Chapter 412: Science and Divine Skill (First Update!) )
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After presenting the gift, Van Twen went straight to the point: "My lord, this time I came to Taiwan on the order of Admiral Lemir to convey the friendship of the Netherlands, hoping that Taiwan can reopen its port and rebuild business exchanges between the two sides." ”
"Yes." Wang Dong nodded.
Vantewen had prepared a lot of words, and he didn't want the other party to agree so easily, so he was overjoyed for a moment, and complimented: "You are a wise king, and I thank you for your kindness on behalf of the Netherlands." ”
Mr. Jin, Chen Jinnan and the others changed their expressions, and said hurriedly: "King Qin......." ”
Wang Dong interrupted with a wave of his hand, looked at Fan Tewen, and said, "I can promise to open the port, but you also have to promise me a condition." ”
Fan Tewen was stunned: "Please make it clear to the king!" ”
"This king has heard of the prosperity of the Dutch shipbuilding industry, and admires it very much, if you Holland can lease five hundred ships and two thousand shipbuilders! Then, not to mention the trade between the two countries, it is some ports on the island, and it is not impossible to lease them to you! ”
"This ......." Fan Tewen couldn't make up his mind for a while, and said: "This matter is too serious, and the contemptible person can't be the master, can the king let me go back and report to Admiral Lemir first." ”
"It's nature." Wang Dong nodded and said, "Send off!" ”
Fan Tewen was stunned again, according to the habits of the Chinese, shouldn't the next feast be entertained, and then prepare a generous gift?
This King of Qin really doesn't know etiquette! He secretly cursed to himself, and was sent out of the main hall by two guards.
"King Qin, the Dutch are not good, and they rashly open the port, I am afraid that it will lure wolves into the house." As soon as Fan Tewen left, Mr. Jin stood up and anxiously persuaded him.
"It's certain that the comer is not good, but it is possible to lure the wolf into the urn as well!" Wang said.
Mr. Jin's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "Could it be that King Qin deliberately set a trap to lure the Dutch into being fooled?" ”
Wang Dong smiled but did not speak.
Mr. Jin frowned again and said, "However, the conditions proposed by King Qin are too high, and the Dutch may not agree." ”
Wang Dong said with a smile: "The price is all over the sky, pay back the money on the spot!" I believe that the Dutch will definitely give a 'reasonable' price. ”
Chen Jinnan frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "I am looking to be famous all over the world for my faithfulness, King Qin is the lord of a country, and he should lead by example, if he goes back on his word, I am afraid that he will be made fun of by other countries." ”
"Shuang'er, let's go!" Wang Dong smiled noncommittally, did not mean to answer, and pulled Shuang'er out of the palace.
He was too lazy to talk to Chen Jinnan about 'if he is not of my race, his heart will be different' or the theory that there is no need to talk about faith and righteousness to other races, because it is really unnecessary, whether Chen Jinnan agrees or not is insignificant, in this case, why waste time?
As expected, only half a day later, the Dutch Admiral Lemuel sent Van Twin to the island, and Wang Dong ordered Mr. Jin to negotiate with him, and after three days of negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement, and the Dutch agreed to lease 200 ships and 1,000 workers.
However, Van Twin also put forward a condition, he said: "I have a bad relationship between the Netherlands and your island, and Admiral Lemuel is worried about the safety of our shipwrights on the island, and I hope that you will allow us to send a guard into the island to protect it!" ”
Mr. Jin vetoed: "Our China is a country of etiquette, and the shipwrights of your country are our guests when they enter the island, and we are responsible for the freedom of safety." ”
Van Twen never agreed, insisting on sending a guard for the Dutch to protect themselves, and finally Wang Dong nodded and allowed the Dutch to send a guard of three hundred men into the island.
A few dozen nautical miles from the island of Taiwan, a Dutch fleet was moored to the sea.
This fleet consisted of twelve ships, and the most central one was extremely large, with a total length of nearly seventy meters, three gun decks, and a total of ninety-five guns on the hull!
This is the Dutch capital ship 'Moctor'.
In today's era, such a warship with a length of nearly 70 meters, which can carry more than 500 naval personnel and nearly 100 artillery pieces, can definitely be called a behemoth at sea, and can be compared with the aircraft carriers of later generations.
Having such a warship is undoubtedly a symbol of national strength, and even a maritime hegemon like the Netherlands does not have many capital ships of this class.
In fact, even more than ten years later, until 1688, the Dutch Navy had only one hundred and two warships and sixty-nine capital ships!
At the same time, Britain and France were in the background, and had already crossed the sea coachmen, and the navy had a fleet of 173 British ships, 100 capital ships, 221 French ships, and 93 capital ships!
However, no matter whether it is the Dutch or British and French capital ships, not any of them can compare with the 'Moctor', and the vast majority of capital ships are still maintained at about 30 meters in hull and loaded with 50 to 100 heavy guns!
Of course, if all the ships that could be used for the First World War are counted, the number of ships of the Netherlands, Britain and France will skyrocket several times.
A clipper sailed out of the island of Taiwan to the Moctor, and Van Twen jumped out of the clipper, boarded the battleship, and reported to Admiral Lemil: "A qiē has been negotiated, and the island has promised us to send 300 guards to station. ”
Lemuel was about forty years old, with a rough face, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips when he heard the words: "Greed makes people look shallow, and the ruler of the island is even more stupid, thinking that he can take advantage of the Netherlands, but he does not know that he has stepped into hell, in Chinese parlance, this is called taking a chestnut in the fire and bringing about his own destruction." ”
Fan Tewen looked back at the direction of Taiwan Island, and there was contempt in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Just wait for our people to enter the island, and when they lose their vigilance, they will be able to cooperate with the outside and take the opportunity to capture the giant fortress!" Taiwan will eventually return to the hands of our Dutch Empire! ”
The Dutch moved very quickly, and in less than ten days, Mr. Jin came to report to Wang Dong: "The Dutch fleet has arrived. ”
"How did it come so quickly?" Wang Dong was a little surprised.
Mr. Jin said with a smile: "It seems that the Dutch can't wait, so they don't transfer people from the mainland, but directly from the colonies of Ceylon and Malaya!" That's why it came so fast! ”
Wang Dong suddenly.
Mr. Jin asked again, "When is the King of Qin going to attack the Dutch?" ”
Wang Dong smiled: "The Dutch came from afar, and they are guests!" How can we, as masters, not take the wind and wash the dust for them? ”
He took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom, threw it to Mr. Jin and said, "Add this bottle of condiments to the banquet to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”
Wang Dong was too lazy to entangle with these Dutchmen, and directly took the simplest way to solve it, this bottle of 'lost incense' was used, not to mention people, a thousand elephants would also be fascinated!
But after just over half an hour, there were suddenly bursts of gunfire on the island, and the gunshots came from the southwest, which was the courtyard where the island had set up a banquet for the Dutch, and the soldiers on the island had already exchanged hands with the Dutch.
Wang Dong summoned Mr. Jin and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Mr. Jin looked ashamed and said with a wry smile: "The rudeness of his subordinates has made the Dutch suspicious and seen through our plan!" This group of Dutchmen was also very good, and immediately decided to use the southwest courtyard as a barrier and fought with the defenders! ”
"Although we are numerous, the Dutch have powerful firearms, and it will be difficult to break them for a while!"
Wang Dong looked at Mr. Jin speechlessly, if he hadn't known that this Mr. Jin had followed Zheng Chenggong to attack Taiwan together, he was afraid that he would suspect that this person was a traitor of the Dutch, otherwise why couldn't he even do this little thing?
"That's it! Take me there! ”
Soon, they arrived at the place of battle, and only the sound of muskets could be heard, and the smoke and dust scattered around them, mixed with the sound of Chinese and Dutch swearing.
Wang Dong walked towards the battlefield.
Mr. Jin looked anxious, and hurriedly stopped: "King Qin, the firearms of this group of red-haired ghosts are powerful, be careful." ”
Although he had also heard of this 'King of Qin', his martial arts were so high that he was the best in the world, but if he wanted to be a mortal, how could he be able to compete with the power of firearms?
The king waved his hand and looked in the direction of the Dutch, but saw that the Dutch were relying on the courtyard wall as a barrier, and hundreds of soldiers were distributed and hidden, and from time to time they fired bullets to repel the attacking soldiers on the island.
Most of the muzzle ** is iron sand, and a small amount is lead bullet! However, the accuracy is extremely tricky, once it reaches fifty steps away, it can basically only rely on probability to try your luck.
Wang Dong's approach also attracted the attention of the Dutch soldiers inside the courtyard wall, and suddenly, someone inside the courtyard wall shouted in Dutch.
Although Wang Dong couldn't understand what was said, he could hear that the voice was Fan Tewen.
Immediately after the gunshots rang out, a puff of iron sand, occasionally mixed with several lead bullets, shot out.
"King Qin, be careful!" Mr. Jin and the others were shocked.
Wang Dong's expression did not change at all, and the sleeves of his robe suddenly flew out like flowing clouds, just like the sleeves in mythological stories, and he rolled in the air, and he had wrapped all the iron sand and lead bullets in it.
Immediately, it flew out again!
A puff of iron sand, lead bullets bounced back several times faster than when they came, and in an instant, there were bursts of screams in the courtyard wall.
“oh! mygod! ”
"The devil, he's the devil! He's using magic! ”
The Dutch were in a panic.
Wang Dong's gaze turned again, and fell on the bluestone the size of a stool on his side.
Boom!!!
This piece of bluestone suddenly ejected, and under the urging of his palm, it was like a meteorite rampage, and the speed of thunder made the air make a sharp whistling sound.
I only heard a loud bang, and the bluestone had already crossed the space of dozens of meters and hit a courtyard wall.
The wall collapsed and crumbled!
More than a dozen Dutch soldiers hiding behind the wall were shocked by the energy, and everyone vomited blood and flew out!
"Storm it for me." Wang Dong snorted coldly.
The soldiers on the island were thrilled by his might, and for a moment, everyone cheered and charged.
The walls of the courtyard had been broken, and it was difficult to stop them from advancing with hundreds of Dutch soldiers.
A screaming voice rang out: "No! Don't attack, we surrendered! ”
A white flag was raised on the wall, and Vantwin shuddered and shouted with a dark face. (To be continued.) Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!)