British Royal Navy Admiral John Jervis returned to the naval port in Madagascar with twenty-one almost semi-disabled warships.
And soon they will go around the Cape of Good Hope by clipper to spread the news to London. Soon, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the British Empire in London will know that the power of the British Empire will completely retreat from the eastern sea.
This is really not good news.
But London was not the first to get the news.
But it was Zhu Yichi, the crown prince of the Ming Empire who was squatting in the Xingzhou Municipality of the Ming Empire!
After a brief period of excitement.
Zhu Yichi quickly calmed down.
He knew that victory in the war was only one aspect.
How to obtain maximum benefits through a war is the most important thing.
"Prepare a fast ship immediately, go north to Guangzhou, and send a telegraph to Zhongdu!"
Zhu Yichi had just finished speaking.
Another voice sounded: "Wait a minute!"
A young man stood up.
"Your Highness, sending a report to Zhongdu is naturally the first priority, but does your Highness have your own ideas?"
Zhu Yichi was stunned for a moment, then sat down.
"Yes, yes, Gu is indeed a little anxious! Gu Zaizi, Qi Zuozao, what do you think?"
Gu Zaizi is the third son of Gu Song, and is Zhu Yixi's best friend in elementary school and middle school. His grades are not good, but he is full of ideas, and he can be regarded as Zhu Yixi's little aide.
Qi Jianzao was Zhu Yicheng's classmate in college.
He also has a very good relationship with Zhu Yimao.
The prince of the Ming Dynasty hadn't even become emperor yet, but the connections he had when he was in school had already begun to play some role.
Gu Zaizi and Qi Zuozao looked at each other.
Gu Zaizi said: "Your Highness, the British lost the naval battle and the Maldives became an isolated island. They could only retreat to Madagasda. Therefore, they have 30,000 people in the Maldives and 20,000 people in the two strongholds in Australia. The lives of the rest of the people are in the hands of our Ming Dynasty!"
"This is our strength!"
"capital?"
"Yes! The capital to obtain greater benefits than on the battlefield!" Gu Zaizi said.
Zhu Yichi nodded slightly.
"Thirty thousand plus twenty thousand, fifty thousand British people, what can we bring? In other words, what are the British willing to pay for these fifty thousand people? Is it a ransom?"
Zhu Yichi suddenly thought that after Lao Dou defeated the Dutch in Nanyang, he also captured many Dutch, but it was said that he extorted a large amount of money.
But for the current Ming Empire.
A little bit of frivolous wealth may be too much to look past.
"Your Highness, if you want to know what the British can give, you must first know what they are least willing to lose!"
Another dog-headed military advisor, Qi Zuozao, took over.
"So what do British people least want to lose?"
"Of course it's global sea power." Qi Zuozao laughed, "But if they don't want to lose it now, there's nothing they can do about it. If I were a British person, the thing I don't want to lose most now is sea power in the Atlantic Ocean and my position among European countries. influence!"
Zhu Yichi was thoughtful.
"Your Highness, although the British have been defeated, they cannot be exterminated for the time being, because if the British really decline completely, then France will be the only one left in Europe!" Qi Zuozao said.
Zhu Yichi nodded.
Of course he knew what Qi Zuozao meant.
The current basic structure of the world is the confrontation between the Chinese world with the Ming Empire as its core and the European world with Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries as its core.
This is a showdown between two major civilizations.
The greatest advantage of the Chinese world lies in the existence of the absolute leader of the Ming Empire.
No country in the Chinese world can challenge the Ming Empire as the leader of the Chinese world.
The emperor of the Ming Empire was also the emperor of the Chinese vassals. This vassal system had the Ming Empire as the suzerainty and the other small Chinese states as vassals.
It is definitely not comparable to the world of Europa, which is still in disarray.
Although they are now reluctantly united under pressure from the East.
However, it is still difficult to bridge the contradictions between countries, ethnic groups, and religions—not to mention anything else, in Christianity alone, there are now gaps between Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians.
If we compare the industrial production capacity, population, and food production of the two sides in terms of data.
The advantages of the Ming Empire were not particularly great.
Especially given the enormous difficulties of force projection.
therefore.
If war is a chess game, and the data of both sides are compared, the Ming Empire may not have much advantage.
"The British are the troublemakers on the European continent. It is beneficial to us to let them maintain a certain level of strength!"
Gu Zaizi said.
"In addition, these more than 50,000 people cannot be taken back in vain. At least, they have to pay something!"
"For example, Madagascar!" Qi Zuozao said.
If the prince in Xingzhou can capture Australia in one battle, he will also gain Madagascar.
Then this credit is enough to justify it.
At least he won't be outdone by the King of Qin who is in North America.
Zhongdu.
Jiangbei Palace.
Zhu Daohua woke up when the early morning sun shone on the earth.
Beside him, Milia, the daughter of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Emperor Zhu's new favorite concubine, also hurriedly stood up and served Emperor Zhu to dress.
Although the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire had never signed any alliance - as the Emperor Guangfu of the Ming Dynasty said, the Ming Dynasty only had vassals and no allies.
The Ming Dynasty did not form alliances.
but.
A covenant was completely unnecessary for the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire, which needed each other. If it were not for the prestige of the empire, the Ottoman Sultan would have even wanted to sign the Ming Dynasty's vassal treaty.
Because the Ottoman Empire now needs Ming Dynasty so much.
If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire would have ushered in another "Crusade" long ago.
because.
At this moment, the French Empire ushered in a great emperor.
The emperor held France and Italy in his hands and was eyeing Spain. The states in the German region also took advantage of his power.
The Russians also allied themselves with the French emperor.
The last time the European continent was so "unified" may be traced back to the Roman era.
The new Rome of Europe was born.
It is almost foreseeable that the Ottoman Empire, the "modern Persian Empire", will suffer from this.
Therefore, Osman needs to cling to Ming's thigh - this is a matter of life and death for the empire.
As for Ming Dynasty.
They also needed an Ottoman Empire that was large but not strong.
after all.
This empire can threaten Europe directly through land.
The Ottoman Empire's Janissaries are now almost entirely equipped with "Ming-style equipment and Ming-style command."
If a world war breaks out in the future, the Ottoman Empire can at least help the Ming Dynasty contain the power of a large part of the Europeans - there is a vicious dog watching at the doorstep, and the Europeans will naturally have much less power to distract the Americas. (End of chapter)
