"What? Didn't the merchants of the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in the north say that the Qing Dynasty was very poor? How could the English do that?"

Caballero was a little skeptical of Van Diemen's words.

The civil war in England is not over yet! Both the Parliament and the royal party are busy killing each other and have no extra energy to interfere in the internal affairs of a great Eastern empire. Therefore, the behavior of the British East India Company in the Far East should be

They can only pursue short-term interests.

If you want to pursue short-term interests, you should naturally interact with Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty not only had silver, but also bulk trade goods such as silk and porcelain. How much silver did the Qing Dynasty in the north have? What could they sell to Europe?

There is nothing, how can the people of the British East India Company have close relations with the Qing court? Are they not afraid of offending the Ming court?

In addition, if the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company were the bitter rivals of the Qing Dynasty, they would definitely have to hide it from Van Diemen, otherwise he would definitely expose it to the Ming Dynasty.

Van Diemen also knows that the Manila Justice is not so easy to fool, so how can he be a Justice? How can he try cases?

But what if the profiteer Van Diemen is not afraid of being seen through by the Justice of Manila? The Spaniards will still go to pick up Bruce's Bambrus. Van Diemen has a new place to go recently, the newly appointed Dutch East India Company in Badda

The governor of Via felt that it was unprofitable to maintain secret contacts with the Qing Dynasty, so he sent Bruce Van Diemen and his team to the Ming Dynasty as military advisors!

Therefore, Van Diemen now wants to find a successor to the situation he created in the Qing Dynasty. The Spaniard, who does not care much about profits, is obviously a very suitable successor.

Moreover, their conflict with Ming Dynasty was irreconcilable, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and take over!

Van Diemen did not bother to explain why the English wanted to be friendly with the Qing Dynasty, but directly talked about the Qing Dynasty's problems.

"The Qing Dynasty had a population of more than 11 million and a standing army of about 200,000 people. Their cavalry was very powerful, and they also had a small number of 3-pound cannons, all of which were high-quality artillery produced in England. The gunners were well-trained. In the Mongolian War in 1648

, a Qing prince commanded an army of 50,000, and defeated the Khalkha-Mongolian coalition at a very slight cost. It also caused extremely heavy casualties to the Mongols. Now the entire Mongolia is at the feet of the Qing!"

What Van Diemen is talking about is the battle between the Qing army commanded by Dodo and the Khalkha Mongol coalition supporting the Sunit tribe. It is the same as the situation in history. Dodo won a great victory! And the victory was even more glorious.

Because there were thirty or forty 3-pound bronze cannons in Duduo's army.

It may be difficult for these artillery to show its power against the Ming army's positional battles, but it is very effective against the Mongolian warriors with poor equipment and too many Amitabha chants. In the battle of Ouket Mountain, more than thirty 3-pound cannons were concentrated

They approached and opened fire, causing heavy casualties to the Mongolian coalition forces and causing chaos in their formation. Duduo took the opportunity to send out cavalry to attack, easily defeating the Mongols and leaving the Mongolian coalition troops lying dead for dozens of miles.

Now the Khalkha Mongolian tribes knew the power of the Qing Dynasty, and they cried and offered Jiubai tribute to Emperor Amadorgun to beg for mercy.

However, Dorgon, who defeated the Mongols, did not regain his ambition to go south. Instead, he transferred his energy to the Jingqili River Basin and the Yaksa area. The Daur tribe living there reported to Ningguta the discovery of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Robbers invade!

Because of the help of the "English Military Advisor", Dorgon already knew that the Rakshasa Kingdom was a vast Western power and could no longer take it lightly.

Moreover, now that the Qing Dynasty has no hope of moving south, if its hometown in the northeast is taken over by the Rakshasa Kingdom, won’t there be no place to escape?

So now he doesn't dare to take it lightly, and is considering whether to have a fight with the Rakshasa people. This is the opportunity for the "English" to withdraw and the Spaniards to enter the market to take over!

When Dorgon turned his attention to the north and wanted to protect the retreat of the Ten Banners (including the two green flags), the Ming Dynasty was busy going south to feed the Jinou Army. Jing Haijun's territory was not small. Although it was not too fat, it was

It is also an extremely humid plain. Once it is developed, it will not be a problem to transport tens of millions of tons of rice home every year.

Calculating the yield of three shi per mu, tens of millions of shi is just three to four million acres.

On Jinghaijun's territory alone, there are no less than 1.5 million acres of abandoned farmland (originally belonging to Zhan people)!

Re-cultivation is much easier than opening up new farmland, so in the eyes of Yao Daqiao and Ye Jiaxin, who really know how to farm, Jinghaihai is a treasure trove of wealth!

Outside Shanghai Shiliupu Pier.

At this time, it was a noisy and chaotic scene. There were a sea of ​​people on the pier, some of whom were waiting in line to board the ship, and some who came to see off their relatives.

Prepared to go out to sea are three bird boats carrying five to six thousand stones, belonging to a Huizhou Gang small shipyard. Now there are six maritime business groups in the southeast sea of ​​the Ming Dynasty. The largest is of course the Minnan Gang headed by the Zheng family, followed closely by

It is the Haisha Gang headed by Shen Tingyang’s Shen family. These two gangs of maritime merchants are semi-official and semi-private, and are very powerful, but they cannot monopolize maritime trade. In addition to them, there are Huizhou Gang, Ningbo Gang, Guangfu Gang and Hakka Gang.

Waiting for four maritime merchant gangs.

The reason why people form gangs is to keep each other warm.

There is no royal law at sea. Even with the order established by Zheng Zhilong and Shen Tingyang in the North and South Oceans, it cannot guarantee 100% safety.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants are now traveling further and further, and have already extended their business beyond the coastal areas of China. There, the influence of the Zheng and Shen families is not that great. Therefore, other maritime merchants are organized according to their respective places of origin.

Four major gangs.

Yao Daqiao, a big profiteer from Hubei, lost half of his street in the feudal debt crisis. Because he had business dealings with several big Huizhou merchants, he chose this street belonging to the Hui Gang on their recommendation.

of medium-sized bird boats.

"Boss Yao, don't worry. This boat of mine couldn't be more safe. No matter how big the waves are, it can't capsize. Moreover, there are 6 3-pound cannons installed on the boat. It is better to go with three bird boats. We are not afraid of pirates."

The person who is patting his chest and promising to Yao Daqiao is a Huizhou boatman. His surname is Wang. It is said that he is a member of the tribe of Wang Zhi, the owner of the Wufeng boat that roamed the coasts of China and Japan. He is in his thirties this year and has been traveling on the sea for fifteen years.

You have to look like an African.

Yao Daqiao still had some wealth, so he built a deck to transport not only people, but also goods and livestock.

He was a profiteer in an old business. He knew that he should conduct an investigation before making a big bet, but he was too impatient when he speculated on the feudal debt last time and did not conduct a thorough investigation, so he only lost half a street.

But this time he learned his lesson. Instead of attacking the Jin'ou army immediately, he sent Ye Jiaxin to go there first. It was not cheap. The shipping fee alone was hundreds of taels! If he didn't have the capital, he would have borrowed a loan shark to buy a ticket to board the ship.

, went to Jinou Army, Jing Haijun was also destined to be a coolie

But Ye Jiaxin's trip was not in vain. He found out the situation of Jin'ou Army and Jinghai Army. He knew that Jin'ou Army could not go and had to go to Jinghai Army. Jin'ou Army was full of boundless woods. It was not easy to develop them unless they wanted to cut down trees and sell wood. .

There are large areas of abandoned paddy fields over Jinghaijun. Anyone who knows anything knows that it is not difficult to re-cultivate recently abandoned farmland.

In addition, it is difficult to sell livestock and farm tools in Jinghai Haijun. The agriculture of the Zhan and Annan people is not very advanced, they lack high-quality farm tools, and the number of buffaloes is also small. If there are hundreds or even thousands of acres of land, without cattle, there will be no Good farm tools can't be used for planting at all.

So Yao Daqiao spared his money and bought a deck, bought 30 buffaloes (both male and female) and a large number of "Shenyang Iron and Steel" farm tools (not Shenyang Iron and Steel, but Shenjia Iron and Steel), and shipped them to Jinghai Navy together.
Chapter completed!