Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 160 Kangxi was deceived by Hu Sangui again!
Next, Gabriel's words made the governor of the Netherlands fly into a rage, and almost fought each other.

He even said that he wanted to find a place to rest near the Spice Islands.

Does this sound like a word?

After 100 years of competition, the Netherlands drove Portugal away from the Spice Islands and monopolized the spice trade. Spain actually wants to get involved!
Think beautiful!
The countries in the Spice Islands are now either like the Kingdom of Mataram, which was beaten into a vassal by the Netherlands, or like the Kingdom of Aceh, which was beaten to death by the Netherlands, and they were almost completely dead at the door.

You didn't pay anything in Spain, but you just want to get a share of the action. Is this possible?
"It's absolutely impossible, Gabriel, you should give up your mind!" the Governor of the Netherlands said aggressively.

"Staying in Batavia has had a great influence on my Spanish soldiers. If this continues, they will not be able to fight! Otherwise, let's go to New Guinea, further east of the Spice Islands, and find something for them to do! "

Gabriel understood the reason and was moved with emotion, which finally made the governor of the Netherlands calm down a little.

The island of New Guinea was discovered by Portugal in 1512, but because there were few resources and mostly forests, neither the Netherlands nor Portugal had the desire to colonize.

But for the current unlucky Spanish expedition fleet, it is also a good place to stay.

Even if Gabriel didn't ask for the opinion of the Dutch, he could go directly to occupy it.

However, it was barely considered the sphere of influence of the Dutch, and they had to be informed, after all, they were all allies.

The Dutch finally agreed, and they didn't bother to develop it over there, so they left it to these hapless Spaniards.

Sometimes in order to open a window, you have to advocate for the roof to be taken off first. I have to say that Gabriel is quite an art of negotiation.

Soon, Gabriel gathered the Spanish soldiers who were having fun in Batavia and announced that he would not go to war with Ming Zheng for the time being!

This news relieved the soldiers who had been wandering at sea for more than half a year and worried in Batavia for a long time.

They heard from comrades who fled back from Luzon that the Guards were terrifying, so they naturally didn't want to fight Ming Zheng.

Their fear is probably caused by Zheng Kezang's offensive concept.

The offensive concept has a buff, Army Glory: to give our army unrivaled glory and prestige, and make all enemies fearful.

Their Governor Gabriel then said that Ming Zheng would not be attacked, but the natives of New Guinea should be attacked. Let them go to Batavia to have fun for three days, and then they will start working!

No problem at all!
These soldiers came here just to make a fortune, and of course the best way to make a fortune is to buy them for zero yuan.

It is easy for the natives to clean up, and the benefits are huge. This is where the Spanish soldiers should go!
On the spot, they cheered.

Seeing Gabriel's head getting dizzy for a while, this group of soldiers is really disturbing. When they talk about fighting the Zheng Jinwei Army, they are submissive, and when they talk about beating the aboriginals, they hit hard.

For this group of pig teammates, Gabriel looked at the sky 45 degrees and lamented: The Empire Pill!

In this way, under Gabriel's order, the expeditionary force carrying the infinite hope of Spain began to play its own game in Batavia.

The original version of Dutch Governor Cornelis was working hard in Batavia, and Ming Zheng's pirated version of "Cornelis", that is, Julio of the Spanish Confederate Army, was not idle.

He is thousands of kilometers away in the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty.

Since there is no makeup, he plays at this time the son of "Cornelis", Julio Spielman, the son of the respected Governor.

His appearance made Li Xiangen amazed, because his son and father were carved out of the same mold, exactly the same, except for being younger.

Can it be the same person?

At this time, Emperor Kangxi excitedly tried to shoot the fine matchlock guns brought by these fake Dutchmen.

boom!
"The emperor is good at marksmanship!"

As soon as Kangxi's son finished firing a shot, the surrounding officials couldn't help but flatter him.

Unfortunately, the target in the distance didn't move at all, and it was basically missed.

"Good firecracker!" Kangxi praised without blushing, this matchlock gun is much better than Qing's birdcrack.

"Dear Qing Emperor, this new musket is the latest musket developed by our Dutch East India Company. It can shoot enemies as far as 150 paces (about 80 meters) away. Even our own Dutch army is not equipped with it!"

Of course, there is no equipment, because this is the foreign trade model of the Dongning Manufacturing Bureau. The barrel is specially made, and the life is extremely short. It will explode within fifteen rounds.

When Kangxi insisted on trying the gun just now, Julio was sweating for him.

If it blows up, he will have to die in the Qing Dynasty, and he will not be able to serve Zheng Kezang!
In terms of publicity, if it blows up, he will have made great contributions, but Julio is not a dead man after all, he is Hu Sangui, and only by living can he create greater value for Zheng Kezang.

"As long as the Qing army is equipped with our Dutch muskets, it will no longer be a problem to wipe out the Ming Zhenghai bandits!"

Julio spoke not-so-authentic Chinese with a brilliant tongue to sell.

Naturally, Kangxi could speak Chinese, so he thought for a while and asked, "How much is this kind of firecracker?"

Julio put on a embarrassed gesture and said: "Dear Emperor, you have tried it yourself. Our new Dutch guns are made of exquisite materials. Look at the guns made in the Netherlands. The barrels of each gun are exactly the same size. Imagine how expensive it was to manufacture!"

Julio pointed to the box of ammunition he brought. Indeed, industrial products are the gospel of obsessive-compulsive disorder, almost carved out of the same mold.

Kangxi nodded, agreeing with Julio's statement.

"Every one of our Dutch craftsmen has an ingenuity. Every time they build a musket, they have to look at it for a long time. If it does not meet the specifications, they will directly smash it with a hammer, because Dutch craftsmen do not allow substandard products to appear!"

Julio had the cheek to brag about "Made in Holland". Of course, this advanced marketing technique was taught by Zheng Kezang.

Not to mention, this little story of smashing guns at the slightest disagreement deeply shocked Emperor Kangxi, and made him completely tempted by these muskets!

"How much money, I bought it in Qing Dynasty!" Kangxi waved his hand, saying buy, buy, buy!
"My lord, for the sake of our friendship, this new musket, which represents Dutch ingenuity, only costs 50 taels of silver!" Julio said with a very favorable look.

Kangxi did not doubt that he had him, because the vampires in the Ministry of Industry quoted him 20 taels of bird guns, and the Dutch gun was only twice as expensive.

In fact, the cost of a bird gun is only one tael of silver. The officials of the Ministry of Industry who know the truth dare not say anything, otherwise they will have no place to make the difference!

Instead, they breathed a sigh of relief. If the quotations of these red-haired barbarians were lower than 20 taels, then they would be exposed!

Kangxi made a decision on the spot: "[-] first!"

(End of this chapter)