Borrow the day to change the day

Because Fang Yizhi knew that his father had always hoped that he could be born in the imperial examination and follow the path they had traveled.But now he has embarked on the road of a researcher privately and devoted himself to the research and development of steam engines, which is tantamount to giving up the imperial examination.

In the past, he was always worried that his father would disagree, which eventually made him have to stop this interest.

But it won't happen now, as long as I work hard and successfully develop a practical steam engine, then I will be the first person in the history of the family to win the title.This is a person with a background in the imperial examination, which is basically difficult to obtain.Fang Yizhi believes that his father will no longer object to the path he has chosen now.

He also secretly made up his mind that he must work hard to develop a practical steam engine as soon as possible.Fight for yourself and become the No.1 family.

As for whether Zhong Jinwei was talking big, Fang Yizhi never thought about it.Because he has been in the capital for so many days, he already knows all kinds of deeds of Zhong Jinwei in the capital.He also knew the importance of Zhongxinghou in front of the emperor, not to mention the example of Song Yingxing.

After Zhong Jinwei came out of the Institute of Power, he went directly to the palace.

He wants to talk to Emperor Chongzhen about the steam engine, and by the way, report the promise he just made to Emperor Chongzhen, so that he can get Emperor Chongzhen's endorsement and promulgate it directly, the effect will be better.

In addition, Zhong Jinwei also planned to ask Emperor Chongzhen to deploy more skilled craftsmen to go there, think broadly, and strive to solve the problems of the steam engine's practicality as soon as possible.

While Zhong Jinwei continued to inspect various research institutes and tried his best to increase the wealth of Daming, in Batavia, Java Island in Southeast Asia, some people were thinking about Daming's wealth.

The headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in Asia is in Batavia.The current owner of the Governor's Mansion is the third Governor-General Yan-Pedersson-Kun, who is currently considering matters related to the Ming Kingdom.

Kun can be said to be a very influential person in the Dutch East India Company. He proposed three very important policies for the East India Company.

First, the Dutch must control Indonesia's sea lanes and have a firm base in the area from which to operate;

Secondly, the source of profit must be dominated by Asian trade, and this trade must expand to a vast area, from the Persian Gulf, India and Ceylon in the west, to the Spice Islands in the east, and to the Ming Dynasty and Japan in the north;

Finally, only a handful of ships are allowed to make the long-distance voyage to Europe each year, full of carefully selected goods, to reduce transportation costs.

His three policies established a general model for the rise of the Dutch business empire and greatly expanded the Dutch sphere of influence in the East.

Kun had just received news at this time that China had sent a mission to Europe.If people in other European countries hear the news, they may be delighted.But he is the opposite, which can be seen from the frown on his brow.

There is no other reason, the Dutch have always pursued the maximization of profits.One of the most commonly used means of maximizing profits is monopoly.

The Dutch did everything they could to accomplish this, even sacrificing their own companions.

One example is Peter Nuiz, the third governor of the Dutch East India Company in Taiwan, because he turned against the Japanese in the Hamada Yahei incident, which led to the interruption of trade with Japan.

In order to resume trade with Japan, Kun sent Hans Putmans as the governor of Taiwan in [-], withdrew him, and sentenced him to two years in prison, in order to please the Japanese to resume business.

In the original history, Kun extradited Nuiz to Japan in [-] and let the Japanese imprison him.Although Nuiz himself was redeemed by the Dutch after a few years of imprisonment, his son died of illness in Japanese prison.

It can be seen that in order to maximize profits, the Dutch have reached the point of magic.

In the past, in order to monopolize the business with the Ming country, Kun did not hesitate to threaten the Ming country with force, asking the Ming country not to trade with Portugal, Spain and other countries, but only with the Dutch.It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not agree, and it failed to defeat the Ming Dynasty at that time, so it had to occupy Taiwan in the end.

But the letter from Putmans not long ago made Kun think about it again, because the letter said that at the beginning of the year, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was almost defeated by the northern nomads.

Putmans believes that Ming is now even weaker.With the advanced cannon weapons of the Netherlands and fast warships with excellent performance, it should be easy to win.

But Kun is more cautious, after all, Ming is a huge empire.He thought about it again and again, thinking about waiting until Ming was weaker, and then using force to threaten Ming in order to gain a trade monopoly over Ming.

But now that the Ming Dynasty actually sent an envoy to Europe, it is obvious that the relationship with European countries will be further strengthened.If the envoys of the Ming Dynasty reached an agreement with the kings of European countries, it would be even more difficult for them to achieve the goal of monopoly.

It's not that Kun didn't think about killing the Ming Kingdom's envoys, but the Ming's envoys got involved with the church again.If he wanted to destroy the Ming Kingdom's envoys, he would obviously have to do the same with the church's ships, and Kun didn't dare to do such a thing.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Kun had to reach an agreement with Ming before the envoys of the Ming Dynasty returned from Europe. The agreement brought by the envoys from Europe would be invalid.

In this way, the battle against the Ming Dynasty is imperative, and it is also required that the Dutch fleet can win in a short time.

But the Ming Empire is too huge, and if there are fewer troops sent there, it will be more difficult to win quickly.

But now the East India Company has a total of forty warships in Southeast Asia, and they are also tasked with defending Indonesia's sea lanes, so it is impossible to send them all.

However, Putmans mentioned in his letter that the solution to this problem is to use the pirates of the Ming Dynasty to assist the Netherlands to achieve its goal.Kun thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

Kun considered for a whole day, and finally decided to grit his teeth and send thirty warships.This trip not only threatens the Ming Dynasty to reach a monopoly agreement, but also coerces Japan along the way.

He found that he was extremely soft when facing the Japanese.It has been soft on Japan for so long, but it has not reopened trade and trade. It has to be tough and fight it.

Just in case, Kun authorized Putmans to use all means to achieve the purpose of sending troops.

Under the flapping of Zhong Jinwei's butterfly wings, the war that the Netherlands originally had to send troops to Ming Dynasty in [-] was brought forward.Moreover, in the original history, the Netherlands sent a total of thirteen warships, but now it has more than doubled, and it has dispatched thirty warships at once.

A crisis at sea began to envelope the southeast coast of Ming Dynasty, and no one in Ming Dynasty knew about this crisis yet.