After hearing this, Anthony sneered and said: "If Joao IV dares to recognize the Emperor of Ming as his master, Spain can justifiably destroy them again!"
After finishing speaking, he rolled his eyes and said: "No matter what happens to Portugal, since we in the Netherlands are not willing to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, then we will take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty does not know the real situation, and use some tricks to make them stay here.
The Far East is too busy, so at least we must hold them back and give us more time!"
"How do you say it?" After hearing this, Kui was a little curious and asked quickly, "How can it cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty?"
After hearing this, Anthony turned his head and looked outside. He didn't find anything, so he waved to Kui Yi and said, "Come here!"
As soon as Kui heard what he said, he quickly came over, and then the two of them started to whisper.
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While they were plotting, in Haojing'ao, Guangdong, Ming Dynasty, there were Portuguese soldiers guarding the house of the Portuguese soldier outside, and two people were talking inside.
One of them was Du Quan, the Portuguese military commander in Haojing'ao. He eagerly asked the man in front of him: "Your Excellency, the special envoy, what do you mean by His Majesty the King?"
Obviously, the man in front of him was an envoy from Portugal.
At this time, after hearing Du Chu's words, the special envoy did not answer immediately, but just asked: "Has the Ming Dynasty really become very powerful?"
"Absolutely!" Du Chen unexpectedly asked a rhetorical question. Knowing that this answer was very important, he immediately replied seriously, "Actually, it is very difficult for me to imagine how the changes in the Ming Dynasty could be so great! Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is now
Everyone in the country believes that their founding emperor became an angel and came to the world to give guidance to the Ming Emperor. That's why the Ming Dynasty went from a chaotic world that was about to collapse to the most powerful in Asia in less than ten years.
country!”
At this point, he was afraid that the special envoy would not be able to understand, so he further explained: "Let's put it this way, if the Ming Dynasty is on the edge of our Europe, then the Ming Dynasty at this time, even if all the countries in Europe unite, may not be the Ming Dynasty.
The country’s rival!”
"Really?" Hearing such a clear explanation made the special envoy understand how powerful it really was, which also shocked him even more.
Du Chen nodded solemnly and said: "If you have stayed in this great Eastern country for a long time like me and dealt with them a lot, you will understand that I am not lying. People outside the Ming Dynasty do not want to deal with them.
, I really don’t know how big it is!”
At this time, Anthony, who was far away in Batavia, suddenly sneezed, but he rubbed his nose and did not feel that anyone was talking about him, and continued to conspire with Kui Yi.
Hearing Du Chu's words, the envoy looked at him without speaking for a long time, as if he was trying to decide whether he should believe Du Chu's words or not.
After a while, he suddenly said to Du Di: "His Royal Highness actually wants to agree to the request of the Ming Emperor and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. However, such news has also spread in the Netherlands, and throughout Europe.
All over. All the kings, nobles, and the pope, etc., all declared that they will unite to fight whoever dares to become a vassal state of the Ming Kingdom!"
Upon hearing this, Du Chu couldn't help but feel disappointed.
He knew very well that Portugal had just become independent from Spain a few years ago, and was worried about being counterattacked by Spain. He was begging for support everywhere, hoping that a powerful country would support Portugal. Suddenly, it faced such great pressure.
, then this matter must be pornographic.
Thinking of this, Du Chen couldn't help but said angrily: "They don't want to give Portugal a way to survive! Haha, do they think that the Ming Dynasty can't get in behind closed doors? Sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will seal off all the vassal kings.
Passed by!"
After hearing this, the special envoy asked: "Do you think that one day, the Ming Dynasty will really be able to influence us in Europe, how far away?"
When Du Tan heard this doubtful question, he immediately sneered again: "Why do you think the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted us and the Netherlands to become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty? He obviously wanted to get involved in Europe! This is not whether we want to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
It can affect the deciding factor of whether the Ming emperor wants to get involved in Europe! If there are no accidents on the Ming side and this continues, just the Ming vassal king going to sea will cause conflicts with Europe's overseas colonies, and sooner or later there will be a big fight
of!"
The special envoy listened and was silent for a while. Then he looked at Du Quan and said, "His Majesty the King wants to tell the Ming Emperor about the situation in Europe and implore the Ming Emperor to temporarily allow Portugal to be a secret vassal."
country, I hope the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty can understand Portugal’s difficulties!”
"Ah?" Du Chen did not expect such a reply. After the accident, he was overjoyed and said: "If this is the case, it may be possible. At least it shows our Portuguese surrender and takes into account the face of the Ming Emperor.
. Judging from the way the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty handles things now, he is not an unreasonable person!"
At this point, he suddenly remembered something, and he became even more excited and said: "By the way, if we show our kindness to the Ming Dynasty again and let the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty understand our sincerity, there will definitely be no problem in this matter!"
For the Portuguese, it is very frustrating to be in Europe now. Although they are independent, they are still in danger of national subjugation at any time. They hug France, but France is dealing with Portugal like a beggar. This is because France is harmonious.
Spain is at war.
In short, no one takes Portugal seriously. If this is the case, then don’t blame Portugal for being the other side!
When the special envoy heard Du Chu's words, he couldn't help but feel happy, and quickly asked: "How can we show our favor to the Ming Dynasty again?"
It would be great if Portugal could be protected from being besieged by European countries while secretly enjoying the benefits of maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty!
After hearing this, Du Chu quickly lowered his voice and said to the special envoy: "Not long ago, someone from Ming Dynasty came to our door and wanted to sell us the blueprint of the steam engine, asking for one million taels..."
Before he finished speaking, Te Te said with an exaggerated expression: "What is that? It costs one million taels. Why doesn't he grab it?"
In fact, he had heard of the steam engine, but the price of one million taels was so high that he even doubted whether the steam engine was made of gold!
Seeing the envoy's expression and hearing his exclamation, Du Chu quickly stretched out his hand to signal him to lower his voice, and then said to him: "If that's true, actually, this million taels is not expensive. You don't know
,How useful is this steam engine..."
Then, he explained the application of steam engines to the special envoy in detail, which made the special envoy's eyes open wider and wider.
After Du Chu finished the introduction, the special envoy said with a greedy look on his face: "If that's really the case, don't mention it. This million taels is really not expensive, so just agree quickly!"
"No!" After hearing this, Du Chen shook his head and flatly refused.
When the special envoy saw it, he immediately couldn't figure it out and asked puzzledly: "Why not? Although the price of one million taels is high, I believe that I can make it back in a few years!"
"That's not the problem!" Du Chen shook his head immediately after hearing this and said, "Listen to my explanation!"
When the special envoy saw it, he stretched out his hand to signal and asked him to continue. However, it could be seen from his face that he could not figure out why Du Xi rejected it so firmly.
He only listened to Du Quan sincerely explain to him: "You know, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not sell such good things. Therefore, the person who came to us to sell could be someone from the Ming Dynasty court who deliberately
Using this matter to test whether we abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty is a question!"
Upon hearing this, the special envoy asked: "Didn't he tell you his origin?"
"I didn't say it, but it was said that someone above me was able to get this blueprint!" After hearing this, Du Chu replied, "But you can't be sure about this, right? Therefore, I have this worry!"
The special envoy heard what he said, thought for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement with Du Chu's concerns.
Du Chen obviously hadn't finished speaking yet, and continued: "Also, even if this blueprint is true, someone in the Ming Dynasty secretly sold it, but do you think that after we in Portugal get this blueprint, once it is built,
I don’t know how China will react, but on the other side of Europe, will other countries abide by the rules and come to buy from us, or will they just come to rob us?”
"..." Upon hearing this, the special envoy was stunned for a moment, and then his face became a little ugly.
Obviously, he already knows the answer in his heart. Judging from Portugal's current strength, the answer is very clear.
In fact, not to mention the steam engine, Portugal's overseas colonies, whether it is Colombo, the Strait of Malacca, or South America, etc., are all being robbed by other countries, and some of them have even been robbed!
Thinking like this, he felt a little powerless.
Seeing him like this, Du Chu himself felt a little sad. The country was weak and was being bullied in all kinds of ways!
Of course, at this time, he had forgotten that Portugal was establishing colonies everywhere, not to bully places weaker than them.
For a moment, there was no sound of conversation in the room, and it suddenly became quiet.
After a while, it was Du Quan who spoke first: "Since we can't develop the idea of this steam engine, we might as well take the initiative to tell the Ming Dynasty about this matter. If it is a test by the Ming Dynasty court, it will prove that we are very abiding by it."
The laws of the Ming Dynasty! If it weren’t for the temptation of the Ming Dynasty court, even if we reported this matter, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would definitely take it seriously and have a favorable impression of us!"
Having said this, he paused and said with certainty: "In this way, I think the plan proposed by His Royal Highness may be approved by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! At least this probability, I think it is 9%
More than ten. Because apart from that, we have always cooperated very well with Mingguo!"