"Captain Farrell, in the north, that big ship, oh my God!"

On the Hylumes II, on the lookout at the top, a strong man with a **** upper body roared wildly, he was holding a monocular in one hand and a bottle of rum in the other.

It was a small, small, multi-masted sailing ship, small but nimble, and the captain was standing in the bow of the ship, and when he heard the watchman's shout, he immediately raised his binoculars and looked in that direction.

Sure enough, you can see that on the sea level in the distance, a huge sea ship has appeared, and its majesty is like a castle, which makes people marvel.

John Farrell was in Europe a few years ago, and he once drove a sea ship parallel to the Sea Sovereign, and he admired that warship, but the Sea Sovereign is only 70 meters long, compared to the Liaoning at least 200 meters in length, it is simply a comparison between a giant and a child.

John Farrell muttered to himself, "This is actually true! ”

A few days ago, the captain of a ship returning from Japan to Batavia, howling in despair that the maritime supremacy of Asia was about to be taken away by the Chinese, was drunk in the tavern, but John still asked why, it turned out that when this man passed through a strait, he happened to be parallel to a huge magical ship, and he was frightened at that time.

He watched the ship heading towards Macau, and waved the flag to inquire, first introducing himself as a member of the Dutch East India Company that he was going to Batavia.

The response was simple, "Chinese, we will also be in Batavia in five days." ”

Of course, what made the captain lose his soul was that, as far as he himself said, the sea ship that looked like a huge castle was even faster than him!

John Farrell certainly knew what this meant, a bigger ship meant that it could carry more people, more cannons, and more fighting materials, and in the case of a battle at sea, if one shot was usually fired at each other, the larger side of the ship could have more strength to fight, while the opposite side was getting weaker and weaker.

And as the captain said, the terrible speed of the ship, twice as fast as his ship, soon disappeared, it was like a ghost, but there were really living people on it, and they would stand on the deck, and wave at them condescendingly!

This is simply the most terrifying thing, in an era of sail maneuvering, the speed of the ship depends on the current and the direction of the wind, but the captain is conclusive, that is, there is such a huge, fast, gray sea ship.

At first, John Farrell didn't believe it, but the people on the ship all said in unison, and he was also skeptical, John Farrell was a Portuguese nobleman, but he didn't care about any money, but he was very concerned about China, the traditional hegemon of Asia.

In the information they gathered, this vast empire was vast and deep-rooted, but it was indifferent to or even foolishly abandoned the interests of the sea, but now, what the huge sea ships from the north meant, no one could have predicted.

At this time, the Europeans were almost as shrewd as they were in the Warring States period, and the degree of shrewdness and skill was breathtaking, and after thinking about it, I probably knew that if there really was such a ship, it was indeed possible to arrive in Batavia after turning a corner and leaving for Macao, in just a few days, that is, it would soon arrive.

And why other sea vessels, have not yet found out about this matter, can also easily explain, this ship is too fast! So much so that the ships they met were left behind, and they couldn't catch up at all, so they could only be questioned afterwards.

Over the past year, they have received intermittent news of the change in the situation in China, although the news is mixed with countless chaos, but it is indeed changing, and some of the goods that have flowed into their hands also speak for themselves, John Farrell even saw a bicycle that Zheng Zhilong gave to the Governor as a gift, and was ridden around by the Governor's youngest son.

John Farrell was an adventurer, not one of the East India Company's money-only creatures, so he set sail and headed for the channel to see if there was such a ship.

Sure enough, there is.

There was more fanaticism in his eyes, and he looked much younger from years of sailing, the ship was too big, a completely different style than the Sea Sovereign, but the streamlined design was easier to drain, and there was nothing wrong with that.

And the speed was indeed very fast, John Farrell just wanted to order the ship to come over, but found that at his own speed, when he passed, the people had already crossed at a very fast speed.

So he quickly turned around and threw out a big bend, barely approaching, and the closer he got there, the more surprised he was by the sheer size of the ship, and he could only tilt his head and watch the ship.

He waved the flag desperately, and the sailors on board went to the side of the ship to look at the ship, but at first there was no response, and it was not until a while later that a European figure appeared on the ship and greeted him.

John Farrell looked at all this in shock and weirdness, the legendary Chinese government wants to send envoys to Europe to establish diplomatic relations with each other, of course, as a Portuguese, he naturally supports the Holy See, but what kind of impact this situation will have on the situation in Europe, no one knows, he is eager to get on the ship, at least contact these people.

But the people on the ship, who seemed to have no intention of communicating with them, slowly adjusted its course, and gradually shook off John Farrell's boat, and he could only see the huge splash of water rolling up behind the big ship.

sighed, although he was thrown away, he didn't care, stretched his brows, thought about it, and gave orders: "Turn around, let's go to the north, there must be very interesting people in the north." ”

Xu Hao returned to the captain's room, also looked at the ship, turned on the communicator, and said: "Boss, are you really not in touch with the foreigners in Batavia, I think they are very sincere, and it is not good to contact these local snakes." ”

"It's different, identity."

"What do you mean?"

"What is our goal?"

"No tooth decay, uh, well, it's a unified world!"

Li Xiangqian smiled and said: "It can't be said to be wrong, but since we are positioned as a force, we can't be too low, and if we want reciprocal diplomacy, at least we must directly talk to the central government of the other side, the East India Company, or whatever, there is no need." ”

Xu Hao thought for a while and said, "Wouldn't it be better to have a good beginning, at least there is someone to speak." ”

Li Xiangqian said: "This is different, do you think that personal interests, departmental interests, and national interests are the same thing." ”

Xu Hao immediately said: "I'm afraid this is different." ”

"Yes, it's different, just as many times, the national interest decides, a certain department has reached the moment of end, but that department doesn't want to be ended, so all kinds of indiscriminate means have come out, more recently, such as a certain department of the Apple mobile phone company, for example, there are many such existences, the same, the East India Company, or the colonial agents of the Europeans in Asia, their interests are by no means the same as the local principals, so to speak, the East India Company, It was when the local control over overseas was not strong, the feudal princes were just the feudals, and when the local became strong, the East India Company naturally entered the countdown. ”

Xu Hao thought for a while and said: "I understand, it's best for us to ignore the East India Company and start communicating directly with the British and the Dutch, anyway, in the long run, Southeast Asia must be eaten." ”

Li Xiangqian said: "It's good that you understand, when you get to the front, you don't have to worry about the passing ships, anyway, they will definitely not be able to outrun you, you must be the first to arrive in Europe, of course, Middle-earth can be replenished once you arrive in India, it seems that under the rule of the British, you can still eat beef." ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Okay." ”

Xu Hao suddenly said: "What if they send a fleet to intercept it." ”

Li Xiangqian said strangely: "Fleet? The weapon in your hand is 300 years ahead of them, is it a burning stick, sink it directly! ”

"Sunk?"

Li Xiangqian said: "It's sinking." ”

Xu Hao said: "Boss, we sank someone's warship, and let me send it to Europe?" ”

Li Xiangqian said: "Your delusion is that in our time, Europeans scattered and absconded all over the world, and even gathered in Shanghai a lot, their quality is not bad, their attitude is mild, although the native Europeans have been slaughtered, but the impression left on you is not bad, but in this Age of Discovery, for these Europeans, if they can rob, they will never buy, and they will never make friends if they can slaughter." ”

Xu Hao nodded and said, "Anyway, it's just a thief defense." ”

"I have the impression of such a case, there is a group of ** to travel to the imperial capital, pretending not to understand Chinese, robbing a supermarket, after being chased, beating the police, after entering the police station, they denied it in every possible way, claiming that the shopkeeper invited them, saying that they are noble Koreans and can take things casually, so, in the end, the shopkeeper compensated *** to these Koreans, you see, that's it, the bottom line is a little bit of a breakthrough, people pretend not to do it on purpose, take you a thing, if you are angry, you are a stingy ghost, How can this be, but once you give up the bottom line, then the ownership of all your things belongs to him. ”

Xu Hao said: "I understand, I met this kind of person when I was a child, at the beginning I borrowed something from you, and if I didn't lend it, I would say that you were stingy, but once you borrowed it, don't think about paying it back, and it will start to make inches." ”

Li Qianqian said: "Foreign exchanges must not show weakness, otherwise it will be unreasonable to retreat at the beginning, this point, we Chinese are too like a flock of sheep, always thinking about whether he will eat me, as long as he does not make mistakes, do not offend people, naturally the other party can not do anything to me, but for a group of jackals, the first thing to think about is, will he eat me, if not, can I eat them." ”

Xu Hao said: "This is the same as drying goods in Macao at the beginning, and then the fort was built, and I didn't leave." ”

"Yes, you carefully recall, the foreign policy of Europeans is actually very flexible, they will observe you like a beast at the beginning, after confirming that you are harmless, they will come to test your bottom line, today accidentally sneak across the border, apologize, tomorrow is to accidentally secretly take something from you, if you scold him, he will be very aggrieved strange, why is he so angry, loud, people who don't know the truth still think that he is wronged."

Xu Hao said: "What is the name of this set, I seem to like it very much, let's use it." ”

Li Xiangqian said: "Sausage cutting tactics, well, you want to learn, if you want to learn, I will teach you, in fact, it is very simple, it is four words, you have to inch in." ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Sounds a little interesting." ”

Li Xiangqian said: "Sausage cutting tactics, it's very simple, first of all, the haystack in the neighbor's yard suddenly caught fire, of course, this may not be your fire, but you always have to go over to put out the fire, well, the family went over with a basin and various utensils." ”

Xu Hao said: "Then you won't leave?" ”

Li Xiangqian said: "Of course, there is a lot of room for operation, for example, under the hard rescue of your family, the fire fighting work of the neighbor's house has been remarkable, and the fire has all burned up, burning all over the family, in that case, you can naturally bring tools to fight the fire, and take the opportunity to ......."

Xu Hao sighed and said: "Boss, politics is too terrible, you can be so yin, you ......"

Li Xiangqian said: "You kid, send you on the ship, it's safe, just come to me and tell you, this is one of the former Soviet Union's war readiness plans, which is mixed with psychology and strategic knowledge, not a child's house!" ”

"Wow."

"Let me tell you about it, at that time, the Soviet Union and Europeans threatened each other with nuclear weapons, the Soviet plan was like this, there was a riot in West Berlin, the fire spread, the East German fire brigade crossed the border to help, how humanitarian, the Europeans can't play nuclear weapons, and then, the police also came to maintain order, and then the soldiers, first the sappers, used to repair bridges and roads, it was also a reason, in this case, there was no reason to launch, but later, the troops would not go, and began to form a new government at the invitation of the local government, you see, The sausage cutting tactic is close to perfect. ”

Xu Hao's eyes lit up and said, "It sounds so interesting, I don't know how to use it on themselves." ”

Li poured cold water on the front and said: "Neither Cromwell nor Louis XIII is a good stubble, Louis XIII's son, dear Louis XIV is not a good stubble, do you think you can take advantage of them?" Do you know my hopes for you. ”

"Well, watch out for them?"

"Use more brute force, we are legendary barbarians, and it is naturally worth understanding to mess around, hehe."

(End of chapter)