Volume 13 Chapter 11 The Netherlands Slips Away
Zheng Zhilong didn't care about facing Fan Mendi, in fact, he was still a little worried in his heart, he knew how powerful the European powers were, a Netherlands couldn't do anything to the Ming Dynasty, but with a strong country like Britain or France, it would be difficult to say.
After sending Fan Mendi away, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly ran over to report to Zhu Cijiong.
After listening to Zheng Zhilong's retelling, Zhu Cijiong also chuckled in his heart, it seemed that the European powers did not know that Spain had decided to give up the peace talks and was ready to continue fighting.
Also, the European powers actually have the intention of joining forces to deal with the Ming Empire, which does not exist in history, in history they overthrew the Habsburg dynasty and tore their faces and began to grab territory around the world, because at that time there was no Ming This powerful threat at all, now because of their own appearance, the Ming has become extremely powerful, and the European continental powers have become united, headache!
Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and immediately shouted to the door: "Cao Huachun." “
Cao Huachun entered in response, knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Weichen is here." “
Zhu Cijiong said loudly: "Spread my will, so that the Dongda Construction Shipyard will speed up the progress, and be sure to make fifty super battleships sent to the European continent within half a month." “
He originally planned to arrange for someone to send fifty super battleships to the European continent after the New Year, because the contract signed with Spain was calculated from May, and it was just right to send it after the New Year, but now it seems that it must be sent as soon as possible, so that the European powers know Spain's intention to continue to fight as soon as possible, and they are worried about how to curb the development of the Ming Dynasty all day long.
Of course, Spain was provided with sail battleships, and ships were now the killer weapon of the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to let the European powers master it too early.
Cao Huachun went as ordered, but Zheng Zhilong asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, is this Annan still fighting?" “
Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "Fight, why don't you fight, everything is according to the original plan, you hurry up and prepare." “
When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he did not retreat immediately, but asked worriedly: "Then what if the Dutch interfere?" “
Zhu Cijiong said indignantly: "Then even fight them together!" “
Seeing that the emperor was going crazy, Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to ask anymore, and hurriedly bowed down and retired, if he dared to ask again, it was estimated that the emperor would even beat him together!
Zhu Cijiong is indeed a little angry, the great powers are the most disgusting, if they can't beat it, they call friends and friends, just like hooligans fighting in a group.
He suppressed his anger, thought about it carefully, and asked Huang Daozhou to be called in, and asked him to immediately arrange for a few Shuoru to go to Siam, Champa and even Donghu to proclaim the decree.
He originally planned to slowly clean up the Nanyang countries, but now it seems that the progress must be accelerated, and the Netherlands has already put their hands in, and if he doesn't hurry up, I'm afraid the great powers will have to intervene.
Fan Mendi was also very angry at this time, Zheng Zhilong's attitude was clear and he didn't take them into account, which was simply too arrogant.
However, after returning to the sea, looking at the Ming warship on the opposite side, he calmed down again, there was no way, with the warship in his hand now, he couldn't beat the navy of the Ming Empire at all.
He thought about it for a moment and ordered the fleet to immediately return to the port of Haiphong in Annam, where the Zheng clan was still waiting for news from him.
Along the way, he was thinking about whether to help Annan resist the invasion of the Ming Empire, his own fleet, plus the warships deployed by the East India Company in Batavia, could gather a total of about 100 super battleships, as well as more than 300 small warships and armed merchant ships.
This point of battleship to hold Batavia may be barely enough, but it is far from enough to start a war with Daming in the waters near Annam, there are no less than a hundred super battleships he saw in the waters near Siming Mansion alone, and there are no less than a thousand other small and medium-sized warships, he can't beat this navy alone, not to mention that there is still the main naval force of the Ming Empire in the Strait of Malacca!
He finally decided, forget it, hurry up, in case the Ming Empire has a surprise attack like last time, then his fifty super battleships and more than 20,000 subordinates will be captured again!
Annan Zheng's side was naturally very anxious, looking forward to the stars and the moon finally looking forward to the Dutch fleet back, Zheng Jie didn't care about any etiquette, as soon as he saw Fan Mendi, he couldn't wait to ask: "Your Excellency General, what did Da Ming say, are you willing to withdraw from the army?" “
After listening to the interpreter's euphemistic relay, Fan Mendi did not show any expression, he said lightly: "The intentions of the Ming Empire are not clear. “
What does this mean, Zheng Jie was confused, and he couldn't help asking: "Then what should we do." “
Fan Mendi still said expressionlessly: "You can't always be wrong to prepare for defense, I will provide you with a hundred cannons first, and when the Ming Empire is really ready to attack, you will send someone to inform me, and I will send more weapons next time." “
Van Mendi wanted to slip away, but he didn't want to lose face in front of the weak allies, so he was saying so vaguely, a hundred cannons of the smallest model was already his maximum authority, and he would have to apply to the country if he had more, what would send more weapons next time It was just an excuse to get out, whether this weapon had been sent or not, and it was not clear who would come next time.
Zheng Jie heard Fan Mendi say that he wanted to give them a hundred cannons, and his eyes immediately flashed with fiery light, in his eyes, the Dutchman's cannon is an artifact, the range, the power, is simply invincible.
He even thought about buying hundreds of Dutch cannons, destroying the Ruan clan in one fell swoop, and then defeating Donghu and even Daming to achieve a hegemony, but the Dutchman's cannon is too expensive, it costs 50,000 taels of silver a piece, how much money can he have for a small Annan, he has only bought less than fifty in the past few years, and this time the Dutch will give him a hundred, can he not be ecstatic!
Of course, Fan Mendi is not a good gentleman, the reason why he gave all the cannons that can be called to Zheng Jie, is also to think that Zheng Jie can hold up for a while, so that they have time to invite the allies to deal with the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, after these cannons, Annan is not good, and it is not a problem to resist for two or three years, you must know that so many countries have united to deal with the Holy Roman Empire, and they have been fighting for thirty years, and they have not yet beaten the Holy Roman Empire.
Of course, I don't know how far Annam is worse than the Holy Roman Empire, but the current Holy Roman Empire has long been full of princes, and their emperor can mobilize more than 100,000 troops, and this Annam also has almost 100,000 troops, resisting a Ming Empire, two or three years can be regarded as a conservative estimate!
After Fan Mendi handed over a hundred cannons to Zheng Jie, he led the fleet back to Batavia, Zheng Jian looked at the dense cannons in front of him, and couldn't help but be ambitious, Da Ming, come on, with so many cannons, see what you can do to me!