The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 610
Dongfan.Zeelandia City.

"...The situation is basically like this." Bertman glanced at the stern-looking congressmen, and added in a dry voice, "By the way, that official surnamed Huang also emphasized that if someone in the Ming Dynasty If the surrounding waters attack merchant ships, they will immediately send a fleet to encircle and suppress them, and even declare war."

Immediately, a distraught voice shouted, "According to the trade method established by the Ming Dynasty, the profits of the East India Company will be reduced by at least half! This is absolutely unacceptable!"

"Mr. Wellsland is right," Groot, the senior commercial representative of the East India Company, agreed loudly, "We must use strong means to maintain the maritime status of the Far East!"

He stood up and said passionately to Bess: "General, since the Easterners want to declare war, let's let them know the horror of war!
"I'll apply to the company for a special war budget. Surely you can teach these yellow-skinned guys a lesson, right?"

The Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet did not answer immediately, but looked at his first officer, "Cesareo, you have been to the capital of the Ming Dynasty yourself, and you have collected a lot of information about their fleet, tell me what you think .”

"This..." Although Cesareo is a staunch "hardliner", his trip to Nanjing severely damaged his confidence. After deliberating for a while, he finally said, "Let's compare it with the warships of the Ming fleet. , they have advantages in quantity and quality, but the advantages are not..."

As soon as he finished speaking, there were exclamations from all around.

In the past, the large fleet always dominated the Daming navy in terms of combat effectiveness. Later, Zheng Zhilong assembled warships ten times larger than the large personnel and suffered heavy casualties before defeating them in Liuluowan.Therefore, there is always a pride in the subconscious of the Helan people, who feel that the naval warfare capabilities of the Orientals are very average, and they can barely deal with Helan by relying on "ship and sea" tactics.

However, at this time Cesareo told them that the warships of the Daming Navy surpassed Helan in terms of quality!

Although the 1 MPs sitting here are unwilling to believe it, they know very well that Cesareo is a very experienced military officer, and he rarely bows his head to others. There is no doubt about the fact.

Cesareo quickly returned to his true nature of a hardliner, and quickly talked about the number of warships and cannons equipped by the Ming Fleet, and continued: "You see, their advantage is not too big. If you consider our Our sailors are more experienced, even if we go to war now, we still have a chance of winning!"

Bess shook his head slightly, and said to the chief administrator: "Mr. Owat, I don't think it is appropriate for us to go to war with the Easterners before we get reinforcements from Batavia."

Owat's eyes were fixed on the notepad in front of him, and his brows were wrinkled.He knew that even if Ming could be defeated, the Spaniards would happily return to Dongfan immediately to avenge Helan's attack on Jilongshan as long as the large fleet lost too much.

He thought for a long time, looked up at the congressmen, and said in a low voice, "Everyone is very clear about the importance of the Far East trade to the East India Company and Helan.

"Even though the Ezebenyans signed a peace agreement with us, they still haven't given up on the Netherlands, and they may raise their troops again at any time. Lord Consul Frederick is recovering the area around the Schild River, and the military expenditure is huge. In addition The French and the British have also been eyeing, constantly expanding their navy, just waiting for the opportunity of our weakness.

"That is to say, if the huge profits in the Far East are lost, our army and navy will soon be in danger due to insufficient military expenditure."

Groot quickly added, "The many shareholders of the East India Company are definitely unwilling to accept this result."

"But we can't take risks." Owat said, "Manila is waiting for us to make mistakes." He turned to Bess, "General, if I can persuade Batavia to reinforce our three battleships with about [-] guns, Are you sure you can defeat the Ming fleet?"

"At least four ships, including the Dodrecht, and more small auxiliary warships." Bess had calculated many times in his mind, "You also heard from Cesareo just now that the Eastern shipbuilding We have a fifty-gun battleship in the yard, and we must not take it lightly, and only the Dodratchet can deal with it."

Owat rubbed his forehead. The Dodrecht is the flagship of the Batavia fleet and Helan's only [-]-gun warship in Asia. It needs to be used to deter India, Manila, Goa, Daman, etc. Rivals in the Western Colonies.

He is not fully sure of persuading Lord Governor Batavia, but judging from the current situation, he must fight for it with all his strength.

So he nodded to Bess and said, "I see. But even if you go to Batavia to ask for help now, it will take nearly two months, or even three months, until the reinforcement battleship is ready and then arrives at Dazuo." slow."

He looked at the congressmen again, "Before we are ready for a decisive battle, I am afraid we have to temporarily compromise with Ming."

Groot was surprised: "You want to accept the conditions of the Orientals?!"

"Yes." Owat said, "I accept it temporarily. It's only three months, and it won't affect us too much.

"The ports in Japan are only open to us and the Ming Dynasty. We have many more merchant ships than the Ming Dynasty, and they haven't traded with the Japanese for a long time, so most of the business should still be ours.

"As for the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Luzon, India, Siam and other places, it had little to do with us. As for the trade from the Far East to Europe, even if there is a fair commercial competition, no one is our opponent for the time being.

"So even if we let go of the Far East waters in a short period of time, the losses will basically not exceed the acceptable range. Just wait for Batavia's reinforcement warships to arrive, and the Far East will return to our control."

Although the members of the council were unwilling to accept the loss of more than three months, they also knew that this was the safest method at present, and after discussing with each other for a while, they finally voted to approve Owat's plan.

"My lord administrator," Groot urged Owat immediately after the vote was over, "every day we delay, we will suffer losses of tens of thousands of guilders, so please send someone to Batavia as soon as possible to ask for help, so that the battleship can be saved." Come early sir."

"I will go there in person." Owat knew that it would not be easy to come to the Dodratchet, and then he remembered the task entrusted to him by the Governor of Batavia, so he looked at his assistant Haimo , "Mr. Highmore, how is the matter with Reverend John going?"

"Well," the latter said with a bitter face, "they were sentenced to death by the Ming Dynasty for espionage." He didn't wait for the top administrator to reprimand, and quickly continued, "But after my private mediation, the Ming Dynasty official said Can be exchanged for ransom."

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