Kroner then signed a loan agreement with the Daming Bank, and then signed an agreement with the Ordnance Manufacturing General Administration to purchase warships.
As the Spanish Governor of Manila, he had the authority to make decisions on overseas trade on behalf of the Spanish King.
Therefore, Ming Dynasty does not have to worry about Kroner not admitting his account.
After signing these agreements, Cronl formally submitted a letter to the Ming Emperor in the name of the Spanish Governor of Manila, stating that Manila would dispatch 25 warships and 800 local soldiers to assist the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa.
Soon, the content of Kronl's memorial was learned by the Dutch Eurasian Governor-General Albuquerque through the "Di Bao".
Abu Kui was shocked when he learned about it.
Because of the scale of the dispatch of 25 warships and more than 800 domestic soldiers, it does not seem that Spain's military strength in Manila is much worse than the Dutch military strength in Batavia.
Moreover, the Dutch themselves also knew that the Spanish soldiers had more experience in colonial combat than their own Dutch soldiers and were undoubtedly more effective in combat. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the 800 Spanish soldiers actually exceeded the 1,000 Dutch soldiers.
It can be said that the military strength currently displayed by Spain is not only enough to counter the military threat of the Netherlands, but is also slightly stronger than the Netherlands' current military strength in the east.
"It's not that you want to transfer all your troops in Manila. Besides, even if you send so many troops, do you have so many warships in Manila?"
Abu Kui asked in his mind very suspiciously.
Soon, Albuquerque also learned about Kroner's loan from the Ming Dynasty Bank to purchase warships.
Abu Kui suddenly understood.
"What a Croner, he is as cunning as a fox. He actually wants to borrow money to buy a warship to enhance his own strength! Despicable! Shameless!"
Abu Kui was very angry because of this, and he also felt that his eyes were opened. He did not expect that Kroner would play like this, and that countries could do this between countries.
The Dutch are no strangers to buying and selling transactions, and they are even best at buying and selling transactions.
Therefore, Albuquerque did not want his Dutch military strength in the East to lag behind that of Spain, so he decided to apply for a loan from the Ming Bank and petition the Ming Emperor to allow him to purchase Ming warships on the grounds that he could use greater strength to teach Portugal a lesson.
Zhu Youxiao did not refuse.
Now the Ming Shipbuilding Bureau has overcapacity, and the sailboats it builds are being updated relatively quickly. Therefore, it is necessary to increase orders for foreign warships to increase the Shipping Bureau's income, and then support most of the ordinary craftsmen in the Shipping Bureau.
Therefore, Abu Kui ordered seven Apocalypse two-year-old galleons from the Ming Dynasty Shipping Bureau, and also told the Ming court that they would increase the number to dispatch 27 warships and 1,500 domestic soldiers.
After learning about it, Kroner did not dare to lag behind. He also increased his loans and warship orders again, saying that he would dispatch thirty warships and a thousand domestic soldiers to assist the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa.
The two parties were engaged in an arms race, seeking additional loans from Daming Bank and placing additional orders with Daming Shipping Bureau.
No one is willing to give up the cake of Eastern trade.
The competition ended when both sides had no room for mortgage and profit transfer. In the end, each side increased to fifty warships.
But the strength of both sides is still in a balanced state, and no one can compete with the other for a day, just like before the loan from Daming.
However, it was Ming Dynasty that really benefited.
Through loans, the Ming Dynasty harvested part of the trade profits between the two parties in the following decades, and also successfully turned the Shipping Bureau, which had always been subsidized by the court, into a profit by selling inferior sailing ships, and had more funds to develop new warships.
Zhu Youxiao successfully used the strategy of killing three soldiers with two peaches to make the Netherlands and Spain take the initiative to give up many benefits to the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao was conspiring.
Neither Spain nor the Netherlands had any choice.
Even next, in order to repay the Ming Dynasty's loan as soon as possible, they were even more eager than the Ming Dynasty to attack Goa and seize Portugal's trade share.
Regarding the dispatch of troops to Goa, the Ming Dynasty did not dispatch too large a force, but only dispatched a fleet from the 3rd Battalion of the Guards Navy stationed in Haojing, namely one first-class sailing battleship and two second-class sailing battleships. Sail battleships and three third-class sail battleships, a total of six battleships, with a total of more than 500 officers and soldiers on staff.
Naturally, this does not consume much military supplies.
Because the Spanish and Dutch fleets were responsible for the main combat tasks.
It is worth mentioning that neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Western countries sent troops, it seems, the number of troops sent was only a few thousand or a hundred, not that it was really just that few people.
But because in this era, only the soldiers of the country are considered human beings. The accompanying black slaves and Japanese slaves are not counted as human beings, they can only be regarded as slaves. Even if they are all killed in battle, they are not counted as battle losses, so they are not included in the statistics. .
It looked like dozens of warships were dispatched, but there didn't seem to be many troops.
Different from the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands and Spain each had fifty warships led by their own governors, and almost all their forces were sent to Goa.
The Ming Dynasty sent a fleet to suppress the formation.
Castro, the Portuguese-Indian Governor of Goa, and other Portuguese had been preparing for the Ming Dynasty's attack.
But what Castro didn't expect was that he got the news that the Netherlands and Spain had joined forces with the Ming Dynasty to attack his Goa.
"What's going on? Why are the Dutch and Spanish here too?"
Castro asked in shock.
Peso also replied in shock: "According to our reconnaissance, they seem to have dispatched quite a lot of warships! My God, they have dispatched no less than a hundred warships in total. When did Spain and the Netherlands have such strength! "
Peso couldn't help but his voice trembled as he spoke.
"How did the people of the Ming Dynasty do this? They actually let them send troops to attack us."
Castro also continued to ask.
The Westerners of this era were still very primitive and barbaric in terms of civilization. They were not like the Ming Dynasty, which had a civilization of 5,000 years ago.
As for the high-end gameplay of this kind of big country, Western countries will have to wait hundreds of years before they can do it.
In today's era, the way they get along with each other in the Western countries is still very primitive and barbaric, like pirates, you take what's mine, and I take what's yours.
Therefore, Castro not only did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would unite Spain and the Netherlands at first, because he already had deep conflicts between Portugal and the Netherlands, and there was even a conflict with Spain about being annexed. Now, he does not understand why. Spain and the Netherlands also came to deal with themselves on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, and they also dispatched so many troops.
Castro couldn't understand this high-end gameplay for a while, so he had to continue: "I really can't figure it out, God, can you give me the answer, what is going on."
"Perhaps Spain and the Netherlands wanted to seize our routes and took the initiative to find the Ming Dynasty."
Peso understood better at this time and replied, "We obviously can't defend Goa."
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