At this time, the Thirty Years' War in Europe was coming to an end. The vast Holy Roman Empire and Spain were completely defeated, and have been in ruin ever since. It didn't recover until hundreds of years later. Reduced to the third rate in Europe.

France and England had not yet risen in the true sense of the word, and the two rogue states in the world, which would become the world's largest rogue state, were still in the process of preparing for their take-off. It will take some time for their glory to kick in.

As for Germany, which shook the whole world many times, it was still a chaotic country with divided princes at this time. Prussia, which swept Europe with its iron-blooded policy, had not yet officially appeared at this time. Their predecessor, Brandenburg, is now nothing more than a small state.

As for the European rollers, Russia. Now, although it has begun to expand greedily everywhere in all directions. But its real national strength is so weak that it can't even beat Poland.

Therefore, those Europeans who risked their lives to come to the Far East and dreamed of being able to do business with the Ming Dynasty and make a fortune will naturally feel inferior and panic in their hearts when facing the Ming Dynasty, and they will unconsciously bow their heads. It is far from the arrogance of later generations after the national strength came up. Europeans in this era also have to grovel in front of the Ming Dynasty!

The Ming Dynasty of this era is the real master of the East! This empire is so powerful that it makes people desperate and helpless!

Governor General of the Dutch East India Company, Sloan. Cohen is a very capable and excellent person. After he became governor of the East India Company in 1619, he quickly grew the East India Company. He used bloody and brutal methods to massacre all kinds of people in the South Seas, drove out the Portuguese, and seized and monopolized the extremely lucrative spice business. and trade routes to the Ming Dynasty, Fuso, and North Korea. At that time, more than 80 percent of the world's maritime trade was in the hands of these Dutch. It was at this time that the fame of the coachman of the sea was earned.

Governor Cohen commanded the East India Company to seize Sri Lanka, the Indian coast, and the Cape of Good Hope. Strongholds were established in Persia, Bengal, Malacca, Siam, Formosa, the Malabar Coast and the Coromandel Coast, among others. Expanded the power of the East India Company to the extreme. The profit earned every year is enough to make all European countries blush to the point of crushing their teeth! In the future, the foreshadowing of the Dutch being besieged by various countries is buried behind these huge profits!

Today. The bearded Mr. Governor frowned, and the corners of his mouth foamed as he paced back and forth in his governor's mansion irritably. The Cuban tobacco leaves, which were so popular in the past, were placed on the table without even looking at them.

Before Zhang Huangyan came to Batavia, he had already received important information sent back by the Zheng family clipper. The fleet that mobilized almost all of the East India Company's mobile forces in the South Seas. It has been wiped out in the naval battle of Jiaozhou Bay! The East India Company's loss this time is completely devastating!

When Governor Cohen received the news, it was as if he had been struck by lightning on a sunny day!

You know, the East India Company was a joint-stock company. The shareholders who bought the shares would have known that they had lost so many ships in one go. But they don't even get a little benefit, then they may eat themselves alive! Even if you have brought them countless dividends, it is useless! Those vampires only look at money!

The strength of the Ming navy was beyond his imagination. Many years ago, when Admiral Rayson led the fleet to occupy the Penghu Islands, he also had a big battle with the Ming navy. At that time, the Dutch had only a dozen warships and more than a thousand soldiers. And the Ming Navy has more than two hundred warships! The military strength on land is as high as tens of thousands!

It was such a large-scale operation with extremely disparities in strength, but the Ming Navy besieged it for more than a year before forcing Raelson's fleet away, and finally went to Taiwan. The losses are not significant.

When the results of the battle came out, Governor Cohen's deep awe for the extremely powerful Ming Empire collapsed in an instant. That's why he agreed to Nikolai so easily this time. An important reason for an officer's request to borrow troops.

Governor Cohen originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to test the true strength of the Ming Empire, so as to help for future development. At the same time, it is gaining some tangible benefits. For example, it was recognized by the official rule of the island of Taiwan, expelled the Portuguese from Haojing, monopolized the trade with the Ming Dynasty, and so on. However, the idea is good, but the cruel reality slapped him in the face with a loud slap from side to side!

According to the Zheng family, who came to deliver the letter, none of the ships in the Dutch fleet and the Zheng family's fleet were able to escape! All the ships were either sunk or captured. How powerful does it take to do this?!

With his hands covered in blood, Cohen, who was unrelenting in his killing, began to get scared. He was now extremely worried that the powerful Ming navy would come south to find trouble for him. On the other hand, he has to worry about the Dutch side of the Dutch idiots who can't see anything but money in their eyes and pull him back!

Just when Governor Cohen was in a state of exhaustion, completely out of order. Zhang Huangyan's arrival made his mouth open wide in shock!

"Ming's diplomatic envoy?! How did they come here? "No wonder Governor Cohen was shocked. For so many years, the Ming Kingdom had never sent any regular state-level envoys to the Nanyang side.

And this sudden visit was also in this sensitive period after the end of the Battle of Jiaozhou Bay. Governor Cohen suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart. Looks like this time. It's going to be big.

"Honorable lord, I wonder what you are doing here this time?" Because of a one-sided naval battle, Governor Cohen, who had lost most of his mobile strength, returned to the sense of awe in his heart that had gradually dissipated in the Ming Empire. After inviting Zhang Huangyan and his entourage into the official residence of the Governor's Palace. Mr. Governor used to talk to Nikolai. The good words of the Ming Dynasty learned by the official stammered and flattered.

"Humph!" As a Ming Dynasty official from a prominent background, Zhang Huangyan despised these thin figures in his heart (at that time, Europeans were far less tall than they are in modern times, and their living standards at that time were not as good as those of the disaster-stricken Ming Dynasty). It's normal to be in poor physical condition. Dirty, clothes crawling with parasites, not bathing all year round (Europe just out of the Middle Ages is synonymous with poverty, ignorance, and dirty. They believed that the dreaded plague could be avoided by not bathing. The Black Death took half of Europe's population that year. In order to fight the plague, the Europeans used the ash on their bodies to resist. Because the smell on the body is so bad, Europeans are very fond of pouring fragrant rice on their bodies, which is also an important reason why spices are so popular in Europe. Rude and uncultured (at that time the Renaissance was just beginning. The vast majority of Europeans. Many of the nobles and royalty were illiterate. It cannot be compared with the Ming Empire, which has a large number of scholars. Xiyi. As a member of the most powerful empire in the world, Zhang Huangyan's demeanor is extremely arrogant. He has this capital!

Zhang Huangyan raised his head proudly. Nostrils turned upward, and there was no greeting from Governor Cohen. After his entourage had made a brief arrangement. Ignore the ugly Governor Cohen. Zhang Huangyan solemnly took out the holy decree written by Emperor Chongzhen himself, and read it aloud with great solemnity.

In this era, on the side of Nanyang, Chinese is the real language of circulation! Although because of the relationship between the dialect and the text written by the Holy Decree, Governor Cohen could not understand what Zhang Huangyan was saying. But he had an interpreter by his side.

When the pale-faced interpreter trembled his lips and said, "War declared!" After that, Governor Cohen felt his head cloud, and his ears were full of roaring sounds!

That's right, Zhang Huangyan came over this time to declare war on behalf of the Ming Empire!

Gao Yang is not Japanese, and he doesn't bother to do the sneak attack without declaring war. The strength is strong enough to crush it, and you still want to engage in a sneak attack? There's no need for that at all!

Gao Yang chose to go directly through the formal process, let Emperor Chongzhen write a letter of declaration of war, and let Zhang Huangyan as an envoy from Tianjin Wei to the fast sailing ship Exocet all the way to Batavia to declare war! This is also to lay the foundation for Zhang Huangyan to quickly ascend to the position in the future. If this kind of person who serves the country and the people does not take office, does he still want to let the leader of the Donglin Party who is 'too cold' not be able to take office?

Governor Cohen felt dizzy in his head, and he didn't hear Zhang Huangyan's words clearly, leaving only endless regret and fear in his heart. It is a complete tragedy to provoke such a powerful opponent for a while.

This is also because the Ming Navy won this battle! That's why Zhang Huangyan can be arrogant and arrogant. Governor Cohen was terrified and overwhelmed. If the result of the battle is reversed, the Ming Navy will lose the battle. For the scene at this moment, please refer to the scene where I discussed the amount of land ceded by the Qing Dynasty and the foreign adults.

After Zhang Huangyan handed the holy decree declaring war to Governor Cohen, he turned around and left with a proud face. Governor Cohen, who was in a trance, came back to his senses, and frowned and asked the interpreter to translate the contents of the decree in detail, and he always felt as if something was wrong.

As for the seizure of envoys. Governor Cohen had no idea of doing it at all. First of all, these envoys are just some ordinary officials, even Zhang Huangyan, who is a chief envoy, is just a minor official of the seventh grade, and it has no effect to arrest him. The second is that there are already some basic moral rudiments in this era, and very few people will do such a thing as grasping envoys.

Now, of course, Governor Cohen is on the underdog. If he really captured the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, he would inevitably suffer brutal retaliation, so there was no need for him to do so. If things are reversed, it may not be.

The European colonizers of this era were all crazy adventurers, criminals, bankrupts, and poor people who couldn't survive. These people are extremely bold, and they dare to do anything evil when dealing with natives who are inferior to themselves. But when they are faced with forces that far exceed their own strength, they will be as weak and shy as unmarried girls!

If you want to convince them, you have to beat them! It hurts so much that you wake up from a dream! (To be continued)