I saw a fleet approaching in a mighty manner on the outer sea.
Under the sunlight, it is very dazzling and can attract everyone's attention immediately.
When Kui saw it, all the warships in this fleet were made up of iron-armored and smoking warships. One of them was so big that it was as big as a Big Mac, several times the size of an ordinary warship!
At this time, the chimneys of each warship were still smoking, and the speed of the entire fleet, supported by the sails, was sailing rapidly from the outer sea to Tianjin Port.
Kuiyi estimated the speed a little and found that the speed of these armored and smoking warships seemed to be much faster than their sail warships.
But as he stared, he found that the smoke from the chimneys slowly disappeared. The warships slowly slowed down by relying on their sails.
Needless to say, the speed of this kind of armored and smoking battleship should be composed of two parts. How much the highest speed can reach was difficult for him to estimate because he did not see the entire process.
During the previous war in Relanja City, there were several warships of this kind in the fleet of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, when Kui heard the report from his subordinates, he thought that this kind of warships could still be dealt with.
But now, there are so many armored and smoking warships in front of us, and there are also Big Macs, and the speed can be truly seen. If we encounter this at sea, how can we fight?
If you don't do it well, you won't even be able to escape!
The Ming Empire is really too rich! Kui Yi had to sigh in his heart. The fleet he saw in front of him would cost an absolutely astronomical amount of money. Within the current power of the Ming Empire, no country can
The rival of the Ming Empire!
After all, the Ming Empire had a lot of money, a lot of people, and it was smart!
The smoke on the ship must be similar to the smoke on the locomotive. I have never heard of it in the West, but it played a huge role in the Ming Empire!
Just this is enough to prove that the people of the Ming Empire are smart, right?
By the way, people in the Ming Empire are still very hardworking!
Thinking of this, Kui Yi couldn't help but sigh again: This is probably the race favored by God, and all the advantages are gathered in them!
When the ship left the port, he noticed that this armored fleet of the Ming Empire was not coming to Tianjin Port, but to the top of Tianjin Port. There must be a military port over there!
Kui Yi and his companions stood on the back deck, watching the armored fleet slowly disappear, and they finally came to their senses after they could no longer be seen.
These Dutch people looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.
They discovered that the more they knew about this empire in the Far East, the more they felt how powerful it was, and the more they felt it was invincible!
If before, they thought of becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty due to business interests, which was actually possible; but now in their hearts, they already feel that they can become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and stand together with the Ming Empire.
Only in this way can we avoid our own destruction.
If you still want to do business in the Far East and still appear in the Far East, the only way is to please the Ming Empire!
I just don’t know if the Ming Empire will set its sights further afield in the future, such as the Middle East or even Europe?
If this is the case, maybe it’s another Yellow Peril?
With this uneasy feeling, they urged the boatman to hurry up and hurry up, fearing that if they returned to Batavia too late and something happened there to anger the Ming Dynasty, it would be too late.
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In fact, the Dutch in Batavia are not stupid.
At the beginning, it only took the Luzon Expeditionary Force two days to capture the city of Jelanje. Later, except for the officers who were all escorted to the capital for trial, all other ordinary Dutch people and their families were expelled from Dongpan.
, along with their fifteen sailing battleships in the open sea, returned to Batavia.
At this time, the governor of Batavia was Anthony Van Diemen. According to the original history, he died of illness in the 18th year of Chongzhen, which was last year. But in this dimension, it should be the influence of the butterfly effect.
He didn't die from the illness.
However, when Dongfan's men answered Batavia, they still made him angry to death.
Dongfan is one of the most important strongholds of the Dutch East India Company. It was in contact with the Japanese country and was also a transit point for smuggling maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty. If this is lost, there will be no idea how much profit will be lost every year.
Is this good enough?
Especially when Antony knew that he had lost the city of Geranje in two days, he became even more furious. There had never been such a humiliating thing in the history of the Dutch.
To be honest, if the Dutch Governor in Dongfang, Kui Yi, was in front of him, he would probably be hacked by him!
However, after he understood it carefully, his violent thoughts slowly calmed down.
Dongfan was too close to the Ming Dynasty, and they mobilized 70,000 to 80,000 troops. At least according to reports from his subordinates, there were 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Even if Relanja City held on for a few more days, it would be of no practical significance.
However, he was always a little unwilling to lose Dong Fan.
After questioning, I unexpectedly learned a piece of news. It was said that the Ming army that attacked the city of Relanze was actually going to attack Luzon. Because Luzon had once again massacred Ming people on a large scale, it made them angry.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent a large army overseas.
Because the Ming army wanted to go to Luzon and had to pass through Dongfan, they took Dongfan first!
Understanding this, Anthony's mood, which had finally calmed down, suddenly became violent again.
"Those Spaniards are all pigs, they are so good, why are they killing Ming people?"
"The Ming people are the most industrious. Wouldn't it be better to use them to do the work? If you don't want them, you can send them to Batavia!"
"I'm really looking for death, but in the end I've even harmed the city of Relanja! If I had known this, I should have concentrated all our forces and captured Luzon. Then nothing would have happened!"
"Damn the Spaniards, they are a bunch of pig-brained people! They massacred people on a large scale over and over again at their gates. How strong are these brains?"
"Now I, the Netherlands, are unlucky. Let's see how long you can hold on in front of the Ming army!"
"It would be best if all of them were killed by the Ming Dynasty, and there would be less of these troublemakers!"
"..."
After scolding for a while, Anthony's violent mood calmed down a lot. Then, he made two decisions.
The first one is to send a clipper to Luzon to investigate the situation in Luzon.
He hoped that Spain was a local snake after all, and it would be best to kill both sides with the Ming army, so that he might be able to make a profit.
If the Spaniards can't stop the Ming army, that's no problem. It would be best if the Ming army takes revenge and withdraws from Luzon and returns to the Ming Dynasty. In this way, he can take advantage of it and take over Luzon.
If the Ming army didn't even take a fancy to Relanje City and continued to return to Fujian after destroying it, then that would be the best and they could build Relanje City again.
Anthony's second decision was to summon the Ming leader Su Minggang in Batavia.
This Soumingang was the first Kapitan of Batavia. Soon after, he was appointed as a local magistrate and later elected as one of the executive officers. Whenever the Dutch had anything to do, they would contact Soumingang, who would then go to him.
Convey orders to other people.
Su Minggang was from Xiamen. When he got old, he missed his hometown and wanted to return to his roots. Therefore, when he was in Chongzhen for nine years, he resigned and followed the Dutch ship to Dongfan, and then wanted to return to Xiamen.
As a result, he heard the news that the Ming Dynasty was in constant war and the relationship between the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong was not good, so he could not go back.
From then on, Su Minggang stayed in the city of Relandia and waited for three years. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he found that there was still no change in the Ming Dynasty. In the end, he returned to Batavia in disappointment and continued to serve as his original minister.
Position.
If the original historical development is followed, Su Minggang died of illness in the 17th year of Chongzhen. However, due to the butterfly effect, the domestic situation of the Ming Dynasty began to improve from the 15th year of Chongzhen.
And Su Minggang had been paying attention to the motherland. After hearing the news, he became motivated and wanted to return to his roots again. Perhaps with such great expectations, he was not sick or had any disasters, and he never died.
However, what also made him a little depressed was that when he was preparing to return to Daming, accidents happened one after another.
First, in Luzon, the Western Yi massacred the Ming people again.
The Ming people in Luzon either fled to Dongfan or other Nanyang areas. Some of them fled to Batavia. Su Minggang is the leader of the Ming people here. In such a big event,
Unable to escape, we had to resettle our compatriots first, which was a delay.
After some time passed and he was about to return to Daming, the second accident happened again.
The Dutch said that they had formed an alliance with the Qing Empire, as well as the Japanese countries, etc. The Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to handle it and would continue to be in chaos. They told him not to think about going back and to be the leader of the Ming Dynasty in Batavia and manage it for them.
The Mingren of Batavia.
Su Minggang had heard the news and knew that the wars in the Ming Dynasty had become less and less. The mood of returning fallen leaves made him decide that he still wanted to return to his hometown of Xiamen. As for whether there would be chaos in the future, he felt that he would not see it.
As a result, the Dutch still refused to let him go, saying that they were afraid that he would tell the Ming Dynasty about Batavia, so they directly detained him in Batavia.
This time, Governor Anthony of Batavia summoned him, which made Su Minggang, who had already heard the news, a little worried. He felt that the Dutch had lost the city of Geranje, and wondered if they would retaliate against them?
After all, the excuse for the Spaniards to massacre the Luzon Ming people was that the Luzon Ming people would serve as internal agents for the Ming army. Now that the imperial army is at war with the Dutch, do the Dutch also have Spanish thoughts?
After dealing with the Dutch for so many years, Su Minggang knew very well that these Westerners were all the same. The Dutch were not kinder than the Spaniards, it was just that the Dutch squeezed them more!