Zheng Zhilong watched the Di Qing sail away in annoyance, thinking over and over in his mind, he felt that he had not said anything wrong.
The price of taking back Xiaoliuqiu for 200,000 taels of silver can still be negotiated, right?
However, Zhao Lie did not mention this condition.
It seems that the problem lies in the lease of the seaport.
It's fine if the Ming court doesn't agree.
It's just too pedantic.
It would rather go to war with the Dutch than agree to this request.
However, it turns a blind eye to the Dutch's private sea trade in Xiaoliuqiu.
Nothing else.
Ming knew he was incapable of defeating the powerful red-haired navy.
Of course, this is also beneficial to Zheng Zhilong.
He is also involved in the private sea trade with the Dutch.
Nowadays, more than a hundred sea ships go to Xiaoliuqiu for sea trade every year.
Zheng Zhilong is taxed, but he makes a lot of money.
However, he, Zheng Zhilong, also had a share in the lease of the seaport in Denglai.
The Dutch, French, and English people promised to delimit the territory for him, and his Zheng family could participate in it.
This is why he, Zheng Zhilong, promised to stand with the Western Yi people.
The reason for putting pressure on Zhao Lie.
But now that Zhao Lie heard that he was determined to leave, Zheng Zhilong was puzzled.
Is this really not a big deal?
Is it worth fighting a huge coalition with hundreds of nearly a thousand warships for this broken harbor?
This Zhao Lie really has no magnanimity in the city.
He fought for a seaport and trade.
How did he get to the level of the Ming Dynasty's general soldier?
He is really a brainless warrior.
Zheng Zhilong was extremely annoyed.
At this time, he was extremely disappointed with Zhao Lie's IQ.
Contempt, in the end, it is because of too little experience.
"Zheng, why did he just leave like this?
We can talk about it again."
Sanders really couldn't understand it at all.
That's not how negotiations work.
It will take a long time, and there are many things that can be negotiated and compromised.
"It's not the gold and silver here," Zheng Zhilong pointed in the direction of Anping City, "but the lease of the seaport.
You must be your last condition.
If you give up the seaport in the end, I can catch up and negotiate with Zhao Lie."
Zheng Zhilong looked at Sanders hopefully.
"No, no, no, we can even give up here."
Sanders pointed in the direction of Xiaoliuqiu.
"We also need to get this port, Zheng, think about Macau." " What Spain envies and hates the most is that even its little brother, the Portuguese in Macau, can hang out in the Ming Dynasty and trade with the Ming Dynasty, but they can only float on the sea and have no right to directly trade with the Ming Dynasty.
They can only go through Macau or sneakily.
Smuggling has greatly affected the interests of maritime trade.
The most important thing is that there is no place to station troops.
Zheng Zhilong looked up at the sky and spread his hands helplessly, "Then there is nothing to talk about."
Although Zheng Zhilong is not bound to win the leased port, he is now tied to these Xiyi people.
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If the Xiyi people do not support him, he will not be able to defeat Zhao Lie's troops alone with his hundreds of warships.
If the Xiyi people are divided, then they have no chance of defeating Zhao Lie's troops.
They can only sit back and watch Zhao Lie expand his strength in Xiaoliuqiu, which makes him helplessly miss the peace negotiation.
The San Jose turned around and headed east, returning to its own formation.
The two sides had only one battle to determine the maritime supremacy of East Asia.
Zhao Lie returned to the formation silently.
He actually thought about compromising because he didn't want too many Polu Army and Navy soldiers to be lost here.
Once the problem on the mainland is resolved in the future, Zheng Zhilong will lose his hometown in Fujian.
It's nothing important anymore.
He can use the same tactics as Jiannu did to occupy the mainland and make the Zheng family lose its foundation and become a real floating fleet.
Therefore, it is not impossible for him to give in.
Who allowed a few Xiyi people to join forces with Zheng Zhilong, a situation that has never occurred in history?
But the bottom line is that leasing a seaport is absolutely intolerable.
This is not a matter of a seaport.
If the Westerners occupy this seaport, it will be a big tail in the long run.
They will use this seaport to infiltrate into the mainland and collude with some so-called gentry in the mainland.
Not to mention, if there is civil strife in the Central Plains, Zhao Lie will definitely be at his wits end.
Then what kind of things will these bastards do?
Funding Jiannu and Li Zicheng is a matter of uncertainty.
They are both mothers if they have breasts.
They can sell everything for profit.
If the Ding Revolution in the Central Plains drags on for a few years or more, will the Xiyi people have a firm foothold?
It will be a hard battle to drive them away.
In the end, Zhao Lie was deeply afraid that future generations would regard this incident as a huge stain on him that could never be washed away.
His lucky return to the Ming Dynasty changed the tragic ending of the Ming Dynasty, but he had no intention of losing his reputation, and there was no need to lose it.
It seems that there is only one battle left, and there is no other way.
It may be better to decide the outcome in one battle, so as to completely eliminate the enemies at sea and unify the sea territory as early as possible.
Of course, Zhao Lie has also made preparations for a tragic victory or a small defeat, but no matter what the outcome, the fate of these enemies will not be easy.
The threat to the north is basically eliminated, that is, war.
After the Di Qing returned, Zhao Lie immediately raised the red eagle-headed flag and his commander-in-chief's flag, informing the entire army of a deadly battle.
During the meal, all the warships raised their eagle-head flags.
All the Polu Navy soldiers knew that the time for the decisive battle had come, and the enemy in front was indeed the biggest enemy of the Polu Army Navy since its formation.
Well Since the establishment of the entire Polu Army Navy, it has been invincible and has accumulated enough confidence.
The captains of the army are preparing for war with full confidence.
Zhao Feng is now the captain of the Han Qinhu.
Although the 400-ton Sui-class warship is much smaller and older than the Tang and Song-class warships, Zhao Feng is very satisfied.
He knew in his heart that he only participated in the last battle of the war to annihilate the Japanese navy.
He had no major achievements yet and was just doing so.
He was promoted to captain partly because he was the third younger brother of Zhao Lie and Zhao Meng.
Therefore, he planned to gain military exploits in this battle so that he would not disgrace the glory of the Zhao family.
Zhao Feng has been busy going back and forth between the artillery deck and the upper deck these days.
He has personally inspected all the artillery, sails, and armor.
Now everything is ready on the Han Qinhu, just waiting for the big battle to come.
Zhao Feng watched his second brother's ship return to the formation, and then the battle eagle flags were raised one after another on each ship.
He knew that the war was coming.
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He ordered the boatswain to raise the battle flag, and he was very excited, come on.
Of course, he was still a little depressed.
He was assigned to a detachment.
This detachment was designed to deal with the enemy's fire fleet.
It consisted of thirty clippers, thirty patrol ships, and the Sui-class battleship Tang It is composed of class warships and thirty armed merchant ships.
At this time, Zhao Feng really didn't know if he would encounter some big warships and if he would have a chance to make achievements.
He stood on the deck and commanded the sailors to start raising the sails, and joined other Sui-class battleships and less than ten Han-class battleships such as Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Wei Yan, as well as other patrol ships and clipper ships.
Under the command of the Tang-class battleship Hou Junji, they gathered outside the Polu army's naval formation.
They were the first fleet to be prepared.
After this partial division was prepared, the Polu Army naval brigade began to set sail and move eastward.
Song-class battleships Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Li Jilong, Cao Wei, Zhang Kang, Zhang Yue, Zong Ze, Zhong E, Zhong Shi Dao, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yu Yunwen, Meng Gong , Bi Zaiyu, Wang Jian, Yang Jiye, Liu Qi No., Wang Shao, Cao Bin, Zhang Jun, Li Tingzhi, Wei Sheng, Wang De, Zhang Wei, Niugao, Zhang Xian, Yang Zaixing, Gao Huaide, Zhong Shiheng, Yang Yanzhao , Zhang Shijie and other battleships marched eastward in mighty force.
During the intermittent period, there were Li Shimin, Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, Shanxiong Signal, Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, Li Guangbi, Guo Ziyi, Xue Rengui, Yuchi Gong, Heiji Changzhi, and Su Dingfang. , Li Xiaogong, Duan Zhixuan, Gao Xianzhi, Zhang Yichao , Chai Shao, Qu Tutong, Li Daozong, Pei Xingjian, Liu Rengui, Xue Wanche, Wang Junkuo, Liu Hongji, Zhang Baoxiang, Niu Jinda, Wang Xuance, Xue Wanjun, Wang Zhongsi, Zhang Shougui, Zhang Xiaosong, Li Yi No. 1, No. 1 Geshuhan, and a large number of Tang family warships.
Surrounding them were nearly a hundred patrol ships and clipper ships, and the entire fleet pounced toward the east in a mighty manner.
Zhang Huan gave orders on the Wang Jian, ordering the sailors to adjust the sails and maintain speed and course to keep up with the group.
The captains of the Polu Army Navy are usually replaced once a year among the same rank.
They must not serve as captain on the same ship for too long.
Zhao Lie does not want to form a small fixed group on the ship.
Therefore, Zhang Huan is now the captain of the Song-class battleship Wang Jian.
All four sails of this eight-hundred-ton behemoth are raised, carrying its huge body and hundreds of sailors on board, and its 66 huge cannons are pointing towards the east.
Riding the wind and waves.
The sea breeze blew from behind, the sails made a roaring sound, and the blue water with large white foam was chopped open by the warship.
Zhang Huan looked around at the many Song and Tang class battleships that were traveling around, feeling excited.
From a poor boy to being in charge of a Song class battleship with nearly 400 sailors, it was said that he had achieved his original wish.
Before he could advance to captain of the Song-class battleship, controlling such a huge ship and sailing across the sea was his greatest hope in life.
But now that he is sitting in this position of infinite glory, he feels that he can still take one step further.
This year, as some senior naval officers have retired due to age or injury, or have transferred to offshore defense or entered naval schools, the chances of promotion for young captains like Zhang Huan have greatly increased.
Even Lan San is now a Tang-class captain.
The captain of the battleship Wang Zhongsi.
Zhang Huan hopes that he can take a step further and become a member of the command fleet.
He now sees that the Polu Army and Navy will be stationed everywhere in the future, such as Beihua, Jeju, Shidao, and Anping.
With the expansion of the Polu Army, there must be other places that need to be stationed.
Of course, he wants to become a general in charge of one side. , to earn a family fortune and glory for his children.
Lan Hui gave birth to a daughter for him a few days ago, and Zhang Huan also had a son and a daughter.
Thinking of their little appearance, Zhang Huan grinned.
At this moment, the sailor on the lookout shouted, "Captain, there is an enemy ship less than ten miles ahead, an enemy ship."
The sailors sounded the warning fire cannons.
Zhang Huan came back from his meditation and shouted, "Prepare for war, prepare the whole ship for war
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