Chapter 273: Speke's concerns
Kaohsiung 8 quickly left the Batavia port and fled to the sea.
did something bad and wanted to escape! The Dutch was furious, and the four Clippers pursued him, vowing to keep him.
Governor Speke's face was livid, as he patrolled the messy harbor, unable to make a sound for a long time.
He was out of anger, and the Mingren’s dozens of boats were less than the opponent’s boat.
In the chaos, more than 600 people died, especially the Poseidon. The water entered too fast, and half of them did not escape (more than 200, the number cannot be accurately counted), especially the Captain Brando, he passed safely. In the dangerous battle of Batavia, he was drowned in his own port!
Governor Speke and Brando are familiar. They have been to Wa country to do business together, and they have dealt with the old turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Become a big ship captain, Brando is a seafarer, a veteran of artillery, his death was public for private, and Governor Speke was heartbroken!
Poseidon is one of the only two large ships of the East India Company with more than 50 guns. It has made outstanding achievements in the battle of this conference. It played a role of tooth for tooth, and it sank suddenly!
"Ulisi Marsh" was sunk;
"Parrot" ran aground;
Many other ships were injured and damaged.
During the search, the boat left by the Mingren was found. A piece of wood was left on the boat with Chinese characters written on it. People showed it to Governor Speke. He asked Kapitan Su Minggang as an interpreter, and he told him in Dutch The governor said: "I'm here for a visit!" The inscription is Daming Southeast Mansion
"I'm here for a visit?" The silly Hong Maofan couldn't understand this Chinese slang.
"It means that their warship came to the port to play!" Su Minggang paraphrased it to him.
Governor Speke understood that the other party entered the port without permission, and clearly showed BS, which immediately made him roar and curse.
At the time of the fire, a public case came to the door.
The two captains of the "Ester" and the Dutch ship "Angel" pulled and filed a complaint in front of Governor Speke, saying that the other party attacked him for no reason.
"Who fired the gun first?" Speke asked impatiently.
"He!"
"He!"
The two captains pointed at each other and glared at each other.
"Okay, find someone to check your losses!" Speke cut the mess quickly and pointed to the two captains: "You, are responsible for compensating for his loss, and he is responsible for compensating for your loss, so do it! "
Such a treatment method made the two captains look at each other, it is beyond words!
Spike sneered: "Killing each other, it's not a good fight, whoever fights hard will lose more money, and see if you dare to dare next time! What a shame!"
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Spike made arrangements to let people not mention the aftermath.
He held a high-level meeting that afternoon. The main attendees were him, Hendrik Brouwer (Brouwer for short) and Anthony van Diemen (for short), all old colonialists. , The veteran navigator, among them Dimen is a hardliner, second only to the colonizer of the Dutch Eastern imperial expansionism of the former Governor Cohen.
During the Battle of Batavia, they didn't have time to catch up because they were running outside. They just came back and saw the chaos in the Batavia port.
The meeting was held in the Governor’s office. It was not considered luxurious, but a minimalist style. However, there were eight Chinese-style ground bottles on both sides of the aisle, each with a height of five meters and a quaint style. The products come from Jingdezhen, and even in the Ming Dynasty, they are the palace halls and the residences of high-ranking officials.
Spike asked everyone to sit down. After not much opening remarks, he expressed his concerns.
"The loss of our people and boats is insignificant!" Speke waved his hand.
"But our invisible losses will slowly show their power and put our East India Company at a disadvantage!"
"For example, in the loss of the situation, we lost Dayuan Island (Taiwan), which seems to be just a place, but let us use all our previous efforts!"
All foreigners in the room nodded together. The Dayuan Island base was not easy to come from, and it was almost a behemoth like Mingguo who came to lick his teeth, and paid the price of blood!
Before the Dayuan Island was settled, after the Dutch arrived in the waters of the Ming State, Johanne Reyoz led 16 warships (armed merchant ships) and a thousand people to attack Macau occupied by Portugal. The result was a defeat, 136 people were killed and 124 people were seriously injured. And 40 people were captured and suffered heavy losses.
Then the Dutch tried to establish trade with Ming. How could Ming think of these foreign devils, and the two sides fought, the Dutch general Françon was deceived by Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian at the time, to land on the shore in the name of peace talks, and he was sent to Beijing by the governor of South. At Caishikou, this foreigner gave the foreigner a taste of Chinese knives, and he slashed his head and body into two sections, and became a glorious Dutch "martyr". (I know the reason why Taiwan’s Young Master Yan did not go to the mainland. No, foreigners dare to believe the words of Ming Dynasty officials, and they are really stupid.)
Everyone PK, the Dutch burned and burned the warships. The Dutch could not take advantage of the mainland, so they had to establish a base in Penghu. As a result, a team of thousands of people was besieged by the Wanming Army and finally landed on Dayuan Island.
The next step is to be defrauded by Young Master Yan to take Dayuandao again. The Dutch are really at a loss and have little wisdom.
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The key to the loss of the Dayuan Island base is that the sea route leading to the Kingdom of Silver, the Kingdom of Wa, was cut off, and a lot of money was gone!
In the 17th century, the Wa country had a small land and a large population. It was also a sea country with volcanoes. It was difficult to survive.
But God is fair. The advantage of more volcanoes is that there are more gold and silver. The gold and silver produced every year make the Japanese rulers have a super purchasing power, which makes the red hair fans extremely yearning, but it gives the Southeastern government a cutback and collects water. , A ship of three thousand taels of silver, Hong Maofan's business is much more difficult.
Spike complained bitterly about his family history, making the Dutch people present look grim.
Again, Spike said: "We have lost, we have lost face, we have lost our hearts!"
"The Spaniards laughed at us again and again, saying that our failure made them lose face, and these blasphemy countries, we don't care about them!" Speke coldly snorted: "It's just our last failure, plus this time. When the Ming people hit the door, the natives and Ming people under our jurisdiction have different minds!"
"They dare to rebel?!" Dimen shouted angrily.
"I don't dare now, but when Ming Ren comes over again, it's hard to tell!" Broward said gratifyingly.
"Brouwer is right. We can't call anyone again. We have to preemptively!" Speke said ~www.wuxiaspot.com~Does the Governor have any good ideas? "Everyone asked.
"The trade embargo, gunpowder, cannons, firearms, metals, medicines, big woods, sailing gear, etc., can not be sold to Ming people!" Thinking of the 24-pound cannon sold to the Southeast House, he couldn't hold his head up, Spey Ke was irritated.
"Correct!"
Spike plans an incomplete trade embargo. He cannot block silk, porcelain, and tea businesses, but the Southeastern Government may not agree to such a trade embargo.
"There is another shipbuilding, do you see their kind of warship?" Speke asked.
"I saw it!"
"We must build that type of warship, otherwise it will be difficult for us to catch up with them!"
"Correct!"
"Also, set up a standing fleet and prepare for battle!" In the past, armed merchant ships were temporarily recruited for every battle, which was not conducive to command and training.
But the establishment of a standing fleet will squeeze the profits of the East India Company and affect the dividends. Shareholders will have opinions. This is a big trouble. If the shareholders are not satisfied, he will be dismissed as the governor.
"Correct!"
"There is another one, use Mingren!" Brouwer suggested.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Speke asked happily. He likes to use bright people to fight bright people, not to shed Dutch blood.
"I know a gentleman named Li Kuiqi. He has fought against Southeast Mansion several times, and he won the first time!" Broward said.
refers to the battle between Li Kuiqi and Li Ying, which was essentially a tie, but Li Kuiqi came to Huang Po to sell melons, boasting that he had won, and the Dutch believed it again, proving once again that they were too good to cheat, and their IQ was not as good as that of wise men.
The Dutch have discussed and decided, and they are ready to see how the contact with Ming Li Kuiqi is, and then make further plans.
