Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

The East India Company is an arms agent in Europe expressly licensed by the Ming Empire, and is responsible for the arms distribution business of the North-South Industrial Group.

However, recent news from Ottoman indicates that Ottoman is likely to take measures against the East India Company, either by increasing tariffs, or by refusing the East India Company's arms transit. "

Wu Sangui asked curiously: "If I remember correctly, the relationship between Ottoman and the Netherlands should be considered excellent, right? Why did they attack the East India Company?"

Little Ellis said: "Back to the commander, all this is still related to the performance of the Suez Canal Fleet in England."

After rationalizing his thinking, little Ellis continued: "Before the army of the Ming Empire landed, the navy had already bombarded various ports in England. Now the whole of Europe and even the Ottomans have realized the great role of the navy."

Wu Sangui couldn't help but sneered: "So, they set their sights on Daming's battleship?"

Little Ellis said: "The commander-in-chief is wise. Both Ottoman and the Netherlands made a request in the previous period, asking the East India Company to purchase several treasure ship-class warships from Ming Dynasty for them, and the performance should be the same as the warships of the Suez Canal Fleet.

Out of consideration for coastal defense security, the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company rejected Ottoman's request, and it was precisely because of this that the Netherlands and Ottoman were dissatisfied. "

After talking about the matter roughly, little Ellis put forward his own idea: "So the students are thinking, can they hire Ming's merchant ships to transport the general's fire through the Suez Canal?"

Wu Sangui shook his head immediately and said: "You have found the wrong person for this matter. Although I am in charge of the overall war against England, the things you said are not within the scope of the war against England, so I also Can't get in."

Little Ellis suddenly showed a look of disappointment: "Marshal Qi, the students asked to meet Xin Lehou before they came here, but Lord Hou said that the employment of merchant ships is not under his control, so the students have already It's a corner."

Wu Sangui immediately laughed and said, "What's the use of finding Xin Lehou? He belongs to the military. If you want to hire a merchant ship, you have to go to the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Households, instead of going to the army to find the commander-in-chief or new recruits." Lehou.

Also, I'm afraid you didn't explain the matter to Xin Lehou at all, did you? "

Little Ellis blushed, and said embarrassingly: "The commander is wise, the student was full of threats from the Ottomans and the Netherlands to the East India Company at the time, and only told the Marquis about the hiring of merchant ships, but did not say anything else. It's too clear."

Wu Sangui smiled and said: "That's right. According to the laws of Ming Dynasty, the military is not allowed to intervene in local affairs. Things like hiring merchant ships have nothing to do with the military. It's strange that Xin Lehou can take care of you.

Go to the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Households first. If you really can’t go to Daming to hire merchant ships, you can also let your merchant ships go through the Suez Canal directly. Xinlehou can’t make things difficult for you, let alone sit and watch Ottoman attack you.

Besides, it is not up to the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company to decide whether they can buy treasure ships for the barbarians of the Ottomans. You can go to the North and South Industrial Group and ask them. "

The overjoyed little Ellis first thanked Wu Sangui, and then said excitedly: "Then the student will go to Daming first to see how to solve these two things."

Little Ellis was not worried that Osman would attack him at the Suez Canal. After all, there was the example of England in front of him. Anyone who wanted to attack a person with a Daming household registration had to think carefully about it!

After chatting again, seeing that Wu Sangui had already picked up the teacup, little Ellis left consciously.

After nearly two months of sailing, when little Ellis set foot on the land of Daming in Tianjin Port, he couldn't help calling in his heart that he had come to the real paradise!

I am dressed in a silk scholar's attire, which can be regarded as a high-class figure in Europe, because silk represents enough wealth, and the scholar's attire is the most popular in Europe at present, which can prove that I am a cultural person.

But when little Ellis came to Daming, he discovered that almost half of the people in Daming were dressed like this. Maybe their book long shirts were not made of silk, but some ordinary fabrics.

This is already astonishing enough, especially when illiteracy is everywhere in Europe, this kind of contrast almost makes little Ellis feel proud.

That's right, I am a dignified citizen of the Ming Dynasty, not only a scholar, but also a rich scholar, even in the Ming Dynasty, I should be considered a member of the upper class, right?

However, the next journey made little Ellis feel deeply inferior-why did he have a pair of blue eyes?Why do I have curly yellow hair?Why are you so white?

These damn features made me look different from the common people of Ming Dynasty. I had been interrogated by officials dozens of times along the way from Tianjin Port to the capital.

Although he kindly told himself what to pay attention to after seeing his Daming household registration certificate, little Ellis still felt that he was not a real Daming person now.

Perhaps, he should take a Daming girl as his wife?

Chapter 827 The yellow mud almost fell into the crotch

Li Chengyan, who had just returned to Daming, had not had time to take a good breath before he was once again carried into the palace by Emperor Chongzhen.

The meaning of Emperor Chongzhen is very simple, what other countries dare to sell, our Ming Dynasty will sell, and what other countries dare not sell, our Ming Dynasty will sell even more!After the payment is made, the goods will be sold first and then negotiated.

Isn't it just a few treasure ships and warships?Don't you know how to cheat people?

Will there be a reduction?The original artillery with a range of twenty miles was reduced to ten miles, the original one hundred artillery pieces were reduced to eighty, and the original thirty-mile-per-hour speed was reduced to twenty miles.

Isn't that how car companies in later generations play like this?What is the exclusive version of the beggar version? It looks the same on the outside, but in fact, the things inside are quite different.

For the "uncle" Li Chengyan, little Ellis was very grateful, even if he paid the price of a stack of Chongzhen treasure notes.

Without Li Chengyan, little Ellis can be sure that it is impossible to negotiate the export of treasure ships on his own, not to mention that Li Chengyan also specially instructed himself to teach himself how to save the country with curves.

Naturally, the plan to buy a Ming woman as a slave and then become a wife will not work, but it will be no problem to change to a Japanese woman.

Because the Daming Law only protected the rights of Daming women, such as prohibiting being bought and sold as slaves, and prohibiting being taken as concubines, but there was no protection for foreign women, and instead encouraged men in Daming to take more concubines.

Although little Ellis is a strange-looking Ming man, he has a decent Ming household registration. Although he is inferior to those Ming men in the eyes of Japanese women, he is countless times higher than Japanese men.

It is not appropriate to describe it as a concubine who is in love with a man, but it is not a problem to describe it as dry firewood meeting a fire, or a pheasant meeting a hooligan.

When Little Ellis settled these messy problems, he returned with not only a Japanese wife, but also a large amount of munitions and four treasure ships sold to the Ottoman Empire.

Hiram Archer, the naval governor of the Ottoman Empire, had been looking forward to little Ellis bringing him good news.

As the naval governor of the Ottoman Empire, Hiram Archer had long been aggrieved and wanted to die—the entire sea area of ​​the Ottoman Empire was basically protected by those pirates...

The regular army can't do shit, and the sea area has to be protected by pirates. It's probably only Hiram Archer himself who knows what's going on.

Accompanied by little Ellis, after visiting all four warships, Archer praised loudly: "With these four giant warships, the sea frontier of the Ottoman Empire is finally established." Protect."

Little Ellis shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, although I don't want to interrupt the excitement in your heart, but I have to tell you that these four warships alone are not enough to form a complete naval formation. "

Archer also shook his head and said: "No, you don't understand. Maybe in your opinion, the fleet like the Ming Empire is the real naval battle formation, but in fact, such a fleet is not suitable for the Ottoman Empire."

Seeing little Ellis put on an attitude of listening attentively, Archer continued: "Of course, in theory, the naval fleet of the Ming Empire is the real fleet.

The fleet of the Ming Empire needs to fight in the open sea. They need to sail thousands of miles away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, so they need troop carriers and supply ships.

The Ottoman Empire does not need ocean warfare, unless the Ottoman Empire intends to fight head-to-head with the Ming Empire at sea, otherwise there is no need for any troop carriers and supply ships.

I believe it is precisely because of this that you were able to purchase these four warships from the Ming Empire. If you propose a supply ship, the Ming Empire may not agree to this deal. "

Smiling and nodding, little Ellis, who kept cursing mentally retarded in his heart, finally said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Governor, the Ming Empire doesn't care that the Ottoman Empire has a complete naval fleet.

Completely different from what you imagined, the Ming Empire hoped that the Ottoman Empire could take on the heavy responsibility of the maritime powers in the Middle East and Europe and maintain the maritime security in this area. "

Archer asked suspiciously: "Are you sure? They don't worry that the Ottoman Empire's navy will pose a threat to them when it grows up?"

Little Ellis, who asked Li Chengyan the same question, still clearly remembers how Li Chengyan answered himself at that time: "Your Majesty once said that the development of the navy is by no means a matter of a day or two.

Leaving the development of accumulating experience step by step, and forcing the navy to the position of a strong sea force, it is ultimately nothing but a castle in the air, a dead thing without a foundation.

So what if they have ten large fleets?Do their crews have experience operating large battleship fleets?Can they be repaired after battle damage?

Especially the large sea warships like the treasure ships, which were developed by the Ming Dynasty based on the experience of the predecessors for thousands of years. It is a foolish dream for an inexperienced country like the Ottoman Empire to imitate them!

So, just sell them, as long as they don't propose to buy ironclad ships, whether it's treasure ships or lucky ships, they can sell them as much as they want. "