And after Cheng violated an Imperial edict and opened direct trade with Japan, hurting the Dutch, they turned their attention away from the mainland to Taiwan.
荷蘭人在此役後被迫退出福建沿海；加上鄭芝龍又違背朝禁，開闢了中、日直接貿易航線，多少影響荷人利益。荷蘭人於是把貿易眼光也轉向台灣本島。