1007 Come to the rescue(1/2)
The Kongday Fort was finally built, and this place name was specially acquired by Taichang for Prince Kongday.
Because he found that continental people like to use human names as place names, such as Victoria, Georgetown, Louisiana, Columbia, Petersburg, etc. The ones that can be used as city names are basically either kings or emperors. Perhaps this is also a meaning.
Prince Kong Dai was naturally very grateful and excited.
These days he was like in a dream, as if he woke up and had all built the city, dock, barracks, factories, residences, etc.
The speed of the Ming Empire is really terrifying.
At this moment, except for the castles on both sides of the hills, other places have been built, and even the city defense artillery and shore defense artillery mentioned by Taichang were transported from the Americas.
Prince Kong Dai watched the warships equipped with new artillery keep coming out of the dock, and finally couldn't help asking: "His Majesty the Emperor, when will we start to cut off the channel?"
You guys are afraid they want to steal things, right?
Taichang said calmly: "Don't worry, our goal is mainly to cut off strategic materials transported from Africa to the continent.
In other words, we can ignore the ships from continental Europe to Africa for the time being, and you can grab them when they come back with full supplies.
As for when to grab it, I have arranged everything for you.
Any ship coming from southern Africa must pass through the waters near the Cape Verde Islands. I have ordered the fast ships to scatter on Cape Verde and Dakar to inspect carefully. As long as a fleet comes from the south, they will definitely not be able to escape their eyes and ears.
We will tell you the news more than a day in advance, and you have time to prepare."
What he was talking about was the flying dragon warship with good camouflage effect. There was no naval battle at this moment. Those flying dragon warships were idle, and it was just right to use it to investigate the fleet that was transporting supplies.
People don't even know that they are discovered.
While the two were talking, a flag suddenly waving on the mail tower at the entrance in front, as if some ship was approaching here.
Zhang Yuanfang quickly turned the telescope and swept over.
He looked carefully before looking up and said, "Your Majesty, it's a Dutch warship, it seems to be the one sent by Prince Conde."
Taichang bent down and turned his telescope to scan it. It was really Minuit who was back.
Minuit was also confused now.
When he went to Europe, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire seemed to want to expand the city on the main island. Unexpectedly, when he ran back, he saw that there was no change on the main island, and even the fleet led by Prince Kong Dai disappeared.
What's even more outrageous is that he was greeted by the original Spanish Captain Cavallo.
People also told him quite enthusiastically that Prince Kong Dai had come to build a city on the westernmost island.
What's going on?
He even once doubted whether Prince Conde had been beaten away by the Spanish.
The problem is that Cavalona's earnest look doesn't seem to be lying to him.
There was no choice but to order his confidants to come and find him in a boat.
As a result, when he ran here, he didn't see Prince Kong Dai's men at all. Instead, he saw a group of black mercenaries building a castle on the hill...
To be honest, he was a little afraid to lean over because he was afraid that others would misunderstand that he was really a Dutch colonist, so he fired directly at him.
There seems to be no one elsewhere in the problem!
What to do?
Seeing his confused look, Taichang couldn't help but smile and said, "You go out and pick up Minuit, he doesn't seem to dare to come."
Upon hearing this, Prince Kong Dai hurriedly got off the flagship, boarded a transformed warship, and ordered people to drive out.
Not long after, he brought Minuit back.
At this moment, Minuit was even more confused. He really didn't expect that there was such a large city hidden behind the coral reef, and there were dense docks, docks and ships inside.
How long has it been!
How did these be built?
Seeing his appearance, Taichang couldn't help but smile and said, "What's wrong with you? Are you seasick?"
Minuit quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, by the way, the Duke of Richelieu also replied to Tirena."
After saying that, he took out an envelope from his arms and handed it over respectfully.
Of course, Taichang couldn't answer this, and he couldn't understand it.
He could only look helplessly at the Ministry of Rites and Information on the side.
It was a bit troublesome to not understand the language. He sighed with emotion: "You should learn the Ming Dynasty's Mandarin when you have time, otherwise you would have to bring some information every time you talk to you. It would be too troublesome."
Prince Conde and Minuit nodded quickly and said, "Okay, okay, we will definitely learn."
The Duke of Richelieu's reply also contains a lot of useful information.
He actually asked Tirena to send people to cut rubber, mine copper and iron ore, and then borrow a hundred warships from the Dutch and the British and sent them directly back to France.
As for the Dutch, they had to exchange for the sailboat, and exchange for one sailboat for the rubber and copper used for the transformation of ten sailboats.
To be honest, he is robbing money or robbing a ship.
This also proves from the side that France has basically no ships now, and the Duke of Richelieu is almost crazy, otherwise he would not have snatched the Dutch sailboats so crazy.
Very good, let him rob, it is best to rob the two sides of the country to quarrel.
After hearing the translation of the news, Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, this letter doesn't need to be replaced, just send it to Angola."
Uh, this one.
Minuett was quite worried, "His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid I can't take my men to Angola to deliver letters. Even if Tirena doesn't know me, the Dutch there must know the people on the warship. If I run over, I'm afraid I'll be discovered."
This is indeed a problem.
Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked, "The ships and warships built by your continental Union countries are almost the same, right?"
Minuit nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, the shipbuilding drawings of the countries of the Continental Union were actually transmitted from our Dutch shipyards, so the ships and warships they built were almost the same."
That's all.
When Taichang heard this, he said without hesitation: "This time, let Black and his confidants drive a boat to send the fake messenger over.
Anyway, the ships and warships built by continental countries are almost the same. Just replace the flags on them with those of the British ones."...
This method is indeed good, and there is a big loophole in the problem.
Minuit asked carefully: "His Majesty the Emperor, if someone asks where the original messenger and warship went, how will Black answer?"
Isn't this simple yet?
Taichang said without hesitation: "Blake just said he didn't know. Anyway, France has no warships now, so if you want to send a letter, you can only borrow it from them.
Tirrena should also be able to see this from the Duke of Richelieu's letter."
have no idea?
This means letting Tirena guess it himself!
Well, Tirena might never have imagined that the messenger he sent and the battleship he borrowed were seized by them.
Anyway, the letter was indeed written by the Duke of Richelieu, and the sender was indeed French, and Tirena could not suspect that the messenger was fake.
Minuit thought about it carefully and felt that there was no problem. Then he took the letter from the news agency and bowed and left to find Black to take over.
Taichang looked at his back and pondered for a while, then asked Prince Kong Dai, "Do you have a lot of copper mines in Angola?"
Prince Conde said without hesitation: "In fact, there are not many copper mines in Angola, but there are many copper mines in the mountains not far from the western border of Angola. It should be the territory of Britain, Sweden and Denmark.
But I took over the place early, and there was no road to the south, and the British, Swedes and Danes ignored that place."
You kid are smart, but unfortunately you have made wedding dresses for others.
Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "Is there no copper mine on the territory occupied by Britain, Sweden and Denmark?"
Prince Kong Dai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, there are many gold and iron ore there, and there seems to be no copper ore discovered yet."
It seems that as long as Angora is taken down, the Continental Union will probably not be able to build steamships and warships.
There are more than 300,000 French troops stationed there, and the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden and Denmark must all know the importance of Angola. Once they attack, they probably will support them crazily.
By then, it will be about one million to one million. Can the Black God Army under Lin Chaojie be better than others?
Taichang thought about it carefully and then asked, "How many cities are there in Angola?"
This is because he got home, it was his territory!
Prince Condai said without hesitation: "Originally, there was a seaside port city, Luanda. After I occupied it, I expanded Luanda and directly expanded it into a big city that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
In addition, I also built two port cities to the south of Luanda that can accommodate about 10,000 people.
There is also an Angola near the border line to the north, west and south. I have built a city that can accommodate about 10,000 people.
If Tirena only led 50,000 or even 100,000 people over, I would definitely be able to defend Angola.
The problem is that he claimed to have brought 400,000 troops. I was scattered and I didn’t have so many men. I concentrated my troops to guard Luanda and was afraid of being besieged by him, so I had to evacuate Angola.”
You guy is so talented that you have built so many cities.
How do you let us attack?
If it is a field battle, the chariot soldiers have great advantages. The question is how Lin Chaojie attacks so many cities in Angola?
To be continued...