"You're really beautiful!
I really dare to blackmail my Daming!
That being the case, there is no need to talk about it, Goa has to change its owner. ”After Fang Yuegong finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.After hearing this, Castro became short of breath, he knew that the Ming Kingdom was strong and could not be provoked by himself, but as a member of the Portuguese aristocracy, he was not willing to give up the benefits of trade, so he shouted loudly: "If your country wants to occupy Goa by force, then we would rather cut off the eastern trade than submit to your country!"
”What Castro can rely on is that Daming needs the European market.He hoped that the Ming Empire would understand that it was not worth cutting off the European market or even conquering Goa in order to compete for trade rights compared to the huge interests of the European market.Fang Yuegong only stopped because of this, turned around and said: "I forgot to tell you that there is no Portuguese in Haojing, they are all now serving in my state-run farms or state-owned mines in the Ming Dynasty, including the Portuguese merchants who went from your Goa, no way, you really don't know the rules, and you don't know how to respect my Heavenly Empire!"
”"You guys!
It's a great offense to us that you're doing so!
”Pesso, the commander of the Portuguese Sino-Japanese trade fleet, drew his sword directly, as if he was about to slaughter Yue Gong, a civilian official who worked in the city's shipping department.Castro stopped him: "General Peso, we can't do this now, we can't completely provoke such a rich and powerful empire!"
”Pesso withdrew his sword."
For now, we have to hold Goa, and we can't let the Ming Kingdom occupy it, and let the Ming Kingdom give up the idea of taking our colony by force, and have to give up the trade from Goa to Haojing because of the need to trade with us!
Send someone to inform the king as soon as possible and ask for reinforcements to Goa. ”Castro said with a frown.Pesso nodded: "Now that we Portugal are under Spanish rule, we can also ask Spain for support!"
”"You're right!
Damn Ming people, we need to teach them a lesson!
”Castro said.......
"The city of Ho Jing in Goa reported to the official Yue Gong that now Castro, the Portuguese and Indian governor of Goa, has refused to trade with us, and what they rely on is that I need trade more than they do." ”Fang Congzhe reported to Zhu Youxiao.After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "In this way, it is still necessary to use force, and these Westerners are the same, I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin." ”"But if we use force, what if these Westerners really don't want to trade with us?"
Wei Guangwei asked at this time."
The Western countries are not subordinate to each other, and he Portugal is not willing to trade with us, and he has those who are willing to trade with us, so he ordered Fang Yuegong to go to Batavia, and declare my will, and say that I intend to establish a trade partnership with him and the Netherlands, and negotiate trade between the two countries, presumably he and the Dutch should be very willing to conquer Goa for my Ming Dynasty, and squeeze out the Portuguese trade space between Lisbon and Goa; Combining vertical and horizontal, it is the wisdom left by the ancients of China, and he does not have this wisdom in the West, which does not mean that we do not have it!
Tell Fang Yuegong that the role of a scholar is to use a three-inch tongue to achieve a goal that can be achieved without war. ”Zhu Youxiao said."
Your Majesty!
However, the minister feared that the Dutch in Batavia would be as tough as the Portuguese in Goa, and would even unite with the Portuguese and no longer trade with the Ming Dynasty. ”Yuan Keli said at this time.For many civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, there are not many opportunities to deal with Western fans, so their understanding of Western fans is limited.Now Yuan Keli said this, that is, he regarded the Dutch and Portuguese, these Westerners, as the way of thinking of these people in his own country.He feared that the Dutch would also join forces with the Portuguese and interrupt trade with the Ming by cutting off trade with the Ming.If it was Yuan Keli in the past, he would not be afraid that the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the West would be interrupted.But now it is different, since the rise of official trade and the introduction of tariffs, as a central minister of the imperial court, he has also seen with his own eyes the huge benefits brought by foreign trade to the imperial court and his family.Therefore, the current Yuan Keli is naturally worried about the interruption of trade between the West and the Ming Dynasty."
This is not true, the Dutch and the Portuguese are incompatible, their relationship is not as good as their relationship with the Ming Dynasty, although they believe in God, but the minister has dealt with them, as far as the minister knows, they are often saber rattling overseas, plundering each other, although they are merchants, but between each other, each other is a sea coward, when there is no sense of uniting to deal with my Ming court."
Xu Guangqi, who is familiar with Western fans, replied."
The Dutch are not stupid, and Portugal together with my Ming cut off trade, he has more than he gains, it is better to deal with Portugal with my Ming, I need his European trade, but he needs more Western!
They are not my masters, they have no trade, they can only be poor!
I have no foreign trade, and I can still dump internally, but it's a big deal, reduce the price of cotton cloth and so on, so that the people can buy more and the court will make less money. ”Zhu Youxiao said."
But if they really want to ban trade with my Ming Dynasty, whether the military crusade outweighs the losses, those overseas lands, my Ming Dynasty occupies them meaninglessly, but will cost the national wealth."
Bi Ziyan said at this time."
Then wait until they really ban trade with us, the ability to sail to the Western Ocean was in the hands of my Daming, but now it is subject to the Western Ocean, which is really unpleasant!
If so, my Ming Dynasty can still access the Western Ocean, so why do I need him to trade in the Western Ocean, directly form an ocean-going fleet, and go to Europa to trade. ”Zhu Youxiao said angrily.The ministers didn't want to say anything, they didn't expect that today's Ming Dynasty would need Zheng He's navigation chart so much, if they knew it earlier, they should pay attention to the navigation, but they had to admit that even if they paid attention to it, it was useless, because as early as after the Xuande Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had not paid attention to it, and only began to lift the sea ban when Longqing was in the morning.......
"The merchants of your country who have violated my decree should be slaves, and they cannot be released if they are released, but this does not mean that you cannot cooperate with my Celestial Empire. ”Fang Yuegong did come to Batavia, where he met the Dutch governor of Eurasia, Abuchui.At first, Abukui was angry because he lost his territory in Taiwan and his Dutch were taken away as slaves by the Ming court, but now, seeing that Fang Yuegong still calmly analyzed the relevant pros and cons, and emphasized that the Dutch could still cooperate with the Celestial Empire, he still regained some reason, and said: "But our trade relationship with your country is not large, and we don't need you to have any trade cooperation." ”"Know!
Your country's trade objects in this area are mainly the Wa Kingdom and the Ryukyus, but both places are now under the control of our Celestial Empire, and if my Emperor Ming wishes, he can immediately prohibit the entry of people from either country in these two countries. ”Fang Yuegong turned around and left: "I only give you three days to think about it, don't delay us going to Manila." ”"Manila?"
Although Spain had annexed Portugal more than 30 years ago, it did not completely rule Portugal, but only stationed troops and ministers in Portugal, and Portugal still had its own system of governance, and independently traded overseas with Spain.The center of Spain's trade in Asia is now in Manila.When Fang Yuegong mentioned Manila, he naturally wanted Abukui to know that if he did not agree, then the Ming Dynasty would give Spain the right to trade between the Japanese Kingdom, the Ryukyus, and other places in the Ming Dynasty, and no longer let the Netherlands obtain such trade opportunities.Abukui is not a stupid person either, he immediately understood, and hurriedly said: "Wait!
We can agree to cooperate, but only on one condition, and that is that we want your country to allow us to participate only in your trade!
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