At this time, Van Mendi was discussing with Robert and others, the senior director of the British East India Company, about curbing the development of the Ming Empire, and after returning from Annan, he sent a detailed plan to the country to curb the development of the Ming Empire, including supporting Donghu to fight against the Ming Empire, including contacting allies to form a Far East Combined Fleet to contain the Ming Empire's navy, and even capturing Xingcheng Port, recovering Formosa, and so on.

However, it took time for the local country to reply, and not long after he left Annam, Annam was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, so he urgently contacted the British East India Company and some large French merchants, preparing to give Donghu a little assistance first, so that they could withstand the attack of the Ming Empire.

At this time, the British East India Company had begun to seek to expand its colonies in India, and France also had the intention of establishing the East India Company, and naturally attached great importance to the suggestion of Van Mendi, the most powerful high-ranking official of the allies in the Far East, and they sent representatives to Batavia to discuss specific matters with Van Mendi.

There is a reason why Van Mendi is so active, he tried everything he can, paid a huge price, from a failed admiral, to become the governor of Batavia, if he does not make a little more achievements this time, his life will be over.

However, the development of the Dutch East India Company in recent years is not satisfactory, due to the Ming Empire captured Formosa, monopolized the trade between Dongying and the Ming Dynasty, the income of the Dutch East India Company has shrunk seriously, from the previous annual income of fifty or sixty million taels of silver, to the current annual income of less than twenty million taels of silver, you must know that the Dutch East India Company can have thousands of branches, more than 100,000 employees, this income, can only be enough to maintain the operation of the company, like this, the East India Company will go bankrupt sooner or later, must defeat the Ming Empire, Regain the trade rights of Dongying and the Ming Dynasty, and the East India Company can come back to life, so Fan Mendi only wants to overthrow the Ming Empire!

Just as he was talking in the conference room, announcing his strategy against the Ming Empire, a guard outside suddenly announced: "Your Excellency, Major General Fandel has urgent matters to see." “

When Fan Mendi heard this, he suddenly felt as if he had been choked by the neck, and there was no sound.

Didn't Fandel escort the merchant ships of the East India Company to deliver goods, the farthest shipment was to be delivered to Persia, how could he come back so quickly, was he robbed by pirates again!

How is it possible, he brought more than 200 warships, if the pirates are so powerful, then how to do business, at this time the problem of the Ming Empire has become secondary, if it is not solved, the East India Company of the Ming Empire may collapse in the future, but if the problem of piracy is not solved, the East India Company will collapse now.

It just so happened that the merchant ships of the British and French had been robbed a lot recently, so let's discuss with them how to solve the problem of piracy, and thinking of this, he immediately said loudly: "Let him in." “

As soon as his words fell, Fandel hurriedly ran in, and he said anxiously as he saluted: "Your Excellency Governor, it's no good, all our merchant ships have been detained by the navy of the Ming Empire!" “

Fan Mendi was stunned when he heard this, it turned out to be the navy of the Ming Empire, what did they mean, he didn't need to ask, Fandel followed and explained: "They said that our merchant ships have pirate stolen goods, so they detained all our merchant ships." “

How can this be reasonable, they said that there is, Fan Mendi slapped the table angrily, stood up and said angrily: "Everyone, you have also seen that the Ming Empire has now become rampant to such a point, and it is okay to detain our merchant ships with just an excuse." “

After listening to the words of the translator, the British and French representatives present all whispered, and soon, they all expressed their support for Fan Mendi to find the theory of the Ming Empire.

What Fan Mendi wants is their attitude, let him go to the Ming Empire alone He really didn't dare to go, because he had heard that the Ming Empire lost tens of thousands of elites in Annan, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was so angry that he directly punished the nine clans of the Zheng clan in Annan, and it was not impossible for them to go crazy to take revenge on the Netherlands, so he was a little afraid to face the Ming Empire.

However, he had to go again, if he didn't get these merchant ships and goods back, the East India Company would have to close its doors immediately, so he took the opportunity to incite these British and French representatives, as long as they went with him, there was nothing to be afraid of, no matter how crazy the Ming Empire was, it would not dare to provoke so many European powers at the same time.

Seeing that everyone was expressing their positions, he immediately waved his hand and continued to incite: "Okay, let's go to their Nanyang Governor now, and let them understand that our anti-Habsburg alliance is not so easy to bully." “

After that, he took the lead and walked out, and the British and French representatives who were "angry" behind him naturally followed without hesitation.

Although Fan Mendi pretended to be angry on the surface, he was actually calm, if the cargo ship was robbed by pirates, then the game would be over, and there was no need to think about anything, it would be better if the cargo ship was detained by the Ming Empire, at least it would be able to come back, just to see how to get it.

If he goes alone, it's really hard to say whether he will come back or not, but if he brings so many representatives of the allies, the Ming Empire will never dare to detain his merchant ships again, and even, he can even put pressure on the Ming Empire through the allies to make them compensate for the losses!

In fact, these British and French representatives are not fools, the reason why they are so angry is also for their own interests, because the Ming Empire is too fierce, not only the navy is fierce, but also the business is extremely fierce.

Now the entire Far East is full of Ming maritime merchants, they occupy the geographical advantage, the transportation cost is relatively low, and even their production capacity is generally stronger than that of the European continental powers, so the market in the Far East is almost monopolized by the Ming Empire, and they are struggling to do business.

What's even more terrifying is that the royal companies of the Ming Empire, they not only participated in the commercial competition in the Far East, but even went to Europe to open a branch, and now, the trade share between the Far East and the European continent has been robbed by them of almost half, and this share is still expanding!

If this continues, how can they still do business, so they must unite and suppress the Ming Empire, just as they suppressed the Habsburgs in Europe!

Fan Mendi still didn't bring all the super battleships this time, but just brought a group of British and French representatives to his flagship, and let Fan Dele lead a hundred medium warships to protect him, and none of the other super battleships were brought, he was going to find someone to theorize, not to find someone to fight, it was useless to bring so many super battleships, besides, even if he brought all the super battleships, he couldn't do the navy of the Ming Empire, it was better to bring none at all, and it seemed that he was justified.