Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 758
Hearing his words, Yagyu Juhei and other Japanese daimyos listened more attentively.

I only heard Dorgon continue to say: "We have prepared [-] cavalry troops on the grassland to attack the Guihua City of the Ming Dynasty; you may not know that the Guihua City today is a very important city in the Ming Dynasty. Stabbing Guihua City at a stronghold outside the Great Wall will definitely attract the attention of the Ming court and send troops there."

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "Also, Gu Yu sent people to the Western Regions a few years ago, ordering the Wacha tribe and the Tsarist Russian army to launch an attack before the autumn harvest. That's it. For one thing, the west of the Ming Kingdom will also be attacked. You can think about how many enemies we will face when we launch the Jinzhou War!"

This is really generous!

Liu Sheng Shibingwei was very happy when he heard this, but he was also a little worried, so he asked: "If the Western Regions start a war later than us, wouldn't it mean that we will attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty and ease their pressure?" pressure?"

After hearing this, Dorgon immediately replied, "Don't worry about this. The people who are sent by Gu to the Western Regions are all very capable in my Qing Dynasty, and they will definitely follow Gu's orders!"

Ying Erdai is the person who is best at dealing with external forces in the Qing Dynasty, and Fan Wencheng is also a person with both civil and military skills.The two of them partnered, and Dorgon had this confidence.

However, he never expected that Yingerdai and Fan Wencheng would be accepted by Oziertu Khan of the Heshuo Special Department as a certificate of submission to Ming Dynasty!

At this time, under Dorgon's vow, the atmosphere in the lobby quickly rose.

No matter from which aspect, the coalition forces have made sufficient preparations. I believe that the coalition forces will win this battle!

After holding military discussions for a long time and formulating the details of the battle in detail, Dorgon sent a messenger to the grassland to deliver military orders to Jierhalang.

On the Haizhou side, after about ten days, the Jianlu army will start to move, and the remaining cavalry will expel the Ming army first and will not stop at night, shielding the battlefield for the army, and then the army will march towards Jinzhou.

When Dorgon was busy, there was one thing that he never expected. Not only did the Ying Erdai and Fan Wencheng he sent fall into the hands of the Ming army, but even the people Ning Wan and I sent to Liaodong to report the letter were also captured. The cavalry patrolling on the grassland was intercepted and sent to Guihua City.

As a result, Daming basically knew the situation in the Western Regions, and the news was sent to the capital immediately. At the same time, it followed the strategic intention set by Sun Chuanting, and could safely gather troops and prepare to sweep the Mongolian tribes in the east.

A big battle, whether it is in the Liaoxi Corridor or on the grassland, is imminent.

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At this time, far away in the port of Fuzhou, Fujian, under the darkness, a few people boarded a small boat furtively, and then swayed and swayed to the side of a large ship.

Although it was under night, anyone could tell that this was not Daming's lucky boat, but Xiyi's sailing boat.

At this time, on the big ship, someone was obviously responding, and quickly picked up a few people from the small boat, and finally a group of people met in the captain's cabin under the dim oil lamp.

He saw a man with black hair and yellow skin, who could only be a wise man here, took out a folded paper from his arms, and spread it out carefully on the table.

During this process, the red-haired and blue-eyed Xi Yi opened his eyes wide, and his eyes were full of greed. I can't move it either.

Finally, the paper was all spread out, it was huge, with patterns and fonts on it.

Seeing the person who spread out the paper, he whispered to Xi Yi opposite him: "This is the blueprint of the steam engine. It is very detailed. You can build it according to this blueprint. It is definitely worth 100 million taels of silver!"

From what he said, it can be heard that it was Xiyi who bought the blueprint of the steam engine for 100 million taels.

In today's Ming Dynasty, steam engines are relatively popular, not only for steam trains and steam warships used for transportation, but also in some specific places, such as steel factories and other large factories controlled by the imperial court, all of which are using steam engines.

But no matter where it is, the steam engine is produced by the steam engine factory under the Bureau of Military Warfare.Generally speaking, outsiders are out of reach.

However, it is also because steam engines have become somewhat common, and Daming has no shortage of smart people. The general principle and production method can basically be figured out by looking at the real thing.

Although the imperial court strictly prohibited private ownership of the steam engine, and it was strictly forbidden to spread it to outsiders, some people still took the risk and sold the blueprint of the steam engine to Xiyi under the high price of Xiyi.

At this time, after the Ming man who sold the blueprints finished speaking, he even introduced the blueprints in detail, while Xi Yi, who was opposite, listened very carefully.

It wasn't until this Xiyi nodded and approved the blueprint that the two sides ended the conversation.

After those Ming people left the big boat, Xiyi's boat left overnight.

At dawn, the Xiyi sailboat finally reached the sea, and there was no need to worry about being caught up by the Ming navy.

In the captain's room, Xi Yi, who had hidden the steam engine blueprint next to him, finally laughed happily.

This person is none other than Anthony, the governor of the Netherlands in Batavia.

When he came to Fuzhou for a meeting under the order of Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, he had already thought of the steam engine.

In his opinion, the reason why the Ming country became powerful and made him unable to resist the Ming country's army, apart from the large number of people in the Ming country, there is another very important reason is that the Ming country's warships are equipped with steam engines.

If it is a calm sea, the speed of Ming warships equipped with steam engines can even exceed that of Dutch sail warships. If they can't beat them, they can't even run away. This is unacceptable.

As for the artillery, the two sides are almost the same.

In other words, this steam engine is definitely the key!

Not to mention, this steam engine can also build that steam train on land.When Kui Yi and others went to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, when they returned to Batavia, they didn’t know how long the steam train had been blowing. It is said that this steam train is a magical thing that only heaven can have.It shows that the steam engine is absolutely the key to the country becoming stronger.

All these things made Anthony finally make up his mind. He didn't hesitate to use the money of the Dutch East India Company he was in charge of, and spent 100 million taels of silver, and finally bought the blueprint of this steam engine.

He believed that with this steam engine, not only the warships of the Netherlands could be remodeled to increase their combat power, but they would no longer have to be afraid of the steam ironclad warships of the Ming Dynasty, and it would also allow the East India Company to take off, or the Netherlands!
Even if you don't do this, if you bring this steam engine back to Europe and sell it, let alone 100 million taels of silver, you can earn 1000 million taels, because this is a cornucopia!
Anthony could even imagine that when he brought this steam engine back to Europe, it would definitely change everything in Europe!
Thinking of this, he returned to Batavia happily, and went to the Penghu Islands, Dongfan, and Luzon. Except for the necessary supplies, he did not stop, and finally returned to Batavia in the shortest time. ya.

However, what he never expected was that when he returned to Batavia, Kui Yi came back from Europe.

As soon as he saw Kui Yi among the people who greeted him, Anthony, who was in a good mood, asked with a smile, "How is it? Did the local side agree?"

Kui Yi did not answer directly, but suggested that the Governor's Mansion speak.

This answer made Anthony feel a little inappropriate, so he suppressed his excitement and hurried back to the Governor's Mansion regardless of his fatigue.

In his office, all the others were kicked out, leaving only Kuiyi and Anthony.

Until this time, Kuiyi whispered to Anthony: "On the mainland, many people agreed that they could make a lot of money after becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, this matter was also spread. Soon, and broadly, something went wrong!"

As far as these people from the Dutch East India Company are concerned, they only have money in their eyes. Therefore, whether it is Anthony or Kui Yi, they are actually inclined to make money, and they don't care much about whether they are vassal states or not.

Because of this, Anthony responded to Ming's call and not only sent a fleet to participate in the naval battle against Wa, but he also personally went to Fuzhou to discuss matters.

On Kui Yi's side, he rushed back to the Netherlands and tried his best to lobby, thinking that he could do business with the Ming Dynasty and earn wealth that he would never have to worry about for a lifetime.

However, now it seems that things are backfired.

When Anthony heard his words, he understood in his heart.If the Netherlands wants to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the consuls of the Netherlands must be canonized by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in order to be justifiable. If this news spreads, it will definitely cause a sensation.

It spread quickly and widely, which is actually expected.

However, he reckoned that Qian Jing, who did business with the Ming Dynasty, was really very big, and would make those who made the decision agree. Everything was for money, wasn't it!

It's just that he didn't expect that it wasn't like this, so he hurriedly asked the reason.

As soon as Kui heard this, he immediately answered him: "It's the church, and other countries are very angry about this. They disagree, and they all said that if our Netherlands wants to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, we must be canonized by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be a vassal state." If the consul says, then our Netherlands is a heresy in Europe, and all countries will go to war against our Netherlands. The pressure is too great, so we have to stop making this money!"

After hearing this, Anthony suddenly realized that he had really made a mistake!
European countries originally had to be canonized by the Pope before the king could be a king.After hard work, the divine right is finally unable to suppress the secular kingship. In many countries, the kingship is supreme.

Suddenly, the emperor from the Far East wanted to override the heads of European countries. This made the kings and popes unacceptable, and it seemed not difficult to understand.

After all, people other than Europe are now enslaved by Europe everywhere, how could it be possible to ride on the heads of Europeans.Even if you are from the Ming country, that won't work!

(End of this chapter)