The eighth year of the Apocalypse, June 21.

Today is a sunny day, the sky is high and crisp, and there is not a trace of clouds in the clear blue sky.

In the morning, just over half of the hour, the huge moon harbor was already crowded with people.

Even the Qincha of the Southern Ming Dynasty came with a large group of people.

They were accompanied by hundreds of carts full of silver, and the momentum was enormous.

Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, each leading a large group of heavily armed family soldiers, supported on the left and right sides of Lord Qincha, holding their heads high and majestic.

It's just that the two glanced at each other by chance, and a trace of hostility flashed in their eyes, and they didn't hide their bad feelings with each other.

"Huh!"

This scene fell in the eyes of Lord Naqincha, and he immediately chuckled happily.

Between the generals, if there is a contradiction, it is good, I am afraid that they will be close, and it will be difficult for the Southern Ming court to handle them.

These two guys, in particular, are vicious pirate bosses.

Therefore, these two important generals, even if there is no contradiction, those big figures in the court will make them have contradictions, until the two become enemies of life and death, and they will give up.

On both sides of the bay of the huge moon port, there are fleets and soldiers of the Fujian and Guangdong sailors.

They were clearly divided, divided into left and right, neatly arranged, ready to give those Westerners a dismount according to the instructions of Lord Qincha.

This time, after Zheng Zhilong's matchmaking, the Westerners who reached a deal with the Southern Ming Dynasty were Dutch.

The current Spaniards, since they were defeated in the decisive battle with the Royal Fleet of England thirty years ago, have begun to decline rapidly.

And the tentacles of the English, who were just beginning to extend to the East, now replaced the Spaniards by the Dutch.

The Dutch can now be called the most powerful maritime country in the world.

They now had a fleet of about the size of England and Spain combined, and it was time to be beaten.

Therefore, the first bowl of soup in a big deal with the Ming Empire was undoubtedly tasted by the Dutch.

However, immediately after this big deal, the three Western countries will send representatives to gather in Manila.

The content of the meeting was naturally to divide the interests of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

This piece of incomparably fatty fat meat is now wanted by the three Western countries.

However, those wealthy families and wealthy businessmen who dominate the Southern Ming Dynasty behind the scenes will naturally not be fools.

They know very well that once those insatiable Westerners find out the details of their own foreign power, it is very likely that they will open their mouths widely, not to mention the sky-high asking price, and there is a considerable probability that they will take advantage of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

When the time comes, let alone going to crusade against Zhu Youxiao of the Northern Ming Dynasty, even he will be in dire straits, and the day will be precarious.

Therefore, with this big deal reached with the Westerners, it is necessary to give those Westerners a dismount while the soldiers of the two major sailors are there.

Soon, without making everyone wait for a long time, fireworks were lit from the beacon tower outside the port.

"It's coming! The red-haired Dutchmen are here! ”

"It's coming!"

"Well, with the advanced firearms sold to us by the Dutch, it's not easy to attack a small Shandong?"

"Humph! Don't rejoice too soon! Do you think those Westerners will sell us their best firearms? ”……

For a while, a large number of people standing and waiting in Hong Kong this month were all talking.

Especially the soldiers of the two great sailors.

Let's not talk about whether the weapons that the Dutch sold to themselves are good or not, how good are they?

But it's definitely much better than the earthen guns and earth cannons you use.

How to say, the weapons and ammunition traded in these are all new.

Even if it's not brand new, it's always refurbished.

It's definitely better than the foreign guns and cannons that you don't talk about much and have captured from Westerners' merchant ships.

In the midst of everyone's discussions, soon, a large fleet appeared at the entrance of the bay ahead.

As the fleets of these Westerners got closer and closer, everyone was finally able to count how many ships there were. Starting point Chinese

The fleet of these Dutchmen had dozens of large ships, and the galleons of Galen, which really served as battleships, numbered about 10.

In addition, there were 40 armed merchant ships, 5 round ships, 10 messenger ships, 10 carbules, 2 medium ships and 2 longships, with a total of more than 3,000 personnel.

……

"Lord Admiral, this is the Fujian Navy Division of the Nanming Empire, according to the intelligence, this Navy Division is composed of the largest pirates in the East China Sea of the Nanming Kingdom."

"They have a close relationship not only with us, but also with the Spaniards and the British, and they are equipped with a lot of our large-caliber artillery from Europe."

"It's just that their size is not so big, well, there are not so many messy ships."

"And now it seems that these sailors of the Southern Ming Empire have at least seventy or eighty thousand people, nearly a thousand large and small ships, but there are no professional warships like us, and they seem to be strong and capable in the middle, so there is no need to worry."

Captain Jan of the Erasmus. Peters. Reus said with a solemn face.

Reus was a member of the Royal Dutch Navy's Naval Academy, and with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he carried a lot of weight in the fleet.

Even Gomez, who served as Admiral of the East India Company's fleet, had to think carefully about his words.

"Lord Admiral, I know what this is all about."

Seeing Admiral Gomez's face, he suddenly became gloomy, and Huang Jianjie, the translator on the side, immediately spoke.

Translator Huang Jianjie is a Cantonese who once won the title of Xiucai, and his family is a maritime businessman, so he is a child of a small family.

After passing the Xiucai examination, his family fell into the middle of the road, so he gave up the imperial examination and began to run the sea route to do business.

Although he is now employed by the Dutch as a translator, his family's business is still controlled remotely.

Because of the support of the Dutch, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and gradually there is a trend of surpassing his parents, which can be regarded as a disguised success.

He is very familiar with the big and small things along the coast, and his eyeliner is also all over the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River, and there are not many things that can be hidden from him.

"Lord Admiral, the huge fleet of hundreds of ships on the right is the team of Liu Xiang, the new Admiral of Guangdong."

Speaking of this, he said disdainfully, "Compared to that Zheng Zhilong, they are more like a rabble, just a plate of scattered sand." ”

"If you want to go to war with them, you just need to be careful not to be surrounded by them."

"In my estimation, there are only a dozen or so plywood galenships like yours, Lord Admiral, and they can be beaten to the ground."

Huang Jianjie doesn't care if he is a traitor or not, anyway, he looks at those pirates very unpleasantly, and he can't wait for them to die.

His former family was in the middle of the road because several of his father's ships were killed by pirates in the waters near Manila.

"Well, too, the rabble."

After listening to what his capable translator said, Gomez thought that this was really the case.

Like his current flagship, the Erasmus, with three gun decks, equipped with sixty-four guns, the largest of which was the thirty-two-pounder Kofilin cannon.

This Kofilin cannon has a much longer range than the cannon of its class that now occupies the mainstream position.

The current cannon is suitable for short- and medium-range combat, while the Kofilin cannon is suitable for medium- and long-range combat.

Heavy guns of 18 pounds in caliber in the West will basically not be sold to the outside world.

In this era, although there are no so-called technical barriers, Western countries will not sell the real core technology.

And even artillery over twelve pounds, although it is not considered a core technology, it is not easy to buy.

On the one hand, it needs to be a hard relationship, but this one is more difficult.

Because the Ming people have a natural arrogance towards foreigners, foreigners naturally will not have a good impression of this.

On the other hand, it is extremely expensive.

Most of these caliber guns will not be sold and shipped to the East, so the artillery that can be bought in Asia is basically dismantled from warships, and the price is naturally low.

In addition, the cost is not low, these large-caliber artillery, now only Europe can cast, just to transport it will take almost half a year, not to mention the freight.

As you can imagine, how difficult it is to buy.

Two years ago, under Yuan Chonghuan's men, the artillery that seriously injured Nurhachi was only a twelve-pound Kofilin cannon, and it was already quite powerful.

Like his own flagship, as long as he forms a medium-sized fleet with more than a dozen frigates, he will be able to beat the current Guangdong naval division.

After what the interpreter said, everyone immediately relaxed, and the previous shock had disappeared, and the arrogant appearance of the Royal Dutch Navy had returned.

The huge fleet, under the guidance of several pilots who were driving two clippers, drove towards the large dock of Moon Harbor without delay.