New Shun 1730

As long as we don't think about Dashun's conquest of Ceylon, Liu Yu's words are absolutely good news for the Netherlands.

Dashun got benevolence and justice, and the company got benefits, and each got what it needed.

A country is not a company, and benevolence, at least in name, should be higher than benefits.

Although the official name of the Netherlands should be [Lowland Parliamentary Capitalist Commercial Oligarch Republic Alliance], there were also powerful governors during the struggle period. The difference between a country and a company can still be understood by the Dutch present.

Liu Yu picked up the plan again and waved it twice in the air.

"We are not good at doing business, and you are not good at cultivating land. This plan is totally unqualified."

"How about this, I will send a few people now, and you also send a few people to go to Ceylon together. We will conduct a field survey of the local climate and soil conditions, and we will formulate a more complete plan without involving your company's governance."

"Any questions?"

The Dutch present felt that there seemed to be no problem. Anyway, the Dashun side was aggressive, and it was not too much to ask to send people to Ceylon to supervise the implementation and protect the rights of the Chinese.

"Mr. Marquis, we can agree to this request. But can you be sure that you will not interfere in the internal affairs of our company in the future?"

"Of course. The premise is that you must clearly state the responsibilities, obligations, and tax systems. As long as it is clearly stated, these Tang people who go out to sea to make a living are under your rule. Just like if missionaries make mistakes in the court, the Roman Catholic Church has no right to govern them, right? We Dashun are reasonable and require equal diplomacy. Since you support that all Catholics within the Celestial Empire should not be governed by the Roman Catholic Church, we should also return the favor and support your jurisdiction over Nanyang... But the premise is that there should be no similar head tax incidents or massacres in Luzon."

These days, words in diplomatic occasions are no different from farting.

But the Dutch still believe it. They didn't believe it at first, but the War of the Spanish Succession crippled the Netherlands, so for decades, they almost deceived themselves by believing that diplomats can solve all problems.

What can they do if they don't believe it? If you can't get it on the battlefield and don't want to be completely desperate, you might as well lie to yourself that diplomacy can solve most disputes.

If Liu Yu's words are true, it actually solves the biggest dispute between China and the Netherlands on the Nanyang issue: whether those Chinese are still under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Empire.

With this sentence, the Dutch are slightly relieved. Because the Hongxi Massacre in history did not happen, the Dutch can now justifiably denounce the brutality of the Spanish.

By the way, it's still dog-eat-dog, saying that in Taiwan, the Spanish also occupied part of Taiwan and built a castle.

They didn't know, they thought that the people Liu Yu said were sent to Ceylon were civil servants who could farm and account, but in fact they were staff officers of the Privy Council.

Since the plan still needs to be revised, it is not convenient to discuss the plan now. Valkniel knew that Liu Yu would talk about whether it was about trade or equal tariffs, so he took the initiative to mention it.

"Mr. Marquis, we have already written down the specific situation of the trade issue you mentioned. However, this is an internal matter of our republic, so it is inconvenient for you to read it. Support or oppose, that is for the Federal Parliament and the Board of Directors to consider."

"But don't worry, as long as the Board of Directors and the Federal Parliament make a decision, the Batavia government will definitely do its best to implement it."

"We will send someone to Europe with you. You can rest assured that the Board of Directors will not delay it by waiting for feedback from Batavia as you said."

Liu Yu thought that whether to delay or not is just what I care about. Anyway, between the two evils, choose the lesser one. Compared with the equal trade and tariff agreement, you will definitely be more willing to accept the Kanhe trade. But none of this matters. The important thing is that I am going to make you bankrupt and reorganize.

"Well, indeed, you don't have the decision-making power. I just don't want your company's board of directors to use the excuse of needing your feedback. Since it's your internal matter, it's really inconvenient for me to check it."

"Then, before I set sail for Europe, there are only two things left: sending people to Ceylon to inspect and revise the plan, and I have to go to Surabaya and other places to comfort the rest of the Tang people."

"Even if there are pirates here, I have a fleet with me, so there's no need to worry. I think your fleet should not follow, just do what you have to do. It costs money to set sail. With this money, it's better to invest more in the Tang immigrants in Ceylon and invest in advance for more land taxes in the future, isn't it?"

The more he said this, the more the Dutch wanted to "argue with reason".

The fleet escorted the voyage, of course, it costs money, how can it save money lying in the harbor? But if this money is saved, those small chiefs may send people to the capital to pay tribute tomorrow, and we will have to spend more money in the future, and this money cannot be saved.

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A few months later, the monsoon blew.

The violent waves of the Indian Ocean gradually subsided, and the Dutch warships, which had been escorted by Liu Yu for several months, welcomed the long-awaited rest of the sailors.

The Netherlands thought that he was a beautiful male peacock and had occupied a female peacock named Nanyang. At this time, Dashun was swaying his beautiful tail feathers and walking around Nanyang, trying to seduce her.

Perhaps Dashun's tail feathers are not beautiful enough, or perhaps this "peacock" from South Asia still has feelings for the Netherlands, so the effect does not seem to be obvious. And it looked like the tail feathers were gorgeous enough, but it seemed that they hadn't learned how to display them yet, so they left in despair.

It’s just that the Dutch don’t know that displaying their tail feathers is just a cover for burying snake eggs in the Southeast Asia that will be highly venomous after hatching.

The Dutch won, driving off the males displaying their tail feathers on their territory.

Dashun also won, attracting the attention of the Netherlands. A large number of guns, gunpowder, and officers were sent to Java, as well as a crucial "Reform Plan for the Land Issue of Village Communities in the Bandung Region".

Within a few months, the Privy Council's staff and high-level spies affiliated with the Privy Council's Staff Department made a full circle of Chinese settlements in Southeast Asia - every important trading node and important fortress of the Dutch must have a Chinese settlement. .

Strange things come from righteousness, and without righteousness, strange things cannot come out. If you don't know how to build a plank road, you can't cross Chencang secretly. This is why I count you.

Building plank roads and crossing Chencang are all for the purpose of getting out of the pass. Dashun deliberately displayed force in a big way, or secretly supported the rebel army, all for the purpose of going to Southeast Asia. Sending warships to comfort Nanyang is to build plank roads, and sending guns and artillery to support the rebels is to cross Chencang.

At this moment, the rebel army is righteous and the fleet is strange; after a few years, the fleet is righteous and the rebel army is strange. The transformation between right and wrong is the art of war.

At this moment, the Batavia government, which seemed to have finally sent away the plague god, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In Colombo, Ceylon, the "God of Plague" was also bidding farewell to the officers of the Dashun Nanyang Fleet.

Mi Ziming and Du Feng accompanied Liu Yu, walking and chatting along the white sandy beach of Colombo. The escorting soldiers guarded and blocked the coastline, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching.

Colombo is still hot in January, even worse than Weihai in June and July. A few people casually strolled on the beach just to say goodbye.

"After you go back, you should seize the time to eliminate the pirates. This is mainly for training troops, but also to prevent some people who have lost interests from joining the pirates after going to Southeast Asia in the future."

"After Bering and others returned, the expedition fleet was divided into two teams. One team repaired, and the other team rested for a while before continuing to sail to explore more accurate sea maps to Xinkuwu."

"You guys, recruit a group of people, three to five hundred, seven to eight hundred people are good. Send them to a big island in the southern hemisphere. Set up an outpost first, raise cattle, herd sheep, and grow wheat, and there will be no tax. As long as it can ensure the future It would be nice to have food available when we go ashore to provide supplies and emigrate.”

"You should understand the truth behind this. Just like immigrating to Vladivostok, the first group of people are the logistics for subsequent immigrants. The more local people there are, the lower the cost of immigrating in the future."

Both of them knew that they would go to Nanyang sooner or later. Seeing that Liu Yu was still thinking about immigrating in the future, Du Feng only said: "I understand your intention. This Nanyang is for money; and Xin Kuwu is for money." In the future, people may find a way to survive, but they may lose money. Nanyang is too hot and there are many diseases, so it is not a good place for farming. "

"New Kuwu is not a top priority. However, freezing three feet is not a day's cold. If we don't prepare today, even if we have the conditions to immigrate in the future, there are already people farming and raising cattle in the local area, which is just a barren grassland. It is different. language."

"This wretched place... is not even as good as Ezo. Ezo can still sell grain to the Japanese. Even if the food grown in this wretched place is similar to the food grown in the Songhua River back then. It's just that the food you eat is not what the merchants see. food."

"In my opinion, there must be a kind of ship that can cross the equatorial windless zone before it can be considered truly qualified. Speaking of which, your Excellency has made the improved Newcomen steam engine. I wonder if you will be able to make it when you come back? Didn't you say , in the future we will rely on that thing for paddling. When we first attacked the Japanese country, we would not have to be blocked by the Japanese boats in Xiaguan, which scared us away from entering Xiaguan. If we had such a boat, we would be able to cross the windless zone. ”

Having been a captain for so long, the translation methods for words like ocean currents and windless zones have long been fixed. The windless zone was the biggest obstacle to immigrants to the Southern Hemisphere in the age of sail.

Liu Yu is still full of confidence in this point.

"As late as thirty years, as short as ten years or so. I think you and I will be able to see the things I described to you in our lifetimes."

After saying that, he praised Du Feng again.

"However, you finally understand some of the laws of how the world works. The only way out for the big islands in the southern hemisphere is to find gold. Once gold is found, there will be more people digging for gold. Only when it is profitable to grow food, raise cattle and sheep, and then there will be people Go there to buy land and people to cultivate it. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult to immigrate there—the rich would not go, and the poor would not be able to go.”

"I believe that in such a big place, there will definitely be gold. Only gold is the original driving force for immigrants in the southern hemisphere. Whether the Chinese language can be spread there as soon as possible depends on whether God has buried some gold there."

"Hopefully, God has gold buried in the south."

Du Feng was also very happy to be praised by Liu Yu.

However, just after being happy for a moment, Liu Yu's topic became serious again.

"No one can say for sure what happens at sea. I am silent and can blame the gods, but if I say goodbye today, I will see you again in at least three years. I still have to tell you some things."

"If anything happens to me on the way, my plan to go to Nanyang will continue."

"I have also told Ziming about some subsequent things. If I really can't come back, Ziming will also tell you about some arrangements after going to Southeast Asia. I don't know the road after that. At that time, everyone will rely on their own abilities and ask their own consciences to do what you think is right."

People who have been floating on the sea for many years certainly don't care about life and death, but it is still a bit heavy to say these words at this time.

Mantou's face was calm. Liu Yu had already explained it clearly to him.

Du Feng's face was not calm. He wanted to say something, but it turned into a blessing in the end.

"I only wish you a safe journey."

"As for what you said, do what you think is right... things that are too far away, I don't know. But I know that going to Southeast Asia and occupying India are the right things. I can't even understand the rest of the things, or the things in the court, so how can I know right or wrong?"

Liu Yu smiled, patted Du Feng's shoulder, then stretched out his hand and shook hands with the two people solemnly.

"Go, go back. I won't see you off. See you in three years."