Renovation mid-June, Nanjing.

After the complete conquest of Batavia, the remaining remnants of the Dutch East India Company finally could not hold on, and they began to actively seek negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the dispute in the South Seas.

It's just that at this time, Ning Yu had no idea of negotiating, and directly ordered the army to take the initiative to attack other strongholds of the Dutch East India Company in Nanyang, focusing on Malacca.

At the same time, after solving the Dutch East India Company, Zhu Yigui naturally couldn't hold on any longer, and chose to announce the annexation to Da Chu, and handed over his military power, as well as the land and population account books, and then together with Huang Chu and others, he came to Nanjing to accept the knighthood, and basically resolved the Taiwan issue peacefully.

Of course, there is no other choice in front of Zhu Yigui, after all, the Great Chu Navy and Army have already proved their ability to fight across the sea through the Battle of Batavia, and it is only a matter of time before they want to capture Taiwan.

After Ning Yu carried out the follow-up layout, he asked Qiu Ze, the admiral of the Great Chu Navy, to lead all the warships back to Guangzhou, firstly to send the remains of the martyrs back to China, on the other hand, to repair the warships and recuperate, and at the same time to sail the captured Dutch warships back to Guangzhou together, so as to provide some new ideas for the future design of the Great Chu Navy warships.

After experiencing this war, almost all the government and the opposition have an impressed view of the navy, and everyone has begun to truly agree that the navy can become a separate branch of the military, and no longer just play a role for the army - the most intuitive change is that a new batch of ships is about to be built, especially for the development and construction of second-class warships, which has become the top priority.

In addition to the slow construction of warships, the West often uses the term "100-year-old navy" to indicate the difficulty of the navy becoming an army, and in addition to the slow construction of warships, it is more that the navy is a high-precision and sophisticated service, and its requirements for the comprehensive quality of soldiers are much higher than the requirements of the army in this era, so it has a sufficiently experienced naval force? It's also difficult in itself.

"From the beginning? I don't believe in any naval traditions, and I don't think I'm a good navie? This time the battle of Batavia can illustrate? We can still win, and we can win a big battle! ”

In the auditorium of the Great Chu Naval Academy? Ning Yu was standing on the podium to give a speech, and in front of him sat thousands of newly enrolled officers? All of them have a look of reverence? Looking at the emperor on the podium.

Ning Yu's expression was a little excited, he looked at the officers under the podium, as if he saw seedlings that were thriving, maybe among them? Will there be the next Qiu Ze? Next: Xu Tonglong.

"Although the battle of Batavia has been won, we should not be satisfied, especially I, we will never be satisfied that our warships are all old-fashioned small and medium-sized ships, and we will never want our warriors to use their lives to win a trace of life!"

"We're going to build more warships? Not just a third-class battleship, but also a second-class battleship? Even a first-class battleship can be built! ”

"One day, you won't have to be wronged like your predecessors? will only set sail on a larger warship and become the master of the entire South Seas and even the entire ocean! ”

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Da Chu! ”

"Long live the Great Chu Navy!"

A series of cheers and applause instantly detonated the entire auditorium? Thousands of soldiers instantly stood up and saluted? Maybe they're just students now? Never lost the heart of a warrior.

After giving a speech at the Great Chu Naval Academy, Ning Yu's speech quickly became a hot spot in the country of Great Chu under the publicity of the newspapers, and everyone was cheering loudly for the great victory achieved by Great Chu, while a small number of people smelled something different from the speech.

Since the founding of the Great Chu, it has always been the ultimate goal of expelling the Tatars and restoring China, but when this goal was basically completed, the Great Chu expanded the north and south, especially after this war with the Russians and the Dutch, everyone found that there were three roads in front of them, which was to go north? Or south? Or do you choose to stop?

Of course, most of the people who think that they need to stop are some sour Confucians, and they have almost no right to speak in front of the Xungui group and the Chamber of Commerce that have begun to taste the benefits of the war, so what the big guys really care about is two questions, that is, whether to continue to fight with the Russians or continue to make a fortune in Nanyang?

However, this problem is not a real problem, because in the hearts of most people, it is more reliable to go south. After all, if you fight with the Russians, you can only get a large area of desolate land with no grass and face the effects of extremely cold weather, while in the south, you can get a lot of fertile land, a large number of cheap labor, and countless rare resources.

Just like when Ning Yu asked to fight the Russians, the big guys are all opposing the inside and outside, which is nothing more than a meaning, there is no benefit at all to fighting the Russians in a short period of time, and if you don't go, you won't go.

But when it came time to fight the Dutch, almost everyone agreed, because there were really benefits to fighting, and there was a lot of small money, and this transaction was not a loss.

Under the influence of this atmosphere, the southbound faction naturally began to raise its head inside and outside the court, and even a small staff officer under the Privy Council Staff Department ambitiously prepared an offensive plan, that is, first clear the Dutch stronghold in the South Seas, occupy Malacca, and then start a war against the state of Java, and after completely occupying all the land in the South Seas, further attack Borneo, and then finally sweep Southeast Asia........

It sounds like a very arrogant plan, but it has been approved by many people, and some people have even written a name for this plan, that is, the ten-year plan, which means that this great cause will be completely completed within ten years, and when it comes to the sixteenth year of innovation, it will be completely ruled by the royal road.

Therefore, when Ning Yu came to the Great Chu Naval Academy at this time, and gave a speech, he suddenly became incompatible with this plan, and everyone was speculating in their hearts, that is, did the emperor think so?

In fact, it doesn't matter if you think so, because after Ning Yu created it, the subsequent development will no longer be completely controlled by Ning Yu, just like Shen Honglie, who wanted to organize scholars to write to boycott the New Deal, but now he has gained a lot of benefits from the development of industry and commerce, if someone invites him to boycott the New Deal at this time, I am afraid that Shen Honglie will be the first to catch this person and report to the official - you actually dare to hinder me from making money, who will die if you don't die?

And Ning Yu personally opened the cage bound to the industrial and commercial world, and also opened up the link of raw materials-production-market through war, and bulldozed all the obstacles, at this time, the growth of capital and the boost of industrialization have made this monster begin to devour flesh and blood, if Ning Yu does not release it to bite people, then it can only eat himself.

On the contrary, when what Ning Yu did was in the interests of everyone, almost all of China worshipped him as the Holy Monarch of the Ages, like every time Ning Yu traveled, those cheers on the streets, whether or not there was a false component, at least a considerable part of them were sincere, because they all benefited from Ning Yu's rule.

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"Long live Your Majesty, long live Da Chu!"

"Long live the Great Chu Navy!"

At the British Embassy in Nanjing, cheers from the streets were also heard, and the sound of strong propagation passed through the obstacles, and then reached the ears of British Ambassador Pierre and French Ambassador Alfrey.

The two of them were sitting opposite each other at this time, and there were two cups of tea on the table in front of them, and in the more than a year of living in China, the two of them had become more or less accustomed to this oriental drink, and even felt that the more they drank, the more delicious it became.

It's just that at this time, Pierre's face was not at all relaxed, he frowned slightly, and said softly: "It seems that we still underestimate His Majesty the Great Emperor, his army was able to defeat the Dutch East India Company in such a short period of time, this is really a myth!" ”

The French ambassador, Alfre, looked indifferent, he picked up his teacup and took a sip, "But isn't this what we want to see?" ”

As he finished speaking, Alfrey had a slight smile on his face, but Pierre's brow became more and more furrowed.

In fact, both men knew in their hearts that the existence of the Netherlands would indeed affect the question of the profits of Britain and France in the East, but this question was not of great urgency, because the decline of the Netherlands was a foregone conclusion, and the Dutch East India Company could not have any more development.

Therefore, Britain and France will support Da Chu to fight with the Netherlands, but this is based on a long-term stalemate pattern, if under normal circumstances, Da Chu wants to completely drive out the Dutch East India Company, it will take at least three to five years to further expand its naval forces, before it can really fight such a decisive battle, and before that the two sides will present a pattern of stalemate, which is more conducive to Britain and France to seek benefits from it.

Of course, there is naturally a relevant basis for such a perfect advancement, after all, the strength of the Great Chu Navy was not outstanding before.

But everyone didn't expect that the Great Chu Navy took out rockets in this battle and won the crucial Battle of Batavia by surprise, and because the Chinese foundation in Batavia was too strong, it also made Great Chu capture Batavia in the first time.

For Pierre, this is a matter of concern, because although there are broad common interests between Dachu and the British, they are not without friction, such as the attitude of the two sides on the division of power in Southeast Asia, and the disagreement about the opium trade.

It is true that in Pierre's mind, it is impossible for the two sides to fight a war thousands of miles away, but the early rise of Da Chu has caused Britain to lose a lot of opportunities to fish in troubled waters, so it is still a little unwilling in his heart.

On the contrary, the French ambassador Alfrey had some thoughts of watching the excitement, after all, France is not stable enough at present, and it is impossible to further expand in Asia, and at this time, France is still at war with the Netherlands for the Altyn Bay, and both sides are about to fight their brains, and now the Dutch defeat in Batavia may be able to divert some attention.

If nothing else, if the Netherlands could send some of its own navy deployed in Europe to Asia, it would also be able to relieve the pressure on many French navies.

Seeing Alfre's attitude, Pierre was naturally still a little uncomfortable, he frowned and asked: "The rise of China is too fast, they are still at war with Russia in the north at this time, but they have the spare strength to win the war in the south at the same time, the connotation of this has to be impressive." ”

Alfrey laughed a lot, and then said meaningfully: "If you open the book, you will find that they have been standing on the top of the world for the past two thousand years, and even though they were ruled by the Tatars more than eighty years ago, they still completed the counterattack in the shortest time——"

"If it's a rise, but in my opinion, it's just that they've regained their place in the world!"

What location? Nature is number one.

Only the first is worthy of this ancient and powerful civilization.

Pierre's pupils shrank slightly, the British diplomat of this era had not yet seen the day when his country became an empire on which the sun never set, and therefore he had not developed the arrogance of being the first in the world, and he couldn't help but vaguely agree with Alfrey's opinion in his heart.

Alfrey slowly stood up and said with a smile: "Let's get here here for the time being today, I have already made an appointment with Lord Song and Lord Ning in the evening, and I still have some things to talk about at that time, so I will not accompany Mr. Pierre anymore." ”

Pierre smiled bitterly, of course he knew what the Frenchman in front of him was thinking, being friends with the strong was what a diplomat really needed to do, and maybe he could get some scraps to feed himself after the gluttonous feast of the strong.

It's just that Pierre thought about the two beheaded British merchants, but muttered: "It's clear that this is a country full of the light of civilization, but why does it still retain such cruel punishments?" And even hung their heads in front of customs? ”

Perhaps Pierre would never have imagined that this was Ning Yu's own oracle for these opium dealers, only in this way could all foreign merchants who came to China be alerted to do business well, but as long as you dare to sell opium, then this is your fate!

Of course, although Pierre didn't know the reason, he also knew the attitude of the Chinese people, they didn't object to doing trade, but they couldn't have opium - but when he thought of this, Pierre suddenly had a headache, he knew that the power of opium dealers in China was not ordinary, and these people were eager to popularize opium to the world, how could they be willing to let go of the big market in China? I'm afraid that after returning to China in the future, I will have to wipe my ass for this matter.