New Shun 1730

After these things were made clear, a cannon was fired, and the civilians who had been waiting on the shore took advantage of the tide to drag the warship to the shore.

Several iron chains surrounded the ship, and the unlucky pirate was hanged on the dilapidated mast.

Several huge inscriptions were erected near the broken ship.

The number of characters in Chinese and foreign languages ​​is about the same, but the content is completely different.

Two completely different stories were written about the same thing.

The people of the British East India Company looked at the ship that was killed as a warning to the monkeys and secretly felt lucky.

From the fact that Liu Yu allowed not to fly the British flag, the British seemed to think that Liu Yu was also under pressure from the court and could not do things too much.

But in the eyes of other countries that were not aware of this matter, most of them still gloated and thought that Britain was going to be unlucky.

Trade in the East depends on the attitude of the great Eastern powers.

Japan is a living example. Although it is nominally against Catholicism, Britain still cannot enter. In Colbert's era, he wanted to organize a trading company with French Protestants to trade with Japan to bypass the restrictions of France as a Catholic country, but he still failed.

When a country does not care too much about trade, whether it can trade depends on the emperor's grace.

Although they disagree with the term "grace" for the dignity of their motherland. But they also understand in their hearts that the disapproval is just to save face.

Now that the inscription has been erected, it is finally known which bottom lines cannot be touched, which is good for all countries.

In order to avoid touching the bottom line of Dashun without paying attention, so that there is no trade.

George Anson, who was forced to visit, glanced at the French and Dutch who were gloating, stared at Liu Yu, and the anger in his heart had accumulated to a critical point.

But thinking of the warning of the East India Company, even if he was angry, he could only suppress his anger in his heart.

He clenched his fist, and when Liu Yu's eyes swept over, he quickly loosened his fist, and squeezed out a helpless expression on his face.

The cheers of the people of Dashun in the distance made him dizzy. Hearing the excited shouts of the people, George Anson, who had advocated war against China in history, clenched his fist again, and finally gave up the idea of ​​going to war with China.

Looking up at the unlucky guys who were hanged on the mast, George Anson subconsciously drew a cross.

When this drama with tens of thousands of people finally ended, George Anson didn't want to stay here for a moment. He hurriedly jumped on the boat and fled from here, just thinking about quickly completing the supply and leaving this ghost place that made him feel insulted.

And Fazaklay of the East India Company sent Liu Yu a gift from the East India Company after the drama with tens of thousands of people ended.

To be more accurate, it is better to say that it is a gift list.

On the gift list, there are a pair of lions, a pair of giraffes, and some strange animals that Dashun doesn't have.

It has not arrived yet, but it will be delivered in a year.

In order to trade and please Dashun, the Portuguese commissioned the Mozambique trading station to catch lions in Africa.

This gift is not valuable. There are a lot of lions in Africa at this time. If you go to talk to the chiefs in Mozambique, it may not be as valuable as a cannon.

But the gift is not about whether it is expensive or not, but whether it is given correctly.

After the pair of lions were sent to the court, the emperor at that time was very pleased and praised the "Western leader Afonso" who sent envoys to present gifts, thinking that he was sensible.

Afonso is Afonso VI, the unlucky guy who had a "small" physical defect, his French wife ran to the monastery to ask for a divorce and disclosed this "small" defect, and his younger brother took the opportunity to coup and marry his sister-in-law.

Afonso and Afonso are just translation problems. China is not unfamiliar with the names of several generations and several generations. After all, there was someone who was thinking about the first, second, and even ten thousand generations two thousand years ago. As long as diplomacy is carried out, it is still easy to find out the situation of the royal families of European countries.

This was a relatively successful gift-giving event. With this gift-giving, the missionary Li Lisi, who had been with Zhang Xianzhong, wrote "Lion's Talk". He also wrote an elegy for the Dutch massacre of 300,000 Chinese in Taiwan, and almost excluded Protestant countries from the trade share with China.

Fazaklai, who knew a lot about China, knew about this, because after all, he almost lost the opportunity to trade with Dashun under the instigation of missionaries.

Knowing more about China, it still depends on the attitude of the emperor.

Liu Yu was so xenophobic and had no good feelings towards Protestantism. Wasn't it because of the pressure from the court that he couldn't do things too radically?

Through Liu Yu's hand, he gave the emperor some "rare animals and auspicious signs from the west".

Not only could he flatter the emperor accurately, but he could also let Liu Yu take the credit, and it was also very cost-saving.

It really achieved three goals in one go, and it was basically a thorough understanding of some of China's situations.

Giving gifts to the emperor, what hasn't the emperor seen? Even though the missionaries gave a lot of exquisite astronomical instruments, it would be better to give some auspicious wild animals.

After reading the gift list, Liu Yu thought that this Fazaklai was an expert on China, at least at the level of the Portuguese in Macau, and knew to give such things?

Anyway, whether it is a lion or a giraffe, it is not something that a minister can raise. Presenting it to the emperor is also the merit of a minister.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Fazaklai has learned the three flavors of the Chinese court. I will accept this gift list first."

"Then thank you very much, Lord Marquis. Please also say a few kind words, Lord Marquis. What happened this time was indeed an accident. George Anson has never been to China before and does not know the rules of China. He is also used to showing off his power in those small countries. Heaven Although it doesn't sound good to call us barbarians, we do use force to suppress others. There is an old saying that people in the Yelang Kingdom don't know how big the country is. George Anson is such a person this time. "

Fazakle laughed along with him while devaluing himself.

Self-degradation is nothing at all. In order to trade with Japan, the Dutch even made up the story of the Dutch burning the Virgin. France, the eldest Catholic daughter, also decided to use a group of persecuted Protestants to organize a trading company with Japan in order to trade with Japan. .

Fazaklai thought to himself that he was just denouncing himself as a barbarian in this private situation. It didn't matter. Now he couldn't beat him and the pressure of competition was high.

Those in Western Europe that want to trade with China must first roll inward, and then roll out the champion. At that time, the Ostend Company was involved in tea and sold it at the lowest price in history for a century. The East India Company in the Netherlands and Britain lost money to subsidize it, allowing the people to drink the cheapest tea to see who could burn the money and win. After being involved to this extent, it is certainly nothing to say that he calls himself a barbarian in private.

Seeing Liu Yu put away the gift list, a smile appeared on Fazakle's face, and he added: "The London East India Company is definitely the company that most abides by the laws of China. China has long issued a law banning opium. The Dutch still carry it secretly, and our company has issued a clear ban a few years ago, prohibiting any crew from bringing in goods that are not allowed by China.”

As he spoke, he took out a note issued by the company a few years ago, on which the prohibition of carrying opium had been drawn with a pen.

Liu Yu glanced at it and couldn't help but smile.

Fazaklei hurriedly asked: "Why are you laughing, sir?"

Liu Yu thought to himself that I only laughed at you because the British East India Company was so obedient, but he couldn't say it. He just said: "I just laugh at the small Dutch country, but I don't know the depth of it. But speaking of it, you, the British, are lucky. If only At that time, we did not break up with the Netherlands, but joined the Dutch in attacking Taiwan and seizing Zhoushan. I was afraid that it would be difficult for the Protestant countries to trade with China. "

Fazaklai hurriedly said: "My lord, it is true. But the Netherlands has never been about credibility and is only interested in profit. This opium is the most harmful thing. If the Netherlands stays in Southeast Asia for a long time in the future, it will not be a blessing to the Celestial Empire."

These words came from a senior employee of the British East India Company and the person in charge of trade with China, which was an eye-opener for Liu Yu.

However, he knew that the people in Batavia had contacted Fazaklei. Fazaklei said this just to give himself a vaccination in advance.

Liu Yu thought to himself, what you said is great.

But he frowned and said: "Businessmen talk about profit and have no morals. If there is a 300% profit, they will risk the gallows. The Dutch are bastards, but if it were anyone else , it seems difficult to say.”

Fazaklei clapped his hands and praised: "What your Lord said is absolutely true! This is the benefit of monopoly trade."

"If it's free trade, businessmen can't restrict it. Of course they will do anything for profit. But if it's a monopoly, they can control it."

"The control of the East India Company in London is absolutely first-rate. The Dutch, on the other hand, tacitly allowed the crew to carry private goods and allowed the crew to bring their own goods on the company's ships, which harmed the public and enriched private interests. Even though the Dutch had the East India Company, they still could not put an end to smuggling. Such behavior.”

Liu Yu pretended to think about it for a moment and then said thoughtfully: "What you said seems to make sense. However, monopoly also has the disadvantages of monopoly. Back then, the Portuguese occupied Macau and monopolized trade. They lied repeatedly and often manipulated prices. This book The DPRK does not want any company to have a monopoly on its trade.”

"This dynasty in Nanyang does not want to be uniform, but wants to be thirteen. As you said, if one family sells opium, they must ban this family and compete with each other to ensure that they all abide by the laws of the dynasty."

Knowing that Fazaklei was inoculating himself about Nanyang, Liu Yu followed Fazaklei's words.

There are two doses of vaccination, which is obvious.

One is the war between Britain and Spain, and Britain intends to encroach on Spain's power in Southeast Asia.

Another one is that Fazaklai knew that the Dashun court did not like Chinese people establishing their country overseas, but the matter of secretly cooperating with the Chinese rebels in Batavia could not be concealed in the paper. He was worried that the son of a bitch in the Netherlands would be like Charlie back then. The second marriage was the same, so he went to Edo to complain in Japan.

Liu Yu had also calculated the strength of Britain a long time ago. India has not yet gained a firm foothold, and France now looks huge. Maybe Britain itself did not expect that there would be a miracle like Clive.

As for Southeast Asia, Britain had no idea of ​​monopoly at this time. This idea is no longer fanciful, it is purely wishful thinking at this time.

So the British idea is to break the dominance of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia and take over the power of Spain, thus breaking the Dutch monopoly.

Liu Yu predicted the East India Company's prediction and spoke with ease.