The arrival of the Swedish merchant ship Gothenburg, which was born 30 years in advance, caused a sensation in Daming......

Of course, it is not because the people of the Ming Dynasty have any special feelings for this small country in the distant Fanbang, their knowledge of Sweden is limited to the name in the geography textbook of primary school, and the sensation is because His Royal Highness King Wu obviously has special feelings for them, and the Gothenburg not only enjoyed the high-standard treatment of the salute in Changguo Port, but also arrived in Nanjing under the escort of the two cruisers of the navy, and then all the crew members were invited to the palace to enjoy his dinner reception as Prince Yang's guests. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And this has never been done before.

Even the British did not enjoy such treatment.

"The reason is simple, they are fighting with the Rakshasas!"

Yang Feng said to his prime minister as he walked.

Yes, at this time the Swedes were at war with the Russians, the Great Northern War, the little lion Charles XII of the Swedes was fighting a fateful duel with Peter the Great of the Russians, and now the Swedes had the upper hand, and the Russians were defeated in Narva, and now Charles XII had conquered Denmark and defeated the Saxony-Russian coalition in Poland, and soon he would force the Elector of Saxony, August II, to abdicate the Polish throne and thus formally conquer Poland.

Then he, like all the latecomers, slaughtered Russia with great vigour.

Then he was also wrecked there like Nana, with a mustache, and after being exhausted by the Russians with a scorched earth policy, he was defeated in the ultimate duel between Poltava and Peter I in eastern Ukraine, and even he himself had to flee to the Ottoman Empire for refuge because he could not return home, and Sweden completely withdrew from the stage of continental hegemony.

But now it's different.

Because in the East there was also a guy who was worried about beating Peter I, and the enemy of his enemy was his friend.

"Daming Jianguo, His Royal Highness King Wu has arrived!"

With the shouts of the attendants, Prince Yang, who was wearing a full set of ceremonial clothes, walked into the main hall proudly and sat down on the dragon chair in the middle of the head.

"Envoy of the Kingdom of Sweden to meet you!"

The squire shouted.

Immediately after that, two standard blonde and blue-eyed ghosts walked in, led by an interpreter, took off their hats and bowed to Yang Feng, and the first one said in French: "Contemptible Swedish Kingdom Alfred. Larson meets His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Your Excellency, you are mistaken, I am only the prince and not the emperor."

Yang Feng said.

"Well, Your Highness, please forgive the ignorance of the despicable."

Larson said quickly.

"Don't blame those who don't know, not to mention that you are still my guests, thank you very much Charlie for your help to the crew of the Celestial Empire, your friendship will be rewarded."

Yang Feng said.

His merchant ship, the Celestial Empire, had sailed to Europe before, and had been to Sweden with his envoys, and Charles XII was not a fool, he was at war with the Russians, and the monarch of a country behind the Russians suddenly sent an envoy to find him, and it was not immediately regarded as a distinguished guest. What's more, the British used a large number of arms purchased from the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield to make the French miserable, and the British East India Company used Ming goods to make money in Europe, he had already coveted these arms and merchant ship trade, and Yang Feng was completely called a dry firewood and a frustrated woman, and he was desperate to hug all of a sudden.

The Celestial Empire had already returned home after completing its mission, but was detained in Rotterdam while passing through the Netherlands, and the entire crew was imprisoned.

Later, Charles XII came forward to force the Dutch to release all the crew on the grounds that the Celestial Empire was all envoys sent to Sweden by the Ming Dynasty, and the Netherlands, who were at war with the French at this time, did not want to offend this guy who was currently in the limelight for this little thing, and finally released the crew, but seized the Celestial Empire and the cargo on board, and then Charles XII took these crew members to Sweden, and this time the Gothenburg brought back a part, including the envoy sent by Yang Feng, that is, the translator next to Larsen.

"Your Highness, it is our duty to be friends."

Larson said busily.

The mission of his trip was also very simple, he must establish an alliance with Yang Feng or prepare an alliance, and it was best to prompt Yang Feng to attack Russia, so as to force Peter I to transfer troops from the Western Front, reduce their offensive resistance, and even simply make a secret agreement with Yang Feng to carve up Russia. For example, with the Ural River as the boundary, half of the family, anyway, Charles XII's population is so small, and his expansion ambitions are limited to Eastern Europe, and if he can hit the Volga River, he will already break his belly, no matter how big Yang Feng's ambition is, it is impossible to conflict with him, and the two fully have the conditions for a good friend for a lifetime.

"Good, friend, I love that word! And I'm very generous to my friends, say, what do you want? Just bring it up! ”

Yang Feng said.

"Your Highness, can you sell us arms?"

Larson asked tentatively.

"Of course you can, I can sell it to the British, of course I can sell it to you, rifled flintlock guns, rifled guns, ammunition, whatever you want, in fact I think you can also buy steel-making technology, which is the kind I sell to the British, and there is also a new type of cannonball casting technology, so that you can produce it yourself, as far as I know, you seem to have the best iron ore in the world, and if you have the latest steel-making technology, you will definitely beat those filthy Slavs into dogs."

Yang Feng said very frankly.

All he has to do is to arm Charles XII, give him rifled guns, give him rifled guns, give him cast steel flowering bullets, give him Minnie bullets, let him march into Russia, let him be a-stirring stick in Europe, let him beat Peter on the Western Front, not afraid that he will beat Peter as badly as possible, if he can set fire to Moscow, then the people of the Ming Dynasty will give him ceremonial flowers, and he can happily grab Peter's territory in the east, what a good business!

What's more, Charlie will give him money, not to mention that Charlie has another use.

"But you have to do me a favor too."

Then Yang Feng said.

"Your Highness, please speak."

Larson said busily.

"It's very simple, I don't want the Ming merchant ships to go to Europe again, and something like the Celestial Empire will be savagely seized, more simply, I hope that your country's fleet can provide the necessary protection for the Ming merchant ships."

Yang Feng said.

"Your Highness, our naval strength is far inferior to that of the Dutch, and it will be difficult for us to do so even if we want to, after all, we are still at war with the Russians, and the Dutch control the Cape of Good Hope, so I am afraid they will not let your merchant ships pass there."

Larson said.

He was telling the truth, although the strength of the Swedish navy was not weak, it was still a notch worse than the Netherlands.

"Your naval problems are not difficult to solve, I can provide you with new naval guns, and you only need to build a few more warships, with this new naval gun, you can easily defeat any fleet in Europe. How my navy defeated the Dutch in the South Seas I've heard that I destroyed all the ships of the East India Company without losing a single ship, and the new naval guns allow you to do the same. As for the question of the Cape of Good Hope, it will soon not be a problem, the Dutch have not yet sued for peace, my war with them is still going on, and there are no more Dutch in the East Indies, and then they will either admit defeat to me and let go of the Cape of Good Hope, or I will go and occupy it, in short, it is not a problem at all. ”

Yang Feng said.

The attack on the Cape of Good Hope was not too difficult for him, there was only one Fort of Good Hope there now, and the only problem was the distance, but the Ming army had already occupied Batavia, and it was possible to sail west with the help of the warm current of the southern equator. Then establish supply depots in the Cocos Islands, Diego Garcia, Mauritius and other places, jump to the coast of Africa, and then continue to attack the Cape of Good Hope with the help of ocean currents, and when you return, you can also take the southern route, take advantage of the cold current of Western Australia to Western Australia, and by the way, establish a stronghold in Western Australia to pan for Kalgoorlie gold, so that a perfect colonial system can be formed.

Of course, if you take Zheng He's sailing route, you can even occupy some strongholds in Africa, and then go south along the African coastline, in short, he must grab the Cape of Good Hope, if not for anything else, for the gold of South Africa!

"Your Highness, the contemptible man has a proposal."

Larson thought for a moment and said.

"Say!"

Yang Feng said.

"Can we form a trading company by joint venture?"

Larson said.

"Go on!"

Yang Feng immediately laughed, he already understood what this guy's proposal was.

"We have cooperated in the establishment of a company to which each of the two countries has granted a franchise for East-West trade, and the Swedish business east of Cape of Good Hope, west of Cape Horn, and your country's trade east of Cape Horn, west of Cape of Good Hope, is likewise entirely under the responsibility of this company. As for the shares, we raise them in each of our respective countries, but the total proportion must be the same in both countries, and this company is protected by both our countries, which is both your company and a Swedish company. If the Dutch dare to intercept this company's merchant ships in the Atlantic, it will be a provocation to the Kingdom of Sweden, and your navy will also need to ensure the safety of this company's merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, what do you think? ”

Larson said.

This was actually the goal of Charles XII.

At this time, the Swedish East India Company had not yet been born, and Sweden did not have any security guarantee east of the Cape of Good Hope, and the Gothenburg protected itself with more than 30 cannons alone, and the Ming Navy was already the boss in this sea area, but the Ming merchant ships did not have any security guarantee in the Atlantic. And in the same way, the British, the French, and the Dutch will not welcome two new competitors, the Swedes, who came from a pirate family, know very well what they will do, and it is estimated that Yang Feng is also very clear, what happened to the Celestial Empire has already told him this, so the best thing is ......

Cooperate. (To be continued.) )