"Your Majesty, the Dutch ships are strong and artillery, and there must be no chaos at sea!" Shang Kexi knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You useless thing!" Zilharang scolded bitterly, "Don't tell the emperor honestly what the battle was like that day!" ”

After the defeat, Shang Kexi ran back smoothly because the boat was fast and his boat was inconspicuous. In the next two days, some other ships came back one after another, and Shang Kexi counted them, and found that there were twenty fewer boats, and many of them were still large ships. It made his heart ache terribly.

However, this matter was not over, and the Dutch actually drove the fleet to the outside of the port of Jinzhou and faced the port of Jinzhou is a mess, but fortunately, the artillery of Wuzhen Hachao fired a few shots with the two 24-pounder guns, although they did not hit the target, but also forced the Dutch fleet back.

Shang Kexi hurriedly went to the table and confessed to Huang Taiji, who was still in Shenyang. Huang Taiji was shocked when he found out, because when did the Manchu Qing suffer such a loss over the years? He immediately ordered Shang Kexi and the blue flag lord Zilharang to enter Beijing.

Although Shang Kexi was scolded by Zilharang at this time, he knew that Jierharang was actually helping himself, and gave himself a chance to explain that the faux pas of this battle were not because he was incompetent, but because the enemy was too cunning, no, no, no, it was not that the enemy was too cunning, it should be that the enemy had a Gundam ...... A giant ship as high as 10 feet. This is indeed a crime of non-war.

"And a fart! After such a defeat, what else is there to say! Just cut off your head and hang it out to show the public! Dodor scolded that one of his favored minions had died in battle as a prisoner. That's why he hated this useless Nikan.

"Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles, old fifteen, even if you want to cut down this minion, you must first hear how this battle was lost, right?" Zilharang said that no matter what he said, the Tianzhu Army is also his blue-flaged men, and he has to protect it no matter what.

"Old fifteen, Zilharang is right." Huang Taiji opened his mouth, and then he turned to Shang Kexi and shouted, "Don't tell me honestly how you fought this battle!" ”

Shang Kexi knelt on the ground, and told him how he won a battle with the Dutch from beginning to end, and finally fell on the ground and cried bitterly: "Long live, the slave broke the military power of my Qing Dynasty, and the crime deserves death!" But the Dutchman's ship was strong and fast, and the cannon was fierce. After the minions came back from this battle, they thought about it, unless they could build a new ship, otherwise, the minions really couldn't think of a way to win! ”

When Duoduo heard this, he immediately jumped up and scolded: "You dare to confuse the army's heart, Lao Tzu will cut you!" ”

"Old Fifteen!" Huang Taiji shouted, "To be honest, Shang Kexi's command problem is not a big one. Though he is guilty, he is not guilty unto death. Zilharang, this slave is your man with the blue flag, take him down yourself, reward him with a whip, and let him increase his memory. ”

Shang Kexi heard this, knowing that he had passed this level, he quickly kowtowed and said: "Slave thank the emperor for not killing!" ”

"And don't get out!" Zilharang shouted.

After drinking and retiring Shang Kexi, Zierharang said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Dutch and the Ming sailors fought a battle, and they suffered some losses, and I don't know how the Ming sailors fought this battle. In addition, since Shang Kexi, the minion, lost this time, the matter of anti-smuggling at sea has been completely impossible, and now he can only intercept those smugglers on land. Longevity. Anointed bastard. In this way, it is much more difficult to investigate this matter. ”

Huang Taiji listened and said, "Ji'er Harang, I know that you mentioned this matter, so you must already have a plan in your heart, right?" You put your thoughts out there and give them a listen. ”

"Your Majesty, this battle between the Ming Navy and the Dutch, we can't inquire about it, but it takes some time to come and go. But I've heard that the Tessie merchant named Yuri has a deal to do with the Dutch and the Ming Kingdom, so he knows a little bit about it. Now this person was still buying goods for the return trip in Golden State, and he was also waiting for the news that we were buying cannons. I think the emperor may have asked him something here, so he brought him with him. Now he's waiting outside. ”

"Then let him in." Huang Taiji said.

Yuri entered the main hall and kowtowed to Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji hurriedly asked him to calm down, and asked him about the Dutch.

"Your Majesty, this Dutch East India Company is actually the same as a villain, but it is just a businessman. It's just that the business is many times bigger than the villain. The East India Company has always been shameless as long as it can make money. When it comes to trading, it has always been a pit if you can cheat, and if you can rob, you will not hesitate to be a robber. Recently I was blessed with the Great Qing Dynasty. Longevity. The price of the ointment skyrocketed, and the Dutch thought it was profitable, so they smuggled it towards me. General Shang led people out to fight smuggling, and in the eyes of the Dutch East India Company, this was to cut off their financial route. So it's not surprising that they're doing such a thing. ”

"I heard that the Ming Dynasty sailors also fought with the Dutch East India Company, and they had the upper hand, I don't know how they fought. Does the gentleman know this? Huang Taiji asked again.

"I know a little bit about it." Yuri replied, "A few years ago, the Dutch used ten warships to fight a big battle with the Ming naval division. As a result, almost half of the battleships were lost, and they retreated in disgrace. As for how the Ming Dynasty sailors fought, I heard that it was when the Dutch entered the harbor to hide from the wind, blocked them in the harbor with hundreds of boats, and then released two or three hundred fireboats in one go, so that they were able to win. However, in this battle, the sailors of the Ming Kingdom were also sunk dozens of ships, but the sailors of the Ming Kingdom had a great cause and could afford to lose. And the East India Company wanted to make money, and when it saw that it couldn't make money, it would lose money, so it naturally admitted it. ”

"These Dutchmen are really shameless." Dorgon scolded.

"That's what the prince said." "After all, the East India Company is not a country, but a large chamber of commerce. This chamber of commerce, the only face is whether it can make money, as long as you can make money, you have a face, and if you can't make money, you have no face. ”

"So, as long as we do business with this East India Company, and let him make more money than smuggling, he won't trouble us?" Huang Taiji asked with a smile.

"Starling......" Duoduo couldn't help it again, and Dorgon quietly pulled him from behind, and Duoduo closed his mouth.

Huang Taiji glanced at Duoduo, and then said to Yuri, "What do you think, sir?" ”

"Theoretically, yes, but the East India Company may have had more ideas. I heard that they are now making peace with the Ming Kingdom, and the Ming Kingdom may agree to trade with them, but there is still a bit of a dispute over some minor issues. Your Majesty, let me be honest, the Ming Kingdom is a much bigger patron than the Qing Dynasty. And the Ming Kingdom and your country have enmity. I think that, at least at this time, the East India Company probably did not do business with your country and offended the Ming Kingdom. ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said, "So Mr. Lao, please go down and take a rest." ”

Yuri went down, and Huang Taiji said to Zilharang again: "I think you have known what this merchant said before, what do you think?" ”

Zilharang replied, "Your Majesty, I think this Yuri is also a businessman, and he must want to monopolize our business, so I can't believe everything he says, but I can't disbelieve it all. We can send someone to negotiate with the Dutch, and there are also people on the Dutch side who can speak Chinese. In addition, if we can't talk about it, I also have an idea, and I don't know if it's feasible or not. ”

"Tell me about it." Huang Tai Ji Road.

"Your Majesty, now we have concluded that we have no way to catch smugglers at sea, not because we are afraid of the Dutch, but because we can't afford to lose a big one. So now we have to make up our minds on land. Therefore, I think we should simply move all the people from the coast to the interior, and no one will be allowed to enter the 30 miles along the coast. In this way, as long as we look at the port of Jinzhou, it is much easier to prevent smuggling, and there are only a few fishing villages along the coast anyway, and there are not many people. ”

"There's no way around it." Huang Taiji sighed and said. "This matter is settled in the first place. We also have to send someone to talk to those Dutch, after all, our current enemy is the Ming Kingdom, and we can't make trouble with these guys anymore. ”

"The emperor is wise." Zilharang said.

"Who do you think we should send?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Naturally, I sent a Hanchen." "I've only heard that the Dutch have Chinese speakers, but I haven't heard of any of our Manchurian dialects." ”

……

After a few more days, Yuri's ship left the port of Golden State, loaded with goods and silver. Yuri's deputy, Green, remained in the port of Golden State, and the Manchus had decided that they would prepare their own ships to transport artillery, so they needed a guide who could take the ship on a long voyage.

Behind his ship was a Chinese sailing ship, a ship sent by the Manchus, and Yuri was to take them on a trip to Jeju Island to make peace with the Dutch.

The representative of the Manchu Qing who went to make peace with the "Dutch" this time was a Han official named Gao Hongzhong, perhaps it would be more accurate to call him a traitor. Now he is on Yuri's ship, learning something about the Dutch.

"Actually, if you want me to say, you don't need to have anything to do with the Dutch, because they're nothing but smuggling now. Longevity. I won't do anything with you or buy your weapons. There are few of them, and they can't go ashore except for being a little more powerful at sea. You can ignore them. I don't understand what else you're going to talk to them about. Yu Rui said to Gao Hongzhong disapprovingly.

Gao Hongzhong just smiled at this, he felt that the Dutch might really not dare to trade with them in arms for the time being, but the Dutch were willing to sell Fu through smuggling. Longevity. As long as the profits were high enough, the Dutch did not exclude the trade of civilian goods. And this trade, for the Manchus, was equally useful. And more importantly, if a ceasefire cannot be reached with the "Dutch", will the proposed Qing ships to buy cannons still be able to get out?