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"Anita?"

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The messenger of the Dutch was none other than Anita. When they were in Yangzhou, the two had already met. At that time, when the two met, Anita proposed to deal with Zheng Zhilong together and cede the island of Taiwan, and Zhang Zhun blew him away on the spot. Unexpectedly, after a while, this guy actually appeared again. It is estimated that he is doing the work of a foreign official.

"Dear Governor, we meet again."

Anita's demeanor is not bad, as if she has completely forgotten the unpleasantness of the last time they met. However, his behavior still made Zhang Zhun feel very unhappy. There is no other reason, it is just that the other party is not pleasing to the eye. Especially when he saw him walking duck steps, Zhang Zhun wanted to go up, and directly kicked him and kicked him outside.

"Mr. Anita, what good advice did you bring to the table?"

Zhang Zhun tried to retract the urge to kick the other party, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"I have good news for Lord Governor."

Anita cocked her orchid finger and said happily.

His action made Wang Junyu next to him and Wang Shide, who had just sent the guest back, feel very disgusting. Both of them also felt the urge to go up and kick Anita. At that time, the people of the Ming Kingdom paid attention to feudal etiquette and religion, and the way of moderation and low-key. Men should be like men, and NVs should be like NVs. The most unaccustomed thing is a demon like Anita.

"Oh? Is it? Looks like I'm going to hear it. ”

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and said quietly.

"Of course! This is definitely good news! ”

Anita swore by it.

Wang Shide and Wang Junyu next to him turned their faces. When foreigners lie, they really don't have any special expressions. This Anita must be a master of lying. On his face, there was a layer of something that seemed to be black sè, and he didn't know what it was. It is estimated that only Zhang Zhun knows that Anita's face is smoky makeup made out by Jīng's heart.

The life of a sailor is boring, boring, and boring, and many people will find ways to kill their time. In addition, sailors are generally very dirty, and it is not uncommon for them not to bathe for months, and it is not uncommon for them to stink and smoke all over their bodies—fresh water is too precious to be used for bathing. Smoky makeup just hides the uncleanness of the body, therefore, it is popular with many sailors. With smoky makeup and orchid fingers, the two young staff officers almost had the urge to vomit.

The Dutch's suggestion was, quite simply, to carve up Japan. Diagonal lines such as Echigo, Shinano, and Ene divide Japan in two. The Dutch wanted half to the west, and the Tiger army wanted half to the east. The Tokugawa shogunate was to the west, and the Japanese imperial family was to the east.

"Mr. Anita, are you really sincere?"

Zhang Zhun turned his head to look at the map on the wall, and said in a somewhat cold tone.

"Of course! We are absolutely sincere! ”

Anita swore again.

"But how did I hear that you Dutch have envoys who are in contact with the shogun? Aren't you going to talk to the Japanese about what to do with us behind our backs, and then come to us and try to get us to let our guard down so that you can attack us? ”

Wang Shide's just right netbsp; "Rumors!"

"It's definitely a rumor!"

Anita denied it without hesitation.

His face was more righteous and awe-inspiring than that of some officials in later generations. If it weren't for the terrible smoky makeup, and the orchid fingers that were involuntarily put out, I was afraid that Wang Shide would believe in three points. However, when the other party's outfit is put out, Wang Shide is absolutely impossible to believe. Wang Junyu will not believe it either.

"Really? So, what is the reason why your Dutch fleet suddenly appeared in Hiroshima? You shouldn't say that your fleet is not sailing. ”

Wang Shide said coldly with a disgusted look on his face.

"I'm about to explain this to your army. That's right, our fleet is indeed a sail. They lost their way in the sea and had to sail all the way north, only to find out when they landed on the shore, and it turned out that they had reached Hiroshima, Japan. ”

Anita said with sincerity on her face.

His smoky makeup, as well as his orchid fingers, made his sincere attitude look a little funny. It's like Xiao Ugly in the circus, speaking with the most serious expression. However, the audience next to him still couldn't stop smiling.

"Is it really a sailing?"

Wang Shide said with a smile.

"It's really a sail."

Anita replied without thinking.

"I see. Mr. Anita, when will your fleet sail on Sado Island? Do you want our Tiger Army Navy to help you guide the way when necessary? You can rest assured that our guidance is absolutely professional and will never be able to sail. Even if you sail, you won't be able to sail to Hiroshima. ”

Wang Shide still said with a smile.

"This ......"

Rao is no matter how thick-skinned Anita is, she can't help but be speechless.

It's not good to sail to Hiroshima, but to sail to Hiroshima, Anita herself won't believe it. Looking at the location of Hiroshima, it is surrounded by islands and is only connected by narrow waterways, how is it possible for a ship to reach Hiroshima? If you want to say that Mí sailed to Nagasaki, it is much more credible.

"Mr. Anita, you don't have to worry, I'm sure something like this won't happen. It is estimated that only a captain like a pig can sail to Hiroshima. In the same way, only a captain like a pig can sail to Sado Island. Mr. Anita, don't you think so? ”

Wang Shide said with a smile.

"That's right! Right! Right! Only a captain like a pig would sail to Hiroshima! ”

Anita had no choice but to follow Wang Shide's words bluntly.

"Mr. Anita, I don't know how many pigs there are when I sailed to Hiroshima? After these pigs arrived in Japan, did they run around 1uan? As a result, someone didn't care and ran to Edo? Ran in front of the shogun? ”

Zhang Zhun asked with a smile.

"Lord Governor laughed. It was a very small fleet, which was supposed to go to the Bering Sea to investigate, but they encountered a terrible storm on the way, lost all the nautical survey tools, and had to rely on their own experience, groping their way forward, and as a result, before they knew it, they arrived in Hiroshima, Japan. I really don't know where they went when they came ashore. I think this has nothing to do with what we have to discuss. ”

Anita's ability to lie is by no means covered. After suffering from the cold words of the Tiger Army, he quickly calmed down and continued to justify the simple arrival of the Dutch. His attitude made Zhang Zhun feel even more abnormal. The Dutch don't seem to be so low-mouthed! Anita's reaction today must be odd!

"Is that really the case?"

Zhang Zhun held the teacup and said slowly.

"That's really the case."

Anita replied without hesitation.

"Then I see. Since it is a mí flight, I think it will certainly not affect the relationship between our two armies. We will not pursue this matter. Mr. Anita, I am very interested in your proposal. How should we collaborate? ”

Zhang Zhun asked silently.

"We, the Dutch Navy, landed from the western part of Japan. You Tiger Army, landing from the eastern part of Japan. Our two armies converged in Shinano Province in the central part of the country. We each destroy the enemy forces in our own control area, and the others don't need to be chauffled unless the other party asks for it. ”

Anita immediately said in a big way.

He went on to add that as long as the Tiger Army was willing to cooperate with the Dutch, the Dutch would send a strong fleet to all the ports of Japan, and forbade the Japanese to receive any aid from outside. Whether it was Spain, or Portugal, or the French and Italians, they did not want to provide any weapons and equipment to the shogun.

In Zhang Zhun's heart, he was originally highly suspicious of the motives of the Dutch, but now, listening to Anita's words, he couldn't help but have even greater doubts. According to Anita, the Dutch sent not only the navy, but also the army. Could it be that the Dutch really wanted to carve up Japan?

No way!

When pigs fly!

Zhang Zhun shook his head lightly and came to a negative conclusion. It is quite possible for the Dutch to dispatch a naval fleet, but it is absolutely impossible to dispatch an army fleet. The army of the Dutch, I don't know if there are 30,000 people. Could it be that the Dutch were going to put their entire army on the battlefield in Japan? It's simply impossible!

Since it is impossible, it means that Anita is talking about it. The purpose of opening the river is of course to fool the Tiger Benjun and fool him Zhang Zhun. However, the Dutch must have ambitions for Japan. It's just that what does this ambition fall on? Is it the whole of Japan? Or half Japan? Or maybe it's somewhere in Japan?

Damn it!

Iwami Ginzan!

Zhang Zhun suddenly pinched his thighs quietly. He suddenly realized that he had ignored one of the most basic problems, that is, the existence of Iwami Ginzan. If the Dutch had landed from the west and had taken control of Iwami Ginzan, they would have controlled a cornucopia, a cash cow. Could it be that the Dutch were worried that the Tiger Army would make such a move, so they made such a suggestion?

The location of Iwami Ginzan is located in the middle of Iwami Province, near the Tsushima Strait. If the Tiger Army landed from here, it would indeed be able to directly control Iwami Ginzan. However, there is no suitable port around Iwami Province, so it is impossible to replenish supplies, which is an important issue. Once the troops ashore were besieged by the shogunate army, the consequences were more troublesome.

"Mr. Anita, I think this plan is too huge, and the strength of our Tiger Ben Army is still very weak, and I am afraid that there is not enough strength to participate. Otherwise, we just need Iwamikoku. The rest, all of you Dutch. ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Ahh

Anita was stunned.

"We only need one place in Iwami Province, and nothing else."

Zhang Zhun said slowly, word by word.

"That's not going to work."

Anita immediately refused.

"Why?"

Zhang Zhun asked unhurriedly.

"Iwami is in the western part of Japan, and that's the sphere of influence of our Dutch. Given our previous agreement, you Tiger Benjun should not be netbsp; Anita said stiffly.

Wang Shide and Wang Junyu glanced at each other, and then followed Zhang Zhun's appearance and quietly raised his middle finger. Damn, why did you think the Dutch were so active in coming to Japan, it turned out that it was also for Iwami Ginzan. The silver of white flowers is really loved by everyone!

"Sure enough."

Zhang Zhun also smiled slightly in his heart.

No wonder the Dutch reacted so positively, presumably, they had their sights on Iwami Ginzan in Japan early in the morning. They should have made a plan for how to rob Iwami Ginzan, and authorized it to the Dutch East India Company early on, and it is even possible that it was directly authorized to the Taiwanese Governor Puttman. When the opportunity came to fight the Japanese battlefield, they reacted immediately.

This is a good explanation for why the Dutch fleet reached Hiroshima so quickly. From Japan to Taiwan, it only takes about 20 days by water. The Japanese messengers for help must have arrived in Taiwan before they could get in touch with the Dutch. It is estimated that at this time, Putman quickly assembled the fleet he could assemble and headed north to Hiroshima. It takes a certain amount of time to assemble a fleet, and it takes a certain amount of time to go north, so the fleet of the Dutch has only recently entered Hiroshima.

In Putman's hands, there should not be enough naval strength to eat the Tiger Ben Navy in one go. Therefore, Putman asked Anita to come and poured the soul soup on the Tiger Army. The purpose was simple, to paralyze the Tiger Army, mobilize more fleets for the Dutch, and buy time. As soon as the Dutch have a stronger fleet to arrive, it is estimated that they will have to take action against the Tiger Army.

As for the Japanese shogunate, the price paid will inevitably be Iwami Ginzan. It is estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu must have thought about it for a long time before making such a decision. Giving up Iwami Ginzan, Tokugawa Iemitsu certainly didn't want to. However, he was forced to give up. If the shogun loses the battle and falls, then there will be nothing. On the contrary, it was acceptable for the shogunate to abandon a Iwami silver mountain but gain the preservation of power.

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What do the Dutch like best?

My favorite is, of course, the silver of the white flowers.

At present, the most prosperous industry in the Netherlands is not shipbuilding, not maritime trade, not war money, but finance. To be precise, it is a banking industry dominated by lending. The profit of lending is much more stable than doing business, and the income is quite good. Twenty years ago, there were only about ten banks in the Netherlands, but now there are more than 100. The capital of each bank has also increased dramatically.

Every year, a large number of Dutch, who put the profits they get from all over the world into the banks, and then lend a lot of money in order to get high interest rates. It is said that in its heyday, the interest on loans that flowed into the Netherlands every year was 100 million guilders. This number is simply appalling. More and more Dutch people don't like to work, don't like to go to sea, don't like to do business, and are only willing to charge interest to live and live a life of spending a lot of money.

Later historians have studied that the Dutch eventually lost their position as the supremacy of the sea, not because of the rise of the British, but because the Dutch themselves defeated themselves. They are too fond of lending, too fond of enjoying life, and completely lose the enterprising jīng god. As a result, in the end, all the money went abroad, but he didn't have it. Of course, this is a matter of opinion.

As the governor of Taiwan, Putman did not like Taiwan at all. At that time, Taiwan was still an uncivilized place, and there was nothing but primitive resources. He just wanted to go back to the Netherlands as soon as possible and live the life of a capitalist. Because, he has a father-in-law who is a banker, and he can earn a lot of interest income by lending money.

If we can get a stable source of income from the East and continue to invest in bank lending, there will be a steady stream of interest income, and wealth can grow rapidly. At that time, the whole of Europe, regardless of the nationality, was lending high amounts to the Dutch, and no matter how much money the Dutch had, they did not have to worry about a way out.

However, in Japanese affairs, Putman could not call the shots, and only the East India Company could decide. There was no other way to convince the top brass of the East India Company than dazzling wealth. Iwami Silver Mountain is the most dazzling wealth. Putman used Iwami Silver Mountain to pull the top management of the Dutch East India Company into the water, which was the best.

Every year, the Spaniards received large quantities of silver from Mexico. It is absolutely impossible to say that the Dutch are not blushing at this silver. In Europe at that time, the most formidable opponent of the Dutch was the Spaniards. Therefore, weakening the power of Spain has always been the stated goal of the Dutch. However, the Dutch tried to rob Mexico, but they were unable to do so.

At the end of the day, the Dutch have too few people. Their manpower is only capable of maintaining a large navy. In addition to the Navy, there are simply not many people in the Army. However, the competition for the American continent requires a large number of army forces. The myth that hundreds of Spaniards conquered the Indians is now impossible.

Similarly, colonies require a large army to maintain. The population of the Dutch was insufficient, and the number of colonies contested was far inferior to that of other large countries. Compared with other European powers, the Dutch colonies are actually very few. This, like the Tartars, is a fatal flaw, and in the short term, there is no hope of changing.

The British and the Dutch fought for decades, and finally defeated the Dutch and became the dominant power at sea, and in terms of population, it also played an important role in determining the number of people. The population of the United Kingdom is at least ten times that of the Dutch. This ensured that the British had a large fleet and a relatively strong land force.

Of course, compared to the population of the Ming Kingdom, these populations are not enough at all. The combined population of all the countries in Europe is not as large as that of the Ming Kingdom. Zhang Zhun is confident that he will dominate the world, which is also based on a huge population advantage. In the world at that time, except for the Ming Kingdom, who could pull out an army of more than one million people?

"Lord Governor, if that's the case, we won't be able to talk any further."

Anita clearly did not want to continue the discussion on this issue. He stood up and made it clear that there was no possibility of negotiation about the ownership of Iwami Ginzan.

"There is no way, we are indeed sincere."

Zhang Zhun said very hypocritically.

His hypocrisy is simply red1uo1uo, undisguised, and completely on his face. This excessive hypocrisy made Anita feel disgusted.

"Farewell!"

Anita said smugly.

"Goodbye!"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand and said goodbye to Anita.

Anita hesitated for a moment, as if she had something to say. But, in the end, he didn't say anything and quietly walked away.

"My lord, what is the purpose of the Dutch?"

Wang Shide asked suspiciously.

"Silver!"

Zhang Zhun said lightly.

The Dutch wanted to control the Japanese war, and the most fundamental purpose was for silver. This made the burden on Zhang Zhun's shoulders a little lighter. Because, this fully shows that the Dutch will not be very deep in the Japanese battlefield. The reason for this is very simple, if you come for money, there will definitely be a problem of price ratio. If your own losses are too great to compensate, it will not be cost-effective.

The Dutch were strong, only its sea power. As for its army...... Zhang Zhun couldn't even determine whether the Dutch had an army or not. A country like Japan, relying solely on its navy, cannot completely decide the outcome of the war. If you want to fight for the Japanese mainland, without an army, it's a joke at all. Armed sailors can only serve as temporary temporary workers, and they are absolutely not sustainable.

When the Dutch came into contact with the Japanese, they were probably only willing to use the power of the sea. The only thing they can use is sea power. The Tiger Army is different. The Tiger Army has a strong navy, a strong army, and walks on two legs. On the ocean, the Tiger Army Navy can fight. On land, the Tiger Army can also fight.

Once the Dutch were deeply entangled in the Japanese battlefield, no one knew what the consequences would be. Were the Dutch willing to get bogged down in the Japanese battlefield? Judging from the current situation, it should be reluctant. Because, once you are deeply involved in the battlefield, it means that the expenses will increase significantly, and the risks will continue to increase.

The headquarters of the Dutch East India Company was located in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) on the island of Java. There is no doubt that it is a long way from the Japanese mainland. The colonization work on the island of Taiwan has not yet been completed, and it is impossible to undertake too many logistical tasks. If the Dutch wanted to intervene in the Japanese battlefield, they had to go all the way north from Jakarta.

In the seas of Southeast Asia, the Dutch still had some enemies. Such as the Spaniards, the Portuguese, etc. Liangya was the first to arrive in Nanyang, but was later caught up by the Dutch, so he was naturally not very convinced. The most lucrative route in the South Seas was in Spanish hands: the route from Manila across the Pacific Ocean to Acapulco, Mexico.

There is no doubt that the Dutch are eye-catching on this route. However, Spain's power is still relatively strong. Spain had a rule that direct trade was only possible between colonies and overlords. The Dutch have been entangled with the Spaniards lately. Once the main fleet went north, the Spaniards would definitely get a respite.

Zhang Zhun suddenly realized that it was time for him to make further contact with the Western powers. The vertical and horizontal struggle between the major powers, and the integration of vertical and horizontal, should also start now. Saiviara pestered herself all day long to ask for the technical information of the Tiger Army, and she was already a little overwhelmed. At this time, she was sent to Nanyang, and out of sight was pure!