Zhu Youjian and Hans Putsmann were talking in Latin. Among the officials inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, only Xu Guangqi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, knew Latin. There was also Han Buan, a disciple of Zheng Zhilong, who also knew a little Latin.

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So now I see Hans Putsmann suddenly kneeling to Zhu Youjian, and a group of civil servants are all looking at Xu Guangqi. What is going on? What about the negotiation? Why did he kneel down halfway through the negotiation? Could it be that the negotiation between Long Live Lord and others collapsed?

, threatening to kill people? But don’t do this. The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and you don’t want to kill the envoys! Everyone should work together to persuade them.

Xu Guangqi noticed the inquiring gaze of the big guys, stroking his white beard and said with a smile, "Long Live Lord just bought this Admiral Hans, gave him an Admiral of the Royal Navy and an earl, and promised to give him a feudal kingdom after regaining Nanyang."

So Admiral Hans is now a noble of our Ming Dynasty!"

What? Can you buy it like this?

Regarding the diplomacy between the two countries, how come you, the emperor, directly bribed foreign envoys? Are there still negotiations?

Of course the negotiations must continue, otherwise why would Zhu Youjian pay such a huge price to bribe Hans Putsmann?

Of course, Hans Putsmann is not worthless. He is worth winning over, but he is not that expensive.

In fact, east of Malacca, when it comes to the level of naval commanders, the number one ranking is of course Anthony Van Diemen, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the United East India Company, and the number two ranking is undoubtedly Hans Putsmann.

There is no way to bribe Anthony Van Diemen, because his next position has already been decided, which is the governor of Batavia of the United East India Company. This position is equivalent to a prince! All the business of the United East India Company in Asia belongs to the United East India Company.

Governor of Batavia leads!

Moreover, the Governor of Batavia also controlled Batavia Castle and a large area of ​​land around it, making him a real prince.

When there was no way to win over Anthony Van Diemen, Hans Putsmann was the strongest naval admiral that Zhu Youjian could win over. Although in his previous life, he lost to Zheng Zhilong in the Battle of Liaoluo Bay,

However, in the Battle of Xiamen Bay before the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, the fleet commanded by Hans Putsmann succeeded in a sneak attack and burned 10 new half-Chinese and half-Western-style warships owned by Zheng Zhilong moored in the harbor. It was Zheng Zhilong who brought them to China.

Those 10 boats from Kukou.

The impact of the Xiamen Bay naval battle on the Zheng Zhilong Group cannot be overemphasized. This naval battle, coupled with the subsequent Liaoluo Bay naval battle, interrupted Zheng Zhilong's pursuit of strong ships and powerful guns!

Since the warships built with huge sums of money are so ineffective and not as effective as fire ship tactics, Zheng Zhilong will certainly not spend huge sums of money to build new Chinese and Western warships.

Therefore, the contest between Hans Putsmann and Zheng Zhilong was actually indistinguishable. Although Zheng Zhilong was an outstanding naval commander, he gave up the power of strong ships after the battles in Xiamen Bay and Liaoluo Bay.

The correct line of the artillery shows that he was not a particularly outstanding commander.

In addition, Zheng Zhilong was not particularly familiar with Western naval warfare tactics and shipbuilding technology, and Zhu Youjian could not rely on him to build a truly powerful navy.

Therefore, hiring Hans Putsmann is the best solution, but Zhu Youjian's bid clearly far exceeds Hans Putsmann's value!

The excess was a blatant bribery in front of the censors, without any fear of impeachment. It was really arrogant to the extreme!

"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty and the United Provinces of the Netherlands actually have a common enemy. This enemy is the powerful Spanish World Empire! The so-called world empire refers to a superpower with a vast territory and territories all over the world! And the Spanish World Empire

It is such an extremely powerful and vast super empire. In the history of mankind, there is no other country bigger and more powerful than it."

Hans Putsman, who has already put on the python robe of the Count of the Ming Dynasty, and is holding the iron scroll of the Alchemy Book that symbolizes hereditary inheritance, oh, should be the Admiral of the Imperial Navy of the Ming Dynasty, the Commander-in-Chief Zuo, Pinghai Bop Hanspu.

Sir Alex is sitting on an embroidered pier at the moment, explaining the situation in the world to Zhu Youjian.

In fact, Zhu Youjian knew everything he said!

The current situation in the world is actually very favorable for the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands to form an alliance.

Because the situation of the United Provinces of the Netherlands was far less favorable than when the rebellious son Zhu Cihong first took charge of the Ming Dynasty more than ten years later, and the situation of the United East India Company was also not stable.

Now in Europe, the Thirty Years War has not yet decided the winner, and the powerful Spanish Army of Flanders has not been defeated by Prince Condé. People in the Netherlands are always under pressure from the Army of Flanders. And as early as

In 1580, Spain forcibly merged with neighboring Portugal, thus combining the two world empires into one and pushing the Spanish world empire to its highest peak.

In addition, at this time, the Kingdom of Spain was still driven by the brain-dead King Philip IV and the prime minister, the Count and Duke of Olivares. Regardless of its financial collapse and high debts, it had been forcibly promoting the national policy of "God favors Spain" since 1627, everywhere.

He launched a war and attempted to destroy the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

Although the Spanish policy of God's Favor was seen by later people as a crazy Spanish policy, it brought down a powerful and powerful empire. But in 1633, except Zhu Youjian, who could have known that God had not favored him at all?

Spain?

And the Netherlands, which is being beaten every day by a crazy Spanish world empire, will certainly not reject the Ming Empire, which looks like a big ally. It will not even think about containing the Ming Dynasty. If you have this free time, you should think about how to hold back the crazy Spain.

Bar!

If they really can't hold it anymore, the nobles and rich people in the United Provinces of the Netherlands will have to be captured by the Spaniards and burned at the stake.

"So as long as His Majesty the Emperor asks for an alliance in the name of jointly fighting the Spanish world empire, the United East India Company will not refuse it under any circumstances." Puhans is already a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and is now racking his brains to make plans for Zhu Youjian.

. He thought for a moment and then said, "If His Majesty can propose a plan to jointly blockade the Philippine colonies under New Spain, the Batavia Governor's Office will definitely agree to the alliance immediately and will also provide certain concessions in terms of trade agreements."

The Philippine colony to which New Spain belongs is now not just a competitor of Batavia, but the most important core stronghold of the Spanish Empire in the Western Pacific!

As long as this stronghold exists, the United East India Company's strongholds in the Western Pacific will always face the threat of Spanish troops.

The United East India Company's land force in the east was too weak, and it could not mobilize a large army to capture Fort Santiago (Spain's core stronghold in the Philippines). It was a very strong bastion, and construction began decades ago.

It has not been completed yet, but its defensive capabilities still cannot be underestimated.

"Are you going to attack the Santiago Fortress?" Zhu Youjian said thoughtfully, "I know that it will take at least 5,000 expeditionary troops and half a month to capture this fortress."

Two of his sons died on Luzon in his previous life! How could he not know about Fort Santiago?

"Half a month?" Hans Putsmann shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible, it's impossible. Without 12 months, it would be impossible to break through the Santiago Fortress."

Zhu Youjian shook his head and said, "How can it be 12 months? The rainy season on Luzon Island is long, and it is easy for the army to get sick if it is stationed under the city. Once a plague breaks out, the army will collapse without a fight! So we have to attack Santiago on Luzon Island.

For a fortress, the war must start in winter and end within a month, so the time to attack the fortress is only half a month at most!
Chapter completed!