There is a sea area from the southernmost part of Annan Land, which is the southern sea in the true sense. On the opposite coast are the countries of Sarawak and Johor, located on Borneo. The Francois established a stronghold here to control
Trade in the Straits of Malacca.
The people who controlled this place before were Zheng He's navy.
The Ming Dynasty had abandoned the garrison point in the Strait of Malacca for hundreds of years, until the Francois came across the ocean to occupy it, and it continued to develop. All goods, slaves, missionaries, and even the army from the West were required.
Come here for supplies. From here, you can peek northwest to Annan. From here, you can peek diagonally northeast to the South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty. From here to the east, you can control Luzon. Now the entire southern sea area is full of Francons.
fleet.
Because the Dutch have done great things.
Several maritime companies that controlled the trade here formed the United East India Company, and the Netherlands, led by it, gave it a monopoly on shipping and trade. It had abundant funds and allowed it to have the privileges of arming, declaring war, making peace, occupying land, building forts, etc.
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The port is full of fleets. In addition to real warships, there are also many merchant ships. These merchant ships are equipped with firearms. If a war breaks out, the merchant ships can be immediately recruited and turned into second-class light battleships.
After ruling the South China Sea, the next goal was to expand to the north. A few decades ago, the Francons and the Dutch also tried many times to use naval battles to open the Ming Dynasty's country for forced trade, but the final result was repeated defeats.
It can turn into a peaceful transaction, but obviously, now the Bugalao Cannon Foundry has been completely acquired by the Ming Dynasty, which is another provocation to them.
The company united in order to respond to the actions of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Francons believed that a huge empire would be difficult to defeat easily, and the Ming Dynasty's navy had just withdrawn from the Korean battlefield and experienced a seven-year war.
The quality of its soldiers has been greatly improved.
Moreover, the gods, demons and monsters in the South China Sea and the East Daming Sea will not cooperate with Westerners like them. To fight in this sea area, we need the help of gods, demons and ghosts with Western powers. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the firearms are and how big the warships are, they will not be able to fight with them.
It will be swept by wind and waves and capsize.
Moreover, due to the long-term war between the Ming Dynasty and Japan and the collapse of Osaka Castle, many Japanese pirates carried out raids on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty and Luzon in the South China Sea. For the Dutch who governed here, they bribed Japanese pirates to harass them.
The coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty were very necessary.
This time the East India Company sent a mighty warship, and the first place it had to arrive at was Hao Jing Ao.
"Fajiao is an ally with us. We can use their cover to carry out pre-war supplies in Haojing'ao. As long as we fight in the South China Sea, we have a great chance of winning. Except for Fajiao who has those gods who control the sea water.
, this time there are missionaries who are good at controlling the sea to help us."
"We must recapture the Bugalao Cannon Foundry. The firearms produced here are the lifeblood of the entire East. Now they are controlled by the Ming Dynasty. This means that if we go to war with the Ming Dynasty, we will not be able to get supplies of powerful artillery."
Some large artillery pieces can only be manufactured by the Bugalao Cannon Foundry. A huge factory cannot be rebuilt after being given to others. It requires a huge amount of resources and time, and the Western Ocean is really far away from here.
Thousands of miles away, once the large artillery is lost, there will be no way to gain a foothold here.
The battleship bumped on the sea and soon saw the port of Hao Jing'ao, but the missionary on the battleship frowned slightly.
He felt that God's power still existed in that land, but... this feeling was slightly different from God's in the past.
Perhaps the apostles of St. Paul's College re-edited the content of the four gospels in order to adapt to the environment of Middle-earth. They must be tolerant of the new missionary location at the beginning, and the people on this land,
It is difficult for them to serve Christ completely and wholeheartedly.
The missionary, who was wearing a dark blue robe that was the same color as the sea, couldn't help but sigh. The people in this land could not be blessed easily. Blessings were bought by these spells. Their beliefs were so complicated that ordinary people
Small favors are only taken for granted by them, as if here, no matter what kind of spirit you are, you can only be recognized by everyone if you appear frequently, and everyone will believe in you. But once you stop appearing, everyone will immediately leave you.
The great Christian church was reduced to competing with the wild ghosts wandering the roadside for jobs. It was a disgrace to the great church.
Those mountain spirits and wild ghosts will also provide you with one-stop service, give you a blessing and protect you for seven days. If you are not satisfied, you can be returned or exchanged, and the reward is only a stick of incense. They are really unscrupulous guys!
"For such things as guaranteeing returns and exchanges, you have to ask the Francois! I heard that the competition between the gods here was not so fierce in the past. It was the Francois who introduced artillery to the governor of the Ming Dynasty and said no.
If you are satisfied, you can be guaranteed a return, exchange and repair. This matter is quite a big deal, how can anyone in Nanhai not know about it?"
"Okay, we are almost approaching the port. Put away all the artillery, hang up the flag of the merchant ship, cover everything that should be covered, and don't show any flaws!"
While chatting with the missionary, the captain of the battleship directed the crew to work and camouflaged the battleship. They slowly sailed into the port, and people from St. Paul's College came to greet them, but some familiar faces were missing.
The missionary asked strangely: "Isn't the president of Tzu Chi's Chamber of Commerce here? Every time I come back to this land, he will definitely come to me to do business. Now that the business has grown, he doesn't want to see me.
Is it done?"
There was something sinister in his words, but the pastor of St. Paul's College shook his head with a slightly sad look on his face:
"A fire broke out suddenly at the Tzu Chi Club a few days ago. The strange thing is that all the children fostered there were fine, but the entire Tzu Chi Club was reduced to ashes. The president of the chamber of commerce and the others were all burned to death by the fire."
The missionary was stunned: "This is obviously caused by extraordinary power. How could it be possible to kill only businessmen and not children? Fire doesn't have eyes."
The pastor is also very sad. After all, this family is a major source of orphans in his area, but now it is gone. He has to find another agency to adopt orphans to negotiate, but there are not many such agencies in the south.
"There is no evidence, and no one will prosecute this matter. However, we have submitted written materials to the Ming Dynasty officials. The chief minister of Guangzhou is still the same gentleman. He has not left office. He will favor us."
"Even if there is no result, I think that St. Paul's College, as a fraternal institution of Tzu Chi, will receive a large amount of compensation. Moreover, many of those orphans are homeless in the south. The priests have proposed,
Bring all those children to live in the academy."
The missionary in dark blue robes’ eyes lit up:
"Well done, well done to you."
And soon, the people from the Dharma religion also arrived.
King Lei did not come forward, but asked one of the other two immortals to come here. When the leader came closer, he saw that the leader was wearing dark blue clothes, and his expression suddenly became exciting.
"It seems that the Westerners can no longer bear it. It must be because of the incident at the cannon foundry that even people wearing such clothes are here."
Just like in Taoism, no one wears black Taoist uniforms.
In Christianity, no one wears blue Christian clothes.
Red clothes are equivalent to regional bishops, while blue clothes...
It means that he is the "Holy Son" of Christ in the world!