Where to go?

It is naturally to Southeast Asia, where the seasons are as summer as all year round.

That land of honey and fruit is the promised land of the Ming Dynasty!

What does this "promised land" look like now?

In addition to the so-called kings, there were "wars of all countries" and they had a great time fighting each other. As soon as the Vietnamese were playing the "war of four countries", Myanmar and Thailand continued to attack each other, and the Khmer was even beaten up. And the large area of ​​the Mekong River Basin, a famous granary in later generations, was "borderless land".

If millions of people who have immigrated from the sea and cultivated the lower reaches of the Mekong River Basin, they will inevitably have millions of acres of paddy fields, and a paddy field with three ripe and abundant water resources in all seasons. The annual export volume of millions of tons of rice at the end of the 19th century is based on the annual export volume of millions of tons of rice. That is 10 to 20 million stones of rice! Every year, transporting these 20 million stones back to Fujian and other places with extremely shortage of food every year can feed at least hundreds of thousands of millions of people!

There is also the Khmer, which is Cambodia in later generations, plus Thailand, Java, Myanmar and other places, it is completely fine to transport tens of millions of tons of grain back to the Ming Dynasty every year. Of course, what is more important is that tens of millions of people will migrate to Southeast Asia. Will Southeast Asia still be Southeast Asia at that time?

No!

They will be the "overseas granary" of the Ming Dynasty!

It is the "Overseas Jiangnan" of the Ming Dynasty!

It is the promised land of the Ming Dynasty!

Even so, Zhu Guoqiang has not counted that there is an Australian mainland thousands of miles away and no one wants it!

Even India has not been included in the circle for the time being. Prince Chunshi Zhu really wants to circle all the places in this circle and then build a "Global Co-prosperity Village" or something.

But if you have to run so far, the current navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty is not enough. So you have to eat rice in one bite, and the ground is in circles one by one.

If you have too many steps, you will be sloppy, and the same will be true if you have too many ground circles.

He doesn't even want to break up with Zheng Zhilong now, let alone the Dutch.

But the problem is that Sun Hejing has now torn his face.

what to do?

In fact, Zhu Guoqiang was not afraid of the Dutch, it was just a war. But the problem was that the Dutch were holding grudges! After the Dutch were driven out of Taiwan in history, they immediately turned around and colluded with the Qing Dynasty, and even actively sent a fleet to assist the Qing Dynasty in attacking Zheng Chenggong and attacking the Ming and Zheng Zheng's merchant ships in Southeast Asia. Perhaps they could not defeat Zheng Chenggong's large number of offshore naval troops, but they had the advantage over single ships. In history, Zheng Jing died of Taiwan Island. On the one hand, on the other hand, the Dutch continued to attack and plunder on the sea.

Because of this, the Dutch had to first let the Dutch know the power of the Ming Dynasty!

I know that as long as the Ming Dynasty is willing, I can take over the Netherlands' strongholds in Taiwan and Batavia at any time. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also has a strong enough maritime fleet to protect itself from attacks by enemies from the sea. If you dare to attack me, I will dare to destroy your whole family.

Um!

That's the reason!

Only in this way can an equal and reciprocal trade and diplomatic agreement be reached between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands. Of course, this is only temporary.

However, this requires an understanding of the Dutch as a messenger.

"You have to keep your word. If you say you don't keep your word, you have to keep your word... Sun Hejing, Sun Hejing, you keep your word, but you have to leave a few dogs for it!"

In fact, Sun Hejing also left some dogs, such as those Japanese ronin, who have now become mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty, but those Japanese ronin are dogs that bite people, and what does Zhu Kingdom need now?

Yes...fortunately, there were some women left, a widow who was a former Taiwanese chief, and a nobleman.

Well, it's her!

"Criminal, she is a widow!"

Facing the prince's instructions and thinking about his hobbies, Ge Shizhen said with a stern face and after a while.

"Widow? What's wrong?"

"The widow is ominous! Please avoid it!"

The widow is ominous!

Why does this sound a little familiar? Suddenly, Zhu Guoqiang laughed.

"I want to see her, but I don't want to sleep with her, but I want to talk to her about a business."

Talk about business?

Ge Shizhen was puzzled.

"She is a woman, what kind of business is there to negotiate?"

"Of course it's a big business!"

Zhu Guoqiang laughed.

A moment later, when Adriana Quina came in, Zhu Guoqiang was stunned.

"Monica..."

Looking at this woman in European style dress in the 17th century, the movie "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" immediately emerged in his mind. In the movie, she is the enlightenment teacher of the male protagonist and his enlightenment teacher.

But the woman in front of her was younger, but her movements were still extremely seductive.

"My daughter feels uncomfortable, so she didn't come here. Please forgive her."

As he bowed his knees, Adriana looked up at the prince of Ming, surprisingly young and handsome, and his eyes were always staring at him.

Facing those breathtaking eyes and curvy figures, Zhu Guoqiang only felt that every inch of her was written with the words "I am a woman".

She is a widow!

She is already a widow, and I can't let her stay a widow!

Uh... Calm down, don't worry.

In an instant, Zhu Guoqiang returned to normal. Looking at Monica, it was Adriana, he smiled.

"You can speak Chinese?"

Although Adriana's Chinese is not standard and has a Minnan accent, Zhu Guoqiang can still understand it, which saves the translation.

"Your Highness, I came to Asia with my sister in 1624. When I arrived in Batavia, my family teacher was from Ming."

Adriana answered in stiff Chinese.

"Your Highness, if you release me, I believe my brother-in-law, General Hans Putmans, commander-in-chief of the fleet, will definitely be willing to pay the ransom."

She is not only the wife of the former Taiwan chief, but also the sister of the fourth Taiwan chief Hans Putmans, so when she saw the prince, she offered to pay the ransom.

"Oh? Is it?"

I looked at the woman in front of me. Her brother-in-law was the commander-in-chief of the Dutch Fleet?

She really caught a big shot. Then she should know the situation inside the Netherlands very well.

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"So how much ransom would you pay for you and your daughter?"

Did he agree to pay the ransom?

When Adriana heard this, she immediately thought about it in her heart. Of course, her brother-in-law could not pay for her to redeem her, but she had money. She inherited her father's property in Amsterdam and her husband's inheritance in Batavia, which was...the senior officials were gone.

One thousand shields?

Obviously it is impossible. He is a prince and definitely doesn't care about such a little money.

Then it’s five thousand!

Will there be a little less?

After thinking for a while, Adriana said.

"Ten thousand shields, I think this is a very generous ransom."

"Ten thousand shields..."

How much is it worth? Zhu Guoqiang didn't care at all. He smiled and invited Adriana.

"Miss Adriana, come here."

At the invitation of His Highness the Prince, Adriana stood in front of a screen covered with a curtain. Just as she was a little confused, the curtain was pulled down by the prince.

"Look at how much it is worth!"

The moment the curtain fell, Adriana was stunned. She touched her face in surprise and looked at the mirror in front of her.

What size mirror is this?

Even taller and bigger than her!

Even in Europe, there is no such big mirror!

Adriana subconsciously thought that even the queen of Spain did not have such a big mirror, and such a mirror was simply priceless.

My God!

And it seems to be clearer, even clearer than the Venetian glass mirror!

"God, this is a miracle!"

When he watched her tweak her hair in the mirror, Zhu Guoqiang's heart was also moved, but he just looked at the woman immersed in the mirror with a smile, looked at her admiring her figure in the mirror, and turned around to look at herself.

For women of this era, they certainly have not seen whether the dress on their bodies is appropriate in the dress mirror, and they cannot appreciate their figure. Now she can clearly see herself through the mirror.

Looking at the woman immersed in the mirror, Zhu Guoqiang asked in a tempting tone.

"Tell me, what are you willing to give for it?"
Chapter completed!