted it or not, their economic ties with Hainan naturally became closer In front of the white money, it turned out that  That bit of resentment gradually disappeared.

    The only thing that bothers the Zheng court is that Shorthair has never agreed to sever the relationship with the Ruan family in the south - Qiong Haijun is branded as the Ming Empire.  According to the Ming Dynasty's point of view, the Ruan family and the Zheng family are actually all rebellious officials and traitors.  The orthodox Annan court recognized by the Ming Empire was the Later Li Dynasty.  Now the real monarch of the Li Dynasty, Le Shen Zong, is still staying in Thang Long Palace. The Ruan and Zheng families are theoretically ministers of the Li Dynasty, but one is equivalent to Cao Cao and the other is similar to Liu Bei.

    The Ming Empire once recognized the status of the Li Dynasty during the era of Emperor Wanli of Ming Shenzong. Today's Ming Dynasty naturally only follows this standard.  Therefore, no matter how fiercely the Ruan and Zheng families fight, their envoys in Hainan are only Li Dynasty businessmen, treated as foreign businessmen, not diplomats - short-haired people do not have any special preferential treatment for foreign businessmen, but have no special treatment.  Less restrictive.

    The Zheng court was very dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing they could do.  But in this case, the envoy they sent was inevitably a bit confused - this guy still regarded himself as an official, not a businessman.  And what's very funny is that he also found a backing for himself here - Cheng Yegao, the prefect of Qiongzhou. That guy thought he had seen through the details of Short Hair and understood the power structure here. As long as he curry favor with the great Ming Dynasty  The prefect could suppress the group of short-haired outsiders who were also uninvited guests to the Ming Dynasty.

    For some reason, Zhao Lide did not break this delusion. Instead, he asked Cheng Yegao to cooperate with the acting. Sometimes he deliberately appeared weak in front of the Zheng family envoy and indulged him in order to make the other party insist on him more.  judgment.

    But this made the other party even more complacent. They did not dare to have a big confrontation, but it was inevitable to resort to small tricks occasionally. For example, this time, in the face of the post sent by Zhao Lide, the Zheng family messenger did not dare to refuse, but deliberately delayed it.  for a while.  Let Zhao Lide and the Ruan Dynasty envoy drink tea for a while before Shi Shiran arrived.

    Zhao Lide adopted the same attitude of ignoring the neglect of Ambassador Zheng as before - he would not care about such trivial matters.  Of course, no matter what, with this attitude, the Zheng envoy will definitely suffer some losses from him, and it will not be just a matter of face - in fact, the envoy sent here by the Zheng family has already changed once.  And the Ruan envoy has been doing it from the beginning to the present, so he understands the key.

    So when he saw Ambassador Zheng walking in with arrogance, a faint smile appeared on his face. It was an expression of looking at a fool. Even if the other person stared at him with hostile eyes, it didn't matter at all - the previous Ambassador Zheng  He was repatriated because he was determined not to be on the same footing as the Nguyen Dynasty envoys and demanded that both parties not appear in the same place.  Although the new guy looks arrogant, he doesn't dare to be tough in this regard.  Because his predecessor has proven his future: the shorthair will never give in in this regard.

    Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhao Lide did not delay, put down the tea cup in his hand, and smiled at the two of them:

    "Both of you are here? Let's get down to business, mainly about our Qiongzhou Prefecture's recent immigration policy, which has made some small adjustments"
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