There is a sea area from the southernmost part of Annan Land, which is the southern sea in the true sense. On the opposite side of the coast are the countries of Sarawak and Johor, located in Borneo. The Francons established a stronghold here to control Trade in the Straits of Malacca.
The people who controlled this place before were Zheng He's navy.
The Ming Dynasty had abandoned the garrison point in the Strait of Malacca for hundreds of years, until the Francois crossed the ocean to occupy it, and it continued to develop. All goods, slaves, missionaries, and even the army from the West were required. Come here for supplies. From here, you can peek northwest to Annan. From here, you can peek diagonally northeast to the South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty. From here to the east, you can control Luzon. Now the entire southern sea area is full of Francons. fleet.
Because the Dutch have done great things.
Several maritime companies that controlled trade here formed the United East India Company, and the Netherlands, led by the Dutch, gave it a monopoly on shipping and trade. It had abundant funds and allowed it the privileges of arming, declaring war, making peace, occupying land, and building forts. .
The port is full of fleets. In addition to real warships, there are also many merchant ships. These merchant ships are equipped with firearms. If a war breaks out, the merchant ships can be immediately recruited and turned into second-class light warships.
After ruling the South China Sea, the next goal was to expand to the north. A few decades ago, the Francons and the Dutch also tried many times to use naval battles to open the Ming Dynasty's country for forced trade, but the final result was repeated defeats. It can turn into a peaceful transaction, but obviously, now the Bugalao Cannon Foundry has been completely acquired by the Ming Dynasty, which is another provocation to them.
The company united in order to respond to the actions of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Francons believed that a huge empire would be difficult to defeat easily, and the Ming Dynasty's navy had just withdrawn from the Korean battlefield and experienced a seven-year war. The quality of its soldiers has been greatly improved.
Moreover, the gods, demons, and monsters in the South China Sea and the East Daming Sea will not cooperate with Westerners like them. To fight in this sea area, we need the help of Western gods, demons, and monsters. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the firearms are and how big the warships are, they will not be able to fight with them. It will be swept by wind and waves and capsize.
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Moreover, due to the long-term war between the Ming Dynasty and Japan and the collapse of Osaka Castle, many Japanese pirates carried out raids on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty and Luzon in the South China Sea. For the Dutch who governed here, they bribed Japanese pirates to harass them. The coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty were very necessary.
This time the East India Company sent a mighty warship, and the first place it had to arrive was Hao Jing Ao.
"Fajiao is an ally with us. We can use their cover to carry out pre-war supplies in Haojing'ao. As long as we fight in the South China Sea, we have a great chance of winning. Except for Fajiao who has those gods who control the sea water. , this time there are missionaries who are good at controlling the sea to help us."
"We must recapture the Bugalao Cannon Foundry. The firearms produced here are the lifeblood of the entire East. They are now controlled by the Ming Dynasty. This means that if we go to war with the Ming Dynasty, we will not be able to get supplies of powerful artillery."
Some large artillery can only be manufactured by the Bugalao Gun Foundry. A huge factory cannot be rebuilt after being given to others. It requires a huge amount of resources and time, and the Western Ocean is really far away from here. Thousands of miles away, once the large artillery is lost, there will be no way to gain a foothold here.
The battleship bumped on the sea and soon saw the port of Hao Jing'ao, but the missionary on the battleship frowned slightly.
He felt that the power of God still existed in that land, but... this feeling was slightly different from the God of the past.
Perhaps the apostles of St. Paul's College re-edited the content of the four gospels in order to adapt to the environment of Middle-earth. They must be tolerant of the new missionary location at the beginning, and the people on this land, It is difficult for them to serve Christ completely and wholeheartedly.
The missionary, who was wearing a dark blue robe the same color as the sea, couldn't help but sigh. The people in this land cannot easily be bribed with blessings and blessings. Their beliefs are so complicated that ordinary small favors are only taken for granted by them, as if here, no matter what kind of god you are. , only when you appear frequently can you be recognized by everyone and people will believe in you. But once you stop appearing, everyone will leave you immediately.
The great Christian church was reduced to competing with the wild ghosts wandering the roadside for jobs. It was a disgrace to the great church.
Those mountain spirits and wild ghosts will also provide you with one-stop service, give you a blessing and protect you for seven days. If you are not satisfied, you can be guaranteed a return or exchange, and the reward is only a stick of incense. You are really a guy who has never seen the world!
"For such things as guaranteeing returns and exchanges, you have to ask the Francois! I heard that the competition between the gods here was not so fierce in the past. It was the Francois who introduced artillery to the governor of the Ming Dynasty and said no. If you are satisfied, you can be guaranteed a return, exchange and repair. This matter is quite a big deal, how can anyone in Nanhai not know about it?"
"Okay, we are almost approaching the port. Put away the artillery, hang up the merchant ship's flag, cover everything that should be covered, and don't show any flaws!"
While chatting with the missionary, the captain of the battleship directed the crew to work and camouflage the battleship. They slowly sailed into the port, and people from St. Paul's College came to greet them, but there were missing some familiar faces.
The missionary asked strangely: "Isn't the president of Tzu Chi's Chamber of Commerce here? Every time I come back to this land, he will definitely come to me to do business. Now that the business has grown, he doesn't want to see me. Yet?"
There was something sinister in his words, but the pastor of St. Paul's College shook his head with a slightly sad look on his face:
"A fire broke out suddenly at the Tzu Chi Club a few days ago. The strange thing is that all the children fostered there were fine, but the entire Tzu Chi Club was reduced to ashes. The president of the chamber of commerce and the others were all burned to death by the fire."
The missionary was stunned: "This is obviously caused by extraordinary power. How could it be possible to kill only businessmen and not children? Fire doesn't have eyes."
The pastor was also very sad. After all, they were a major source of orphans in his area, but now they are gone. He has to find another agency to adopt orphans to negotiate, but there are not many such agencies in the south.
"There is no evidence, and no one will prosecute this matter. However, we have submitted written materials to the Ming Dynasty officials. The chief envoy of Guangzhou is still the same gentleman. He has not left office. He will favor us."
"Even if there is no result, I think that St. Paul's College, as a fraternal institution of Tzu Chi, will receive a considerable amount of compensation. Moreover, many of those orphans are homeless in the south. The priests have already proposed, Bring all those children to live in the academy."
The missionary in dark blue robes’ eyes lit up:
"Well done, well done to you."
And soon, the people from the Dharma teachings also came.
King Lei did not come forward, but asked one of the other two immortals to come here. When the leader came closer, he saw that the leader was wearing dark blue clothes, and his expression suddenly became wonderful.
"It seems that the Westerners can no longer bear it. It must be because of the incident at the cannon foundry that even people wearing such clothes are here."
Just like no one in Taoism wears black Taoist uniforms.
In Christianity, no one wears blue.
Red clothes are equivalent to regional bishops, while blue clothes...
It means that he is the "Holy Son" of Christ in the world!
