Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 530
Above the flagship, in the meeting hall, the navy and infantry generals gathered again.

Taichang and Sun Chuanting exchanged some pleasantries, and then asked, "Bo Ya, how is the construction of the capital of Western Yin?"

Sun Chuanting quickly introduced in detail: "The city wall, artillery factory and barracks have all been built, and the houses and shops are being built. However, there are no people coming to live at the moment, so I didn't let the soldiers rush to work day and night. By the way, the emperor , There is still a piece of land in the middle of the city, do you want to build a palace for you?"

Hearing this, Taichang shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it, this flagship is almost like a palace, and I'm used to it, so you don't need to build palaces everywhere, you can just order people to build the governor's mansion."

Sun Chuanting nodded, and then asked: "Your Majesty, how many ships should we send to protect the Spanish merchant ships?"

Taichang has considered this issue all the way.

Now he thought about it carefully, and then said solemnly: "I took a closer look just now, and the Spanish fleet still has a certain fighting capacity. We sent twenty Aegis ships and twenty Dragon Fangs Battleships, plus two hundred Spike warships will do.”

Sun Chuanting couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words.

Why did the emperor send so few ships to protect the Spanish fleet?
He thought about it again, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, if we send this few ships, it will appear to be about the same strength as the British Navy on the surface, and the real strength is about the same as the Dutch Navy. If the Dutch don't know Powerful, I thought we would not be able to defeat them if we had fewer buildings, ships, gunboats, and I guess they might have some ideas."

Taichang smiled slightly: "So what if they have ideas?"

Uh, this.

Doesn't the emperor know?
Sun Chuanting could only explain: "Your Majesty, if they don't know how powerful they are, it will be troublesome to organize a fleet to rob the Spanish merchant ships.

Our ships may not suffer much loss, but the Spanish merchant ships cannot withstand other people's artillery fire.

This time, I heard from the Spaniards that their merchant ships were loaded with more expensive materials, and each ship was worth at least 10 taels.

If their merchant ships were sunk or even robbed by the Dutch, the loss would be great. "

Taichang still smiled slightly and said, "It's their business that they lost a lot, what's our business? We can't appear to be too powerful to make the Dutch, even the British and French fearful, you know?"

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he couldn't help being dumbfounded.

He was also present when the covenant was signed, but that's not what the emperor said at that time.

He froze for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, didn't the original covenant say that we must guarantee the safety of Spanish merchant ships?"

The covenant is nothing to the colonists!

Some things can't be true.

Some people, you can't take him seriously.

Taichang scanned around slowly, and then said solemnly: "There is a saying that people who are not of my race must have different hearts, do you understand?"

Everyone understands this sentence.

Question, what does this have to do with the original covenant?

That's right, the Spaniards and Daming can't be classified into the same category, but Daming has signed a covenant with them, and the covenant clearly says to guarantee the safety of their merchant ships!

At this moment, it doesn't matter whether the merchant ship will lose or not. What does this mean?

All the civil servants and generals nodded in a daze.

These people do not know the virtues of European barbarians.

Taichang thought for a while, then slowly said: "You have to remember that the European barbarians are different from us, completely different.

We talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they talk about the law of the jungle.

They believe that this world is a world of the jungle.

Therefore, once they think that you are weaker than them, they will rush to bite you without hesitation.

No reason is needed, and no reason is needed.

They don't talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Do you know what they think of allies?

They believe that there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

In other words, for the sake of profit, they can abandon any allies.

Do you know what they think about covenants or agreements or something like that?

They think that these are meant to be torn up, tear them up if you want! "

There are still such people in this world!

If people are really like this, how should we deal with them?
When everyone heard the words, they all showed thoughtful expressions.

Taichang immediately continued: "You have to remember that in the future, we can't treat everyone in the same way or with the same attitude.

For example, the Indian tribes on the North American continent, if we can turn them into our own race, then we should treat them as our own people and be kind and moral.

As for the European barbarians, they like to talk about the law of the jungle, so we will tell them the law of the jungle.

They just like to play tricks on each other. I don't need to explain more about this, right? "

Yes, just play intrigue with them.

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded repeatedly to show that they understood.

Taichang then explained: "There is a reason why I only sent so many ships this time.

We can't read what is written in the covenant, we have to consider how many ships to send is in our best interest.

You think, what good will it do us if we go all out and send a thousand ships.

The Spaniard's merchant ship will definitely not have any problems, what about us?

What benefit can we get?
What we do can only make the Dutch, British and French see our strength clearly and feel jealous.

It would be troublesome if the Dutch, British and French were afraid of the strength of the Daming Navy.

You also know that the Netherlands has a strong shipbuilding capability, and Britain and France have no shortage of people.

What would they do if they found that the Daming Navy was so powerful that they couldn't do it together?
The Dutch are likely to frantically build high-rise gunships, and then unite with the British and French to fight against the Ming Navy.

It would be fine if the three countries were not closely united. Once they were closely united, the Daming Navy would probably suffer a lot.

Therefore, we can't expose all our strengths in front of others, making them fearful. "

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded in surprise.

After hearing the words, Sun Chuanting thought about it carefully, but found a problem.

No, the Spaniards seem to know our strength!

Thinking of this, he quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, the Spaniards must know exactly how many ships there are in our naval fleet. They are going to tell others that we can't prevent it!"

Taichang still smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, these European barbarians have too many eyes, even if they are their own allies, they will not trust them, let alone they are still hostile. If the Spaniards say it, they will most likely not believe it." .

We only need to disperse the navy ships a little bit, and defend the important cities and ports everywhere.

In short, we don't want people to target us, we have to let them consume each other. "

Well, if these European barbarians are really suspicious of each other, no one will believe what the Spaniards say.

Sun Chuanting heard the words, nodded his head, and asked again: "Your Majesty, who will lead the fleet?"

Taichang glanced around slightly, then called his name and said: "Yuan Fang, take your men and horses and work hard."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang quickly cupped his hands and said, "The final general will obey the order."

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen: "This time you also follow along to have a look.

However, it’s just for looking around, even if Carinho comes to welcome you, don’t tell him too much.

Just tell them about the current situation.

Anyway, merchant ships can't bring in too much cargo at this moment, and we don't have time to do business in Europe for the time being. "

What's the situation now?
Now their focus doesn't seem to be doing business, they have to transfer a lot of people and supplies.

It seems that the emperor doesn't trust Carlinio very much.

Both Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen are smart people, they don't need Taichang to go into too much detail.

They are quite good at playing intrigues.

(End of this chapter)