Quite suddenly, before many people could react, the Li Family Chamber of Commerce directly and brazenly approached the ruthless Malay Governor-General of Portugal, Doyle Atai Luo, who controlled the spice trade in Indochina and was also preparing to invade the Indian Ocean region. Pace de Preyla and his Chamber of Commerce started an undeclared war.
It is said that the other party not only declared war, but also used force to take away the ownership of Ji'adin Port and occupy the bridgehead leading to the Ming Sea?
Specifically, outsiders don't know much about the news in Ji'adin.
Anyway, under the advice of the first mate, Little Annie agreed with the other party to use the captured merchant ships to form the Li family's Nanyang caravan and deploy 500 sailors in Ji'ading, build gun towers and turrets, and recruit local servants to consolidate Ji'ading. 'Dominion' related proposals.
In short, after a few days, the port of Ji'adin finally stabilized, and then the flag of the Li family Chamber of Commerce was hung high and it was announced that the place would be governed by people from the Li family. As for the formalities, such as the local Anne would definitely not care about what the local officials thought, so she would just fight.
Besides, she was the Li family fleet from the Ming Dynasty. To capture this shabby port and send people to defend the natives with muskets and cannons was a great thing. She didn't think there was anything wrong with it. .
Moreover, not only fighting Ji Aden, Anne is now planning to attack Brunei with her subordinates. It is said that that city is around 3º north latitude and 111º east longitude?
However, when the Li family's fleet was adjusted and Yang Fan was preparing to choose another day to go south to find trouble with the Preyla Chamber of Commerce, to his surprise, Ji Adin was the first to usher in a huge ship with three layers of artillery. A first-class battleship with a deck and over a hundred guns.
But what makes a certain bad little girl Grand Admiral feel a little regretful is that the other party does not seem to be here to cause trouble to her, but to request a meeting?
So, she had no choice but to reluctantly cancel her original arrangement (taking a nap) and met in front of the small port fortress in Ji'adin that originally belonged to the Preila Chamber of Commerce. A group of weirdos got off a small broken ship of one tonnage.
"Hello!"
"I am Hedram Joachim Bergstrom of the Swedish Navy. You...are you the Li family's great admiral from the Ming Dynasty that has been rumored recently?"
When he began to speak, Hedram Joachim Bergstrom indeed had a doubtful tone, because he could not imagine that the five ships anchored in the port were larger than their Swedish navy. The leader of the largest first-class battleship and an even bigger giant ship could be such a blond and blue-eyed little girl?
Moreover, the other party did not know why he represented the Li family of the Ming Dynasty, and as soon as he appeared on the scene, he stormed the port of Jiading without declaring war, and expelled the Malay Governor-General Dorate Lopez de Prey. La and the people in the chamber of commerce under his command, it was hard for him to believe that a little girl could do such a thing.
"That's right!"
₍₍(̨̡‾ᗣ‾)̧̢₎₎
"This person is Anne Hastur, the Grand Admiral of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce and the commander of the Nanyang Development Fleet!"
o(*¯︶¯*)o
Without waiting for the translator brought by the other party to translate, Anne directly answered the strange white-haired, blue-eyed uncle in fluent Swedish.
"!!"
"you……"
"Are you Swedish? Or Danish or Norwegian?"
Hedram was a little surprised when he heard the little girl's answer. However, he was not sure of the other party's identity because there are two other languages of the same language branch in Scandinavia, namely Danish and Norwegian was synonymous with Swedish, so it was difficult for him to judge what was going on with the little girl in front of him.
"neither!"
(^～^;)ゞ
"Then why do you know Swedish..."
Hedram frowned tightly, obviously he still couldn't believe it.
“I know all the languages!”
(｡•̀ꌂ-)✧
"By the way, uncle, does that little broken boat outside belong to you?"
(๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣
"How many ships like that do you have?"
໒(⊙ᴗ⊙)७
Anne saw that the opponent's warship also had dozens of cannons on one side, maybe only half as many as hers. If there were more than ten ships, maybe this time she was in Southeast Asia, that is, here in Luzon. The land grabbing operation might not go well?
Of course, she didn't know yet how good the opponent's ship's cannons were. If the difference was not big, they would still be able to fight. If the difference was too big, then they would probably only be abused by them.
"Small wreck?"
Hedram Joachim Bergstone took a breath.
He didn't understand how their Swedish, even the most advanced first-class battleship in Europe, with a displacement of nearly two thousand tons, turned into a small broken ship. What's more, as soon as the other party opened their mouth, they asked them how many such first-class battleships they had and what they wanted to do?
"That's our first-class battleship, not some broken ship."
"but……"
"Why do you ask?"
Hesitating, his thoughts were disrupted by the other party, and he vaguely felt that this meeting might not go well, but Hedram Joachim Bergstrom finally followed Anne's lead and asked this question.
"Of course I'm thinking about how much it will cost to defeat your fleet of one ship like that!"
(✧◡✧)
"I think my five super battleships can defeat at least ten of yours... no, at least twenty!"
(๑‾ꇴ‾๑) Hehe!
Annie stretched out her two palms without any politeness at all, then turned her hands to the white-haired man in front of her and said.
"..."
"madness!"
"While you are at war with the Malay governor of Portugal, Dole Atai Lopez de Preila, do you still want to make an enemy of our Swedish navy?"
Hedram felt a little incredible.
Although he admitted that the opponent's ship was indeed very large, at least three times the size of their first-class battleship, and the gun ports on the same side of the hull were more than twice that of their first-class battleship, he did not I don't think the other party has the ability to be enemies of the Malay Governor and their Swedish navy at the same time.
He felt that since the opponent's ship was big, the speed would definitely not be too fast. Even if it had a streamlined and beautiful hull and four main masts, its power would definitely not be as good as their first-class battleship. If If they really fight, they only need to have more than double the numerical advantage and seize the upper wind, and the opponent will definitely become a target!
"Huh?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"Didn't you join the hot Preyla Chamber of Commerce and come here to warn others?"
(๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣
A similar messenger came yesterday, and they were driven away after being whipped by Anne. Then these people came again today, and even brought a battleship. She thought it was the spicy Pulei. The people from the Chamber of Commerce sent her to threaten and warn her!
"..."
"no!"
Hearing the little girl's answer, Hedram couldn't help but smile bitterly, and secretly sweated over the fact that the two sides almost broke down and became enemies just now.
"We are from the Swedish Navy, and Preila is the Portuguese governor in Malay. Our fleet is here in Indochina to protect the safety of our merchants' shipping routes."
This time, Hedram Joachim Bergstone did not hide anything. After he first distanced himself from the relationship between his fleet and the Malay Governor-General Dorate Lopez de Preila, Then he explained the main purpose of his coming here.
"only……"
"We heard that the Ming Dynasty's fleet occupied Ji'adin and had an undeclared war with the Preila Chamber of Commerce, so we came to negotiate to see if you would attack our merchant ships. If he poses a threat, will he become our enemy?”
Of course, he would definitely not say that he also wanted to see if he could profit from it.
Because the chili pepper trade in Indochina was monopolized by the Portuguese Malay Governor Doalate Lopez de Preila, and the plantations and spicy spice trade in the Spice Islands were almost entirely controlled by Antonio of the Netherlands. Van Kuhn has been given a monopoly, so that their Swedish businessmen are in a very embarrassing situation here. They can only purchase from the above two monopolies at high prices, or simply cannot receive enough goods, which seriously affects Sweden. overseas interests, so as the navy, they always want to work hard to change the situation.
But Hedram would definitely not dare to start a direct fight with Portugal or the Netherlands, two maritime trade powers. He does not have the authority, and he does not have the strength.
Here in Indochina, whether it is the Preila Chamber of Commerce or the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, the combat effectiveness of the large North Sea three-masted square sailing ships and the large Spanish square sailing ships in their hands is not weak at all, and there are still a lot of them. Once loaded, There are enough cannons, even his first-class battleships are a little frightened when they encounter them. In a one-to-many situation, the military battleships can only flee.
After all, in this age of navigation, almost all of the ships trading at sea were armed merchant ships. They would be embarrassed to go out without more than a dozen cannons. Moreover, if necessary, gun ports can be added to the warehouse at any time. The cannons have been changed into fully armed warships to deal with certain sudden threats, such as the Preila fleet currently being organized and deployed in Malacca?
Yes, Hedram had already heard when he came that the Preila Chamber of Commerce was organizing a fleet. It was a large fleet of more than twenty ships, mainly composed of large Spanish square sailing ships!
They were preparing to come to Ji'adin to attack the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, which once again ignored the advice and invaded Portugal's interests.
It is said that all the armed merchant ships have been equipped with cannons. The number of cannons on each ship will exceed 60, and the cannons of a fleet combined are definitely no more than the cannons carried on the five giant ships in Ji'adin Port. The quantity should be less.
The upcoming war will start in a month at the latest!
Therefore, Hedram came here. In addition to wanting to report the news, Hedram also wanted to test the strength of the Li family's fleet. He wanted to see whether the second batch of the Li family's fleet that came to Indochina could defeat the common people. Leila's Chamber of Commerce?
And now, Hedram saw that the fleet of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce was very strong this time, and the ships were terrifying giant ships that he had never heard of. The rumored navy of Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty was probably nothing more than this.
However, the number of ships in the Li family's fleet was still a little too small, and the fleet's chief admiral turned out to be a little girl who looked unreliable. This made him hesitate, not knowing how to make a bet. good.
"enemy?"
(*¯ㅿ¯*;)
Anne didn't understand what the other party meant, but anyway, she only knew that the other party didn't seem to be a good person, and he didn't have any good intentions. Moreover, he seemed to be thinking of driving a battleship to show off his power to them?
"Hmm..."
(ಠ~ಠ)
Therefore, she did not speak in a hurry, but turned to look at the ship moored in the port.
"All right!"
ε=(´ο｀*)))Alas
"Uncle, I told you..."
๑乛◡乛๑
"Originally, we were not enemies because they first planned to defeat the Preyla Chamber of Commerce. However, since you came directly to our door, we are now enemies!"
|ू•ૅω•́)ᵎᵎᵎ
After saying that, before the other party could react, Anne suddenly waved her hand towards the officer next to her.
"Get 'em!!"
↜(ψ｀▽′)o
Click!
Click! !
Following the order from Admiral Anne, before Hedram and his followers could react, the surrounding Ming Li family sailors all pointed the muzzles of their flintlock rifles at each other. Aiming at the foreheads of Hedram and others, and at a very close distance, they could even clearly see the weird arc in the muzzle of the flintlock gun.
"!!"
"Her Excellency Anne Hastur!"
"What are you doing?"
"We are envoys. According to the conventions of various countries, you cannot do this!"
With a group of guards holding muskets to their heads, even a brave admiral like Hedram Joachim Bergstrom, a naval admiral, would definitely not dare to move easily.
Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as those Ming sailors sent people forward to remove all their swords and short guns, and completely disarmed them in a short while.
"Routine?"
(｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)
"Your routine doesn't work!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"Isn't it what you Europeans say, 'The truth is only within the range of a cannon'? Now their cannons must have a farther range than yours, and there are more cannons than you, so it's up to them to have the final say here!"
↜(ψ｀▽′)o
"Anyway, your first-class battleship has been requisitioned. Once they drive all your people off the ship, you can find a way to leave on your own!"
(¬◡¬)✧
That's right, Anne was interested in the opponent's first-class battleship. Although it might be a little small, it was definitely more than enough for the local fleet to escort.
"!!"
"Who said that? It's a slander, a naked slander. We Europeans have never said that!"
However, before Hedram could say more, the guards pushed them away impatiently.
At the same time, before the first-class battleship in the port could react, it was slowly surrounded and sandwiched between two super battleships that opened their gun doors and pushed out their cannons.
Then, with the commander absent and seeing no chance of victory, the Swedish navy quickly hung up the white flag and announced their surrender.
"Annie..."
"you……"
After all the outsiders were escorted away, Song Yifeng, who had not said a word during the whole process and had no idea what Annie was saying to the white-haired uncle, hurriedly approached and asked.
"Isn't it good for us to do this?"
Although she couldn't understand what the two sides said, she still saw the sudden conflict between the two sides and the 'captured' warship in the distant harbor, and knew what Anne had done.
"This is good!"
o(´^｀)o
"We don't have enough boats now, and it's too troublesome to build our own, so we have to grab... borrow them!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"That's it anyway!"
(´◠◡◠`)
Annie wouldn't explain it to Song Yifeng!
She has decided to conquer all of this Southeast Asian region, that is, Luzon or Indochina. By then, those guys will definitely be her enemies, and since they are enemies, sooner or later If you want to fight, you might as well seize the opportunity to seize the other party's ship now to save yourself from trouble later!
Moreover, who asked them to drive away Sister Li Huamei and make their trip in vain?
If they make her, Admiral Anne, unhappy, she will definitely deliberately make them unhappy and turn this place upside down!
Also, since Sister Li Huamei and the others have been heading to the Indian Ocean for almost a month, they cannot stay here for too long. They must clear out the 'hostile' forces here as soon as possible and then pursue them to the Indian Ocean.
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