Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 702 Don't Say It's Unpredictable (Please Subscribe!)
Who to send, that is a question!
Daming's old friend Thomas couldn't help but raise his hand to signal that he could help negotiate.

However, Bentinck turned a blind eye. Letting him go is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

The governor of the Netherlands, Canfezis, was unwilling to say anything, so they said that they had surrendered their eyes to Ernst Louis, the boss of the Ceylon Island business house, who was wandering away.

He really is the best choice.

Ernst can speak a little Chinese, and he has dealt with the Ming army before, so it is best to send him there!

"Ernst, tell them that our joint fleet of eight countries is preparing to go to the Strait of Malacca to carry out the mission of combating piracy. We have freedom of navigation here, so let them not obstruct it!"

"One representative from each other country will go with Ernst."

Ernst, who was full of helplessness, had to take everyone on a small boat to negotiate with Liu Guoxuan's Guangdong Fleet.

In the officer's rest cabin of the Guangzhou, Liu Guoxuan looked at Ernst with question marks all over his face, bragging about the strength of the "Eight-Nation United Fleet".

He asked Ernst in Chinese, "Dutchman, you said that your fleet is the United Fleet of Eight Nations, but I only saw the British St. George's flag, the Dutch red, white and blue tricolor flag, the French fleur-de-lis flag and the Spanish lion The castle flag, and the Portuguese shield flag, how can there be eight countries?"

Liu Guoxuan is really picking words, like Poland, how can there be a navy!
The Raksha Kingdom is as broken as Shinra's navy, so of course it won't come.

Ernst had no choice but to admit: "The joint fleet of eight countries actually reaches five countries."

After finishing speaking, he felt a little guilty, so he continued to fool Liu Guoxuan, "Although the warships of the Holy Roman Empire, Luocha Kingdom and Poland did not reach the Strait of Malacca, they are with us. !"

Hearing what he said, Liu Guoxuan was not happy.

It is obvious that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces started the trade war first, so why bite back?
"Cunning Dutchman, it's unfair for you to say that. You are allowed to engage in a trade war with the Allied Forces of the Eight Nations, and Daming is not allowed to sanction you?"

"Our Majesty has said that Invention firmly opposes the trade war and is willing to solve the problem through consultation and cooperation with a calm attitude."

"The trade war is not good for Da Ming, not good for Europa, and not good for the interests of people all over the world. Da Ming's countermeasures are sufficient, but under the current situation, our Majesty hopes that Europa will show sincerity and practical actions, and face Da Ming Let’s do it, on the basis of equality and mutual respect, promote the proper resolution of Ming-Europe economic and trade issues!”

Let's put the etiquette first and then the soldiers. Ming Dynasty is a civilized country, so we can't do anything until we can't reach an agreement.

Liu Guoxuan's speech was stinky and long, and Ernst, a novice Chinese, was confused.

"The sea power of our eight countries will jointly defend the freedom of navigation of Dutch ships in the Strait of Malacca!"

Ernst still made a strong statement.

Liu Guoxuan expressed a little interest.

At this moment, a young face from Daming came out.

If you look carefully, he and Liu Guoxuan are six points similar in appearance.

This person is Liu Junqing, the eldest grandson of Liu Guoxuan.

Only 20 years old, graduated from the Navy Department of the Imperial Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty.

This time Liu Guoxuan specially brought him as a staff member to let him experience it.

Liu Junqing is a high-quality Ming military talent, and he has mastered a foreign language: Latin.

He glanced at the representatives of Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain present, and then said in Latin that most of the upper echelons of Europe could understand: "The only sanction imposed by the Ming Empire is the Dutch East India Company."

"Because of the laws of the Netherlands, that is, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, all domestic ships entering the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean must accept the jurisdiction of the East India Company!"

"That is to say, as long as it is a Dutch ship, whether it is a merchant ship or a warship, it is forbidden to pass through the Strait of Malacca!"

Liu Junqing's words made everyone's eyes twinkle except Ernst.

"As for ships from other countries, as long as they do not violate the Ming Empire's sanctions, they can freely pass through the Strait of Malacca! If other countries insist on going their own way and want to violate the Ming sanctions for the freedom of navigation of the Netherlands, then what will the Ming Dynasty do to you? It's called the right to fire freely!"

Liu Junqing, who is gentle and gentle, is blatantly threatening when he speaks.

After finishing speaking Latin, this precious grandson of Liu Guoxuan put on a serious face again, and said a sentence in Chinese: "Don't say that you are unpredictable!"

This sentence was specifically addressed to Ernst.

Ernst wanted to cry, but the negotiation failed, and the Ming people had no intention of letting them go.

After receiving the bilingual ultimatum prepared by Liu Junqing in advance, Ernst and others left in embarrassment.

After the Westerners left, Liu Guoxuan wanted to test his precious grandson.

He took Liu Junqing to the meeting room, and used a pencil to outline the approximate position of the Eight-Power Allied Forces fleet on a highly poisonous and accurate chart.

"Junqing, now that the huge fleet of the Eight-Power Allied Forces is docking around Little Nicobar Island, what do you think they have in mind?"

After Liu Junqing graduated from the Naval Department of the Royal Military Academy, he served as the captain of the Guangdong Sea Fleet, and has not yet experienced actual combat.

Because their parents were too ruthless, Nanyang used to be full of all kinds of pirates. Since the Ming Dynasty ruled Nanyang, all the pirates have been wiped out!

Daming's strong ships and powerful guns are simply a dimensionality reduction blow to Asian pirates.

Moreover, Zhu Kezang's family is made of pirates, and it is easy to deal with pirates
They have no choice but to change careers as fishermen or sea merchants, otherwise they will not be able to survive.

After those pirates changed jobs to sea merchants, they found that they made more money than before!
Backed by Daming, the world's factory, exporting goods overseas is simply not too profitable.

Therefore, the new generation of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty desperately needs an actual battle to improve their capabilities.

Now is your chance.

Because it was a formal occasion like a conference room, Liu Junqing didn't call him Grandpa, but Admiral.

"Admiral, the weather is calm now. The officials think they should be waiting for the wind to blow up at sea."

Liu Junqing said, "If there is a northwest wind, west wind or north wind blowing on the sea, the ships of the Eight-Nation Fleet can use the wind to rush through the Strait of Malacca. As long as they rush out of the strait, it will be very difficult to catch them."

"If there is a southeasterly, easterly or southerly wind blowing on the sea, then they are likely to escape!"

"At this time, they have two plans. One is to flee with all the members and return to Madras for a long-term plan. The other is to pretend to escape and attract our main force to pursue them, so as to cover the Dutch merchant ships and warships and take the opportunity to enter the Strait of Malacca!"

"Their strategic goal is to allow Dutch ships to pass through Malacca in a non-war way, thereby undermining the prestige of Ming's trade sanctions!"

"Of course, I think their best plan is to flee with all of them, because the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty has already set up a net on the other side of the strait!"

(End of this chapter)