Chapter 750: King Baseton
The captain of the Siamese cruiser sat on the ground in a daze, as if he had seen a ghost, and looked at a behemoth that gradually appeared on the horizon in the distance, its huge body growing larger and larger, until it finally revealed its true face.
This behemoth was a ship, an incomparably huge ship, and its hull looked like it was all made of iron, without sails or slurry, but it was not slow at all, and it sailed towards the Siamese cruiser.
The sailors on board also saw the huge iron ship, and they, like the captain, had forgotten the environment they were in, and just stood there dumbfounded, their mouths wide open.
The huge iron boat roared past more than 200 meters beside them, stirring up a raging wave that shook the 200 small boats on the Siam cruise.
"Bang...... Bang ......"
The sluggish sailors on board were caught off guard, and several of them fell to the ground one after another. The violent shaking of the ship also made the people on the boat sober up, and the expressions on their faces were incomparably wonderful, and they looked incredible.
The captain of the Siamese cruiser looked at the back of the giant steel ship, and his heart had already set off a monstrous wave. Where did this fleet come from, even if it was the Celestial Empire treasure ship that his parents had told him about, it couldn't be compared to this big guy.
"And ...... And what's more...... Here we go again......"
The captain turned his head sharply and saw another behemoth of the same iron in the distance, but this time they did not panic, but watched with a pale face as the huge ship whizzed past them again.
As the 10,000-ton ships passed by them one after another, the sailors on the Siam cruiser were completely numb. Hundreds of sailboats followed, and they didn't make a fuss.
Suddenly, a water finger pointed at the sky and shouted with horror on his face: "God...... Heavenly...... What's that......"
The man on the boat looked up and followed the direction of the sailor's finger. I saw several huge spindle-shaped objects flying over their heads. It was only a few hundred meters away from them, as if it was the Shenzhou of the Heavenly Palace.
A sloop slowly approached the Siamese cruiser, and a heavily armed sailor, speaking Hokkien, shouted loudly: "Get down on your knees." Raise your hands above your head, if you dare to move, Lao Tzu will slaughter you......"
There were really a few Chinese on the Siamese cruise, and there happened to be a person from the southeast who could understand Hokkien dialect. He hurriedly translated for the people on board, and when the sailors on board heard this, they all knelt on the deck in an instant, and raised their hands high above their heads.
Several heavily armed soldiers, armed with firearms. Jumped onto the Siam cruiser. One of the generals at the head shouted: "Who is the captain?" ”
The people on board listened to the Chinese sailor's translation and, almost at the same time, pointed to the captain who was kneeling on the side. The general slowly walked to the opposite side of the captain and said coldly: "You will block the passage of our fleet without authorization, and you should be killed according to the law." Remembering that you did it unintentionally, I bypassed you this time. Go back quickly and report that the Far Eastern Fleet is coming, and let the King of Siam come here to meet you at once. ”
When the sailors on the ship heard this, they kowtowed at that time. Thousands of graces thanked the other party for not killing. The captain also hurriedly promised to go back immediately to report, and he would never dare to slack off.
After the battleship in the Far East drove away. The captain wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly ordered the ship to return. He was now soaking wet as if he had been fished out of the sea. Tainyima was terrifying, and in the face of such a huge fleet, they didn't even dare to have the mind to fight.
The huge steel ships, as well as the Heavenly Palace Shenzhou flying in the sky. Could it be that they are immortals? The other hundreds of sailboats in the fleet are nothing compared to these things.
Zhou Cheng stood in the bridge of the No. 1 landing ship, observing the gradually revealing land in front of him with his glasses. It's finally time for the next task. It was to give the king of the Ayutthaya Dynasty a dismount, and then coerce him to sign a treaty, in fact, this treaty has been made in advance by Zhou Billy of the Ministry of Intelligence, which is absolutely humiliating and humiliating.
"Commander, we have sent the Siamese cruiser back, and they will report our intentions to King Basaitong of the Ayutthaya dynasty."
Zhou Cheng nodded, then turned his head and smiled at the people at the fleet headquarters on the bridge: "I believe that King Basaitong will handle the relationship between the two of us reasonably. ”
Everyone laughed out loud when they heard him.
Zhou Cheng continued: "But we must also actively prepare, the fleet's three landing ships, twenty-four search sailboats, and improved sailing ships are ready for battle. ”
At this time, the people who were busy on the docks along the coast of Bangkok also saw the huge fleet of the Far East, especially when the six 10,000-ton giant ships appeared.
The entire dock was suddenly in chaos, for fear that these deep-sea monsters would come ashore and wreak havoc and eat living people or something. People fled for their lives, and a large number of Siamese fled to Ayutthaya, the royal capital of the Ayutthaya dynasty.
The Siam cruiser returned to the Bangkok Navy Military Village, immediately changed to a small boat, and rowed quickly towards the city. Then the news of the arrival of this Far Eastern Fleet in Bangkok was reported to King Basaitong.
King Baseton, who got the news, hurriedly summoned the civil and military forces of the Ayutthaya Dynasty to discuss the matter of dealing with the Far Eastern Fleet. During this period, the status of the Chinese in the Ayutthaya Dynasty was very high, and the royal family even handed over the tax collection work to the Chinese, and there were many Chinese officials in the royal court, many of whom were even knighted, and their positions were mostly related to diplomacy, trade and business.
King Basaitong also had great appreciation and respect for the Chinese officials and the Chinese businessmen who helped him act as agents for overseas trade, and entrusted him with important responsibilities to many Chinese. Especially after the Far East controlled the trade channels in Southeast Asia, the position of the Chinese in Siam became even more important.
Historically, in August 1664, the Dutch signed a trade treaty with Siam by force, the most important of which was to prohibit the Chinese from participating in Siam's trade, not to hire Chinese ships, and not to allow the Chinese to become naturalized in Siam, which shows the status of the Chinese in Siam.
King Basaitong knew that the Far East was powerful and that the Far East was also in power, so he gathered a group of Chinese officials and businessmen whom he trusted very much to discuss how to deal with the arrival of the Far East fleet. (To be continued......)
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