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Chapter 361 Join forces with the Netherlands to fight against Luzon
"Ilse, the Dutch envoy, pays homage to His Majesty the Great Ming Emperor of China!"

The Dutch envoy leading the team this time was actually Irse, an old acquaintance from last time.

"Pingshen." Zhu Yijiong smiled and raised her hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Irse then stood up, his attitude even more respectful than last time.

After all, the Chinese emperor was so generous. Even though nothing was accomplished during his last mission, he still gave them priceless porcelain and cigars.

After Ilse returned to Batavia, he only worked as a second-rate dealer. He sold the porcelain and cigars on hand to the Dutch businessmen and made a lot of money.

Ilse said: "His Majesty, the great Emperor of China, your last generous gift to the Netherlands has been received by Your Majesty the Governor. His Excellency the Governor liked it very much and asked Irse to thank His Majesty in person."

Zhu Yijiong smiled and said: "Haha, since the Netherlands is a friendly country, it's just a little gift!"

In a few words, the Netherlands is a friendly country.

Since they are friendly countries, the new porcelain and cigar business can naturally be started.

This was also the original intention of the Dutch people like Ilse. After seeing China's new porcelain and cigars, the Dutch Governor of Batavia and the Council (East India Company) quickly reached an agreement.

This business must be won at all costs.Even if you can't take it off, you must have the first bite of meat.

After all, in the eyes of these Dutch people, making money always comes first.

They can even develop a unique Spice Islands plantation economy in order to make money, that is, an island only grows specific crops and does not grow even a grain of food at all.

This special plantation economy has huge drawbacks, because not a single acre of local land is used to grow food crops, and they all rely on transportation from other colonies.

Once there is a problem somewhere in the middle, such as a shipwreck, stormy weather, or even piracy or war, famine will immediately break out.

This has happened more than once in history, but these European colonists did not have long memories.

In other words, in the face of profits, will the indigenous people suffer from famine and do whatever they want?

In fact, the ancient Jiangnan region was similar. They also cultivated mulberry fields, cotton (purple cotton) and other cash crops on a large scale, but they did not completely stop growing food.

Moreover, Jiangnan and Huguang are not islands, so there are relatively few outbreaks of problems.

The goal of doing business with China in porcelain and cigars was achieved. Irse turned to talk about another important matter of the trip: "Your Majesty, the Governor wants to send troops together with China to drive out those greedy and evil Spaniards. Out of Luzon. The northern part of Luzon will then belong to the great Chinese emperor, while the southern part of Luzon will belong to the Netherlands. And, according to our sources, it seems that those evil Spaniards are planning to massacre the Chinese in Manila."

Zhu Yijiong frowned instantly: "Massacre the Chinese?"

Due to Zhu Yijiong's order to open sea, China's maritime trade has risen rapidly in just two years, and has begun to seize markets in East Asia and the South China Sea, and even has a tendency to expand to India.

Spain only has one colony left in the Far East: Manila, which has been impacted by the rise of China's maritime trade and the destruction of its homeland by war.

Even if Zhu Yijiong does not open the sea, these Spaniards are extremely repulsive to Chinese businessmen who are robbing business.

Starting decades ago, the Spaniards in Luzon have been forcibly expelling the Chinese in the territory.

Not only the merchants, but also other Chinese practitioners in the territory, such as barbers and craftsmen, were also expelled by the Spanish.

These Spanish and Dutch people were indeed able to mix together. They are all crazy.They forcibly expelled and even launched massacres to massacre the Chinese in their territory.

But after the massacre, it was discovered that all Chinese people had been killed.The rest also ran away, directly causing Manila to become a dead city.Even the vendors and barbers were killed. With the money stolen from the Chinese, they could not buy a single product, and there were no workers to clear the sewers.

Zhu Yijiong asked in a deep voice: "The Spanish massacred the Chinese, aren't they afraid that I will send troops to attack them?"

Irse was very good at observing people's words and said seriously in an instant: "If we don't massacre the Chinese, it will be difficult for them to continue their business. The damn British have captured the Spanish port of Gibraltar and Minorca, the American Caribbean, the Mediterranean and other places It is now British territory. Moreover, the Spanish slave trade was also defeated by the British."

Zhu Yijiong sneered: "So if the business can't continue, we will massacre the Chinese in Manila and eat the big ones, right?"

This insane massacre by the Spaniards occurred four times.

And each time, the Spaniards deliberately provoked trouble, first deliberately violently oppressing and excluding the Chinese, forcing them to revolt, and then immediately launched a massacre.There were four massacres, with as many as 5 people killed.

You know, there were only about 3 Chinese in Manila in its heyday.

Back then, Mr. Guo Xing heard that the Spaniards in Luzon were actually committing a massacre, and he was ready to send troops to knock down Manila.

It's a pity that before the troops could be sent out, Mr. Guo Xing died of illness first.

Zhu Yijiong's butterfly effect has obviously begun to affect Europe. The Open Sea Order has enabled Chinese maritime merchants to expand rapidly in East Asia.

These Spaniards were unable to bear the double squeeze of the British and Chinese, so they prepared to plan and launch a new round of massacre.

This brain circuit is simply bizarre. It seems that if all the Chinese in Manila are killed, they will be able to escape the crisis.

Moreover, there is a newly powerful neighboring country next door. Their homeland has just suffered heavy losses, and they dare to initiate a massacre.

This is completely regardless of whether it will create new enemies for Spain.

What Ilse did not say was that not only were the Spanish prepared to massacre the Chinese in Manila, but the Dutch were also prepared to massacre the Chinese in Batavia.

It was only after seeing the changes in the situation in China that I changed my mind in order to attract the Chinese to join forces to fight Spain.

This time Irsay mentioned it, but he was actually testing the Chinese emperor's attitude towards people overseas.

After all, the Chinese emperor was so far-sighted that he actually opened the sea for trade, so his attitude towards overseas people must be treated with caution.

Ilse said: "The Spaniards have always been so evil and greedy, just like the heretics who believe in Catholicism. Now the Spaniards have been hit hard. As long as the great Chinese emperor joins forces with the Netherlands, they will surely wipe out the Spaniards in Luzon." In this way, Your Majesty can not only demonstrate the majesty of the Chinese Empire, but also prevent overseas Chinese people from being massacred, and those Chinese businessmen can continue to do business in Luzon."

Zhu Yijiong did not agree immediately, but just asked: "How many troops is your governor willing to send?"

Ilse said: "Your Excellency the Governor has stated that Batavia can send one thousand troops and twenty warships."

This force may sound small, but compared to the Dutch in Batavia, it is already an overwhelming force.

After all, these 1000 people are all professional soldiers, which is different from the indigenous soldiers.

As a Dutch who once dared to send fifty troops to fight a small indigenous country, now that the Netherlands is declining, it can still dispatch a thousand troops in the Far East, which shows that the Dutch are determined to win Luzon.

Irse couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, I don't know about this joint troop dispatch..."

Zhu Yijiong did not reply immediately, but just waved his hand to leave, saying that he would think about it carefully.

　The Spanish are still a little more understanding than the Dutch, and they say that they need to dispatch [-] troops to occupy China.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)