Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 35
When the Nanming fleet arrived in the waters of Batavia's outer port, it unsurprisingly shocked the Dutch.In the Far East, the Netherlands has never seen a European capital ship-level sailing ship come to Batavia. There is no doubt that many of the battleships are battleships of level four or above, which are very dangerous and terrifying war weapons.

In order to be able to communicate with the Dutch, Bai Mingxiu exchanged Goldfinger coins for a talent.Bai Mingxiu exchanged a few hundred goldfinger coins, which was the money to feed Miss Lion once, to an E-level translator who was proficient in eight European languages ​​and was talented as a diplomat. His name was Liang Haisheng.

Bai Mingxiu asked several marines to protect Liang Haisheng, put down a sampan and asked Liang Haisheng to go to Batavia to negotiate, and proposed to the Netherlands that his fleet was going to enter the port for rest and replenishment.

Standing on the deck, Bai Mingxiu looked at the already large-scale colonial city of Batavia, and the lion sister beside him said to Bai Mingxiu with a smile of an aristocratic woman: "Your Highness, do you think the Dutch will let us go?" Will the fleet enter the port?"

In order to avoid being too strange, Bai Mingxiu asked Sister Shi to call him Your Highness. After all, the title Admiral is still used in the Ming Dynasty.

"Probably not." Bai Mingxiu said casually.

Sister Lion looked at him with a smile and said, "So Your Highness is just pretending to find an excuse to attack Batavia?"

Bai Mingxiu smiled casually, and said: "Actually, I am a little hesitant. I think these Western colonists are not pleasing to the eye at all. Whether it is the Spaniards who slaughtered my compatriots in Luzon, or the Dutch who occupy the big officials, they are not pleasing to the eye. Or the Britons who are doing business with me now are not good things. Especially now that Zheng Yanping is fighting against the Dutch on Taiwan Island, I really can’t justify not causing some trouble for the Dutch now.”

On the other side, Liang Haisheng, a diplomat under the command of His Royal Highness, also boarded the land of Batavia and met the Dutch.Even, the people who met Liang Haisheng were the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Masiike, and the Dutch officer Bott.

Liang Haisheng spoke very authentic Dutch, which directly shocked Ma Suike and others.

"Mr. Governor, my name is Liang Haisheng. I am a translator and diplomat serving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of China. Our fleet is now passing through Batavia. We hope to carry out some supplies and rest in Batavia. I formally propose to you Apply."

"Chinese fleet?" Ma Suike observed these Chinese people, feeling surprised.

Chu Lin, a businessman under Ma Suike, has been to China many times to do business and pay tribute. He is very familiar with the situation in China. He immediately whispered to Ma Suike: "Mr. Governor, from their hairstyles and the flags on the ship Looking at it, these people are not the dynasty that rules China now, but the former Ming Dynasty, the Chinese dynasty that was defeated by the Manchurian Tatars."

Ma Suike frowned, and replied in a low voice: "Ming Dynasty? Didn't they say they were defeated by the Tatars? Now the Qing Dynasty rules China, how could they have such powerful warships?"

Chulin said again: "I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the Zheng family in Fujian. The Zheng family in Fujian is very hostile to us, and they are waging war on our Taiwan Island. At this time, these Ming Chinese came to Batavia. I can't help but There will be concerns."

Ma Suike nodded, and then he said to Liang Haisheng: "Mr. Liang, I'm sorry, because your Mr. Zheng Sen is at war with us, and your fleet is all warships, it is inevitable that we will have a relationship I will not agree to your request for berthing, and I hope you will leave Batavia waters quickly."

Liang Haisheng nodded and said, "Okay, I will pass on the Governor-General's message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

He didn't say harsh words, and didn't make any unnecessary moves. He took the accompanying soldiers and boarded the sampan to return to the fleet.

Dutch officer Bot looked at the soldiers with a frown on his face. In the background of the small sampan were several huge battleships. Although the gun ports of the battleships were not opened, Bot still felt that when he looked at those densely packed gun ports, to a lot of pressure.

"Mr. Governor, I don't know if you have noticed. Those Ming Chinese soldiers wore very European uniforms. They all held muskets and looked quite well-trained. Today's affairs are full of strange things. A country that has already perished The fact that the Chinese dynasty, with such powerful ships and good-looking soldiers, even wants to enter Batavia is incomprehensible."

Not long after, Liang Haisheng returned to Bai Mingxiu's ship, and Bai Mingxiu didn't even ask him about the results.

Liang Haisheng said: "As expected, the Dutch rejected us. Is Your Highness preparing for military action?"

Bai Mingxiu pinched his chin, which still had no beard, and said casually: "Let's try a dozen."

He waved his hand and said to Captain Meng Hui: "Let's leave first."

The Lion Sister beside him couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, don't we want to attack Batavia immediately?"

Bai Mingxiu said: "Don't be too anxious. The Dutch have been running Batavia for decades, and the governor of Masiike is still a very capable guy. They are currently on the deepest guard. Moreover, I don't want At this time, confront their artillery on the shore."

After all, Bai Mingxiu cherishes these battleships in his hands very much. After all, these are clipper ships with a speed of 15 knots, and the battlefield where they can truly perform should be in open waters.

Several warships left the periphery of Batavia Harbor, but at this moment, the watchman standing on the mast shouted down: "The Dutchman's ship has left the port, the Dutchman's ship has left the port."

Sister Lion smiled and said: "It seems that the Dutch are worried about us, and actually want to monitor us closely."

Holding a binoculars, Bai Mingxiu observed the Dutch warships leaving the port. The Dutch warships leaving the port were much smaller than Bai Mingxiu's ship. In fact, the entire Dutch East India Company did not have a real sailing battleship, and most of them were 40 guns. The following frigates or armed merchant ships.The Netherlands won the title of Maritime Coachman, and merchant ships monopolized a large amount of maritime trade, not because of the fist of the Dutch Navy, but because their merchant ships abandoned artillery and saved tonnage for heavy cargo without defense.

所以比起白明修这边舰队里的一艘74炮三级战列舰、三艘50炮四级战列舰、一艘36炮护卫舰和一艘10炮的东印度商船，荷兰派出的12艘“盯梢”船虽然数量多一倍，但是实际上火炮数量倒是差不多的。

The Dutch warship did not dare to get too close to the Ming warship, so Bai Mingxiu smiled and said, "Let's get rid of them first."

(End of this chapter)