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

"How is this going?"

"I do not know either!"

Greco thought: "Those Western European barbarians are not united. Every time they fight, the wolf is better than the dog. They hope that others will kill themselves so that they can take advantage. Are they coaxing again? This is the only good news at the moment. Well. If everything goes well, four large ships will arrive in Chandia (Crete) next week. There will be a large amount of food and three to four thousand urgently needed artillery shells on board, which should be able to solve Chandia's urgent needs. "

"It's good to be able to take a breather!"

Lieutenant Colonel Abegg, the Venetian naval commander stationed in Crete, breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I hope I can arrive smoothly... The damn Ottomans are getting closer and closer. If I have enough cannonballs, I can With these eighteen warships, I can kill eighty or ninety of their warships."

Greco sighed: "Who makes it impossible for us to produce this kind of artillery shells? I hope everything goes well with Catherine. Even if we can't persuade the Ming Emperor to send troops, it would be great if we can buy a batch of artillery shells!"

Finally, an Ottoman envoy arrived at the front, claiming to see the Venetian commander.

Greco stepped forward and said: "I am Greco, Lord of Gandia!"

The Ottoman envoy said: "My name is Mustafa!"

It originates from the Ottoman word for "excellence". Mustafa represents bravery and strength.

Unlike other countries, the Venetians are mainly engaged in business and trade. Although they are soldiers, they are proficient in the languages ​​​​of various countries. Greco himself, like Catherine, is proficient in Ottoman (not a typo, this is a forbidden word), Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and French.

Mustafa continued: "Our Minister of the Navy, Emir, ordered to temporarily stop fighting. We hope that you will exchange prisoners with us!"

"Exchanging prisoners?"

Not to mention that the Venetians couldn't figure out what was going on. In fact, even the Ottomans didn't figure out what was going on. The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire did not establish diplomatic relations. At the same time, the two countries had almost no exchanges at the national strategic level.

The Ottoman Empire did not take seriously the war threat issued by the Ming Empire. In fact, they even wanted to send people to notify the Ming Empire and ask the Ming Empire to stop supporting the city-state of Venice. As long as the Venetian troops could continue to receive supplies from the Ming Empire, then the Ottoman Empire The empire could never suppress Venice, and the Mediterranean could never regain peace.

It's just a pity that even if Catherine does not support the Ming Empire, Cheng Shijie will still intervene in the war between the Ottomans and Venice. As long as this war is allowed to drag on for a long enough time, the Ming Dynasty will be able to quickly complete the industrial revolution.

Because the current Venice, because the country is too small, they themselves are the white gloves of the Ming Empire. The current strength of the Ming Empire is enough to have complete capabilities to protect their own white gloves.

It is naturally impossible for Venice to become the hegemon of Europe. Cheng Shijie's bottom line is to make Venice a troublemaker for Europe.

Although the Ottoman Empire was very puzzled by the sudden withdrawal of allies such as France and Great Britain from the battle, the problem was that with the withdrawal of the allies, the original strategic plan could no longer be implemented, and the battle naturally could not be fought.

The Ottomans finally gained the upper hand, and naturally wanted to swallow up Venice in one go. But the problem is that the Ming Empire's ocean-going fleet is still in Madrid. But three days ago, this Ming fleet was even more powerful than the Spanish Empire's Armada. , suddenly left the port of Madrid and started driving towards Venice.

The unusual actions of the Ming Empire's navy forced the Ottoman Empire to stop fighting. Once the Ming Dynasty directly participated in the war, the Ottoman Empire would be embarrassed as much as possible. Without the support of France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and other countries, the navy of Venice alone could The Ottoman Empire paid a heavy price.

What made the Ottoman Empire even more angry was that although the Ming Dynasty did not participate in the war, they sent their warships, more than 60 of them, to escort a Venetian fleet to deliver supplies to Crete. This supply fleet only had Composed of fourteen thousand-ton transport merchant ships.

Merchant ships loaded with food and cannonballs set out to sea and headed for Crete. Two of the armed ships loaded with large amounts of artillery shells are the targets of key protection.

Before setting off, the consul told the fleet commander that if he encountered an interception by the enemy fleet and was unable to win, he could abandon the merchant ship transporting food, concentrate all his efforts on escorting the ship loaded with cannonballs, and send the cannonballs to Candia at all costs!

The fleet chose a secret route, avoiding the busier waterways and sailing towards Greece. Every step was taken cautiously. Now they no longer had the capital to be arrogant. Everyone just hoped not to be discovered by the enemy and could safely transport ammunition and supplies. Sent to Crete.

However, God did not follow their wishes, and several French warships emerged and intercepted them midway. If there were just a few French warships, the Venetians would not take them seriously. The French were not a naval power, and it would be easy to deal with them.

But behind these sea country warships, there are more than 40 Dutch and Portuguese warships, and behind them, there are also more than 20 British warships emerging!

The Western Europeans laughed loudly as they looked at the prey surrounded by them, and their wild shouts came from the sea breeze. The content was nothing more than: "Kill them! Be careful not to sink all the warships. The one who seizes a naval gun will be sealed." Title!"

These giant cannons from the east in Venice not only brought the fear of death to the enemy, but also attracted the covetousness of the enemy. They tried everything possible to seize a few of them and imitate them in the past, but they were unable to do so. This ambush was not so much a Destroying the Venetian fleet is more like simply wanting to capture a Venetian warship and obtain a few naval guns.

The Venetian sailors did not panic, the gunners were in their positions, and all eyes were on the flagship.

The commander of the supply fleet's face was as dark as water, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't get entangled with these Western European barbarians, concentrate your firepower to kill a bloody one, and get to Candia as soon as possible!"

The semaphore was hung up, and the Sness fleet formed a double-arrow formation, protecting the four merchant ships in the middle. The helmsman steered skillfully, and the fleet turned to seize the wind. The sailors worked together to adjust the sails so that the warships could reach the fastest speed. The fleet was like a huge iron arrow, rushing towards the weakest British fleet.

From a long distance away, the three-inch front-mounted smoothbore naval gun made a terrifying roar. The shells burst out with sparks and roared towards the British fleet. Immediately, a British warship burned violently...

The British fleet opened fire vigorously, and large and small solid lead balls and chain bullets flew like hail, hitting the hull and flying sawdust. The Venetian fleet didn't care, sprinted at full speed, and penetrated the British flagship!

The fleets of France, Portugal and the Netherlands rushed up and were blocked by four Venetian warships that had broken off. In the blink of an eye, three warships were hit.

As moving as thunder, as agile as a cheetah, the roar of the cannon made the Western European sailors burst into tears. All this proved to the Western European barbarians that the Venetian Navy is still the king of the Mediterranean!

It was a pity that about an hour after the battle, the first battleship of the Venetian naval supply fleet was forced to sink itself because about three to four hundred Western European navies rushed onto the battleship.

What made the Venetians even more desperate was that the Venetian supply fleet, which had already fallen into a disadvantage, found that about two hundred Ottoman Imperial Navy warships appeared in sight.

"Ruined!"

When the Venetians fell into despair, the Ming Navy warships appeared, and Deng Xianwu led the ocean fleet to visit Europe. When France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal besieged Venice, Spain was actually the happiest, because in this way, Spain's pressure was reduced pressure. They paid close attention to the situation on the battlefield. Deng Xianwu reported the intelligence about Venice to Cheng Shijie. Deng Xianwu judged that without external support, the Venetians could persist for up to three months, while Crete was already running out of ammunition and food. It is estimated that it will be difficult to persist for a month.

Cheng Shijie commanded Deng Xianwu. According to the authorization of the Venetian consul, Catherine formally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of Venice and ceded half of Crete to the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, Ming Dynasty had a permanent port.

Deng Xianwu led more than 60 warships to Crete, and happened to encounter the combined fleets of the navies of various Western European countries preparing to attack the Venetian supply fleet.

Facing the sudden appearance of the Ming fleet, both warring parties subconsciously broke away from the battle. No one knew what the attitude of the Ming fleet was, but looking at the three-inch naval guns and four-inch naval guns on the Ming warships, their gun jackets had been removed, revealing black holes. barrel, which made them extremely nervous.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty's navy was unknown to them before. However, during the exercise at the Madrid port, the Spanish Empire captured a Dutch main third-class battleship and six British battleships of 600 to 1,200 tons. Battleships, including French battleships, a total of nineteen main battleships from various countries.

These nineteen warships were placed 800 meters away to serve as target ships for the Ming warships. As a result, at a distance of 800 meters, the Ming Ocean Fleet only dispatched twelve Sea Wolf-class ships and killed four of them in one salvo. Ship, the other fifteen ships all turned into huge torches within a quarter of an hour.

Of course, this was a military exercise. The officers of the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going navy were relaxed and performed exceptionally well. In addition, Deng Xianwu also used a little trick at the time, launching water dragons when the naval guns were bombarded.

The so-called water dragon is actually the fish version of the rocket launcher. In comparison, this kind of attack is highly stealthy, has an extremely short range, but is extremely powerful.

"Publish a semaphore and tell them to retreat!"

The navies of the Netherlands and Portugal were naturally unwilling to fire a single shot. In the Far East, they admitted that they could not defeat the Ming Dynasty, but in Europe, at their doorstep, they had absolute confidence.

But the problem is that Ming Dynasty ignored them. More than sixty battleships rushed towards them. As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, they were about to collide.

The naval observer reported the distance to Deng Xianwu: "One thousand steps, eight hundred steps..."

"Fire!"

The Ming navy soldiers who had been prepared stuffed the shells into the gun barrels, and then more than 700 naval guns from more than 60 ships fired a salvo, making a heart-stopping roar, and the black holes of the guns spewed out thunderstorm-like fire.

More than 700 incendiary bombs flew through the air and slammed into the enemy ship 800 steps away. Three-quarters of the shells missed, causing high water columns on the sea, but there were still some More than a hundred shells directly hit the enemy ship.

The enemy ships hit by the Ming Navy made huge roars one after another. The warships were blown up and pieces of wood flew everywhere, and large balls of fire were thrown everywhere. The flames swept across the deck and climbed to the top of the mast, and the huge warship turned into a torch...

Countless sailors jumped into the sea...

The Venetians watched all this in stunned silence. They could not believe that such a powerful European navy was vulnerable to the Ming Navy.

The navies of various European countries had to retreat in a hurry. Of course, the Ming Navy did not pursue it.

"Thank you very much for your noble support!"

"You're welcome, now the City-State Republic of Venice has officially become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. As the suzerain state of Venice, the Ming Dynasty has the responsibility and obligation to protect Venice!"

Deng Xianwu looked at the commander of the Venetian supply fleet and said: "Just last month, Catherine signed a contract with the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the consul, officially becoming the Ming Dynasty vassal state, half of Crete, as our Ming Dynasty's residence!"

"Great!"

The Venetians happily found the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty and the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty, which were hung on battleships and merchant ships.

Deng Xianwu thought that the Venetians would resist, but he did not expect that they would actually be happier about professing surrender to the Ming Dynasty than the Chinese New Year.

However, this round of firing also caused confrontation between China and the West. The Western European Alliance immediately joined forces to lodge the most serious protest against the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty's ambassador to the Spanish Empire was Liu Lishun, the second scholar in the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, who was also commonly known as the second best scholar. He was awarded the title of editor of the Hanlin Academy and was responsible for the "Notes on Daily Life" and the management of Liu Cao's memorials. In fact, he was actually the number one scholar in Chongzhen's seventh year, but was overtaken by Chen Zilong and ranked second.

When Wen Tiren was preparing to betray the country and welcome Huang Taiji, because Liu Lishun was a student of Yuan Keli, when he learned that Yuan Keli was seriously ill, he asked for leave to visit Guide Mansion and escaped the disaster.

When Cheng Shijie checked historical materials, he found that when Liu Lizhun was in Chongzhen for seventeen years, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and Liu Lizhun wrote on the wall Cheng Ren Quyi, which was passed down by Confucius and Mencius. After Wen Xin practiced it, why not, he drank and drank himself. His wife Wan, his concubine Li, his son Liu Xiaolian, plus eighteen maidservants, closed the door and hanged themselves to death.

Therefore, Liu Lishun, who was worthy of this important event, was re-appointed and appointed as Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites of the Reform and Reform Dynasty. When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty was established, Liu Lishun was promoted to the position of Langzhong of the Department of Rites and Guests.

Cheng Shijie was responsible for the host-guest (diplomatic) affairs independently, and Liu Lishun became one of the three ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because he had a disagreement with Li Xin, he took the initiative to be sent abroad and became the first diplomatic ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the Spanish Empire.

Facing the aggressive envoys from various European countries, Liu Liying reacted extremely calmly: "Venice is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty naturally has the obligation and responsibility to protect the vassal state. Who has any objections?"

The Spanish Empire showed such an expression as expected. They were actually the first country to bear the wrath of the Ming Dynasty. They first invaded the Ming Dynasty's vassal state of Luzon, then invaded the officials, and then encountered the thundering wrath of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the unhappy faces of the diplomats around him, Liu Lishun said: "I am only responsible for diplomatic affairs. For military matters, you can go to General Deng and he will give you a satisfactory answer!"

God's damn satisfying reply, if they dare to find Deng Xianwu, he will definitely reply to them with cannons. (End of chapter)