Hearing this, Nan Feng was overjoyed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But after seeing the content of the contract, his face became heavier and heavier. In the end, the contract was thrown on the table.

Liao Qing curiously took the contract over, glanced at it a few times, and instantly sank his face.

I saw that the main contents above are:

1. Establish offensive and defensive alliances. When either side is attacked by the Ming Dynasty, the other side must provide full military support. Including sending troops.

Two: Trade. The signatories of the treaty should strictly implement the trade blockade policy and prohibit the import of goods from the Ming Dynasty; prohibits the import of domestic minerals, agricultural products, industrial equipment and other commodities into the Ming Dynasty; It is forbidden for Ming merchant ships to pass through the waters controlled by the country.

Three: immigration. Subjects of their own country and overseas territories are forbidden to go to Daming. Migrant boats from other countries are also seized as they pass through areas under their control.

Four: Territorial allocation. The islands of Sumatra, Java and the Northern Maluku Islands belong to the United Kingdom. Sulawesi and the South Maluku Islands belong to Spain.

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Addendum: Article 1 is limited to South Asia and East Asia. Articles 23 shall be implemented as appropriate from the date of the signing of the treaty. All other provisions shall be in force from the date of the commencement of the war and shall be based on the end of the war.

"Heh--, what an appetite they have! Aren't you afraid of eating so much and supporting yourself to death? Liao Qing laughed angrily.

This isn't the start yet! The land and the plate were divided. Is it true that Da Ming is muddy, he can fight if he wants to, and he will be defeated when he fights?

No wonder he's so angry!

If the distribution is really according to the treaty, then the Ming Dynasty will have to go back to two years ago. In the Nanyang region, there is no longer a foothold for the Ming Dynasty.

So, what else are you talking about the Ming Emperor and the country? What kind of folk revival are you talking about? Not to mention fighting back to the Qing Kingdom and saving thousands of Han people!

After all, Nanyang is a springboard for counterattacking and attacking the Qing Kingdom, and if this place is not leveled for a day, it will be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to counterattack the Qing Kingdom with peace of mind.

This point has become the consensus of all high-level Ming officials.

When Zhang Yang heard this, he immediately persuaded a few words.

He'd read it beforehand, so his strength was over. Rational analysis: "It doesn't matter if they succeed or not!" But one thing is certain. As long as there is a war, our Ming sea routes will be affected. ”。

Spain's Philippines was stuck on the main trade route in Northeast Asia to the Qing Dynasty, Japan, and Korea, and was the main trade route of the Ming Dynasty. Once the blockade is made, it will inevitably affect the industrial production of the Ming Dynasty. Then it affects all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

The Indian Ocean route, on the other hand, is a major route to Central Asia, Africa, Europe, and even the Americas.

If there is a war, they will die in Nanyang as soon as they go east and west.

Although Daming is not without countermeasures.

For example, the North Maluku Islands in the United Kingdom, an important source of spices, are surrounded by the Ming Dynasty.

There is also Spain and the Philippines, and ninety percent of their merchant ships pass through the Strait of Malacca.

But half of the gates of the South Seas are in the hands of the British. The effect of this blockade is naturally much worse.

Nan Feng thought for a while, and then asked people to call Liu Weiguo and Zhang Xiao.

In Nanyang, Nanfeng is in charge of administrative affairs. Liu Weiguo was in charge of land security, while Zhang Xiao was in charge of sea routes. Each performs its own duties and has a clear division of labor.

In such a big matter, you have to listen to their opinions.

In fact, Nanfeng also had some plans in his heart.

The closure of Britain and Spain is nothing more than a demonstration of the importance of trade and immigration to the Ming Dynasty.

Although at this stage, it has not yet begun. However, their tightened policies have reduced the number of merchant ships and immigrants to and from the Ming Dynasty by more than 10% compared with previous years.

However, after years of development, especially after obtaining the Dutch colony and civilian land, the number of immigrants in the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 5 million. And that's not even counting the outlying islands!

With the current industrial demand, it is basically enough.

Even if the immigration falls off a cliff, the impact on Daming is far less serious than imagined.

Just the trade aspect.

The Qing Dynasty, Japan, and Korea have always been important commodity markets for the Ming Dynasty, although they all adopted a policy of closing the country to the outside world. But because of the short distance, Daming's goods are affordable and cheap. When it comes to buying and selling, there are extremely high profit margins. Therefore, it attracted many maritime merchants to take risks and smuggle goods into the country.

But smuggling is always petty, petty, petty, petty. The scale of the trade is not much.

The Indian route, on the other hand, is an ocean route. The merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty actually didn't run much. The scale of trade is smaller.

So with this analysis, this blockade is not so scary.

Of course, a long-term blockade is also not good for Daming! After all, many ores, raw materials and agricultural products need to be imported by Daming.

Once the storage and backup are exhausted, the impact on the Ming Dynasty will be reflected soon.

Flipping through the contract again, Nanfeng noticed the most crucial point.

It only says what to do after the start of the war, but does not specify the specific time of the war.

This shows that Britain and Spain are not ready for war at this stage. In other words, in essence, there is no desire for war.

This is because the anti-French coalition in Europe is experiencing an unprecedented setback. The military alliance, led by Prussia and Austria, began to declare war on France in 92. Then Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and Russia also joined the anti-French camp.

But Belgium fell to the French last year, and the Netherlands is now following in Belgium's footsteps. And there are many contradictions between the anti-French alliances. Russia, Prussia, and Austria were dissatisfied with the partition of Poland.

As this situation develops, the collapse of the alliance and the resounding victory of France are already predictable.

Perhaps this will allow Britain and Spain to free up their energy to deal with the Ming Dynasty. However, Britain has never signed a treaty with France and has always been the main force of the anti-French alliance.

According to the diffusion effect, local pressure will naturally affect overseas colonies.

Therefore, in terms of the situation in East Asia, the Ming Dynasty only needs to slow down a little bit and have a stronger control over the situation, so as to avoid misfire. The initiative of the war will be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

However, accidents cannot be ruled out. After all, Britain and Spain have come to the point of alliance on the South and Ocean issues, which is enough to show that the Ming Dynasty has put too much pressure on them and made them too jealous. Maybe they won't be able to bear it one day, and when the time is right, they will start the war with a hot head.

But in any case, before the end of the year, the war will not come.

During this time, Daming didn't do anything, waiting for the war to start, and was blocked by Britain and Spain?

Obviously, that's impossible!

As the old saying goes: 'You have a good plan, I have a ladder to the wall'. Since the two main roads of the east and west are blocked, let's find another way and break the blockade!

Besides, will they find allies?

Da Ming is not a lonely, widowed, and person!