Daming Military Empire

Chapter 342
It is said that the governor of Batavia in the Netherlands, Fan Mendi, came aggressively. What is Zheng Zhilong, the governor of Nanyang of the Ming Empire, doing now?Is he ready?

Zheng Zhilong was naturally prepared. In fact, when Shi Daxuan came to plunder the Dutch, British and French merchant ships, he began to prepare to intercept the Dutch merchant ships. However, the Dutch merchant ships should not be blocked randomly. With the support of the Habsburg Alliance, it might be a big mess.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong has been preparing the things to plant, which is the so-called "evidence". Unexpectedly, before his "evidence" is fully prepared, there will be agents from Jinyiwei to report. The Dutch have organized a huge fleet. Coming to the Straits of Malacca.

This fleet is terrible, there are more than two hundred warships, large and small, and Shi Daxuan will never be able to go around if they are allowed to pass by. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong immediately intercepted the Dutch fleet with an order. When the ship is inspected, first plant some dirty things and detain the merchant ship. As for the remaining "evidence", it can be made according to the real thing!

Batavia is about [-] miles away from Xingcheng Port. With the speed of sailing warships, it will take four or five days to arrive at the fastest. The period is at least ten days.

Ten days is enough to create countless "evidences". Zheng Zhilong prepared a lot of big meals, waiting for the Dutch to eat them up.

For the past ten days, soldiers from the Ming Empire have boarded the ship for inspection almost every day, and the employees of the Dutch East India Company have been annoyed, but there is no way, the ship has been dragged to other people's territory, and it is considered civilized if they didn't directly rob Well, just check it out, what do you dare to say.

The soldiers of the Ming Empire checked very carefully. Almost all the packages of the goods had to be opened and checked carefully. Although the employees of the East India Company kept watching them the whole time, there were too many people who came up to check, and they really couldn't take care of all of them. Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming army didn't want to steal their things, but to stuff things into them, so they were unlucky and got tricked again and again.

After a while, a wooden sign was found in the spice bag, which belonged to a certain merchant in Daming, and it happened to be in the list of stolen items;
After a while, a piece of cardboard was found in the bag of rice, which belonged to a certain merchant in Daming, and it happened to be in the list of stolen items;

After a while, a mark was found on the bag of sucrose, and it belonged to a certain merchant in Daming, and it happened to be in the list of stolen items;

More and more stolen goods were found, and all kinds of "evidence" emerged in endlessly. Although these stolen goods accounted for a small proportion of all goods, they were convicted of colluding with pirates and selling stolen goods. .

Just when Zheng Zhilong was tired of being planted and didn't want to be planted again, Fan Mendi finally came to his door. However, to Zheng Zhilong's surprise, he was accompanied by a few British and Frenchmen.

Zheng Zhilong really didn't expect this. He was still thinking about how to show these "evidences" in front of the British and French to make them suspicious of each other.

Similarly, in order to show his righteousness, Zheng Zhilong did not go to greet him in person, but asked Zheng Xing to greet him instead, while he himself sat in the huge Nanyang Governor's Mansion with a group of senior generals of the Nanyang Navy and the South China Sea Fleet. The conference room awaits.

This is the first time that the representatives of the British and French powers have had close contact with the Ming Empire. They have seen huge warships from afar, so it is nothing unusual. They have also heard about bastions and forts, so they are not very surprised. Even the densely packed cannons on the city wall really shocked them. The Ming Empire was so terrifying. The cannons were not made of paper. There were thousands of cannons in the Xingcheng Port alone. The cannons of the Ming Dynasty The ability is really terrifying.

When they saw the Nanyang Governor's Mansion, which covers an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres, they were already shocked beyond measure. Luck, how rich is the Ming Empire? A Governor's Mansion is bigger than any royal palace in any country in Europe , Envy, envy, hate, their determination to suppress the Ming Empire has become firmer.

Therefore, when they walked into the conference room, they were all aggressive, with a sense of common hatred.

However, their aura is far from that of Zheng Zhilong's side. The more than ten senior generals on Zheng Zhilong's side are all dressed in formal attire. There is no comparison to the mob in strange costumes.

In terms of momentum, it can't be compared, but Fan Mendi believes that the combined strength of Britain, France and the Netherlands can already crush the Ming Empire, so as soon as he sat down, he said arrogantly: "Your Highness Nicholas, on behalf of the United Provinces of the United States, I will treat you The Ming Empire strongly protests against the arrest of our merchant ships for no reason. Now, I demand that you immediately return all the detained merchant ships, make an official public apology, and compensate the Dutch East India Company for a total of 1000 million taels of losses caused by delays in delivery and loss of customers. silver."

Comparing my arrogance with me, huh, Zheng Zhilong slapped the table directly, pointed at Fan Mendi and roared, "Is it reasonable for you to collude with pirates and rob Daming merchants? Now, on behalf of the Ming Empire, I formally request you to deal with your collusion with pirates." Make an explanation and compensate dozens of merchants in the Ming Empire for a total of 2000 million taels of silver. Otherwise, the Ming Empire will confiscate all of your more than 100 merchant ships and the goods on them, and auction them off to compensate dozens of merchants in the Ming Dynasty. Loss."

Fan Mendi relied on the support of his allies, which is too arrogant. When he heard the words, he slapped the table and roared: "You said that we colluded with pirates, so we colluded with pirates. I still think that the pirates are pretending to be pirates. of it!"

The representatives of the British and French empires did not expect that the governor of the Ming Empire would be so awesome. He dared to slap the table and roar in front of the representatives of the three major European powers. It was so arrogant. They didn't care what Fan Mendi said. Fan Mendi As soon as Di finished speaking, they glared at Zheng Zhilong in unison, with a strong warning in their eyes, kid, pretend we don't exist!
Of course Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of them, but his purpose is not to fight against the representatives of Britain and France, but to make them suspicious of each other, so he very cooperatively put on an expression of fear, and said indignantly: "When did I talk nonsense?" Now, will I slander you without evidence? Come on, bring up the evidence."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of soldiers from the Ming army walked in carrying two large wooden boxes. Zheng Zhilong gestured to Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Xing who were on the left and right with his eyes. Moved to the conference table, opened the lid and pushed it in front of Zheng Zhilong.

(End of this chapter)