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Chapter Eleven: Holland Slip

When facing Fan Mendy, Zheng Zhilong was indifferent. In fact, he was still a little worried. He knew how powerful the European powers were. He knew that a Netherlands could not do anything to the Ming Dynasty, but it was hard to say if it was a powerful country like Britain or France.

After sending Fan Mendi away, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly ran over and reported to Zhu Cijing.

After listening to Zheng Zhilong's retelling, Zhu Cijing felt a little sad. It seemed that the European powers had not yet known that Spain had decided to give up the peace talks and were ready to continue fighting.

Also, the European powers actually had the plan to join forces to deal with the Ming Empire, which did not exist in history. After they defeated the Habsburg dynasty, they broke up and started to grab territory all over the world, because there was no powerful threat from the Ming Dynasty at that time. Now, because of their own appearance, the Ming Dynasty has become extremely powerful, and the European powers have become united, which is a headache!

Zhu Cijiu thought about it and immediately shouted to the door: "Cao Huachun."

Cao Huachun responded and knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "I am here."

Zhu Cijiu said loudly: "Transfer my order to speed up the progress of the Dongda Shipyard, and make sure to create fifty super battleships sent to the continent within half a month."

He originally planned to arrange for people to send fifty super battleships to the continental Europe after the New Year, because the contract signed with Spain was counted from May, and it was just right after the New Year, but now it seems that it must be sent as soon as possible so that the continental powers can know Spain's intention to continue to fight as soon as possible, so that they can worry about how to curb the development of the Ming Dynasty all day long.

Of course, it was also provided to Spain with sail battleships. Steamships are now the killer weapon of the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible for the European powers to master them too early.

Cao Huachun left when he was ordered, but Zheng Zhilong asked carefully: "Master, will Annan still fight?"

Zhu Cijing said angrily: "Want, why not fight? Everything is done according to the original plan, you should hurry up and prepare."

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he did not immediately give up. Instead, he asked worriedly: "What if the Dutch people block it?"

Zhu Cijing said angrily: "Then fight them together!"

Seeing that the emperor was in a state of rage, Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he quickly bowed and took his leave. If he dared to ask again, he would probably beat him up!

Zhu Cijiu was indeed a little angry. This was the most offensive thing about the powers. If you can't beat them, you call your friends, just like a gangster fighting in a group.

He suppressed his anger, thought carefully, and asked Huang Daozhou to come and asked him to arrange a few scholars to go to Siam, Champa and even Donghu to announce the imperial edict.

He originally planned to slowly deal with the countries in the South China Sea, but now it seems that the progress must be accelerated. The Netherlands has already reached in. If he doesn't hurry up, the great powers will probably intervene.

Fan Mendi was also very angry at this time. Zheng Zhilong's attitude was clearly not taken seriously by them. It was simply too arrogant.

However, after returning to the sea, he looked at the Ming Dynasty warships staring at the opposite side, and he calmed down again. There was no way. With the few warships in his hands now, he could not defeat the navy of the Ming Empire.

He thought about it and ordered the fleet to return to Haifang Port in Annan immediately, where Zheng family in Annan was still waiting for his news.

Along the way, he was considering whether to help Annan resist the invasion of the Ming Empire. His own fleet, coupled with the warships deployed by the East India Company in Batavia, could gather about 100 super battleships, as well as small warships and armed merchant ships.

This warship may be barely enough to defend Batavia, but it is far from enough to start a war with the Ming Dynasty in the waters near Annan. There are no less than 100 super battleships he saw in the waters near Siming Mansion, and no less than a thousand other small and medium-sized warships. He can't defeat this navy alone, let alone the main naval force of the Ming Empire in the Strait of Malacca!

He finally decided to forget it and let it go. If the Ming Empire suddenly attacked the same as last time, then all his fifty super battleships and more than 20,000 subordinates would be captured again!

The Zheng family of Annan was naturally extremely anxious. They were waiting for the stars and the moon to finally return the Dutch fleet. Zheng Jian didn't care about any etiquette. As soon as he saw Fan Mendy, he couldn't wait to ask: "General, what did the Ming Dynasty say, would you like to withdraw your troops?"

After listening to the tactful translation, Fan Mendi did not show any expression. He said lightly: "The intentions of the Ming Empire are not clear."

What does this mean? Zheng Jian was confused and he couldn't help asking: "What should we do?"

Fan Mendi said expressionlessly: "It's always impossible to make a defense ready. I will provide you with a hundred cannons first. When the Ming Empire is really ready to attack, you can send someone to notify me. Next time I will send more weapons."

Van Mendy wanted to escape, but he didn't want to lose face in front of the weak allies, so he was talking so vaguely that a hundred smallest cannons were already his greatest authority. If there were more, he would have to apply to the country. What would send more weapons next time was just an excuse to escape. Whether this weapon would be given away or not, and it is still unclear who would come next time.

When Zheng Jian heard Fan Mendy say that he wanted to give them a hundred cannons, his eyes immediately shone with fiery light. In his eyes, the Dutch cannon was a magic weapon, and its range and power were invincible.

He even thought about buying hundreds of Dutch cannons, destroying the Ruan family in one fell swoop, and then defeating Donghu and even the Ming Dynasty to achieve hegemony. However, the Dutch cannons were too expensive, and they actually cost 50,000 taels of silver each. How much money can a small Annan have? In recent years, he has saved money to buy less than fifty. The Dutch gave him 100. How could he not be ecstatic?

Of course, Fan Mendi is not a good man. The reason why he gave all the cannons he could call to Zheng Jian was because he wanted Zheng Jian to hold on for a while and give them time to invite the allies to come to deal with the Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, with these cannons, Annan was not good enough, and it would be no problem to resist for two or three years. You must know that so many of their countries united to deal with the Holy Roman Empire. After fighting for thirty years, they have not yet defeated the Holy Roman Empire.

Of course, Annan is not far behind the Holy Roman Empire, but the Holy Roman Empire is already full of princes, and their emperor can mobilize only more than 100,000 troops. Annan also has almost 100,000 troops. It will be considered conservative to resist a Ming Empire for two or three years!

After Fan Mendi handed over a hundred cannons to Zheng Jian, he led the fleet back to Batavia in shame. Zheng Jian looked at the dense cannons in front of him and couldn't help but be ambitious. Ming, come on, with so many cannons, see how you can do to me!
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