New Shun 1730

Outside, of course, is the outside of the Celestial Empire.

The Celestial Empire is not just Dashun, but also includes the surrounding vassal states. Born in Dashun, there is actually nothing to see around the Celestial Empire.

Kang Budai wanted to go to the West, but he had no chance in recent years.

What he wanted was just to learn from others' experience.

Hearing Liu Yu say that he might have another chance to go out in the next few days, he hurriedly asked, "Sir, are you going too?"

"Yes. I have already proposed it to His Majesty. When the matter of the Japanese is settled, the court will appoint me as the Nanyang Envoy to comfort the Chinese in Nanyang and supervise the Dutch migration of the Chinese in Batavia."

"When the matter over there is settled, I will go to Europe again. But Ziming should not go. The Fujian-Guangdong naval base is just being built, and you have to get a good position. If you leave now, you will have no position in the future."

In recent years, he has traded with Westerners a lot, and he knows that he has to catch up with the monsoon to go to the West, so he usually sails in winter.

If time is tight and Kang Budai is asked to finish these two books within half a year, leaving a mess behind, then he will have to set sail this winter.

Liu Yu will definitely go to Nanyang to comfort the people first, and Kang Budai may have to follow him, which makes time even tighter.

"What do you think about the Dutch matter, sir?"

Kang Budai also knew that Liu Yu had been keeping an eye on Nanyang. Whether it was training the Qingzhou army to conquer Junggar or attacking Japan to sign a treaty, the purpose was to allow the court to be at ease without worries, and to expand towards Nanyang after seeing the benefits of starting a war.

Now that the northwest has been pacified and the money has been extorted from attacking Japan, everything is ready, so it is natural to set eyes on Nanyang.

However, how to deal with the Netherlands, Kang Budai wants to hear Liu Yu's thoughts.

"First, make concessions to reassure the Dutch. In the name of compensation for the elimination of the Japanese-Dutch trade, reduce the Dutch tariffs and ship entry tax. I can't be involved in this matter. Someone has to play the good cop and someone has to play the bad cop."

"Go to Nanyang to comfort the people. I have to go there. In Tianjin, I led people to beat up Dutch sailors. I am the good cop."

"Use Nanyang as a 'hostage' to force the Netherlands to acquiesce to the 'Sino-Swiss Joint Trade Company'. In the next few years, let the sea merchants go to Europe to expand their business and get close to the Dutch and British smugglers to build relationships."

"I will go to Nanyang to scare them and force the Dutch to agree. "We are not interested in our cooperation with Sweden in trade, and we are acting as if we will attack Nanyang if they disagree. Now, after passing the Cape of Good Hope, nothing can be done without the Dutch's nod. There is nothing we can do about it."

"Then we just have to wait for the right time. When the time comes, we will kill them directly and never give them any chance to talk back."

Using Nanyang as a hostage... This idea suits Kang Budai's appetite very much. He smiled and said, "Sir, this is a slap in the face, a sweet date, and another slap in the face. Seize the Japanese-Dutch trade, reduce tariffs, and then ask the Netherlands to recognize the Sino-Swedish joint venture. This is a really good time."

This is not just about the Netherlands.

Britain has now gone to war with Spain. The Dashun war against Japan also told Britain that the Dashun navy is a force that cannot be ignored in Asia. In East Asia in Western geography, and of course Southeast Asia, nothing can be done without the Dashun's nod. As for South Asia, now even a fart doesn't make a sound. Dashun may not be as influential as Afghanistan.

Luzon, if Dashun wants Spain to win, Britain can't take it; if it wants Britain to win, Spain can't defend it. As long as Dashun doesn't want to take Luzon, it will be strong without desire and have the best of both worlds.

Now Britain and Spain can be sure that they will acquiesce to the Sino-Swedish joint venture, at least they can't oppose it openly.

Portugal doesn't dare. As an ally of Dashun, France is full of thoughts about changing the natives to the Han people. Its own tariffs are heavy, and it doesn't drink tea. It doesn't care much about the Sino-Swedish joint smuggling. Moreover, France has been supporting the war between Sweden and Russia. It originally instigated Sweden to go to war with Russia, but didn't give money. Dashun helped to give money, and France was still very happy.

In fact, everyone is not a fool. How many Chinese goods can Sweden sell in that small broken place? Several ships go to Gothenburg every year, and Sweden is working hard to build big ships. Even a fool knows that these goods are smuggled to Europe and the American colonies, and Sweden makes money.

But the time Liu Yu chose was really disgusting. The few who had the final say at sea could only swallow their bitterness and keep silent.

Among the European powers, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Denmark were the only ones left.

The Russian navy could play around with the Ottomans in the Black Sea, but it was a poor guy who had to monopolize the rhubarb trade with the government, so it had no right to engage in naval plunder.

Prussia did send the Apollo to Guangzhou ten years ago, but the ship was only 400 tons and was squeezed out by Denmark the next year, so there was no need to consider Prussia's attitude.

Austria had already dismantled the Ostend Company, which was equivalent to non-existence.

Denmark, like Dashun and Sweden, was all going for smuggling. They were all smugglers, and their smuggling destinations were basically the same. No one should look down on anyone, and everyone could make money together.

Taking this opportunity, as long as the Netherlands was dealt with, the Sino-Swedish joint venture smuggling would be stable, which would be the first step from "sitting at home and earning hard-earned money to going out and earning the difference as a middleman." Who makes more money, the vegetable growers or the vegetable sellers? I don't need to consider this, I want both.

The Swedish pirates have a base in Madagascar and have been seeking to cooperate with the Swedish East India Company to sell stolen goods. They can also take this opportunity to recruit them and make them their official partners, thus gaining their first foothold in Africa in Madagascar.

In order to avoid Dashun having no naval base, it would be fine for merchant ships to go to Europe after leaving India, but warships would starve to death halfway.

Dashun was not capable of bloodbathing Amsterdam, but it still had the ability to use Nanyang as a hostage. After the Sino-Japanese War, it was considered that the Dutch were persuaded.

The strategic deception of the Dutch was not because they were afraid of the growth of the Dutch military in Nanyang, but because they were afraid that the Dutch would worry about Nanyang and not get involved in the European war.

This kind of strategic deception requires a balance of tension and relaxation. It cannot be too much to make people see it as fake, nor can it be done without doing anything so that the Dutch would be scared in Europe.

Kang Budai also understood the purpose of Liu Yu's going to Europe. It may be nominally to sign a contract with the Netherlands and Sweden, but in fact to explore the way and deceive people.

This is the art of vertical and horizontal.

Thinking about Liu Yu asking him to brag about American ginseng, Kang Budai said, "Young Master, you have good intentions for France."

Liu Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "No way. There is a precious land with rich products and vast plains. Whoever can monopolize it will become a great country. I guess I can't get it."

"I can't get it, and I can't let others monopolize it."

"Sometimes, if you don't win, but don't allow others to win, then as long as you have a strong family background, you are the big winner. American ginseng is just a trigger. You have to make the French think clearly. Where do you want? Don't think about India, Africa, and America with such a small navy, and you don't know what to do."

"Britain and France are enemies for generations. In North America, it is best for Britain, Spain, and France to be in a three-way confrontation. In fact, France is easy to deal with. After going to Southeast Asia, if Britain and France go to war in India and the Celestial Empire does not support them at all, France should have withdrawn its troops and focused on North America, giving up India to induce China and Britain to go to war. "

"Don't the French know what else is valuable in Quebec besides fur? Let me show them the way and learn how the Eastern Tartars of the Later Jin Dynasty made their fortunes? Digging ginseng and collecting pearls. I will collect as much as you dig; I will buy as much as you collect."

"Don't the French know how to trade with the Celestial Empire? Let me teach them. Canadian ice is covered with sawdust as ballast stone, and fur, pearls and American ginseng are directly shipped to Guangdong. Guangdong is hot in summer, so it's just right to eat ice. They can also sell ginseng, sable fur and Eastern pearls, which are worth hundreds of thousands a year. The Eastern Tartars dig ginseng and collect pearls in Liaodong, making hundreds of thousands a year. I don't believe in rivers. Are there no Quebec and the Great Lakes? "

"Aren't the French always worried about their Indian allies dying of smallpox? I'll teach them how to vaccinate cowpox, help them spread their doctrines, and raise an Indian ally in America that is not afraid of smallpox."

"Aren't the French Indian allies not good at lining up in formation? I'll send them Minié bullets, let them hide in trees and mountains, and run away after being shot."

"In short, what I can't get, I won't allow the British to get. Even if Japan wakes up and centralizes power one day, I will lead them to America. We don't want North America, we want the South Sea, the Whale Sea and India, but we want to make North America a mess."

"As for the Netherlands, it's just a scabby disease. If I wasn't worried that he would rob merchant ships west of the Cape of Good Hope, there wouldn't be so much trouble. The country is small, and it tasted it too early "I have tasted the sweetness of lending, finance, speculation, and stocks, but I have no power to compete for the throne. This time I went to Europe, I really didn't care too much about the Netherlands. "

"I am not at ease if I let others do these things. After all, I have to go there, and invite a few great mathematicians to come. The Privy Council will undertake all the affairs of the Academy of Sciences in the future. How can it be done without a few mathematical scholars who are in charge at this time?"

"Another thing is that the Russian Hannibal has lived in the Celestial Empire for so long. It's time to send him back to see his sister. All the captured Cossacks who are willing to return home should be sent back and landed in St. Petersburg."

"You can't write two Luo characters with one stroke. The coup of the Guards is a tradition of the Luo family. It must be tasted and seen."

Hearing this, Kang Budai stood up excitedly, his hands trembling a little, and his breathing suddenly became rapid.

The biggest dream of traditional literati is to imagine that he can also have a Longzhong discussion, lying in Longzhong, knowing the situation of the world divided into three parts.

But at the same time, the biggest dream of traditional literati is to cultivate oneself, govern the country and bring peace to the world, and they don't like the world to be in chaos. They envy the scholars of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, but they don't want the world to be like this.

This contradiction makes many traditional literati always feel "unappreciated".

They hope that the world will be in chaos and compare themselves to Guan Zhong and Yue Yi; but they also hope that the world will be peaceful and the country will be prosperous and the people will be happy.

Before, the concept of the world was so big. The world is equal to the world, and the world is also equal to the world. These two dreams are contradictory, either becoming a saint who worries about the world first, or a traitor who messes up the world with his own selfishness.

Now, the concepts of the world and the world have changed, and these two traditional dreams are no longer contradictory. Governing the country and bringing peace to the world, and fighting against the chaos of the world are no longer contradictory, and you can only choose one and give up the other.

Kang Budai heard that Liu Yu's purpose of going to Europe was to learn to be a troublemaker. How could he not be excited?

He personally participated in a "Longzhong Plan", and he might even make a big contribution to this plan in the future.

For a literati, is there anything more exciting and enjoyable than this?

Watching the world change in his own hands, he is the maker of all this, the conductor behind it, and a personal participant. This feeling is more enjoyable than scribbling and writing poems after being drunk.

Kang Budai has been wild and unrestrained all his life, but sometimes he would have dark thoughts in his heart. He thought that if he had been born a hundred years earlier, when heroes rose up in the late Ming Dynasty, even if he could not become the Taizu Emperor, he could always kick Niu Jinxing away with one foot, right?

Having followed Liu Yu for so long, he saw that Liu Yu's actions were becoming more and more difficult to understand. It was obvious that he was not just a loyal minister. He thought that he would have a chance to have a great life in this life, sharpen his sword and ask the world where there was injustice?

Who would have thought that he would jump out of the Celestial Empire and do the things that the Warring States strategists did. This was really a display of his spirit.

Thinking about what he had done before, boringly checking the accounts, boringly supervising the workshops, boringly helping Liu Yu to take care of the rewards and encouragement for technological progress, boringly counting how much money Liu Yu and himself had made...

At this moment, all the boredom before became preparations for today's chaos, peace, and division of the world. Instantly, the boredom before was sublimated, which was really refreshing.

Just like a woman giving birth, the pain of pregnancy and the suffering of childbirth are worth savoring the moment she holds her baby.