Chapter four hundred and sixty-fifth: ten thousand guns fired
Emperor Aoki smiled and refused to comment.
Weimarang said again: "I heard that the Ming Dynasty has been haunted by the Jiannu people in the north. If it is necessary, I, the Netherlands, can provide military support for the Ming Dynasty. If Your Majesty is interested in hiring our army, I think we can defeat the Jiannu people without any effort... Your Majesty can cooperate to win each other."
As soon as these words were spoken, the officials behind them were even more furious.
Emperor Aoki still refused to comment. His mind was not on the soldiers training on the beach at this time.
In addition to the concerns revealed by the huge ships in the bay, Emperor Aoki was more concerned about Zhang Jingyi's side.
Is that guy capable of giving these Dutch people some tips?
Seeing that Emperor Tianqi did not speak, Weimalang said, "Your Majesty, you can take a good look at the power of our gunship later."
Zhang Jing sat aside, bored, completely ignoring the eyes of others.
The two hundred infantrymen from the Netherlands were still performing the exercises.
However, Zhang Jingyi has to say that these Dutch mercenaries are of good quality.
Seeing that Emperor Tianqi ignored him, Weimalang came up and said, "Your Majesty, we are actually overseas and have a lot of cooperation with many Han merchants. Your Majesty asks them and you can find out what our credit is."
"Overseas Han Shang?" Emperor Tianqi suddenly became interested and said, "Are you a remnant of my Ming Dynasty exiled overseas?"
Weimarang shook his head: "There are many people of the Ming Dynasty."
As soon as these words were spoken, the officials changed their qualities later.
This is actually just an ordinary conversation.
However, Emperor Tianqi's eyes sank: "My Ming Dynasty has always been banned from the sea. Where can the Ming people do business overseas? I think they are just a group of desperate people."
Weimarang found it a little strange.
Desperate?
"No, no, no, I'm talking about serious merchants. We have always had commodity dealings with them. Otherwise, who was the trafficker who sold so much silk and porcelain? They have worked with us for a long time, and they know our goodwill..."
Emperor Tianqi pulled his face down, then looked at Zhang Jingyi, and then said, "Is it a deal between bulk commodities? Who are they?"
"This..." Weimarang finally felt something was wrong.
Emperor Apocalypse continued: "If you trade, how much porcelain and silk do you trade on weekdays?"
"That's quite a lot." Weimarang said: "There are even a few ships on a large scale."
"Is it a large sea boat?"
"Of course."
Emperor Aoki snorted coldly.
Weimarang didn't know why Emperor Tianqi was furious.
However, many of the officials behind him turned out to look extremely ugly.
All fools understand that those who can conduct large-scale transactions in this way are definitely not ordinary Han merchants, and these Han merchants can trade on a large scale, which shows that they can purchase goods in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty almost without any scruples, and sway the merchant ships into and out of the Ming ports.
The problem is that the Ming Dynasty used to be forbidden to the sea.
Even though the sea ban has been opened recently, it is actually just an official maritime trade. For ordinary people, they still pursue the strategy of not being able to go into the market.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty had a fierce debate over the sea ban, and most ministers said that sea ban was the law of the ancestors and could not be opened!
Even if we have to open the sea in the end, we believe that ordinary people must not go into the sea, so as not to collude with pirates and harm the people on the land.
But now I listen to it... It turns out that my Ming Dynasty's so-called ban on the sea to prevent people from going into the sea was useless.
So who is doing bulk commerce?
Emperor Tianqi is not a fool. Those who have the ability can be so rampant that even the sea inspection department cannot investigate and ban it. The only possibility is that someone is secretly doing big business through banning the sea.
Emperor Tianqi said lightly: "It's strange that everyone in the court opposes civilian ships going to sea, but why are there so many civilian ships selling silk and porcelain?"
His words obviously have no intention.
Zhang Jingyi sat aside and kept quiet. At this moment, he finally spoke loudly: "It's not simple? Only by banning other people's boats from going to sea, they can collude with the government to go to sea with their own power, and then obtain huge profits from monopoly. If everyone can go to sea, their silk and porcelain will not be sold at a price."
Zhang Jingyi said loudly on purpose.
He looked as if he was straightforward.
When Emperor Tianqi heard this, he was furious and snorted coldly: "Dirty!"
All the ministers remained silent, and some became embarrassed.
Emperor Tianqi said again: "But I have never known that I, the Ming Dynasty, had such a long-term talent. Logically speaking, no one reported such a big business. It can be seen that these people are so rampant that the court has raised so many officials, which is useless. Or... Could it be that some ministers in the court are involved in this matter?"
Weimarang stood aside and watched the show silently.
In fact, his intention is very obvious, just to expose the so-called myth of the Ming Emperor.
You see, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had no ability to restrain his subjects at all. Now, my Dutch ships are strong and powerful, and I have elite soldiers. I have signed this alliance under the city.
It was at this moment.
An eunuch said, "Your Majesty, it's time for noon."
Weimarang's body shook, and the corner of his eyes glanced at Emperor Aoki.
But at this moment, the four large ships began to sing flags.
"His Majesty the Emperor, our training is about to begin."
Weimarang's body was shocked and he hurriedly said, "Please pick up the telescope so that you can see more clearly."
Emperor Tianqi said lightly: "No need, I just see this."
Sure enough, when the four large ships took action, they began to raise the side sails and adjust the ship's dispatch.
Then, just when everyone was curious.
Slammed...
Countless dark muzzles were exposed from the hulls of four gunboats.
Four gunboats and more than 300 cannons showed their ferocious muzzles.
But at some point, suddenly, there was a rumbling sound...
Although the gunboat is only in the harbor.
But the sudden artillery fired at once, but the entire platform was chaotic.
This is too powerful.
I saw a dense muzzle of fire suddenly spurting out of the hull.
Immediately afterwards, countless fireballs flew out.
It seems to have the power to destroy the world.
The ministers were all caught off guard.
Someone even looked up and looked at the fireball in horror... which was flying towards this side.
Suddenly, my mother screamed, and her face looked like a slight look. She hurriedly lay down in a mess.
Emperor Aoki sat in his original position.
He watched motionlessly as countless fireballs broke through the air, and under the clear sky, the rain of fire fell like a meteor.
Under this high platform, the eunuchs and the guards who accompanied him also began to get in chaos.
Only Weimarang, who had already predicted it, smiled with a pursed lips.
Emperor Tianqi sat in place, stunned for a moment. Seeing that the scene began to be chaotic, he reacted first and suddenly shouted: "Everything is calm for me!"
A loud shout.
Finally, the slightly panicked ministers and eunuchs were reluctantly calmed down.
Zhang Jingyi sat aside and watched, her face was full of murderous intent, and her eyes flashed with sharp light.
And the fire rain finally fell.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of them hit the wharf at Dagukou.
At this time, the Dutch gunboats could not actually shoot too far, so although they were heading for the high platform, in fact, their bomb drop points were ports and docks.
In an instant, the building on the pier was ruthlessly destroyed by countless rains of fire.
There were even some foot strength and merchants who were staying on the pier, and suddenly they fell from the sky, and then they were buried in a piece of rubble with the rain of fire.
After passing the volley, the entire dock was already full of devastation. Fortunately, Emperor Tianqi came here today, so most of the people on the dock had been evacuated, but even so, there were still many casualties.
Up and down the platform, everyone was shocked to see everything in front of them, but they could do nothing!
Emperor Aoki sat in place like a statue, and then, with his eyes as sharp as a sharp blade, he suddenly looked at Weimarang and shouted sternly: "Do you dare to attack my border?"
Weimarang immediately said, "I didn't know about it in advance. This must be because the artillery lost its accuracy, which caused such an accident. I beg your Majesty to forgive me!"
"For this misunderstanding, the Netherlands is willing to compensate for all losses. We are willing to rebuild the dock here, and we are willing to provide sufficient compensation for the casualties. Please do not blame him."
By this time, everyone understood it.
This is definitely a threat, a naked, naked threat.
A round of artillery directly razed the huge dock to the ground!
What does this mean? It shows that the strength of the Dutch ships has increased day by day. With such a powerful force, if the Ming Dynasty fought with it and the other side was on the sea, even if the Ming Dynasty had only one million powerful troops, I would probably be able to sigh.
However, the Netherlands can enter and exit any port in the Ming Dynasty with a swagger, causing irreparable consequences to the Ming Dynasty at any time.
On the other hand, while the naked force threatened, Weimarang also tried his best to show humility, and spoke with surprises, misunderstandings and other words, which was obviously a step for the wise ruler and ministers at any time.
Emperor Tianqi was not stupid, so he naturally saw through the other party's tricks and sneered: "You are starting a war against me, the Ming Dynasty, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
"Don't dare." Weimalang said: "Please believe that we are coming with kindness. Regarding this misunderstanding, we will clarify this time later, and we will definitely give your Majesty an explanation!"
Weimarang had a sincere attitude, but his words were meaningful: "I firmly believe that Your Majesty will never conflict with the Netherlands because of this small accident. Once a war begins, it will be of no benefit to Your Majesty and the Netherlands."
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Chapter completed!