Chongzhen Undergraduates

This is the foreign policy Chu Youjian wants.Dependent countries grant limited free trade treatment.Daming clearly told them that trade is their own business, and everyone can make a fortune together.

For normal state diplomacy, reciprocity should be respected, Ding Mao is Ding Mao, business is done as it is and taxes are collected.Of course, future battles will still be fought.Daming will become stronger one day, and he will not be lenient when it is time to grab.

As for Wu Sangui and Hou Jin, sorry, you are not in the diplomatic category, and you are not big enough to qualify for diplomacy.Not even a foreign country.

This time the diplomatic incident, because of the opening of the Ming Dynasty in Guangzhou, finally made the ministers of the DPRK and China understand the names of Westerners and Western countries.

Wang Chengen sighed deeply: It turns out that what the kid said is true, Spain and Portugal are not the same country, and there are Dutch, English, French and Prussian people in Europa.

The earth is really round, and there is another continent in the east. This world is much bigger than Ming Dynasty.

It was from this moment that Wang Chengen completely believed that Zhu Youjian was from the future world, otherwise it would be impossible to find young people who know so much in Ming Dynasty.

"Grandfather, please rest in peace. This old slave will definitely help him guard the Daming country." Wang Chengen bowed to the ground.

Chapter 461: Watching the sea and looking at England

August [-]th was the date of the emperor's wedding, but the arrangement of activities before the wedding was enough to attract everyone's attention, because this was originally a large-scale trade fair.The fair is divided into domestic and foreign fairs, and foreign envoys are also allowed to visit the domestic fair.

When a huge exhibition hall made of glass appeared in Nanjing, Westerners were stunned.

"Oh, my God, the Crystal Palace." When the English sighed, Zhu Shunshui replied through an interpreter: "That's right, our Emperor also called it the Crystal Palace."

"Does His Majesty speak English?" asked the Englishman.

"Yes." Zhu Shunshui was very proud, although he didn't know why the emperor could speak a foreign language, and it was a foreign language of a small country that was very partial.

"Oh, God." The British envoy John Niederp thought to himself, he must report this news back home, because the British Charles I was just executed two years ago, and now it is the era of Charles II, the puppet emperor, and the Parliament is in power .

In [-], Britain promulgated the "Navigation Regulations", which stipulated that all goods imported into the UK must be carried by British ships.

As a result, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which were allies in the Thirty Years War, immediately became enemies, and the two sides will have a large-scale naval battle at sea.

In almost every naval battle, both sides have to invest tens of thousands of sailors and six to eight thousand cannons, and the number of battles is probably rare in history.

It is said that someone made a statistic that in the fifteen months from May [-] to August [-], the number of battles between the fleets of the two sides was no less than the sum of all the battles in all oceans of the world at that time.

The strategy formulated by the British side is mainly to control the Strait of Dover and the North Sea, cut off all ties between the Netherlands and the outside world, and force the Dutch to surrender.For this reason, Naval Fleet Commander Black adopted the tactics of concentrating a powerful fleet and intercepting all Dutch ships passing through the strait to ensure its absolute sea dominance.

He boldly introduced into naval operations the army's tactics of paying attention to formation and overall effect, and developed naval tactics.At the beginning of the war, Britain divided its fleet into three detachments, red, white, and blue, to facilitate command.And promulgated the "first naval discipline regulations" to rectify military discipline.

And the current United Kingdom is the ally that Zhu Youjian most hopes to win over in the future, and Zhu Youjian estimates that the British also want to find an ally to deal with the Dutch. It's just that Ming can't get into the eyes of the British now, and Zhu Youjian is not sure yet. .

It is conceivable that if Ming and Great Britain join forces, what role will Ming play in the four Anglo-Dutch wars that would have lasted nearly a century?

This will be an ancient sea battle.

The result of the Anglo-Dutch War was the rise of France, followed by the birth of Napoleon.Zhu Youjian doesn't want to see France have a chance to rise, he wants to take the opportunity to let Ming Dynasty rise.

The first Anglo-Dutch war had already begun, and the two sides would fight for 22 years. It was time for Ming to look for opportunities to make money.

"Mr. John Niederp, His Majesty the Emperor of our country will invite you to have lunch." Zhu Shunshui read out the full vocabulary, he was not used to the names of these foreigners.

"God, these Ming people finally didn't mispronounce my name." John Nieder was secretly happy, it was never before that he could be summoned by the Emperor of Ming alone.

He was secretly thinking about whether to propose some more trade opportunities to His Majesty the Ming Emperor during the lunch, such as two more shipments of silk and porcelain, etc., so that he could go back to do business.After all, Daming is not the best diplomatic partner right now, the British just want to buy a few more ships at most.

The place where Zhu Youjian met John Niederp was on a cruise ship on Xuanwu Lake. This was also the first time a foreigner entered the imperial palace.

John Niederp may have seen European palaces, but compared with the Nanjing Palace, Hampton Court Palace is simply a manor of a small rich man.There was no Buckingham Palace in this era, and the King of England did not live in the Tower of London, they lived in Hampton Court Palace.

"Welcome to China." Zhu Youjian stretched out his hand when he saw John Niederp. At the same time, he used China instead of Daming in his sentence.

John Niederp was ready to kneel and worship, but after seeing Zhu Youjian stretching out his hand, everything seemed so cordial.

Zhu Youjian's English level is not enough to communicate with the other party without barriers. Fortunately, there is an interpreter present.In this day and age, it is easy to find a Dutch interpreter, and there are plenty of Portuguese-speaking interpreters, but it is much more difficult to find an interpreter who can speak both English and Chinese.

"I heard that your country is at war with the Dutch. As you know, we also fought with the Dutch just now." Zhu Youjian didn't talk about the weather or trade, but directly talked about politics.This made John Nieder a little uncomfortable. In fact, he was just a small business representative sent by the United Kingdom.

"His Majesty the Emperor, please allow me to introduce our trade cooperation between the two parties..." John Niederp did not dare to talk about political matters, so he had to interrupt, because trade was the mission of his trip.

"Sir, if you can't make the decision, please be sure to convey our meaning to General Cromwell in your country, and convey my respect to him by the way."

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Nieder immediately paid attention to it. His Majesty the Ming Emperor obviously knew the political situation in Britain like the back of his hand, even who was in power.

"Your Majesty, I will return home immediately." Niederp knew the importance of the matter. If he could bring about some kind of agreement between the eastern power and the UK, then his life would be more than just a business representative.This is an opportunity, a huge opportunity, it depends on whether he can seize it.

Just like the British captain William Adams, he only needed one chance to become the trust of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan, became a trade consultant, and opened the British trade window in Japan.

"Don't be in such a hurry. After attending my wedding, bring a few boats of silk and porcelain, and you can buy a good price when you return home. When you have money, you will go to see His Excellency General Cromwell." Zhu Youjian Smiling slightly, Niederpu made a big blush.

Emperor Ming obviously knew that he was just a poor boy.

"This is a cooperation agreement between the two parties. Please take it back to London safely and hand it over to the general." Zhu Shunshui handed Nieder a thick document by the way.

Nieder did not dare to open it on the spot, but his heart was always itchy during the subsequent dinner.

Chinese banquets are very luxurious, and the whole set of porcelain alone made Ni Depp dumbfounded. He thought to himself, these porcelains are enough to be exhibited in the London Museum.

The food was definitely not to the taste, but Niederp's saliva drools more than half a bowl.

"Wang Chengen, I will send two sets of official kilns from the palace to this honored guest later." Zhu Youjian had already seen Ni Depu's greed in his eyes. If he wanted to do something, he had to be willing to spend money. A lump knocked the opponent unconscious.

"Yes, Lord Long Live!" Wang Chengen has never seen Zhu Youjian trick like this, rewarding people with porcelain, this is the first time for Zhu Youjian.

When Wang Chengen sent two sets of high-quality products from the official kiln to Ni Depu's residence, Ni Depu almost suffered from high blood pressure.Just these two boxes are enough for him to become the new darling of European collectors.

"Long Live Lord, what if this foreigner runs away if you spend such a high price?" Wang Chengen was a little puzzled, he really didn't understand foreigner's affairs, Chongzhen used to be unsure about domestic affairs.

But the man in front of him is obviously more experienced in dealing with foreigners.

"Don't worry, if he brings back these two sets of porcelain, our business will be half done. If he can't even bring back the better porcelain, who will believe that he has seen the Ming Emperor?"

"Then will we lose money on this business?" Wang Chengen was still a little distressed that he had given away too much.

"Do you know what I talked about in the letter of credence?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"The old slave doesn't know."

"I plan to ask the British to help us train [-] sailors and support our [-] shipbuilders." Zhu Youjian said proudly.

"Then what shall we exchange?" Wang Chengen asked.

"The bronze cannons and flintlock guns that we are about to eliminate." Zhu Youjian said indifferently: "Actually, if the British don't want them, we can sell them to other small countries. I believe they will be interested. However, we are selling them to them." Before that, let's take the North with these guns."

Chapter 462: Bridal chamber night worked hard and flashed waist

If Ming wants to truly gain the attention of Britain, its current strength is far from enough. After all, the Anglo-Dutch war was fighting for the right to speak in Europe's trade.