"This is a brand new battleship, except for the slight slower speed, both the protection and the firepower are perfect, especially the thirty-two-pounder gun it is equipped with, it is even more powerful, and in my opinion, even the galleon may not be its opponent."

On the top of the hill in the city of Resha, there is an elegant villa, which is also the residence of the Dutch governor in Taiwan, Sonod, who has just returned to Resha, and has not had time to ask the doctor here to re-examine the injury on his leg, so he is carried here to report the results of the naval battle to Sonod.

Sonod pondered for a long time before he asked again: "Is the battleship of the Ming Kingdom really powerful here?" ”

Resisting the pain in his legs, Onkos gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I can swear to God that what I said is absolutely true!" ”

Sonod stopped talking, he looked at the scenery at the foot of the mountain and fell into deep thought, and after a long time he sighed softly and said, "Do you know, Onkos? When I was ordered to come to Taiwan as Governor General four years ago, I was so ambitious because across from us was an ancient country. It is so rich and vast that if we can conquer this country and make use of its manpower, material resources and mineral resources, then we will not fear any opponent, and for this reason His Majesty has even made ambitious plans, and we have been working hard for so many years......"

Speaking of this, Sonod asked again: "Onkos, do you know how many people there are in the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Without waiting for Onkos to answer, Sonord muttered to himself, "The preliminary count is 100 million...... That's more than the population of all of Europe and 62.5 times the population of the Netherlands, and you know what that means? This means that as long as we control this country, we will never have to worry about the depletion of troops, and the whole world will be prostrate under our feet! ”

At the end, Thornoud shouted almost like a roar, and even his face turned red.

Looking at the excited Soneod, Onkos understood the other party's mood very well. Today's Netherlands has entered its heyday, most of Europe is the Dutch team's sphere of influence, but there is a condition that restricts the continued expansion of the Netherlands, that is, population, the war is to fight for resources, wealth, and population, but this is precisely the shortcomings of the Dutch, only 1.6 million people in the Netherlands even if tens of thousands of people die, it is a great event, Britain, France and other countries just saw this point to dare to challenge the hegemony of the Netherlands so unscrupulously.

Finally, when Sonod calmed down, he turned his head and said to Oncos in a decisive voice: "I have decided, I will write to His Majesty Frederick Henry, asking him to send a fleet of no less than a hundred ships, including at least forty galleons, and twenty thousand musketeers, only in this way can I conquer this huge country in one fell swoop." ”

"God...... Your Excellency the Governor, are you crazy? Ancos looked at Sonod in astonishment, forgetting even the pain in his foot, and he didn't care about the rudeness and said loudly: "Your Excellency the Governor, do you know what will happen if this proposal is sent to Amsterdam?" They will take you for a madman, and the next time they come, I am afraid that I will not know the reinforcement of the fleet, but your dismissal order! ”

"No...... You don't understand! ”

At this time, Sonod was not always gentle and elegant like in the past, his eyes were a little red, he looked like an angry gambler, I saw him staring at Ankos and asking word by word.

"Judging from what you just described, the Ming people already have the ability to build large warships, and their warships are larger and more powerful than ours, as far as I know, they call this kind of warships third-class warships, and now there are ten of them in service, and you only encountered one today. Think about it, what will happen if in the future we come across ten, twenty, or even a hundred of these ships? ”

"This ......"

Onkos was also taken aback by Sonod's assumption, he had only run into a third-tier battleship the other day, and he couldn't imagine what would have happened if he had run into a fleet of five or ten third-tier warships.

"Did you think of it?" Sonod sneered, "Have you ever thought about it when you have time, if the Ming people send their fleet suddenly appear outside the city of Geranza, what will we do to resist their fleet?" Without the protection of the fleet, what do we do to defend the city of Geranza? Without the city of Geranza, our interests in the Far East would be lost, you know? ”

Ang Ke Wu argued to himself: "But haven't you already promised to support Zheng Zhilong with five galleon warships, with these warships, maybe ......?"

Speaking of which, Angos himself couldn't go on, after that day's naval battle, of course he knew the power of the Ming Kingdom's No. 3 battleship, in addition to being faster, the Galion warship was not the opponent of the Ming warship in terms of firepower or protection, even if Zheng Zhilong obtained five Galion warships, he would not be the opponent of the Ming people, which was very clear to both him and Sonod.

"Well, I admit that you are right, but it is impossible for the country to agree to send such a large force to the Far East, and then the situation in the whole of Obaro will be unbalanced, especially the 20,000 musketeers you mentioned, which is already a quarter of the total strength of the Netherlands!" Onkos is still not optimistic about Sonoord's plans.

"Of course you don't have the courage, but I am confident that His Majesty the great Frederick will support my plan." Sonord said almost as if to cheer himself up.

Now that the Sonod battalion has made its decision, all Onkos can do is obey, "Well, you are the governor, you have the final say!" I'll draft an application for you right away! ”

Just when Sonod decided to apply to the mainland to send heavy troops to the Far East, Yang Feng in Xiamen also welcomed an uninvited guest.

"Lord Tian, why are you here?"

Looking at the embarrassed person standing in front of him, Yang Feng was almost unrecognizable, was this still the majestic Jinyi Guard commander in the past?

"Master Hou, the lower officials took the liberty to come, and I hope your lordship will forgive me!"

After Tian Ergeng saw Yang Feng, he was about to kneel down towards Yang Feng without saying a word, so frightened that Yang Feng hurriedly jumped to the side and quickly helped him up. Although Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is only a third-grade official, and he is a super-first-grade official as a marquis, Tian Ergeng, as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, represents the emperor to a certain extent, and Yang Feng does not dare to accept his kneeling so arrogantly.

"Lord Tian, you have something to say, if this is the case again, Ben Hou Ke will have to leave!" Yang Feng's face sank.