At the end of April of the eighth year of Chongzheng, the offensive and defensive alliance contract between the Ming Empire and the Spanish Empire against the Netherlands was signed in the capital of the Ming Empire, because the Spanish Empire ordered 100,000 24 flintlock pistols from the Ming Dynasty and required home delivery, the scope of the contract extended from the southeast sea to the European coast.

The contract stipulates that if the fleet of the Dutch Navy attacks Manila City, the colonial headquarters of Spain in the Far East, the Ming Empire is obliged to send the navy to assist the Spanish Army in defense, which is actually not a loss for the Ming Dynasty, Manila Bay is a good place, if the Dutch fleet does not exceed 50 super battleships, the Ming Dynasty will send a combined fleet to block the mouth of Manila Bay, and directly close the door and beat the dogs; If the Dutch fleet had more than fifty super-battleships, the Ming would send a fleet into the Sulu Sea to cut off their ammunition and food supplies with the cooperation of the pirates to see how long they could hold out.

The Ming Empire has obligations, Spain naturally has obligations, the contract stipulates that if the Netherlands sends more than a hundred battleships to the main fleet to leave the European mainland to find trouble with the Ming Dynasty, Spain has the obligation to send a combined naval and land forces to attack the Netherlands, which is actually not a loss for Spain, they actually want to clean up the Netherlands for a long time, but the strength of the Netherlands at sea is too strong, and Spain's invincible fleet has been repeatedly damaged in the process of the expedition to Britain, and the naval strength is far inferior to the Netherlands, But if the Dutch sent more than 100 battleships, their navy would basically be more than half, and in that case, the Spanish navy would have the upper hand and take the opportunity to recover the Netherlands.

In the contract, the two sides also proposed to jointly boycott the business activities of the Dutch in the southeast sea, resolutely not allow the Dutch merchant ships to enter the waters under the jurisdiction of both sides, and resolutely not send merchant ships to the Dutch colony to buy and sell goods, so as to completely drive the Dutch East India Company out of the southeast sea area.

Because the eighth year of Chongzheng was the year of Yihai in the Ming calendar, the contract signed by the two sides was named the "Yihai Treaty", which marked the official entry of the Ming Empire and the Spanish Empire, a traditional European power, on the road of cooperation, and also marked the official entry of the Ming Empire into the ranks of world powers. As a result, the Spanish Empire slowed its decline and eventually retained its position as a traditional power, while the Netherlands began to decline early, and a rapidly rising maritime power was doomed. These are all later words, so I won't go into details for the time being.

On the issue of arms ordering, the two sides also settled after consultation, the Ming Empire immediately organized production, and the Spanish Empire began to prepare funds, and the Spanish fleet that detoured from the Americas to the east will escort the treasure ship to directly send the gold and silver plundered from the Americas to the Nandaying Naval Division Base of the Ming Dynasty, and when the value of the gold and silver sent reaches 10 million taels, the Ming Dynasty will send a fleet to escort the arms to the Spanish mainland.

Zhu Cijiong attached great importance to the first voyage of the Ming Imperial Navy, and he decided to send 100 super battleships and 500 Fuchuan warships of the Beiyang Naval Division's fleet, in order to strengthen the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division, Zhu Cijiong also specially ordered the Dongda Construction Shipyard to build a new treasure ship for the Beiyang Naval Division as the flagship, and the artillery and military factories in the capital and Dongdaying also suspended the production of other weapons, and made every effort to manufacture Type 24 flintlock pistols and naval guns, and strive to complete all the naval guns on the 50 super battleships captured from the Netherlands before the Beiyang Naval Division set out for the expedition.

The Spanish envoy Coquian went back happily with the contract, but Zheng Zhilong was kept by Zhu Cijiong, because the content of the contract with Spain had changed, so the strategy of the Netherlands should be adjusted accordingly, Zhu Cijiong specially summoned Zheng Zhilong to the study to explain the specific matters of negotiation with the Dutch.

Zheng Zhilong is the first time to sign a contract with other countries on behalf of the Ming Empire, and that sense of glory makes him excited as if he has drunk the elixir and jade liquid, and he walks lightly these days, and when he floats into the imperial study and has not yet stood firm, he was almost thrown to the ground by Zhu Cijiong's words.

Zhu Cijiong originally wanted to analyze the current situation with him and then tell him the amount of compensation demanded by Daming, but seeing that this goods looked intoxicated, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but want to tease him, so this goods had just seen a salute, and before he could stand firmly, Zhu Cijiong said seriously: "The compensation demanded from the Dutch this time must be increased, you directly offer them a price, one soldier is 10,000 taels, 20,000 soldiers are 200 million taels of silver, if they don't have enough money, they can use overseas colonies to compensate, I will suffer a loss, Their colony in Java could be discounted by 100 million taels. ”

Zheng Zhilong almost fell to the ground when he heard this, he finally stabilized his figure, and then said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for your courage, didn't you force the Dutch to go to war?" Wechen I'm afraid they can't wait for Batavia, directly in Macau, and they will fight with Wechen at the negotiation table! “

Zhu Cijiong saw that the trick was almost over, so he explained: "The so-called sky-high asking price to sit on the ground and repay the money, isn't negotiation just to bargain?" I don't really want so much, just let them lose one or two million taels, can you talk to them slowly, my bottom line is ten million taels, and half of the extra will reward you. “

10 million taels, the bottom line! The emperor really thinks that this silver has been picked up on the ground, and he will reward him with half of the extra money, will people agree to accompany him with 10 million taels?

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but dare to say: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid Weichen can't do it, 10 million taels is not a small amount, and the Dutch probably won't agree." “

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, he couldn't tell Zheng Zhilong that the amount of compensation demanded by the Qing government by the great powers could scare this goods to death, in just seventy-two years, the great powers forced the Qing government to sign more than 200 unequal treaties, not counting the cession of land, the amount of compensation with interest totaled 1.3 billion taels of silver!

Now that Daming has won, he didn't ask for land cution, just asking people to compensate 10 million taels, is it much? He hated that iron could not be made of steel and said, "Is ten million taels a lot?" They have occupied Dongfan for more than ten years, and the money they have earned from Dongfan is not more than 10 million taels, and they will not lose money? If you don't lose, keep fighting, and fight until they pay, and you tell them that every time you fight, the compensation will be doubled! “

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Zhu Cijiong to suddenly make a 180-degree turn, and said that he wanted to avoid continuing to fight, but now he is so tough, he couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Your Majesty, what if you want people to really turn their faces, do you really continue to fight with them?" “

Zhu Cijiong was so angry, the contract with Spain was signed with this cargo, and he couldn't even see this thing, so he asked angrily: "Think about it, if the Netherlands sends less than a hundred super battleships, can Daming win?" “

Zheng Zhilong really thought about it, and then replied: "This, Daming should be able to win." “

Zhu Cijiong immediately taught: "Isn't this enough, the Dutch know that sending less than a hundred battleships will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty, and sending more than a hundred ships to their homeland will not be able to keep it, do they dare to continue to fight with the Ming Dynasty?" “

Zheng Zhilong said with relief: "They really don't dare, Weichen understands." “

Zhu Cijiong reminded again: "In case they jump off the wall in a hurry, can you find an excuse to take them to the Nandaying Naval Division Base for a walk, this time you bring the Chenggong and the Sun and Moon to the Nandaying, and put them there, so that the Dutch can take a good look, anyway, I won't need it during this time, and I will use it for you to scare and scare the Dutch." ”

Don't say that the two super giant ships are Dutch, he is a little scared when he sees them, now Zheng Zhilong is completely relieved, he patted his chest and promised: "Your Majesty, you just look at Weichen, Weichen will definitely make the Dutch vomit blood!" ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded with satisfaction and let Zheng Zhilong go back.

The next step is to design a new military uniform, and it just so happens that this time the Beiyang Navy Division is going to the European continent to show its face, and if it can wear a new military uniform than the European army, it will definitely impress the great powers even more. Zhu Cijiong wanted to tell them through the new military uniform that the Ming Dynasty was no longer the original Ming Dynasty that was complacent, whether it was military technology or army modernization, the Ming Dynasty was at the forefront of the great powers!

This new military uniform has actually been finalized in Zhu Cijiong's mind, but he can't draw that effect, this time Liu Ruozai has completely understood what Zhu Cijiong wants to draw after painting the clothes on Ke Kuian's body, isn't it the top with an open placket in the middle and relatively tight trousers, this is actually very simple!

Under the guidance of Liu Ruozai, Zhu Cijiong quickly drew a new military uniform, this military uniform is a bit like the Zhongshan suit of later generations, but the collar is a little steeper, and there is a shirt inside, and there is a big cap on the head, and there are a lot of belt epaulettes and decorative buckles, and generals at all levels are equipped with windbreakers, and the main generals are also equipped with capes.

Zhu Cijiong asked Cao Huachun to call the eunuch of Shangyi's palm print over and explained the renderings drawn, and the next day three sets of new military uniforms were sent to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Cijiong tried it one by one under the service of Qin Mingyue and Liu Ruyi, and Zheng Chenggong kept smashing his mouth next to him. The three sets of military uniforms are dark blue, dark black and crimson, Zhu Cijiong's little fresh meat is naturally good at any color, Qin Mingyue's phoenix eyes are obsessed, Liu Ru is face with peach blossoms, and Zheng Chenggong shouted vigorously: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this dress is so beautiful, give me a few sets!" ”

Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention to him, he was looking at the mirror to see the effect of the military uniform, glass has long been popularized in the Ming Dynasty, this mirror is naturally the silver mirror of later generations, it is very clear, just this kind of mirror, has brought huge profits to Zhu Cijiong, this is a new thing, a palm-sized silver mirror to buy a silver or two people are rushing to ask, Daming's silver mirror is already a well-known specialty, far away, continue to say military uniforms.

Zhu Cijiong carefully compared, the dark red is a little fancy, the dark blue is a little immature, but the dark black is thick and domineering, it is dark black.

Now Zhu Cijiong is not as hard as before to promote something, he directly set the new military uniform as his military uniform, and then wore a complete set of stylish military uniforms to Nanda Camp to inspect the circle.

After all, the people of the Ming Dynasty are used to seeing robes, and at first glance this new military uniform is still a bit awkward, but Zhu Cijiong's temperament, accompanied by such a stylish military uniform, a few more glances, will give people a feeling of Tra style, and the more you look at it, the more you look at it, the more you pull the style.

Since then, this military uniform has become the formal dress of the Ming army, because it is designed by the Chongzheng Emperor of the Ming Empire himself, this military uniform is collectively referred to as 'Chongzheng uniform', with the Ming army fighting everywhere, the armies of various countries compete to imitate, and even the people have set off a military uniform fever!