Chapter 207: Helpless
At this time, Anderson also led the officials of the Ming Court and the merchants from all over the world into the hall.
Xiao Wu's face sank when he saw Sir Gore.
"Sir Gore, this time let the East India Company establish a trading house in Luzon and be responsible for the trade between the Ming Court and the East India Company, which is enough to prove that the Ming Court is willing to trade with the East India Company amicably, so the East India Company should also settle the matter of the artillery and warships that you should have delivered last month!" Xiao Wu looked at Gore with a gloomy face and asked in a deep voice.
Xu Bin, who was on the side, hurriedly acted as a translator and translated Xiao Wu's words to Sir Gore as they were.
Sir Gore looked embarrassed, shook his head, and said: "Our war with the Mughal Empire has begun, please forgive us for our breach of contract, and after the East India Company defeats the Mughal Emperor, we will send artillery and warships to Luzon." ”
Liu Yu just smiled at this, he naturally knew that the East India Company could not win this battle.
As for the war between the East India Company and the Mughal Empire, Liu Yu was not interested in who could win, and he could not influence the direction of the war.
However, the East India Company lost this war, and it is estimated that the artillery and warships that should have been delivered to the Ming army may also be lost.
"You know that these red-coated artillery pieces were originally prepared for the Ming army's sailors, and there are many pirates in the waters of Luzon, if the merchants of the East India Company deduct the artillery of the Ming army and the Ming army loses the battle against the pirates, and cannot maintain the safety of the traditional sea routes of Luzon, it is impossible to guarantee whether the merchant ships of the East India Company will be plundered by pirates." Xiao Wu said with a smile.
"Are you threatening?" Sir Gore's face also sank suddenly, and his dark eyes stared at Xiao Wu.
In Luzon, even three-year-olds knew that pirates had been wiped out by the Ming army's sailors.
And now talking about pirates, isn't it saying that if the East Indies do not hand over these firearms, the Ming army will not guarantee the safety of the English merchant ships on the Luzon Passage.
Of course, the merchant ships of the East India Company were not afraid of pirates.
But I wonder if a group of "pirates" who look like Han Chinese and carry sophisticated firearms will suddenly appear on the waterways off Luzon in the future.
In that case, the East India Company's armed merchant fleet would not be able to bear it.
"My lord, when the war is over, we will immediately send artillery and warships." Sir Gore finally relented, and now the situation is dire, and the war with the Mughal Empire is devouring a lot of money and blood of the East India Company every day, and they urgently need to open up new markets.
The establishment of a merchant house in Luzon meant that the East India Company could open up the Luzon market.
In the past, Luzon had always been regarded as the back garden of the Spaniards, and no Western forces were allowed to enter, but now it was difficult to open the door of Luzon.
"Since you breached the contract first and didn't deliver the artillery to the Luzon Ming army on time, then we don't have to pay the remaining 200,000 taels of silver, right?" Xu Bin smiled and hurriedly arched the fire.
Gore almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this.
"Considering that your company is at war with the Mughal Empire, and that we Ming people have always been merciful, it is better to deduct the two hundred thousand taels of silver from the rent of the English merchant house and the trade duties of the English merchants in Luzon." Liu Yu on the side was just watching the play, and when he saw that the play was almost done, he hurriedly said.
Sir Gore thought about it, it was better than paying the bills, and nodded and agreed.
"Okay, then I hope that your company's five queen ships and redcoat cannons can be sent to Luzon as soon as possible." Xiao Wu and Liu Yu looked at each other and smiled.
Anderson stood there embarrassed, wanting to help Sir Gore, but he couldn't say anything, after all, this time it was indeed the East India Company that broke the contract first.
Mei Di,
Just as the Ming court celebrated the opening of the East India Company's trading house in Laoag.
In Meidi City, Yang Yandi was looking at the map in front of him with a sad face.
"Alas, Huang Jin, how can you leave the Luzon caravan behind because of the sneak attack of the soldiers." Yang Yandi pointed at Huang Jin and said bitterly.
Huang Jin hurriedly knelt down and defended: "General, it's not that we are greedy for life and afraid of death, but that Dongpu suddenly encountered such a disaster, and the last general wants to return to Meidi immediately to inform the general, so that the Meidi Ming army can take precautions, but who knows that those Luzon Chinese businessmen insist on going to Dongpu, for the sake of thousands of Ming people in the United States, the last general can only return."
"General, you will spare Huang Jin's life! After all, he is also for Akito Migi. Several generals pleaded for Huang Jin.
"If it's an ordinary caravan, then it's fine, but it was sent by the Luzon Ming Court to Zhenla to contact us, if it is really intercepted and killed by the Fan people halfway, how should we face the Luzon Ming Court." Yang Yandi shook his head and said with a sad face.
"If you don't let the last general lead an elite army to Dongpu to investigate, first, you can find out the whereabouts of the Chinese merchants, and second, you can find out the truth of the Dongpu people." Yang Yongdao.
"Now that most of the official roads to Dongpu have been destroyed by mud floods, how should you get to Dongpu?" Huang Jin snorted coldly.
He hoped that all these Chinese businessmen would die in Dongpu.
In order to escort these Chinese businessmen, he lost more than a dozen family members one after another, and also took the soldiers of the Digital Association, and he was already furious.
"The people have arrived at the city of Nainong, and now Brother Chen is defending Nainong, and I am afraid that there will be more than one bad luck in the face of thousands of Zhenla soldiers!" On the map, Yang Yandi pointed to the location of Nainong City.
"My lord, otherwise, we will send an envoy to Quang Nam and ask Lord Nguyen to send troops to rescue the Dong Pu Ming people." A general said.
Several generals nodded one after another, this was not much better than sending troops to Dongpu to fight with the Zhenla soldiers.
In itself, they went south to Zhenla with the acquiescence of Lord Ruan, and now that the Ming people are in trouble, they naturally want to help.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you know that the Ming people of Dongpu contacted the Ming court in Luzon and angered the lord of Guangnan Ruan, which attracted the siege of the Zhenla soldiers." Yang Yandi looked at these five big men and three rough men, and he was angry.
Is it really because the roads are muddy and it is difficult for the soldiers to march?
He just didn't want to provoke Quang Nam.
"My lord, it's the Ming people of Dongpo, what do we have to do with angering the Lord of Quang Nam Nguyen?" Huang Jin saw Yang Yandi's hesitation and hurriedly said.
"We are all wise people, and you shouldn't not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth." Yang Yandi glared at Huang Jin, who immediately shut up.
"My lord, and this summer's harvest is imminent, our army is a hoarding system, when the farming is slack, it is a soldier, and when the farming is busy, if you rashly send troops to Dongpu, then what should happen to the rice in the rice field?" One of the generals worried.
"Yes, although Dongpu is not far away, if you want to defeat the Zhenla Fan army, you have to gather at least 2,000 troops, so many troops need logistics and grass, how many heavy vehicles are needed, and now the roads are muddy, and our officers and soldiers are not able to support it." Yang Yong agreed.