"The Malacca Free and Independent Alliance? You are right. There must be people from the Ming Dynasty behind this. A few days ago, their emperor sent an envoy to Batavia to negotiate with me, asking me to agree to reduce the access of Ming Dynasty merchants to the Strait of Malacca.
The business tax was rejected, so the emperor resorted to this shameful method. It is not surprising at all. I have studied Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty and found that this monarch was famous for being insidious and cunning." Mattso
Governor Erko said calmly.
"But Your Excellency, this so-called Malacca Free and Independent Alliance has posed a great threat to the company's career. You have to think of a way." Valkener was very worried.
"Don't worry, my friend, hasn't Commander Spearman already occupied Makassar City and controlled the entire Sulawesi Island? That is the hometown of the Bugis people, so let the Bugis pirates deal with these indigenous people.
.Thank you Commander Spearman, he is such a brave man!" A calm smile appeared on Matt Solko's face.
The Bugis pirates in Selangor were actually introduced by the Dutch. After the Dutch united with the Kingdom of Johor to drive the Portuguese away from Malacca, they wanted to continue to expand to both sides of the Malacca Strait, but doing it themselves would be too expensive and could easily cause other pirates.
The small country was uneasy. They saw that the Bugis people (also translated as Bugis people), a minority ethnic group living near Makassar on Sulawesi Island, had strong folk customs, so they encouraged them to attack the Tuwang in the Selangor area.
With the support of the Dutch, some brave Bugis people took their families and captured a piece of land in the Selangor region and established the Bugis kingdom. In order to gain a foothold in the Malay Peninsula, they invaded the largest island on the peninsula at that time.
Power Johor became a vassal. The Sultan of Johor at that time wanted to use the brave Bugis people to suppress the domestic separatist forces and other small countries, and acquiesced to the existence of the Bugis people in the Selangor region.
Although the Dutch used the Bugis people to extract a lot of commercial profits from the Selangor native king, the tough Bugis people were not willing to be vassals of the Dutch. Likewise, they only surrendered to Johor in name only and have always maintained
With great independence.
Originally, the Dutch were not sure of controlling the Bugis people, but not long ago, the Dutch army conquered the Sultanate of Gowa and took the entire Sulawesi Island into their hands. This was equivalent to taking control of the Bugis people's hometown and letting them
These pirates are used by the Netherlands, so their confidence is much greater.
"Your Excellency, you are so wise. Without spending too much military expenditure, you can let those tough Bugis people mess up that ridiculous alliance," Valkener said with admiration.
"My friend, I want you to go to the Bugis territory as my special envoy," Matsolko said seriously, staring into Valkenna's eyes.
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Grand Duke Merewa put on the Ming semi-light armor, the Ming eight-petal helmet, the fiery red war robe, and even his boots were replaced by the deerskin boots worn by the Ming generals. He suddenly felt energetic.
Not only him, but also his two thousand subordinates each have a set of semi-light armor and cloth boots. The whole army is brand new. In fact, most of these equipment are old goods that have been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty army or old items stored in the military supply warehouse.
It was a military uniform, but it also made many Bugis warriors end the history of not wearing shoes.
"Are these for us?"
Merewa looked at the various weapons that the quartermaster had received from the Ming Dynasty's military advisers, and was trembling with excitement. One hundred cannons, four hundred matchlocks, five hundred bows, five hundred swords and shields, and six hundred spears.
, fifty frames of horses, twenty boxes of caltrops, five hundred boxes of cannonballs, five hundred boxes of cannonballs, and twelve thousand arrows??
Marshal Chen is so kind and righteous!
Two lines of hot tears flowed from Merewa's eyes. As foreigners who wandered from Sulawesi to Malacca, the Bugis people have suffered all the looks and cold treatment from other countries in the Malay Peninsula. It is better for the Ming Dynasty not to discriminate against us and give
I have learned so many good things that I would have never dared to think about it before!
I still remember the scene in my dream when Marshal Chen praised him for his ability in leading the troops after the military parade that day. Marshal Chen said at that time that as soon as the supplies arrived, he would give priority to dressing his men. As expected! How lucky I was to get Marshal Chen's
Appreciation!
He was moved and secretly determined to die for the Ming Dynasty.
"Grand Duke, the Dutch Governor has sent a special envoy. Do you want him to enter the account?" As he was sighing, his subordinates came to report.
Those Dutch were all cunning businessmen, and the weapons they sold to the Bugis people were not cheap at all. More than twenty years ago, they lured the Bugis people to attack the Tuwang in the Selangor area, and gained a large amount of business in Zha.
After making profits, they ignored the Bugis people.
Merewa did not have a good impression of the Dutch and asked coldly: "Did he say something?"
"He said that the Dutch conquered the entire island of Sulawesi and that the Sultan of Gowa surrendered to the East India Company.
Huh, why are the Dutch telling themselves this? Do they want to threaten themselves with the lives of their relatives back home? The problem is that when their fathers left Sulawesi to open up business in Selangor, they had already moved all their families to Selangor.
There are not many relatives left in my hometown.
"Let the governor's envoy come in," Merewa sneered.
"Dear Grand Duke, what do the armies of so many countries want to do when they gather in the north of Batu Sawa? Do they want to target the great Dutch East India Company? And you, the Grand Duke, also want to betray the friendship of the company?" When we met,
The Dutch envoy Valkener asked aggressively.
"Are you here to blame me? Then you can leave," Merewa interrupted.
"The Grand Duke, Gowa Sultan Hasanuddin has surrendered to the Netherlands, and the entire Sulawesi Island is under the control of the company."
"So what? We poor people who have left our homes have already moved our families to Selangor, and Sulawesi has nothing to do with us."
Valkenna suddenly stopped, thought for a while and said: "I have brought the friendship of Governor Matsolko. If the Grand Duke is willing to lead the Bugis warriors to leave this alliance and plunder Johor, Selangor, and Terengganu, the Governor is willing
Provide you with the help we can."
"Oh," Merewa became interested, "Tell me, what good things does the governor plan to give us?"
"Uh," Valkener thought for a while and said, "The company is willing to give you and your men a hundred matchlocks and fifty boxes, no, a hundred boxes of bullets."
Merewa waited for him to continue, but found that there was no sound.
"What else?"
"No more".
Merewa's anger rose instantly. These red-haired ghosts simply regarded the Bugis people as beggars, and the things they gave were not even a fraction of what the Ming Dynasty paid."
He said coldly: "I can't decide what you're talking about. I want to report it to my superior."
"Your superior? Is he the Sultan of Johor?" Valkenna asked in surprise.
"No, it's Marshal Chen Ze, the Great Angel of Heaven. Come, kidnap this man and go to see the Marshal," Merewa shouted.
This chapter has been completed!