"Hahaha......"

Zhu Jie stood up and laughed: "Mr. Busby, the Ming Empire has always been true to its word, you can rest assured, I personally promised you that as long as you can take Annam, Siam and even Bagan, as long as you can take it, it will be yours, I and the Ming Empire will never interfere, nor will we send troops to help, once your country completes the occupation and the three countries are destroyed, then I will recognize your country's right to rule the three countries, how about it?" ”

Busby turned his anger into joy, and became excited, although the matter of the caravan attack was not resolved, and was pouted back by the Ming Empire, but the Ming Emperor personally admitted that the original promise was valid, if the Kingdom of England can successfully take the three countries of the Indochina Peninsula, the huge benefits brought to the Kingdom of England are far from being comparable to such things as the attack on the caravan, the three countries together, the population is tens of millions, what a huge market it is? Every year England can easily reap millions of taels worth of benefits, and more!

"Your Majesty, is this true?"

Busby asked urgently.

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Naturally, it is true, Jinkou Yuyan is heavier than Mount Tai!" ”

Busby rolled his eyes, and then said, "In that case, please leave the corresponding documents with me in England, and I may go back to the Governor and His Majesty the King to give an account!" ”

Zhu Jie nodded and said, "Come, wait for pen and ink, draft the paperwork, and ask Mr. Busby to bring it back to India!" ”

"Your Majesty, this ......"

Zheng Chenggong on the side looked at Zhu Jie again and again, and Qin Mufeng and Cha Zhu next to him looked even more anxious, Annan and Siam have always been subject countries of the Ming Empire, as for Bagan, it is also the traditional sphere of influence of the Ming Empire, and it is all occupied by the English, which is not a good thing! The three countries are weak and weak, and if England really makes a move, the three countries are definitely not the opponents of the English!

It's just that Zhu Jie looked confident, waved his hand at Zheng Chenggong, signaling him not to say much, Zheng Chenggong had to swallow his words back, turned around and ordered someone to prepare documents.

Zhu Jie stamped the seal on the corresponding document and handed it to Busby, who read it carefully and confirmed that there were no mistakes before he put his mind at ease.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Mr. Busby, you have come from afar, naturally you have to rest for three or two days before returning to India, I ordered someone to arrange a place for you to live, and after two days, I will personally see you off!" ”

Busby hesitated, shook his head, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, but Your Excellency the Governor is eagerly looking forward to my return to India, and I dare not delay my official duties, so I will leave for India today!" ”

Zhu Jie was not embarrassed, ordered someone to prepare fresh water for the merchant ships of England, and also gave two thousand taels of silver to send Busby out of the country.

"Your Majesty, you, why are you?"

As soon as he returned to the Governor's Palace, Cha Xuan said urgently: "Annam, Siam and Bagan, with a territory of millions and a population of tens of millions, are located in the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"That's it!"

Qin Mufeng said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, you have not considered this matter, let's just deny it, what can they do to England?" If it's a big deal, we will fight a battle, and Lao Cha and I will drive them all the way out of the Indian Ocean with a large army, and let them roll back to the Western Ocean in disgrace! ”

Zhu Jie waved his hand and said with a smile: "Our Ming Empire has always put faith and righteousness first, and such a backsliding thing must not be done, otherwise, how will I be recorded in the annals of history in the future?" ”

Shi Kefa on the side pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, don't pretend, you still care about this?" If you care about this, you won't sing and harmonize with Inspector Qin just now, and Busby almost vomited blood in anger, between countries, interests first, for the sake of interests, countries and countries, so what kind of benevolence and morality is there? When have you ever spoken to your opponent about faith? I don't know what you're going to do, but it's definitely not what you say it is! ”

"Haha......"

Zhu Jie laughed and replied: "Xianzhi, I have really become smart when I have been on the mission twice, not bad!" National exchanges, interests first, everything else is secondary, the fundamental interests of the Ming Dynasty are absolutely not allowed to be trampled on, and the king of heaven is not good! It's just a contract, that's a piece of butt paper! ”

Shi Kefa's face darkened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and please pay attention to your words!" How can vulgar slang come out of your mouth? ”

Zhu Jie ignored Shi Kefa, and said to Cha Xuan: "Lao Cha, the Nanyang Fleet has just been built, and many captured Western warships have not had time to repair it, unable to carry out military tasks, defend the security of the maritime frontier, and pass the decree, Yang Geng led the First Fleet north to Malacca, temporarily replacing the Nanyang Fleet to cruise the Strait of Malacca, all the west of the Malacca Sea is the Ming Maritime Frontier, and no national military force is allowed to enter, once it enters the Strait of Malacca, it is a blatant declaration of war on the Ming Empire, and it will be annihilated in Malacca if it is strong. Of course, all ships engaged in normal commercial trade will be allowed to pass without being blocked, so that Tan Guilin's Tianxiong Army No. 1 Town will immediately enter both sides of the Malacca Strait, build a proposed offensive, and use two artillery battalions to hold the commanding heights on both sides of the strait. ”

Cha Xuan's expression froze, and then he understood, shook his head helplessly, and replied: "Yes, the minister obeys the order!" Your Majesty, your trick is enough to blockade the Strait of Malacca, then England wants to take Annam and Siam is tantamount to a fool's dream, a single Bagan country is enough for the English people to toss, even if the Bagan country is defeated, where the mountains and forests are dense, the terrain is dangerous, and it is difficult to cross the Bagan country to attack Siam! ”

Cha Zhu finally saw that Zhu Jie's intention was coming, if he wanted to attack Annam and Siam, then England must use the Far East Fleet to carry the army through the Strait of Malacca into the South Seas and force the landing, but if Malacca is blocked, how can England's Far East Fleet pass? Even if the Far Eastern Fleet was dispatched with all its forces, in the narrow Strait of Malacca, it would not be able to defeat the First Fleet and rush into the South Seas! Having cut off the shipping lanes of the Far Eastern Fleet, what else can they do, to go by land? Bagan and Siam are almost all mountains, jungles and plateaus, and it is too difficult for the English to cross it, even more difficult than climbing to the sky!

England's dream of driving a wedge into the South Seas is doomed to be unrealised!

(End of chapter)