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This is the rule based on strength!
Therefore, the rules of the Strait of Malacca, from now on, have the final say of Ming.
"Now, it seems that the rule that high sugar is better than low sugar also applies to the navy!" John Churchill frowned. "Until white sugar is produced in large quantities in India, we'd better avoid the escalation of the war."
"What?" Although Campos had long given up hope for profiteers from the British East India Company, the French East India Company, and the Swedish East India Company, he never expected that John, who had been emphasizing that he could sacrifice economic interests in order to defeat Ming · Churchill also counseled!
"Baron," Campus looked at the handsome John Churchill with thick eyebrows and big eyes, "didn't you say that in order to stop the Ming Empire, you would spend every last penny in your pocket?"
"Yes," John Churchill nodded, "in order to stop the Ming Empire, the entire Western world should do its best! But we also need to pay attention to strategy... The naval battle last night showed that we have enough sugar in our navy." Before gunpowder, we did not have the possibility to confront the Ming Empire head-on. Therefore, we need to maintain a relationship that is both confrontation and contact, while seeking long-term coexistence.”
"What do you mean?" Kemps looked at John Churchill.
"First of all, we must fight resolutely where we should fight!" John Churchill said, "For example, we will have the most resolute confrontation with the Ming Empire in Batavia and Malacca!"
That is to say, the Dutch will fight against it!Campos is so angry!The Dutch East India Company will not only lose money this time, but also have to kill a large number of people... You Baron Churchill is too dark, right?
"Secondly," the black-hearted Baron Churchill continued, "in view of the Ming Empire's superiority in the Strait of Malacca, we must maintain contact with the Ming Empire at present... maintain the current situation with extremely limited economic benefits and not escalate it. Therefore, the British East India Company, the French East India Company, the Swedish East India Company and the Governor of Goa in Portugal should maintain trade relations with the Ming Empire. Of course, while maintaining trade with the Ming Empire, we should also actively develop India The sugar and cotton cloth industries in the colonies can completely replace the products of the Ming Empire. At the same time, efforts should be made to obtain the secrets of high-quality porcelain, perfume and garlic medicine, and strive to get rid of the dependence on the Ming Empire as soon as possible.”
We Dutch die, you English are so rich...Kamps is even more angry, he finds that he may have fallen into the trap of the British!
The black-hearted and cunning Baron Churchill went on to say: "Since we cannot defeat the Ming Empire in Malacca, then long-term coexistence is probably inevitable... Of course, long-term coexistence does not mean that we have to give up military confrontation and trade wars. If we want to give up the policy of containing and attacking the Ming Empire, it does not mean that we have to give up the ultimate goal of disintegrating this ancient, stubborn, and anti-Christ evil empire.
Although countries in the Western world will play different roles in the process of containing and attacking the Ming Empire, our ultimate goal is the same, which is to weaken the Ming Empire as much as possible in the process of confrontation, contact and coexistence, and to achieve The future has driven its collapse! "
But the Dutch East India Company will definitely go bankrupt before the collapse of the Ming Empire!
Krampus fully understood what John Churchill was thinking... The Netherlands and the Dutch East India Company were the "price" in "Victory over the Ming Empire at all costs"!
Moreover, the Dutch East India Company seems to have no other way out except sacrifice.
Because the Dutch East India Company is now the main target of the Ming Empire, it seems that the only way to go is to sacrifice...
Campus took a deep breath, nodded and said, "I see...then Baron, how can we get out of trouble now?"
John Churchill glanced at Childe, and Childe said with a smile: "Baron, Mr. Campus, I can negotiate with them as an envoy... As a great beneficiary of East-West trade, the Ming Empire will not give up Free trade. Emperor Zhu’s so-called sanctions on the Dutch East India Company are just to beat us.”
John Churchill nodded and said with a smile: "Very well, then I will trouble you to go."
Sir Child stood up, nodded heavily at Churchill, then turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait." Kemps also stood up, "Sir, I will leave with you... I will take those company employees and mercenaries who swam to the shore of Johor State back to Malacca to organize the defense."
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A small Malay fishing village on the west coast of the Strait of Johor, now hoisting a Dutch tricolor, has become a rallying point for the Dutch sailors who escaped last night's naval battle.
The two surviving galleys of the Dutch East India Company were parked at the pier of the fishing village at this time, and Governor Kemps was getting off one of the galleys dejectedly.There were several senior staff of the East India Company standing on the pier, among them was Marco Gullit, the chief executive who was originally stationed in the trading house on Bintan Island, and John Tropp, the captain of the wrecked Dutch Flying Fish.
Both of them looked very sluggish, and when they saw Governor Krampus disembark, they immediately joined in.Marco Gullit asked: "Mr. Governor, what should we do?"
John Tropp said tearfully, "Governor, we are defeated..."
Krampus looked left and right, then whispered, "All captains and taipans follow me."
After he finished speaking, he quickly walked towards a tall thatched cottage nearby. Gullit, Tropp, several other company executives and the captain immediately followed, and a group of people entered. cottage.
There was no furniture in the hut, so a group of people had to sit on the ground. Soon, several indigenous servants brought clean water in porcelain bowls. Krampus, who felt a little parched, drank a big mouthful of water, and then asked: " Does any of you know Ma Mo I?"
"I know."
"Governor, I also know Ma Mo I."
Both Gullit and Tropp said they knew the Sultan of the Johor Sultanate.
"Governor, I used to go to the Sultan's palace when I was taipan in Bintan," Gullit said.
Tropp also said: "Governor, I once served as an adviser in the Sultan's court."
"Then...do you speak Chinese?"
"Yes." Gullit nodded.
"I can also speak a little bit." Tropp can also speak Chinese... As a captain of the East India Company, he has dealt with Chinese pirates and maritime merchants all year round, so he can't do it anymore.
"Then you go to the royal city of Johor." Campus said, "The imperial envoy of the Ming Empire should be there!"
Tropp froze for a moment, "Governor, are we going to meet the envoys of the Ming Empire?"
Gullit already understood what Campos meant, and asked: "Governor, do you mean that we want to negotiate peace with the Ming Empire?"
Camps nodded: "Yes! Now we must find a way to resolve the crisis peacefully...otherwise the company will collapse within a year!"
After all, the Dutch East India Company is a profit-oriented joint-stock "robber company"... Although it is engaged in the business of murder and arson, it is ultimately the company's business that makes money.If there is no money to be made, the shareholders of the company will not support the continued existence of the company.
And without the company, Krampus will lose everything he has now...power, wealth, honor, and even freedom!
Among the shareholders of the Dutch East India Company, there are some great people who have lost all their money. Can Krampus end well?
In fact, he followed Churchill to confront Da Ming before, and the purpose was to gain a bargaining chip to negotiate with Da Ming.
Now that he has lost the battle and has no more bargaining chips, he can only kneel down and beg for mercy for Da Ming... Make money, not shabby!As a profiteer, not being able to make money is the greatest shame!
"The position of the British and the French..." John Tropp looked at Krampus.
Camps snorted coldly: "Britain and France are not on the Chinese sanctions... so they are going to abandon us and do business with the Chinese!" He gritted his teeth, "These shameful profiteers want to sacrifice our Netherlands The interests of the East India Company are to curry favor with Ming, and they also want to carve up our market in order to seek monopoly profits. This is what the Dutch, who have always upheld the spirit of free trade, firmly oppose!"
"Governor, then we..." Gullit frowned, "What can we trade?"
Camps gritted his teeth and said: "They will need us. We can be their agents in Europe. Chinese silk, porcelain, perfume and brightly colored cotton can only be sold at high prices in Europe! In addition...we also You can sell the small kingdom of Lord Annan Zheng!"
Chapter 797
The capital of the Sultanate of Johor, Batu Shawar City.
The scenery here is still the same, but the mentality of Marco Gullit and John Tropp, who came back after many days, is very different.
The last time they came to Batu Shawar City, they were still high-ranking Dutch masters, and the entire Sultan's palace would tremble three times when they stomped their feet.Those who are Tianmenggong and Dimenggong, seeing them is like a mouse seeing a cat, how dare they show any face?But now, Duke Tianmeng, who is in charge of guarding the safety of the palace, dares to show the face of the two of them, and even openly asks for bribes. It's really corrupt!
But the situation was so pressing that Marco Gullit had no choice but to give the other party a large bag of shield coins... After returning, he must ask Governor Krampus for reimbursement!At least one thousand guilders must be paid to him to dispel the hatred in my heart!
What is even more hateful is the Sultan Mahmood I of the Sultanate of Johor. In the past, when he heard that the master of the Dutch East India Company came to visit, he would go out of the palace gate to greet him in person, and he would also be entertained by good wine and meaty girls.But this time, not only did they not come to greet them, but they also allowed Gullit and Tropp to bask in the sun for an hour outside the palace gate.Knowing that they were thirsty and hot for two days, they were about to suffer from heat stroke, so they sent this Tianmeng Gong out to lead them into the palace.
As for good wine and good meat flower girls...they are all there!But it was not for Gullit and Tropp, but for Admiral Qiu Rong of the Ming Nanyang Fleet and Su Zhandao, the Imperial Envoy.Ma Moyi accompanied Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao to eat, drink and enjoy singing and dancing in the palace hall, while Gullit and Tropp had to wait outside the hall. The Duke led them in, but luckily gave them a seat, and didn't let them stand or kneel, which would be too humiliating.
"You two foreigners have heard this. This official is following the imperial decree of the Son of Heaven. Together with Admiral Qiu, he led the land and water army to rescue the Malacca Sultanate and help the Malacca Sultan recover the former capital of Malacca City... This Malacca City was destroyed. Did you Dutch take it?"
Hearing Su Zhandao's question, Gullit stood up and explained: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! The city of Malacca was not captured by us Dutch from the Sultanate of Malacca, but by the Portuguese in 1511 from the Sultanate of Malacca. The capture has nothing to do with us Dutch. We Dutch formed an alliance with the Sultanate of Johor against Portugal in 1639 and sent troops to defeat Portugal in 1641, so we captured the city of Malacca from the Portuguese.”
"Really? Staff Officer Zheng, is he right?"
Qiu Rong stroked his beard, patiently listened to Gullit's explanation in Chinese, and then turned his head to ask Zheng Kezang pretendingly.
Zheng Kezang said with a smile: "Reporting to the army, what he said is right or wrong."
"How do you say that?"
Zheng Kezang asked Gullit: "Dapan Gullit, let me ask you when Spain and Portugal merged into one country? When did they become independent from Spain? Your United Provinces of the Netherlands used to be Spain. When did they succeed in becoming independent from Spain? During the period from 1639 to 1641 in the Western calendar, Portugal and the Netherlands were still part of Spain in de jure, right? King Philip IV of Spain was the monarch of Portugal at that time Is it also the monarch of the Netherlands? If I remember correctly, your United Provinces of the Netherlands only gained full independence in the "Treaty of Münster" signed in 1648. Portugal only became fully independent in 1668. It gained independence from the rule of the King of Spain. That is to say, from 1639 to 1641, the Netherlands and Portugal were actually one country!"
Is it okay?
Neither Marco Gullit nor John Tropp knew what to say.
Although during the period from 1639 to 1641, the Spaniards neither recognized the independence of the Netherlands nor the independence of Portugal.But the seven provinces in the northern Netherlands, including the Netherlands, had long been separated from Spanish control.Moreover, with the "1609-year Truce Agreement" signed in 12, Spain has actually recognized the independence of the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands.
The Lisbon Revolution in Portugal took place in 1640. By the time the Dutch East India Company captured the city of Malacca in 1641, the entire territory of Portugal had been separated from Spain.
Therefore, the statement that the Netherlands and Portugal belong to one country cannot be said to be groundless, but it is also very far-fetched.
"It's, it's just the Spanish perception," Marco Gullit said. "We the Dutch and they the Portuguese don't think that both sides belong to one country."
"The key to the problem is not what you think," Su Zhandao said with his eyes wide open, "but what does the Son of Heaven think? It's who controls the city of Malacca at present?
And this imperial envoy came here to help the Malacca Sultanate recover its former capital.The old capital of the Malacca Sultanate is the city of Malacca. Whoever owns it, I will find whoever it is to recover! "
Well, the city of Malacca cannot be kept!
Both Gullit and Tropp sighed in their hearts.This city of Malacca is an important point for the Dutch East India Company to control the Strait of Malacca. Once it is lost, the entire strait will be controlled by Ming Dynasty.
"But we have an agreement with the Sultanate of Johor..." Gullit protested in a low voice.
"The agreement between you doesn't count!" Su Zhandao said righteously, "Because the vassal state has no diplomacy... If your Dutch East India Company still wants to lift the sanctions, you should hand over the city of Malacca."
Mamot I quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, vassal states have no right to sign treaties, so the treaties signed by the Johor Sultanate and the East India Company are not counted!"
This is to renege!
Gullit and Tropp were blue with anger.
There are a lot of treaties between the Dutch East India Company and the Johor Sultanate!
Moreover, these treaties were not signed by the East India Company with a knife on the Sultan's neck... In fact, most of the treaties were because the Sultan of Johor was too poor, and he borrowed money from the East India Company or credited for various reasons The arms have not yet come out, so we have to sell a little sovereignty.
Does it all count now?What about the money owed?
"It can't be counted!" Su Zhandao added, "Those that don't involve the power of the suzerain of the celestial dynasty must continue to be performed."
"But what is the power of the celestial suzerain?" Gullit asked.
"It's the emperor who has the final say!" Su Zhandao said.
What?Gullit was not very willing.
Qiu Rong saw Gullit's reluctance, so he smiled and threw out a jujube: "Gu Daban, as long as you honestly hand over the city of Malacca, I will go to the emperor to intercede for you... Your Majesty is Your Majesty, you will definitely be lenient and cancel the sanctions. As for the various agreements you signed with the Malacca Sultanate, the Banten Sultanate, and other Nanyang states, the Holy Majesty will also consider whether to abolish it."
"This..." Gullit was still hesitating.
John Tropp on the side saw that the "Gu Taipan" was still hesitating, so he quickly interjected: "Your Excellency, Imperial Envoy, Governor Campus said that as long as the emperor can lift the sanctions, the East India Company is willing to help Da Ming Zi works... and can also help Da Ming Zi conquer the Annan Zheng family.
The Western firearms used by Annan Zhengzhu were all bought with the help of our East India Company, and the artillery instructors are also ours.Our East India Company is well aware of the truth and reality of the Annan Zheng family. "
Lord Zheng of An Nanguo really wanted to cry to death this time. The Dutch sold their house after losing the battle. It seemed that they were going to be a foreign leader and help the Ming soldiers clean up An Nanguo to atone for their sins!
"Hahahaha..." Qiu Rong looked up to the sky and laughed, "You are really good businessmen with integrity." He turned his head to look at Ma Moyi, "Sudan, did you hear what he said?"
"I heard you, my lord." Ma Mo I smiled, "In the future, Johor...no, Malacca will always have only Daming as its suzerain!"
"That's right!" Su Zhandao nodded, and then said to Gullit with a straight face: "Look, this is the style of being a courtier. What is your East India Company? No country, no officials, bandits or bandits... Say you are businessmen, and you are occupying cities and destroying countries, and that is what businessmen should do?"
Gullit and Tropp's darlings are tight!
At this time, Qiu Rong smiled and said: "You say that the sea is not peaceful, so it is understandable to have some armed merchant ships. You want to enclose a harbor and wharf to facilitate trading, and you want to set up a few plantations to grow some spices. As long as people in Malacca I agreed with the king of Java Island, and there is nothing wrong with asking for the permission of the Son of Heaven.
But tell yourself, isn’t the territory you occupy too big?Do you support too many mercenaries?And you have done so many things on the territory of the Great Ming Dynasty, when did you ask the Great Ming Dynasty for an order?
In addition, you have also concluded various treaties involving royal power with the local states in Nanyang... Is this what a company should do? "
There is a play!
Both Gullit and Tropp are smart people, and they picked up on the gibberish right away.
The meaning of the imperial envoy of the Soviet Union is clear... that is, to allow the Dutch East India Company to retain the commercial ports and ports in Malacca and Batavia, as well as the plantations on several spice islands.
Moreover, if Da Tianzi can approve the Dutch East India Company to continue to own ports, ports, and plantations, then it must not be nervous that the East India Company will continue to engage in East-West trade.
Although the East India Company had to hand over the excess land other than ports, ports, and plantations, of course it could no longer continue to ride on a bunch of land-states to dominate.But it can keep the most core assets... In fact, these assets are the main source of profit of the East India Company. As for those redundant sites, and the company's control over the country, there is actually no oil and water.The reason why the East India Company wants to control so many territories and states is actually to maintain order in the Southeast Asia region.
If the Great Tomorrow Dynasty can establish a new order in Nanyang, the Dutch East India Company doesn't need to worry about those leisurely things, just make money honestly...
Thinking of this, Gullit's senior class immediately said to Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao: "Qiu Junmen, Mr. Su, our Dutch East India Company is willing to become a legally operating and tax-paying company under the new order of the Great Tomorrow, as long as the Great Tomorrow The son is willing to allow the company to continue to engage in east-west trade, and the company is willing to hand over all the land to the east of Malacca, including the Malacca area, except ports, commercial ports, and plantations..."
to whom?
As he spoke, Gullit glanced at Mamo Sultan.
"Sudan," and Su Zhandao also looked at Sudan and asked calmly, "To whom?"
"Of course it's for..." Ma Mo I really wanted to say "return the property to its original owner", but when he saw Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao, these two murderous guys, he immediately said firmly: "To the emperor!"
It's almost there!
Su Zhandao laughed: "Sudan, you go back and take a trip to Guangzhou City with the governor of the Dutch East India Company... The emperor is now in Guangzhou, and you can ask him for land." He said to Gullit again , "What kind of chartered trading company is your Dutch East India Company? Who chartered this 'franchise'? Isn't it the Son of Heaven? The east of Malacca is a territory of the Chinese Empire. Your business is so big, and there are also warships and employment The army also opened yamen in places such as ports, ports, and plantations.
This rule... should be set for you by Da Mingzi? "
"Yes, yes," Gullit nodded repeatedly, "We must listen to the emperor."
Tropp also said: "Our East India Company will also prepare a generous gift for the emperor!"
Qiu Rong nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay... let's get on the road quickly. It's better to hit the sun than to hit the sun on the election day. Now the big thing is over here in Malacca. I just want to go back to Guangzhou to report to the Holy Lord. By the way, I will take Governor Kan with me." Let's go with Ma Sultan. Sultan, Gu Taipan, what do you think?"
Just as Gutley and Tropp left, Sir Chard, the peace negotiating representative sent by the British, French, Swiss, and Portuguese fleets, and Poor Sen Poor Taipan came to admit their cowardice with a little "heart".
Their "mind" is some native products of the New World, and the yellow and good things have come to Batu Shawar City to "work the army".
I don't know if it's because Chard and Poongsen have more sincerity than the Dutch, or if the four countries of Britain, France, Switzerland, and Portugal have not yet been sanctioned by the Celestial Dynasty, they can get better treatment.