Cohen's mission was exceptionally smooth, after all, at this time, Mao Jue had already taken everything he wanted, Malacca in the west, and Luzon Islands in the east, just like two gates locked most of Southeast Asia in his arms, Taiwan has become a floating soapbox in the bathtub of the Ming Inland Sea, if it weren't for Cohen's visit this time, even the huge sea of troops commanding the troops on the Nanyang front forgot that there was still a city besieged by his own troops.

Without much difficulty, the Dutch symbolically compensated 1,000 guilders, admitting that it was evil and stupid to fight against the Ming, and the huge sea ordered the passage to go.

In history, when Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, he besieged the city of Gelansha for nearly a year, but this time, the Beiming Dynasty besieged it for two years and two months, and the Beiming royal fleet blocked in Luermen gave way to the sea.

In two years, the food in the castle had already been eaten, but fortunately, the Ming army did not besiege the city to death, and they were allowed to fish in the bay or something, otherwise a year ago, these thousands of Dutch would have starved to death.

Even so, more than 1,000 people have died from diseases caused by nutritional imbalances.

Food is not the deadliest, the deadliest is the all-pervasive despair! These thousands of them seemed to be trapped in the ocean of the Ming Dynasty, they couldn't see reinforcements, they couldn't see hope, they couldn't even see death, the Ming army didn't attack the city, they didn't surrender, they just surrounded it, and even the city of Geranza was sent to ask for surrender, and the answer they gave was to ask for instructions from their superiors, if it weren't for the fact that Christians were not allowed to commit suicide, Vanderbilt even suspected that he would have shot himself in the head a long time ago.

Luckily, it's all over.

He even refused the invitation of Tian Tao, the governor of Taiwan in the Ming Dynasty, to practice the banquet, and when the Golden Deer, which was sent by the Dutch East India Company to pick up the expatriates, and the East India sailed into the port, Vanderbilt was the first to climb onto the deck with both hands and feet.

As the sun set, the tricolor flag representing the East India Company was slowly lowered, and the golden dragon flame flag representing the Ming Empire was slowly raised, standing on the deck, holding a glass of wine that had been absent for more than a year, Vanderbilt couldn't help but hum happily goodbye to the white gloves.

"There will be no time in the future, Taiwan!"

It is estimated that after these two years of siege, he never wants to go back here!

Reckless like a young man, to celebrate his escape from death, but if Vanderbilt has heard an old Chinese saying: "If things don't go as planned, nine times out of ten!" I guess he doesn't have the heart to be frivolous.

Just when the gentleman of Vanderbilt was bidding farewell to the place where he had fought, the footsteps behind him rang out heavily, and he turned back a little drunk, but the captain of the Golden Deer, who came to pick him up, was wearing a uniform and wearing several medals, and one was also bearded, and his old face was full of solemnity and a little dull.

"Cheers to the end of the war, gentleman!"

With his glass in his hand, Vanderbilt toasted in a high-spirited voice, and the relaxed smile spread the wrinkles on his old face.

I don't know if it's because I can't smile by nature or what, but the smile that Demploo put out is like two random lines of dough drawn by his hand, stiff and dull, and he also took a glass of wine from the round tray, and the captain of the Golden Tag raised his glass in response, but the words he said made Vanderbilt wake up.

"Cheers to the fact that the war has just begun, Your Excellency!"

The crystal glass, which was still half a glass of wine, slid to the ground with a bang, and was stunned for a few seconds before Vanderbilt came back to his senses, grabbed Dempludo by the collar, and roared hoarsely: "Is the board crazy?" ”

"We are under the eyelids of Daming! How many troops did the Ming Emperor have? Lakh? Half a million, how many troops did the entire East India Company have? Twenty thousand!"

"I want to see Sir Cohen, and this plan must be cancelled!"

"Calm down, Your Excellency!"

Dragged by the collar, Dempredo didn't resist, anyway, he was more than twenty years younger than Vanderbilt, and he didn't care about this old man, he lowered his head slightly, and the officer of the young Zhuang faction said contemptuously.

"Sir Cohen has returned to Rotterdam, as for your appointment, you can choose the Governor of Port Galman, or the Governor of Butcher's Bay, I heard that Butcher's Bay is in the South Pacific, very far from Daming, but next to a group of cannibalistic Maori, I believe that Your Excellency is so good neighborly and friendly, you will definitely like these new neighbors, right?"

Listening to the aggressive words of this young man, Vanderbilt couldn't help but let go of his fist, and took a step back for a while, then he flicked his sleeves violently and roared viciously: "You must have been bewitched by the devil, and sooner or later you will go to hell!" ”

Putting aside the cruel words, Vanderbilt hummed and hurriedly walked towards the back cabin, looking at the back of the gray-haired old man, and when he turned around to look at the city of Geranza, which was gradually moving away, Dempludo's round monkey eyes could not help revealing a provocative look, and the election raised the goblet in his hand high, and drank the red wine in the glass with a grunt.

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North, Tianjin.

As a heavy port of Beijing, Mao Jue here with more thoughts than the Beijing Division, from the beginning of the Central Plains, until now the construction here has not stopped, Xu Lei railway separately branched out, from here straight into Jinmen, the tidal flat to the sea traveled about a mile, that is like the construction of Dujiangyan, a large amount of investment in the sea of a large amount of concrete, and then paved on the port was built, here is a deep-water port built by artificial living, so that large sailing ships no longer need to dock on the shallow seaside, relying on the flat-bottomed sand boat to unload again and againBoth efficiency and safety have been greatly improved.

Now, in the port that is still under construction to the south, it is particularly lively, celebrities from all walks of life in Beijing have come to a whole basket, which is rare on weekdays, the kind of exquisite four-wheeled carriage painted with smooth black and red paint, and the exquisite four-wheeled carriage with the feeling of the sedan of later generations is densely parked in a whole parking lot, wearing robes, wearing mink hats, wearing new long dresses, holding a big-brimmed hat with feathers, and courtesans holding a fan and fanning, the prosperous and lively are not lost to the Shanghai Beach that rose in the late Qing Dynasty in later generations.

However, such a large group of upper-class people are not here to catch the ball, and the headline of today's Imperial Capital Daily, the three imperial battleships including the Dragon King of the North Sea are returning today!

Even if Mao Jue is in Jingang, of course, he is one level higher than those celebrities below, on the edge of the port, the Imperial Hotel specially built by the Ministry of Industry is considered to be the fifth floor of the high-rise building in this era, Mao Jue is slightly excited and slightly depressed Holding up the telescope and looking into the sea.

The others were still looking out to sea like the high-necked goose, and here he saw the mighty sails of three huge sailing ships.

No wonder Mao Jue is depressed, since the ninth year of Chongzhen, Mao Jue will send expedition ships to the east every year to explore the route to the New World, but I don't know if it is the impact of this Xiaoice period, the northern route is particularly cold and difficult, for a full eleven years, even the missing and sunken ships broke a full six ships, and the number of dead and injured was almost a thousand, which opened up this Mao Jue's seemingly simplest North Pacific route.

The Age of Discovery, it is indeed an era of taking money and fighting with the sky.

But the good thing is that investment is paying off now, money

Last year, the Imperial fleet had already opened the Bering Strait, sailed south along Alaska, and finally stopped in the warm area of a large offshore island to establish its first colony.

If Mao Jue guessed correctly, that area should be the third largest city in Canada in the later generations, and it is also the city of Vancouver, which has a large number of Chinese, and a little further south, it will be the United States in the later generations.

However, the name Vancouver was destined to be lost in history in this time and space, and the commander of the Imperial Fleet, who was in charge of overseas exploration, named this place Maple Gully because the ground was full of maple trees.

These places are too far to the northwest, even the old colonial empire Spain and the emerging Netherlands have not arrived, and the good meal is not afraid of being late, although at this time, whether it is Britain or France, they have already circled a large number of colonies on the east coast of North America, and France also called North America New France in a bullish manner, but anyway, this feast of crows that carved up the new world, the Ming Dynasty also caught up.

The three ships of the Beihai Dragon King also sailed last year, carrying a total of more than 800 refugees from the Central Plains, 300 Jurchens recruited from the Northeast, 500 Li Koreans, and 500 Japanese people to settle and build in the new colony.

The boat creaked to the shore, with the naming of the first mate, several sailors wore the neat blue cotton armor of the Ming Navy, carried a brand-new flintlock pistol on their shoulders, and strode down the ship ladder with meteor steps.

But Mao Jue, who watched this scene, put down the binoculars suddenly, history is really a little girl dressed up by others, who has traveled long distances at sea for more than two months, and has to do manual work in fear, even if it is a beautiful man, he has to become a sloppy man with a scruffy beard.

Before docking at the port of Tianjin, the expeditionary force rested for a week at the Lutundao military port in the north, threw the officers and men of the expeditionary force into the bathhouse and soaked them for three or four days, and almost did not pickle them with soap and spices. I chose dozens of tall and mighty handsome guys to fill the team to fill the scene, and now I am at the forefront.

Of course, Mao Jue did not treat the warriors who were born and died for him, although he did not have the opportunity to receive this glory, but the bonus given to them by Mao Jue was doubled.

This is the public image of the scene in front of you!

To be honest, Mao Jue used to look down on such a face-saving project, thinking that it was purely a waste of money, but now, he has realized that he is in power, and the face-saving project is really not a loss, so let's take it now! If you are the boss, invest in a group of idol groups with great spirit and, or a group of beggars with long beards, smelly and sloppy, and go away with scum, and then lose their breath?

This toss was really not in vain, even the rich people in the Beijing Division, the ladies who sprayed incense leaned over with interest, and a large group of reporters rushed to hand over the microphone, and the scene was very enthusiastic for a while.

This trip is important, Mao Jue brought all his cabinet members to Quan, except for Song Xiance, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, who affected the image of the empire, these ancient beautiful men did not fall, looking at this scene, Mao Jue also turned around and smiled easily, and tilted his head to the bottom.

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