"The Spaniards and Dutch actually surrendered?" Heathrow saw the Spanish fleet on the ships of the East India Company and raise the white flag, although he had long thought that the Great Ming Naval Division could defeat the Spaniards, but when this scene came, he still felt incredible, he never expected that victory would come so quickly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Now it is no longer the era of the Invincible Armada, and besides, the strength of the Asian fleet is far from being comparable with the strength of the European fleet." His colleagues also felt sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, and comforted themselves in this way, but in his heart they kept muttering, even if the European fleet arrived, would they be able to win?

"It seems that we have to send information about India to His Majesty the Emperor." Heathrow sighed, he originally thought that this would be a few years later, but now it seems that it must be sent immediately, after defeating the Spaniards and the Dutch, Manila and Malacca will definitely fall under the control of the Ming Dynasty, which also opens up their sea route from Sanya to India, the Ming Dynasty has almost become a foregone conclusion to India, Heathrow does not think that the army of the Indian king can block the Ming army.

"We have already made a lot of profits from the previous trade, and as long as we can keep Surat and Madras, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing for us to enter India." His colleague replied that India was not yet the brightest jewel in the Queen's crown, that they had not yet realized how much India could bring to them, and that Britain was now preoccupied with the great war in Europe and the colonies in North America, and that it could not devote much attention to the situation in Asia.

"I hope that His Majesty can give a generous return, by the way, His Majesty the Emperor also gave a list of us to invite these European scientists to give lectures in the Ming Dynasty, to be honest, these rewards really make me jealous, why did I choose to be a businessman instead of a scientist in the first place?" As he spoke, Heathrow pulled out a letter from his bosom, "Descartes, Fermat, Galileo, William Harvey...... Where did His Majesty the Emperor know these names? ”

Li You had to regret that Pascal was still young, and neither Newton nor Leibniz were born, which made him miss out on some of the greatest scientists of the 17th century.

"From John Tong, perhaps?" Heathrow's colleague shrugged and said, "We are businessmen, since the intermediary fees given by His Majesty the Emperor are so high, we just need to do what he says, so why bother with the reason?" In order to invite these scientists to the Ming Dynasty, Li You gave generous conditions, as long as he found any scientist on the list, he would give the East India Company a heavy reward of two hundred taels of gold, in addition, even if it was not on the list, as long as he could obtain the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, he could also give the East India Company a heavy reward according to his ability.

This made the shareholders of the East India Company eager to sell all of Europe's scientists to Daming, but they did not know that the benefits of these people would far outweigh the gold.

"Okay, I think it's time for us to separate, I'll go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to present information on India to His Majesty the Emperor, and you go back to Europe to collect scientists for His Majesty the Emperor." Heathrow began to assign tasks, "In addition, we need to know as soon as possible what the Ming will do with the defeated Spaniards and Dutch, if we can drive them out of East Asia completely." "The Spaniards and Dutch were now in a sense competitors of the East India Company, and if they were to be driven out, the trade routes from Asia to Europe would fall into their hands.

And on the warships of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court's Qincha and the admiral of the fleet were also discussing how to deal with these enemies, "If it is according to the will of the Admiral, all these Hongmaoyi will be killed, these people will offend my Ming vassal for no reason, and they have harassed Penghu, Liuqiu and other places one after another, and slaughtered my Ming people, which is really an unforgivable crime." ”

"Of course, those officials and soldiers who participated in the massacre of the people of Daming can't let go, but it's not good to kill everyone, after all, killing prisoners is ominous." Qin Cha said with a smile, before leaving Beijing, he had already received Li You's will, if the Spaniards and the Dutch were completely solved, then the trade routes from Asia to Europe would all fall into the hands of the British and French, and the goods produced by the Ming would have two fewer buyers, which was not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

And now most of the silver and gold used by the Spaniards to buy Ming goods are shipped from South America, not from Asia, if they don't even earn this silver, so after avenging the people of the Ming Dynasty, taking strategic places such as Manila and Malacca into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and then blackmailing them again, the Ming will still keep peace with the Spaniards and the Dutch, let them compete with the British and the French, so that the Ming Dynasty occupies a more active position in trade.

After defeating the Spanish fleet, the Ming sailors immediately launched a landing operation, and the elite Ming soldiers quickly eliminated the defenders who tried to rely on the castle to block them, captured the Spanish governor, and after the trial, all the Spanish criminals who committed the massacre in the Wanli period were executed, and then confiscated the Spanish and Dutch colonial income for many years, seized strategic places such as Manila and Malacca, and firmly controlled the route of the Ming Dynasty to India in their own hands.

And just when the governors of Spain and Holland were extremely depressed, the Ming envoy sent a trade agreement, "Your sins have been duly punished, and I believe that you have now understood that all the countries of East Asia are vassals of my Ming Dynasty, and you can never be harassed." ”

"Yes, we understood, and we paid the price, so what is this agreement?" The Spanish governor seemed to see a glimmer of hope in this agreement.

"His Majesty the Emperor welcomes merchants from all over the world to come to my Ming to buy goods, if you are willing to continue to maintain business relations with the Ming, then you can ship these goods, and my Ming will sell these goods to you." Qin Cha pointed to the list and said, it was full of goods such as rubber that the Ming Dynasty urgently needed now.

"There is no problem, but in terms of price...... "The price and demand for the goods satisfied them, but for the sake of profit, they seemed to forget the danger just now, and began to bargain with the chincha.

At the same time, Heathrow and his entourage had already arrived in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and were ready to continue to the north to the capital to meet Li You again.