Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 285 The Overlord of the Sea

Carlinio really didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire would come to Fuzhou, let alone that there would be so many gunboats in Fuzhou Port.

The gunboats he saw were not only building gunboats, but also light gunboats with six guns.

This time, he was really shocked.

Needless to say, building boats and gunboats are simply symbols of maritime supremacy.

He originally thought that the Ming Empire had no buildings, gunboats, and he originally thought that the Ming Empire was only invincible on land.

Now it seems that not at all.

The strength of the Ming Empire at sea was also astonishingly strong, a large ship and gunboat were nothing more than those light gunboats were terrifying.

He is also an admiral and has experienced naval battles, so he naturally knows how difficult this kind of light gunboat is in naval battles.

Once there are a certain amount of such light gunboats, it will be simply terrifying.

If people rush forward desperately, the building boat gunboat will also be sunk!

At this moment, he saw hundreds of light gunboats, and the artillery equipped by them were all big ones, more than double the artillery equipped by their gunboats.

If these light gunboats swarmed up, all the warships and armed merchant ships under the governor of Luzon would not be able to do it together!
The Ming Empire was so powerful that even he was a little daunted by it.

Therefore, he decided that no matter what, he would never go to war with the Ming Empire. At least, he would never go to war with the Ming Empire when he was the next Governor of Luzon.

If he let the King of Spain know about this idea, he doesn't know if he will be the next Governor of Luzon.

It is not sure whether it is a blessing or a curse for Spain that such a person who was scared by Da Ming's strength and dare not fight with Da Ming will be appointed as the governor of Luzon.

In short, after seeing the true strength of the Daming Navy, he absolutely did not dare to provoke Daming.

He was standing on the pier in a daze, when suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, the people watching the excitement near the pier were emptied out. I don't know how many armored cavalry lined up from the pier to Fuzhou City, and they couldn't see the end at a glance.

For those who bought cakes, the Ming Empire actually had armored cavalry!
Armored cavalry can be said to be the nightmare of European countries.

You know, when the Mongolian Yuan conquered Europe, there were only [-] to [-] armored cavalry in total.

At that time, Prince Batu led these [-] to [-] armored cavalry to destroy more than a dozen grand duchies of Ross, defeated the Bode allied forces, defeated the Hungarian army and the Austrian army, and hit the Danube River in one fell swoop.

The whole of central and southern Europe was swept by this mere [-] to [-] armored cavalry, and the Danube was killed by others!

In the end, if it wasn't because of the infighting among Batu's men that he had to retreat, it is estimated that Europe would be wiped out by these [-] to [-] armored cavalry!

This armored cavalry is really terrifying!

Carinho carefully rode his horse and followed Luo Sigong, looking at the dense armored cavalry along the way, he was almost terrified.

Such a powerful Ming Empire must not be provoked!

Since then, he has made up his mind that no matter what, he will never provoke the Ming Empire.

After he saw Taichang, he was just like Daming's courtiers, respectful and careful with him.

This is what Taichang wanted.

He sat there with a smile and waited for Carinho to finish his salute, then he raised his hand and said, "Get up, why did you come here so early?"

Oops, this tone seems to be more friendly than last time.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire has a good impression of me.

Carinho quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the reason why I came here so early is actually to buy more goods, because I was too hasty last time, and I didn't have enough time to wait at Taicang Port, so I didn't get enough. goods."

This guy really lost money.

These colonial countries in Europe are really a bit strange, they let these admirals do business, and such admirals can still be promoted step by step!
Perhaps, they only have money in their eyes.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Did the Dutch have any intentions during this time?"

Hearing this, Carinho said as if waking up from a dream: "Oh, damn it, I almost forgot about it! Your Majesty the Emperor, according to the information we found, the Dutch are gathering warships and armed merchant ships. They should be preparing to attack you."

So fast!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised and said, "Are you sure?"

Carinho nodded without hesitation and said: "I'm sure, because last time we bought a large amount of goods from Taicang and shipped them back to the European continent, we seized their market, and their trade with Japan was also opened because of your Ming Empire. The sea embargo caused a big blow, the main trading country of the Dutch in the Far East is Dongying, and now Dongying has turned to buy a lot of things from Ming Dynasty, and their interests in the Far East have also been greatly affected, so they will definitely come to attack you."

Oh, so arrogant?

Money can only be earned by them, but not by us?
The overlord of the sea is amazing!

Taichang couldn't help snorting coldly: "We also captured the Dutch trade representative in Daming some time ago, and this guy even encouraged pirates to make trouble in the southeast coast of Daming. Is this also instigated by the Dutch?"

Hearing this, Carinho nodded and said: "It must be. This is the prelude to the Dutch attacking you. This method is their most commonly used method. First, you will cause your civil strife to continue before launching an attack. Your Majesty the Emperor." , you must be careful, they might call you within a few months."

I'm afraid you often use this trick too, right?

It doesn't matter, the pirates have been wiped out by me, and a few months are enough to repair the acropolis of Penghu and Dongfan.

Taichang calmly said: "Didn't the contract signed last time say that we will deal with the Dutch together? I don't need your help to defend the southeast coast. Can you take advantage of the opportunity when the Dutch attack Daming to attack their old nest?" What about Davia?"

He's on fire.

If the Dutch and the Spaniards fought in Nanyang, it would be much easier for Ming to win Nanyang.

Because the only two navies in Nanyang that can pose a threat to the Daming Navy, if they can consume each other, it will naturally be in the best interest of Daming.

Unexpectedly, Carinho shook his head in embarrassment and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't do this, because the Dutch navy is stronger than ours, and Batavia has built two bastions. It is useless to gather all the warships and armed merchant ships to fight there, it is impossible to defeat them at all, and we can only lose warships and armed merchant ships in vain."

You guys are so good?
Taichang was puzzled, "If the Dutch ran to attack you, would you be able to withstand it?"

Carinho couldn't help but shook his head and said: "This is also impossible. We have also built bastions and forts in Manila, and there are tens of thousands of troops stationed alone. Even if their navy is stronger than ours, it is difficult for them to successfully land. , In other words, even if they gather warships and armed merchant ships to attack Manila, they can only eat shells at sea, and they will not do such a stupid thing."

So what else can you do?
Taichang was rather displeased and said: "Do you mean that you cooperate with us, Daming? Don't you do anything?"

Don't be angry!
Carinho quickly shook his head and said: "No, although we can't attack Batavia, it is still possible to intercept their defeated fleet. As long as your Ming Empire can defeat their fleet, we guarantee that all of their ships will return Not Batavia!"

That's more or less.

Perhaps, at that time, you can deliberately let go of the Dutch ships and let them fight the Spaniards.

Once the two sides fight, it will not be so easy to stop!
Taichang thought about it again, and then he said tentatively: "Just now you should have seen the warships of our navy. Do you think these warships are enough to deal with the Dutch Far East Fleet?"

How to answer this question?
Carinho couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this.

The warship he just saw had no problem dealing with their Spanish Far East Fleet. The problem was that the Dutch Far East Fleet was stronger than them, and not even a little stronger.

He thought about it carefully, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the warships under your command rely on to move. I didn't see the sails and masts on the warships just now, so I can't judge the strength of these warships at all." Speed, speed is very important in naval battles."

Taichang said nonchalantly without hesitation: "Those battleships are all stepped on by people. Haven't you seen that there are paddle wheels on both sides of the battleship?"

Use people to step on it!

Such a big battleship, can you step on it?
Carlinio was a little puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, let's not talk about the big gunboat, but the six-cannon battleship. If there is no sail, can people step on it?"

Taichang continued nonsense: "Naturally, one or two people can't step on such a battleship. If there are too many people, it's different. There are three No. 40 people who step on the bottom of the six-cannon battleship in turn, and there are even more upper-level gunboats." Hundreds of people stepped on it in turn. Therefore, these warships move very fast, almost as fast as sailboats when sailing with the wind."

Well, the Ming Empire did have a lot of people.

Carinho did not expect that there would be so many people on the bottom of those warships stepping on the water wheels there.

You know, one of their warships with six guns can't afford three No. 40 people in total!

It would be even more terrifying if people could step on the boat as fast as the sailboat when the wind was downwind. The Dutch probably couldn't do it.

He thought for a while, then nodded and said: "If that's the case, then there shouldn't be any problem. It's impossible for the Dutch to send all the Far East Fleet here. With the warships anchored in the port, it should be no problem to defeat the fleet they sent. "

Tae-chang was actually misleading the guy.

Of course he knew that the Daming Navy had no problem defeating the Dutch fleet, because he still had two fleets, the Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy.

The reason why he asked people this is to hide the secret of the steam engine, so that people mistakenly think that the bottom of the ship is full of people who are stepping on it.

From the looks of it, this guy has no doubts at all!
(End of this chapter)