Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 416 The Crazy Sea Coachman
Sea coachman refers to the Netherlands at its peak.

The last year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty was the beginning of the peak period of the Netherlands, or in other words, the Netherlands was entering its peak period at this time.

How good was the Netherlands at its peak?

At this time, the Netherlands had more than 6000 ocean-going merchant ships, and there were hundreds of shipyards in Amsterdam alone. They could even start building five or six hundred ocean-going ships at the same time!
This shipbuilding capacity is absolutely unprecedented, not to mention that there are no newcomers. Their shipbuilding capacity even exceeds that of Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal by several times.

I have to say that if they hadn't actually built so many ships, no one would believe it was true.

They are not only good at building ships, they are also very good at doing business or grabbing business.

During this period, they also monopolized most of the maritime trade in continental Europe. They almost monopolized timber from Norway, fish from Denmark, grain from Poland, fur from Russia, spices from Southeast Asia, and cotton from the Mughal Empire.

Amsterdam has become the business center of Europe, and more than 2000 merchant ships call at the Port of Amsterdam every day.

They also captured more than a dozen colonies in Africa, Asia, and America, established hundreds of strongholds, and built an unknown number of fortresses. Even New York, which is famous in later generations, is their colony. New York at this time is not called New York. The county called New Amsterdam!

It can be said that the Netherlands at this time is the overlord of the sea and the commercial overlord of the European continent.

However, this is not a good thing for them.

Sometimes, once a person has money or strength, he will become crazy and become ignorant of who he is.

The same is true for the Netherlands.

It is understandable that he started the war with the old maritime overlord Spain in order to get rid of Spanish rule.

However, his subsequent behavior was beyond comprehension.

After they become stronger, they will catch and beat whoever you are, as long as they hinder their interests, or they think it is profitable to beat them, they will catch and beat them.

At the beginning, they just beat the declining maritime hegemons Spain and Portugal, but later, they beat the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Ming in the Far East together!

It has to be said that the degree of their madness is really puzzling.

They also don't know what size they are when they look in the mirror.

Those who didn't know, thought they were a superpower with a population of tens of millions.

In fact, they are only a few counties in size, with a population of one million.

With such a small size, they really think they can dominate the world!

They are typical if they don't die, they won't die.

Historically, they seemed to be so crazy that they went to war with Britain, France, and the German Union at the same time, and then there was no more. People united to consume them, and exhausted them to death within a year or two!
However, at this moment they seem to be in an alliance with Britain and France, and they are working together to clean up the Habsburg dynasty.

Of course, there is no need for the British, French and German alliance to clean them up at this moment.

Because they provoked Da Ming, the rising Da Ming!
They are not far from death!
After Taichang led the naval fleet to repair at the port near Guangzhou Mansion for one night, he continued to set off early the next morning and headed straight for Batavia.

It is more than [-] miles from the capital of Ming Dynasty to Guangzhou, and it is also more than [-] miles from Guangzhou to Batavia.

However, most of the section from Guangzhou to Batavia is boundless ocean.

To be honest, Taichang was really worried about encountering a storm at sea, because the rumors of storms at sea these days are really scary, and anyone who encounters it will be considered lucky if he does not wipe out the entire army!
Therefore, he directly ordered the navy fleet to travel day and night to pass through most of this dangerous voyage as soon as possible.

This section is about [-] miles from Guangzhou to Boni, which is the middle of Borneo.

On the flagship, Taichang looked at the endless blue sea in front of him, his eyes were full of thoughts.

They were lucky on this trip. For three days, they didn't encounter any storms at sea.

Of course, the sea is not always calm, there are still strong winds, and they have encountered huge waves as high as Zhang Xu.

However, relying on the huge size of the Aegis ship and the Dragon Fang battleship, and the addition of the Spike battleships on both sides are like buoys to increase the balance of the Aegis ship and the Dragon Fang battleship, even if the waves are as high as Zhang Xu, it is still difficult for them. No threat.

Even, the flagship does not feel much bumps.

This is a time of good luck.

He was thinking about what to do in case of bad luck.

After all, if Daming wants to dominate the sea, he will inevitably come to Nanyang or even cross Nanyang to reach further seas. In the future, the navy fleet does not know how many times it will go back and forth between the coast of Daming and the Nanyang islands. He can't count on every trip. With such good luck, there will never be a storm at sea.

This seems unlikely, unless they can predict the storm at sea and avoid it in advance.

The problem is that storms at sea are unpredictable these years. How can we ensure that the navy fleet will not have any problems?

He frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally thought of a way.

In fact, they don't have to take this route at all!

This channel was found by them from the seized Dutch nautical charts, and it was this channel that the Dutch took every time they traveled between the South China Sea and the Daming Sea.

The reason why people take this route is because they are not a country that belongs to this sea area, so they can only go this way.

If they want to get close to other people's coastlines or even ports rashly, people will beat them in all likelihood!

Just like Da Ming, if they are always wandering around the coast of Da Ming, it would be no wonder if the Navy of Da Ming didn't beat them up.

However, as the overlord of this sea area, Daming can do otherwise!

Thinking of this, he waved his hand directly: "Come on, let's go to the meeting hall to discuss the issue of the waterway."

Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others heard the words and quickly followed him into the meeting hall.

At this time, on the big table in the meeting hall were the "Complete Map of Kunyu and All Nations" and the Dutch nautical charts.

Taichang pointed directly at the Dutch nautical chart and said, "Actually, we don't need to follow the route set by the Dutch."

How to go then?
When everyone heard the words, their faces were all puzzled.

How do you say this?

Taichang thought for a while, then said loudly: "Take the navigation chart of Yongle's voyage to Zheng He."

When Cao Huachun heard this, he quickly dug out a pile of yellowed nautical charts from a large box on the side, and spread them out on a table one by one.

Sure enough, the fleet led by Zheng He basically sailed along the coastline, and even if they crossed the ocean, they would not exceed a thousand miles at most.

It is no wonder that Zheng He never encountered a sea storm in his seven voyages to the West.

Taichang pointed to the nautical chart of Zheng He's fleet and said, "Look, we can follow the original route of Zheng He's fleet, starting from Guangzhou, going to Qiongzhou, and then sailing south along the coastline of Annan and Champa. When you arrive at the southernmost tip of the peninsula, you can go to Sanjaya or Boni, and then to Srivijaya or Java.

In this way, the distance we sail at sea will not exceed a thousand miles, and we can basically rush from one port to another every day.

If the weather is bad, we can stop at the port and wait until the weather is better before we start.

If the navy fleet goes this way, will it not encounter sea storms, and will there be no danger? "

Yup!

If you go this way, you won't encounter storms at sea!
When everyone heard the words, they all nodded their heads in agreement.

Is this Dutchman really a scam!

If he wasn't sailing on the route marked by others, he really wanted to throw away their nautical charts!

In fact, they still have another channel to go.

Taichang then pointed to the map and said: "We can also start from Dongfan Qianwei, go to Luzon, then to Sulu, and then to Java. This way of traveling will not exceed thousands of miles on the sea, and it is also very safe."

The Champa, Mantrika, Boni, Luzon, Sulu, Srivijaya, Java, etc. that he mentioned are actually the countries that Zheng He visited when he went to the West, and these countries also sent envoys to Daming Tribute.

In other words, these countries are actually the vassal states of Ming Dynasty, but they haven't come to Ming Dynasty to pay tribute for a long time.

As for the reason, it has something to do with the continuous decline of Ming Dynasty, and it is possible that some countries have already perished.

For example, Luzon has been wiped out by Spain, and Java has also been wiped out by the Netherlands.

As for Mantrika, Boni, Sulu and Sanfoqi, it is estimated that there is more than good luck, because these countries are too close to Luzon and Java.

Since Spain and the Netherlands can wipe out Luzon and Java, it is possible to wipe them all out.

(End of this chapter)