The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 601 Don't Mess With Daming
Next, the Huang family's navy went directly to Zeelandia in northern Taiwan to find Dutch Governor Peter Nuiz to buy things. The Huang family's navy often escorted merchant ships to trade here, which made Peter Nuiz extremely nervous every time.

Everyone in Xiyi knows that overseas colonization is the survival of the strong. It used to be that Peter Nuiz believed that the Dutch were the absolute strong, but now his view is completely different. Start counting.

The statistical results of the past few years made him inexplicably astonished. He found that the Ming Dynasty must have more than one hundred warships with heavy artillery, which is already an absolute powerhouse, but the entire East India Company would not have more than fifty warships like this.

Taiwan is far away from the Netherlands but close to the mainland of Ming Dynasty. What should be done if Ming Dynasty launches an attack?
Peter Nuiz tremblingly received Li Xihan, who was dressed in the uniform of the military officer of the third rank of the Ming Dynasty, who disembarked from a warship entering the port. He learned that Daming was still here for fair trade, so he quickly notified the merchants to deliver the goods to Daming Go to the country for inspection.

Dutch musketeer captain Abdul Nuyz led more than 100 people to stare at a general flag Ming army who went ashore. They found that the Ming army was too extravagant. They used muskets and were equipped with expensive breastplates. There is also a short gun that I have never seen before.

This general banner is Huang Sheng's personal army, and its equipment, combat skills, and mental outlook should rank first in the world today. Of course, the Dutch looked straight at it.

Li Xihan knew Abdul Nuiz, and decided to tease him to scare Xiyi. Li Xihan and Abdul Nuiz gestured to several flagpoles around a hundred paces away.

Abdul Nuyiz had a good understanding. He understood what this Ming official meant, and knowing that Li Xihan was going to shoot down those flags with a musket, he curled his lips contemptuously in disbelief.

Li Xihan took over the whole set of equipment sent by his subordinates and skillfully reloaded it. He seemed to shoot it casually, and the flag on the flagpole fell in response. Then he reloaded, shot, reloaded, and fired again at a dizzying speed. The gun was not empty, and the five flags of the East India Company fell to the ground one after another.

The guards cheered thunderously, and the Dutch soldiers were stunned. Abdul Nuiz was dumbfounded, and like many Dutch soldiers, his mouth was open and his mouth was drooling.

All the Dutch officers and soldiers felt terrified. Their muskets couldn't hit the big flags at all, let alone knock down the flags.

Daming has a musket that can accurately shoot so far. If we fight with Daming in the future, wouldn’t it be enough to just get beaten?
The Dutch soldiers who had been on guard against the Ming army suddenly relaxed collectively. They found that if the Ming army really took action, it seemed that the Dutch would become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Peter Nuiz and many Dutch businessmen were sweating, looking at Li Xihan helplessly, not knowing what he wanted to do.Li Xihan said to an interpreter: "What are you doing standing there, tell them what to do, I am in a hurry to go back."

The interpreter was a Han, and now he felt prouder and stronger, and he said loudly, "My lord, I understand, let these barbarians be quicker."

In the end, under the uneasy gaze of Peter Nuiz and his subordinates, the Ming army bought up all the copper, sugar, cotton, deerskin, and spices collected by Zeelandia City during this period, and then walked away.

The Dutch were still standing at the port one by one watching the Deming fleet leave. Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", and a rock in the sea burst open. A reef four nautical miles away.

Peter Nuiz shuddered in fright, and quickly stood up pretending to be calm again. He peeked at the others and found that they all had the same ashen complexion.

Both the Dutch merchants and Peter Nuiz wrote letters to Governor Yan Petersson Kundan, the chief executive of the East India Company, telling him to pay attention to the Ming Navy and never to fight with them. A conflict occurred.

Because the artillery range and power of the Ming army are too terrifying, their deck warships equipped with heavy artillery may be several times that of the East India Company, and the muskets of their soldiers can accurately hit targets exceeding 150 yards.

Later, the legend that the Ming army was too powerful spread in all the colonies of the Dutch, and even many businessmen from other Western countries knew not to mess with Ming, it was very dangerous to do so.

Summer went to autumn, and the autumn trade fair in "Huaxia Island" was unprecedentedly grand. This was due to the fact that the number of big Ming businessmen who came to participate in the conference doubled. There is no doubt that most of these businessmen are the spokespersons of bureaucratic capital.

The most active person was of course Ping Xibo Wu Xiang, who somehow used some kind of connection to sneak out of the capital and come to "Huaxia Island" to enjoy himself.

Wu Xiang came here many times as an old acquaintance. He has outstanding social skills, and he took the initiative to help Zhao Rui and Zhao Shimin receive a group of dudes and wealthy businessmen like a master.

The reason why so many merchants from the Ming Dynasty came to the trade fair this time was because the officials of the Ming Dynasty urgently needed to find out whether the illness of the "God of War" was true or not, and whether the strength of the Huang family was damaged due to the rescue of Jinzhou.

Huang Sheng was pretending to be sick, so of course he couldn't show up to entertain the gods, but he had a big drink with Wu Xiang in secret.

Seeing the radiant Huang Sheng, Wu Xiang was a little flattered. He thought that Huang Sheng only invited him to a meeting because he definitely liked him. He showed his loyalty on the spot and asked Huang Sheng not to treat him as an outsider. Arrange for him to do it.

Huang Sheng really had something to build momentum for, so he told Wu Xiang after drinking for three rounds, and asked him to contact a large number of powerful merchants when he returned to the capital, because he was going to set up a big business called "Huaxia Development".

Wu Xiang repeated this strange name repeatedly and said, "Mr. Nanguo, what does 'China Development' mean?"

Huang Sheng said with a smile: "As the name suggests, of course it is to vigorously develop my Huaxia."

"Mr. Nan Guo, the lower officials are dull and don't know how to develop?"

"Grandfather Wu, haven't you seen the arrogant soldiers under my lord's command, and the many strong ships and sharp guns?"

"Of course these subordinate officials have noticed it for a long time, but what is the stake in the 'Huaxia Development'?"

"The world is very big, and business can be done thousands of miles away. How can we do those long-distance transactions that can make huge profits without strong ships and guns?"

"Of course, I understand. Is Mr. Nan Guo planning to join forces with merchants from Ming Dynasty who are willing to join forces to do those big deals that are thousands of miles away?"

"Grandfather Wu is really smart, and he knows everything! Let the rich and wealthy businessmen who are willing to contribute their capital give up their money. Let's gather these wealth, build more strong ships and guns, and train more warriors. Competitors at sea are eliminated one by one, what is the final result?"

(End of this chapter)