Text Chapter 1046: The Journey of the Mirror
Before summoning Meier, Li Zicheng summoned a few Dutchmen separately, screened out the ship-building and ship-repairing technicians from among the prisoners of war, and sent them directly to the Songjiang Jinshan Shipyard to assist Cao Jian, regardless of whether they wanted to or not.
He summoned a few Dutchmen separately to ask about the island of Taiwan and the headquarters in Batavia, and finally summoned Meier, the commander of the Dutch East India Company in Formosa.
"Who are you?" Maier's whole body was bound, swaying slightly, his blue pupils were full of anger, "You are not Zheng Yiguan's people, who are you?" ”
Li Zicheng knew that what Maier said about Zheng Yiguan was actually Zheng Zhilong, smiled faintly, and said, "Is it Zheng Yiguan's person, is there any difference?" You're already a prisoner of war!"
"Prisoners of war? No, no, you didn't declare war on us, you were a sneak attack, a shameless sneak attack!" Furious, Mel wriggled and muttered, "Do you know who I am? ”
"Dutch East India Company, Governor of Taiwan, Meier!"
"It's not Taiwan, it's Formosa ......" Maier suddenly felt that something was wrong, how did he know his identity? Knowing that you dare to sneak attack the Dutch? Except for Zheng Yiguan's subordinates, who has such courage?
"Your name is Formosa," Li Zicheng said leisurely: "However, this is our land, and we have changed the name, remember, it is called Taiwan, the treasure island of Taiwan." ”
"Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who it is," Li Zicheng said: "You have taken other people's things, and you have to return them, no, you will return them with interest!"
When the translator told him this, he could hardly believe it, "You are from the Ming Dynasty?" ”
"No, it's called Huaxia now!"
"Huaxia?" Maier seems to understand that Huaxia has replaced the Ming Dynasty and has changed the dynasty, "But Formosa is not yours, it was given to us by the officials of the Ming Dynasty that day." ”
"I can give it to you that day, and we can also come back today," Li Zicheng smiled lightly: "Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Huaxia, they are all countries of etiquette, advocating courtesy and exchanges, and giving you Taiwan Island on the same day, have you ever given a gift of considerable value?" ”
"Rebate?"
"Did you get a piece of Taiwan Island for nothing?" Li Zicheng sneered: "I originally thought that you would exchange courtesies, but since you are pretending to be stupid, Huaxia Guo will naturally not be polite to you, and the land that was given away at the beginning will be taken back today." ”
"...... you?" Mel regretted a little, just now he shouldn't have admitted that Formosa was given by the Ming Dynasty, Formosa was terra nullius, and whoever got it belonged to whom.
Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows, "If you have anything to say, you just have to be idle today!"
Mel said angrily: "Even if you take back Formosa, you can't sneak attack at night, we have killed a lot of people, you have to compensate us for our losses......"
"On that day, the Dutch warships came to the island of Taiwan and forcibly occupied Taiwan, and today we take it back by force, is there anything wrong?" Li Zicheng said: "As for compensation, it's really a good idea, you forcibly occupy the island of Taiwan for 21 years, 100,000 taels of rent per year, a total of 2.1 million, plus the losses of this war......
"You ......" Maier wanted to point his finger at Li Zicheng's nose and kick it over, "Formosa is not your land, but we Dutch, and it is not your turn to collect rent......"
Li Zicheng said: "The Netherlands is separated by tens of thousands of miles from the island of Taiwan, can the land of the Netherlands be the same as your warships, and can sail tens of thousands of miles away?" ”
"You know our warships," there was some pleasure in Meier's eyes, "Batavia headquarters, there are countless warships, you just wait for our warships and artillery!"
"It's good to have the Batavia headquarters," Li Zicheng said with a smile, "We're worried that we don't know who will pay the rent, so let's pay the silver from the Batavia headquarters, remember, we only accept cash, not guilders!"
"Devil, what a devil ......"
"The devil will never admit that he is the devil," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "There is no rent on your body, from now on, scold me once, kill one person, and kill one person until the killing, it's a big deal not to ask for rent!"
When Maier listened to the translator's words, he was about to curse again, but his big mouth was already open, and he didn't make a sound.
"Yes, there is consciousness, and there is a little gentlemanly demeanor," Li Zicheng got up, patted Maier's face, and said, "It's okay, I can afford to wait, before you send a message to the Batavia headquarters, you can have a full meal, but the silver for the meal also needs to be paid by Batavia." ”
Only then did Maier know that the arrogant person opposite turned out to be the emperor of Huaxia, but the emperor was gone, and he was locked up in a dark room again.
Nearly 1,000 Dutch people can eat a full meal at every meal, and even pork, but there is no water, not even cold water.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Zicheng took the Dutch over again, and ordinary soldiers naturally looked down on them, and the technicians were held in solitary confinement and then quietly taken away.
On the evening of the second day, many Dutch people could not hold on, and since leaving the island of Taiwan, they have not even drunk a sip of water, their lips are dry and chapped due to lack of water, their physical fitness is poor, and their faces are swollen.
Maier knew that if this continued, he would have to ask to see Li Zicheng.
But Li Zicheng was not on Egret Island, but went to Quanzhou Fucheng to guide the immigration, and whether he would come back for a while and a half.
Maier became more and more anxious, the more anxious he became, the more thirsty he became, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot when he saw his compatriots in a coma, but the Chinese soldiers guarding them were only allowed to drink water for five soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers could only wait.
When Li Zicheng returned to Ludao, it was already the evening of the third day.
When Maier saw Li Zicheng's figure, he couldn't wait to kowtow to his father, so he wrote a letter to the governor of Batavia, Dimen, according to Li Zicheng's request, and asked the five soldiers who had drunk water and recovered to be sent to Batavia by small boat, so that Maier and the others could get clean water.
Only one small cup per person.
Li Zicheng was worried that these people lacked too much water, and if the cow drank, it would be difficult to save his life, so he gave a cup of cold water every two hours.
After a day, the puffiness on the faces of Maier and the others gradually subsided, and the people gradually became energetic.
Mel was the first to be untied, but most of the soldiers were still tied up in a gloomy hut, where food was delivered every day, but they were not free.
Mel was stranded on Egret Island, and although he pleaded bitterly, Li Zicheng was not on Egret Island, and no one dared to release the Dutch.
Li Zicheng had already taken the battleship south.
The five Dutch prisoners of war, who had just left with Meier's handwritten letter, arrived at the headquarters in Batavia, and then the headquarters sent people over, which would take a while, and Li Zicheng did not want to stay on Ludao and wait.
He remembered the incident of Ho Jing (Macau) and went south to Guangdong, where he prepared to meet the Portuguese.
Zhou Kun personally escorted the "Chengdu" and escorted the two "Chongqing-class warships" "Chongqing" and "Fengjie"
, there are also quite a few small ships, and there are quite a few transport ships accompanying them, which are enough to transport a regiment of soldiers.
These warships account for almost 30% of the South China Sea Fleet, which may not be anything in front of the maritime powers of the West, but in the southeast sea, this fleet is already very large.
Zhou Kun and Li Zicheng stood side by side on the deck, the emperor personally went south, he didn't know the emperor's purpose, but the emperor was on the battleship, and he was a little nervous.
The emperor is the supreme ...... of the Ninth Five-Year Plan The point is that he does not understand the situation in the southeast seas, and the South China Sea Fleet has just raided the island of Taiwan, where the Dutch are entrenched, and has formed a deep enmity with the Dutch......
"Your Majesty, why did we go to visit the Grape Man? If the emperor wants to take back Haojing, the minister will take the South China Sea fleet and ensure that the grape people are driven away......"
"Chase away?" Li Zicheng looked at the clear blue sea, the sea water is very thick, the sea area here should be very deep, "If you drive the Portuguese away, who will trade with us?" ”
"Commerce?" Zhou Kun was dissatisfied, the emperor ventured to Haojing, was it for business and trade, for the Zheng family?
In Li Zicheng's heart, he already had his own calculations, and said with a smile: "Zhou Aiqing knows, why did these Portuguese and Dutch come to the East thousands of miles away?" ”
"Is it for trade?"
"Yes, for trade," Li Zicheng said, "since they are here for trade, why don't we take advantage of them?" ”
"Utilization?" Zhou Kun was puzzled, "Didn't the emperor go south this time to take back Haojing?" ”
"Let's see how it goes!" In Li Zicheng's sight, two seagulls glided happily against the surface of the sea, and with a cry, their wings were suddenly retracted, and they slowly landed on the surface of the sea.
Whether the seagull is an auspicious bird on the sea, Li Zicheng doesn't know, he just hopes that this time he came to Haojing, the journey will be easy and pleasant, and there will be a good result.
In the evening, the "Chengdu" greeted the setting sun and slowly approached the outer harbor to the east.
There were quite a few grape people on the docks of the outer harbor, perhaps because they heard the news of seeing an unknown warship, and they were uneasy and wanted to see what was going on.
There were originally several transport ships on the dock, one of which was unloading the goods, and when they saw the battleship approaching, several transport ships fled to the north in a puff of smoke, and even the goods on the dock were gone.
The "Chengdu" neither docked nor anchored, but cruined outside the wharf, with only two small ships anchored in the outer harbor, and several heavily armed soldiers ashore.
The crowd on the dock was panicked at first, but the panic in their hearts slowly subsided when they saw that there were only a few soldiers.
After a while, a gray-haired Westerner walked out of the crowd, followed by hundreds of Portuguese soldiers with loaded guns, and the crowd of onlookers, not knowing whether they knew him or was taken by the prestige of the soldiers, retreated to both sides, giving way to a wide passage in the middle.
The old man walked to the dock before stopping, glanced at the largest "Chengdu" on the sea, and frowned.
Kyushu military flag, he obviously doesn't know!
The huge "Chengdu" is more powerful than all the soldiers on the shore, although there are only three or five people on the deck, but he knows in his heart that below the deck, as well as on the transport ship behind, there are at least thousands of soldiers, and there are not enough manpower to control such a battleship at all!
However, when he saw the soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet carrying swords and guns, his brows quickly relaxed, and he turned around to say something to the soldiers behind him, and the Portuguese soldier immediately took a few steps forward and stopped in front of the soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet, "Who are you, why did you come to Haojing without permission?" ”
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