Under the temptation of the candy in Joseph's hand and the saliva-filled of the Asian man, several daring children ran up to pick up the candy, peeled off the candy wrapper, and stuffed it into their mouths, and soon savored the sweetness of the candy with relish. () (net) |(8).8 (8) 1 (1) Z (Chinese) (text) .COM

Sugar was also a high-priced commodity in ancient times, so ordinary people rarely bought this "luxury", which was very popular with children and was a luxury gift during the New Year's holidays.

Seeing that the bold children were eating straight and smacking pleasantly, the rest of the children rushed up to take the candy from Joseph's hand.

Joseph immediately laughed when he saw this, and asked his men to share the candy they brought to the children, and stroked the children's heads with a smile, looking very friendly.

After witnessing the scene in front of him, Li Hongyu's face became more and more solemn, that Joseph was obviously deliberately releasing kindness, and his purpose was naturally to eliminate the hostility of the people in Jicoop Harbor, and he could clearly feel the pride from Joseph's laughter.

Sure enough, with Joseph's act of distributing candy to the children, the people on the docks thought of him very differently, and they all thought that this person was very friendly.

Speaking of which, China has been very hospitable since ancient times, and the ancients had a cloud that "friends from afar are happy", so it is easy to be deceived by some illusions.

Youlan looked at Joseph, who was kind to the children, and then looked at Li Hongyu, whose face gradually became gloomy, with a puzzled look in her eyes, although she didn't know why, she clearly felt that Li Hongyu seemed to have a strong hostility towards Joseph.

This is something that has never happened before, in Youlan's impression, Li Hongyu has always been very amiable to others, and it is the first time he has encountered such a hostile look.

"Let's go, the Dutch will come here more often in the future."

Li Hongyu didn't want to watch Joseph's performance here, so Xiang Youlan and Liu Bihua bowed slightly and turned to leave, when Chen Ahui told him the intention of the Dutch.

Youlan and Liu Bihua are not the kind of spectators who like to watch the excitement, so they immediately followed Li Hongyu, talking about the three-masted sailing ship with great interest on the way, and it was the first time for the two to see such a magnificent ship.

At this time, on the dock, Joseph saw that some children in the crowd wearing the same style of clothing did not come to get candy, so he whispered a few words to the Asian in civilian clothes, and the Asian in civilian clothes grabbed two handfuls of candy and walked over to the group of children.

"The Colonel invites you to have candy." When they got to the kids, the Asian in civilian clothes smiled and reached out and handed the candy to them.

After all, they have been studying in the private school for a while, so they already know some basic rules and etiquette, so they do not rush to ask for candy like other children.

Looking at the candy handed over by the smiling Asian in casual clothes, the children in the private school couldn't help but look at each other, and then swallowed their saliva and no one moved.

"It's candy, it's delicious, you see how happy they are." The casual Asian couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, he had never seen a similar situation before, and then pointed to the children who were eating candy and said to the private school students.

"Our husband said that the Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and we pay attention to 'coming and not being rude', and we have nothing to exchange, so we can't ask for these candies."

Hearing this, a teenage schoolboy looked at the Asian in casual clothes and said seriously, the gentleman in his mouth naturally referred to Li Hongyu.

"That's a requirement for adults, you're still young, you don't need to pay attention to this." The casual Asian was slightly stunned at first, and then said to the schoolboy with a smile, thinking that this kid was talking very interestingly.

"Mr. said that since I have entered the private school, I am no longer a child, I want to be the pillar of the country, and I must always encourage myself and not relax."

Unexpectedly, the schoolboy shook his head and said solemnly to the Asian in civilian clothes, "Since we have read the books of the sages, we naturally follow the teachings of the sages, how can we be bad because of our own selfish desires?" ”

After saying that, the schoolboy waved his hand and led the surrounding schoolchildren to run away.

The casual Asian looked at the back of the schoolboy in surprise, never expecting a teenager to tell such a big truth.

Joseph wondered why the schoolchildren didn't want candy, and when he figured out the reason from the casual Asians, a look of surprise appeared on his face, no child had ever been able to resist the temptation of candy before.

Then, Joseph sneered in his heart, disdainful of the practices of those schoolchildren, even if those schoolchildren followed the etiquette, they would not be able to resist their strong ships and cannons, and at most they would become cannon fodder.

In the afternoon, Li Hongyu knew the reason why Joseph came to Jilong Harbor this time, Joseph not only wanted to do business with the three major forces of Jilong Harbor and monopolize the maritime trade from Nanyang to Daming and the Japanese Kingdom, but also hoped that the three major forces of Jilong Harbor could send troops to attack the Penghu Islands with them.

Once the Penghu Islands were controlled by the Dutch, the pirates and armed merchants on Xiaoliuqiu lost the pressure from the Penghu Ming army, and they could do business freely on the sea.

Chen Adaa was very shocked when he heard the news, he never thought that these Dutchmen would come to attack Penghu this time.

Therefore, Chen Adaa hurriedly sent someone to tell Li Hongyu about this matter, wanting to hear Li Hongyu's opinion on this matter.

"It turns out that the target of the Dutch this time is Penghu!" Li Hongyu was also taken aback when he heard this, he felt that Joseph had nothing good to come this time, but he didn't expect that they would actually attract pirates and armed maritime merchants from Jilong Harbor to attack Penghu.

The Penghu Islands are located in the middle of the Yingzhou Strait in the west of Xiaoliuqiu Island, consisting of 64 islands, which are the key points of shipping in eastern Asia, and are known as the "key to the southeast".

Xiaoliuqiu Island was called Yingzhou in ancient times, so the strait between it and Da 6 was called Yingzhou Strait.

Because the harbor of the main island of the Penghu archipelago is surging outside the harbor, and the water in the port is as quiet as a lake, so the island is named "Penghu".

According to the literature, the history of Penghu can be traced back to before the Qin and Han dynasties, with the exhibition of navigation technology, the Penghu Islands gradually became a traffic springboard on both sides of the Yingzhou Strait, because of the good harbor, so it is a place for ships to dock.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, there is a patrol inspection department on Penghu Island for management, and in the early Ming Dynasty, along the system of the Yuan Dynasty, an inspection department was set up in Penghu Village, which was subordinate to Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian.

However, in the 20th year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu ordered the abolition of the inspection department and the relocation of the islanders to the mainland, the purpose of which was to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness to prevent pirates and pirates from receiving relief from Penghu.

Unfortunately, the result backfired, the Penghu Inspection Department was abolished, and after the residents moved inward, the Japanese and those lawless criminals at sea took advantage of the situation to occupy Penghu.

In order to exterminate the pirates, pirates, and armed smugglers along the coast, the Ming court restored the Penghu Zhai Inspection Department in the 42nd year of Jiajing, and went to Xiaoliuqiu many times to encircle and suppress all kinds of lawbreakers.

Once the Dutch take Penghu, then the connection between Xiaoliuqiu and Nei 6 will be severed, and Xiaoliuqiu will become a colony of the Dutch at that time.

The Dutch did not have the idea of attacking Penghu for the first time, and the Dutch wanted to capture Penghu in the 30th year of Wanli, but unfortunately he miscalculated the strength of the Ming army, and thought that the Ming Dynasty was as vulnerable as the natives of the overseas colonies they conquered.

As a result, the Dutch tasted a heavy blow from the Ming Empire, and Ming Tingxun organized troops to counterattack, causing the Dutch to flee in defeat.

However, the huge commercial interests made the Dutch always have a grudge against Penghu, and secretly planned a second attack on Penghu, and then controlled the sea route from Nanyang to the Ming and Wa kingdoms.

According to historical records, at the end of the 15th century, Amsterdam in the Netherlands replaced Hamburg in Germany as the distribution center of Asian spices, pepper and cane sugar in Northern Europe.

This, combined with Amsterdam's tolerance of different religious beliefs, attracted an influx of capital and gradually became a financial and credit center in Europe, laying the foundation for the future financing of its fleet.

By the 17th century, the Dutch fleet had already made expeditions to various countries around the world to do business, so it became known as the "coachman of the sea".

Because the European market was in high demand for Ming raw silk and porcelain, its trade was very profitable, so the Dutch tried their best to establish contact with the Ming.

In fact, long before the first battle of Penghu between the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch, the Dutchman Van Neck led two ships to Macao for trade matters.

Although the tax envoy sent by the Ming court to Macao summoned Van Niek to live in the city for a month, he did not allow the Dutch to come to trade, and the Portuguese, who regarded Macao as their own territory, interfered with it, so Van Niek had to leave with his ship.

Therefore, in order to obtain high commercial profits, the Dutch would not watch Penghu fall into the hands of others, so they organized a second war against Penghu.

"What do the three big bosses think about this?"

After the initial stunned, Li Hongyu came back to his senses and asked Zhang Cheng in a deep voice, if the three of them chose to cooperate with the Dutch, it would be a huge trouble for Daming.

"The three big bosses didn't agree and politely refused the matter."

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "But that Joseph doesn't seem to have given up, and he wants to stay here for a few days, the eldest prince means that he wants to win over the forces in the port." ”

"What's that translator's name?" Li Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then asked.

Liu Dahai, Shi Hu and Onitsuka Musashi are not fools, Xiaoliuqiu and Inner 6 are only separated by a Yingzhou Strait, once the Ming Dynasty is angered and sends a large army to exterminate it, the Dutch can then let it go, but how can they walk away after they have lived here for decades?

Therefore, in Li Hongyu's view, Liu Dahai, Shi Hu and Onitsuka Musashi would not wade into this muddy water if they had a long-term vision.

What made Li Hongyu feel depressed was that the sudden appearance of the Dutch disrupted his previous overseas trade plan, if the Dutch occupied Penghu then it would cut off the overseas trade route between the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang, and his Haiwa trade plan would encounter the biggest crisis, threatened and contained by the Dutch.

So Li Hongyu wants to find out the truth of the Dutchman's visit this time, and the best target must be the Asian translator in casual clothes.

"It's like 'John', it's a weird name."

Zhang Cheng thought for a while and said to Li Hongyu, "His grandfather seems to be from our Ming Dynasty, and later he and his father were born because of intermarriage with local people in Nanyang. ”

"John!" Li Hongyu's eyes flashed when he heard this, that John looked quite shrewd, and he should be able to get the information he wanted from him.

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