"You really have a beautiful idea! You really dare to threaten me, Daming! In that case, there is no need to talk about it. Goa needs to change its master."
After Fang Yuegong finished speaking, he walked away.
After Castro heard this, his breathing became rapid. He knew that the Ming Dynasty was too powerful and he could not afford to offend him. However, as a member of the Portuguese aristocracy, he was unwilling to give up the benefits of trade, so he shouted loudly and sternly: "If your country wants to occupy Goa, then we would rather cut off the Eastern trade than submit to your country!"
What Castro can rely on is that Ming Dynasty needs the European market.
He hoped that the Ming Empire could understand that compared with the huge benefits of the European market, it was not worth cutting off the European market or even conquering Goa in order to compete for trade rights.
Fang Yue Gong only stopped because of this and turned around and said: "I forgot to tell you that there is no Portuguese in Haojing. They are all serving in our state-owned farms or state-owned mines in Ming Dynasty, including the Portuguese businessmen who came from your Goa. There is no way, you really don’t understand the rules, and you don’t know how to respect my country!"
"You! What you did is a great offense to us!"
The Portuguese commander of the Sino-Japanese trade fleet, Peso, immediately drew his sword and seemed to kill the civil official Yue Gong who worked in the Municipal Shipping Department.
Castro stopped him: "General Peso, we can't do this now, we can't completely anger such a rich and powerful empire!"
Peso withdrew his sword.
"We must defend Goa now and not let the Ming Dynasty occupy it. This will also make the Ming Dynasty give up the idea of taking over our colony by force, and because they need to trade with us, they have to give up the trade from Goa to Haojing! We must send the troops as soon as possible The king was informed, requesting reinforcements for Goa.”
Castro frowned.
Peso nodded: "Now that Portugal is under the rule of Spain, we can also ask Spain for support!"
"You're right! Damn the Ming people, we need to teach them a lesson!"
Castro said.
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"Go to the Haojing City Port Bureau in Goa to report the official tribute. Now the Portuguese-Indian Governor of Goa, Castro, refuses to trade with us, and what they rely on is that our country needs trade more than they do."
Fang Congzhe reported to Zhu Youxiao.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "It seems that we still have to use force, and the same goes for these Westerners. It's really hard to shed tears until they see the coffin."
"But if we use force, what will happen if these Westerners really don't want to trade with us?"
Wei Guangwei asked at this time.
"The Western countries do not belong to each other. Portugal is not willing to trade with us, but there are others who are willing to trade with us. I ordered Fang Yuegong to go to Batavia and declare my will, saying that I intend to establish an alliance with the Netherlands. trade partnership and negotiate on trade between the two countries. The Dutch must be very willing to capture Goa for the Ming Dynasty and squeeze out Portugal’s trade space between Lisbon and Goa; The wisdom left by the ancients, just because Westerners don’t have this wisdom, doesn’t mean we don’t have it! Tell Fang Yuegong, the role of a scholar is to use a sharp tongue to achieve goals that can be achieved without war."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty is wise! However, I am worried that the Dutch in Batavia will be as tough as the Portuguese in Goa, and may even join forces with the Portuguese and stop trading with the Ming Dynasty."
Yuan Keli started talking at this time.
For many civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, there were not many opportunities to deal with Westerners, and their understanding of Westerners was limited.
Now when Yuan Keli says this, he treats the Dutch and Portuguese, these Westerners, as the way of thinking of these people in his own country.
He was worried that the Dutch would also join forces with the Portuguese to interrupt trade with the Ming Dynasty by banning trade with the Ming Dynasty.
If it were the former Yuan Keli, he would not be afraid that the trade between Ming Dynasty and Western Fan would be interrupted.
But things are different now. Since the rise of official trade and the introduction of tariffs, as a central minister of the imperial court, he has seen with his own eyes the huge benefits that foreign trade has brought to the imperial court and his family.
Therefore, Yuan Keli is now naturally worried about the interruption of trade between Western Fan and Ming Dynasty.
"That's not true. The Dutch and the Portuguese are incompatible with each other. The relationship between them is not as good as the relationship between them before the Ming Dynasty. Although they all believe in God, I have dealt with them all. According to me, As we know, they are often at war with each other and plunder each other overseas. Although they are merchants, they are also pirates and have no intention of uniting to deal with the Ming Dynasty."
Xu Guangqi, who is familiar with Western movies, replied.
"The Dutch are not stupid. They cut off trade with the Ming Dynasty together with Portugal. The gains outweigh the losses. It is better to deal with Portugal together with the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty needs their European trade, but their Western countries need it even more! They are not our Ming Dynasty, they Without trade, we can only remain poor! Without foreign trade, our Ming Dynasty can still dump goods internally. The worst is to lower the prices of cotton and other products so that the people can buy more and the court can earn less."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"But if they really want to ban trade with our Ming Dynasty, will the gains outweigh the losses by using force? There is no point in our Ming Dynasty occupying those overseas lands. Instead, it will consume national wealth."
Bi Ziyan said at this time.
"Then let's wait until they really ban trade with us. The ability to sail to the Western Ocean was originally in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but now it is controlled by the Western Empire. It is really unpleasant! If so, the Ming Dynasty can still sail to the Western Ocean. , why do we need him to trade with Westerners? Just form an ocean-going fleet and go to Europe for trade."
Zhu Youxiao said angrily.
The ministers couldn't say anything else. They didn't expect that today's Ming Dynasty would need Zheng He's navigation charts so much. If they had known earlier, they should have paid attention to navigation, but they had to admit that it was useless even if they paid attention to it, because As early as after the Xuande Dynasty, the Ming dynasties had not paid much attention to it, and it was only during the Longqing period that the sea ban began to be lifted.
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"The merchants of your country violated my Ming Dynasty's decree and became slaves. They cannot be released. However, this does not mean that you cannot cooperate with me, the Celestial Empire."
Fang Yuegong did come to Batavia and met the Dutch Eurasian Governor-General Albuquerque here.
Albuquerque was angry at first because he lost his territory in Taiwan and because his Dutch people were captured and enslaved by the Ming Dynasty. But now, Fang Yuegong still calmly analyzed the relevant pros and cons, and emphasized that he was Dutch After being able to cooperate with China, he regained some sense and said: "But our trade relationship with your country is not big, and we don't need any trade cooperation from you."
"I know! Your country's main trading partners in this area are Japan and Ryukyu, but these two places are now controlled by our empire. If I, the Ming Dynasty, are willing, I can immediately ban the entry of people from either country from these two countries."
Fang Yuegong said and turned around and left: "I will only give you three days to think about it. Don't delay our trip to Manila."
"Manila?"
Although Spain annexed Portugal more than 30 years ago, it did not completely rule Portugal, but only stationed troops and ministers of state in Portugal. Portugal still has its own governance system and conducts overseas trade independently with Spain.
And Spain's current trading center in Asia is Manila.
When Fang Yuegong mentioned Manila, he naturally wanted to let Albuquerque know that if he disagreed, then the Ming Dynasty would give Spain the right to trade with Japan, Ryukyu, and other places in the Ming Dynasty, and would no longer allow the Netherlands to obtain such trade opportunities.
Abu Kui was not an idiot. He understood immediately and said hurriedly: "Wait! We can agree to cooperate, but there is a condition, that is, we hope that your country will only allow us to participate in your country's trade!"
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