New Shun 1730

Liu Yu did not respond very positively to the Dutch's "goodwill" warning to beware of the British, but still had that half-smiley expression.

Liu Yu was actually quite happy about the Dutch's reminder.

He could fully understand the Dutch's mentality. This mentality was the same as when he bought French ginseng to increase the value of North America to France. It was purely a mentality of "I can't get it, but I can't let the people I hate take advantage of it."

In short, this is called harming others and not benefiting oneself.

As for the Dutch's conjecture, the Privy Council had already deduced it countless times.

If Britain knew the news that Dashun had declared war on the Netherlands, it would be so happy that it would jump high: first, the Sino-French cooperation in India had confirmed the bluff; second, except for the British East India Company, no one else could immediately fill the ecological niche of the Dutch leaving.

Someone had to sell spices in Europe and the United States.

Since Liu Yu regarded Britain as a thorn in his side, it was naturally impossible for Britain to take advantage of this big advantage. He had been planning in Europe for a long time, wasn't it to cooperate with the Netherlands and prevent the British from taking advantage?

It's just that there's no need to tell these people this at this time.

Since these people are against Britain, it's all good. If they can really cooperate in the future, maybe they will go back to their old ways and fight the British fleet at sea.

These Dutch talents must be sent back to the Netherlands in one piece. Officers are hard to come by, especially naval officers. The courage and ability to adapt to situations of these Dutch people are pretty good.

However, Liu Yu couldn't fully express his idea of ​​cooperating with the Dutch at this time.

It's not a good deal to rush to the front.

"You don't need to worry about the foreign trade of the Celestial Empire. The policy is flexible. Catholic France can ally with the pagan Ottoman Empire. The Celestial Empire prohibits religion, but can ally with Catholic France. As for whether to cooperate with the British... I will write down your suggestions, but I want to tell you that the Dutch East India Company originally had dual attributes."

"Supplier of spices."

"Seller of spices."

"Two in one. Now that the one is separated, the Celestial Empire can at least guarantee that it is a supplier. As for the seller... I think there are more options."

"The Celestial Empire supports free trade. In fact, this Once I went to Europe to negotiate with you Dutch, and the reason why the negotiations finally broke down was because you refused free trade. If we can have free trade, of course it would be good. "

"But if all European countries continue to maintain the mercantilist high tariff policy, then I think the following Kanhe system can also be adopted for the supply of spices in the future. Each country can get the goods that can be sold in its own country's market according to the quota ratio, and do not interfere with each other. "

"The goods Portugal has taken are enough to sell in Portugal and its colonies. The Spanish, French, and Russians are like this, so it is not impossible, right? "

After this monopoly, the model of dividing the sales area is of course feasible. Although Liu Yu is fundamentally opposed, he still has to pass on a message to the Dutch through these people: Dashun has many options.

It can cooperate with the British in an all-round way and hand over the exclusive rights of spices in Europe and the United States to the British. Just like cooperating with the Russians and handing over the exclusive rights of rhubarb in Europe to the Russians.

The advantage of doing this is that there is a precedent for the Russian rhubarb trade, which is easier to learn from. Distributors will advertise their products themselves, such as rhubarb, which was hyped by the Russians to the point that it was almost like a high-end health product.

Of course, a quota-based distribution model can also be adopted, because Dashun can definitely monopolize spices, so this method is also feasible.

Even in the long run, it can completely squeeze out South American spices.

The Dutch are most clear about this.

Whether it is the spice monopoly or the Ostend Tea Incident of the year, the Dutch used the standard monopoly process: first lower the price, rely on capital subsidies to fight a price war, squeeze out the opponent, form a monopoly, and raise the price again.

The Ostend Tea Incident was the last commercial glory of the Dutch East India Company.

Almost at the same time as the decline of the Netherlands, the Dutch East India Company was no longer able to fight a hearty monopoly war in the trade war.

In just 20 years, no one would have thought that the VOC, which was so glorious and spent money that the Austrians didn't know how much more the Dutch could spend, was about to collapse.

These words are all words that the Dutch can understand. If someone else were to change, they might not understand the business logic Liu Yu said, but the Dutch would definitely understand.

In order to make the Dutch more sober and easier to make the "correct" choice, Liu Yu added: "I have always looked down on the decision-making ability of your company's board of directors. You have made too many wrong decisions since the Ostend Tea Incident, focusing too much on short-term dividends, or maintaining stock dividends to cover up the weakness of insufficient cash."

"The Celestial Empire will try its best to avoid your mistakes. For example, Ceylon cinnamon, with such cheap labor costs and natural cinnamon bark everywhere, you know that the Portuguese brought cinnamon to Brazil, but you continue to raise prices and reduce production for short-term profits... What is the level of labor costs in Brazil? What is the level of labor costs for Tamil slaves? A black slave costs 40 pounds, and a Tamil slave can have 4 pounds?"

"To be honest, as an outsider, I feel that your board of directors has been marinated with spices. Shouldn't you increase production, reduce prices, and let all the cinnamon plantations in Brazil go bankrupt before raising prices? You are the world's first multinational monopoly company. Is this how you play monopoly?"

"So, during your time in Southeast Asia, you should come to me often, and I will enlighten you more. After you go back, tell the stupid people on the board of directors about what you have seen and learned from me."

The Dutch heard something different in these words.

Obviously, there is something behind the words.

But Liu Yu stopped talking about this and did not continue to delve into this topic. Instead, he turned the topic to another place.

"By the way, your former Grand Speaker, Anthony, is now in the Celestial Empire. One reason is to seek refuge, to avoid being skinned alive and eaten by angry citizens like the former Grand Speaker John DeWitt; the other reason is to discuss trade issues and diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands. You also know that the emperor is very angry with you. Other countries have sent ambassadors, but you, the Netherlands, are so arrogant that you let the East India Company send people to the capital."

"When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses are buried and blood is flowing. He simply destroyed the East India Company as a punishment for disrespecting the Celestial Empire."

"However, once the Nanyang incident is over, the East India Company is probably gone, and the punishment has been paid, and there are not so many conflicts between China and the Netherlands. I think the previous things can be written off."

"Zhoushan, Penghu, Taiwan, and even your disrespect can all be written off, and don't mention it again in the future."

"I have made a small contribution to China and the Netherlands. Normalizing relations, using the simplest and crudest method, cleared up the historical problems - you see, taking back the South Seas and bankrupting the East India Company, this completely solved the historical problems, how good is that? "

"Sino-Dutch relations should open a new page. In fact, when I captured the main force of your fleet, I had already sent a ship to invite your former Grand Speaker Anthony. He has been in Songjiang. Now it is a favorable wind. I hope to have a meal with him, you, the Governor of Batavia, and the envoys of the kings and chiefs of the South Sea countries in Batavia or Malacca to end this war. "

"Time is limited. I still have to continue to fight with your Governor, and he will not surrender directly. In this case, I will not accompany you for the time being. Let's see you in Batavia or Malacca. "

Waving his hand, the guards around him escorted the defeated and captured captains to the cabin, and Liu Yu asked them to give them food according to the treatment of officers.

A small team of professional guards were sent to follow them. Every time they fought, they had to be brought along to watch to ensure that they could correctly recognize the strength of Dashun in Southeast Asia.

Since Liu Yu felt that his way of thinking was incompatible with the Dutch, he should let the professional Dutch officers experience it in person, and use the language that the Dutch could understand, and go back to tell their own experiences to break the old impression that had been fixed since the previous dynasty.

After these Dutch captains were escorted down, the battlefield on the sea was basically cleaned up. As early as when recruiting Fujian and Guangdong sailors and marines, Liu Yu asked Du Feng to go to Taiwan to preside over the construction of the military port, and these damaged ships could return to Taiwan for repairs first.

At the same time, he also sent messengers to send letters to various small countries in Southeast Asia. Tell them that the king has returned, the Celestial Empire is back, and these small countries are different from Ceylon. They understand what tribute means, and it is much easier to deal with them.

Batavia, which is close at hand, is a good place to show that Dashun is killing chickens with a butcher knife. Calculating the time, it should be in time.

It seems that the Dutch army besieging Jingliwen must be running away. Go back to defend Batavia, otherwise the scene of this drama will be much worse. If there is only an empty city left, how can the momentum be played?

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In Jingliwen Fortress, Niu Er, who understood the strategic intention of the Privy Council, was not prepared to give Liu Yu such an opportunity.

He was just a soldier, and he had a big picture view, but this big picture view was only a soldier's big picture view, and he did not consider more political factors.

From the beginning, Niu Er wanted to rely on the power of the Guiyi Army to take Batavia.

The moment the mast of the court warship appeared on the sea, Niu Er made a decision and prepared to fight back.

Out of trust in Liu Yu, or a kind of personal worship, he never thought that the court fleet would lose.

Based on this, and based on the victory of the Dashun Navy, Niu Er had a preliminary judgment on the next move of the Dutch who were besieging the city opposite.

1: The Dutch must run away, fearing that after Dashun gained control of the sea, they would directly capture Batavia.

2: The Dutch cannons were all transported by warships. The Dutch had never considered the possibility of losing control of the sea in Southeast Asia. Therefore, if the Dutch wanted to run away, they would definitely not be able to take the cannons with them, and they could all be seized.

Because of the sequelae of the war with the Eastern Tartars during the difficult period of the founding of Dashun, and the PTSD of the traitorous artillery team of the Later Jin Dynasty, seizing the cannons was a great achievement, a very, very great achievement.

So Niu Er made a decision: during the bombardment between the navy and the Dutch fleet, take the initiative to attack and seize the Dutch cannons. Let the more than 1,000 people that the Guiyi Army had already prepared intercept along the way and destroy the effective forces of the Batavia defenders in the field, resulting in a result of losing both the land and the people.