How can Zheng Zhilong go to the Strait of Malacca to grab territory without relatively advanced warships? Wouldn't he be sent to his death?

There are many maritime powers in Europe with their spheres of influence, and they can't do it without enough force to protect themselves, so how can they have the spare strength to complete the conquest?

Therefore, Huang Han agreed to sell warships and artillery to Zheng Zhilong, and the warships sold had to be guaranteed to have firepower superiority.

Huang Yong asked again: "Big brother thinks that there may be a few British warships that provoked the Ming Dynasty along the coast of Guangdong, and what is their combat effectiveness?" ”

Huang Han never despised the English, after all, they defeated the first old colonizer of the empire, Spain.

The Spanish navy was called the Invincible Armada, which shows how arrogant it was thirty or forty years ago.

At its peak, the Invincible Armada had more than 1,000 warships and tens of thousands of navies, and this fleet was rampant in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic, and it was truly invincible.

The Spaniards began to encounter a strong enemy from the sixteenth year of Wanli, that is, the rising English, and after that, the Armada gradually lost its invincible aura and was often deflated.

Huang Han affirmed: "The English should dispatch six or seven warships this time, all of which should have a displacement of no less than a thousand tons, and there will be no less than forty guns on each warship."

These warships should be the more advanced warships of their country, and the sailors and gunners are experienced, and they sail thousands of nautical miles across the ocean to reach the South China Sea. ”

Huang Yong said: "I understand, the warships of the Xiyi countries are indeed not given for nothing, fortunately, our battleships have an advantage and the number is overwhelming, and the English warships that are completely annihilated are nine out of ten." ”

Huang Han advised: "It is a task that must be completed to sink or capture all the ships of the English, and all the captured crew members will not be returned regardless of the ransom given by the third party who comes to negotiate, and will be sent to Seoul for disposal at that time, and as long as they fight with the English in the future, they will do the same." ”

The consistent principle of naval warfare is to ask for money, goods, ships, and deaths, and the Xiyi are also attacking each other, often coming forward themselves or asking a third country to come forward to negotiate with the winning side to pay a ransom and demand the release of prisoners.

Therefore, after trying their best to resist in the war, when they find that defeat cannot be avoided, they will choose to surrender with dignity, and the captives who have been redeemed will basically not be punished, and too many soldiers who have been captured can still be officers or even generals.

Huang Han believed that the Xiyi countries had a small population, and there was a limit to the number of people with sailing and combat experience, and defeating them once would cause them to lose hundreds or thousands of veterans, and only in the long run could they truly weaken the power of Xiyi.

Huang Yong was never ambiguous in carrying out orders, and said: "Big brother, please rest assured, in the future, Longwu Shui Master will carry out such an order to the letter." ”

Huang Han and Yan Yuese asked Huang Yidao: "Third brother, are you annoyed to float on the sea for many years?" ”

Huang Yi immediately stood up and said, "Big brother, I like sailing, and I like to travel the world even more. ”

Huang Han approvingly: "Do a good job, try to lead a fleet across the Pacific Ocean next year to establish a foothold in North and South America, where there are copper, gold, silver, and cinchona trees that can cure malaria, all in all, there are many good things there." ”

Huang Yi asked, "Is this what you used to say about establishing colonies?" ”

Huang Han said: "Yes, it is to establish a colony, now we are a step too late, the Xiyi countries have already established colonies in many places there, and we will definitely have to communicate with them at that time and force them to give up the territory we want to take." ”

Huang Yidao: "Big brother, I am willing to lead the fleet to expand the territory in South and North America. ”

Seventeen-year-old Huang Ang didn't speak, listening carefully to his brothers' discussions, his eyes were full of little stars, and he also stood up and said loudly at this time: "Big brother, I also want to go to the other side of the sea to open up the world." ”

Huang Han laughed and said: "The world is so big, it is far from the hot land in the mouth of the Ming scholars, and the fourth brother can bypass Little Luzon all the way to the south in the future."

Didn't you see the continent called Australia marked on the globe? There are still no civilized people there, there are very few indigenous savages, and it is definitely a virgin land. ”

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The four brothers talked about work, the future, and a lot of family matters, and they talked until midnight, and they waited for Zheng Zhilong anxiously.

finally saw Huang Yong come out, and finally made an appointment to discuss the sale of warships and artillery in detail tomorrow.

After Zheng Zhilong went back, it was rare to toss and turn all night without sleep, and early the next morning, with a black circle under his eyes, he boarded the flagship "Hanjiang" on which Huang Yong was riding, and then grinded hard and soaked, wanting to buy more new battleships.

He didn't have the delusion to buy the first-class battleships of the Longwu Naval Division, he asked for battleships with a displacement of less than 800 tons, and he didn't ask for new ships, just gave them to the warships in active service.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu are both experts, they have seen the warships of the Longwu Naval Division, and they know that these warships have not been in service for a long time, and they can be regarded as new ships.

Huang Yong finally agreed to sell seven battleships at a price of 1,100,000 taels of silver, with the largest displacement of 800 tons and the smallest 500 tons, and the seven warships were equipped with an average of 36 guns of different sizes, and the largest caliber was a 24-pound Hongyi cannon.

The cost price of these warships is not less than 350,000 taels of silver, and the average service life is only three years, and the profit from selling to Zheng Zhilong only for more than 700,000 taels of silver is really not much, and many technologies that are ahead of this era do not reflect their value.

After negotiating the price and source of goods, Zheng Zhilong couldn't pick up the goods, and he didn't even speak.

Because he came to aid Liao, not to trade in Liaohai, it was impossible to have more than one million taels of silver in his hand, so he thought about it, and immediately transported the silver after returning to Fujian, and then came to Liaohai to negotiate the seven warships, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of spending money, but he is afraid that the general will not sell the warship.

At present, there are very few East India Company warships in the South China Sea that have more than seven warships, and Zheng Zhilong believes that with the seven new warships purchased, the best sailors and gunners can be trained for half a year to form combat effectiveness.

Then, with these seven new warships as the main force, he took fifty of the original warships to find the Xiyi fleet, and if the East India Company's fleet suddenly attacked, it was possible to earn back all the money invested in a one-time capture.

Zheng Zhilong has been in the South China Sea for a long time, and he knows where to go and what time period to ambush, and he will definitely wait for the East India Company's fleet.

Zheng Zhilong was also worried that something would happen, and before leaving, he took Zheng Zhihu and Gan Hui to the door again to ask to see the general of the conquest, and this time there were not many people who participated in the meeting.

There were only seven people, Huang Han, Huang Yong, Huang Yi, Shen Xianyi, Huang Chunsheng, Yang Dacheng, Shi Daxuan, and eight young guards standing behind Huang Han.