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Chapter 21: The Governors Pinch Each Other

Speaking of the Dutch Batavia Governor Fan Mendi, who came in a fierce manner, what is Zheng Zhilong, the governor of the South China Sea of ​​the Ming Empire doing now? Are he prepared?

Zheng Zhilong was naturally prepared. In fact, when Shi Daxuan came to plunder Dutch and British and French merchant ships, he began to prepare to intercept Dutch merchant ships. However, the Dutch merchant ships cannot be stopped randomly. After all, they have the support of the powerful anti-Habsburg alliance behind them, so they might have to make a big fuss.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong was always preparing for the things he framed, which is the so-called "evidence". Unexpectedly, before his "evidence" was fully prepared, a secret spy from the Jinyiwei came to report that the Dutch organized a huge fleet and was coming to the Strait of Malacca.

This fleet is amazing. There are more than 200 large and small warships. If they are asked to pass, Shi Daxuan will definitely not be able to take it. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong directly intercepted the Dutch fleet. Taking advantage of the opportunity to get on the ship to check, he would first plant some dirty things and detain the merchant ship. As for the remaining "evidences", they can be made based on the actual objects!

Batavia is about 2,000 miles away from Xingcheng Harbor. At the speed of sailing warships, it takes as fast as four or five days. In other words, it takes at least ten days to come from Vander back to Van Mendy.

Ten days are enough to create countless "evidences". Zheng Zhilong prepared a lot of big meals, waiting for the Dutch to come and suffer a defeat.

In the past ten days, soldiers from the Ming Empire have boarded the ship to inspect almost every day. The employees of the Dutch East India Company were so annoyed. However, there was no way, the ship was dragged to their territory. It was already civilized if they didn't directly rob, so just check it, what do you dare to say?

The soldiers of the Ming Empire inspected very finely, and almost all the packaging of goods had to be opened and carefully inspected. Although the employees of the East India Company kept staring at them all the way, there were too many people coming up to check, and they really couldn't take into account all of them. Moreover, the Ming soldiers did not want to steal their things, but wanted to stuff things inside, so they were unfortunately caught.

A wooden sign was found in the spice bag, which was from a certain merchant in the Ming Dynasty, and was on the list of items that were robbed;

After a while, a piece of cardboard was found in the rice bag. It was from a merchant from Daming, and it happened to be on the list of items that were robbed;

A mark was found on the bag of sugar, which was from a certain merchant in the Ming Dynasty, and it happened to be on the list of items that were robbed;

More and more stolen goods were found, and various "evidences" were varied and endless. Although these stolen goods did not account for a large proportion of all goods, their crime of colluding with pirates and selling stolen goods was confirmed.

Just when Zheng Zhilong was tired of frame-up and didn't want to fall back, Fan Mendi finally came to the door. However, to Zheng Zhilong's surprise, he was surrounded by several British and French.

Zheng Zhilong did not expect this. He was thinking about how to show these "evidences" in front of the British and French people, making them suspicious of each other. Now, they are here to come.

Similarly, in order to show his righteousness, Zheng Zhilong did not go to greet him in person, but asked Zheng Xing to greet him on his behalf. He himself sat in the huge conference room of the Nanyang Governor's Office with a group of senior generals of the Nanyang Navy and the South China Sea Fleet.

This was the first time that the representatives of the British and French powers had come into close contact with the Ming Empire. They had seen the huge warships from afar, but they had heard of the turrets and turrets, and were not surprised. However, the turrets, turrets and even the dense cannons on the city wall really scared them. The Ming Empire was so terrifying. The cannons were not made of paper. There were thousands of cannons in just one Xingchenggang. The Ming Dynasty's cannon building ability was really terrifying.

When they saw the Nanyang Governor's Office covering an area of ​​nearly 1,000 acres, they were shocked to the point of being too much. How rich is the Ming Empire? A Governor's Office is larger than the imperial palaces and palaces of any country in the continent. They are envious, jealous and hateful. Their determination to suppress the Ming Empire is stronger.

So, when they walked into the conference room, they were all aggressive and had a sense of unity against the enemy.

However, their momentum is far inferior to Zheng Zhilong's side. The more than ten high-level generals on Zheng Zhilong's side are all in Chongzheng's clothes, each with a stern face, sitting there with murderous aura, and they are incomparable to the mobs in various strange costumes.

It is incomparable in momentum, but Fan Mendy believes that the united power of Britain, France and the Netherlands can crush the Ming Empire, so as soon as he sat down, he said arrogantly: "His Highness Nicholas, on behalf of the United States of the United States, I strongly protested against your Ming Empire's detaining our merchant ships for no reason. Now, I ask that you immediately return all the merchant ships detained, publicly apologize in the official form, and compensate the Dutch East India Company for the losses of 10 million taels of silver for delaying the delivery time and losing customers."

He is arrogant with me. Humph, Zheng Zhilong slapped the table directly, pointed at Fan Mendi and shouted: "Is it reasonable for you to collude with pirates and rob the Ming merchants? On behalf of the Ming Empire, I formally ask you to explain your collusion with pirates and compensate dozens of merchants in the Ming Empire for a total of 20 million taels of silver. Otherwise, our Ming Empire will confiscate and auction all your more than 100 merchant ships and the goods above. "

Relying on the support of the allies, Fan Mendi was so arrogant. He heard this, he slapped the table and roared: "You said we colluded with pirates, so we colluded with pirates. I still think pirates are pretending to be the Navy of the Ming Empire!"

The representatives of the British and French Empire did not expect that a governor of the Ming Empire would be so awesome. He dared to slap the table and roar in front of the representatives of the three continental powers. They were so arrogant. They didn't care what Fan Mendi said. As soon as Fan Mendi finished speaking, they glared at Zheng Zhilong in unison, with a strong warning in their eyes. Boy, do you think we don't exist, right?

Of course, Zheng Zhilong was not afraid of them, but his purpose was not to fight with the British and French representatives, but to make them suspicious of each other. Therefore, he cooperated and pretended to be afraid and said angrily: "When did I say nonsense? Will I slander you without evidence? Come on, bring the evidence up."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of Ming soldiers walked in with two large wooden boxes. Zheng Zhilong signaled Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Xing on the left and right with his eyes. Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Xing quickly stood up, but the box in the soldier's hand struggled to move to the conference table, lifted the lid and pushed it in front of Zheng Zhilong.
Chapter completed!
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