At this time, Hu Xiaolin in the crowd suggested with a big brain:

"What Brother Zhu said makes sense, otherwise, after we go to sea, how about relying on the strength of our ships and guns to crusade against pirates and the private fleets of major forces?"

As soon as this remark came out, many people immediately echoed it.

"It sounds so exciting, I love ......"

"It's still cool to have no business, grab money and grab girls!"

Zhu Beiguo shook his head when he heard this, and responded:

"Although what you said is not unreasonable, but we go to sea to do business, don't make ourselves infamous at the beginning, okay? What's more, we are not a professional navy, so we should focus on business, supplemented by pirates. ”

"Yes, let's stop a little bit, be realistic, we should pay attention to how to deal with these three major forces, how to let these forces open the market to us and do business......"

At this time, Wei Dongxi, a representative of the Sun and Moon faction, spoke.

"Yes, that's the right thing! Brother Zhu, how do we leverage these three major forces? ”

Zhu Beiguo smiled slightly when he heard this, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said to everyone unhurriedly:

"Obviously, we must make full use of all kinds of contradictions to my advantage, because these three forces are not monolithic. According to my analysis, the two sides with the greatest contradictions and conflicts are the Europeans and the local kingdoms.

Just now it was said that the Spaniards had always wanted to annex the Kingdom of Sulu, and yes, because the two families had a long-standing grudge.

If you look at the map, you will know that the Kingdom of Sulu is stuck between Manila and Cebu and Davao, the three Spanish strongholds in the South Seas, and is an important node in Spain's America-East Asia-Indian Ocean-Atlantic round-the-world route.

And the treasures carried on Spanish galleons are well known to the world, right?

Don't the magnates of the Sulu Kingdom salivate?

Of course, on the high seas, the giant rowing ships of the indigenous kingdoms were hardly a match for the Spanish galleons, but it was difficult to say if they were offshore.

For example, a galleon that runs aground due to an ocean storm or escapes a hurricane into a small bay, or when passing through the narrow waters between many islands, these bulky galleons can become meat on someone else's chopping block.

It was like overturning a large fruit truck on a road in the middle of nowhere, and then nearby villagers looted the fruit scattered all over the car. In short, the nimble and easy to come and go of the pulp ships, relying on numerical superiority and hand-to-hand combat, often beat these galleons to the brink of disarray.

You say that the Spanish are not popular? Do you want to crusade for revenge? To be honest, from the 16th century, when the Europeans first arrived in the South Seas, to the mid to late 19 th century, when they finally completed their full colonial rule, it took the Europeans 300 years to gradually get rid of these South Sea monkeys! Today, the Europeans are not strong enough to take full control of the South Seas.

The basic situation at the moment is that the ocean-going routes and the deep open seas are the domain of Europeans with sail-powered galleons.

Because it is difficult for the slurry sailboat to sail on the high seas by manpower, one is that the wind and waves are high, and the low side of the slurry ship can not stand too much wind and waves, and the other is that the slurry ship needs a lot of manpower, so the supply occupies a lot of space, resulting in a very poor long-distance cargo transportation capacity, so the slurry sailboat, especially the giant slurry ship, is generally active between the offshore island groups where the supply is convenient.

Although the Spanish galleon can sail against the wind on the high seas, but in the case of offshore breeze, both speed and maneuverability are not as good as the pulp boat, and the rowing boat is more powerful, rushing up to fight hand-to-hand combat, so the European galleon suffered a lot of losses when sailing between the islands in the South Sea.

It is precisely in this way that we can see a delicate balance of power in the South Seas - with the exception of the trading posts of Europeans with castles, batteries and walls, almost all of the coastal waters of the South Seas are basically the domain of indigenous kingdoms and pirates.

Obviously, on the high seas it was the Europeans.

As for the maritime groups, which are mainly composed of Chinese and Japanese, although they do business at their own doorsteps, they are basically not supported by the state power, so their living conditions are not as good as those of the indigenous kingdoms, and even inferior to the Europeans who came from afar.

However, after all, it is still a good place for people and land, so the overall situation is between the two, and it has been in a state of trying to survive in the cracks.

Of course, the Zheng family is relatively well mixed, because they have some official support, Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong was first a guerrilla general of the Ming Dynasty, and later the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and his son Zheng Chenggong has always been the national surname of the Ming Dynasty, and he also has his own base.

Sometimes these maritime powers fought against each other, and sometimes they cooperated with each other.

However, for the Europeans, their resentment against the indigenous kingdom was greater and deeper, because the vast majority of the private ships and pirates under the banner of maritime merchants were domestic slaves raised by the powerful people of the indigenous kingdom, and the Europeans were deeply disgusted by this kind of behavior that "had no concept of law and commercial credit", so it was the norm to clash with the fleets of the indigenous kingdoms.

In contrast, Chinese businessmen who are "courteous, civilized and business-oriented" are very popular with Europeans, so Europeans and Chinese businessmen are generally more cooperative than conflicting.

Of course, in today's treacherous and turbulent times, all kinds of contradictions are intertwined, and there are still conflicts between Chinese business groups and Europeans.

If you have consulted the historical materials, you will know that the Zheng family and the Dutch have been at odds with each other over the years, and the two sides have fought fiercely.

Not only at sea, but also on land, including the massacre of Chinese by the Spaniards in Manila, which was actually more or less related to the rise of the Zheng family.

Well, because time is limited, I won't go into it.

In short, now that we are here, if we can insert a lever from it, it will definitely stir up a lot of waves.

So, guys, how do you think we will respond to these three forces? When Zhu Beiguo said this, he suddenly threw a rather grand question to everyone.

"Of course, it is Lianhua to resist European aggression and oppose colonial aggression!"

"Nanyang is our front yard in Australia, and other forces are not allowed to get involved!"

"What? You guys are stupid at reading, aren't you? ”

"Hmph...... What do you want to say......"

"yes, you big fool! Can you talk past your brain! The Europeans are gone, who will help us sell industrial goods to the whole world? ”

"It makes sense, who has such strength? It seems like it's only the Dutch......"

"Well, if you want me to say, it's hard to say who can help us now, but it will certainly not be those indigenous kingdoms that are still in the historical stage of the intersection of serfdom and slavery, let alone the Qing Dynasty and Japan, which are bent on closing themselves off from the country."

At this time, Xu Zhi interjected calmly, and at this time, Wei Dongli also nodded in agreement, and then interjected:

"Yes, we don't have the ability to sell our trade abroad anyway, and I think the Dutch should be able to help us. I hope you are clear-headed, okay? Our primary goal is to do business smoothly in Nanyang, and under this big goal, it is important to figure out who is our enemy and who is our friend! ”

"Well, Brother Wei is right, in general, the Dutch are businessmen, and it is profitable for everyone to cooperate with us."

"Yes, I heard that the Dutch have a good relationship with the Qing Dynasty, not only have trade contacts, but also help the imperial court fight Zheng Chenggong!"

"It was the Qing Dynasty that used open trade as bait, and the Dutch were deceived later, and they didn't get any benefits at all, and in the end they even lost Dayuan Island, but it is true that the Dutch had a good relationship with the Qing court."

"In that case, our goods may be able to enter the mainland through this channel!"