"The Dutch's ship is gone." The young secretary Peng Yuanzhi walked into the official office on Zhifu Island and said softly to Shao Shude.

This is the heart of the people in the east coast of the Far East - the Development Team, the Hei Water Security Command, the Northern War Zone Command and other institutions - a large area of ​​brick and stone-built Eastern-style buildings stand on the desolate and barren Zhifu Island, with carved eaves and painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions, which are cost-effective at first glance.

Shao Shude was old and could no longer adapt to staying in the dark and humid underground command room of Yantai Fortress, so he spent a huge amount of money to build a new office area on Zhifu Island - this is the far east of the emperor's sky high. If he were in the local area, it would be impossible to "waste public funds" to build such a grand office place - now, except for the Fortress Guard Command in Yantai, other institutions have moved out of narrow bastions and entered a spacious and bright new office area.

"These European countries are local and overseas colonies are another policy, which makes us feel at a loss." Shao Shude, wearing a woolen coat, sat on a chair covered in bearskin, threw down the booklet he had just held in his hand, and said in an uneven manner: "In Europe, the relationship between the Netherlands and us is constantly improving, but in this Far East, the Dutch East India Company is picking at us, which is really outrageous; while our relationship with Portugal has always been very cold in Europe, and the two sides have no contact. Even out of strong Catholic sentiment, the Portuguese are still hostile to us. 4☆ But in Asia, they came to Dinghai and Yantai from Macau to improve relations and carry out trade with us. This is really...can't say anything!"

Shao Shude's words were not groundless. This year, the Dutch finally verbally agreed to cut off trade with the Qing court in view of the small amount of raw silk and tea sold to them by Dinghai Port. However, Shao Shude and others still have doubts about this. They are not sure whether the Dutch will implement it seriously. Fortunately, now in Fujian, the southern coastal seas of Zhejiang have basically been controlled by the Zheng family, and the northern coastal seas of Zhejiang are the scope of activities of the Navy on the east coast. They dare not come over to make trouble with the Dutch courage.

The sea area of ​​the Changshan Islands is now the target of the East Coast people's inspection. It is estimated that the Dutch will not come to this point again. The only thing left is the coast of Jiangbei, but there are ships passing by on the east coast from time to time. If the Dutch don't want to cause serious diplomatic incidents, it is better to restrain themselves - now the East Coast also starts to sell some raw silk and tea for them every year. If you don't know what to do, the powerful "Cadis Rock" will be opened to the door to argue.

However, although the Dutch gave in verbally, Shao Shude and others still felt distrustful in their hearts, just as the Dutch never trusted the East Coast people. Even though this time, the Dutch East India Company specially sent ships to the territory of the East Coast people and brought rice, spices, precious wood, coral pearls, gems, lead, tin, iron, sulfur and other goods needed by the East Coast people, this could not change Shao Shude's deep-rooted view. He still felt that these two-faced Dutch people were extremely dangerous. If necessary, it would be better to incite the Zheng family to send troops to seize Taiwan - but now they are having fun in Fujian, and I am afraid they are not willing to go to a masturbation place like Taiwan.

As for the Dutch, the Portuguese must be much more "cute". This may be because their situation is relatively bad. Since 1641, the Dutch East India Company's strength on the water surface of Asia has increased day by day. They have launched a full-scale competition with the Portuguese from the coast of East Africa to Japan in the Far East. In this process, due to the loss of key Japanese trade, the Portuguese's financial strength is far inferior to that of the Netherlands. The Dutch shipped about 15 million florin pieces of gold from Japan every year (Florin gold coins originally contained 35 grams of gold, but by the 1750, the gold content per florin was about 28-29 grams. Therefore, even according to the most conservative algorithm, the money still exceeded 20 million east coast silver dollars). In recent years, although the amount of gold and silver exports of Japan has slowed down, it is still no problem for the Dutch to ship 13 million florin every year.

This huge amount of funds went far away from the Portuguese and then entered the pockets of the Dutch East India Company. How could it not affect the balance of power balance between the two sides on the water surface of Asia? In recent years, the Dutch drove the Portuguese away from the East Indies, and then captured Malacca and the Portuguese India Malabar and the Coromandel coast, and then occupied half of Ceylon Island. The Portuguese had been operating for more than a century and were beaten to pieces. How could this prevent them from being angry? This was also the reason why they caught up after hearing that the East Coast people were in disagreement with the Dutch East India Company. The armistice agreement between them and the Dutch had just ended in 1652, and the war was about to rekindle.

Shao Shude actually knew his demand for the Portuguese, that is, the two sides joined forces to drive away the Dutch East India Company, and then sat down and slowly divided the interests. Unfortunately, this goal is too big and not realistic. In addition, the main interest of the East Coast people in the Far East is immigration, and everything else, including economic interests, can be abandoned if necessary. Therefore, Shao Shude really did not want to agree to the Portuguese request.

It is one thing for the East Coast people to engage in friction with the Dutch and even fight low-intensity naval wars along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. The Dutch may not even take it seriously. However, if they really join forces with the Portuguese to fight with the Dutch East India Company, the problem will be serious. The Dutch have seven or eight large professional warships and dozens of armed merchant ships in the East Indies. This force must not be underestimated. If you take revenge, the seven professional warships on Liu Haiyang may not be able to withstand it. At that time, will it be possible to stop immigration business and then install all immigration transport ships with artillery and arm them? Isn’t that nonsense!

Therefore, Shao Shude can only apologize for the "guests" coming from Macau. There is no problem in doing business, but it is better to avoid forming an alliance to fight with the Netherlands. This is not in the interests of the East Coast Republic of China.

"It's all due to interests." Hearing Shao Shude's complaint, Peng Yuanzhi quickly took the booklet he threw away at random and put it in place, and then poured a cup of tea for Shao Shude, saying: "It's not difficult to understand that the Portuguese want to have a good relationship with us in the Far East. After all, they are not having a good life now. The Dutch are all idiots who are greedy for small gains. They may not be very hostile to us, but they are just habitually arrogant. It feels that if we hadn't controlled Ningbo Prefecture and resumed normal production, and were able to export some raw silk and tea to them, they might not have been willing to pay attention to us. In fact, this is normal."

"Forget it, as long as they don't touch our bottom line, then don't worry about him. Of course, the business will be done as expected. Many of the goods they shipped are urgently needed. The prices are cheap, so fools won't buy them." Shao Shude drank a cup of camellia produced in Fenghua and said, "Tell me what happened to Wei Boqiu? I remember the representative he sent to have found you privately. What's the situation?"

"That's it..." Peng Yuanzhi cleared his throat and said in a leisurely manner: "Deputy Commander Wei wants to go to the coast of Japan to make a fortune! He said that from the end of the previous year to the beginning of last year, a Japanese ronin leader Yubi Masayuki rebelled in Edo (because of the butterfly factor of the East Coast people, the rebellion was moved to the end of the year). They almost succeeded. The shogun deposed the power of the thrilling coup to quell the thrilling coup. Because these rebels took the banner of the lord of Kii's lord Tokugawa Rairu and others during the uprising, this person was suspicious of the shogunate and was currently under house arrest in Edo Castle. Many retainers and samurai leaders in the territory were ordered to seduce the stomach, and many backbone samurai were also disbanded. Now Kii's lord is probably in the weakest stage, so..."

"To be honest, what are the benefits of fighting this place?" Shao Shude waved his hand and asked irritably. He is old and doesn't want to cause trouble, so he just wants to keep everything in the current situation. But all of his men are not fuel-efficient. He can make trouble for you if he has nothing to do. This is the case with Wei Boqiu. The kidnapping of Tokugawa Rai Sun was just done with the beginning and end of the process. Now he wants to deal with this Kiyi Basil. How much does he have to hate this vassal?

"Deputy Commander Wei said that this vassal is a famous musket production area of ​​the shogunate. It has a lot of industrial workers and excellent technology. What is rare is that most of them are concentrated together for easy capture and control. Moreover, he said that this vassal is now without a leader and cannot gather many people. Hundreds of warriors led thousands of low-combat peasant soldiers, and whether they can gather in the raid is also a question. Therefore, Deputy Commander Wei believes that we can gather soldiers and ships, land near the sea of ​​the Kii vassal, loot and then kidnap those craftsmen. This is an immeasurable wealth."

"Hmph, Old Wei is also obsessed with greed!" Shao Shude took a sip of tea and commented: "I always think about Japan and North Korea. I have been making friends with Japanese people from the Matsumaki Vanguard all day long, and I want to adopt his youngest son to the head of the family. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions. Alas, Old Wei is usually smart, but you see his pursuit is really unrealistic! I want to develop industry in the Far East, and I want to be the King of Korea and the King of Japan. Humph, I want to see if he can do it in his lifetime."

"Commander, then is this agreeing or not?" Peng Yuanzhi asked softly.

"Let's see the situation." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "The immigration transportation season is about to end. After the ships are maintained, they will almost be empty. But the next step is to see where the ships and soldiers are used. Maybe the Qing court will launch a major offensive recently. The Southern War Zone may have to use ships. Wait until the situation is clear." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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