Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

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Chapter 551 An Enemy's Enemy Is a Friend

After returning to the headquarters of the East India Company in Batavia, Cohen directly held a meeting of all members in the conference room.

Of course, just like democracy is always represented by a small number of people, the so-called plenary meeting actually has not many people, only the middle and upper management can participate.

After everyone arrived, Cohen glanced at everyone first, then took two puffs of his pipe, and then said flatly: "Get ready, we are going to give up here."

Armand immediately asked: "Your Excellency, when will we come back? Or, do we still have hope to come back?"

Cohen let the smoke linger, and said with a smile: "I will definitely come back! This time, I gave them the Spanish sea area map and military information, and also attached the British sea area map.

Presumably, for a long time to come, the navy of the Ming Dynasty will be exhausted.

Moreover, the Spaniards and the Britons themselves deliberately set their hands on the East, and they just took this opportunity to get them all moving. "

As soon as Cohen finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter from the entire conference room.

Spain was originally the suzerain of the Netherlands. It can be said that the entire East India Company was originally under the jurisdiction and exploitation of the Spaniards.

But there is an old saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Although Spain lost to the Netherlands in the last contest, it is far from reaching the level of injury.

Even now, the Netherlands can't stand up against Spain. Facing the threat of Spain, they must deal with it with all their strength.

In case Spain goes crazy and wants to kill the Netherlands, it's really hard to say who will win.

Cohen's gameplay just led the powerful Ming Dynasty navy to the Spaniards.

No matter who wins or loses, the Dutch can get something out of it.

If the Spaniards lose, the Netherlands can work with the Ming army to trouble the Spaniards, and take a piece of meat from Spain by the way.

And if the navy of the Ming Dynasty loses, it will be even more perfect.

Even if they were still enemies, the Spaniards would definitely be interested in the rich Ming land.

Not to mention that Cohen also dragged the Brit into the water.

Patting the table, Cohen continued: "Gentlemen, don't be so busy being happy, we still have a lot of things to do now!"

Armand asked curiously: "Is there anything else? Isn't it packed up and saluted and returned to the Netherlands?"

Cohen smiled and said: "Sorry, my dear Armand. In the agreement signed with the Ming people, there is no provision that we need to go back to the Netherlands.

Although we will definitely let some of our employees go back to the Netherlands, we still need to open up a new headquarters near here, a little farther away from the Ming Dynasty.

Don't forget, we still owe Ming people 700 million taels of silver! "

Armand laughed and said, "Then, is Your Excellency the Governor willing to repay them the 700 million taels of silver?"

Cohen didn't find it strange that Alman Mao could guess his own thoughts, it was strange that he couldn't guess: "Of course, today next year is our first repayment date.

However, although I intend to repay the loan, it depends on whether the navy of the Ming Dynasty will have the strength to receive the repayment? "

After taking a few more puffs of cigarettes, Cohen knocked on his pipe, and continued: "Also, I think we should contact the Portuguese."

Armand looked at Cohen curiously: "Mr. Governor, we didn't have any contact with the Portuguese before, and they were very dissatisfied with our previous behavior of monopolizing Formosa?"

Cohen nodded: "It's normal for them to be dissatisfied, after all, everyone wants to take a bite of such a big piece of fat.

It’s just that we took the lead in Formosa, while they only got a small piece of shelter and they still have to worry about being caught and spanked by Ming officials.

However, the current situation is completely different from the previous situation.

According to the information I received from the people of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese living in Macau of the Ming Dynasty have been killed! "

St. George exclaimed: "Why? These Portuguese also provoke people from the Ming Kingdom?"

Cohen shook his head and said, "No, on the contrary, these Portuguese are honest, and they just suffered because of the misconduct of those Spaniards, just like us.

It's just that we are far away from Daming, so we still have something to talk about, and those Portuguese were killed without even a chance to resist and distance themselves. "

Armand exclaimed: "God! This is too cruel! The Portuguese didn't make mistakes at all, why should they be killed? Just because they look like us?"

Cohen nodded and confirmed Armand's statement: "Although it's hard to admit it, I have to admit that the Portuguese suffered because they looked so similar to us and were also called Franji by the Ming Dynasty. .

As for now, we have two common enemies with the Portuguese, one is Ming and the other is Spain.

Don't forget, the Portuguese are also fighting with the Spaniards now, and they also want to be independent like us. "

Armand pondered for a while before opening his mouth and said: "The common interests and the common enemy should be able to make those Portuguese give up their previous hostility. It's just that I don't know what the governor's plan is?"

Cohen said: "Naturally, I learned from the three countries in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, we can unite with the Portuguese to fight against the Spaniards, and even help the Ming Dynasty Navy deal with the Spaniards.

When the strength of the Spaniards is not enough to pose a threat to us, we can bring Spain together to fight against the navy of the Ming Dynasty.

You know, whether it is Spain or Portugal, these two guys have been coveting the wealth of the Ming Dynasty for a long time! "

After knowing Cohen's plan, Armand asked again: "Then what about us? Batavia will be handed over to the navy of the Ming Dynasty. If we don't return to the Netherlands, where should we choose as our new headquarters?"

Cohen said with a smile: "Anywhere, anyway, we still have three months to choose slowly.

There are so many islands here, as long as we stay away from the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, we can find another island as our new headquarters. "

After finishing speaking, Cohen thought of another thing: "By the way, contact all the merchants in the vicinity and sell all the goods that have a backlog of several million taels of silver in our hands at a low price, and use them to build our new headquarters." !"

Seeing that Cohen had already planned everything, the others naturally had no objections. After they dispersed, they got busy with the things Cohen ordered.

After all, no matter who it is, they are a little afraid of the twelve warships in front of their own house—even though this house was also snatched from others.

But it doesn't matter, if you give up here, you can snatch another one back from others.

But Sanchez is not as open as Cohen and others.

As the governor of Spanish Luzon, a veteran maritime power, Sanchez has been planning how to take a piece of meat from Daming.

After all, even the Netherlands, the original horse boy of his family, was able to bite off such a big island as Taiwan from the Ming Dynasty. Why can't the Spanish Empire bite a piece of meat?

But in the current situation, not to mention biting a piece of meat, even the land in Luzon, which has been in business for many years, is about to be abandoned together. How can Sanchez balance his mind?

Sanchez was not surprised by the news that Acuña brought back the Dutchman himself.

Although Sanchez didn't know that Ming's East China Sea Fleet bypassed Luzon and went to Batavia to find trouble for the Dutch, but those pirates alone were enough to give the Dutch a headache.