Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 618 Formosa is a good cow, the Dutch will never let it go

A member of Dongfan, the city of Zelanzha.

When he learned of the appearance of the warship of the Daming Navy, Governor Overdue Watt urgently called the members of the council, senior businessmen, and several senior military officers for a meeting.

As the ninth governor of the company in Formosa (the original meaning is "beautiful", here is the Dutch name for Dongfan Island), he only took office last year, and he still can't make a decision on many things here , or never at all.

For example, Batavia responded to the request from the Ming Dynasty to withdraw from Formosa within a certain period of time, and there was nothing to discuss at all.

However, considering that the navy of the Ming Dynasty appeared more and more frequently in the vicinity recently, and the number of warships was also large, Owald felt that it would be safer to hold a meeting to discuss it.

In this way, if something bad happens, he, the governor who has just taken office, will not be blamed. Yes, Overward is not optimistic about the answer given to Ming by the headquarters.

The impression of the Ming country at the headquarters must still be the same as before, but since he took office, he feels that this mysterious and ancient country is undergoing some huge changes.

It's a pity that at present, no matter whether it is the company's headquarters or Formosa, few people face this change...

Seeing that all the participants had arrived, Owald tapped the table with his bong and said, "The meeting begins now—the envoy from the Ming Kingdom has come again. Don't worry, it must be to ask if we voluntarily evacuate from Formosa. .What do you all think? Let’s talk about it.”

An older member of the council first smiled and said, "Dear governor, do we still need a meeting to waste everyone's time?

Didn't the headquarters give a reply a long time ago—let us evacuate Formosa?Ming people are simply dreaming.

No, even if they dream, they shouldn't dream of such a good thing. "

Senior businessman Gerd seriously mentioned a series of data.

He said: "Currently, the company has 25 stores in East India (East Asia). Except for the Japanese store with the highest annual profit, the Formosa store has always been ranked second, accounting for about 25.6% of the company's total annual profit. .

Today, it can receive 10,000+ Dutch guilders every year just for tax collection.The total amount of wealth transported back to the Netherlands from here every year is as high as 50 million Dutch guilders, which is nearly four to five tons of gold.

It can be said that Formosa is a very good cow for the company - it has a lot of milk and is easy to milk.

Under such circumstances, how could the company abandon Formosa with a single word from the people of Ming Dynasty?impossible. "

Another commentator, Delong, an important official who has worked here for many years, went on to say: "The company started to operate Formosa more than [-] years ago, during which time it defeated the Spaniards, the Japanese and even the Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty. competitors.

He also tamed many natives and Ming people who came across the sea.Now it is divided into seven administrative districts, and many strongholds, castles, artillery towers, and even many churches and schools have been established, allowing tens of thousands of people to be baptized.

It can be said that we have established a mature and firm rule here, why did the Ming people let us withdraw with a single sentence?This is absolutely impossible! "

As an official who has worked here for many years, Delong seems to have a certain feeling for this place, and he is quite emotional when speaking.

Driven by Delong's emotions, the rest of the people also expressed their views one after another——

"We will evacuate if the Ming people say a word? This is a joke."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Let's not leave, let's see what the Ming people can do. With their broken ships and cannons that imitate ours, if they dare to attack the city of Zeelandia, they will definitely lose their teeth!"

"Those yellow-skinned monkeys are just a group of pigs. They probably only yell. They have no ability to come and attack us. In my opinion, don't pay attention to them."

"Actually, it's fine if they come to attack. We just give them a hard lesson. Then we take advantage of the trend to attack their coast and let them allow us to go to the mainland to do business.

In that case, we can get more profits and don't have to share part of them with those cunning Ming merchants. "

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Owald was not surprised to hear that no one wanted to evacuate.

In fact, he didn't think he should evacuate—if he did, wouldn't his position as Governor of Formosa be gone?

He just wanted everyone to pay attention to Ming's warships and army, and be prepared to deal with bad situations.

So, after everyone finished speaking, he looked at the company's highest military commander here, Colonel Connor.

"Colonel, after so many days, have you figured out the number of warships of the Ming people? If the Ming people really come to attack Formosa, what will our army do?"

Connor was a handsome middle-aged military officer, with the arrogance of a Dutch soldier in his brows.

He heard the words: "Is it important how many warships the Ming people have? Anyway, the cannons on their ten warships may not be as many as one of our warships.

In addition, Mr. Governor, don't forget that our city of Zeelandia is the strongest defense system in the world today. There are hundreds of cannons in the upper and lower castles.

What's more, we also built gun towers and bastions on Sand Island in the north and Beiweixian Island. Even the warships of the Ming people may not be able to approach our city of Zeelandia. "

Speaking of this, Connor paused, looked around at everyone, and then continued: "The stupid Ming people gave us three months to evacuate, but they gave us enough preparation time instead.

Today, we have twice as many formal soldiers in Formosa, with more than 800 soldiers.

In addition, a fleet of as many as a dozen warships was cruising around Formosa.

As long as they find signs of those dilapidated boats from the Ming Dynasty coming to attack us, they will appear in time to intercept them at sea and let them understand that we Dutch are the best sea hunters! "

clap clap clap!
After listening to Connor's words, the participants couldn't help applauding excitedly, as if they had seen the Ming people fleeing in defeat.

Speaking of which, they were actually quite looking forward to defeating the Ming people.

Since the company was established more than [-] years ago, it has been trying to open the door of the Ming country, so that the company can let go of its arms and colonize the Ming country like those island countries in Southeast Asia.

However, in the past few decades, they have not won any wars that have anything to do with Ming.

In Penghu, they were expelled more than [-] years ago, and they were defeated by the Ming army more than [-] years ago. They fled in embarrassment and were forced to choose Formosa as a transit point for colonization.

In Macau, they first tried to directly attack and occupy Macau more than [-] years ago, but failed miserably; a few years later, they tried to block Macau to achieve certain political and commercial goals, but failed again.

As if they were connected with the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese who were pressed and beaten by them in other parts of the world became inexplicably powerful.

This made the Dutch, the emerging overlord of the ocean, very unconvinced.

Many people believe that the several fiascos in Penghu and Macau were due to their proximity to the mainland, and the opponents had many people and boats as support, and they defeated them by bullying more and bullying less, regardless of consumption.

If the battle took place on the ocean far from the mainland, neither the Ming people nor the Portuguese would be able to defeat the excellent Dutch navy.

Therefore, Dutch soldiers such as Connor were very excited to learn that the Ming people forced the company to evacuate Formosa.

They all felt that this inevitable battle would be a great opportunity for the Dutch soldiers to prove themselves and avenge their shame!

So, after the applause fell, Connor stood up and said, "Governor and all the participants, on behalf of the military, I propose that we detain the envoys and warships of the Ming people this time, and show them that we will never compromise!"

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)