Daming Crazy Emperor

The main island of the Canary Islands was taken by Prince Condé, but Taichang did not go up.

After he ordered people to come forward and set a banner, he led forty Aegis ships to search around the main island.

Because what he wants to build is not a small fortress, but a strong city that can accommodate 10 people.

And the place chosen by the Spaniards is considered good if it can build a small city that can accommodate 10 people. It is surrounded by mountains, and it seems that it is not easy to build a big city with [-] people.

The area of ​​the main island is really not small, and it would take more than two hours to go around it directly, and it took them more than three hours to investigate carefully.

The problem is that the entire island seems to be a volcano rising from the bottom of the sea. It is surrounded by hillsides and there are very few flat lands. It seems impossible to find a flat land directly and build a large city that can accommodate 10 people.

What to do now, is it possible to build ten fortresses around the entire island to accommodate ten thousand people?

That doesn't seem to work. If the European Union's fleet comes to retaliate, there will be at least hundreds of warships. A fortress that accommodates [-] people simply cannot accommodate many coastal defense guns.

It is just a little troublesome for others to flatten the ten fortresses, but Prince Kong Dai and the others will definitely not be able to stop them.

Taichang was frowning and thinking there, and the fleet had slowly sailed back to the port wharf built by the Spaniards.

Zhang Yuanfang, who was looking through the binoculars at the side, suddenly turned his head and said with a strange face: "Your Majesty, Prince Kong Dai and the others raised the banner, which seems to mean that some prisoners have been captured."

captive?

Didn't they just arrest the hundreds of people guarding the port? Are there other people on this island?
Taichang thought for a while, then waved his hand and said: "The flagship is on the pier, let Prince Kong Dai come up and see what prisoners he has caught."

It is not easy for the flagship to dock at the pier at this moment, because there are only a few piers here, and the hundreds of warships brought by Prince Condé and the two hundred armed merchant ships they transferred have crowded the pier area. Many ships have no way to dock at the pier.

Seeing this, Zhang Mingshi couldn't help reminding carefully: "Your Majesty, it's dangerous, we didn't bring any infantry.

They want to order other warships to block our retreat when the flagship is docked at the pier, and then send infantry to charge up. We may not be able to stand it! "

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help smiling and said, "What are you thinking?

Prince Kong Dai is desperate, how dare he assassinate me?
Besides, you think that Zhen's personal guards are ordinary infantry, but they are all equipped with Daizi rifles, and a few thousand people are enough to equal tens of thousands of infantry.

Don't worry, it's okay, Prince Condé doesn't have the courage.

Even if he had the guts, he would never have thought of leading his pawns forward. "

Well, Zhang Yuanfang and Zhang Mingshi glanced at each other, and they could only order the guards on the life ship to step up their guard and be prepared to prevent them from rushing to the flagship.

Then the flag was raised, ordering the ships near the pier to get out of the way, to make way for the flagship and forty Aegis ships.

After a long time, the flagship landed on the pier, and just as the hanging ladder was lowered, Prince Condé walked up quickly with a letter, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, we have just captured a Dutch warship, and there are still people on it. There is a messenger sent by Turenne.

This is a letter from Turenne to the Duke of Richelieu. "

It turned out that there was an unexpected harvest. This group of people might have seen that the French flags were all flying on Prince Condé's boat, so they didn't have any doubts at all, and they ran in directly.

Hearing this, Taichang didn't answer the letter because he didn't understand French at all.

He winked directly at the general translator next to him, ordered him to take the letter and read it, and then asked: "The Dutch still have warships?

How did they hook up with Turenne so quickly? "

Prince Condé quickly explained: "The Dutch are still very good at building ships. After they arrived in Cape Town, they built many docks and waterways. Now they can build hundreds of ships and warships a year.

They were supposed to go to Angola to pick up the goods, and they happened to meet Turenne.

But they didn't mention any goods, because the rubber and copper stored in Luanda were all loaded on board and taken away by me.

Turenne wanted to report to the Duke of Richelieu. The problem was that he had no ships under his command, so he borrowed a warship from the Dutch. "

Well, it was a bit of a coincidence.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "What did Turenne say in the letter?"

Prince Condé did not answer this time, because he had to translate through the Tong Shi when he answered. Now the letter is in the hands of the Tong Shi, so there is no need for him to talk anymore.

Natong hurriedly explained according to the letter: "Your Majesty, Turenne said that only about 40 of the 31 French troops fled to Angola this time.

Prince Condé had abandoned Angola and fled without a trace.

And the Dutch want to buy a lot of rubber and copper from Angola to renovate sailing ships, can you sell them?

What should he do with the 31 French troops under him, whether to stay in Angola or send some of them back to Europe.

If he wants to send some of them back to Europe, he must send a ship to pick them up, because he doesn't have a single ship in his hand. "

There is quite a lot of useful information in this letter.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked Prince Kong Dai: "How many rubber trees are there in Angola, do you know the approximate number?"

Uh.

Prince Kong Dai thought Taichang was asking him why he didn't cut down all the rubber trees.

He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I should have cut down all the rubber trees at that time.

In fact, there are not many rubber trees in Angola, and only about [-] rubber trees can be harvested. In addition, there are more than [-] rubber trees that were planted later and have not yet matured. "

You planted the rubber trees in Angola for a long time!
The reason why you didn't cut down all the rubber trees when you left was because you wanted to leave a way out for yourself, right?

This kind of thing cannot be tolerated.

Taichang thought for a while, and then warned: "Forget about this time, if you have other ideas in the future, I will not help you anymore."

Prince Kong Dai quickly assured: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't have any other ideas in the future.

I didn't cut down the rubber tree this time, I was really thinking too much, and I promise I won't do it again in the future. "

All right, just give a warning and let people understand.

It's useless to say more now, and it's impossible for people to go back and cut down the rubber tree.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "What about sailing ships, do you know?"

Prince Condé said without hesitation: "The sailing ship was the Duke Richelieu's idea, that is, to modify the original sailing warship and add a steam-powered water wheel.

In this way, the original sail warship can turn flexibly during naval battles, and it can also move without wind.

However, the speed of this sailing ship is not fast, and no one can run fast when there is no wind and the water is not smooth. "

It turned out to be this kind of useless warship. In the Battle of Cairo, they sank and burned thousands of ships.

Taichang understood it immediately, because Zheng Hongkui's battle report described the sailing ship, but Zheng Hongkui didn't know that it was called by this name.

He thought about it again, and then asked, "Is it okay for your subordinates to pretend to be Turenne's messengers to send the letter to France?"

Of course there is no problem with this, most of his men are French.

Prince Condé nodded repeatedly and said: "It's no problem for my subordinates to pretend to be Turenne's messengers to send letters to France, but the boats are all Dutch, why don't we send Minuint and his cronies to sail the boat?" In the past, there was nothing wrong with that."

Minuint?

Why is this name so familiar?
Taichang thought about it for a while, and then asked: "Is Minuint the former governor of the New Amsterdam colony in North America?"

Prince Kong Dai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor, that's him."

Taichang asked again: "And the British Earl Black, is he also following you?"

Prince Kong Dai still nodded without hesitation: "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor."

A French prince, a Dutch governor, an English earl, plus Carinho and De Sierra, can control half of the continent.

Moreover, these five countries are still the most developed countries in Continental Europe. What's more, these five countries are still in the west of Continental Europe.

Very good, as long as you control these five countries, Europe is basically over!

Taichang nodded thoughtfully, and then ordered: "Go and call Minuyinte and Blake over."

When Prince Kong Dai heard the words, he hurriedly bowed and retreated, and got off the boat in a hurry.

After a while, he brought Minuint and Black over.

After the two saluted respectfully, Taichang asked solemnly: "Do you want to be king?"

Who would have thought about this, the reason why they were determined to hang out with Prince Kong Dai was because they would have the opportunity to become kings in the future.

Both Minuyinte and Black nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

It's good to have an idea.

Taichang asked again: "Do you know how to become a king?"

this!

Blake was stunned when he heard this.

If he knew, would he still be able to hang out with Prince Kong Dai?

Minuyinte said decisively: "We must be loyal to the Ming Empire, and we will do whatever His Majesty the Emperor asks us to do."

Well, it looks like this guy has a better brain than Blake.

Taichang said again solemnly: "Remember, as long as you follow me wholeheartedly, you can become kings.

Anyone who has two minds is dead. "

Minuyinte and Black nodded quickly: "I understand, I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said: "Go, order people to move all the things that have just been moved back to the boat."

what?
It took them a long time to unload the ten or so boats, and they have to move them back to the boat?
There is no need to test loyalty like this!

When Minuyinte and Black heard the words, they were stunned for a moment, but they still said "obedience", and then bowed and retreated.

Prince Kong Dai looked at their backs and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, shall we let them continue to unload tomorrow?"

what are you thinking?

Am I so bored?
Taichang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "What are you bored when you lift it up and then take it down again?
I want to find a place for you to build a city on other islands.

I have just looked at this island carefully, and there is simply not enough open space to build a city.

Besides, we can still take advantage of the port wharf built by the Spaniards.

Just like this time, when someone stupidly ran over to supply supplies, you didn't catch him right away.

We can fully understand the movements of the Continental Union through this means.

We can even find some masters of counterfeiting handwriting and directly replace their letters, so that people can act according to our intentions. "

When Prince Kong Dai heard the words, he couldn't help but suddenly said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, let's keep this supply point, and we will catch all those who send letters to and from him?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Yes, this supply point must be kept, and you can't be stationed here, so as not to arouse people's suspicion.

As for robbing other people's things, the sea area is so big, you can rob it anywhere, there is no need for you to rob it here. "

Prince Kong Dai thought about it carefully, and then reminded: "Your Majesty, this is the territory of the Spaniards, and they sometimes have to deliver food.

It won't be long before this place will be exposed, because they will soon find out that the people stationed here are not the original people.

Also, if our people are not stationed here, who will be stationed here? If we want to catch their messengers, at least a few hundred people must be stationed here, right? "

Isn't this simple?

Let Carinho send someone over, intimidate and lure, and persuade the captain who was originally in charge of stationing here to surrender.

As for the other little ones, who would be able to tell if they were all replaced by Carinho?

They are originally Spanish!

Thinking of this, Taichang smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own arrangements."