The Dutch are currently the most powerful Western country in the East.

The choke point of Malacca, the largest island nation of Batavia, was previously controlled by the Dutch in overseas trade. It is also an old opponent who has fought the most times with the Xuanjia Army, and has conflicts of interest in the Zheng family, Taiwan, and even Japan.

Fang Yuan directly seized the merchant ships, goods, and personnel of the Dutch people this time, and Blanc of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce opened his mouth first, "Governor Fang, you and I have always done business and had a friendship before. Now that Taiwan has also returned to the Zheng family, Governor Fang wants to crusade as much as he can, why should he seize China's merchant ships and goods? ”

After negotiating with the Dutch people, Fang Yuan ordered Qin Zhan to temporarily retreat and said in person, "Did the Dutch people smuggle porcelain and tea from Guangdong?" Was there a three-time exchange of guns for porcelain and tea, and 3,000 arquebuses and 50 artillery pieces were provided to corrupt officials in Guangdong? ”

The Dutch people did not dare to offend Fang Yuan publicly, whether it was the sale of smuggled porcelain, tea, or three arms transactions, which were carried out in secret, they never thought that Fang Yuan would know about it.

Blank could only argue forcefully, "We are only trading, how do we know which porcelain and tea are smuggled and which can be bought and sold publicly?" As for the buying and selling of guns, we have also bought and sold arms with Governor Fang, and we don't know if we can't sell arms to the Guangdong Political Secretary! ”

Fang Yuan saw that Blanc began to pretend to be stupid, and he didn't bother with him, so he sneered and said, "We have a proverb in the Ming Dynasty, those who don't know are not guilty, and the various transactions that have been carried out before, this governor will no longer care." Now, the Governor solemnly informs your country that there are other countries that have secretly engaged in the smuggling of porcelain and tea with Guangdong. ”

He inspected the world for a week, swept past the representatives of the chambers of commerce of various countries one by one, and said coldly, "The Guangdong Provincial Government Department has openly smuggled for a long time, harming the public and enriching itself; Lending Macao without permission is a heinous crime; colluded with Taiwan's Zheng Sen and hid key criminals, and the reverse deeds were exposed. The purpose of this Governor's visit to Quanzhou Port is to solicit the Secretary of State of Guangdong, arrest these corrupt officials who are full of evil, and correct the law of the country. ”

"The chambers of commerce of various countries, whoever dares to support Guangdong, is an enemy, interferes in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and infringes on the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty. After our army sets foot in Guangdong, it will inevitably send troops to attack all the country's strongholds in Nanyang, and all of them will be uprooted, and not a single one will be left! ”

"Don't have any luck, I have a sentence that has been passed down for thousands of years in the Ming Dynasty to tell all countries, those who commit the Ming Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away!"

The Netherlands is by no means the only country that has private smuggling transactions with Guangdong, and all countries have shit on their butts. The representatives of the chambers of commerce of various countries listened to Fang Yuan's solemn warning, and they all felt a pang in their hearts.

Bruce, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce who participated in the smuggling with the least amount, hurriedly said, "Okay, we will immediately cut off trade with Guangdong, evacuate all merchant ships from Guangdong, and sail to Quanzhou Port, only to do business with Governor Fang." ”

George William of the British Chamber of Commerce also said, "We in Britain have not established contact with Governor Fang before, and we have no choice but to trade with Guangdong. Now that Governor Fang has given our country a corresponding quota, we in Britain will immediately cut off any form of trade with Canton and withdraw from the merchant ships that stay in Canton. ”

Anthony of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce also stood up helplessly, "As long as we can negotiate with Governor Fang about Luzon, and there are other issues of raw silk and silk trade quotas, we can cut off contact with Guangdong." ”

Fang Yuan saw that he still wanted to play Tai Chi and make procrastination, and said in a cold voice, "Luzon is Luzon, and the quota is the quota, which is different from your country's support for Guangdong." Your country may not have dealt with the Governor, but the Governor reiterates that the Governor will never make any transaction with sovereignty. ”

"The Governor has given your country a month to consider that if any merchant ship docks at any port in Canton, after the expiration of the period, the Governor will consider your country to be declaring war on the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there will be nothing to talk about in Luzon, and the governor will directly lead the naval division to attack Luzon and expel all the forces of your country. ”

Fang Yuan's attitude was extremely tough, making it clear that the severance of trade between the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Guangdong was a prerequisite for the Luzon negotiations, and without this premise, there would be no negotiations at all, and the two countries would go to war directly.

Spain is a European naval power, and it has also been a sideways country in Europe for a hundred years, and it is impossible for Fang Yuan to be threatened by Fang Yuan in today's military exercises before seeing Fang Yuan's terrifying artillery carrier formation. However, the shock to Anthony from this military exercise is incomparable, and it is fair to say that if the Spanish Armada had met Fang Yuan's fleet, it would have lost faster and more miserably.

In his impression, at least five years ago, the Daming sailors were all cold and laughable, and the only one who could catch his eye was the Zheng sailor. Fang Yuan, an incomparably powerful sailor, was not only the first in the East, but also the first in the West, and was the world's first fleet.

Anthony sighed and said, "Governor Fang's sailor is God's gift to the Ming Dynasty, our country will not be an enemy of Governor Fang, within a month, our country will evacuate all merchant ships from the port of Guangdong." ”

The brains of Westerners are a tendon, and Fang Yuan's sailors seem to have descended from the sky, and without realizing it, they have completed the transcendence of Western warships. They don't understand why, so they can only attribute it to God's gift, a miracle.

Fang Yuan smiled, too lazy to bother with him, his gaze fell on Blank from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, "Blank, you and I have also been friends for many years, so I won't say anything superfluous." Da Ming has a saying that when you meet, you will laugh and enmity when you meet, if the Netherlands are willing to do business with Da Ming honestly, we still welcome it; If the Netherlands insist on confronting the Ming to the end, the Governor will not only cut off the maritime trade routes between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty, and even Japan, but will also recover Batavia, Mangara, which your country invaded and occupied the Ming Dynasty. ”

Manraka is the ancient name of Malacca in the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that he had to make inches of progress, Blank coveted Batavia and Manraka, which were thousands of nautical miles away, and his face was full of sorrow, and he said unhappily, "Batavia, there are very few Ming merchants in Manraka, how can it be the territory of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Nanyang has been the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and Batavia is also the territory of the Nanyang countries, so it is naturally also the territory of the Ming Dynasty. ”

He directly threw out the theory since ancient times, and Blank said angrily, "That Manraka does not belong to Nanyang, and it is also related to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "In the seventh year of Yongle, Emperor Chengzu of this dynasty ordered Zheng He to canonize Xili Ba'er Sula as the king of Manraka. In the ninth year of Yongle, Baili Misula succeeded to the throne, personally led his wife and 500 followers to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and awarded the Ming Dynasty's vassal state. You have been stealing Manraka for many years, and now is the time to talk about the return of Manraka. ”

Blank was completely speechless, Fang Yuan first had a territorial claim to Taiwan, and now that the Netherlands has withdrawn from Taiwan, Fang Yuan has put forward a claim to Luzon. Before the negotiations in Luzon began, Fang Yuan found a bunch of reasons to demand the recovery of Batavia, or even Manchuria, which was simply pressing step by step, to drive the Dutch people to a dead end.

Fang Yuan saw that Blank was speechless, if he forced it too much, his appetite was too great, he was afraid that he would arouse the common hatred and hatred of the Western countries, at least he didn't have the energy to start a war with the countries at the moment, so he began to retreat as an advance, "However, the territorial disputes have been going on for a long time, and the Western countries are friends of the Ming Dynasty, so the governor can talk with the countries about joint development and joint use of Nanyang, Batavia, and Manchuria." War is peace, in a word. ”

The Dutch fleet was heavily damaged by Fang Yuan, and it was already unable to compete with Fang Yuan in the waters of Taiwan, and the only way was to retreat the defensive line to the line of Luzon, Batavia, and Manraka, and then confront Fang Yuan, fighting for every inch of land.

Blanc smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, the merchant ships of our Dutch Chamber of Commerce will immediately withdraw from the port of Guangdong and cut off all exchanges with Guangdong." ”

The last Dutch people also relented, and Fang Yuan's plan to isolate Guangdong was considered a ninety percent success, and he could crusade against Taiwan without worries.

Fang Yuan was in a good mood, got up and raised his glass and laughed, "This governor hopes that Nanyang is no longer an ocean of war, but an ocean of peace and friendship, haha!" Raise your glass, drink it all! ”

The representatives of the chambers of commerce of all countries got up together and drank this 'wine of friendship' with Fang Yuan.