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On January 4, 1715, at the Palace of Westminster in London, England, the depressed Dutch envoy Verziv van Spult boarded the carriage against the cold wind and snowflakes. Ten minutes earlier, he had just finished communicating with Sir Robert Wolff, one of the leaders of the Whigs, but he was extremely disappointed by the reaction of the British, who had apparently decided to abandon the confrontation with the Chinese Empire, even if the British East India Company suffered some losses as a result.

In fact, when the news of the seizure of the merchant ships of the British East India Company by the Chinese Empire first reached Britain, the "knights" in the House of Commons were indeed boiling over the sky, coupled with the establishment of diplomatic relations between Xia and France and the stimulus of France's exclusive right to obtain Chinese goods in Europe, the British Parliament almost passed a decision to start a war against the Xia and French alliances, and the British court also made a decision to intervene in the Xia Xi trade in the Philippines.

However, with the signing of the Treaty of Lingyamen between China and Portugal and the news of China's victory in the East Indies War, the attitude of the British changed dramatically. The British government and opposition, which was not yet an empire on which the sun never set, obviously did not want to clash head-on with the powerful and rising First Empire of the East, lest the Chinese Empire, which had lost its right to trade with China, be driven out of India and the entire Indian Ocean business circle, which had more and more tentacles.

This shift tended to intensify with the return of some of the British ships released by the Chinese.

When testifying before Congress, these captains of merchant ships who returned from China unanimously criticized the head of the British East India Company's merchant house in Xiamen, Lu De, and the company's head in Calcutta, Sir Denver, believing that it was these two men who ignored the actual situation of the strong power of the Chinese Emperor and were attracted by petty profits to cooperate with the Dutch United East India Company and lead the conflict between the Xia and the British, otherwise the British would have been on the list of destinations of the Chinese mission to Europe, and it would have been impossible for China to give the monopoly of trade with Europe to the French. As a result, the interests of Britain and the British East India Company were greatly damaged.

The testimony of the captains caused great confusion at the top of the British hierarchy, after all, England had managed to weaken France in the War of the Spanish Succession, and if the French were to rise again because of the private actions of some people, then Britain would face a great challenge in Europe, which of course would not be allowed.

At this time, the fact that the British East India Company carried out several tailgating attacks on the Chinese mission during its voyage to Europe was also revealed. For a time, it was rumored in Britain that the East India Company had directed and staged the Charvaith-British crisis, and this theory was also used by the Tories as a powerful weapon to attack the Whigs. Under these circumstances, the British Parliament naturally could not form an alliance with the Dutch side again, and even had to invite the Chinese delegation to visit Britain with a shy face, so as not to lose the interests of the East.

The Dutch were abandoned, and without the intervention of the British court, the United East India Company had no choice but to announce its reorganization in a bleak and miserable situation. However, looking around the world, in North and Central America, the Netherlands has no place to stand; In South America, although the Dutch West India Company had a small colony in Guyana, if it wanted to continue to expand, it would inevitably clash with the early colonists such as Spain and Portugal, and would inevitably encounter a strong backlash from the other side, which the Dutch did not want to see today.

Therefore, after the consensus of the Committee of 17, the new Dutch United Africa Company had to focus its development in the direction of southern Africa and East Africa, and completely retreated from the Chinese and Southeast Asian markets - fortunately, Huaxia later learned from the released Dutch population that Huaxia had also agreed to the Dutch to conduct harmless trade in East Asia, which gave the Dutch the opportunity to return to Asia, but the focus of the Dutch business was no longer in Asia, which was already ironclad.

The nearly bankrupt United East India Company was reorganized by Dutch investors crying without tears, while far to the east, the festive Lingyamen was about to usher in the New Year of the 17th year of Wucheng. However, for some, the festival is a good opportunity to drill camp, and no, someone who is making a comeback is getting into action.

"Brother Kasa Nong," Niu Mingli, who walked into the yard with four-colored pastries, said to the master's house. "It's the same end of the world, come down to pay a visit to the early years, Brother Linong shouldn't mind."

"Lord Niu, what are you doing here?" Chen Xiaoze, the former Lingyamen Protector of the former Lingyamen Protectorate, who was demoted because of the trespassing case, looked at the things in Niu Mingli's hand, and said with a little embarrassment. "I'm coming, I'm coming, and I'm bringing something, if this is known by the Supervision Yuan, it's time to gossip again."

"What kind of gossip," Niu Mingli said disapprerovingly. "It's hard to move around among colleagues, and the Supervision Yuan must also take care of it."

"That's just as well." Chen Xiaoze stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation. "I forgot that Lord Niu has been reinstated because of the small plate and the opening of the town in Chittagong, which is really gratifying." Although he congratulated in his mouth, there was no heat in his tone, not because Chen Xiaoze couldn't see others well, but because he had reorganized the trespass case these days, and had doubts about Niu Mingli's role in it, and even had doubts about Niu Mingli's identity. "Lord Niu," after the two of them sat down, Chen Xiaoze asked bluntly. "I don't know what else to send besides New Year's greetings?"

"Don't dare to send." Seeing this scene unknowingly, I thought that Niu Mingli was sticking a hot face to someone's cold buttocks, but Niu Mingli didn't care at all, and still opened his mouth with a smile. "I heard that there are a few boats that may be sold in the new year, I don't know if Brother Kasa Nong can help dredge one or two in Xia."

Niu Mingli is talking about several warships that were damaged in the Battle of Xiahe, although these warships can still be used after major repairs, but their whole life has been greatly affected, so the military department with deep pockets recently decided to sell them and build new ships to fill the establishment. Of course, what the military doesn't look down on, outsiders can be very red-eyed, so all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have run out to show their powers, hoping to take it into their pockets, Niu Mingli is just one of them.

"Lord Niu is very well-informed, too, after all, Lord Niu is now in charge." The reason why Chen Xiaoze suspected Niu Mingli's actions in the trespass case was precisely because Niu Mingli's current position, the Privy Council's staff secretary, did not know and thought that he was in charge of the frame of the public opinion map like the previous dynasty, but Chen Xiaoze, who was born in the military department, knew that this was a foreign intelligence department, and he definitely had reason to instigate the entire trespass case. "But the court hasn't nodded on this matter yet, whether to demolish or sell, and let's talk about it, is Lord Niu too anxious, just wait, wait for the Ministry of War to have an explanation after the year, and then it's not too late to get through."

"Can this matter not be in a hurry," Niu Mingli did not hide it. "Although it is a warship that the sailor does not want, but at the level of a cruising ship, the imperial court has always dismantled more and sold less, and now it is rare for a few ships to flow out, and the people who want it are gone, and the road is not opened in advance, and when the matter is really settled, how can there be a brother and my share."

Chen Xiaoze pretended to be surprised and asked, "Listen to this, but Lord Niu can't resign from the government and start business?" ”

"Not really." Niu Mingli explained honestly. "Si Li is going to explore the waterways to Persia and Dashi after the New Year, but it is not good for the sailors and warships, so he is thinking about building a business under the guise of building a business if he can take these ships."

"If you build a business, you will build a business, is it necessary to have these few warships to serve as a façade?" Chen Xiaoze asked pretending to be puzzled. "Besides, let the staff department discuss this matter with the military department, why go around such a big circle."

"Brother Linong, you don't know, although the court has the fine orchid now, but the west is the territory of Taixi Zhuyi, you rush up so directly, you will inevitably encounter some obstacles, and the use of warships is not only a deterrent but also a preparation for the real action will not suffer a big loss." Niu Mingli explained honestly. "As for why the division doesn't communicate directly with the Ministry of War, you also know it, Brother Kasa Nong, the staff department belongs to the Privy Council, and the Privy Council is not allowed to ask whether the distribution of the military is set by the Holy Lord, and next year's budget has already been reported, and it can't be changed at this time."

Chen Xiaoze didn't believe that things would be so simple, so he sneered: "The staff department is also cautious, but it's useless for Lord Niu to find the lower official, after all, the lower official is just a foreign official of the sixth grade, and it has little impact on the center??????

Niu Mingli interrupted: "Niu Mou valued that Brother Linong was not in the center, so he specially asked to come to the door. ”

Chen Xiaoze understood that the other party originally wanted to move from the periphery, and then exert force in the middle, and unconsciously got things done.

But the more he understood, the more angry Chen Xiaoze became, he was almost sure that the original case of trespassing was the staff department behind the scenes, Niu Mingli was actually a person from the staff department early on, the so-called loss of official revenge is just a play performed externally, but it made a group of people on the bright side bear the black pot.

It's just clear that Chen Xiaoze didn't have any evidence for him to write a book and overturn the case, so he couldn't afford to hide, so he just shook his head and said: "Lord Niu, this official has now been registered in the center, how dare you still make trouble, it's better not to get involved with me in this matter, so I also invite Lord Niu Haihan, come to someone, and serve tea." ”

"Brother Linong," watching the Malay servants come to see off the guests with a smile, Niu Mingli's face sank, but the military department belongs to the civilian system, and the staff department has no power to ask the other party what to do, and the helpless Niu Mingli can only curse in a low voice and then walked out of the Chen Mansion in a stupid manner, and after waiting for his carriage, Niu Mingli said to the person sitting opposite. "It didn't work out, the life and death of the surnamed Chen refused to interfere, so I had to find another way to do it."

"Maybe Chen Xiaoze is suspicious of the trespassing case?" The person on the other side asked. "Are you looking for a chance to kill your mouth?"

"It doesn't have to be." Niu Ming thought about it ideally and denied it. "He doesn't have any evidence, and if he says nothing, he will cause trouble." After all, it is an official of the imperial court, if he dies unexpectedly, it will inevitably attract unnecessary attention, once a big man like Gong Tian is alarmed, you can imagine what the result will be, not to mention anything else, Niu Mingli's group of people will definitely be sacrificed. "Just send someone to keep an eye on him for the time being, but those boats must not fall into the hands of others." The ship matter is the real trouble, and it is reported that the Inner Court Manager also wants these gunboats, and if it is true, the staff will not be able to compete with each other anyway. "Let's go, go to the town guard's mansion, I'm afraid I have to start from the army??????"