I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 243 Zheng Zhilong Was Betrayed

Chapter 242

Subic Strait.

Seeing the main warships of the Ning Navy retreating, the morale of the Zheng's fleet, which was still a little apprehensive, was greatly boosted. Hundreds of thousands of conch numbers blew at the same time, and the humming sound resounded between the sea and the sky.

Hundreds of warships in Zheng's Fleet formed a huge phalanx of the last quarter moon, and the six routes were also advancing at the same time, but the number was ten times larger than that of the Ning Navy Navy Fleet, and the momentum was naturally ten times astonishing!
Pirates are not soldiers in the true sense. Although they are fierce, they are better at fighting with the wind. Watching Ning Haijun's naval fleet retreat, they forget the scars of being violently beaten by Ning Haijun. The scars are so good that they forget the pain.

"Continue to retreat!"

Li Zhixiang actually didn't want to fight such a battle with the Zheng's fleet in Subic Bay. The main problem was that the Subic Strait was too narrow. Compared with the size of the Ning Navy and Zheng's fleet, this strait was too narrow .

There is not enough wide sea area for the warships of the Ning Navy to take advantage of their speed. The main force of the Ning Navy retreated, as if they were afraid of the Zheng's fleet.

Of course, the combined Dutch fleet located in the port of Subic avoided the fate of being wiped out, and a total of six battered warships and armed merchant ships survived.

Zheng Zhilong watched Ning Haijun retreat, knowing that Ning Haijun wanted to distance himself and take advantage of Ning Haijun's naval guns: "Catch up!"

In order to pursue the warships of the Ning Navy, densely packed centipede ships appeared on the sea at this time. The captains of the centipede ships were long and slender, and with manpower rowing, the speed was very fast in a short period of time.

These small centipede boats have indeed shortened the distance to Ning Navy warships, and they began to fire shells at Ning Navy warships, but it is a pity that the guns of these small battleships are too small. Although the guns are rumbling and the shells are flying horizontally, the problem is, These fortunately hit shells had limited damage to the main battleship of the Ning Navy.

But there are accidents in everything. A cannon raised by the waves hit the battleship Gaoyang of the Sixth Squadron of the Ning Navy. The cannonball hit the mast. Although the mast was not broken, the rope of the sail was Breaking, under the action of huge gravity, the ship's mainsail fell.

The speed inevitably slowed down, and more and more small warships rushed up, most of the shells shot into the sea, first a puff of white smoke rose, and then a column of water rushed up.

However, a part still hit the battleship Goyang, and the hit part made a toothache cracking sound, and the flames rose up. The red-hot lead ball was too hot, and it smashed into the wooden hull. Only if there was no fire. ghost!
However, compared with Ning Haijun's brimstone shells, the effect of this thing is too bad, and the rate of fire of the front-mounted smoothbore gun is too sad, and Ning Haijun's navy has enough time to extinguish the flames.

But the problem is that the speed of Gaoyang is too slow, and it is surrounded by as many as dozens of warships.

Chen sometimes wanted the warships under his command to rescue Gao Yang.

However, Li Zhixiang ordered him to abandon Gaoyang and retreat.

"why?"

Li Zhixiang scolded angrily: "Compassion doesn't command soldiers, it's a pity that you are still an old navy master, look!"

Chen sometimes took a closer look and found that a group of about 150 warships from Zheng's fleet on the right wing was rushing towards them to encircle them.

If they were surrounded by Zheng's fleet's right-wing fleet, they might not be defeated, but they would inevitably have to fight a close combat that they were not good at.

The Zheng's fleet, which has obtained British large-caliber naval guns, has significantly stronger firepower than before, and the threat of large-caliber naval guns to the warships of the Ning Navy is also very great.

Once they are entangled by Zheng's fleet, their losses will be even greater.

"Gaoyang, the main fleet retreats, you are in charge of the rear, if you lose, you are allowed to surrender to Zheng's fleet!"

On the battleship Gaoyang, the fire was already on fire, and the fierce artillery fire and a group of enemy ships rushing up one after another made it impossible for the sailors to fight the fire. An earth-shattering explosion occurred, and this terrifying explosion made the morale of Zheng's fleet even higher.

Zheng Zhilong looked calm on the surface, but in fact, his hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched into fists, and his veins were exposed.Seeing that the battleship was shattered by the sacrificial explosion, he let out a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "We won!"

The generals around him were also relieved, and Shi Daxuan even felt sorry for the bombed warship: "It's a pity that such a good warship, and those cannons on it..."

"It's okay, after we win this battle, the warships and cannons of those northern barbarians will be ours!"

Zheng Zhilong was not happy for long, because as the weather got later and later, the war was inevitably forced to stop.

In the early morning of the next day, the two sides fought again on the surface of the South China Sea. The Ning Navy continued to bleed the Zheng's fleet by flying kites with cavalry. Don't look at this one, that one, as long as they add up, the losses of the Zheng's fleet are complete Straight up.

As the battleships of the Ning Navy moved further and further away, the huge fireboats and small warships of Zheng's fleet began to lose touch with their main battleships due to speed issues.

Zheng Zhilong unknowingly found that they were led by the nose by the warships of the Ning Navy, and they went further and further north.

Shi Daxuan judged: "Admiral, the Ning Navy seems to be planning to attack Xiamen or Quanzhou!"

"Chase!"

Zheng Zhilong has no better way, he is now riding a tiger.

"Attack it and save it!"

This is a big gift that Li Zhixiang is going to give to Zheng Zhilong.

At the same time, the news of the massacre of Chinese by the Dutch East India Company in Batavia also spread to Liaodong. The first time the news came back, there was no report in "Liaodong Times", "Liaodong Weekly", "Liaodong Business Daily" and other newspapers. Exceptions are all headlines on the front page: "We will pay in blood."

Everyone in Liaodong knows that children are the hope of the future.

For a long time, the immigrants in Liaodong are mainly young people, and the proportion of children is especially high. In addition to those families who came to Liaodong with their families, Liaodong refugees will also take the initiative to find unattended children in various ways. To Liaodong.

Because when you arrive in Liaodong with your children, you will have preferential treatment compared to ordinary young men whether it is job hunting or placement. The children will receive better care and a good education in Liaodong. When they grow up, they will naturally treat Liaodong and Cheng Shijie There is a higher degree of recognition and more loyalty.

Among the various newspapers in Liaodong, the "Liaodong Times" is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Liaodong, with a daily circulation of [-] copies. As the official mouthpiece of Liaodong, many policies of the Liaodong Management Committee will be announced in the "Liaodong Times" " announced that "Liaodong Times" also has a relatively large influence in Liaodong.

Therefore, the newspaper's report that "the Dutch massacred Chinese in Batavia" immediately aroused strong repercussions. Countless people took the initiative to take to the streets to petition the Liaodong Management Committee, asking the Management Committee to immediately launch a war against the Dutch East India Company, so that The Dutch paid their debts in blood.

When Bishop Robben arrived in Liaodong, he was carrying a major mission, because Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun had a legion teaching group mainly composed of Portuguese. 90.00% of the instructors are here to spread the teachings.

The Portuguese are a country with freedom of religious belief, but 90.00% of the people above seven believe in Catholicism, because the Portuguese officers and mercenaries hired by Sun Yuanhua at first had a positive effect on the Ning Navy’s occupation of Liaodong. Life.

With the development of Liaodong getting better and better, Portuguese priests Lu Ruohan (Portuguese), Ban Ande, and Gongsha Silao, who had a close relationship with Sun Yuanhua, proposed to spread Catholicism in Liaodong.

At that time, Cheng Shijie hoped to obtain more western cultural and scientific knowledge, which he could actually obtain from later generations without much effort, but the problem was that he wanted to give Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua the face.In this way, Cheng Shijie agreed to build a Catholic church in Liaodong, but the precondition was that a church should be built, and the church should send him at least one hundred excellent craftsmen.

But the problem is that after the agreement was reached, with the help of Mason's godfather, Portugal sent more than 300 outstanding talents to Liaodong, including the famous mathematician, 41-year-old Descartes.

Descartes is now a professor of mathematics at Liaodong University. This professor has a different title from the professors of later generations. In Liaodong, it is similar to that in medieval Europe. A professor is equivalent to the position of a branch dean.

As Portugal sent well-known and talented people in Europe who were persecuted by Protestants to Liaodong, it could not only gain the favor of Catholics, but also avoid direct conflicts with Protestants.

In this way, four Catholic churches were established in Jinzhou, Xinghai, Zhenhai, and Gaizhou in Liaodong. The funds for these churches were not provided by Cheng Shijie, but by the church itself. Even Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua donated 3 yuan each Taels and 1 taels of silver.

As Catholicism became more and more influential in Liaodong, the Protestant Bishop Robben would be overwhelmed. If Liaodong was just a barren land, they would not be interested in spreading the Lord's gospel in Liaodong.

But the problem is that the population of Liaodong has exceeded 500 million, which is almost the same as that of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Robben also learned from Lu Ruohan and brought more than 100 craftsmen from the Netherlands to establish a Protestant church covering an area of ​​[-] mu. But he can only use candies, towels, fruits, dried fruits and other things to attract people to come to worship.

Bishop Robben has not yet opened up the situation, but he heard the news that the Dutch massacred Chinese in Batavia.

"Those nobles are really stupid, they don't even know how powerful Liaodong is!"

Robben looked at Father Xiao En angrily and said, "Even if they really don't know, they should ask us or the Portuguese to find out, how is the situation now?"

"What else can we do? The people are excited, not only in Jinzhou, but in Liaodong as well. There are articles in the newspapers demanding that Marshal Cheng not be relentless and that he wants to pay with blood. People spontaneously took to the streets to demand that the management committee expel us as soon as possible. The army of the Ning Navy has already started to move, maybe the elite troops of the Ning Navy will appear in Batavia tomorrow."

"It's terrible, our believers ran away in an instant!"

Robben said angrily: "I once asked a pious believer why he quit the religion. I told him that we are a religion and not a secular country, and we cannot be influenced by state affairs. He told me that no country can have a home..."

"That's it. Now no one from Ming Dynasty is willing to sell us vegetables, and no one sells us eggs and milk. Now we even have to fetch water by ourselves, but along the way, those Ming people seem to want to eat us up." , I told them that I am Portuguese, and I dare not reveal my identity as a Dutchman at all!"

"God, I wish I could get out of here tomorrow!"

Robben got up and said, "No, I want to write a letter to the Pope and ask the Pope to intervene. The good situation will be ruined by these damn bastards!"

"I'm afraid it's too late to write a letter?"

"Better late than nothing!"

"Our current Golden State has a population of 50. Is this a city? Many European countries don't have a population of 50. Not counting Ming Dynasty, there are as many as seven cities with a population of more than 20 in Liaodong alone. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there will be hundreds of cities like this, and there are countless excellent craftsmen here, as long as we can raise enough money, we can definitely build a cathedral in Liaodong that is not inferior to the Vatican Cathedral!"

Father Xiao En said: "Before I came to Liaodong, I also thought that "Marco Polo" was fabricated, and called this ancient country the Golden Kingdom, claiming that there is gold everywhere, and piles of gold are piled up on the side of the street. How many Europeans have been fascinated and crazy about silver. The great Columbus set sail to find this imaginary golden country. Unfortunately, he went the wrong way and ran to America. He didn’t see the real world until his death The East. Now here I am, I see it. I don't want to boast like Marco Polo, but... who would believe it? In this spacious house, I'm living a life that the Pope would be mad with envy Life!"

"Unfortunately, these lives are going to disappear because of those idiots!"

Robben said with a wry smile: "Compared with Liaodong, our Netherlands is simply a barren land, just like the cup of tea in front of us. If in Europa, only the most powerful figures in the world, such as the Pope, the King of England, and the King of France, could have Take out a little bit to entertain the most distinguished nobles and enjoy the envious eyes of everyone, but here, it is just a kind of drink for us every day..."

"Actually, I didn't think of it either!"

"Didn't think of anything?"

"The empire of Ming Dynasty is experiencing a terrible disaster. Terrible natural disasters have swept across the country, and the rogues have eaten up countless towns like locusts, drank up countless rivers, and spread crazily across the country. The ruler of this huge empire The army that is still loyal to this empire is exhausted..."

Sean looked at Father Robben and said, "This scene should be very familiar, right?"

Bishop Robben nodded.

"The country is about to perish, and there will be evildoers!"

Although there is no such idiom in Europe, there are often striking similarities in history. The Ming Empire has now lost its administrative capacity, and some stubborn and incompetent characters have occupied the center of the empire. Using the power in his hands to exclude dissidents, he crazily grabbed benefits, regardless of the life and death of ordinary people.

Many decrees of the rulers of the Ming Empire could not be implemented at all, except for tax increases.The emperor asked the common people to pay an extra ten cents of tax per person as a special fund for the extermination of bandits. These shameless officials can get an extra one tael of silver. The most shameful thing is that those who own thousands of acres, tens of thousands of acres or even 10,000+ acres The big landlords with hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land do not pay a penny of tax. They are proud of tax evasion and ashamed of paying taxes. Such heavy taxes all fall on the common people.

Most of the troops of the Ming Empire have lost their ability to fight. They harm their own people more than bandits, and officials are more capable of harming the people than officers and soldiers... Natural disasters, man-made disasters, bandits, foreign enemies, cruel government... These most terrible things are pushing this country into the abyss of hell, and many people of insight are lamenting that this country is doomed.

Sean sighed and said, "Any empire that goes this far will surely fall apart."

"This is how the great ancient Rome ended."

"However, the situation in this country is very special. Even at such a desperate juncture, the first thing the most outstanding generals think of is not to separate themselves and attack each other, but to fight with all their strength, trying to use their own blood. The broken country has been glued back into a complete whole, and it seems that there is an invisible but awe-inspiring force driving them to stand up and use their shoulders to prop up the fallen sky again."

Xiao En looked outside the church. At this time, in order to protect the church from being beaten, smashed, looted and burned by the angry people, Ning Navy soldiers were standing outside the church like statues.

"The Duke, who was born as a commoner, led a group of outstanding people to work with him and built this Eden on earth in just three years."

"He seems to be a hero who came from the classical golden age of this country. With the help of the gods, he crossed the river of time and came to this tragic, dark and hopelessly chaotic world. He wants to support the collapsed sky with his own hands. , leading his beloved nation to a brighter and brighter future."

Father Robben said solemnly: "Under his rule, the Chinese civilization, which was once severely damaged by the Mongols and Jianslaves, wiped off the dust covering it, and began to bloom with an unusually dazzling light. How far can he go? What? I suppose even God is curious about that?"

Sean said: "How do you think Your Excellency the Duke will respond?"

"There is no other choice but war! Those nobles really want to die."

Robben said helplessly: "I know our Lord Duke very well. I'm sure he has already slashed his knife at the Dutch East India Company. It's a pity that we can't do anything now!"

……

In fact, Bishop Robben's guess is not entirely correct.

In the Batavia port area, of course, it cannot be called Batavia, Jakarta is a city with a long history.Hundreds of years ago, it was already a famous seaport for exporting pepper and spices. It is called Sunda Galaba, which means "land covered with coconut groves", or "world of coconut groves". In 1527, the Muslim leader led the Indonesian people to defeat the fleet of the Portuguese colonists, regained Conda Galaba, and renamed it Jayagarda, which means "victory city" and "glorious fortress". The name of Jakarta is It evolved from this.

Batavia is just the name given to Jakarta by the Dutch.

The port warehouse of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia can be divided into two parts: West Bank Warehouse (Westzijdsche Pakhuizen) and East Bank Warehouse (Oostzijdsche Pakhuizen).The West Bank Warehouse consists of four building units, which were originally used to store daily necessities such as peppers, nutmeg, coffee, and clothing for sea voyages.

And now the warehouses on the east bank, which were originally used to store flour and grain, were in disrepair for a long time and were of no repair value. The Dutch built a new warehouse, and this place became a concentration camp for detaining Chinese.In addition to the Chinese on the Chengfeng, there were also some people who were arrested. There were more than 500 people.

Although the area of ​​the abandoned warehouse is not small, the problem is that with so many people in the sweltering weather, it must be very difficult.The turbid air, sewage, garbage, and all kinds of feces and sweat are mixed together, which is very unpleasant.

Although Cheng Shijie had already declared war on the Dutch, the Dutch East India Company did not declare war on the Ning Navy, nor did it declare war on the Ming Dynasty. The artillery Eight Princesses also sailed into Batavia Harbour.

When the Eight Princesses arrived at the port, Xie Jinglin did not disembark directly, but waited for the arrival of the Dutch on board. There were 35 Ning Navy soldiers on board, and the leader of the post was Feng Lei.

Feng Lei said: "Mr. Xie, someone wants to see you!"

"who is it?"

"It is said that he is from Batavia's Lin family. What is his name, Lin Bufan!"

Lin Bufan was actually forced to come, the first moment he saw Xie Jinglin, he looked at Feng Lei beside him and said: "This general..."

"My name is Feng Lei, the chief of the fifth post of the third department of the first commander of the Ninghai Navy's guards, you can call me Feng post!"

"Chief Feng, how many of you are here?"

"35 people!"

Feng Lei looked at Xie Jinglin's assistant translators, clerks and other diplomats and said: "If you count Mr. Xie and his party, there are 79 people in total!"

"Only 77 people!"

Lin Bufan was somewhat disappointed.

Xie Jinglin asked, "How is the situation now?"

"not too good!"

Lin Bufan smiled bitterly and said: "The weather is too hot, there are too many old and weak women and children, there is a lack of medical care, and there is little food, and most of it is spoiled pig food. There are hundreds of people suffering from malaria alone, and more than ten people have died. How many people..."

Xie Jinglin glanced at Lin Bufan and said, "Contact me with the Dutch East India Company. Whether it's war or peace, it all depends on their attitude now. If you don't want to die forever, just have a better attitude!"

Batavia, the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company.It is also the Governor's Palace of the Dutch East India. This Governor's Palace, which was completed in 1626, is the most typical European-style building.The successive governors of the Netherlands have issued commands to defend the interests of the Dutch East India Company in this sea and land.

At this moment, the current Governor of East India, Hendrik Brouer (Hendrik brouer spelled it out by the author himself, does not know whether it is correct or not, and there is no Chinese translation of his name in the information.) Breuer is the eighth Governor of the Dutch East India, becoming the He has encountered the greatest crisis since the governor.

De Bauer, the commander of the East India Combined Fleet, submitted a report to him. In this report, De Bourr comprehensively assessed that even if Zheng Zhilong was added, the probability of winning the Ning Navy was as high as [-]%.

Because the warships of the Ning Navy are all Europa Class III battleships, especially the manufacturing capabilities of the Ning Navy's warships. This huge fleet was only built by the Ning Navy within two years. Even if they mobilize the Dutch East India Company All the warships fought to defeat the Ning Navy's fleet, but the problem is that the Ning Navy will create another super fleet in at most two years.

When Brewer saw this report, he asked: "What if the Spanish Far East Fleet is added?"

"The Spaniards only have a few warships. Counting the armed merchant ships, they can dispatch up to [-] warships, but by the time the Spaniards complete their assembly, it will be too late!"

In fact, the main force of the Dutch East India Company's fleet is not in Batavia. If it is, it will be much easier to deal with, just fight.But the problem is, it's not there!

"Can you persuade Portugal to join the war?"

"It's impossible, the contradiction between Portugal and us Dutch is too deep!"

Batavia, the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, was snatched from the Portuguese. They also thought about grabbing Macau, but they failed. It was precisely because of the threat of the Dutch that the Portuguese steadfastly On Daming's side.

"Then there is only negotiation!"

"It seems to be the only way, unless Spain will send their Armada to the East!"

De Bourg smiled bitterly: "With the ability of Ming Dynasty to build ships, when the Armada and the main fleet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands arrive in the east, I am afraid that the number of warships of the Ming Empire will double again. At that time, we will have no advantage!"

Under such circumstances, Breuer received Xie Jinglin and his party.

"Welcome, Mr. Xie, welcome to beautiful Batavia!"

Xie Jinglin listened to the translator's translation, and said with a blank face: "Your Excellency, I came here by the order of Lord Hai, and I only want to do one thing, which is to officially inform you that I arrived on the eight princesses of Lord Hai. Batavia, this is a ship without artillery. If you don’t want to declare war with the Ning Navy, then release the Chinese detained by you. This is a prerequisite. If you think this is a threat to you, you can find Spain Let people understand the true strength of our Ning Navy!"

It can be said that Xie Jinglin's words were very straightforward, and he didn't give Brewer, the governor, any face or a naked threat.

The problem is, that's what the Dutch do.

Brewer hurriedly explained: "Mr. Xie, I have already explained to you that this was an accident. No one wants to see this kind of thing happen. Those responsible have been punished. As I said, if His Excellency the Duke of Haiguo If you can promise not to pursue this matter, then the Riding Wind can set off at any time, and of course, the Chinese in Batavia can also leave freely.”

Brewer didn't know who Cheng Shijie was before, so he naturally didn't care about Cheng Shijie's threat of war, but with the in-depth investigation of intelligence, they found that they couldn't beat Ning Haijun, and there was no possibility of trickery, especially the huge production capacity.

As early as 1588, Britain defeated the Spanish Armada with the help of a storm, but has the British Royal Navy really risen?
In fact, it did not. The real rise of the United Kingdom was not the war between Britain and the West, but the Glorious Revolution. After the Industrial Revolution, with the strength of the United Kingdom, it rose through the Seven Years War. This is a war covering Europe, North America, China Wars in the Americas, the West African coast, India and the Philippine Islands.

The current Netherlands has not yet become a sea groom, and their strength is not stronger than that of Spain. Now Spain has the same internal and external troubles as the Ming Empire.

If you really want to give an example, the rise of the Netherlands is just like the rise of the Qing Dynasty. Taking advantage of the Spanish Empire's 30-year war and being besieged by the European Catholic Union, the Netherlands is just taking advantage of it.

If there were no natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Ming Empire, without Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they would not even be able to break through the Shanhaiguan Pass by relying on the power of Jiannu alone, and Beijing would fall directly.

The Netherlands also fought a crucial victory in the Downs naval battle with Spain. When Emperor Chongzhen was still alive, Jiannu had only one attack.

Xie Jinglin looked at Breuer and said with a faint smile, "Your Excellency Governor, are you a child?"

Brewer was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "No!"

"No, then why did you make such a naive request?"

Xie Jinglin's voice raised an octave: "Do you think the Duke of Haiguo will give you such a promise now? Be sober, Your Excellency Governor, if you continue to detain the Chengfeng, it will only make our Duke of Haiguo more angry, and lead to a loss of composure. The direction of control, the final result...is definitely something you don't want to see!"

"This is a misunderstanding!"

"Your Excellency Governor, do you want to threaten Hai Guogong with the Chinese on the Chengfeng or the Chinese in Batavia? I can tell you officially now that Hai Guogong will never accept any threats! Daming The nobles of the empire will never compromise!"

Xie Jinglin's attitude was also what Cheng Shijie meant. If the Dutch continued to naively suppress these Chinese and force Cheng Shijie to compromise, it would be impossible.

If Cheng Shijie compromises, this is not to save those Chinese, but to plunge them into a bottomless abyss, and they will suffer even more brutal massacres from the Dutch.

Xie Jinglin said: "You Netherlands have more than 100 people in Liaodong, more than 100 people in Luzon, and 2000 people in Dayuan. We haven't had time to count how many people are in Daming. I can tell you now. When a Chinese dies, we will cut off the head of a Dutchman. Of course, you can be proud, because the Dutch in our hands are not as many as the Chinese in your hands. Come on, let’s hurt each other!"

Brewer's head hurts, he feels as big as a bucket.

There are indeed not many Dutch people in Ming Dynasty. Because of the war between Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands, the officials of Ming Dynasty are not interested in the Dutch people. However, the Dutch people living in Ming Dynasty are almost without exception pretending to be Spaniards.

Of course, they are not pretending to be. The Netherlands is still a vassal state of Spain, just like a colony of Great Britain. Although it has British nationality, it is a second-class citizen.

"Be sober, Your Excellency Governor, the best way is, you and our Lord Hai are in a duel between nobles. The loser bears everything, and the winner owns everything. How about it?"

The same is true of Cheng Shijie's reasoning. Since the Dutchman turned the table first, Cheng Shijie must take revenge. How to retaliate is Cheng Shijie's right.

At this moment, a Dutchman whispered in De Bauer's ear.

De Bauer's complexion changed drastically.

"What the hell is going on here?"

Breuer roared loudly after hearing De Bourre's words, and then his eyes were dull and his face was pale.

The news that De Bauer received was exactly the news that happened more than 20 days ago. The Ning Navy had already captured the city of Orange. The more than 52 Dutch people in Orange City, including the surviving army, totaled [-] People, captured by Ning Haijun!
Xie Jinglin smiled faintly: "What's the matter?"

"Why are you attacking the... big man?"

"You are ridiculous. You dare to detain our Chinese merchant ships and massacre unarmed Chinese people. Don't you allow us to retaliate against you?"

Xie Jinglin said lightly: "I can tell you responsibly that this is revenge from Hai Guogong and Ning Haijun. In fact, I have already reminded you that once Ning Haijun takes revenge, the consequences will not be acceptable to you. It's just the beginning... Well, since this is the case, I already understand your attitude, can I announce the breakdown of the negotiation? Farewell!"

Xie Jinglin immediately turned around and walked towards the door.

"and many more!"

Xie Jinglin turned around and said with a faint smile: "Why, Your Excellency Governor is going to detain me?"

"No, no, no!"

Brewer hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood..."

"Then you are preparing...to kill me?"

Xie Jinglin smiled lightly and said, "I can tell you that it doesn't make any sense. You may not know our Duke Hai, do you know? Our Duke Hai was just an ordinary officer more than three years ago, about the equivalent of Your colonel, in just over three years, he became a thousand households and became the Duke of the Ming Empire, what do you think is the reason?"

"To show our sincerity, we can immediately release the Chengfeng to leave!"

"not enough!"

"All Chinese who are willing to leave can leave!"

"that's all?"

"To show our sincerity, we...we..."

It was only at this time that Brewer discovered that the Dutch East India Company really had no advantage against the Ning Navy. It could be said that they had no cards to play.

"We can detain the British ship "Joseph" at the port of Medan!"

"What kind of sincerity do you show us by detaining the British ship!"

"The Joseph is an 160-ton armed merchant ship with [-] nine cannons on it. These cannons were purchased by Zheng Zhilong from the British!"

Zheng Zhilong was betrayed like this.

"We are not interested in these old broken guns!"

"We can order the combined Dutch fleet to withdraw from the battle, or we can cooperate with you to attack Zheng's fleet!"

In order to appease Cheng Shijie's anger, Brewer sold Zheng Zhilong without any psychological burden.

(End of this chapter)