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"Backward, seriously backward." This is Huang Zongxi's pertinent evaluation of this matter.

"We must bring back the best shipbuilders in Europa to Daming." Huang Zongxi suddenly became competitive.

But this matter is not easy to handle, the Europeans are not fools, how could they allow a large number of shipbuilders to be taken away by the envoys of Ming Dynasty?Especially the Dutch, they will obstruct in every possible way.Huang Zongxi envied the Dutch shipbuilding skills, he wanted to get people from the Netherlands.

"The emperor seems to have said that the shipbuilding skills of the English are no worse than that of the Dutch." Fang Yi reminded.

"How can the English be willing to make friends with Ming Dynasty?" Huang Zongxi felt a headache, this was an almost impossible task.

"Mr. Ambassador, there is a letter from London specially for you." Before Huang Zongxi could figure out how to solve the problem, a Dutch servant hurried to the British butler and muttered.

The butler told Huang Zongxi with a standard London accent, but Huang Zongxi, a top student, could understand the English butler's words.

"A letter from Mr. John Niederp?" Huang Zongxi asked in English.

"I think so, sir." The butler bowed his head in a gentlemanly manner.

"My lady, I think we have to go back to England." Huang Zongxi had a premonition that something was going to happen, it was an agreement between him and Johnny Depp.That little envoy is now very concerned about Huang Zongyi and his party. It can be said that it was the Ming Dynasty envoy that sent him into the upper class.

Chapter 5 and Three: Huang Zongxi's Diplomacy to England

Just before Christmas, in October 1651, England enacted the Navigation Acts.

This ordinance was the first bill passed by the British Parliament to protect the monopoly of British maritime trade. This bill triggered a war with the maritime power Netherlands, known as the "Anglo-Dutch War" in history.

This is a red-hot protectionist bill, or a clause of overlord.

Early February 1652, London.

John Niederp has been waiting anxiously by the Thames for several days, and the ship he was looking forward to flying the flag of Ming Dynasty has not yet appeared.

The Lord Protector of England, Cromwell, has summoned him twice, and each time he asked about Ming's situation, such as naval combat power and so on.John Niederp exaggerated the size of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and at the same time desperately belittled its technical level.

Recently, Cromwell even directly asked about the possibility of an alliance between England and Ming Dynasty, which surprised John Niederp.He didn't dare to answer this kind of thing, because he actually didn't know much about Daming.

"Not long ago, the Ming people just defeated the Dutch fleet, although there were only ten warships." John Niederp said.

"I need to personally summon the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty. I hope he hasn't returned to the beautiful East." Cromwell was almost giving an order to John Niederp.

"Of course, Mr. Ambassador must not have returned to China, I'm sure." John Niederp's brow was sweating. He was sure that if he couldn't find Huang Zongxi, his political career would be over.

Why did Huang Zongxi and his wife delay for so long?The main reason is that they have too many things to do, and it takes a lot of time just to collect books, government orders and other things.

Fortunately, the Netherlands is really a commercial society. As long as there is enough money, businessmen can even sell their own souls, let alone some mere butt wipes.

The clever Fang Yi bound all the collected paper products into the outer packaging of the Bible in the name of purchasing the Bible, and passed the customs in Amsterdam smoothly.

"Oh, God. Those Ming people are finally here." When John Nieder saw the flag of Huang Zongxi's ship, tears filled his eyes with excitement. He felt that he would soon be eligible to run for parliament. So Only excited.

As soon as Huang Zongxi got off the boat, Nedep gave him a hug, wishing he could go up and kiss Huang Zongxi.But when facing Fang Yi, he was about to kiss the back of Fang Yi's hand when Huang Zongxi pushed him aside.Nieder smiled awkwardly. He also knew that Mingren's care of his wife was like guarding a precious diamond, and he had to charge money for just looking at it.

"John, where are my subordinates?" Huang Zongxi brought 1000 people with him when he left. These people were the crew of Daming in name, but in fact they were all young seedlings from various colleges.

Starting from Portugal, these people have been assigned buying and selling tasks along the way, and it is also an opportunity for a large-scale exchange of goods between the East and the West.Of course, the main thing is to show some of Daming's latest products to the Europa people.

Before Huang Zongxi went to the Netherlands, there were more than 200 people staying in the London Business Club.

"Dear Huang, I think the honor of the family assures you that they are all in good health." Niederp's Chinese is very poor, but he is also working hard to improve his studies.

"What's the reason for me to come to London in such a hurry?" Huang Zongxi asked.

"Oh, this thing is like this, after you and your beautiful wife have a rest, I will take you to a place where a big man wants to meet you." Nedep stumbled and said.

"Great man, how old is he?" Huang Zongxi was puzzled, when he came to London before, he was only received by a diplomat, and the British obviously showed contempt for Daming.

"It's so big." Nieder first gestured with his hand and felt it was wrong, then pointed to the top of his head with his finger.

Huang Zongxi understood immediately.In the final analysis, the semantics of Ming people can best express behavioral awareness.

Cromwell's reception dinner was sumptuous, but it seemed ordinary to Huang Zongxi and his wife, but the gold and silver utensils all over the table were a bit eye-catching.Huang Zongxi felt that the French dinner party was more elegant and stylish.

The two sides talked about the weather and the sea for an hour in a friendly atmosphere, and they kept talking nonsense.

When Huang Zongxi finally realized that the Lord Protector of the United Kingdom, the actual ruler of the country, was deliberately testing Daming's familiarity with the sea, the dinner was almost over.

Huang Zongxi broke into a cold sweat, who said the British don't know how to turn corners?Any well-known political figures are not idiots. On the contrary, they are master negotiators, and they understand all negotiating skills.

"My emperor once said that Batavia is a very good place, and he really wants to go swimming on the beach there and bask in the sun." Huang Zongxi hurriedly said, if he didn't say anything else, he probably would have no chance.

Cromwell finally nodded in satisfaction, and Huang Zongxi guessed that the old fox was thinking in his heart: The young man is finally on his way.

"Young man, what do you want?" Cromwell was no longer polite.Now that the opponent is on the right track, let's talk about it.

Westerners will first ask you what you want when negotiating, but Chinese people generally like to brag about what they have.Chinese people should learn from Westerners on this point, know how to be modest, and don't rush to expose your cards.

"We need to freely recruit some craftsmen in London, especially shipbuilders." Huang Zongxi was not polite and said directly.

"Okay, how about a limit of five days?" Cromwell said.

Five days? What can I do, I guess I can find some unemployed apprentices who are not wanted.Huang Zongxi is not a fool, how could he agree.

"Twenty days. We are foreign guests, so language is a problem." Huang Zongxi said.

"Ten days."

"Fifteen days."

In the end, the two sides limited this time to two weeks. During these [-] days, London would not block the actions of the Ming people, but the Ming people needed to rely on their own abilities to get the shipbuilders in London to follow them to the far east voluntarily.

"Then let's talk about the next item now. What can you do for us?" Cromwell's fangs have been exposed. Since the British already have the capital to give Huang Zongxi, Huang Zongxi must come up with something that can impress Only their things can be exchanged.

England is different from the Netherlands. The introduction of the navigation regulations itself was formulated to maximize the profits of commodities in the United Kingdom and the British colonies, and to backlog the Dutch trade.

The Dutch looked for goods everywhere, looking for opportunities for trade, but the English didn't need them.

At this time, what Ming can give to the English is not the import or export of goods, and the English don't care much about these.Dutch people care.

Therefore, the British are starting to despise Ming Dynasty.

Only at the beginning of the nineteenth century, in order to achieve trade balance, did the British force the Qing government to open the market.

Huang Zongxi doesn't understand these things, but Zhu Youjian knows.

"The country of Wa used to be a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty. Da Ming could cut off half of the Dutch East India Company's trade revenue in the east. It could also provide protection for English ships sailing in the east." Huang Zongxi said what Zhu Youjian taught him.

Cromwell was taken aback for a moment. I am afraid that the whole of Europe knows how profitable the East India Company is.In the middle of the seventeenth century, the Dutch East India Company had a total of [-] branches, or there were so many trade outlets, earning one-third of the profits of the entire Dutch maritime trade.

The Dutch East India Company's largest income site is Japan, and the second largest income site is Taiwan.Taiwan has already been taken by Ming Dynasty, and now Ming Dynasty said that it can take the country of Wa, and even affect Batavia.