Domineering Daming

Acuña looked at her back, and suddenly said: "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, please come here, I want to attack Taiwan!"

Ankaya turned her head and glanced at him, without speaking, she continued to turn and walk away.

Acuna looked at her back and narrowed his eyes.

Now that there are not many places left in the Far East, Taiwan is a very suitable island, which can be used to invade the Ming Dynasty.

He turned his head and saw a rough map of the Far East, the most obvious of which was the Ming Dynasty.

"If such a large area can believe in our lord, what a glory it would be..." Acuña said to himself, his tone was very low, fanatical, and his heart was agitated.

He closed his eyes, as if he had seen the grand scene where he had conquered Daming and tens of thousands of people prayed with him, his face was full of intoxication, and he couldn't extricate himself for a long time.

"Your Excellency! Your Excellency!"

Suddenly, a soldier broke in and shouted loudly.

Acuña woke up from his sweet dream, sat up straight, and looked at the person with a cold face. He decided that if there was no major incident, he must severely punish the guy who disturbed his dream.

The soldier stood in front of him and said: "Your Excellency, merchant ships from all over the world have submitted reports that the Ming Dynasty implemented the 'Jinghai Operation' in the nearby waters, requiring all ships to register with the Ming Dynasty, pay taxes, and fly the Ming Dynasty flag, otherwise they will be seized and confiscated. Passage is not allowed, and anyone who resists will be sunk, and now we have more than 30 ships that have not returned on time, and may have been seized by the Ming Dynasty."

Acuña sat on the chair with a strange expression on his face. After a long time, he said, "You mean, there are other people besides us?"

"Dutch." The soldier said simply and directly.In fact, apart from these two countries in the Far East, there are no other countries that can sail far.

Acuña frowned, he was very puzzled.According to his information, the Ming Dynasty only had naval forces in the inner river, and now the interior is in chaos, and they are unable to go to sea at all. What are they doing?

He looked down at the table again. The Ming Dynasty's "declaration of war" frowned even more.

"Ming Dynasty, what are you going to do?" He looked up at the soldier who sent the message, and asked suspiciously.He really didn't understand why the Ming Dynasty did this. Don't they know that they have the final say on the sea?

But immediately he narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a weird smile.

"Immediately, send someone to keep an eye on the Dutchman, and immediately report any changes!" Acuña suddenly said loudly, his voice very excited.

"Yes!" The soldier replied loudly, turned around and left quickly.

The more smiles on Acuña's face, he followed and went out.He was going to see Ocundo, the commander of the Far East Fleet, who had just come to inspect.

Batavia, headquarters of the East India Company.

"Your Excellency, more than 70 merchant ships have been lost. The loss is immeasurable. The shareholders will be furious." An old man in his early fifties with the appearance of a businessman said, looking at the middle-aged man sitting in front of the round table with an indifferent expression.

The middle-aged man remained expressionless, turned to look at a young man in his 20s beside him, and said, "Major, the plan to occupy Taiwan may have to be advanced."

The major had a frivolous face and said with a smile, "Of course, but I like Xiamen better."

The middle-aged man is the colonial governor Putmans. He turned his head to look at the old man who had just spoken, and said, "Go to Taiwan first, then go to Xiamen. The Ming Dynasty will compensate you for any losses. How do you feel about ten times that?"

The old man shrugged his shoulders and said, "No problem. The words of the missionaries are always reliable. The porcelain and silk from the Ming Dynasty are very valuable, and the congressmen also like them very much."

Not long ago, Putmans suppressed the indigenous resistance in India, and this time he came to Taiwan to clear up the shame of his previous careless failure. Originally, he planned to solve it in August, just in time for the big day in China.

"It's not bad to be in advance, maybe there will be unexpected surprises." A smile slowly appeared on Putmans' face.He has seen too many similar situations.Some countries' seemingly strong resistance will surrender more completely after failure.

The Dutch colonial system is very primitive. It is a weird combination of government and business. Its name is the East India Company. It is a joint-stock company, but it is as one with the government.

Batavia's actions were very quick. He mobilized ships and manpower from all over the place, gathered at the port, sailed with enthusiasm.

Now is the end of the Great Geographical Discovery. The real colonizers are only Spain and the Netherlands. The others are cautious and have not let go. Therefore, the only opponent of the Netherlands is Spain. In the face of the natives other than Spain, they have almost no defeat!

Therefore, in their view, Taiwan is already in their pocket.

The Dutch moved. It stands to reason that the Spaniards should be the most nervous. After all, the Dutch had already "bought" many Portuguese colonies, but this time they were not nervous at all, and quietly assembled the fleet.

They didn't hide it, it was completely unnecessary for them, warships, merchant ships, and manpower were gathering quickly, waiting to set sail and conquer a land full of gold.

The Ming Dynasty has been preparing for several years, but at this juncture, the tension became more and more tense, and everything was tense.

This kind of tension naturally comes from Zhu Xu. The navy as a whole still doesn’t understand the outside world. It doesn’t know what the red-haired man and the Fran robot look like and what their combat power is. They just hold their breath and prepare to fight. .

Zhu Xu also felt it, so he didn't come out very often. He just showed up in the cafeteria three times in the morning, afternoon and evening to boost morale, and then went around the base, and then he was in his room, doing routine things.

Seeing that it was July and Xia Liang's statistics were basically released, Zhu Xu looked at the figure of "2000 million" and heaved a sigh of relief. The situation was much better than he expected.

"Your Majesty, this is the cabinet's request for instructions." Cao Huachun came in and handed a memorial to Zhu Xu.

Recently, the details of the "New Deal" gradually appeared, and more and more things had to be consulted. Zhu Xu, the emperor, went to the southernmost point, and the troubles increased a lot.

Zhu Xu took it over and looked at it, then nodded slightly.

Bi Ziyan and others launched the reform of "new weights and measures", suggesting that volume units such as "stone bucket" should be removed and refined to "jin weight". According to Zhu Xu's suggestion, a new "simple number" should be created, etc. It will be carried out this year.

Zhu Xu picked up the pen and approved the word "Zhun". This was also something that had been planned long ago. It was nothing more than the detailed rules, so I had time and energy to do it.

After Zhu Xu handed over the memorial book, Cao Huachun brought over a plate and said, "Your Majesty, the new coins have been released and have been released in major banks, and there is no problem yet."

There are three types of new coins: copper coins: one penny; silver coins: one penny, five pennies; banknotes: one penny, five pennies, one tael.These are collectively referred to as Jingzheng Tongbao. No matter whether it is the Royal Bank or a private bank, they are not allowed to issue large-value banknotes. In the future, these "Jingzheng Tongbao" newly minted by the Royal Bank will be circulated in the market.

Zhu Xu looked at these new coins and nodded slightly.

This is also a necessary part of rectifying the market, which will greatly increase the court's ability to regulate the market in the future, and provide a great boost to Zhu Xu's goal of straightening out the Ming economy.

"Let Fu Tao keep an eye on it. If there is anything to report, you can report it immediately. If necessary, you can deal with it decisively before reporting it." Zhu Xu said.Issuing a new currency is never a trivial matter, let alone in these chaotic times.

Cao Huachun understood, and said: "Observe the order."

Zhu Xu continued to bury his head in looking at the playbook, ignoring the situation outside.

After five days in a row, the news that the Dutch and Spanish armies were going north finally reached the barracks.

In the combat room, Zhu Xu stood at the front.

Zhu Yujian, Xiong Wencan, and a group of deputy commanders and generals gathered on both sides, looking at the huge sand table in the middle.

Zhu Yujian held a few large pieces of paper in his hand, without looking at them, he said directly: "Your Majesty, according to the news from Jinyiwei and Haishang, the red-haired man and the Franji man have all moved. Calculate the distance, at most five They'll come someday."

"Tell me about their strength, ships." Zhu Xu said calmly.

Zhu Yujian said: "Yes, the red-haired man, 25 warships, 42 merchant ships, less than 120 red-haired men, [-] servants, and about [-] cannons. Twelve warships of the Fran robot, three merchant ships Ten, there are two thousand Frangji men, three thousand servants, and eighty cannons."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

One of the deputy generals looked at Zhu Yujian and said in a daze, "My lord, are you gone?"

Chapter 743

After the words of the deputy chief soldier, everyone looked at Zhu Yujian.