Chapter 68 The Coalition of the Western Empires The two empires were reluctant to stop fighting

Whether it is the Ottoman Sultan or the Russian Tsar, they all feel the feeling of being tied to the neck of the kiln gang people of the Ming Dynasty, and a lot of gold and silver are constantly sent to the Ming Dynasty, in exchange for the continuous consumption of firearms, they also know that it is not okay not to buy them, and the kiln gang people are earning silver at both ends. However, the threat they did not expect was that the Ming Dynasty had opened its business to both of them, and the kiln coins slowly began to circulate in their territory. In particular, those merchants who did business with the Ming Dynasty have long regarded kiln coins as hard currency. Because the kiln gang coin, whether in the Ming Dynasty or in their country, can be exchanged for real money at any time, and it is easy to carry. Especially after the opening of the kiln gang ticket number, they do business back and forth, and they don't need to bring the kiln gang coin, just bring a bill of exchange. Also, they used to go back and forth once, a year was not enough, but now the people of Yaogang have trains and cars, and they can run back and forth several times a year, and they will no longer suffer crimes on the road, and they will not worry about robbers and robbers. Therefore, the merchants welcomed the people of the Ming Dynasty very much, and they also spread what they saw and heard in the Ming Dynasty to all directions.

These businessmen are very adaptable, after the kiln people connect the telegraph and telephone lines from Istanbul to Ningde, they can directly contact the kiln gang by telegraph, and they simply send people to stay in the kiln gang, what goods are needed, send a telegram to remit silver, and they will buy it directly, and then hand it over to the logistics company of the kiln gang people, and ship it directly to Istanbul. Since they could not compete with the shops in the kiln hill for retail, they simply stopped selling in Istanbul, but switched to horse-drawn carriages in Istanbul and continued to transport their goods westward to Europe.

The Ming Dynasty's sales to the West were divided into two routes, the southern route was to Istanbul, and the northern route was to Moscow, both of which were personally grasped by Lu Chengxiang. The effect is very good, and almost all of the two roads are full of logistics and people. It was through these two trade routes that the products produced by the kilns flowed to the West. Of course, a lot of money also flowed back.

The whole West, while feeling the impact of the Ming Dynasty's goods, those Western powers that relied on bandit management to start their business, as Zhang Zhimu expected, are also beginning to brew a joint plan against the Ming Dynasty. They were unwilling to let themselves finally gain benefits in the Eastern Sea and were taken away by the Ming Dynasty. It is not their character to admit the humiliation of defeat.

After the defeat of the Furrons (Spaniards) by the British, the British were now the dominant powers on the seas, and their interests were originally within Indochina, as well as the Mughal Empire. However, they came into contact with the kiln gang people several times, but they were all defeated.

After agitating the Mughal Empire to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, the stupid Mughal Empire was defeated, and the British warships did not dare to leave the docks. In the end, Emperor Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire was suddenly blown up and killed inside the palace. The British East India Company's governor in the Mughal Empire knew very well that this must have been the work of those mysterious kilnmen, and they were shocked by their methods. Next, the Mughal Empire forces fought a civil war for imperial power. The powerful tribes, though they did not declare their independence, were in fact independent. Many kiln gang people went to various tribes to lobby and give money and weapons to support their independence. Several large tribes were almost all controlled by the Kiln Gangs. The British got the Yaogang fleet, and after occupying Java and Sumatra, they understood that the Yaogang people wanted to unify the countries of the South Seas. They know that they can do it with their strength, and they can do it even more with the culture of Oriental people. The British also understood that the Yaogang people would not mess up the Mughal Empire and would be finished, and they were going to establish their own trading base in the coastal port cities of the Mughal Empire. The British discussed it, and they all thought that it was better to withdraw before the kiln gang people came!

The British, with the exception of a few men and six, all ships were evacuated with men on board.

The Netherlands was not originally an independent country, it was a territory of Spain far next to France, but as the Dutch continued to grow stronger, they accumulated a lot of wealth, and controlled a large number of colonies, so they were unwilling to submit to the rule of the Spanish crown, and after continuous struggle, the Spaniards had to recognize their independent status. These Hongmaofan (Dutch) were the first to feel the power of the Ming Dynasty kiln gangs, and after they lost Xiaoliuqiu (Taiwan), the governor of the East India Company in Batavia (Jakarta) reported the situation to the board of directors and the royal family. At first, they reported that the kiln men of the Ming Dynasty could fight them with steam-powered ships without sails, and the East India Company and the Dutch royal family listened to them as an oriental joke, and at most they thought that the officials sent by the East India Company had made up stories in order to reduce their guilt. However, they also had to face the fact that their colonies were occupied. They gave the Governor of the East India Company an order to regain the interests of the kingdom at all costs. However, not only did the lost gains not be regained, but they also continued to lose ships and colonies. This prevented the Dutch East India Company from taking the matter seriously, and the company's directors, who had their hands and eyes, informed King William III of the matter. Because King William III was committed to resisting the Catholic hegemony of the French "Sun King" at this time, he had no more energy to take care of the far east, although the king also coped with a few words, to unite with other countries to deal with the Ming Dynasty in the east and protect the interests of the western countries. The king sent a message to the countries of the West, asking for a concerted action. But it didn't take long for the matter to be put down again.

The West was not the only one that was hit by the Netherlands, many countries that traded with the East were hit hard. What makes it even more difficult for countries to tolerate is that the price of spices is increasing every day. These spices are almost as indispensable as salt in the West every day. And these things are only available in the East.

Since there were no refrigerators at that time, fish and meat could only be treated with spices to avoid the smell of fish, and the meat-loving West could not do without those spicy spices. This is also the main trade goods of those maritime trading countries, and it is also a profitable and abundant goods.

With the continuous bad news coming from the east, coupled with the uproar of the people, all countries have to put aside their disputes and face the threat from the east together. In fact, at this time, the Western countries did not imagine that the backward country in the East would really pose a great threat to them, and at most they felt that they had encountered troubles that they had to face seriously. Because they controlled most of the large ships of maritime trade in the world, they learned that the Ming Dynasty Yaogang people in the east only had a dozen large ships at most, and although they heard that these ships were powered by steam and had very powerful cannons on board, they still felt that they were not worried. A dozen ships are almost negligible compared to tens of thousands of ships in the West.

What really unsettled them was that the Ming Dynasty had advanced westward to the Caspian Sea by land, and had defeated the mighty Persian Empire, which had to make it difficult for the Persian Empire to pay them reparations. Some Ming Dynasty firearms were sold to the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire at the same time, and the Ming Dynasty weapons used by the two countries were both defeated.

Contacts with the West at the same time, both on land and at sea, have forced Western countries to face this matter seriously.

The British King Oliver Cromwell was simply mad after learning that all the British ships in the Mughal Empire had returned to Britain, they had just defeated the Spaniards, the world's number one maritime power, and did not expect that the barbaric Oriental country would dare to challenge the invincible British Empire. However, the captains who came back reported how powerful and invincible the Ming Dynasty warships were, which still made him feel that he couldn't be careless. But it soon occurred to him that the king of Holland had sent a letter asking the nations to discuss and cooperate in dealing with the eastern country.

Oliver Cromwell thought about it for a while, and felt that it was still the king of the Netherlands who was clever, if everyone concentrated on dealing with the Ming Dynasty in the east for the common good, then the risk of each country was much smaller, and the strength was much stronger, maybe without doing anything, the ancient and backward eastern power would obediently surrender. Therefore, the King of England was the first to write to the King of the Netherlands expressing his agreement to unite the countries against the enemy in the East. The two kings hit it off.

At this time, it was difficult for European countries to reconcile conflicts of interest and religion, and the threat from the east became a reason for countries to temporarily put aside their differences and fight against the enemy. The proposal of the British kings, Oliver Cromwell and William III, to concentrate their forces against the barbarism of the East, was unanimously approved by the Western countries, and they all agreed to temporarily abandon the dispute and jointly deal with the threat from the Far East.

This is easy to say, but the study of who contributed how much, who had how much power, and how to divide the benefits after a great victory is endless. No one wants to contribute more, and no one will be humble when they share the benefits. The king's envoys and letters were constantly shuttling back and forth, each showing their ability to intrigue and begin to communicate and coordinate. At the same time, they also tried to reconcile the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, and the British and Dutch sent envoys to the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire respectively, explaining to them that if they continued to fight like this, both would benefit the Ming Dynasty in the East, and asked them to deal with the threat from the East together.

In fact, the Ottoman Empire knew that the Ming Dynasty was approaching its borders, and the threat was real. Not to mention the Russian Empire, which has been forced to cede the Ural Mountains and Siberia, this is their heart disease, but the two old enemies of the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, at this time, no one will agree to an armistice, whether they are dead or alive will have to wait until the opponent is defeated. But the British and Dutch suggested, they were still very interested, they all knew how big the threat of the Ming Dynasty was, and they really couldn't confront the Ming Dynasty with their own strength, the British and the Dutch wanted to integrate the forces of the entire Western countries, they could form millions of troops, and it was completely possible to defeat the Ming Dynasty in the East. But this is still a later story, they don't dare to offend the people of the Ming Dynasty now, and they still need the arms of the Ming Dynasty to support them to fight.