1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 593 Upton's Vision
Werther Upton gently pushed open the door of the study, and found that his uncle was writing something next to the desk, and then he sat quietly on the side, but his face was full of joy.

"What do the Han people say?" After a while, Fred Upton looked up at his nephew and asked with a smile.

"They thanked Uncle again and promised that all the goods we get in Hanzhou will be [-]% cheaper than others." Witt Upton said softly: "Also, they can allow us to only pay [-]% of the purchase price when purchasing materials .”

"The Hanzhou people are quite generous!" Fred Upton nodded with satisfaction, "It seems that we need to add another merchant ship, and the market in the entire East Indies is huge. Moreover, compared to Spices, various production and daily necessities produced by the Hanzhou people, will have a wider market demand."

"Yes, Uncle. Your judgment on business has always been the most accurate." Witt Upton admired sincerely: "In the entire East Indies, no kingdom can produce so many industries by itself. Manufactured products. The Ming Dynasty fell into huge chaos, and it is unknown when the normal order will be restored. At this time, Hanzhou can just fill this huge market space. In addition, India, which is not far from Batavia, It will also be a broader market."

"Yes, why do people always want to break through such a booming market space?" Fred Upton sighed, "For a fast-rising local power, our East India Company shouldn't take it lightly. Provoking, after all, we are just a company, not a country."

I have to say that the Netherlands in this period is really weird. In the East, Dutch companies are like countries. They like to intervene in the local affairs of the East Indies, forcefully expel all competing European countries, monopolize all local trade channels, and try to establish A huge colonial system.

In Europe, however, the country of the Dutch is like a corporation.When the Netherlands is at war with France and the United Kingdom, Dutch merchants will sell food to the French who are short of food, and they will continue to open banks in London to provide large amounts of financing and loans to the British who are short of funds. Merchants sell various resolutions and even battle plans made by their parliament to hostile countries.

"Uncle..." There was a hint of doubt on Witt Upton's face.

"Dear Werther." Fred Upton looked at his nephew's expression and understood what he wanted to ask, "Do you think it is right for us to inform the Hanzhou people of the East India Company's decision? A kind of betrayal by the company?"

Werther Upton twitched the corner of his mouth a few times and did not speak, but acquiesced to his uncle's guess.

"Our East India Company wants to weaken the officials of Hanzhou and Nicholas by intervening in mainland affairs. On the surface, it is a very wise decision. Support the Tatars with weapons, and even send ships to help them transport troops, so as to Assist the Tatars to unify the mainland as soon as possible and establish a new dynasty. After that, our East India Company will gain a huge market and at the same time win the friendship of a continental power.”

"Do you think our East India Company can succeed? No, I think this decision is full of uncertainty and extreme danger. You know, the former Ming Dynasty was a huge country with tens of millions of people, or even tens of millions of people. In addition to the Tatars, there are other resistance regimes and local forces in the territory, who can guarantee that the Tatars will be able to conquer this country and re-establish a dynasty?"

"Even if the Tatar regime can unify the mainland and establish a new country with our support to a certain extent, will it weaken Hanzhou and Nicholas? Don't forget that Nicholas is not only in The mainland occupies a vast territory, and also occupies Formosa (now Taiwan) and the Philippines, and these two places happen to be stuck in the southeast of the mainland, and they can still maintain their influence on countries and regions such as the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and North Korea .”

"As for Hanzhou, even if they lose the window to continue to immigrate from the mainland, they are not easily defeated by our East India Company with their current strength. If my estimation is correct, the immigration from the mainland should be from Hanzhou. One of the core interests. If our East India Company tries to secretly support the Tatar regime on the mainland and attack the original Ming government supported by Hanzhou, this will definitely anger them. At that time, Hanzhou will definitely initiate an attack on the East India Corporate war."

"Our East India Company is just a company, not a country. All our support is tens of thousands of miles away in Europe. Hanzhou can wage a long-term war with our East India Company at any cost for its own core interests, and even Take the initiative to seek an alliance with Nicholas to deal with us together. Dear Werther, how long do you think the East India Company can last in this situation?"

"Uncle, your judgment is very wise." Witt Upton looked at his uncle with admiration, "As a company, we really shouldn't take the initiative to provoke a rapidly rising local power."

"Yes, but some colonial officials in our company still haven't got rid of a fixed thinking, that is, they still regard Hanzhou as an ordinary East Indies country, and think that as long as it is moderately weakened, it can be included in our Colonial system.” Fred Upton shook his head and said, “I have been to the mainland of Hanzhou twice, and although I only arrived at Jianye City, I found that Hanzhou is completely a modern country, just like our joint Like a province, there are cities, factories, handicraft workshops, schools, libraries, flat roads built, there are endless streams of horse-drawn carts on the roads, and there are good-growing grains in the farmland..."

"Although they currently seem to have a population of only 10,000+, which is far less than that of our United Provinces. But you have to know that it took only ten years for them to establish a political power in Hanzhou, and they have grown from a scale of thousands of people to what they are now. The speed of their rise is How amazing! Therefore, the current Hanzhou is not a country that can be easily conquered casually. Even if our United Provinces use the power of the whole country, we may not be able to completely defeat it. In this way, our East India Company, as a Far Eastern colonial force, is even more There is no threat to it."

"So, I think the East India Company should treat Hanzhou as a local power, respect their core interests, establish friendly business relations with each other, and jointly maintain the economic order of the East Indies. Instead of blindly suppressing, restricting, or even Confrontation, we don't have that many resources and capabilities to do things that don't benefit the economy. Yes, we can't do it."
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July 7, Batavia port.

Huang Mingfang, the representative of the Qi State in Batavia, and He Qing, the deputy commander of the black guards, stood on the pier, watching the several Qi immigrant fleets leave the port one by one, and then hoisted the mainsail. , headed in the direction of Daming.

"Master He, do you think that Dutchman's information is accurate?" Huang Mingfang turned to look at He Qing.

"It should be accurate." He Qing smiled, "After all, we spent [-] Hanzhou silver dollars, so we wouldn't buy a piece of false information. ... The business ethics of the Dutch is still trustworthy."

"Then do you think the Dutch will establish a relationship with Jiannu?" Huang Mingfang asked worriedly: "We invested so much in Daming in the early stage, if the Dutch get involved, it will be a big loss. Maybe, just now The situation in Daming, which was stable for a while, will be repeated again."

"If the Dutch want to establish contact with Ming, we can't stop them." He Qing shook his head and said: "Jianu controls so many places along the coast of Daming. As long as the Dutch are willing, they will find a landing place sooner or later. To establish contact with Jiannu."

"We can maintain the current undefeated record in Daming, relying on firearms and absolute control of the sea. If the Dutch provide a large number of artillery and guns to Jiannu, and even provide ships, can we stop the war again? Can we live in Jiannu and attack Denglai?"

"Even if the Dutch don't provide Jianu with firearms, they will try their best to make them themselves. Don't underestimate Jianu's ability to adapt." He Qing reminded: "Jianu can rise rapidly from a corner in the northeast to the current sweeping The mainland of China does not only rely on their proud riding and shooting. The news from the Ming Dynasty confirms that Jiannu has urged their Ministry of Industry to step up the production of firearms after several defeats in Denglai. At the same time, they have also recruited a large number of North Korean musketeers entered the border to join the battle. All we could rely on was superior tactics, numerous artillery pieces that moved quickly, and well-trained soldiers.”

"What do you think the locals will do when they learn that the Dutch want to secretly support slavery?"

"In response to the behavior of the Dutch, most of the mainland will take a tough attitude. Maybe all the ships going to the coast of Daming will intercept and expel the Dutch ships trying to land in Daming." He Qing showed a dignified face, "even, will Fight the Dutch again!"

"We have the ability to deploy extra ships to fight the Dutch again?" Huang Mingfang also had a worried look on his face.

"We can try to talk to Zheng Zhilong, and everyone will bring Batavia to it together." He Qing glanced at the towering and tall Batavia city wall, and said darkly.

(End of this chapter)