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Louis Montelford, the captain of the Margaery of Einhoff, was writing the logbook in the cabin when he heard an exclamation from the deck, and then the first mate of the ship pushed the door in and reported nervously: "Captain, Mr. Captain, the Chinese, the battleship of the Chinese, no, you should come out and have a look." ”

Meng Defu put down the quill pen in his hand, closed the ink tank, imitated the aristocratic appearance of the upper class, and said elegantly to the first mate: "Mr. Manson, don't be nervous, what's wrong?" Did the warships of Huaxia rush out? ”

First mate Manson said eagerly: "No, it's reinforcements from the Huaxia people. ”

Meng Defu got up, grabbed the sword beside him and walked out, only to the position of the hatch corridor, he saw a little white sail in the distance at a glance, he raised the monocular and observed carefully, the first thing to confirm was to hang the national flag and military flag of China: "That's right, it's the reinforcements of the Chinese people, one, two, a total of eight warships, oh my God, what is that?" ”

Meng Defu looked back at Manson's first mate: "Dear Alexey, this is what you told me?" ”

"That's right, Mr. Captain, I think those are two Chinese battle line gunboats."

"Damn, you read that right, it should be the battleship detachment that the Huaxia people just subordinated to the (Malacca) Strait." Meng Defu bent down and yelled at the helmsman. "Idiot, are you going to use my treasure to fight the battleships of Huaxia? Bastard, don't you understand? Turn the rudder and get out of this hellish place at once. ”

Almost as [Mamar of Einhof] set sail away, the other armed Dutch merchant ships that were also on a blockade mission also fled away into the depths of the sea like frightened fawns.

Looking at the scattered enemy ships from afar, Huang Boming, the commander of the temporary task force and the commander of the East Tianzhu Naval Division, said to the people who were watching the battle together and the investigator of the three divisions: "The blockade of the Tianzhu Town Guard Mansion has been broken, and then this official will arrange [Liusu No. 37] to escort the three adults ashore, and as for how to go to southern Myanmar, it will be arranged by the Tianzhu Town Guard." ”

Huo Ying, a member of the investigation committee of the Ministry of War, asked: "Then the lord is going to Xilan to relieve the siege next?" ”

"No, it is said that there are dozens of ships around Xilan, but I am afraid that this fleet alone will not be able to make the Dutch afraid." The East Tianzhu Naval Division nominally has five cruiser sub-fleets with two cruisers under its jurisdiction, but in fact there are only two sub-fleets in place at present, so the two ships under Yuan Shuwei's feet are almost half of the Eastern Tianzhu Naval Division's family, so naturally they dare not lose them lightly. "Therefore, the next officer is to lead the fleet to Azhen, that is, to encircle Wei to rescue Zhao, and to escort Lord Lin of the Metropolitan Protectorate to negotiate with the Franc Machine, hoping to divide the relationship between Hongyi and the Franc Machine. As for when to go to Xilan to relieve the siege? I hope that Lord Lian can mobilize the ships of the thirty-six Western families to come to Tianzhu Town to guard the mansion again. Speaking of which, Huang Boming calculated the time. It is scheduled for the end of this month and the beginning of next month, and the two sides will work together to go to Xilan, even if it is too late to rescue, they will also rebuild the Matala commercial port. ”

Even the passers-by rolled their eyes and felt that this was also a credit, so they patted their chests and promised: "Lord Yuan, just rest assured, I think I just got the canonization of the saint, and the thirty-six Western families dare not do their best to ??????."

At the same time that a storm was brewing in the distant East Tianzhu Ocean, in the lobby of the Xiamen Prefecture Branch of the Governor's Foreign Affairs Yamen, Shiju, the director of the branch, read a document to Reims, the representative of the French Crown East India Company, with a gloomy face: "In view of the participation of the French Crown East India Company in hostile activities against this dynasty, you are hereby notified that with immediate effect, your qualification to trade in Xiamen and Na Ni will be terminated, and French ships will be prohibited from sailing into any port of China and its dependent countries??????"

Lance interrupted eagerly: "No, Your Excellency, this is a misunderstanding, we, the French Crown East India Company, have never participated in any conspiracy against the Chinese Empire. ”

"Really?" Guan Shiju looked at Lance coldly. "Lan Pavilion Master, there are two certificates, you want to see them."

Lance took a look at the text signed by Fisdello, the representative of the Danish East India Company, and Tucson Oli, the resident head of the Swedish East India Company's Xiamen Commercial Station, and cursed in a frustrated low voice: "These two damn Nordic bastards, what kind of gentleman's reputation, they are not even bullshit in front of money. ”

Lance actually blamed the Danes for the revelation of the alliance between Britain, France and the Netherlands, and the most favored treatment negotiations between China and the Swedes. It was naturally a big temptation for the Swedes to get more profits, but to hand over the secret of the westbound route to China was something that the Swedes did not dare to promise. Seeing that the negotiations were about to go bankrupt and the money in hand was about to fly away, the panicked Swedes didn't care about it, and threw out the one they had heard in the Dutch East India Company.

Guan Shiju, who was in charge of the negotiations, naturally did not dare to slack off, took the Swede's confession to the Danes, and also used the severance of trade as a threat, and the Danes poured beans on the spot and told them everything they said they knew. As soon as the two confessions were compared, the British, French, and Dutch East India Companies naturally surfaced.

Guan Shiju immediately sent someone to report to Wuchang urgently, and Zheng Kezhang personally instructed to "rule it by razing and dividing it". With this holy cut, Guan Shiju found Lance and wanted to make a deal with him.

"Now that you've done it, don't complain." Guan Shiju said quietly. "Lord Lan, give you five days to deal with the goods, and then this dynasty will send a ship to send you to Batavia."

Lance roared out of control: "Five days, damn it, how can I deal with the goods of 20,000 francs in the merchant house, oh my God, how can you tell the king to go back and explain to the king." ”

Lance shuddered at the thought of being hanged by the Sun King after returning because of huge losses, and he didn't even dare to think about the loss of the French merchant ships that were detained by Huaxia because they didn't have time to be notified.

Suddenly, the scarlet-eyed Lance vaguely saw the strange look on Guan Shiju's face, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, his heart moved: "Lord Honglu, can this matter be exchanged, I will use my life as a guarantee, and the French royal East India Company will no longer participate in any activities against Huaxia in the future." ”

"It stands to reason that knowing your mistakes can make a big difference." Guan Shiju pondered for a moment. "It's just that this matter has been reported to the imperial court, and if you want to redeem it, I'm afraid it's not so easy." Looking at the disappointed Lance, Guan Shiju took a turn. "But it's not absolute, I'm afraid that you will have to pay a big price."

"The price?" As long as he can keep his trade with China, Lance doesn't care what the price is. "Please be more detailed."

"The pavilion owner already knows that our dynasty has expelled the Qing captives and regained Shenzhou." Guan Shiju touched the beard on her chin and said calmly. "As for this dynasty, it has always advocated trade with other countries, and now it can rightfully represent China, so the imperial court wants to send envoys to Taixi to establish formal diplomatic relations with the countries of the extreme west." Lance's eyes opened all of a sudden, but before he could speak, Guan Shiju said to herself. "If the Pavilion Master can arrange for your ship to lead my envoy to Tessie, the past can be treated as if it were over."

"It's an extremely dangerous journey, so why should your country take this risk." Lance tried to dispel the idea of the Huaxia envoy, but before he could speak, he saw Guan Shiju's eyes that had froze again, and his body trembled, and he immediately changed his words. "There is no problem, I will arrange for our ship to transport your envoy to France for a visit."

The owner laughed. Guan Shiju said lightly. "The visit of the national messenger is so grand, how can it be carried by a foreign ship, isn't this a loss of face for the imperial court?" Guan Shiju finally said the words that scared Lance the most. "Therefore, the imperial court has decided to use its own sailors to transport, and only your country's ships need to lead our ships forward.

Thinking that in the future, the Chinese merchant ships would go directly to Europe for trade, and the East India Company would go bankrupt as a result, Lance cried out in fear: "This, this is the secret that we have to hand over the route, this is impossible, absolutely impossible." ”

"Is it impossible?" Guan Shiju laughed. "A hundred years ago, this may have been true, but now, more and more Tessie countries can come to this dynasty to trade, is there a secret to this route? Of course, the owner can also insist on his own opinion, but there is an old saying in this dynasty, which is called that a dead Zhang butcher may not eat a hairy pig. Any idea what that means? Guan Shiju looked at Lance with a pitiful expression for a long time. This means that if France does not agree, England may agree, England may not agree, Denmark may agree, Denmark may not agree, Sweden may agree, and so on, there will always be a family that will agree. As for others agreeing, the court will naturally give others benefits, and you don't agree, so there is no need to say anything, the owner of the pavilion just goes and prepares for the evacuation. ”

The reason why Guan Shiju found the coercion and temptation of the French was because of Zheng Kezang's approval.

In the memory of Zheng Kezang, who was a person of two lifetimes, France had lost in the Spanish succession war, and the reign of Sun King Louis XIV had fallen from its peak. In addition, Versailles is the center of European diplomatic circles, and the opening of direct diplomatic relations between Xia and France is to open up comprehensive diplomatic relations between China and European countries, which is far better than England, which is ambitious to control the whole world, and the Dutch, who are about to come to an end, are far better than the ambitious England and the Dutch who are about to come to an end, and are far from Denmark, which is in a corner, and Sweden, which can only be used to contain the rise of Russia, is much better to cooperate with.

Sure enough, after struggling for a while, Lance finally made a decision before the messenger came up to drive him away: "Don't, don't, I, on behalf of the French royal family East India Company, accept, accept, your country's request." ”

Yes, the opening of the shipping route to China may not lead France and the East Indies to bankruptcy at the first time, but if they do not agree, France's eastern trade will be completely interrupted, as the so-called early death is better than late death, as for what other countries think, it is not in the scope of Mr. Reims's consideration to ensure his own first??????