Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Zhou Liangzhi, Qian Haocheng and the others shuddered together - what a deep resentment my admiral has for this!

Batavia, originally occupied by the Dutch East India Company, has become the stronghold of the East India Company in the Far East, and even operated as an old den.

In addition to Li Zizi, Nan Juyi and others who were scheming about Batavia, Acuña, who was sent by Sanchez, finally arrived in Batavia and met one of the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company, the East India Company. Corporate Governor Cohen.

After Acuña expressed his intention to come, Cohen was very moved, but still rejected Acuña's proposal.

If he hadn't met these damned Ming pirates, if he hadn't been beaten so hard that he didn't dare to go out at home, he wouldn't have been able to wait for Acunia to come to him, but would have beaten him out long ago!

But the problem now is that not only was he beaten so hard that he couldn't leave the house, but there was no news from the Formosa branch.

Although the East India Company stationed in Batavia has more than 2 employees and 1 crew members, these are all business-oriented.

In terms of force, there are only more than 20 warships and more than ten warships have been sunk by others. Now there are only six intact warships defending the port of Batavia, and there are two small ports in the other direction. Stopped inside, not daring to show up at all.

Cohen's heart was bleeding when he thought of the dozen or so warships that had been sunk.

How many savages are there on the Banda Islands?How long does it take to kill them all?

I have worked so hard to clean up all the barbarians on the Banda Islands and successfully established the company's new headquarters in Batavia, but now there is a risk of flying dust!

Since the establishment of the East India Company in 1602, it has never been so aggrieved!

Not to mention that the company is the first company that can form mercenaries and issue currency by itself, nor that the company is the first joint stock company that has contracts with other countries. The new headquarters in Batavia alone has More than 100 merchant ships, more than 20 three-masted warships, and more than 1 soldiers.

But these are of no use.

The current situation is that the new Batavia headquarters of the East India Company cannot protect itself, and they don't even know how to get through the current hurdle, let alone go to Luzon to help those Spaniards fight!

Acuña knows what kind of mission he is carrying, and he is also aware of the current situation in Luzon. If the people from the East India Company are not allowed to send troops to Luzon, I am afraid that Governor Sanchez will only hate Luzon. The road can go.

After pondering for a while, Acuña decided to give up, and gritted his teeth: "As long as Governor Cohen agrees to send troops to help, I can agree on behalf of Governor Sanchez to cede all the proceeds of Luzon Island to the East India Company for the next two years.

If we can repel those barbarian armies and fight back, we can agree that Governor Korn will choose the areas to be colonized first, and we will pick the rest, how about that? "

Cohen wasn't interested in Acuña's offer.

The conditions offered by Acuña are not low and very attractive, but the premise of all this is based on the premise that the Batavia headquarters has the ability to send troops to Luzon, and the second premise is that it can repel The Ming army fought back.

But in fact, let alone the second condition, even the first condition cannot be met now.

So what if Batavia is willing to send troops?Are the soldiers allowed to swim from the sea to Luzon?

If you go on land, you must equip these soldiers with horses and enough supplies.

For a long-distance march, if you don’t come alone like Acuna, there are too many unknown risks along the way.

What's more, facing the army of the Ming people, shouldn't Batavia be most concerned about his own safety?

Seeing that Acuña wanted to say something more, Cohen simply raised his hand, stopped Acuña, and said: "My dear friend, I have to admit that the conditions you proposed are indeed very attractive.

However, I cannot grant your request.It's not that I don't want to help you, but that I'm really powerless. "

After forcing a smile on his face, Cohen continued: "In this situation, I don't need to hide it from you.

Those damned pirates of the Ming Dynasty did not know what went crazy, they were attacking our Batavia fleet like mad cows, and made us suffer a lot. "

Acuña naturally knew why the pirates of Ming Dynasty went crazy.

Governor Sanchez sent a three-masted fleet to pretend to be the fleet of the East India Company to ambush the barbarian pirates at sea.

For now, it seems that this strategy is successful-the barbarian pirates came to block the Dutch in Batavia after blocking Luzon for a period of time.

But these pirates left, leaving behind the even more vicious regular navy of the Ming Dynasty!

After being silent for a while, Acuña, who was holding back his laughter, asked with a curious expression: "Even so, according to Batavia's strength, he shouldn't be blocked by these barbarian pirates, right? "

This time it was Cohn's turn to be silent.

The number of Batavia's warships was about the same as that of the Ming pirates, and even slightly suppressed the pirates in terms of firepower and speed, but the final result was that they were rubbed against the ground by the Ming pirates.

This unscientific!

But no matter how unscientific it is, the fact is that the battle-hardened fleet of the Batavia headquarters was rubbed against the ground by a group of Ming pirates!

Afterwards, it's not that Cohen didn't sum up the reasons, but the reasons he summed up made Cohen himself feel funny-because the pirates in the Ming Dynasty are not afraid of death!

The pirates of the Ming Dynasty not only ignored their own lives in the battle of jumping gangs, and adopted the method of trading injuries for lives, they were even able to send people to drive small boats into three-masted sailing ships in the same direction when they were at a disadvantage. They are full of strong firelighters, and once they get close, they will choose to light the boat and drag the three-masted sailboat to die together.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, after shaking these messy thoughts out of his mind, Cohen continued: "Sorry, there are only six warships left in Batavia, and the number of pirate warships in the Ming Kingdom is not even comparable. .

To be honest, if it weren't for relying on the coastal defense artillery on the shore, I am afraid that Batavia would have already fallen, and I may have returned to the embrace of the Lord.

Leave, go back to Luzon and meet the future with your governor. Whether the future is life or death, you should welcome him with the demeanor that a gentleman should have. "

Cohen has already said so, and Acuña can only give up the idea of ​​persuading him.

It really doesn't make sense anymore. Originally, I and Governor Sanchez planned to pull these Dutchmen into the water, but now it seems that without him, these Dutchmen are almost drowning.

After saluting to Cohen again, Acuña chose to say goodbye and go back. Whether it is life or death, you always have to face it, right?

But Cohen suddenly said: "Finally, as a friend, I will give you another piece of advice."

Acuña turned around, looked at Cohen calmly, and said, "Please speak, Honorable Governor."

Cohen held his pipe in his mouth, letting the smoke billow up, and after thinking for a while, he said: "That country is called Ming, and he used names like Han, Tang, and Song before.

Obviously, Ming was not a barbaric country, and the people of Ming were not barbarians either.

On the contrary, they are opponents worthy of our respect.

For this reason, I advise you not to call them savages in the future. "

After being silent for a while, Acuña nodded and replied: "Yes, Your Excellency Governor, thank you very much for your advice, I will keep it firmly in mind."

Cohen nodded again and said, "Go back, my friend. I hope we will have a chance to meet again in the future, although this hope is very slim."

After nodding heavily, Acuña saluted Cohen again, and strode away from Governor Cohen's office.

After Acuña left, Cohen was lost in thought as he watched the rising smoke.

Why on earth is this happening?

Is it because those Formosa companies occupy the Formosa they call Daliuqiu or Taiwan?

What if the East India Company is willing to abandon Formosa and retreat to Batavia without offending that country?

And those pirates from the Ming Dynasty, why did they go crazy to attack Batavia like mad cows?Even reached the point of disregarding casualties?