1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 422 Peace Talks ([-])

"With regard to the negotiations with the Dutch East India Company, our general goal principles in Hanzhou are as follows:

[-]. To force the Dutch East India Company to admit that we have unquestionable ownership of the entire Hanzhou continent; Timor Island, from the Oecussi stronghold controlled by the Netherlands to Xinmin controlled by our Hanzhou (now Persica on Indonesian Timor Island) The area east of Mazhen) Fort is placed in our Hanzhou sphere of influence; the islands and sea areas between the east of Timor Island and the west of Weiyuan Island belong to our Hanzhou control; in addition, the two parties must clearly agree on their respective spheres of influence, and recognized by both parties.

[-]. The opening of the market. This should be the most important clause of the Dutch East India Company. We Hanzhou might as well use this in exchange for their concession on the territory and sphere of influence occupied by Hanzhou.In addition, the strongholds and spheres of influence controlled by both parties are required to be set as open markets, and no restrictions shall be set at the same time;

[-]. In principle, we will not return the Dutch merchant ships and other materials seized during the war.As for the captive employees of the East India Company, it is best to repatriate them on a voluntary basis (because some craftsmen and entertainers have been requisitioned by Hanzhou and included as residents under the administration), and personal belongings can be returned when repatriated.

[-]. In the arms trade with the various kingdoms in the East Indies, Hanzhou can promise not to sell weapons to the designated kingdoms, but we cannot rule out other commodity transactions.

[-]. In principle, no compensation shall be made for the losses suffered by both parties during the war.

[-]. Now that the market has been fully opened, all routes in the entire East Indies are also open to Hanzhou, and there are no restrictions during free navigation.

[-]. Both parties have the obligation to guarantee the property and personal safety of the subjects of the other party in their respective territories.

To sum up, the above points are the basic conditions that our Hanzhou requires, but in the negotiation, we might as well raise the asking price a little bit, and the time can be a little bit later.After all, all our warships are on the coast of Daming, and it is very likely that they are attacking Dutch merchant ships.So, even if we sign a peace agreement, if we want to realize the truce demanded by both sides, it will have to wait until December, when our immigration operation begins. "

After talking about the above requirements, Qi Tian looked at the high-level military and civilian officials of Hanzhou present, and signaled to everyone if there were any points that needed to be added.

"If all routes and markets are required to be opened equally, then our strongholds in the east of Hanzhou and Weiyuan Island will inevitably be exposed to the Dutch. Will we face the risk of attacks from the East India Company in the future?" Pan Qifeng asked.

"Of course there will be such a risk. And after several years of expansion, the strongholds we have established in Hanzhou will definitely be much more than the strongholds established by the Dutch. Our naval ships will not be able to obtain Hanzhou in a short time." control of the sea along the continent's coast," said He Yunfeng of the Strategic Planning Department of the General Staff Department.

"If a peace agreement is signed with the Dutch East India Company, I think it can be maintained for at least three to five years." Qi Tian said: "After this war, the Dutch should realize that our stronghold in Hanzhou is not so easy to fight. Yes, and fighting with us will cost a high price. Even if many of our strongholds will be exposed to their sight one after another, how many troops and ships can they gather to attack one by one? In addition, the strongholds we have established, It's not that there is no defense force, and many trained local soldiers, supplemented by a large number of artillery and muskets, will definitely make the Dutch smash their heads."

"Commander, the Dutch demanded that Hanzhou not engage in arms deals with the Tubang Kingdom in the East Indies. In this way, wouldn't it allow the Dutch to give full play to their superiority in force and allow them to easily seize More islands and economic interests make its power develop more rapidly. This will cause some difficulties for our Hanzhou to attack Nanyang in the future." Zhou Zhikai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Moreover, if the military weapons made in Hanzhou do not have Nanyang Wouldn't the demand of the Tubang Kingdom cause a backlog and affect the follow-up development of our Hanzhou military industry?"

"The Dutch do not allow us to sell weapons to the Tubang Kingdoms in the East Indies, but we can sell weapons to the two kingdoms we control on Timor Island, as well as the Ming armed forces on Luzon Island, Zheng Zhilong's forces, Cambodia Kingdom, Champa, and even Annan. As for whether these countries and regions will resell our weapons to those kingdoms in the East Indies after they obtain our weapons, it is beyond our control in Hanzhou." Qi Tian said in a deep voice.

Just kidding, my rabbit in the future will play the transfer trade well and avoid tariff barriers one after another. Hanzhou used this transfer trade method in the middle of the 17th century. Could it be impossible to avoid the Dutch East India Company? trade ban?

Since ancient times, the arms trade has been the most lucrative of all industries in the world. It is not one of them. Its profits are not only huge, but also generate long-term and sustainable benefits, with political benefits attached. It is a very profitable and very profitable business. Not just business.Historically, the arms trade has always been compared with the drug trade and smuggling trade, and is known as the world's three major profiteering industries.

If Hanzhou's military industry wants to be one step ahead of the times, or half a step ahead, it must continuously research and manufacture more weapons, and sell them in large quantities to the Tubang Kingdom in need. To a certain extent, verify the performance of various weapons.How could Hanzhou easily give up the arms deal just because he signed a peace agreement with the East India Company.
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October 1641, 10, Luzon, Manila City.

After Zheng Cai listened to the words translated by the interpreter, the corner of her mouth twitched, she sneered slightly, and then looked at the Spaniard in front of her, and said, "Tell your general, my Zheng family doesn't care about your offerings. Be sensible, and quickly bring Send people back to your country. Otherwise, I, Ming Dynasty, will send an army to eradicate your dens waiting in the north in one fell swoop!"

The Spanish representative listened to the interpreter in a daze, the corners of his eyes twitched, then he frowned and said, "Dear Ming General, I am very sorry to hear your impolite reply. You know, our Kingdom of Spain is The world's great powers, in Europe and America, we have endless vast land, millions of people, and control tens of millions of people. We also have hundreds of warships. If our king orders, we will Will destroy everything about you!"

"Then come!" Zheng Cai said disdainfully: "Since your so-called Kingdom of Spain has such strength, why come here and waste so much time talking to us?"

"Our Kingdom of Spain is a country blessed by God and a country that loves peace." The Spanish said with his head held high: "It is very barbaric and without any morals for your Ming country to attack our Philippine territory for no reason. I would like to represent the Far East of Spain. Admiral of the Fleet, I solemnly protest to you. Please immediately withdraw from the Philippines and release all captured Spaniards."

"This Xiyi must be sick!" Zheng Cai looked at Chen Hui next to him, and said with a sneer, "We have all seen battles with them, and even captured Manila. He also asked us to withdraw from Luzon?"

"Master, why don't you fork him out?" Chen Hui was also speechless and said in a low voice.

"He brought gifts anyway, so let's not lose our courtesy." Zheng Cai said with a smile.

It has been more than three months since Zheng Jun captured Manila. In the city, they seized a total of more than 50 Spanish silver pesos, 15 taels of silver, 9000 taels of gold, countless jewels and jade objects, and even many Ming-style gold and silver jewelry.

Several Spaniards were interrogated, and they admitted that when the Ming people were massacred last year alone, Spain looted the settlement of the Balian Ming people, robbed more than 5000 taels of silver, [-] taels of gold, and countless jewelry and jade objects.As for their allies, the amount looted by the natives and the Japanese is unknown.

Once reminded, Zheng Jun immediately dispatched a brigade to surround the Japanese settlement in the outer city of Manila.

All the Japanese nationals were searched out, and after ordering them to hand over all their property, Chen Hui ordered that the men be slaughtered on March [-], and all the women be used as camp prostitutes.

It took several months of hard work to capture Manila, and then for more than ten days, under the leadership of the officers, they organized the looting of wealth in the city, which seemed to slowly arouse Zheng Jun's animal nature, massacre, looting, and rape, which lasted for more than half a month. , the native tribes in and around Manila were empty.

A month earlier a Spanish fleet of eleven galleons had arrived in Manila.Facing the blockade of the wharf fort built by the Spaniards before, it failed to break into the port.Instead, the Spanish fleet went to attack the port of Cavite not far south of Manila. After landing smoothly, they were beaten badly under the fortress defended by more than a thousand Zheng troops.

This shocked the Spanish reinforcements from the Americas. The firearms rate of the Ming army in the Far East had reached such a high level, which immediately made these white natives in the American colonies who were once proud very depressed and their morale was low.

Seeing that it was impossible to obtain a stable landing point near Manila, the Spanish Far East Task Force had to retreat to Laoag (now Laoag City, Philippines) at the northern tip of the Philippines to temporarily stop and rest, and the situation became stalemate for a while.They never expected that the Ming government would send so many troops to land in the Philippines, and even seized Manila and its surrounding areas, as if they had gained a firm foothold.

Seeing that the Philippines could not be regained by force, Rear Admiral Mario Ramirez, commander of the Spanish Far East Task Force, decided to be soft on the Ming people.He sent representatives to Manila, claiming that as long as the Ming army withdrew from Manila and released all the Spaniards, the Philippine colonial authorities would provide the Ming government with Mexican silver dollars worth 10 taels of silver every year.

How could Zheng Cai care about such a small amount of money?Zheng Zhilong specially sent him to Luzon, not only to mine copper mines, but also to run an important stronghold here for the Zheng family.Besides, Zheng Zhilong makes tens of millions of taels of silver from sea trade every year, while Spain only "offers" a mere 10 taels of silver every year, which is really insulting!

Unsurprisingly, the Spaniards’ request for peace talks was rejected by Zheng Jun, but most of the warships of Zheng Jun’s navy had returned to Taiwan and Quanzhou, leaving only about [-] warships of Zheng Jun in the waters near Luzon for travel. The transportation of materials cannot pose a threat to the Spanish fleet that came to aid.

As for the Spanish reinforcements from Mexico, the army that can be used for landing is only more than 500 people. Even if some sailors are armed, there are only more than 1000 people. Powerless.Laoag, where they docked for rest, was only a small town of 400 people, and it was impossible to provide sufficient supplies for the entire Spanish Far East Task Force, which put Spain in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)