Chapter 443: Peace Talks (2) Return to Johor Bahru
Although in fact, these wars were basically provoked by the Ming Dynasty. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and starting from the interests of the Ming Dynasty, I don't want all parties to really start peace talks. However, since the signing of the "Paris Peace Treaty" by Yingming, the British side has repeatedly urged the Ming to stop using arms, pretending, and interfering with India.
So until now, Daming has really taken practical action. Invite all parties to come to the Ming peace talks.
Instructor Wang naturally didn't know these inside stories. Therefore, in his heart, he has always sighed at the benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty. Officer Yang looked at it, took another puff of cigarette, and warned uneasily: "Lao Wang! The above attaches great importance to this matter. So don't tell anyone, you know? ”。
The instructor immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice. Then, without delay, he beckoned to the immigrants and led them out of the police cordon.
At this time, many onlookers saw that the police had made such a big battle, and they speculated one after another.
"I said, are you going to be arrested? Otherwise, why did so many police come. ", a businessman who has been floating on the sea all year round, guessed with a solemn expression. Because the Ming Dynasty is relatively complete in terms of tariffs. Many goods are subject to different proportions of customs duties when they are brought in. Therefore, many businessmen took the risk of smuggling and smuggling goods into Daming.
As the largest port in the Straits of Malacca, Johor Bahru has an amazing daily throughput of commercial goods. Whether it is the east-west route of the Indian Ocean-Pacific Ocean, or the north-south route of the Qingguo-Daming Dynasty, it must stop at this place.
Therefore, smuggling cases in Johor Bahru have been emerging one after another. Today, the merchants have seen a lot of such battles. Their first reaction is to arrest and smuggle.
However, a merchant from Portugal wondered if it was because of opium. This is due to the fact that the sale of opium was prohibited throughout the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the law enforcement department has been very strict in its inspection and investigation of opium.
Many businessmen were once sentenced to labor camp for opium. And it's all about other countries!
There are also grain merchants, thinking about whether it is because of the grain. After all, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty has banned the sale of grain. Especially after the shortage of materials, the ban on food has become stricter. Once caught, it is highly likely to be an indefinite labor camp.
So at the moment, the onlookers have different thoughts. A pair of eyes have been refusing to move away from the port.
That's it, about the time to wait for a stick of incense. At the pier in the distance, several tugboats with five-star red flags slowly appeared. Many coast guards in yellow vests stood at the bow of the boats, waving small flags, guiding the ships into the harbor.
The policemen in charge of the vigilance immediately looked shocked. Officer Yang, with a few deputies, walked towards the shore.
At first, I couldn't see it really, but when I got closer, I found that behind the tractor ship, it was slowly following a steel giant ship of more than 2,000 tons, belching black smoke and flying rice flags.
There was an exclamation from the shore, but I didn't expect that the visitor turned out to be a British warship.
You must know that since the outbreak of the war between Ming and Ying, there has not been a single British merchant ship in Johor Bahru City. Even now that the war is over, there are still no British merchant ships in Johor Bahru. As for the British ships, it was even more unheard of and unseen.
And now, the unexpected appearance of British ships here is really thought-provoking. The onlookers, after a short silence, also chattered and discussed.
It's just that compared with the hustle and bustle on the shore, the British on the steel giant ship seem relatively silent. In particular, Magorny, who was standing at the bow of the boat, pursed his lips and looked extremely complicated. And no wonder! Since the outbreak of the war between Ming and Ying, he was captured by the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. At that time, his mood was not heavy, but relaxed.
Although he didn't want to admit it! But in his heart, he really thinks so.
Because not long after the civil strife in Johor, the Ming Dynasty swept Johor with a thunderous force. Follow the unreasonable and enter the British control zone. At first, he wanted to send someone to negotiate, but the Ming Dynasty surrounded the city of Malacca for extremely ridiculous reasons.
Since then, Malacca has truly become an isolated city. Although the entrance to the sea is on the edge of Malacca. But the Ming warships that kept swimming made it impossible for a single ship to escape. All contact with the outside world has been severed.
Since the city of Malacca is not large, the local Malacca people have long since fled. In addition, due to the impact of the war, Malacca City did not store much supplies. So not long after the blockade, Malacca City was in the dilemma of food shortage and material shortage.
At the beginning, the British in Malacca were able to exchange some supplies from the Ming defenders. But as time passed, the Ming defenders became more and more demanding. At the same time, there are fewer and fewer valuable things in the city.
It's not that he didn't think about organizing manpower to break through the encirclement of the Ming Dynasty. He even put it into practice, secretly going out to sea by boat on a moonlit night when the wind was high. It's a pity that the despicable Ming people secretly laid a cross-river iron cable at the mouth of the Malacca River.
And on the river, there is also a large string of merchant ships connected to the end. And that's not all! On the merchant ship, there are also full of bells!
As a result, they collided head-on, and the clanging continued. The Ming defenders who were monitoring also discovered their traces for the first time. In the case of desperate resistance, the soldiers who escorted him were all shot and killed by the Ming defenders.
Only send him, disgraced, back to the city of Malacca.
But the food crisis in the city is getting worse and worse. Even the rats in the corner of the wall have become rations for the people of the city to snatch. Unwillingly, he organized several counterattacks one after another. But without exception, they were all repulsed. He also took advantage of the chaos and tried to escape from Malacca City several times.
But God didn't bless him! was captured by the Ming defenders every time.
Just when there were starving and dying people in the city one after another, and he was also dizzy with hunger, the Ming defenders suddenly accepted their surrender. It was also at that time that he finally became a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty and ate the bread he had not seen for a long time.
and death, too.
So thinking about it later, there was only a burst of happiness in his heart, some relaxation, and a little comfort. As for the heaviness, there is not a single star.
As a citizen of the British Empire, who is loyal to the British Empire and has the interests of the British Empire, such a mentality is extremely shameful. What's more, he is still a nobleman and has a relatively high status. How can you not have the slightest shame or shame?!
Therefore, in the days when he became a prisoner, he was always full of remorse. Mentally, I endured a lot of torture. Until the end of the Ming-Ying War, he was allowed to leave the Ming Dynasty. The pain in my soul has eased a little.
But this time he was entrusted with the important task of becoming the representative of the British and the princely states in the negotiations, and then returned to the Ming Dynasty. That unbearable time also made him feel heavy again.