After explaining one by one, especially the tone of the future work and the real relationship with the Dutch, the fleet went all the way north under the leadership of the envoy of the King of Thailand. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Siam Bay is in the middle of the rainy season, and the clockwise sea current in the bay is combined with the southwesterly wind.

On the way, I saw a lot of ships, and when I saw the size of this fleet from afar, they all avoided it. The two Portuguese boats were far away for a while, and at last they did not dare to approach and dispersed.

At the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the people sent by the King of Thailand to greet him were already looking forward to it. They mainly came to see if the fleet was strong and could match the power of the Portuguese on this side.

Jian Chen sent a small boat and told the people who greeted him that in order to show the respect of the Republic to the King of Thailand, the fleet would fire cannons.

This can be regarded as a matter of his favor, although it is a bit of a show of power, but now what the King of Thailand needs is a new force that can show off his might to compete with the Portuguese, if he can't show off his might, there is no need to contact.

After a roar, Chen Jian ordered the boat to dock at the mouth of the river, and after contacting the envoy of the King of Thailand, in order to express goodwill, he did not sail the warship into the Chao Phraya River, but explained to them some laws and so-called respect between countries, and it is not respectful enough to sail the warship into the inland rivers of other countries after all.

The King of Thailand also knew that Chen Jian was the main master, and the specifications of the reception were also set very high, especially after the cannon greeting showed that he was strong enough to compete with the Portuguese.

After the reception, Jian Chen led people to practice the tactics of the new infantry.

For the Portuguese fortress that the Thais were worried about, Chen Jian also practiced the technique of sapper tunnel approach and explosives blasting, which has become an established tactic since hundreds of years ago, and the means are very skillful.

Although there were only a few hundred people, under the snare drums, military horns, passwords and salvos, it can be regarded as a rehearsal of the momentum of thousands of people, especially several salvos made the King of Thailand extremely impressed.

This, combined with a few tricks that were bluffing at this time, convinced the King that this was a country that was capable of competing with the Portuguese, had no intention of proselytizing, wanted to trade, and was completely different from the Europeans.

Whether to preach or not to preach is just something that is made up openly and easily guarded. What should really be guarded against is those things that moisturize things silently, but since they are moisturizing things silently, it is more difficult to guard against.

Some of the gifts offered, the King of Thailand also liked it.

Chen Jian also climbed the pole, put forward some trade demands and some other demands, hoping to start negotiations.

Needless to say, to build a merchant house in Ayutthaya, Chen Jian also wanted to lease a small piece of land along the coastal estuary for loading and unloading goods. At the same time, he also hopes to negotiate the tariff on goods, and if it can be determined, Chen Jian hopes that it will not be levied separately and form a treaty to be settled.

In fact, Jian Chen is not very concerned about this matter. Thailand's market is too small, and with its self-sufficient economic base, it can't sell much.

The King of Thailand was not very pleased with Tran Kin's desire to lease land along the coastal estuary, and he preferred that Tran Jian would establish a fort close to Burma or in the generation of Sadanarim.

Unlike the Dutch, at this time, the Dutch are staring at Indonesia's spices, and they are joint-stock companies, everything is mainly based on immediate interests, and there is no motivation to involve a lot in Thailand for the time being.

Although the king of Thailand was bent on making contact with the Dutch, the Dutch did not care much about it. Since there is no spice produced here, it is naturally not worth it.

But Chen Jian is extremely concerned about this, and the king of Thailand vaguely hopes that the location of the place where Chen Jian will build a fortress is very important.

The Portuguese are already in decline, and if they don't lay the foundation early, once the Portuguese are finished, the Dutch will take the lead, thus losing the initiative on this side.

But the King of Thailand did not know that in his eyes Portugal was still a behemoth, very scary and worthy of vigilance.

In the same way, if Jian Chen wants to get involved here, he must have a stepping stone.

It is completely impossible for the Ming Dynasty to allow Chen Jian to make a piece of land outside the world, Japan's location is too far away, it will be difficult to reach over if you want to set foot here in the future, the Dutch will jump to the south, on the other side is Malacca in Portugal, and there is a Aceh that is thriving and is a sultanate.

Except for Thailand, there is really no place to stand, so in Chen Jian's opinion, this place is very important.

In the same way, the business here is basically losing money, but if you don't do it, you won't be able to quickly catch up with the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish forces.

Although the two sides have not yet reached a consensus on the issue of trade, the alliance with the Nanyang Trading Company can be regarded as an instant hit.

Both of these things can be discussed, and the king of Thailand is most concerned about the other two points.

One is to help train a new army of flintlock pistols, and the other is the matter of mining proposed by Chen Jian.

"Your country's musket formation is truly extraordinary. I wonder how long the envoy thinks it will take to train an army? How much does it cost per year? ”

This is a difficult question to answer.

The advantage of musketeers is that they can be trained quickly, and they can be quickly replenished as consumables. If the musketeers are regarded as an elite, although they can be dominant for a while, it is really of little significance to engage in a long-term and all-out war.

However, this is exactly what Jian Chen wants, and it is also within his ability. If you want a strong army, you need to change not only by a new army, but also by all-round change, and Thailand does not have this foundation, and it is easy to scare the king of Thailand.

Jian Chen pondered for a moment and said: "If you count it as a thousand people, it may take three years to form an army." However, if you want to control the artillery and the officers can give orders, this new army can win the battle. It's not just about the soldiers. ”

"If Your Majesty really wants a new army, you can hire instructors to discipline the soldiers. Guns and artillery, which can be purchased from the merchants, are not much more expensive than the Portuguese arquebuses, but after all, the structure is complicated, and it is still slightly more expensive. ”

"In addition to soldiers, thirty or fifty noble children are needed to learn trigonometry, arithmetic, and geometry. Your Majesty can hire our talents, and we can open schools to teach these fishing skills. ”

A thousand soldiers is not a lot, but the military strength of the Portuguese or the Dutch on this side can only be at this level, and it only takes 2,000 soldiers to attack Malacca.

This new army, which is regarded as a disposable item by 1,000 people, can still show its hand when it is at war with Burma and Cambodia if it is formed and formed, and there is no problem with this.

But a one-time army is a one-time army, and no matter how well it is trained, it can only be a one-time army. Thailand does not have the capacity to produce flint guns and can only import them. The arquebus system of Portugal and the Netherlands is not the same system as the flint gun system at all, which can ensure that it can only maintain a certain connection with the ethnic group behind Chen Jian.

Once the face is turned in the future, there is no capital to turn the face, the navy cannot be built, and the mouth of the Chao Phraya River is blocked, and it is useless to say anything. Even if the new army of thousands of people can have the strength to fight, if it is lost, it will be lost.

In addition, consumables such as muskets, cannons, military uniforms, soap, and tobacco for these thousand people are also a stable income.

At this time, the king of Thailand was both ambitious and worried about the enemies around him. The flintlock pistol was not only a salvo, but also a completely different system from the previous white mercenaries, but it seemed to be more powerful.

Tran's proposal was tempting, and the king knew that the new army would have to be staffed with young officers.

Chen Jian said: "The new army is organized and trained, and it has its own system. There is also an accountant in the mission, and I will be able to draw up a detailed form when I get back. The annual cost, the number of purchases, the training of officers, and the construction of military camps can all be listed and clearly defined. His Majesty only had to select the brave and trustworthy men, calculate the amount spent, and in three years there would be a new army worthy of the Portuguese army. ”

The king of Thailand's heart was moved, so he said, "Then there is a labor messenger." Besides, I don't know what the envoy mentioned about the mining industry, but is it sincere? ”

Jian Chen nodded hurriedly.

Thailand has two good things, the upper reaches of the Chao Phraya River are rich in carnallite minerals, which are important raw materials for potash fertilizers. Potash fertilizer is not synthetic, it must be extracted from minerals containing potassium, this thing is not nitrogen fertilizer, there is nitrogen in the air.

The starting point of the fertilizer industry is supported by phosphate and potassium fertilizers. First, there was a crude method of treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid to produce phosphate fertilizer, and then there was potassium fertilizer, plus natural Chilean saltpeter, which constituted the troika of chemical fertilizer before the synthetic ammonia industry.

Potassium is a reactive alkali metal with few water-insoluble compounds, making it a mineral worth mining, even if it is used locally in Thailand, where food can be quickly purchased in the event of a major famine.

In addition to potash, Thailand also has abundant tin mines. This thing was not very useful at this time, but there were many gold mines and rubies in the name of these tin mines.

In the eyes of the King of Thailand, there is no reason to refuse the conditions put forward by Jian Chen.

The trading company will send a prospecting team to help Thailand find minerals, and after finding it, there is a priority mining right, and the mining life can be negotiated.

According to the land occupied by the mine, a certain amount of taxes and fees shall be paid every year according to the amount of land occupied.

Every year, a certain percentage of the mining profits are paid, the local laws are observed, the local residents are employed, and copper and silver are paid as wages.

As for what to mine, that is decided by the trading company, and if there is no value, it will definitely not be mined, and what is valuable will always be earned.

As long as you are given a free time to explore the minerals, you can use this opportunity to do a lot of other things. This kind of harm is not something that can be seen in a day or two, nor is it the mainstream practice at this time, so it has not aroused the vigilance of the King of Thailand.

On the contrary, just when a hundred wastes were waiting to be rebuilt, Chen Jian showed a lot of things that looked extremely magical, which made the king of Thailand feel that the technical level here was indeed advanced.

As for possible ambitions, the King of Thailand is not worried. He felt that he could use these Dutch, Portuguese and the new Chinese to strike a delicate balance, and that he needed to rely on the strength of these people for the time being, and that he could naturally use the other two to drive them out when he didn't need them in the future.

However, he did not know that schools, instructors, mines, hospitals, embassies, ...... These things are like epiphysis, once they can be removed, it is unknown, even if they want to get rid of them, they have to pay the price of a strong man's broken wrist. Coercion by force, at most, is a knife that cuts your fingers, and you can see the bleeding, but you can't see the appendage.