Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 724 This is the power beyond the gods

"I think it's okay. I think your proposal is very suitable." Zheng Zhibao nodded, agreeing with Mao Chengzuo's approach.

"In this case, let's discuss it carefully." Mao Chengzuo said as he took out a map and spread it on the table in front of him.

This map is a detailed map of the vicinity of Java, and it also shows the deployment of Mao Chengzuo's troops.In addition to Mao Chengzuo's troop deployment, Zheng Zhibao's troop deployment is also marked.

Mao Chengzuo sat beside the table, pointing to the map on the table and discussing with Zheng Zhibao in detail.

After about two hours, Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao finally agreed on a specific plan and location for dispatching troops.

Early the next morning, the combined fleets of the two sides headed for the destination sea area.

At the same time, Wheels and others also returned to the station.

The reinforcements of the East India Company, the personnel and ships of the East India Company staying in India are basically located on the island of Ceylon in the south of India.

Ceylon is a relatively large island in the south of India.The island is very suitable for the cultivation of tea, rich in pearls and spices.Therefore, for the East India Company, it is a very valuable island, and it is also one of the key places controlled by the East India Company.

The East India Company has established a lot of strongholds on this island. Although the largest of them is not as big as the headquarters of Batavia, its area is not small, and it is about the same size as the city of Zeelandia.

To a certain extent, Hongyi's desire to colonize India is not as good as its desire to colonize Java and other places.

Hongyi has very few colonial strongholds in India, and the only one with many is the island of Ceylon.The main goal of Hongyi is still on the East Indies and coveting the interior.

The Wells ship returned to the port on the south side of Ceylon Island, and Wells changed hands and took the people on the ship off the ship.

There is also a prison on Ceylon Island, and Lin Haitong and others were directly imprisoned by Wells in the prison on Ceylon Island.

After finishing these things, Wells hurriedly took the first, second and second volumes of "Heavenly Creations" and walked to the chief's office on the island of Ceylon.

The governor's office on the island of Ceylon is not far from the port to the south.

The original governor was Cohen, but before that, Cohen's fleet was defeated by Zhao Wen, and Cohen was also handed over to Zhao Wen.

Therefore, Hongyi re-dispatched the governor to take over the remnants of the Hongyi East India Company.

The new Governor was called Anthony Van Diemen, and he was not a very good character.In history, he was the most important person in the Hongyi East India Company. Because of his existence, the Dutch East India Company's power became more stable and powerful.

When this person came to Batavia controlled by the Hongyi East India Company, he started a series of battles with the Frang Robots, and finally occupied a series of areas controlled by the Frang Robots, completely occupying Sri Lanka, etc. and monopolized the business of local spices and pearls.

Completely penetrated the route from Batavia to the country of Wa. To a certain extent, Zheng Yiguan at the same time also had to be afraid of Anthony.

This person is also an ambitious person, and his desire for land even surpasses that of Maozi.

In addition to actively expanding the influence of the Hongyi East India Company, he also extensively set up schools, churches, orphanages and hospitals to teach Latin.

At the cultural level, it further invaded the local people and assimilated the local people at a deeper level.

He formulated the "Batavia Code" and ruled the local people with his own ideas of governing the country.

He sent a nautical expedition headed by Abel Tasman to Oceania from the 15th year of Chongzhen to the 17th year of Chongzhen.

During this period, areas such as Van Diemens Land, the Tasman Sea, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and the north coast of Australia named after him were discovered.

Because of Anthony's existence, the power of the Hongyi East India Company in Asia has further expanded.

Historically, he was a high-spirited and very arrogant person.But now he is not like this. At this time, he is sitting in the chief's office on the island of Ceylon, looking at the map on the table, with a sad face.

This map is the map of Hongyi's colony here.

But now, most of the land on this map has become Zhao Wen's territory.

Anthony sat in front of the table, sighing incessantly, his face full of frustration.

He really couldn't understand that the colony that had been established with great difficulty at the beginning would fall apart in an instant.

He has never fought against Zhao Wen's fleet, and he doesn't know what kind of power Zhao Wen's fleet has.

"Damn it, the colony that was finally established was taken away by a yellow-skinned monkey." Anthony slapped the map on the table and kept cursing. In his eyes, all yellow-skinned people were yellow-skinned. monkey.

At this moment, Wells hurried to the office.

Anthony looked at Wells who walked in, and asked, "What's the matter? I see you are in such a hurry."

Wells put his hand into his bosom as he spoke, took out the three "Heavenly Craftsmanship" and put them on Anthony's desk.

Wells pointed to the three "Heavenly Creation" on Anthony's table and said to Anthony: "Mr. Sir, I hope you read these three books, believe me, the contents of these three books are definitely You'll be amazed, you've never seen anything like this before."

Seeing Wells like this, Anthony looked puzzled.

He really couldn't understand why Wells asked him to read these three books.

Moreover, the text on the cover of these three books seems to be Chinese characters.

Anthony frowned and said, "I don't know Chinese characters, what are you asking me to see these things for?"

Wells slapped his head and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I forgot this, I forgot that you don't know Chinese characters. But I want to tell you that although you don't know Chinese characters, you can take a look at the illustrations above , I believe these illustrations will surprise you.”

Anthony was puzzled, what kind of illustrations would surprise him?
Anthony muttered a few words, and finally picked up the first volume of "Heavenly Craftsmanship" and started to read it.

To Anthony, the Chinese characters on it were like ghost symbols, he couldn't see them clearly, and he didn't know them at all.

Anthony casually flipped through a few pages, and the words on it were really like astronomy to him, making him feel dazed.

Anthony flicked through the pages randomly, and turned to the page introducing steam trains.

The above illustration is an illustration of a steam train, and the illustration is black and white.

Anthony looked at the illustration above and asked suspiciously: "What is this? Is this a car? Why have I never seen it before?"

Although the illustrations of the steam train are not very detailed, there are no design drawings of the steam train.

But there are steam train appearances, steam trains running, steam trains carrying people, and steam trains carrying goods.

All these things were drawn with pencils and finally engraved. Although it was not very clear, Anthony could clearly see the contents of the illustrations.

Because he couldn't understand the text explanation, Anthony was confused and didn't know what the illustrations were trying to express.

But Anthony vaguely feels that these things are not ordinary things. This is a car, but the length of this kind of car is too exaggerated. Anthony doesn't believe that there is such a long car in this world.

Although the Renaissance in the West is now over, there is still a long time before the Industrial Revolution begins. As for the emergence of steam trains, it is still nearly a hundred years for the West.

There is no theory in this area in the West now, and Anthony has never heard of it, so for a while he didn’t know what the illustrations meant. About the illustration of the steam train, I am a little at a loss.

Anthony put the first volume of "Heavenly Created Things" on the table, then stretched out his right hand, pointed to the illustrations on it, looked at Halls and asked, "What is this? Is this a car? How could it be so? Long? And I see that there are still people sitting on it. How many people can it pull this time? Why didn’t I see the cows or horses pulling the cart in front? Could it be that this kind of cart runs by itself? This is impossible, there is no such thing in the world. I have never seen any car that can run by itself, and I have never heard of it.

Unless it can be like a boat with sails on it, but there is no car that can sail on land with sails on it. I have never seen such a car, and I don't believe that there is such a car in this world.Please tell me, what is this thing, is it really a car? "

Obviously, Anthony doesn't believe what's on the illustration, and he doesn't believe that there are such cars in this world. He prefers to believe that this is a fairy tale.

Anthony's reaction was seen by Wells, as if he already knew Anthony's reaction.

Wells took a deep breath, walked to the front of the table, pointed to the illustration about the steam train in the first volume of "Heavenly Craftsmanship" on the table, and began to explain to Anthony in detail, "Mr. Sir, let me explain to you now. your question.

First of all, the thing on the illustration is called a steam train. Although I don't know why it is called a steam train, the above introduction is a steam train.

His power is not a cow or a horse, it seems to be something called a steam engine.Because there is no introduction about the steam engine, and there are no design drawings and theories about the steam engine, so I don't know what this steam engine is.

But what is known is that this steam engine is very powerful, and it can pull more than a dozen carriages made of steel to drive at high speed.Each carriage can hold about [-] people.

Mr. Officer, think about it, one carriage can hold so many people, what if there are dozens or hundreds of carriages?The power here is beyond our imagination. "

"It's impossible, I don't believe there is such a magical thing in this world, and you just told me that this carriage is made of steel.

I don't believe it even more, the carriage made of steel must be very heavy.No cows, no horses, can it be pulled by this so-called steam engine?
This is so unbelievable, this is simply a fantasy, I don't believe there is such a thing on this.I would rather believe that this is a kind of witchcraft, and I do not want to believe that there is such a steam engine in the world that can really pull such a heavy thing. "Anthony's head was shaking like a rattle. He didn't believe that there would be such a magical thing as steam in this world.

Wheels didn't feel surprised by Anthony's reaction, because at the beginning, his reaction was similar to Anthony's.

Wells didn't really believe in the contents of "Heavenly Creation", but according to the reaction of the captured captain, this thing was largely real.

In the following time, Wells explained the first, second and second volumes of "Heavenly Creation" to Anthony in detail.

The content of these three books is very large, and it takes a very long time to talk about it until the next morning.

Fortunately, Wells knows Chinese characters, otherwise I really don't know what is on it.

Although it took such a long time, Anthony and Wheels did not feel tired, they were still very energetic.

The contents of the book let their thinking go beyond this world and beyond this era.To them, the content of the book is like a powerful and unconstrained style, appearing suddenly in front of their eyes.

The sun shone into the office from the window. Anthony sat behind the desk, the sun shone on his face, his face was full of disbelief, and even a little dull.

Anthony's eyes were straight, staring at "Heavenly Craftsmanship" on the table, his body trembling non-stop.

Wheels sat across from him, and Anthony's reaction was similar.

After a long time, Anthony took a deep breath and murmured in disbelief: "It's incredible, it's really incredible, how can there be so many strange things in this world."

Anthony raised his head to look at Hals, and said to Hals with horror on his face: "Do you know what this is? This is power beyond the gods. I really can't believe that there is such a power beyond the gods in this world." The contents of this book are simply too unbelievable."

Anthony's scalp was numb, and his hands were waving wildly in mid-air.

Now he can't control his limbs a little bit, he was shocked and overwhelmed by "Heavenly Creation".

To Anthony, the contents of "Heavenly Creations" are more like a book full of magic and witchcraft.

"I think so too, but now I just don't know if the things in the books are true. If it is true, then this Eastern Empire is really terrifying." Wells deeply agrees.

"Didn't you say that the captain you captured said these things were true?" Anthony continued.

"He's the only one, I'm not sure yet. We need to grab a few more people and ask them to confirm whether the contents of the book are true. The contents of the book are so unbelievable, I have to be serious .”

(End of this chapter)