In the thirteenth year of Chongzheng, just after the New Year, all the Ming merchants who did business in Goa and Mysore received a notice from Jinyiwei that the Ming Dynasty would start a war with the Mughal Empire, and all merchants were immediately prohibited from trading with the Mughal Empire, and violators were punished for treason with the enemy!

This crime of treason with the enemy is a felony among the felonies, according to the "Daming Law", it is necessary to connect the nine clans, as for whether the Jinyi Wei will deceive people, all the Daming merchants will not suspect it, even if they lie to you, what's wrong? Even if there is no such thing as a war, no one dares to trade with the Mughal Empire, Jinyiwei doesn't need a reason to kill people at all, and now people are very rare to warn you, if you commit it again, it is purely seeking death!

Besides, if you really want to go to war, then you can't hide in a hurry, people in troubled times are as cheap as dogs, if you are not careful, your life will be gone, and you have to have a life to spend the money you make, so all the Ming merchants have chosen to immediately stop all business with the Mughal Empire, and even the agents or traders of the Mughal Empire dare not see each other again, they don't want to be suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason by the Jinyi Guard.

Of course, the Ming court did not cut off their way of life, after the announcement of Jinyiwei, all merchants received a notice from the Ming Royal Nikxing Bank, all merchants can borrow a certain amount of silver from the Ming Royal Nikxing Bank with the notice, the silver taels borrowed are interest-free within one year, the meaning is obvious, the war lasts for a year at most, in this year, these merchants who do business with the Mughal Empire have financial difficulties can find the Ming Royal Nikxing Bank to borrow, the Ming Royal Nikxing Bank does not charge interest, Borrow money to help you get through this.

The merchants of the Ming Empire were persuaded to retreat in this way, and the merchants of Portugal are easy to say, these merchants are basically related to Schvera and Conde, these two bigwigs spoke, and they did not dare to disobey, and the Spanish merchants have basically all withdrawn from the Far East market, only the Dutch and British and French companies are not persuaded to retreat.

Zheng Zhilong and Shi Dahuo, as well as Zheng Zhihuo, Zheng Xing and other veteran pirate giants rarely gathered in the Nanyang Governor's Mansion in Xingcheng Port for a New Year.

The Dutch and British and French companies have been extremely proud during this time, since the combined fleet arrived in the Far East, the merchant ships have super battleships to follow and protect, and the pirates have never patronized them again, and the Mughal Empire seems to have suddenly become an upstart in the past few months, all kinds of goods have been snapped up as soon as they are shipped, and the prices are still slowly rising, this money is easy to make, they only hate that there are too few merchant ships, and the turnover of goods is too slow!

During this time, the most proud was the governor of Batavia, Van Mendi, since the combined fleet arrived in the Far East, the Ming Empire immediately stopped its expansion actions, and retreated across the board, his plan to contain the Ming Empire was unprecedentedly successful, and the performance of the Dutch East India Company has also risen rapidly in recent months, making a profit of nearly 30 million taels in less than half a year, surpassing any previous year.

He has won the big gamble in his life, he has made remarkable achievements in both military and economic terms, and he has secured the position of governor of Batavia, as long as he has accumulated enough political and economic capital, he will also become a pivotal figure in the Netherlands in the future!

Full of hope for the future, Fanmendi watched ten super battleships and dozens of large and small warships escort the treasure ships loaded with gold and silver and the merchant ships loaded with spices and other European best-selling goods out of Batavia, and then began to arrange the next shipment to the Mughal Empire.

To his surprise, the Jinyi Wei secret agent had already transmitted the information of the treasure ship to the Nanyang Governor's Mansion in Xingcheng Port, and the speed of the ship was incomparable to that of the sailing ship, Zheng Zhilong received the news a few days in advance, and the intercepted pirate ships and super battleships were arranged, anyway, they had already torn their faces and began to intercept the merchant ships of the Netherlands, Britain and France, what is the fleet of multiple treasure ships, people automatically send gold and silver to the door, don't be in vain!

Watching the Dutchman's treasure fleet slowly sail through the sea area in front of Xingcheng Port with a telescope, Zheng Zhilong's mouth was about to laugh, the treasure fleet dared to go through the Strait of Malacca, and the Dutch really didn't dare to provoke them when the Ming Empire didn't dare to provoke them, looking for death!

At this time, all the shipping lanes in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean were full of Ming sentinel ships, and the British and French merchant ships passing by and the super battleships escorted by them were all looted by the "pirates", and not a single one of them ran away, and the vast sea seemed to have become a paradise for pirates, and the merchant ships of the Netherlands and Britain and France could not escape the pirates' sack no matter how many warships escorted them, and the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg coalition had lost more than 10 super battleships and dozens of large and small warships without the knowledge of the Batavian side.

The Dutch's treasure fleet was unaware of it, and they were sailing the sea in a daze, not knowing whether to rush to the continent or to hell!

The commander of the Jumbo fleet this time is the fleet commander of the Dutch Far East Second Fleet, Rear Admiral Fandel, who has followed Van Mendi for many years, was born and died together, and was also a prisoner of the Ming Empire, so Van Mendi is quite important to him, and even such an important errand as escorting the treasure ship back to Europe has been handed over to him.

Fandel was still as cautious as ever, he was cautious from Batavia to the port of Star City, and when he passed through the Strait of Malacca, he always kept an eye on the sea around him, for fear that the Ming Empire would get nervous and intercept his fleet.

Fortunately, the Ming Empire behaved very normally, and did not mean to intercept them at all, and the merchant ships of various countries were seen in the entire Strait of Malacca, and the warships of the Ming Empire seemed to have disappeared, and none of them appeared in his field of vision.

After the fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca, Fandel finally breathed a sigh of relief, crossing the Strait of Malacca is equivalent to going out of the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean in front seem to be the world of pirates, and the fleet of the Ming Empire seems to rarely appear in this sea area.

In the face of ordinary pirates, one or two super battleships can beat them, and he can carry ten super battleships and dozens of warships of various types, even if all the pirates in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean are embraced, he is not afraid!

Just as he relaxed his vigilance, the sentry's terrible whistle suddenly sounded on the mast, and his heart trembled, and he looked up at the mast, and the sentry's hand was pointing around!

What does that mean? He raised the telescope suspiciously, glanced around the sea, and suddenly, his face became pale, and cold sweat couldn't stop flowing down his forehead, this time it was really over!

At this time, there were ten super battleships and dozens of warships of various types on the left and right sides and behind the Jumbo fleet, and there were twenty super battleships with hundreds of warships of all kinds on the front!

Although all the battleships that surrounded him were flying pirate flags, Fandel knew very well in his heart that this was definitely the navy of the Ming Empire pretending, and the meaning of their pretending to be pirates was obvious, that is, they wanted to tear their faces and fight directly!