Chapter 45 Teach a Man to Fish

A small Thailand would not have needed such trouble, but the leader of the Asian order in the north had to negotiate with the people in the fleet in advance and use this as a basis. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Kneeling now is to not kneel in the future, and seize the opportunity to let that huge empire open its eyes to see the outside world, and have a chance to mix sand into it sooner.

The rulers of the feudal dynasty are to some extent the same, and they must be eliminated. It's one thing to be a foreigner, it's not a foreigner to be the emperor, and it has to be eliminated as well. Foreigners eat human flesh and drink human blood, and the kings of the Huangzhuang clan of their own clan are not milk squeezed out of grass.

With such a big black cauldron on his back, which is guaranteed to be stinking for thousands of years in the future, Chen Jian scolded in his heart.

Since he had carried such a pot, the envoy sent to Ayutthaya was not excessively requested by the King of Thailand, and Thailand was not big after all, and did not have the confidence to do so.

After a banquet, Egada Salad communicated with the envoy sent by Chen Jian with the help of an interpreter.

After testing the truth and falsehood, Egada Salad had already believed seventy percent of the existence and size of this country, so he asked some of the questions that he valued most.

"It is not easy for your country to come across the ocean thousands of miles away. It is permissible that trade and trade are beneficial to both countries. As your documents say, every word is sincere, and if this is the case, there will be no problem in reconciling the two countries. It's just that what is the difference between this merchant house and the merchant hall of Pattani? ”

The envoy had already prepared and replied: "Your Majesty, since Pattani is a vassal state of your country, the merchant hall of Pattani is naturally a merchant hall subordinate to Ayutthaya. Without signing any covenant, we will not intervene in the war that takes place here. ”

That being said, but the treaty can be signed at any time. Thailand's strength is still very strong, and a small state like Pattani can't make any waves. If it is the rest of the countries, it is another way to say, and if Thailand can be destroyed at this time, it will prove that the volume is larger, and it is not easy to obtain benefits.

After thinking about it, the King of Thailand asked, "What is the relationship between your country and Portugal?" ”

"It doesn't matter. But our country will not allow Portuguese missionaries. Your Majesty doesn't know that thousands of miles south of our country is also a country of thousands of miles. Spain and Portugal, which belonged to the same king, in the name of missionary work, caused millions of people to resist without intention, and hundreds of people destroyed the country. ”

It was the first time that the King of Thailand had heard about this matter, and he couldn't help but ask: "A hundred people will destroy the country?" ”

He has white mercenaries under him, and he can't believe that a country with a population of one million miles will be wiped out by a hundred people.

The messenger hurriedly said: "This matter is true. There wasn't much resistance. Everyone believes in God, and naturally everyone is of one mind. Therefore, we should not allow missionaries to enter, and of course we will not carry out missionary activities or anything like that. ”

Egada Salad did not ask deeply, since he was the "god king" of Thailand, he naturally understood the power of such a thing as religion, but he did not expect such a thing to occur, so he could not be vigilant.

But after all, these words only came from the mouth of one party, and although they could not be fully believed, the seeds of distrust and vigilance had been planted in their hearts.

The Portuguese in Burma were the culprits of the trouble, and it seemed that Egatasalad felt that these people did not go to war against the Portuguese like the Dutch, and there was a fly in the ointment. But hearing the envoy say that proselytizing is forbidden, and saying these wary words, presumably the relations between the two countries will not be very good.

"As the envoy said, your land is vast, do you need trade and sail thousands of miles?"

"The matter of trade is beneficial to both countries, and there is no exchange. Everyone in our country is good at what they say, but no one is like those missionaries who travel thousands of miles to preach. But if it is for gold, silver, rice, teak, ivory, etc., don't say ten thousand miles, what is one hundred thousand miles? ”

Agatha Salad nodded and smiled, and suddenly asked, "The envoy thinks that if there is a war with the Portuguese, what are the chances of your country winning?" ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "If you are within a thousand miles of the country, you can win in an instant." Thousands of miles away, the number of naval battles is fifty-five. If there is a fortress to defend and food and grass to use in a land battle, there is no fear at all. ”

After speaking, the envoy added: "Your Majesty also knows that our country is thousands of miles east of Portugal. If you don't have the confidence to win a war, how dare you start trading? The Portuguese were ambitious, and once they were red-eyed, how could these interests be guaranteed without a military shield? The fact that we dare to trade here is proof that we are not afraid of the Portuguese. If we were afraid, I am afraid that our country had opened its doors to allow missionaries to roam around, and the Portuguese would not dare to set foot in this place with just a word, because they valued spices. ”

This is vulgar, but it is much more credible.

The envoy took the opportunity to say: "Before I came, the envoy asked me to say a word to Your Majesty. ”

"Please."

"It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Why doesn't Your Majesty hire our instructors to train sergeants? If Your Majesty is interested, you can watch our military formation, with muskets fired in volleys and artillery fire, and even the rocks turned into powder. After forming an army in five years, the military power is in the hands of His Majesty, and in the future, there will be a threat from other countries, and the mention of this army can make them dare not give birth to undivided hopes. ”

This is a novel idea, the Portuguese military formation is not suitable for Thailand, even if you can't learn it, Egada Salad is not unexpected, but it is too difficult to do.

Hearing the envoy say this, it was obvious that he was extremely confident in his own military formation, and some thoughts welled up in his heart.

The messenger added, "In addition to the military formation, we may also send some other men. For example, rice, mining, smelting. One is to increase revenue, and the other is to our advantage. For example, the more tin and lead we need, the more Your Majesty produces, the more profit we will make from trade, and this is the long-term benefit. Moreover, the instructor is only responsible for training, and has no command power, so Your Majesty can rest assured. ”

The King of Thailand had not yet seen a new military formation completely detached from the mixed formation of spears and arquebuses, and he was still not sure, but only out of curiosity.

Before coming here, Jian Chen had told the envoy many times, and he had also explained many things very thoroughly. If you want to gain a foothold here, trade is only secondary, and the most important thing is that the location is dangerous. For the Republic, even if India and the spice trade with Europe are temporarily abandoned, the Pacific route trade is sandwiched between the Philippines, and Thailand is the best end of the Pacific trade.

Once something happens, and the internal relations are cut and messed up, the rest of the people can be excluded by various means.

Some new things, like drug addiction, are difficult to quit once they get involved.

The envoy also knew that there was no basis for empty words at this time, as long as the King of Thailand saw the strength of the military formation, he could let go and quickly communicate.

This is a breakthrough, especially for a country that is surrounded by enemies on all sides, ambitious, and at the same time has just experienced decades of war and seen the power of the new.

Thailand is still a standard agricultural country, and external trade is not very important at this time. If you don't want to find a way to infiltrate from other places, once something happens in the future, you will inevitably close yourself off at the slightest disagreement.

After thinking about it for a long time, the King of Thailand finally made a decision to invite the delegation represented by Chen Jian to visit Ayutthaya as an official envoy.

It was the first formal invitation that Jian Chen received, based on the fact that he was small in Thailand, surrounded by the Dutch and Portuguese, and had seen the warships that the Dutch and Portuguese were terrible to them.

And these two generations of Thai kings are all established by force, and they can subdue the domestic nobles and monks, and I am afraid that the domestic nobles will have enough strength to oppose it later.

Soon, the envoy of the King of Thailand and the envoy sent by Chen Jian rushed to Pattani by boat to deliver the news to Chen Jian.