Daming Military Empire

Chapter 355 The So-Called Contract

It is said that Fan Mendi gritted his teeth and thought about it for a long time after Zheng Zhilong's yin and yang anger went back. Finally, he retreated helplessly. As for the United Fleet on the other side of Xingcheng Port, it is impossible to come to meet through the waters of Xingcheng Port.

Fortunately, the Ming Empire did not block the entire Strait of Malacca. Farther away from Xingcheng Port, some waterways were densely covered with hidden reefs and could only pass small ships. The Ming Empire did not control it at all. He chose a relatively hidden small waterway, passed through the waters near Xingcheng Port, and ran to inform Van der to immediately lead the combined fleet to detour south of Sumatra Island and rush to Batavia.

When Fandre received the order, he felt his scalp tingling. That channel was not easy to navigate, and the possibility of encountering a storm at sea was too great. Of course, he would rather face the storm at sea than face the mighty Ming Navy in front of him. , In the end, he bit the bullet and ordered that the fleet turn around and detour south of Sumatra.

This channel was an out-and-out dangerous channel under the circumstances at that time. Although Van der led the fleet carefully and slowly moved along the coast, it was stranded by a small storm and destroyed more than ten medium-sized warships. , During the pathfinding process, a dozen or so medium-sized warships were also sunk through the bottom of the ship by a reef.Nearly [-]% of the warships were lost. After more than a month of arduous sailing, the combined fleet arrived in Batavia. Fortunately, the super battleships were well protected, and none of them were lost. The personnel on the stranded and sunk warships also Rescue came back in time, and no casualties were caused.

Although Fan Mendi was mentally prepared, he was still furious in the face of the loss of twenty warships. He roared in his heart: "Da Ming Empire, now it's your turn to suffer!"

Now, Batavia has assembled 140 super battleships and more than [-] medium-sized warships of various types, which are stronger than any fleet of the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire has nothing to do with them. The sea is so vast, and Fan Mendi is fully confident that he will use this combined fleet to disturb the Ming Empire.

Where should we go first to make the Ming Empire uncomfortable?Fan Mendi stared at the Nanyang sea chart for a long time, and found that this place is really hard to find. The southeast coastal road to Daming is too far away, and the forts and bastions built by Daming Capital in important places are not cheap. Go to As far as the southeast peninsula is concerned, the Ming Empire might not care about him. Anyway, it is a colony, and the Ming Empire should not care much, at least he thinks so.

After much deliberation, he really couldn't think of a suitable place. In the end, he decided to negotiate with the Ming Empire first. Anyway, their ultimate goal is to curb the expansion of the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire is naturally the best, if not, it is not too late to organize a fleet to pick things up.

Now that he has enough power to threaten the Ming Empire, he will naturally not go to Xingcheng Port to be angry. He sent a fast boat to Xingcheng Port, notified the Ming Empire, and immediately sent envoys to Batavia and Xingcheng Negotiate on Bangka Island in the middle of Hong Kong, or you will bear the consequences!

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had already received Zhu Cijiong's instruction. If the big powers want to negotiate, they should have a good fight with them, and finally they can make appropriate concessions. Anyway, the southeast peninsula has already been obtained, and there is no need to worry about the others. Wait until they negotiate with Spain. Let's talk.

Zheng Zhilong did not object to Fan Mendi's request. He knew that although Bangka Island was a large island, its resources were relatively scarce, and even the local aborigines didn't pay much attention to it. After his rule, it seemed that there was no land there, only a few natives were left to fish for a living on the island. It was a good neutral place, very suitable for negotiation, so he readily accepted the invitation to negotiate, And make an appointment with Van Mendy, see you on Bangka Island ten days later.

The reason why Fan Mendi chose Bangka Island was actually a helpless move. He knew that if Da Ming sent envoys to Batavia, Da Ming would not agree in nine out of ten, and he was unwilling to go to Xingcheng Port, so he had to go to He chose an unowned land for negotiation. He thought that he would just find an open space on the island and set up a negotiating table. Anyway, the location of the negotiation is not the key point, but getting the Ming Empire to make concessions is the key point.

When he led the United Fleet to Bangka Island, he was really taken aback. Not to mention the Nanyang Navy and Beihai Fleet led by Zheng Zhilong, there were many more battleships than them, but the super battleships The difference was almost the same, but the two sides were barely evenly matched. To his surprise, a huge gleaming building appeared on the coast of Bangka Island!

In fact, this was built by Zheng Zhilong. He knew that there were no decent houses on Bangka Island, and asking him to negotiate with people in the open air would really lose the majesty of Zhennan King, so he sent people to set up a negotiation place on the island. , that is, a one-story house, with cement as the frame, doors, windows and roof with glass and wooden frames, so it is easy to build. Once the frame is poured, some beams are put in the middle, and then it is completed with a bang bang bang bang nail.

It is simple to do so, but the appearance is surprisingly gorgeous, those glass reflect endless rays of light under the sun, in this era, it is simply a miracle!
Fan Mendi walked into the negotiating hall depressed. It still felt like the home court of the Ming Empire, because the layout of this hall was actually the same as the meeting room of the Nanyang Governor's Mansion, and at this time, the opposite of the negotiating table was still all the same. Dressed in formal attire, majestic and murderous.

If the two sides are evenly matched, the momentum of the negotiation is very important. Fan Mendi feels that the momentum of the negotiation has not yet started, and the momentum is faintly suppressed by the Ming Empire. Afterwards, he immediately said forcefully: "On behalf of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, I strongly protest the Ming Empire's invasion of our ally Donghu. Now we officially issue a warning and ask the Ming Empire to immediately stop all military operations against Donghu."

He thought that Zheng Zhilong would strongly object, but he never thought that Zheng Zhilong would actually smile and nod and say: "No problem!"

Fan Mendi couldn't believe his ears. When did the Ming Empire become so easy to talk, he doubted: "Really? You don't want to play us!"

Zheng Zhilong still smiled and said: "Why should I play with you? In fact, the Ming Empire stopped its military operations against Donghu long ago."

Fan Mendi seemed to have been greatly insulted, and he said sharply: "Impossible, don't think you can deceive us. If you want to procrastinate, it's just a dream. Please stop all military operations against Donghu immediately."

Zheng Zhilong spread his hands helplessly and said: "Really, King Talong of Donghu has surrendered to Daming, why do we still fight!"

Fan Mendy was shocked: "This is impossible!"

Zheng Zhilong said proudly: "The fact is like this, nothing is impossible."

Fan Mendi became furious, pointed at Zheng Zhilong and said, "This is naked aggression!"

Zheng Zhilong's face was serious, he took out a map from his arms, unfolded it, pushed it in front of Fan Mendi, and said coldly: "What kind of aggression, since the establishment of the Ming Empire, Donghu has been the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It's just a rebellion, and it's not your turn to dictate!"

Fan Mendi looked at the map and saw that it was the same as the real one. He really didn't know what was going on, but this time most of the translators of the generals from various countries were from Nanyang, so he asked left and right, and the translators nodded one after another. This is really the case!
Fan Mendi was dumbfounded. What else is there to say? This southeast peninsula is originally the territory of the Ming Empire. No matter how wide you manage it, you can't control it into other people's country!He thought about it for a long time, and he could only come up with something out of nothing: "Then please stop all aggression from the Ming Empire, the Mughal Empire is also our ally, if you continue to expand westward, then we have to unite to fight against the Ming Empire! "

Zheng Zhilong was surprised and said: "Our Ming Empire never said that we would invade other countries, what do you mean?"

Van Mendy wondered: "Really?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded firmly and said, "Of course it's true."

Fan Mendi was so choked that he had nothing to say, he punched the cotton, it felt really uncomfortable, he thought about it again, and continued to demand unreasonably: "We ask the Ming Empire to withdraw the blockade of the Strait of Malacca, let us The fleet of the fleet passed freely."

Zheng Zhilong nodded immediately and said: "No problem, our emperor has already said that it was a special period a while ago, so the Straits of Malacca should be blocked. Now that the special period has passed, there is no need to block it."

When Fan Mendi heard this, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. After a long time, their twenty warships were lost in vain. They never thought of blocking the Strait of Malacca for a long time!
When the negotiation reached this level, Fan Mendi felt that it was impossible to continue. The Ming Empire seemed to have done nothing except to regain the territory of the southeast peninsula, and there was no excuse for making troubles without reason. There was no excuse to make things difficult, so I could only continue to demand unreasonably: "Then we sign the contract, and your Ming Empire must guarantee that it will not expand outward."

Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong nodded immediately and said: "Okay."

Therefore, under the incomprehensible eyes of Fan Mendi and the representatives of the great powers, Zheng Zhilong readily signed the so-called contract that the Ming Empire would no longer expand on behalf of the Ming Empire.

This kind of contract is really ridiculous, Zheng Zhilong secretly laughed in his heart: "Only you idiots would believe this kind of contract!"

There is a saying: "Contracts are meant to be torn up." With the power of Ming Dynasty, this contract can be torn up at any time. It makes no difference if it is signed or not!
So, when will the Ming Empire tear up this contract?At the end of this volume, please see the decomposition of the next volume.

(End of this chapter)