Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 696 Sanction the Dutch first (please subscribe!)
The gang of Cantonese reacted extremely quickly, and immediately bowed to Zhu Kezang.

"Flat body, flat body!"

Zhu Kezang was very happy to see this group of Cantonese guys who dared to fight hard, and his voice today sounded lighter than usual.

The big guy straightened up and peeked up.

I saw Zhu Kezang in a uniform, sitting on the throne reserved for him.

The Cantonese people who worked with him on Dongning Island in the past couldn't help but sigh with emotion. The young prince of Yanping has now become the emperor of a super empire. He has aged a little and is now more majestic.

Seeing everyone straightened up, Zhu Kezang smiled and said: "I came here today mainly because I haven't seen you for a long time. I think we were together on the Strait of Dongning Island, in Xiamen, and in Guangzhou. The government is here to kill the Tartars. It has been so many years in a blink of an eye, and we can be regarded as accomplished, and we deserve to go through the world!"

Today's scene made Zhu Kezang feel a lot of emotion, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Your Majesty, this is all under your leadership!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is our honor to fight the world with you!"

"That's right, we are all able to live today because of following Your Majesty!"

I have to say that Zhu Kezang is still very kind to his heroes.

So far, they are all living well, and the Dongning faction who are willing to let go of their power have all made their fortunes in Guangdong.

Zhu Kezang didn't kill anyone like Hong Lei, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"Hahaha, don't flatter me, I have something to tell you today!"

When Zhu Kezang said this, the smile on his face was almost bursting out, and he knew it was a good thing at a glance!

"Have you all heard?"

Zhu Kezang laughed and said, "The foreign devils have formed an eight-nation coalition, and they are going to have a trade war with Ming Dynasty. They want our goods from Ming Dynasty to rot in place. People say, what should we do?"

"beat!"

"Hack them!"

"Call to Europa"

"Your Majesty, please make an order. If you want money or people, we will support you and watch you!"

"Yes! To fight against Europa, it is enough for us Cantonese to pay for it!"

good good!
Zhu Kezang raised a bunch of war criminals, and he would kill people if he disagreed.

Moreover, he has to pay Daming money and people, arrogant!

Zhu Kezang nodded with a smile and said, "Alright, I like business people like you, but."

Having said that, Zhu Kezang paused.

The word "but" isn't going to grab the territory?
This is not like the emperor's style!
Everyone below was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Emperor Zhu in a daze.

Zhu Kezang went on to say: "However, the rice needs to be eaten at a bite, and the country needs to fight one by one."

"Europa is too far away, we can do something convenient, such as the opposite America, or Ceylon Island in South Tianzhu."

what?
Opposite America?
The other side is too far away.

These Cantonese people have heard that there are gold pickers in America, especially Jinshan City.

But it is too far away. For Cantonese, it is better to go to Nanyang for development, or to raise cattle and sheep in Abbot Province.

Wait, there is a place to pick up gold in the Americas, so are you afraid of the trade war of the Eight-Power Allied Forces?
If it doesn’t work, why don’t you send more people to America to pick up gold?

So it turned out that His Majesty had a long-term vision, and they had an epiphany!
Zhu Kezang continued: "Europa Ming also wants to, but that will be a long time later. The most urgent thing is to liberate America!"

"Of course, since they want to fight a trade war with us, I have plenty of ways to sanction them, so that the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company can honestly kneel down and make money, and become Ming's Europa compradors!"

But how does Zhu Kezang plan to achieve the goal of sanctions?

In December of the tenth year of Shenwu, the monsoon and ocean currents in the East Indian Ocean flow counterclockwise.

Traveling from Nanyang to Tianzhu can just take advantage of this ocean current and monsoon. With smooth sailing, it used to take more than ten days to reach Tianzhu from Nanyang, but now it only takes eight days to reach Tianzhu.

The monsoon is howling, the sea is rough, and a huge fleet is sailing on the boundless sea, cutting the wind and waves, all the way westward.

The scale of this fleet is very large, with more than 30 second-class sailing warships leading the way. On both sides of the warships, rows of gun holes are lined up side by side, like the teeth of ferocious beasts.

Followed by more than 20 small warships.

This is the Guangdong Fleet!

Because the strength of the fleet of the Eight Nations Allied Forces was just that, Da Ming didn't send a first-class sail warship at all.

Admiral of the Great Ming Guangdong Sea Fleet and Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy, Liu Guoxuan stood on his flagship Guangzhou, took a breath of moist air, and then raised a telescope to look around, as if the line of sight could reach infinite distance .

Ceylon is a larger island south of Tianzhu.

Ceylon Island is located near the equator and belongs to the tropics. There are many highlands on the island. Tea cultivation is prevalent and pearls are abundant.

And there are many gem veins on the island.

In the past, it was the territory of Portugal, and later it was occupied by the Netherlands.

At present, the Netherlands has 8 strongholds in Ceylon, including Trincomalee, Jaffna, Colombo, Galle, Matara, Batticaloa, Negombo, and Fort Mannar.

Daming's fleet is preparing to land off the coast of Matara.

The Guangdong Fleet was getting closer and closer to Ceylon Island. Occasionally, a few Chinese sailboats passed by in a group. The sailors at the bow of the ship saw the mighty Ming Royal Navy approaching, and they all cheered loudly with excitement.

"Da Ming wins! Daming is coming"

"Da Ming is finally here!"

"It seems that Ceylon Island is also ours."

After the Ming Dynasty occupied the eastern part of Tianzhu, the maritime merchant forces of the Ming Dynasty also expanded here.

Even on the island of Ceylon in the Netherlands, there are many Ming people.

The Dutch didn't dare to touch them either, because they had the mighty Ming behind them.

The Han people who sailed here were either from Chaozhou, or from southern Fujian, and there were also a small number of Cantonese. In short, they were the group of people who most supported the new Daming.

The Guangdong Fleet came here today, and it came here with the "Sanction Order from the Celestial Dynasty".

Soon, [-] large and small warships headed by Guangzhou rolled up white waves and slowly cruised in the sea off Matara.

The Dutch have deployed defenses on Ceylon Island. There are about a dozen sailing warships on the island, most of which are armed merchant ships.

Seeing the large-scale invasion of the Ming army fleet, several Dutch two-masted armed merchant ships wandering along the coast of Matara left the city of Matara and fled westward.

However, there are not many troops on Ceylon Island. The main force of the Dutch burned, killed and looted in South Tianzhu.

The defense in Matara was even more empty. The Dutch only deployed a small team of sailors and two anti-smuggling speedboats on the shore of Matara, and built a lookout post.

Matara is at the southernmost tip of Ceylon Island.

When the large fleet of the Ming Navy appeared in the sea south of Matara, Ernst Louis, the head of the Dutch East India Company on the island, knew that something was wrong!

(End of this chapter)