Chapter 45: The Forces of the South Seas

"The general is wise! Heaven will not die, I am a great Ming! ”

Lin Lao Er was already in tears at this time, and shouted loudly at the blue sky. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, after Lin Jiasheng saw Lin Laoer's actions, he immediately shouted: "Lin Lao, how can you be presumptuous in front of General Sun, what kind of system will you become!" ”

"Yes! Be! The grass people have lost their temper, and they ask the general to atone for their sins! After Lin Lao Er finished speaking, he was about to kneel again, but he was supported by Sun Hao.

"Lin Lao, General Ben has carefully tried to govern and vigorously reformed, and has abolished the cumbersome set of rituals of kneeling and bowing, and you only need to say hello when you meet, so. In the future, you don't have to bow down when you see this general! Sun Hao stroked Lin Laoer's hand and said with a smile.

"General Sun, the etiquette must not be wasted!" Lin Lao Er said excitedly.

"This is what my father meant, my father took me to travel to Western countries for many years, learned a lot of advanced etiquette, industrial technology, if a country wants to develop and progress, it must reform, otherwise it will repeat the mistakes of the past."

After Sun Hao finished speaking, Lin Jiasheng was very shocked in his heart, yes, this is how the Ming Dynasty perished, Chaogang was rotten, and corruption was rampant, this is the main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty!

"I didn't expect that it was General Sun who saved the lives of the grass people and us today, if the general didn't dislike it, the Lin family would be willing to go to the soup for the general." After Lin Jiasheng finished speaking, he was about to kneel again, but Sun Hao hurriedly supported him.

"Good! Good! It is worthy of being my Daming loyalty, and I, Sun Hao, will definitely lead everyone back to the ancestral land and revive my Daming country! ”

After Lin Jiasheng heard it, he was even more overjoyed, and now he has finally found a backer, with Sun Hao's strength, Ken Ben is not afraid of those foreigners, and in the future, the people of Nanyang can be people with their heads held high!

Sun Hao! .... Sun Hao! How did Lin Jiasheng feel so familiar, as if he heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

When it was time to eat, Sun Hao asked the two to eat with him, which made the two frightened, and they didn't dare to sit at first, but under Sun Hao's persuasion, the two sat down to eat together.

At the time of the meal, Sun Hao also shortened the distance between several people.

At the same time, Lin Jiasheng and the others also felt that Sun Hao was amiable and had no shelves, and knew that Sun Hao now had more than 30,000 navies and more than 50 warships. 20,000 cavalry and more than 600,000 infantry. At the same time, there are 50,000 cavalry and 20,000 sailors, who are training, and after the two of them know that Sun Hao has so many troops, they are happy for Sun Hao in their hearts, hoping that Sun Hao will defeat the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.

Although each country was clearly marked on the map, and the colonies were also marked, Sun Hao was worried that Li Gang would make a mistake with his own intelligence officers, so he looked at Lin Jiasheng and said, "Lin Dongjia, what are the colonies of the Netherlands in Nanyang now?" ”

Lin Jiasheng immediately pointed to the map and said: "Your Highness, the largest colony in the South Seas belongs to the Netherlands, and his colonies include Sumen Island, Borneo, Papua, Sulawesi, Malu Islands and so on. Although the Dutch occupied many islands, they were limited to trade control, and the islands were inhabited by numerous natives, including several tribes or dynasties. It is not so easy for them to want to occupy the whole island. ”

Britain occupied half of the Malay Peninsula and Spain occupied almost the entire Luzon Islands, but Mindanao was not colonized or developed. There is also a country called the Moro Sultanate on the islands of Mindanao, which belongs to the Moro Muslims, plus the local indigenous people, the population of this country is about 200,000. On the island between Zamboanga and Borneo, there is also a Muslim country with the Sultanate of Sulu, with a population of about 300,000, a navy of about 2,000 people, and an army of more than 50,000 people. ”

After Sun Hao heard this, he felt that there was not much difference from history, since the Netherlands united with Britain to defeat the Spanish Armada, the Netherlands once rose and gradually replaced Spain's maritime position. In Asia, the Dutch replaced the Portuguese trade monopoly and completely took possession of Portugal's interests in the spice routes of Southeast Asia, embezzling the most prestigious spice islands in Southeast Asia, including the Banda Islands in the south, Ambon and Seran in the center, and the Moluccasa (Maluku Islands) in the north, and opening plantations in some parts of the East Indies to grow coffee and other crops, which later became an important trade commodity.

The Dutch also monopolized the trade of the Kou Kingdom, and most importantly controlled the tea trade, which was the largest trade between Europe and China at the time, as well as the trade in porcelain, silk and other luxury goods that were favored by the European aristocracy. As for the Americas and Africa, in the first half of the 17th century, the Dutch seized the Portuguese fortress on the coast of West Africa and monopolized the trade of West Africa. By the middle of the 17th century, the Netherlands had a monopoly on the historically notorious slave trade, becoming the largest human trafficker in Europe at the time. At the same time, the Netherlands kept transporting gold and silver from Africa to China, and transported a large number of crops such as sugar, cotton, and corn produced by American estates to the European market for sale.

Dutch merchants made their footprints in every corner of the globe, and in the 17th century the Netherlands received the nickname "Coachman of the Sea".

Although Sun Hao knew that the Dutch navy had declined at this time, he didn't know the troop deployment of several other countries in the South Seas, and the forces of the Netherlands and Spain had to be figured out to see if it was consistent with the information he had obtained, so he asked again: "How many infantry are there in the South Seas now deployed by the Netherlands and Spain?" How many battleships? ”

According to General Huisun, the Spanish army was not large, and the army was about 20,000 in the entire Maluzon Islands, about 60 large and small warships, and about 6,000 navy, but they were often attacked by Moro pirates and local Muslim groups. The Netherlands has more than 80,000 troops, more than 150 warships, and about 16,000 sailors.

The Netherlands was a tough nut to crack with advanced equipment, numerous warships, and well-trained troops. The British Empire has deployed more than 20,000 troops in the Malay Peninsula, and the Indian Ocean Fleet has been deployed in the Indian Ocean, with about 30 warships and 4,000 sailors, and the British Empire also has a Far East Fleet, with nearly 100 warships and more than 10,000 sailors."

Lin Jiasheng knew that Sun Hao asked himself like this, he must have to lay down these territories, and now Sun Hao's troops have only 10,000 sailors, 600,000 infantry, and tens of thousands of cavalry, but in the deep forested island of the South Seas, the cavalry cannot play a role, and it depends on the navy and infantry.

"Well, with our current forces, it would be unrealistic to attack the Dutch colony in the South Seas, but it would be no problem to attack the Spanish colony." Sun Hao looked at the map and said, Spain has 6,000 navies, and he believes that he can definitely beat them down, as for the 20,000 army, they are scattered all over the Philippines, as long as Manila is taken, everything else is very easy.

Lin Jiasheng heard that Sun Hao was going to attack the Philippines, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was very inappropriate, although Sun Hao now has so many troops, it is easy to lay down a piece of territory, but it is not so easy to defend it, and the Muslim organizations in Luzon and Davao are a very troublesome matter. At present, the South Seas are quite chaotic, and there are often small-scale naval battles in various countries, which is definitely not the best time to attack.