From Chief to Ball

After looking around, Chen Jian pointed to his head, squeezed his fist again, and nodded his mouth.

"Everyone, if you want to do that, you need fists, mouths, and heads."

Chapter 45 Teaching a Man to Fish

A small Thailand would not need such trouble, but the leader of the Asian order in the north had to discuss it with the people in the fleet in advance as a basis.

Kneeling now is for not kneeling in the future, seize the opportunity earlier to let that huge empire open its eyes to see the outside world, and have a chance to mix sand in it earlier.

The rulers of feudal dynasties are to some extent the same and must be removed.It is one thing to have a foreign race, and it is not necessary to get rid of a foreign race if it is not the emperor.Foreigners eat human flesh and drink human blood, and the clan's emperors and vassals do not eat milk squeezed from grass.

Chen Jian cursed secretly in his heart for being blamed for such a big scapegoat that could not guarantee his infamy for thousands of years in the future.

Since he was responsible for such a blame, the envoys sent to Ayutthaya did not receive excessive demands from the King of Thailand. After all, Thailand is not big and has no confidence to do so.

After a banquet, Erjiatuo Salud communicated with the envoy sent by Chen Jian with the help of an interpreter.

After probing for real and false, Ergad Salud was [-]% convinced about the existence and size of this country, so he asked some questions that mattered most to him.

"Your country is thousands of miles away, and it is not easy to come across the ocean. Trade and commerce are beneficial to both countries, and this is allowed. As stated in your document, every sentence is sincere and true. In this way, there is no problem in repairing the two countries. But what is the difference between this shop and the shop in Pattani?"

The envoy was prepared and replied: "Your Majesty, since Pattani is a vassal state of your country, Pattani's business house is naturally subordinate to Ayutthaya's business house. On the premise of not signing any covenant, we There will be no intervention in the war that is going on here."

That is to say, but the treaty can be signed at any time.Thailand's strength is still very strong now, and a small country like Pattani can't make any waves.If it is another country, it is another way of saying that Thailand can be destroyed at this time, which proves that it is larger and it is not easy to obtain benefits.

After thinking about it, the King of Thailand asked again: "How is the relationship between your country and Portugal?"

"It doesn't matter. But our country will not allow Portugal to preach. Your Majesty does not know that there is a country thousands of miles away from the south of our country. Spain and Portugal, which belong to the same king, use missionary in the name of Make a million people unwilling to resist, and a hundred people destroy the country."

This is the first time the King of Thailand has heard of this, and he couldn't help asking: "A hundred people will destroy the country?"

He has white mercenaries under him, and he can't believe that a country with a population of thousands of miles will be destroyed by a hundred people.

The messenger hurriedly said: "This matter is absolutely true. There is not much resistance. Everyone believes in God, so naturally everyone is united. Therefore, our country should not allow missionaries to enter, and of course we will not carry out missionary activities."

Ergatuo Salud did not ask further questions. Since he is the "God King" of Thailand, he naturally understands the power of religion, but he did not expect such a thing to happen, so he couldn't help being vigilant.

But after all, these words were only spoken from one side. Although they couldn't believe them all, the seeds of distrust and vigilance had already been planted in their hearts.

The Portuguese in Burma are making troubles, and they seem to be invincible. At first, Ergato Salud thought that these people did not fight against the Portuguese like the Dutch, which was a bit of a fly in the ointment.But hearing the emissary say that preaching is prohibited, and then uttered these warning words, the relationship between the two countries must not be too good.

"As the envoy said, your country has a vast land, so do you need trade and travel thousands of miles?"

"Trade matters are beneficial to both countries, and they can communicate with each other. Everyone in our country talks about benefits, but no one will travel thousands of miles to preach like those missionaries. But if it is for gold, silver, rice, teak, ivory, etc., don't say What is a thousand miles, a hundred thousand miles?"

Ergatuo Salud nodded and smiled, and suddenly asked: "The envoy thinks, if you go to war with the Portuguese, what are your country's chances of winning?"

The messenger hurriedly said: "If you are within a thousand miles of the country, you can win in an instant. Outside of thousands of miles, there are five or five sea battles. If there are fortresses to defend and food and grass available in land battles, you will not be afraid at all."

After finishing speaking, the envoy said: "Your Majesty also knows that our country is thousands of miles east of Portugal. If you don't have the confidence to win a battle, how dare you start trade? The Portuguese are ambitious. Once they are jealous, these interests cannot be shielded by military strength. How can we guarantee it? Our daring to come here to trade is enough to prove that we are not afraid of the Portuguese. If we are afraid, our country has already opened the country to allow missionaries to roam around. The Portuguese only need to say a word, and we dare not set foot in it. Here, after all, they value spices."

In this way, although it is vulgar, its credibility is much higher.

The envoy took the opportunity to say again: "Before I came, the special envoy asked me to speak to His Majesty."

"please say."

"Teaching a man how to fish is worse than giving him a fish. Why don't your Majesty hire our country's instructors and train our sergeants? If your Majesty is interested, you can watch our army formation. The muskets are fired, the artillery roars, and even the rocks are crushed. Five years Form an army, the military power is in the hands of His Majesty, if there is another threat from another country in the future, mentioning this army will make them dare not have unreasonable expectations."

This is a novel idea. Portugal's military formation is not suitable for Thailand, and even if you learn it, you can't learn it. It's not that Ergato Salad has never thought about it, but it is too difficult to implement.

Hearing what the envoy said, it was obvious that he was extremely confident in his army formation, and some thoughts came to his mind.

The messenger said again: "In addition to the military formation, we can also send some other people. For example, rice, mining, and smelting methods. One is to increase income, and the other is also beneficial to us. If we need tin and lead, your majesty The more we produce, the more we will benefit from trade, and this is the long-term benefit. Besides, instructors are only responsible for training and have no commanding power. Your Majesty can rest assured."

The king of Thailand has not seen a new type of army formation that is completely separated from the mixed formation of spears and matchlocks. He is still not sure, just out of curiosity.

Before coming here, Chen Jian had instructed the envoy many times, and explained many things clearly and clearly.To gain a foothold here, trade is only secondary, and the most important thing is the dangerous location here.For the Republic, even if India and the spice trade with Europe are temporarily abandoned, the Philippines is sandwiched between the Pacific route trade, and Thailand is the best destination for Pacific trade.

Once something happens and the internal relationship continues to be cut and chaotic, you can use various methods to exclude the rest.

Some new things, like drug addiction, are very difficult to quit once you get involved.

The envoy also knew that there was no basis for empty talk at this time, and only by letting the King of Thailand see the strength of the army formation with his own eyes could he let go and quickly communicate.

This is a breakthrough, especially for a powerful country that is surrounded by enemies, ambitious, and has just experienced decades of war and seen new things.

Thailand is still a standard agricultural country, and external trade is not important at this time.If you don't want to find a way to infiltrate from other places, once something happens in the future, it will inevitably close the country if there is a disagreement.

After thinking for a long time, the King of Thailand finally made a decision to invite the delegation represented by Chen Jian to visit Ayutthaya as an official envoy.

This was the first official invitation Chen Jian had received. The basis of this invitation was that Thailand was small and surrounded by the Netherlands and Portugal. He had seen the warships that the Netherlands and Portugal were terrifying to them.

And the two generations of Thai kings established the country with force, and they were able to subdue the nobles and monks in the country. I am afraid that the nobles in the country will have enough strength to oppose it later.

Soon, the envoys of the King of Thailand and the envoys sent by Chen Jian rushed to Pattani by boat to pass the news to Chen Jian.

Chapter 46 Eyes Open

After receiving the Thai king's reply, Chen Jianchang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally took the first step.

At this time, Asia's understanding of Europe was not so ignorant.

The problem at this time is not at all a problem of not being able to open your eyes to see the world.

It doesn't mean that someone in the dynasty already knew that the earth is round, even Japan next to it organized a semi-round-the-world voyage in the 41st year of Wanli.

Although Changchang Hasekura did not complete the feat of circumnavigating the earth, he also crossed the Pacific Ocean to the Americas, and then went to Spain and Rome from the Americas, and got the title of honorary citizen of Rome from the Pope.There's nothing too magical about this thing. The reason why the group of people sent by Chen Jian didn't have a chance to get it was because they weren't Catholics and didn't plan to spread Catholicism at all, otherwise they would have a chance to mix in a few.

It should be known that the first captain who formally completed the circumnavigation of the world died of illness ten years ago, and the Japanese crossing the two oceans was only five or six years later than the Thai mission to The Hague.It can be said that he opened his eyes to see the world early, and didn't even close his eyes.

However, whether it is the Americas or the Indonesian archipelago, it is not very attractive to an agricultural feudal country-the key is the question of who the country belongs to.

The emperor belonged to one family, and it was impossible to apply the ruling class at this time with the idea of ​​a nation or ethnic group whose sovereignty rests with the people.

This is not an Asian problem, it is a collective ruling class problem.The British's longing for America only started from learning from the Spaniards to find gold and silver. It was only a large group of unscrupulous people who could not survive the enclosure and persecuted Christians who ran there.

For a new, uncontrollable land of immigration, where ideas such as equality and freedom are inevitable, it is difficult to accept such severe exploitation.

If the exploitation is too severe, people will pick up a hoe and go to cultivate the wild land by themselves.There is no exception in ancient and modern China and abroad.The Cossacks ran from the serfs of the manor lords to the grasslands, so they became free and wild, and they often made troubles and almost created a nation; Spread some free ideas that overthrow the old class and the old era.

Even at this time, Chen Jian has been very concerned about the Great Wilderness City.

People can be transported there by ship, but the relations of production and the ownership of the old means of production cannot be transported there.

In China, it may only take a few dozen coppers to get someone to work, but if you go to the Great Deserted City and continue to play like this, it won't take long for the people to run away.

The domestic land is almost occupied, but the Great Deserted City is full of wild land, and land as a means of production is almost unlimited.And you don’t need the legendary, very good-sounding primitive capital accumulation from farm laborers to landlords to get it.