Batavia Fortress in the East Indies. The door to the office of the Governor of the Dutch East Indies, Major General Arnhem, was uncovered, and from time to time there was a roar, followed by a moment of calm, and then another round of cheering.

In the corridors, public officials passing by the office glance carefully. Then hurry away.

The Governor of the East Indies, Major General Anamshan, banged on his desk, spitting on the stars.

Not far from the desk, on the sofa on the right, a middle-aged man wearing a white goose feather round hat sat quietly, his head resting on the back of the sofa, his eyes closed, calm and concentrated.

He was the Marquis of Sifsamshan, one of the five commissioners of the Dutch United East India Company, which, after the establishment of the Dutch Governor, and five commissioners formed the East India Council in order to unify and intensify the invasion of the East. The Dutch colonial invasion was carried out by the East India Company and the West India Company, so the Dutch government was behind the East India Company. In the year of Li, with the approval of the parliament headed by the parliament headed by the speaker of the parliament, Odenbasmilt, the Dutch businessmen united with Amsterdam and other cities to establish the "Dutch United East India Company", with the initial capital of ten thousand guilders and ten thousand pounds sterling. Congress granted the company a charter that granted it a monopoly on trade from the Cape of Good Hope across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to Cape Magellan at the southern tip of South America, including the right to go to war, negotiate peace, establish colonies, seize foreign ships at sea, build castles, and mint currency.

In this way, the Dutch East India Company essentially became the authority of Dutch foreign aggression and colonial rule.

The Dutch East India Company, with its huge capital, held all kinds of power granted by the state, and its powerful maritime shipping power, challenged the Portuguese and Spanish colonial empires that dominated Asia.

The Marquis of Sifsham was one of the directors of the East India Company and a government official. At this moment, he received the news that the East India Company consulate in Manila had been informed that Rear Admiral Van Weitt, commander of the Penghu Fleet of the Dutch Far East Dispatch Fleet, had been captured. So he reported the situation to the Governor of the East Indies.

Major General Arnhem, the Governor of the East Indies, could not sit still when he learned that Major General Van Weit had been captured, and when he knew that he had been captured by the Ming people, he was also told to extort one million taels of silver, otherwise he would tear up the ticket! With his arrogance, where has he ever been subjected to such an arrogant kidnapping? Immediately furious.

"Don't keep your eyes closed! You have something to say! ”

Watching Xifu Poison Mu close his eyes and recuperate, he didn't mean to take care of him. Ana glared at the Governor with great displeasure.

"Let's wait until you get rid of your anger!" Hilfsum's eyelids lifted a slit, and he glanced at the furious Major General Anamei.

Major General Arnhem sat down angrily, held back his anger, and said, "Say it! What are we going to do? This incident is a disgrace to the Dutch! ”

After waiting for a while, seeing that Major General Arnhem was willing to think calmly, Shifsum sat up straight.

"I have already contacted the Penghu Fleet Command! Major General Van Witt went out privately to find his enemies. As a result, there has been no news for almost a month! We have reason to believe that Major General Van Weit has fallen into the hands of his enemies! ”

"Needless to say?" Major General Arnhem glanced at Xifusam, and said angrily: "The blackmail from us by name has proved that Major General Van Weit and his Erfo Immortal have fallen into their hands!" And what's that damn Ming man called? ”

"Deng Haonan!"

"That's right! That Hao Nan! Major General Ana Demon was very annoyed and continued: "This damn Deng Haonan. He dared to extort one million taels of silver from us, such a big appetite, obviously he knew the identity of Major General Van Weit! ”

Sifsum nodded and said, "If a million taels of silver can settle this matter, then we will take advantage of it!" ”

"What?" Major General Arnhem looked at Hifsum in disbelief and said, "Are you crazy? That's not 10,000 guilders, it's 10 million guilders! ”

Xifu Sam was cold, Heng sighed, and said: "If you can settle it with money." Even if it is 20 million guilders, we can only eat coptis dumbly! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Major General Arnhem asked puzzled.

Sifsum sighed and said, "Right now, we have a monopoly on trade in the world, and this has already caused three strong discussions from countries such as Spain and Portugal!" Not long ago, we killed ten Britons from the Eastern Emperor Han, and we have already led our ally Britain to distrust us! The British took the opportunity to ask us to share the route with them, but His Excellency the Speaker refused! ”

Major General Arnhem asked, "So what?" ”

Ana according to Major General does not know. The Dutch monopoly on maritime trade and their refusal to give a share of the wings to other countries has become the target of public criticism. Britain originally supported the Netherlands in plundering Spanish and Portuguese merchant ships and treasure ships, taking the opportunity to weaken the Spanish Empire. Originally, the British East India Company was established two years before the Dutch East India Company. However, due to the lack of funds and the abolition of naval construction by the British Stuart dynasty, the British East India Company could not compete with the Dutch East India Company.

So. Many merchants in England, an ally of the Netherlands, became dissatisfied with the Dutch. When ten Britons from the Eastern Han Dynasty were massacred by the Dutch East India Company, the British people's antipathy towards the Dutch grew unprecedentedly.

Britain took the opportunity to blackmail the Netherlands and demanded that the Netherlands share their shipping routes with the UK. The Dutch parliament continued to pursue a policy of eating alone, which led to the fact that the Stuart dynasty was married to the royal family and Spain, while Spain was annoyed by the Dutch banditry, and France vigorously built a navy with the intention of dominating the seas. Therefore, the three countries have each other's goals and are in harmony.

At this time, the Netherlands had sensed that the European powers were eyeing the Netherlands, so the Dutch Speaker ordered a global recall of Dutch naval warships to defend the homeland and deter the powers.

However, the Dutch faced the two great powers of France and Spain on land, and the powerful British navy at sea. But the Dutch government was not afraid, because the Netherlands was strong enough at this time. But. The Netherlands had not realized that her land defenses were almost as long as the coastline, in order to hold off the French and Spanish armies. The Netherlands needed to build huge defensive positions. The Netherlands has the money, but it takes time to build a defensive line, so the Dutch government has to ease relations with other countries first.

The Netherlands had been fighting Spain on land for half a century. Therefore, there is no need to color Spain. The Netherlands curried favor with France. France was promised to share shipping routes as a way to prevent the French invasion of the Netherlands by land.

The Netherlands had a clever trick of sharing routes with France, but France did not have the strength of ocean navigation, so France would not put competitive pressure on the Netherlands.

At the same time, France shared the new route, which stimulated the dream of hegemony of the French Navy. France quickly began to build an ocean-going navy, because the French navy was stronger than the British navy, and the rise of the French navy could be used to help the Dutch navy compete with the British navy.

The Netherlands killed three birds with one stone, and temporarily stabilized the situation. However, this balance was still very brittle and weak, and if England decided to go to war, France would not necessarily go to war with the riches of the Netherlands. So. The Netherlands also had to make concessions to the British. Before. The Dutch government supported the Dutch East India Company, and the competition between the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company was unfair, which led to the Eastern Emperor Han Massacre. Therefore. In order to appease the British, the Dutch had assured that the Dutch government would no longer protect the Dutch East India Company, and the Dutch fleet that had helped the Dutch East India Company plunder had withdrawn from the Far East.

After these assurances, the Dongdibo tragedy was quelled. Four-bite porridge... ８。 A different experience!

If the British knew that the Dutch fleet was in fact helping the East India Company in the Far East, it would have caused another political turmoil "to bring disadvantage to the Dutch government."

Therefore, the incident of Major General Fan Weite's capture can only be dumb and eat coptis, and cannot make a big fuss.

"I see!"

After listening to Xifusam's explanation, Major General Arnhem sighed and asked, "Then we are willing to let Deng Haonan extort us for one million taels of silver?" ”

Xifusa Mei said: "That Uh-Buddha Immortal is worth a million taels!" Plus Van Weitt, the royal major general. Take all the crew of the Uhfoxian with you. It's worth a million taels in exchange! You know, a U Buddha Immortal makes more money for our East India Company, than that! ”

Major General Arnhem sneered: "You are too naïve! Deng Haonan only said that we should redeem Rear Admiral Fan Weite and his crew, but did he not say that the Buddha Immortal would be returned to us? ”

Shifsumm laughed, "What about giving them? A group of backward Orientals. Do they know how to use our sail warships? Besides, how can our one million taels of silver be so easy to take? Deng Haonan will burn him to death if he holds it in his hand! ”

Major General Arnhem asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xifusa's mother said coldly: "Deng Haonan's chosen trading location is in Manila, so we can't help him!" After we safely rescue Rear Admiral Fan Weite, we don't need to do anything, Rear Admiral Fan Weite will mobilize the Penghu fleet and destroy Deng Haonan's shame! At that time, Deng Haonan hadn't finished counting the silver, so he sent him to see God! We will get back what we give! ”

Major General Arnhem nodded and said, "After rescuing Major General Van Weit, by the way, the brotherly alliance will be wiped out together to get rid of future troubles!" ”

Xifusam nodded and said: "The Brotherhood Alliance is just a piece of loose sand, we have Zheng Yiguan as the internal response, and it will be easy to eliminate the Brotherhood Alliance!" ”

The deliberations are over. Rear Admiral Arnhem gathered the Dutch Penghu fleet and the East India Company convoy to assemble off the coast of Manila and stand by, while Sifsum personally led people to prepare one million taels of silver and prepared to go to Manila to negotiate with Deng Haonan.

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Deng Haonan and his entourage came to Bashi Fortress with great fanfare.

The majestic city walls and the fortress artillery illustrate the strength of the Bashi Fortress.

Deng Haonan came to meet Fernando, the Spanish governor in Manila, the Philippines, under the banner of the minister of the Ming Dynasty, which naturally attracted the attention of the Spaniards.

As the suspension bridge of Bashi Fortress was slowly lowered, the sound of creaking iron chains and rolling showed that Bashi Fortress was still in a state of combat readiness. It seems that Spain has really declined, and even the Netherlands, a vassal country that was once a subject of Spain, dares to ride on his head and make a fortune.

The gates opened. Two groups of Spanish soldiers lined up on both sides, with the Spanish governor Fernando himself coming out to greet them.

Looking at Governor Fernando who walked in, Deng Haonan smiled secretly in his heart, he didn't expect that he, an impostor minister, would be received ceremoniously.

I don't know the Emperor of the Apocalypse who is far away in Beijing. If you know that you are pretending to be the minister. I don't know what it will be like?

Between thoughts. Governor Fernando has already arrived.

"Welcome to the Minister of the Great Ming Dynasty!"

Governor Fernando was taken aback when he received a surprise visit from the minister of the Ming Dynasty. Although I haven't been to Daming. But his heart was full of longing for the East. From the former governor, I learned that the Ming Dynasty was a very powerful power, and with respect for the strong, Governor Fernando walked around the room and looked up to the 4 stunned books

When he saw the outfit of Deng Haonan and his party, Fernando was very surprised, different from the previous impression of Da Ming Qincha, Na Haonan, who was dressed in a snow-white military uniform, and the solemn appearance of his guards, gave people a pleasing feeling.

Sure enough, the power of the country is extraordinary!

Governor Fernando came to the Philippines to take over the governor for less than a year, and he did not see the official envoys of the Ming Dynasty. It has been more than 20 years since the last time the Great Ming Qin Mission, and the Spaniards who have seen the Great Ming Qin Mission, either retired and returned home. Either go to work somewhere else, so no one knows that they are impostors.

Deng Haonan didn't know how to explain the problem of clothing, but now he doesn't need to explain, from Fernando's excited look, that Haonan knew that this guy believed it.

By mistake, Na Haonan breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a pleasure to meet the Governor!"

The translator took the initiative to turn the two of them, and then Fernando waved his hand, and the salute in the southeast corner of the Bashi Fortress rang out.

With the deafening sound of the salute, Na Haonan, accompanied by the governor of Fernando, entered the Bashi fortress together.

This guy didn't even look at the secret he forged?

Deng Haonan smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that it is very comfortable to be a liar in this era. In the women's century, there are people who pretend to be state cadres to cheat and cheat around, and in this era of closed news, it can be imagined!

After entering the main gate of the fortress, there is a huge square that can accommodate thousands of people to practice together. A huge castle stands at the other end of the main entrance, and there are a series of small castles on the left and right, and it seems that there is not enough time to visit these places in a day.

After several wars in later generations, only ruins remain. Deng Haonan also visited Wèn when he visited with the navy before. At this time, seeing this fortress that had just been built for a few years, and revisiting the old place, it was a different emotion. After entering the city gate, there is a red carpet leading all the way to the castle, and it can be seen that Fernando attaches great importance to Deng Haonan, no, it is the importance of the Ming Dynasty...... I don't know what the mission of Lord Di's sudden visit is? ”

Although Fernando did not check Deng Haonan's identity certificate, he asked Deng Haonan about his intentions. After all, the relationship between Daming and Spain is also very tense!

"At the behest of Emperor Ming, this official went to your place to meet the Governor, just to do business with the Governor!"

Trade?

Governor Fernando breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that twenty years ago, the Great Ming Chin had come to inspect the silver mines, and the Manila incident had occurred, and the Spanish and Ming almost went to war.

Since Deng Haonan is here to do business, there must be no more misunderstandings.

"It is an honor for me and the Spanish Empire to be able to do business with the Ming Empire!" Fernando asked, "I don't know what business your Emperor Xià is going to do?" ”

Deng Haonan deliberately looked left and right, and after making Fernando feel the secrecy of this matter, he said: "Your Excellency the Governor should know that our Ming Empire and the Netherlands are currently at war, so our emperor ordered me to come to your country to get war materials."

Governor Fernando naturally knew about it.

Since the early summer of the Western Dynasty, the Ming Empire has declared war on the Dutch East India Company, and it has been fighting for five or six months at this time.

Fernando saw Deng Haonan talking in a low voice, so he smiled and said, "Lord Deng is not worried. The Netherlands is our common enemy, so our conversation will not be known to anyone else! ”

Deng Haonan deliberately made a sigh of relief, and said secretly in his heart: It seems that this girl is more and more convinced that her imposter is real!

It's no wonder that Deng Haonan pretended to be very similar, while Fernando was in awe of the Ming Dynasty and lacked understanding of the Ming officials. The two hit it off, and the fake came true!

As he spoke, the red carpet was over.

Should there also be flag-raising and guard of honour? Deng Haonan thought so in his heart, and when he looked sideways, there were only Spanish soldiers with guns in a line.

The show is over. Fernando and Deng Haonan went straight into the reception room, and the two were about to have a detailed meeting and transaction.

There were no outsiders, only Deng Haonan and Governor Fernando, plus the officials and transcriptionists.

Deng Haonan then said: "Your Excellency the Governor, I suddenly arrived in Manila this time to negotiate with your country on the purchase of warships!" ”

Buying a battleship?

Fernando was stunned for a moment and asked, "Our warships are different from the warships that your country is used to, and your country has always disliked them!" ”

Deng Haonan pretended to sigh and said, "Don't hide it from the Governor." In the past, we always had a good face and thought that the Western warships were inferior to the Eastern ones! However, now the Great Ming Sailor is at war with the Dutch East India Company, and the war situation is not good, and it has been fighting for half a year. Didn't help the Dutch either! Therefore, we learned from the pain, knowing that they were inferior to the Dutch in terms of warships, so we thought of buying your warships to the other Dutch! ”

Everything Deng Haonan said was true, and Governor Fernando did not doubt Deng Haonan's identity. Since the purchase of battleships. It was going to be a very big business, and the thought that he was going to make a huge profit made Governor Fernando get excited.

Thank you for the monthly passes and rewards of friends such as those who have long stormy nights, vigorous and dumb, and apples in their mouths!