Chapter 45: The Battle of Interests

Wren took out another four million silver coins.

Zhang Chuanli sent a document to Han Xiufen to sign, and after Han Xiufen read it, she looked at Zhang Chuanli through the top of her glasses and said, "Why don't you let Ren go?" ”

Zhang Chuanli said: "The person who can take out 12 million silver coins can definitely take out 15 million, and the reason why people did not meet the condition of 15 million this time is that they are waiting for us to squeeze him again, and then give three hundred after squeezing, and then one or two hundred after squeezing, so that he is like a person who has been squeezed clean."

I want to harvest another five million credits. ”

Han Xiufen smiled, took off her glasses, put them on the table, and then slapped Zhang Chuanli's back of the head, causing Zhang Chuanli's head to fall forward violently, and hit his head on the pile of books.

Zhang Chuanli was suddenly attacked, and immediately habitually lay on the ground, his hands and feet contracted, and his whole body shrunk into a ball, ready to deal with the next attack.

"Are you farting when I speak?"

Han Xiufen looked down at Zhang Chuanli, who was vigilant and defensive.

Zhang Chuanli realized that it was Boss Han who came to beat people, and immediately held his head with both hands and said, "Don't slap your face." ”

Han Xiufen said: "Now, immediately, immediately, release Wren, because of your negligence, Wren can choose five people from the captives to take them together, and then, you give all these people to Wren." ”

Zhang Chuanli got up from the ground, his head was still buzzing, but he could still hear Han Xiufen's words clearly.

"You hit me!"

Han Xiufen's cheeks twitched, and she slapped again, and Zhang Chuanli jumped out of the window and ran away.

ran out of the distance, he suddenly woke up, now Han Xiufen is a feudal official who controls most of the Ming Dynasty's territory, and he is better on weekdays, once he is involved in military orders, he should not rely on Han Xiufen's henchmen to go against her wishes, after all, Han Boss is a military order in Nanyang, and no one is allowed to disobey half of the master.

If the matter of Wren was just something that Han Xiufen did on the spur of the moment, then the matter of Yunwen leading the three thousand Yun clan disciples to raid West Island was really a military order.

On Han Xiufen's chart, West Island is nothing more than an island in the Andaman Islands, which is an extremely beautiful island and the residence of Governor Raymond.

Around the 16th century, there was an explosion of change in the history of mankind.

It's a pity that the noise and glory are all Westerners, and they have no effect on these closed countries in the East, and the ups and downs outside the door are like kittens scratching the door, and everyone is basically immersed in our richest, our most powerful self-righteousness. As everyone knows, the visitors outside the door have already planned a large robbery plan behind your back.

When the Westerners' merchant ships sailed to the gates of South Asia, the Mughals did not realize that it meant a crisis of "invasion", and they were even happy to see several countries fighting for their spices, cotton and other products, and they could sit back and reap the benefits.

Of course, the Mughals did reap some dividends in the early days.

Britain was not the first to start in the commercial tide of the West, Iberia seized the opportunity in the great navigation, Portugal was the first to expand its territory in the East, the Dutch followed with world-leading shipbuilding technology, and the French were not far behind, and the huge wealth brought by commerce made mercantilism rampant.

Later, the profits of trading companies based on colonial trade in particular were staggering, but the risks and costs of ocean commerce were unbearable for ordinary individuals, so the prototype of the modern joint-stock company, which combined capital and distributed the income according to the proportion of inputs, came into being.

On this basis, the Dutch East India Company, the Portuguese East India Company, the British East India Company, and the French East India Company were born.

It is ashamed to say that only Daming has not established such a company, so he can only let General Han Xiufen go into battle shirtless.

Now, Han Xiufen wants to use this battle to let Daming gain the right to open a company in India.

She has chosen all the candidates, it is Leonie's father, the Count of Rennes!

From the very beginning, she had planned a plan, including letting Leonie exploit his father, only after stripping Wren of all the glory, she would come forward when the time came, and bring Wren back to life.

After all, the war between Daming and the Dutch East India Company was a conflict of interests, and it did not involve private interests, and it was his daughter Leonie who defeated Rennes, and it was also his daughter Leonie who bullied him, and it was she Han Xiufen who eased the relationship between their father and daughter through this incident.

When Yun Zhao discussed Nanyang affairs with Han Xiufen in Yushan a long time ago, he once said that Nanyang belonged to the Ming Empire, and outside of Nanyang, the Ming Empire needed absolute interests, but it did not need hatred, so it needed an agent when taking benefits.

And these agents cannot be yellow-skinned and black-haired Ming people who go into battle shirtless, and those Europeans should be actively used to achieve this goal.

Although Han Xiufen was very disdainful of the emperor's shameless behavior, in actual action, she still insisted on implementing Yun Zhao's thoughts in place.

Wren is the first heavyweight agent that Han Xiufen searched for the Ming Empire outside the South Seas.

After fighting with Wren for many years, Han Xiufen knew that Wren was an absolutely capable person, and the reason why he lost to Daming was entirely because the Dutch East India Company was too small to give him the strongest support.

If the Dutch could send a powerful fleet early in the war between Rennes and Han Xiufen, even now, Han Xiufen is estimated to be stuck in the quagmire of war with Rennes for the Strait of Malacca.

The captain who sent Yunwen and the others out of the Strait of Malacca was Lai Guorao of the First Fleet of the Ming Navy.

He is the leader of the new generation in the Ming Navy, himself from a family of Guangdong Haimin, and after graduating from Yushan Academy with a sixth place, his first choice is the Ming Navy.

This time, the task of transporting the assault team to raid West Island was snatched from the hands of Leonie, Zhang Chuanli, and Liu Mingming, and the eleven warships of the First Fleet under his command not only had to defeat the British East India Company's convoy, but also successfully sent these 3,000 people to the island, which was a great test for Lai Guorao.

Although the general had said that this was just an ordinary raid battle, how could Lai Guorao, who had studied at Yushan Academy for eight years, not know what the consequences would be if this army, which was composed entirely of Yun disciples, suffered heavy casualties.

In terms of military discipline, he will not be punished in any way, but...... Yunwen's father, Yun Yang, is still the head of the Ming Empire's military department, and in the Ming Army, he is the second person besides His Majesty.

If......

Lai Guorao shook his head and threw these mixed thoughts out of his mind, and in less than a stick of incense, the lookouts on West Island would see the sails of their fleet.

Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the sunset in the afternoon is the highest period of high tide, and the tide is just right to send the fleet to the shore as much as possible, and these assaulters can also take small boats to attack the shore along the tide at one time.

There were only two hours left for them to attack, and by that time the tide had begun to ebb, and if they could not get rid of Raymond within those two hours, then it would be a sign that the assault had failed.

Fortunately, West Island is not very big, if it goes well, two hours is enough time for these people to search the whole island, and most importantly, the British did not build a military fortress here, if they are fast enough, it should not be difficult to complete the task.

On the deck, the moire of a full-body raid outfit was boosting morale.

"Don't worry, brethren, this is just an ordinary war, our brothers are armed to the teeth, all we have to do now is disembark, row, go ashore, take out Raymond's guards, kill or capture Raymond alive, and then take the boat home, it's as simple as that.

Do you have faith? ”

"Yes!"

Looking at the screams of his subordinates, Moire was very satisfied, and learned his father's habit of touching his head, but he had a lot of hair on his head, and he didn't feel as majestic as his father.

In the shadows where the moire could not be seen, a man with a long scar on his face was whispering to a guy dressed as a merchant.

"Chang, are things arranged?"

"Lao Zhou, don't worry, I often do what you have to do, Raymond bought six hundred black slaves ten days ago, and half of them are our black warriors.

The young master raided Raymond this time, and he naturally grabbed it with a handle. ”

Lao Zhou looked at Lai Guorao on the other ship and said: "Things must be done in concealment, and the captain of the fleet who is responsible for scoring the young master can't see through it, no matter what, we must ensure the safety of the young master." ”

Lao Chang said with a difficult face: "Lao Zhou, this is a real war, there is no way to guarantee it, if you are really worried, you should go to General Han and replace the young master as soon as possible." ”

Lao Zhou sighed and said: "Who dares to go to General Han to talk about this kind of thing, it's okay not to say it, once he says it, Young Master Yunwen will definitely be directly hit by General Han's cannon on this West Island."

Don't say that we don't dare to go, even if the minister goes, it's useless.

Fortunately, I have a little heart, and I am ready to take twenty old brothers to escort the young master, this time you also landed on the island, and after you get on the island, you have to quickly contact the island's internal response, clean and beautiful to help the young master get things done. ”

Lao Chang nodded again and again, quickly took off the robe worn by the merchant on his body, immediately revealed the black soft armor he was wearing, buckled a steel helmet on his head, clamped the musket under his arm, and quietly blended into the group of excited teenagers.

After being silent for less than a cup of tea, suddenly, Lai Guorao yelled: "Full sails, assault!" ”

The battleship, which had been moving quietly, shook violently after the huge sails on the fore and rear masts were full of wind, and the speed of the ship immediately increased.

When the speed of the ship was at its peak, a rapid bell rang out on the horizon on the island of West.

Moire felt the blood all over his body rush to his head, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, it is finally our turn to make a contribution!" ”

Chapter I

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