"By the way, the imperial court needs a large number of transport ships in Tianjin. In the past few days, please ask someone to go north with a group of transport vehicles."
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It is different from the people in Fuzhou who are happy from the bottom of their hearts.
Fuzhou, in a shabby inn.
William Orlando of the West was almost dying of sorrow.
After the defeat of the coalition forces, Taiyuan (Taiwan) responded quickly and sent William Orlando to lead an envoy to negotiate.
After all, there are not many Dutch people, and there are even fewer Dutch people in Southeast Asia.
The total number of Dutch in Southeast Asia is less than 30,000.
Among them, the total number of soldiers is only a little over 10,000.
For this battle, the Netherlands dispatched more than 2,000 men and 25 warships.
As a result, he was slapped and disabled by Daming.
Although it was abolished, the Dutch still refused to give up and hoped to get these prisoners back through negotiations. If possible, bring back the captured warships as well.
The reason for this confidence is that in their eyes, Daming is a complete fool.
Between countries, only interests are always considered!
And what about Ming Dynasty? Good face.
For example, under normal circumstances, when a weak country surrenders to a strong country, it should pay some protection fees.
And what about Ming Dynasty? I wonder if the person above was kicked in the head by a donkey.
Other countries offered 1,000 taels, and Ming Dynasty responded with 1,001 taels. .
It seems to save face, but in reality, the interests of the country and the interests of the people are harmed.
Those countries that benefited from the Ming Dynasty wagged their tails and sucked the blood of the Ming Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty was strong. When the Ming Dynasty was weak, they turned into hungry wolves and swung the butcher's knife at the people of the Ming Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this characteristic of the Ming Dynasty that the Dutch have the confidence to launch attacks. After all, even if they fail, the Ming Dynasty will give up many interests for the sake of face.
But after entering Quanzhou of the Ming Dynasty, although the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not care about negotiations, they still entertained them politely.
This made William Orlando look down on Akito even more.
But after entering Fuzhou, William Orlando felt that everything had changed.
When they first entered Fuzhou, Fuzhou officials warmly received them, but the banquet was not over yet.
The envoy group was blasted out by a group of Qiu Ba.
Isn't this nothing?
They were not allowed to enter the inn, and the things they had left at the inn were missing.
Fortunately, William Orlando was more popular and borrowed a large sum of money from a Dutchman who was doing business in Fuzhou, otherwise everyone would have to drink from the northwest wind now.
Although everyone has not yet reached the level of drinking the northwest wind, it is still no better than the northwest wind. The major inns in Fuzhou seem to have colluded to directly prohibit the entry of Xiyi people.
In desperation, I had no choice but to stay in this dilapidated hotel.
There are two beds that may fall apart at any time, a mattress that smells bad, plus drafty walls, and animals barking from time to time.
And the soldiers who came to investigate at unknown time made the more than ten envoys feel the care of the heavenly kingdom.
If that's all, then it's not that they can't bear it.
After all, they all came a long way by boat, and the environment in the cabin was not necessarily much better than the current environment.
Although the current environment is not good, it is not unbearable.
But what Ming did next was really too much.
Even a pig wouldn't want to eat a meal for 10 taels of silver.
Every time I go out, I will be warmly received by the local gangsters.
Even William Orlando, who traveled the least, had scars all over his face except for his intact face.
Just when William Orlando could no longer hold on, the power of silver was renewed again.
After spending 100 taels of silver, William Orlando finally learned from the waiter that Zhu Dinghai had returned to Fuzhou.
Early the next morning, William Orlando took the remaining envoys and rushed to the prefect's Yamen without even eating breakfast.
With the help of Xiong Wencan, after washing up, eating breakfast, and changing clothes. Finally they met the person they wanted to see - Zhu Dinghai.
"Master Zhu, I have heard about Master Zhu's reputation for a long time, but today's meeting is indeed extraordinary."
"Stop talking nonsense, I am still preparing to recover Taiwan. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."
"Master Zhu, Da Yuan (Taiwan) is a place for us Dutch people, we..."
"Fart, Taiwan has been the territory of our Han people since ancient times. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Taiwan belonged to Yangzhou among the nine states.
During the Three Kingdoms period, King Sun Quan of Wu sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhuge to lead a fleet of more than 10,000 sergeants and more than 30 ships to Yizhou (today's Taiwan). Not only do you, a little barbarian, occupy the land of China, but you still dare to say that Taiwan is your place, you are really looking for death. "
Zhu Dinghai said angrily.
Your Majesty is indeed right. These Xiyi people are so shameless. They took possession of other people's things and claimed that they were their own. It's so shameless.
"Lord Zhu, please calm down. I just made a mistake. What I meant was that we rented land in Taiwan from the Ming Dynasty just like the Portuguese. The Spanish only gave 500 taels of silver every year, so how about we give 1,000 taels." William Orlando said.
He knew that the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to the ocean at all, nor did it pay attention to Taiwan. However, it was impossible for the Dutch to occupy Taiwan.
In his opinion, the reason why Ming Dynasty went to war was that these Western visitors had become a bit too arrogant in recent years.
And the Ming Dynasty had a new emperor, and the new official took office, which caused a lot of anger. When the new emperor took office, the anger couldn't be greater.
Recognize the identity of Ming Dynasty and give Ming some money as a token. Although it doesn't sound good to say it out loud, it is better than losing Taiwan.
You must know that Taiwan is now the most important stronghold of the Netherlands around the Ming Dynasty. The annual benefits are no less than 5 million taels.
Taiwan is too important to the Netherlands and cannot be lost.
"snort."
Zhu Dinghai snorted coldly.
"Taiwan is my Ming Dynasty's land, how can I allow you to interfere."
Xiong Wencan on the side scolded.
In line with the aura of the Celestial Kingdom, Xiong Wencan didn't want to talk too much to these barbarians, but what he didn't expect was that these Western barbarians were so greedy.
Having just suffered a huge defeat, Taiwan is still thinking about the Ming Dynasty. It really doesn’t know whether to live or die.
Your Majesty's mission to recover the lost territory and eliminate the barbarians has long been announced to the world.
You obediently exchanged the Ming Dynasty's land for your mistake.
Naturally, Daming will not care so much about you.
But you still dare to think about Taiwan in the Ming Dynasty. You really don't know how to write the word "death".
"Although Taiwan is your place, it has been developed by us Dutch over the years. If you just ask us to give it back, wouldn't it be too much to bully others?" William Orlando said.
Although this battle was a disastrous defeat for the Dutch, in William Orlando's opinion, the Ming Dynasty must have used some conspiracy.
Moreover, Relanja City has a typical Lingbao structure.
The city is strong and has powerful firepower.
The Netherlands has also reserved a lot of combat supplies. Even if the Ming Dynasty dispatches 100,000 troops, they can still defend it.
This is where William Orlando's confidence lies.
