Chapter 16 The Origin of the Ming East India Company(1/2)
After Yun Zhao read the documents sent by Xie Zhi, he no longer asked about Gao Pei's affairs, and his subordinates were strictly prohibited from asking about it.
Judging from the contents of the documents, Gao Pei was not unfair to die!
It doesn't matter what sin he committed, mainly because the sin he committed was enough to behead his head, and it doesn't matter who he was, mainly because he committed the sin, so no one said anything more.
Yun Zhao is trying his best to downplay this matter... A person who was killed by the law is not worthy of everyone's attention.
No matter what contribution he made to Lantian County before, those no longer existed after he was killed by Xie Zhi.
This sword cut off all the love.
During dinner, Yun Zhao received a secret report. After reading it, he looked at Qian Duoduo and said, "How strong has you given Han Xiufen support?"
Qian Duoduo stopped the chopsticks in his hand, blinking his big eyes and was very confused.
"I gave Han Xiufen a letter, encouraging her to do something, so that men in the world can know that their daughter can accomplish great things."
Yun Zhao handed the secret report to Qian Duoduo and said: "Coen, the chief director of the 17-member board of directors of the Netherlands East India Company, asked Zheng Zhilong to write a letter to ask me if Lantian County intends to participate in the maritime competition."
Qian Duoduo hurriedly opened the secret report and started reading it. Feng Ying said aside: "We only have one ship, what can we do?"
Yun Zhao said: "Han Xiufen defeated four pirate ships of the Arab pirate Setho in the Battle of Paradise Bay alone, and then followed Setho who was fleeing to Paradise Island.
He plundered all the gold coins of Setho on Paradise Island, took Setho's youngest son as hostage, raised the pirate flag, and forced Setho to fight her on Paradise Island,"
Feng Ying nodded and said, "Han Xiufen has good combat power."
Yun Zhao said: "Setho was killed! He killed six more pirate captains who competed for the Pirate King with her. He killed all the Arab pirates, and finally took out three parts of Setho's treasure and gave the rest of the wandering pirates, becoming the king of Paradise Island..."
“Hahahahahahahahaha…”
A hysterical laugh came from Qian Duoduo. Yun Zhao turned his head and saw Qian Duoduo holding his stomach with one hand and pointing at Yun Zhao arrogantly and said, "I know!"
Yun Zhao quickly supported the arrogant Qian Duoduo and pressed her on the chair and said, "This is Han Xiufen's record, how proud are you?"
Qian Duoduo's big eyes were wide open, and he looked at Yun Zhao with a flash of light and said, "Husband, I want to go to the sea, it's so satisfying."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Yun Zhao pinched Qian Duoduo's people and said, "Wake up, there is no female pirate king, you have never heard of the big belly pirate king. Otherwise, you can be the robber king at home, I will give you this title."
After reading the secret letter, Feng Ying poured some water into Qian Duoduo's mouth, and waited for Qian Duoduo to calm down and said, "She is now being rewarded by sixteen sultans and the Caliphs to hang her, and was proven by the Ottoman king that she is a sea devil.
This shows that Han Xiufen has suffered a lot from these countries and tribes. In addition, since the Dutch East India Company has asked Zheng Zhilong to pass the message, it means that they are also very dissatisfied with Han Xiufen.
I don't believe that Han Xiufen can become a giant in such a short time. This is the most dangerous time for her.
We should support her, the problem is that she is on the far sea and we cannot support her.”
Qian Duoduo stood up again stubbornly, worked hard twice before stepping on the stool and said proudly: "I order Quanzhou and Guangzhou's business to form a fleet and transport manpower, weapons and supplies to Han Xiufen. I don't believe it anymore. Those local kings like dogs can do what I can do."
Qian Duoduo was already crazy and obviously had no way to discuss the matter. Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Since the people from the Dutch East India Company have found us, it means they have something to talk to us. Let's meet Zheng Zhilong and Cohen's messenger tomorrow."
Feng Ying nodded and said, "First ask clearly, if they dare to make things difficult for Han Xiufen, we have no choice at sea. On land, we have ways to put them in a dilemma.
Since Cohen is a businessman, I think he doesn’t want to give up any of these two places where he gets good goods, whether in Quanzhou or Guangzhou.”
After making the decision, the three of them could no longer have a good meal. The main reason was that Qian Duoduo always shouted and even bit Yunhua who was bringing the dishes in. Yunhua screamed, and the meal was even more impossible to eat.
He was harassed by Qian Duoduo who couldn't sleep all night. Yun Zhao yawned all day when he got up, but Qian Duoduo didn't sleep all night but was extremely energetic.
However, when Zheng Zhibao and a European with a small beard were taken into the big study by Yun Hu, Qian Duoduo immediately became a beautiful and dignified lady.
For pirates like Zheng Zhilong, if you want to do something on land, the first person you are looking for must be a robber.
The Yun family robbers are now well-known on the Green Forest Road, so it is not difficult to get on this line through the other robbers.
"The Lantian is an armed merchant ship in Lantian County. I think, with the temper of my Lantian County people, if it weren't for the other party coming to cause trouble for us, we would definitely not hurt the other party."
After the visitor sat down, Yun Zhao did not say polite words to the two of them, and directly admitted directly that Han Xiufen was from Lantian County.
Zheng Zhibao smiled and said, "The tiger on the mountain is like a dragon. A ship in the Yun family can stir up the storm of the world. Zheng admired it. My elder brother also said that he hopes to make friends with the heroes on the Yun family."
Yun Zhao nodded and said in stuttering English to Cohen's letter: "Welcome to Lantian County. Since the East India Company has monopolized the lilac transaction and shipped both in the east and west, I think it will make a lot of profits?"
The envoy was surprised that Yun Zhao could speak European languages, but he still couldn't understand every word Yun Zhao said.
Qian Duoduo could not understand the strange language her husband said, but she still said to the messenger in pure Germanic language: "The Lantian you mentioned belongs to my husband's property and no one can infringe on it.
My husband is asking if Mr. Cohen is going to be a friend or an enemy in my Lantian County.”
The messenger seemed to be fascinated by Qian Duoduo's beauty. He wanted to go up and kiss the lady's hand, but he felt it was inappropriate, so he stroked his chest and bowed: "Beautiful lady, Van der Sar pays tribute to you."
Qian Duoduo said to Van der Sar with some dissatisfaction: "You should pay tribute to my husband."
Van der Sar greeted Yun Zhao again. Yun Zhao did not get up, but looked at the Dutch man in front of him with interest.
The person who was also interested in the scene in front of him was Zheng Zhibao. He was a very smart person. Yun Zhao nodded to him before, which showed that when there were outsiders, Yun Zhao didn't want to talk to him about things.
Its board of directors is composed of more than 70 people, but only seventeen people really hold real power. It is called the board of directors of seventeen people, namely eight people in Amsterdam, four people in Zelan Province, and one person in other areas.
The Dutch East India Company was the first to form self-organized mercenaries, issue currency, and is also the first joint stock company. It was approved to establish formal treaties with other countries and implement colonial and rule powers over the place.
Since the emergence of this company, the once calm sea finally began to smoke from cannons, and the Age of Discovery has also been pushed to the peak by economic interests.
Southeast Asia has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. The tributes he paid never stopped over the years. Although the things given to the envoys of these countries are much more valuable than the tributes they sent, this is the way Yangyang Shangguo ruled over the vassal states.
This tribute system occupies a very important position in Chinese history and is definitely not comparable to the loss of some money.
Based on Yun Zhao's understanding of the Netherlands East India Company, if they hadn't really had no choice but to Han Xiufen, they would never have been able to come to Lantian County to discuss a solution.
Things that cannot be obtained from Han Xiufen are even more impossible from Yun Zhao!
Therefore, given that Van der Sar and his entourage had not dug out a lot of important news, he was taken away by Qian Shaoshao by the big study room of Yun Zhao just now. Qian Shaoshao was even more curious about what Han Xiufen and the others were doing at sea.
"The two armies are fighting, and the envoys will not be killed!"
Zheng Zhibao found through the window that Van der Sa was tied up and was carried away with a wooden bar, and he felt a little nervous.
"Emunique? He is not worthy! You are the real messenger. Think about what I just said carefully, it is not a joke."
When Van der Sar was carried away, Yang Xiong immediately prepared a sumptuous banquet to entertain Zheng Zhibao in the side hall.
Qian Duoduo was not interested in having dinner with outsiders. When she saw her husband arresting Van der Sar, she happily went to see her brother interrogation, and fortunately she was listening to the story.
Although it is not good for the stomach to hold a banquet early in the morning, these things are essential to discuss something.
Yun Zhao and Zheng Zhibao met too late, especially after drinking, the two of them became even more heart-to-heart... As for whether it was true, only the two of them knew the most.
There are 683 copies of Zheng Zhilong in Yun Zhao's study. Yun Zhao doesn't like this person who has a special hobby for Japanese women.
Because of his strong maritime power in Guangdong and Fujian, Yun Zhao took this person into his sight and studied it.
The most valuable volume is the life of Zheng Zhilong, which Yun Zhao personally filled in, especially the question mark on his blank period in Japan.
Zheng Zhibao would definitely not see these top secret things, and they were beyond his imagination. At the banquet, he happily agreed to Yun Zhao's request to Zheng's supply to the Lantian number.
Regarding this, Yun Zhao entrusted his caution and Zheng Zhibao agreed to the seriousness.
Zheng Zhilong’s dissatisfaction with the Dutch East India Company is unquestionable. No one likes to find someone else on his territory.
Zheng Zhibao was very satisfied with the idea that Yun had cut off contact with the East India Company without considering it. He held the idea that the enemy was a friend. If it could help the Lantian on the distant Arabian Sea, Zheng Zhibao would naturally be willing to help.
"Left full rudder..."
Han Xiufen shouted, and Zhang Chuanli, who was driving the rudder, quickly hit a full rudder. The huge Lantian quickly drew a semicircle to the left on the sea. The sails were filled with wind. Two tall warships passed by. At the same time, the cannons on the side of the ships on both sides made a huge roar. Fires were everywhere, wood chips flew, and muzzles were constantly stretched out. After the flames flashed, they quietly retreated, waiting for the next launch.
The chain bullets roared out of the muzzle, easily pulling the sails into pieces. Some chain bullets hit the mast, causing the thick mast to fall to the ground.
"Jump!"
Mario was extremely harsh with a sharp roar of artillery fire, and then countless hooks flew towards the ship opposite.
Han Xiufen landed heavily on the battleship called "Princess" opposite like a cannonball. As soon as he gained a foothold, he slashed his long sword heavily on the neck of a soldier. The power of this sword was so great that it actually cut off the soldier's head. The headless corpse burst out with blood and then fell on the deck.
Behind her was a group of pirates who were all dark. They slid silently with the ropes to the Princess, and used the same long sword to fight with the soldiers holding swords on the deck.
Liu Mingliang was the last person to jump on the boat. As soon as he jumped onto the boat, he was hit by the greasy plasma under his feet.
When he looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him, he quickly got up and killed Han Xiufen.
Han Xiufen's axe was about to smash a plate-armored man with red tassels on his helmet to the ground. He took the opportunity to pierce the long knife through the gap between the iron man's waist and shake the hilt forcefully until a stream of blood flowed out from under the iron man's armor. He then gave up.
The soldiers of Lantian County, carrying short muskets, quickly cleaned up the sailors without armor. As for the black warriors who fought with armored soldiers, they rely on their strong bodies to hold the armored men and roll on the deck without their help.
"The captain ran."
Someone shouted, and Han Xiufen looked at the direction of his subordinate's fingers and saw a sail hanging on a small lifeboat. Under the storm of the sea breeze, he fled into the depths of the sea like an arrow.
Seeing his captain running away, the desperate sailor dropped the weapon in his hand and knelt on the ground to accept the arrangement of fate. The iron men gathered in the corner, with the weapons outward, cautiously guarding against Han Xiufen who was gradually approaching.
This time they threw away the unsuitable sting sword, holding an axe and gun in their hands. Their faces were covered with armor and their expressions were hard to see. However, Han Xiufen felt a tragic atmosphere permeated the deck.
These people should be soldiers, not mercenaries, because the guys wearing all kinds of strange armors were the mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company.
This kind of armored soldiers should not appear on the ship, just as the Yun clan armored soldiers should not appear on the ship.
This group of people resisted the most fiercely just now. Even after the main mast of the warship was interrupted by a chain bomb, they still fought to the death without retreating.
The entire warship was soon searched by Liu Mingliang, and the black pirates on the other pirate ships also boarded the ship and began to carry supplies.
After dealing with these things, Liu Mingliang came to the group of people who still held an axe and gun in his hand and remained motionless like a sculpture, and said in skillful Germanic words: "Let go, we won't kill prisoners."
A shrill cry suddenly came from the group of soldiers. The soldiers looked back and saw a young man wearing a tight-fitting shirt, a large string of unknown ornaments under his neck, a foot and a half long socks, and a pair of small leather shoes under his feet walked out of the crowd tremblingly, and said in Germanic language that was far more beautiful than Liu Mingliang: "We surrender, and we hope we can redeem our freedom with gold."
To be continued...