Seeing Zheng Sen walking away in anger, Putsman did not say anything to persuade him to stay, but just sneered silently. After a while, he said to himself: "These stupid pirates, you think you can let us get away with some money."
Is the great Dutch Navy working for you? However, although we can't take action against Qingzhou, we can't relax the surveillance there. It's fine if we can't get those advanced muskets, but I don't believe you can do anything like that.
Confidential."
Putsman stood up and kept pacing back and forth in the office. After a while, he shouted loudly: "Come here, call Lieutenant Mostow and Captain Nairn."
"Yes, Your Majesty the Governor!" The guard's voice soon sounded outside the door.
After a while, Lieutenant Mostow and Captain Nairn arrived at the door of Putsmann's office together.
"Report!"
"Come in!"
Putsman, who was sitting behind his desk, looked at the two young officers in front of him and said majestically: "Lieutenant Mostow, Captain Nairn, I called you here today to give you two important tasks.
You guys, can I trust you?"
After hearing the governor's question, the two officers immediately said in unison: "For the great King, we are always ready to sacrifice our lives!"
"Okay, let's talk about the first thing first!" Putsman nodded and said to the two officers: "You also know that in a few days, the general from Qingzhou will send an envoy to our great Netherlands.
, out of courtesy, we will also send an officer as a guide to go with them. And I plan to choose this officer from among you."
At this point, Putsman noticed from the corner of his eye that the corners of the eyes of the two young officers twitched slightly. Putsman, who pretended not to notice, continued: "Of course, I know this is very important to you who are bent on making contributions.
This is a difficult choice, but for the sake of our country, someone must make it. Now I formally ask you, who of you is willing to take on this arduous task?"
Mosto and the people from Nairn looked at each other, but neither one said a word. Apparently they were not very willing to go back. After all, it was a long way to go, and the sea was very windy and rough, so any dangerous situation could happen. With the navigation technology at this time,
It has not yet reached the advanced level of later generations. Carrying out such a voyage is like walking through the gate of hell every time, so both of them began to hesitate. Obviously they were not willing to risk such a mission for the Ming Dynasty's mission.
Big risk.
Seeing the expressions on the two men's faces, Putsman also understood their worries. In order to increase their enthusiasm, Putsman encouraged: "In order to encourage this officer who is willing to take risks, I plan to transfer this officer's
There are not many opportunities to advance your military rank by one level."
Putsman's voice was full of temptation, like the poisonous snake that resembled Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden.
In the end, Nairn gritted his teeth, stood up straight and said, "Your Majesty the Governor, since no one is going, let me go!"
"Okay!" Putsman was overjoyed. He stood up and patted Nairn on the shoulder and said: "Captain Nairn. Oh no, I should call you Major Nairn now. I will give you the official document about your promotion later.
, your family will be very happy to see that you have been promoted to major when you return."
Nairn smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you for your kind words. As long as I can return to the Netherlands safely, I will be satisfied."
"You will definitely be able to return to your motherland safely!" Putsman patted Nairn on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Major Nairn, now that your mission is clear, go down and make preparations first."
"Yes!" Nairn saluted Putsmann and walked out of the office...
"Come, Lieutenant Mostow. Sit down." Putsman pointed to the chair next to him and sat down himself.
After Lieutenant Mosto sat down respectfully, Putsman also sat on his chair. After sitting down, Putsman said with a smile: "Lieutenant Mosto, you are facing the Ming Dynasty opposite, or
How much do you know about Qingzhou?"
Lieutenant Mostow thought for a while and said: "I'm sorry. Your Excellency, Governor, I don't know much about this ancient country in the East, but one thing is certain, that is, this country is undergoing a drastic change.
To the northeast, the Tatars are constantly harassing the northern part of the country, and within it there are also many peasants who have no food to eat and are rebelling. Now it seems that the situation in this country is very bad!"
Putsman nodded: "Mosto, you are very good at having such an understanding. I have been in the East for many years and have done some research on this country. I was surprised to find that this country is going through
There is a strange cycle, that is, this country will fall into a cycle almost every one hundred or two or three hundred years. This cycle is called dynasty change, and it is also the most vulnerable at this time. This country is currently in
This is the juncture of changing dynasties... Do you understand what I mean?"
"Oh..." Mosto, who suddenly understood, clicked on the picture and said: "I understand, Your Majesty the Governor, you are saying that we in the Netherlands also want to gain our own interests in this feast. Orientals have some concerns about this kind of thing.
A vivid metaphor is called taking advantage of the situation, right?"
"Hahaha... You are right, that's what you mean." Putsman was very satisfied with the lieutenant's understanding of the topcoat.
"Now let's establish a good relationship with the Qingzhou general and stabilize him. When I send Nairn back to the country this time, I will give a letter to His Majesty the King, requesting His Majesty the King to send more troops to Taiwan again.
Army, as long as the time is right, we will definitely be able to obtain a far larger piece of land in the Far East than at home!"
"Then why do you still answer them for sending missions to our country to earn our gold coins? Isn't this in our interests?" Mosto asked in confusion.
"Hahaha... Dear Lieutenant Mosto, it seems that you still need to learn more about strategic things." Putsman smiled and shook his head and said: "The reason why I agree
The general from Qingzhou sent a mission to Oubaluo to reassure him and show that we have no intention of becoming his enemy at the moment. It doesn't matter if we let him earn some gold coins first. As long as our army arrives, the gold coins they earn will become more and more
The more, the greater our harvest will be in the future. Are you still worried that there is no gold and silver in the rich East for us to grab?"
Putsman said with greed in his eyes. The colonists from the East and the West have long coveted the rich East and West. Now that they finally have this opportunity, how can they miss it!
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