On the third day of March, Li Zhi welcomed three special guests in the palace.
When Li Zhi led his generals into the second hall, the Dutch envoy Kuyt and two Dutch followers were already standing there. Seeing Li Zhi, the tall Dutchman Kuyt stopped talking to the followers and looked nervously.
Look at Li Zhi.
For now, it should be said that there is no truce between Li Zhi and the Netherlands, and the two sides are still at war. Li Zhi overran the Dutch fleet and even captured the treasure island of Taiwan from the Dutch. Although many years have passed since the war
, but the relationship between the two parties shows no signs of easing.
What is even more sinister is that through the intelligence he obtained, Han Jinxin deduced that the reason why the Jiangbei Army was able to build a new rifle was the technical support provided by the Dutch. If this inference is true, then the Dutch were obviously deliberately trying to bring down Li Zhi.
At this time, Li Zhi didn't know what the Dutch envoy was doing in Tianjin.
Li Zhi waved his four-clawed golden dragon king's robe and slowly sat on the throne. Li Zhi's generals stood on both sides of the second hall, surrounding the Dutch envoy from the left and right, and said nothing.
The scene was really not very harmonious.
The Dutch envoy Kuit looked at Li Zhi's face, imitated Mingren and said, "We came to Tianjin this time to provide a secret information to His Majesty the Prince."
An attendant of the Dutch envoy translated Kuyt's words into Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
Li Zhi looked at Kuyt and motioned to the Dutchman.
Kuyt said loudly: "Does your Highness know that the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan once sold 30,000 matchlock guns to the Jiangbei Army, which constituted the main combat force of the Jiangbei Army. In the first war between Your Highness and the Jiangbei Army, the Jiangbei Army relied on Japan
A man's matchlock quickly formed an army."
Hearing what the Dutch envoy said, the generals under Li Zhi were a little surprised. These generals started talking in twos and threes.
Li Zhi frowned when he heard what the Dutchman said.
Putting his hand on the armrest of the throne, Li Zhi asked coldly: "What do you Dutch mean by talking about this now? How do you know about the deal between Jiangbei Army and the Japanese?"
The Dutchman didn't seem to be prepared to say much. With one sentence that shocked everyone, he seemed ready to leave.
Offering his hand to Li Zhi again, Kuyt smiled and said: "I believe this information will be of great help to His Highness. We will leave here."
Before Li Zhi's people could see him off, Kuyt carefully took a few steps back. Seeing that Li Zhi had no intention of taking him down by force, the Dutch envoys were happy, turned around and strode out of the palace.
Looking at the Dutch who were gradually walking away, Li Zhi asked Han Jinxin: "Han Jinxin, according to your intelligence, is there any basis for what the Dutch said?"
Han Jinxin cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, before our first battle with the Jiangbei Army, the Jiangbei Army's armaments suddenly increased by tens of thousands of firecrackers. At that time, we didn't know where these firecrackers came from. Now the Dutch say they are from Germany.
It is indeed very possible that the Shogunate provided it. Because looking at the surrounding forces, only the Japanese country can take out so many fire blunderbuss at one time."
Li Zhi frowned and said nothing.
Li Laosi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Dutch people are talking about this now to sow discord."
"The Hongyi know so much about the affairs of the Jiangbei Army that they may have colluded with the Jiangbei Army a long time ago. Now that North Korea has been destroyed by us, we no longer have any worries in the north. The Hongyi may not be able to sleep at night. So at this time they put the matter of Japan
It is thrown out in the hope that we will go to war with Japan again and fall into siege."
When Zheng Kaicheng heard what Li Laosi said, he snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty, I think Hong Yi has such a calculation!"
Li Xing pondered and said: "It's true that Hongyi is sowing discord, but if we know about this and don't punish Tokugawa, I'm afraid the Japanese warriors will take advantage of it."
Everyone was silent for a moment when they heard Li Xing's words. Now that Li Zhi's 100,000 troops are being pinned down everywhere, they really don't want to fight another war with Japan at this time.
Even if you want to accuse Japan, it will only be after defeating the Jiangbei Army.
Li Zhi took a breath and said: "This is the end of what Hong Yi said. Please don't publicize this matter to the outside world. Just treat it as if you haven't heard the news."
At this moment, what Li Zhi said was undoubtedly the best way.
The generals bowed their hands to Li Zhi and accepted the order with a loud voice.
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On the castle tower of Edo Castle in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the "general who conquered the barbarians" of the Tokugawa shogunate, and Doi Toshikatsu, the "elder brother", sat in a small cubicle and met with the Dutch envoy Kuit.
This small cubicle was a dark room in Edo Castle. In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu allowed the Dutch to enter the city through the side entrance, which was very low-key.
Nowadays, Li Zhi dominates Northeast Asia, and the Dutch, as Li Zhi's enemies, are not welcomed by the Tokugawa shogunate.
However, the Dutch had their own way of dealing with the Tokugawa shogunate.
Kuyt looked at the expressionless General Tokugawa and the frowning Doi Toshiki, and said with a smile: "General Tokugawa, Your Excellency, the Tokugawa shogunate is in danger."
After hearing the translator's translation of Kuyt's words, Tokugawa Iemitsu and Doi Toshikatsu looked at each other.
Doi Lisheng said unhappily: "Your Excellency Kuyt, tell me what you have to say!"
Kuyt said directly: "Li Zhi is fully aware of the sale of 30,000 iron cannons by the Tokugawa shogunate to the Ming Dynasty's Jiangbei Army. The army of Tianjin's crusade against Japan will soon reach the gates of Edo Castle."
After hearing Kuyt's words, Doi Toshikatsu and Tokugawa Iemitsu both opened their eyes and were speechless for a while.
Doi Toshi's face turned pale. He stared at Kuyt, and his eyes gradually turned red.
"How did Li Zhi know?"
Kuyt smiled and said: "I'm afraid it was Li Zhi's intelligence personnel who broke into the Jiangbei Army and obtained the information."
Doi Toshiki did not believe what Kuyt said and asked coldly: "Why are you here to tell us this?"
Kuyt laughed loudly and said: "Don't panic, Sir."
Looking up at the small cubicle where he was, Kuyt smiled and said: "We Dutch people have traveled thousands of miles to come to Japan because we want to form an alliance with the Japanese."
After hearing Kuyt's words, Toi Toi's body became weaker and weaker. In the end, he needed to support his body with his right hand to barely prevent himself from falling on the tatami.
The Dutch and Li Zhi are enemies, and everyone in the world knows this. The Dutch want to form an alliance with the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to draw Japan into the camp against Li Zhi. So in order to drive a wedge between Japan and Li Zhi, the Dutch
He will definitely tell Li Zhi the information about the Tokugawa family selling iron cannons to the Jiangbei Army.
Since Kuyt is sitting here and wants to form an alliance with the Japanese, Li Zhi knows 120% about the 30,000 iron cannons.
According to Li Zhi’s character, would he give up on the Tokugawa family?
The Tokugawa family is in danger!
Doi Toshiki trembled and was speechless. At this time, he really regretted selling the iron cannon to the Jiangbei Army.
Kuyt looked at Doi Toshi's face, smiled, and said: "Don't panic, Mr. Doi! The East India Company will not harm the Land of the Rising Sun."
He took out a Formosa rifle from the entourage behind him.
There is a long copper tube on the body of the rifle, which is a scope.
