New Ming Empire mixed in America

But the merchant ships were hired, and they didn't feel the urgency of the Brooke Dynasty's envoys at all.

"There's gunfire ahead. What if I go too fast and someone misunderstands me as hostile?"

The captain of the merchant ship honestly regretted taking this employment mission now.

Now all the big shots in Bintulu have fled the city and returned to their estates in Kuching.

The big shots don't care about the life and death of their own country. Why should he, a businessman, fight for this colony?

That's right, not only this captain, but even many residents of the Brooke Dynasty thought this was a British colony.

Otherwise, this would not have been recognized as a British protectorate in 1888.

Just when the merchant ship was carefully brought to Li Mingqi's ship by the cruising gunboat, the shore defense artillery positions on the shore had completely disappeared from the world.

Looking at the still smoking land behind him, the envoy of the Brooke Dynasty had a complicated expression on his face.

For this position, James Brooke spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build it, but now it was completely wiped out in just ten minutes.

Zhu Zhiwen was very satisfied with the results of his gunboats.

Those shore defense artillery positions built with rocks and soil can also scare pirates or armed merchant ships.

There were no trenches, no barbed wire, no embankments, and no cement bunkers. It took more than ten minutes to give the opponent face.

You can't pretend to be a fort just by digging a hole and installing shore defense guns, let alone the other side's shore defense guns lined up near the pier.

Shaking his head and retracting his gaze, Zhu Zhiwen adjusted his military uniform and took the boat towards Li Mingqi's ship.

"This is impossible! It is impossible for Prince Regent Charles to agree to your suggestion!"

The envoy of the Brooke Dynasty looked ugly and shouted: "Let us hand over 10,000 residents to become laborers. This is simply a big joke!"

"A large part of the people living here are immigrants from Great Britain. You are not afraid of offending..."

Before he finished shouting, Li Mingqi lost interest in listening and gave Liu Erhe a wink, who understood instantly.

He took the pistol from the guard beside him and loaded it with a click. He walked up to the envoy who wanted to continue roaring and said with a sinister smile:

"The Great Britons you are talking about, we won't kill just one or two. Don't always threaten us with Dai Ying, it's useless!"

After saying that, regardless of whether the messenger understood or not, he directly put the pistol on the other person's head.

"You only need to decide whether you want to sign or not. You don't have to worry about other things. What our Lord Long Live says is a golden rule, and I have to follow it even when the King of Heaven comes!"

Although the envoy had never seen such a pistol, anyone would tremble if a gun was pressed against their head. Immediately, his momentum visibly dropped.

"I am just a messenger, you... I am not qualified to agree to what you are saying... I have not been authorized..."

This time, the messenger finally stopped pretending that he did not understand Chinese, and fluent Chinese came out of his mouth quickly.

"That was just the first one, there will be a second one next."

Seeing that the envoy became quiet, Li Mingqi continued to mention his conditions unhurriedly:

"You go back and tell Charles to hand over James Brooke's immediate family members and those who participated in the massacre. I can recognize him as the king of the Kingdom of Sarawak."

The Kingdom of Sarawak is the name of the Brooke Dynasty, but Europeans prefer to call this place the Brooke Dynasty.

Upon hearing this condition, the expression on the messenger's face was very wonderful.

He didn't know whether this Oriental dictator did it on purpose, because one of the people who participated in the massacre was Charles.

Li Mingqi had very sharp eyes. After noticing the expression on the messenger's face, he asked calmly:

"What? Your master behind you, Prince Regent Charles, is also involved?"

The envoy was startled by Li Mingqi's cold tone and said quickly: "No, those were all done by James Brooke..."

But the more eager he was to help Charles shirk Li Mingqi, the more suspicious he became.

He said to Liu Erhe: "Okay, take him to prison and recall who participated in the massacre."

After saying that, he set his sights on the messenger again.

"Since your master is involved, why don't you sign any treaty or negotiate? It would be easier to just start a war!"

I thought that Prince Regent Charles, who was only a money-loving man in the eyes of other prisoners, could not participate in the massacre, but he did not expect that he actually participated!

This guy who took advantage of James Brooke's feud with his nephew John was just lucky, but he didn't expect that the other guy actually rose through the ranks through practical combat skills.

Where does military exploits come from?

Of course it’s war!

The most noteworthy war in recent years is definitely the Shilongmen Chinese Uprising.

Because only a battle of this scale can give birth to a group of vested interests.

Soon, the envoy was taken down and questioned cordially. As for what the other party said about the envoy having diplomatic immunity, Li Mingqi thought it was just a fart.

Small countries have such immunity, their king and regent Li Mingqi will be killed, let alone him as the envoy.

"Order Cheng Yuanliang to open up a safe area for landing."

Li Mingqi watched the secretaries in the Secretariat finish recording and continued to give instructions:

"Let Ding Yi land with his regiment. I don't believe that all the officials in their capital have escaped. I'll capture every one of them!"

Just now, he learned from the messenger that Charles, the regent, had run away. Although the other party said that Charles went to the manor for vacation.

But Li Mingqi would definitely not believe this reason.

How could it be such a coincidence that the day before the Pacific Fleet blocked the door, Prince Regent Charles went on vacation.

No matter how big your heart is, you cannot do such a thing.

But for Li Mingqi, these are not problems.

Most of the other party's property cannot be taken away from Bintulu. As long as he grasps the other party's vital points, he will have the confidence to make that regent appear in front of him honestly.

And the Regent, the last guy who called himself the Regent is still running a hotel in San Francisco.

He, the regent of an indigenous kingdom, still dares to do this.

This time he was in a hurry, so Jingguan couldn't make it.

Moreover, the place is remote, and even if the Jingguan is built, it will not have a deterrent effect, so the next best thing is to ask for free labor.

This time Li Mingqi wants to build a transfer station here in the Far East.

The initial target location is Ryukyu, and if Ryukyu is acquired in the future, large-scale construction will be inevitable, so the role of these laborers will be highlighted.

Of course, even if there are no such workers, Li Mingqi can also 'hire' a group of free workers from the Brooke Dynasty.

There would be no room for maneuver at that time, and Li Mingqi would definitely give priority to 'hiring' foreigners to do the work.

This will not only improve the morale of the people at the future transit station, but also make people living in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty realize that foreigners are not a big deal.

Li Mingqi had a new order to issue, so the part-time liaison officer in the secretariat became busy.

And Zhu Zhiwen had just grabbed the rope thrown from His Majesty's ship, and he was very excited to meet you this time.

Not only can I get a good reputation in front of His Majesty, but I might also be "put on an extra burden".

Isn’t this how his immediate boss Cheng Yuanliang rose to power?

But just when he was about to board the ship, the deputy who came with him stopped Zhu Zhiwen:

"Master Zhu, His Majesty has arranged a task for us. This interview has been postponed..."