Xinshun 1730

Chapter 710
Liu Yu did not give a very positive response to the Dutch's "well-intentioned" warning to beware of the British, but still had a smile that was not a smile.

The reminder from the Dutch made Liu Yu very happy in his heart.

He can fully understand the mentality of the Dutch. This mentality is the same as he bought French ginseng to increase the value of North America to France.

To put it simply, this is called harming others and benefiting oneself.

As for the Dutch conjecture, the Privy Council has long deduced it many times.

If the UK knows the news that Dashun is going to war with the Netherlands, it will be happy to jump high: First, the Sino-French cooperation in India is a bluff; second, apart from the British East India Company, no one else can immediately fill the ecology of the Dutch getting out bit.

Someone has to sell the spices in Europe and America.

Since Liu Yu regards the UK as a thorn in his side, it is naturally impossible for the UK to take advantage of this.He has been in Europe for a long time, isn't it to cooperate with the Netherlands and prevent the British from taking advantage?

It's just that there is no need to talk to these people about this at this time.

Since these people are against Britain, that would be great. If they can really cooperate in the future, maybe they will return to their old business and go to sea to fight the British fleet.

Of course, these Dutch talents must be sent back to the Netherlands in full.Officers are rare, especially naval officers. These Dutchmen's courage and ability to adapt to the situation are not bad.

However, Liu Yu could not fully express his intention to cooperate with the Dutch at this time.

Getting ahead is not a business.

"I don't need to bother you to worry about the issue of China's foreign trade. The policy is flexible and changeable. Catholic France can form an alliance with the pagan Ottomans; China bans religion, but it can form an alliance with Catholic France. As for whether to cooperate with the British ...I will take note of your suggestions, but I want to tell you that the Dutch East India Company originally had dual attributes."

"Supplier of spices."

"Seller of spices."

"Two-in-one. Now that one is taken apart, Tianchao can at least be guaranteed to be a supplier. As for the seller... I think there are more directions to choose from."

"The Celestial Dynasty supports free trade. In fact, this time I went to Europe to negotiate with you Dutch people. The reason why the negotiations finally collapsed is also because you reject free trade. If you can have free trade, of course it will be great."

"However, if all European countries continue to maintain the high tariff policy of mercantilism, then the Chinese spice supply in the future, I think the following cooperation system can also be adopted. Each country will get the goods that can be sold in its own country's market according to the quota ratio. Do not interfere."

"Portugal gets enough goods to sell in Portugal and its colonies. It's not impossible for the Spaniards to do the same, the French to do the same, and the Russians to do the same, right?"

After this kind of monopoly, it is of course feasible to divide the sales into different regions.Although Liu Yu was against it at all, he still had to use these people to pass a message to the people in the Netherlands: Dashun has many choices.

It can fully cooperate with the British and hand over the franchise of spices in Europe and America to the British.It's like teaming up with the Russians and giving the Russians the rhubarb franchise in Europe.

The advantage of doing this is that it is easier to learn from the precedent of the Russian rhubarb trade.Distributors themselves will advertise their products, such as rhubarb, which is hyped by the Russians almost as high-end health care products.

Of course, it is also possible to adopt the distribution model of dividing quotas into areas, because Dashun can absolutely monopolize spices, so this method is also feasible.

Even, in the long run, it can completely overwhelm South American spices.

In this regard, the Dutch are most concerned about the door.

Whether it is the spice monopoly or the Ostend tea incident, the Dutch used the standard monopoly process: first cut prices, start a price war with capital subsidies, squeeze out rivals, form a monopoly, and raise prices again.

The Ostend tea incident was regarded as the last commercial glory of the Dutch East India Company.

It was almost at the same time as the decline of the Netherlands. Since then, the Dutch East India Company has no longer been able to fight a hearty monopoly battle in the trade war.

In the past 20 years, no one thought that the Austrians, who were so brilliant and spent money, were ignorant of how much VOC the Dutch could spend, and they were about to collapse.

These words are all words that the Dutch can understand.Someone else may not be able to understand the business logic Liu Yu said, but the Dutch will definitely understand.

In order to make the Dutch more sober and easier to make the "correct" choice, Liu Yu added: "I have always looked down on your company's board of directors for their decision-making ability. Too much emphasis on short-term dividends, or to maintain stock dividends To cover up the weakness of insufficient cash, you have made too many wrong decisions since the Ostend tea incident."

"The Celestial Dynasty will try its best to avoid your mistakes. For example, the cinnamon in Ceylon is so cheap in labor costs and natural cinnamon bark is everywhere. You know that the Portuguese brought the cinnamon to Brazil, but you still sell it for short-term profits? Continue to raise prices and reduce production... What is the labor cost in Brazil? What is the labor cost of Tamil slaves? A black slave is 40 pounds, and a Tamil slave can have 4 pounds?"

"To be honest, as an outsider, I feel that the heads of your board of directors have been marinated with spices. Shouldn't it be to increase production, lower prices, and let all the cinnamon plantations in Brazil go bankrupt before raising prices? Thanks to you, you still claim to be the best in the world. The first multinational monopoly enterprise, is this how you play monopoly?"

"So, during the time you are in Nanyang, you should come to me often, and I will enlighten you. After you go back, tell the idiots on the board of directors what you have learned and the pattern you have learned from me. Say."

This made the Dutch hear something different.

Obviously there is something to be said.

But when Liu Yu said this, he just stopped, and did not continue to delve into this topic, but turned the topic elsewhere.

"By the way, your former Great Speaker, Anthony, is now in the Celestial Dynasty. One is for asylum, to prevent being killed and eaten by angry citizens like the Great Speaker John DeWitt; second, he is also here to discuss about As for the trade issues and diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, you also know that the emperor is very angry with you. Other countries are ambassadors sent by the country. As for you, the Netherlands, you are very criticized. Let the East India Company send people to the capital. "

"The emperor was furious, laying down millions of corpses, bleeding and floating. He simply destroyed the East India Company directly to show his punishment for disrespecting the Celestial Dynasty."

"However, once the Nanyang incident is over, the East India Company is probably gone, and the punishment that should have been given has also been given. There are not so many conflicts between China and the Netherlands. In my opinion, the previous things can be written off."

"Zhoushan, Penghu, Taiwan, and even your disrespect can all be written off, and don't mention it again in the future."

"I also made a small contribution to the normalization of Sino-Dutch relations, and used the simplest and most brutal method to clear up the problems left over from history-you see, taking back Nanyang and letting the East India Company go bankrupt will completely solve the problem. How good is it to solve the problems left over from history?"

"The relationship between China and the Netherlands should turn a new page. In fact, when I captured the main force of your fleet, I have already sent a ship to invite your former Great Speaker Anthony. He has been in Songjiang, and now it is the wind. I hope to have a meal with him, you, the governor of Batavia, and the envoys of the kings and chiefs of the Southeast Asian countries in Batavia or Malacca to end this war."

"Time is limited, and I will continue to fight with your lord governor, and he will not surrender directly. In this case, I will not accompany you for the time being. We, Batavia, or Malacca, goodbye."

With a wave of his hand, the guards around him escorted the defeated and captured captains to the cabin, and Liu Yu ordered them to be fed according to the treatment of officers.

They sent a small team of professional guards to follow them, and every time they fought, they had to watch with them to make sure they could correctly understand Dashun's current strength in Southeast Asia.

Since Liu Yu feels that his way of thinking is incompatible with the Dutch, let professional Dutch officers experience it for himself, and use a language that the Dutch can understand to go back and tell what he has seen and heard, breaking the old traditions that have been fixed in the previous dynasty. impression.

After these Dutch captains were escorted down, the sea battlefield was basically cleaned up.As early as when recruiting Fujian and Guangdong sailors and marines, Liu Yu asked Du Feng to go to Taiwan to preside over the construction of the military port. These injured ships can return to Taiwan for repairs first.

At the same time, he also sent messengers to various small countries in Nanyang to deliver letters.Tell them that the king has returned and the Celestial Dynasty has returned. These small countries are different from Ceylon, and they understand what tribute means, so it is much easier to deal with them.

Batavia, which is close at hand, is a good place to show Dashun's killing skills. Counting the time, it should be in time.

Come to think of it, the Dutch army besieging Cirebon must be running away.Go back to defend Batavia, otherwise the scene of this drama will be much worse. If there is only an empty city left, how can we make the momentum out.

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In the Cirebon fortress, Niu Er, who understood the strategic intention of the Privy Council, was not prepared to give Liu Yu such an opportunity.

He is just a soldier, and he has a view of the overall situation, but this view of the overall situation is just that of a soldier, and does not take into account more political factors.

From the very beginning, Niu Er wanted to take Batavia with the help of the rebel army.

The moment the mast of the imperial warship was exposed on the sea, Niu Er made a decision to fight back.

Out of his trust in Liu Yu, or a kind of personality cult-like trust, he never thought that the imperial fleet would lose.

Based on this and the victory of the Dashun navy, Niu Er had a preliminary judgment on the next move of the Dutch besieging the city.

One: The Dutch must run away, fearing that after Dashun gains control of the sea, they will directly capture Batavia.

Two: The cannons of the Dutch were all transported by warships.The Dutch had never considered losing command of the sea before in Nanyang.Therefore, if the Dutch want to run away, the cannons will definitely not be taken away, and they can all be seized.

Due to the sequelae of Dashun’s war with Donglu during the difficult founding of the country, and the PTSD that was thrown into the shadow by Hou Jin’s traitor artillery, seizing the artillery was a great achievement, a particularly great achievement.

So Niu Er made a decision: during the confrontation between the navy and the Dutch fleet, he took the initiative to attack and seize the Dutch cannons.Let the more than a thousand people who had been prepared by the Guiyi Army intercept along the way and wipe out the vital forces of the Batavia defenders in field battles, resulting in the loss of people and land.

(End of this chapter)