Lin Mansion, study room and conference hall.

Due to the short day and long night, the sky outside was already dim, and the room was brightly lit, and A Duo personally brought a charcoal brazier.

Lin's oval face, which was usually reflected by candlelight, was as full of spirit as he was when he was a child. He was analyzing the situation based on the latest information obtained. Finally, he asked seriously: "Brother, what do you think we should do now?"

"If you are the ones who will make the decision this time, what do you think we should do now?" Lin Qingran picked up the teacup he had just sent, but asked in reverse.

Lin Jinyuan sent the teacup and turned around and left. When he walked out of the threshold, he heard this sentence and faintly realized that his master was deliberately cultivating the eldest lady.

Lin usually made a serious thought, and said seriously: "Although I really want to fight, I always feel that it is not the time yet. We are now sending troops to fight against Aceh. Although we can exclaim a vent, we will also

Becoming passive is not conducive to our next development of maritime trade with the West!”

"Yes, our goal of opening the sea in the Ming Dynasty is to develop maritime trade! Now that the Western Front is blocked, we cannot act recklessly without strategies, but we must prescribe the right medicine to clear the obstacles!" Lin Weiran took a sip of tea and expressed his opinion.

Although this is an era of heroes by strength, as a mature politician, he knows that he cannot rely on force alone, but should pay attention to strategies and keep in mind what he wants.

If he only wants to guard the one-acre three-point land in Nanyang, he really needs to immediately attack Aceh and the Spaniards hiding behind the scenes, but his goal is far more than that.

For the sake of Western trade, especially Portugal, which has always been an alliance, is about to be annexed by Spain, and it must also take a long-term view.

Lin usually knew that his brother was more comprehensive and long-term than he thought, so he asked seriously: "Brother, Spain is planning to spices in Southeast Asia this time, and even wants to infect our Ming Dynasty. Of course, it will not allow our Ming merchant ships to develop the West Sea trade through Malacca.

, I will definitely gain more and more effort in the future!”

"What we are waiting for is their gains! Spain has always praised itself as the master of the world. It has divided the earth with Portugal earlier, and they have also annexed Portugal. It is definitely impossible for us to trade Western countries smoothly? Now, the Ming Dynasty

The conflict of interest between maritime trade and Spain is getting bigger and bigger, so we must have a battle with Spain, but the Aceh people have not had enough motivation to rob the Sitong. I need them to practice more rampantly in exchange for us to be more adequate to them.

The reason for sending troops!" Lin Weiran held a teacup in his hand, and seemed to be in the hands of Zhizhu.

Since completely solving the problem of the North and dominating the South China Sea, looking at the entire world pattern, the biggest obstacle to the development of maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty was Spain.

For such an enemy, we naturally have to pay more attention to strategy, and even use their contempt for the Ming Dynasty to defeat Spain in one blow.

Although the Ming Dynasty had undergone earth-shaking changes under his leadership, in the eyes of the arrogant Spanish, the Ming Dynasty was always an object that could be easily conquered.

But it is no wonder that Spain conquered the American continent with a very small number of personnel to achieve its goal, but a hint of the Ming Dynasty also spread to the West - "There are only sixty or seventy thieves, but they traveled thousands of miles, killing wars

There were 4,000 injured people, and they were destroyed after more than 80 days. This was the September 19th year of the 34th year."

Even the little Japanese can show off their courage so much, so the Spanish naturally cannot take the Ming Dynasty seriously. Even more radical Spanish people had claimed that they could conquer the Ming Dynasty by bringing sixty people.

Lin's usual pattern had already been opened by Lin Junran, and he seemed to have some clarity: "Brother, you deliberately kept your troops this time. Actually, you want to invite you into the trap, right?"

"Not bad! Since Spain is here this time to compete for the spices in South China and conquer our Ming Dynasty, why don't we wait a little longer and let the Spanish break up with us first and find a better opportunity to send troops!" Lin Weiran shouted

After a sip of tea, I revealed my true feelings.

He did not choose to take action immediately before, but now he learned about Spain's intentions, so it is even more impossible for him to rashly send troops, but choose to continue to endure.

Whether it is for political needs or military considerations, the Ming Dynasty is now a clever way to forbear.

Lin Pingchang's eyes turned and suddenly smiled teasingly: "If this is the case, the sound of the government and the opposition fighting will be louder next, so you have to be mentally prepared!"

"If Hu Zi was ignorant, he would just say something randomly. These voices could not reach your brother's ears at all! As for how those people would think of me, it is no longer important now. I said that we should bring our China to the top of the world!

"Lin Weiran put down the teacup in his hand and said with a firm and authentic look.

Lin is usually influenced by Lin Junran's emotions, but he knows that his brother is the leader who truly cares about the people of the world, so he focuses on the key points to show his support.

As Lin Shiran finalized the response strategy, Hai Batian led his troops south to Taiwan Island, and the Nanyang navy also shrank its defense line to the Luzon area.

Spain did not underestimate the Ming Dynasty too much. Although the Ming Dynasty did not move any time, they still remained silent. While waiting for other warships to arrive, they continued to recruit soldiers.

Spain made sufficient preparations for this battle.

This time they used the most advanced Galen sailboats, each Galen sailboat with at least thirty cannons and an additional 100 mechatronic gunmen to strengthen their combat power, and the troops reached an unprecedented 14,000.

Although the number of people is not as large as that of Portugal, which fought in Morocco, their strength is actually far above Portugal when it comes to the quality of the troops and equipment configuration.

Sand was not satisfied with just robbing the South China Sea, but wanted to occupy the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. With the support of the new governor of Goa, he received another 4,000 soldiers from India, resulting in a total force of 20,000.

He believed that with this powerful fleet, he could not only easily capture the Nanyang region, but also occupy the mysterious Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

That's right, while the Ming Dynasty was waiting for the opportunity, Spain was making the final pre-war preparations.

The Spring Festival in the sixth year of Baili arrived as scheduled, and the entire capital was showing a prosperous scene, especially the transaction volume of the headlight festival in Gulou hit a new high.

Although the western side of the Ming maritime trade was blocked, the days of the Ming Dynasty have been booming over the years.

Mass trade not only captures the markets of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, but also Australia continues to exploit resources, and the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Americas is also underway.

Thanks to the court's shifting the focus of taxation from agricultural tax to commercial tax, the people today not only do not need to bear taxes such as additional taxes, but also often enjoy preferential tax policies.

In addition, the crops brought back from America have increased the yield of people's grain. Not only does everyone's living cost reduce, but a lot of food that cannot be eaten can also be used for money.

The same is true. Now more and more people in the Ming Dynasty have gotten rid of the food and clothing line. Although most people cannot pursue luxury goods like leather jackets, their consumption capacity is also constantly increasing. For example, Leizhou cloth's turnover is hitting a new high every year.

No matter how stubborn the great scholar is, he has to admit that Lin Qingran created a prosperous era with his own strength, and the Ming Dynasty is in the best era, and this era will get better and better.

The Spring Festival has just passed, but the war has arrived as scheduled.

Spain's helping Aceh to rob the Xitonghao was a test of the Ming Dynasty. However, from the feedback, the Ming Dynasty was just a farming country with strong external strength and working in the middle.

Given that the Ming Dynasty had giant ships and heavy artillery, Spain did not take action rashly, but instead encouraged Aceh to launch an attack on the Portuguese stronghold stationed in Malacca.

The Kingdom of Aceh is located south of the Strait of Malacca. Because it has the advantage of terrain, it can not only communicate with South Oceans, but also pass through the West, so it has become an important commodity distribution center.

Especially in recent years, we have carried out spice trade with Spain, which has allowed them to make a lot of profits through spice trade, so the country of Aceh reached its peak.

The current King Aceh is an ambitious man. Since he took over the throne, he has always wanted to seize Malacca and completely control the spice trade in Southeast Asia.

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In fact, as early as the 16th year of Zhengde, Aceh and Portugal had a conflict on pepper. In the 26th year of Yu Jiajing, Aceh launched a powerful attack on the Portuguese and almost captured Malacca.

It was just that the Portuguese were stationed on the northern shore of Malacca, and the Aceh country needed to cross the strait to fight, which increased the difficulty of their attack.

In this decades-long grudge, because Johor helped the Portuguese, Aceh attacked the Johor Kingdom, abducted the Johor kingdom, and destroyed the Johor city.

However, Portugal has strong ships and cannons. Even if Aceh has devoted its efforts to the whole country, it will never be able to chew off the hard bones of grapes. It can only watch Portugal control the benefits of Melaka to collect spices.

"Kill!"

The Kingdom of Aceh finally had the best opportunity and sent 200 warships and tens of thousands of troops to launch a new round of attacks on Portugal's stronghold in Malacca. King Aceh shouted with the lead.

Portugal's stronghold in Malacca is a bastion. Since more than half of its personnel were transferred to India by the Governor of Goa to support it, now facing the fierce Aceh army, more than 100 soldiers led by Jose were forced to flee.

Sea combat.

The Aceh people obtained two artillery pieces from the Sitong. They relied on two artillery pieces to bombard the Portuguese ships, but they reversed the previous naval battles in one fell swoop, causing Jose to escape from the Strait of Malacca.

"The Ming Dynasty is just a sign of its own. We will enter the South Ocean now!" When Sand saw the Aceh people occupying Malacca, the Ming Dynasty still had no movement, so he immediately issued an order.

It was in February of this year that Sand led ten giant ships to quietly bypass the Strait of Malacca from the south of Aceh, and then directly invaded the Nanyang waters.

The southern part of the South Ocean is full of islands, and many areas are still in a primitive tribal situation, so naturally it can undoubtedly block such a powerful Spanish fleet.

The Ming merchant ships carrying out maritime trade in the South China Sea were forced to evacuate and retreated to the United First City in Luzon, or directly returned to the Ming Dynasty.

The peaceful land, which was originally shining with the holy light of the Ming Dynasty, suddenly broke in with this Spanish fleet, like a troll appeared in the fairy tale world.

After entering the Nanyang area, the Spanish fleet did not intend to conduct peaceful trade at all, and then directly looted local tribes and merchant ships.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Spaniards tore off their disguise and unilaterally slaughtered the tribes that refused to hand over the spices, causing the blood to soon dye the islands in the South China Sea red.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Not only the ships and cannons, they also brought two thousand pairs of armor and two thousand Burgundy helmets, which made them invincible in land wars, and also used their swords to harvest these innocent lives.

After entering Nanyang, Sander's troops were divided into three groups: they rushed to the Boni Kingdom, all the way to the territory of the three kings of Donglu, and all the way to the Spice Islands.

At this point, wars broke out in the Nanyang area, and many tribes were slaughtered by the barbaric Spaniards, and the spices they had worked hard to fall into the hands of the Spaniards.

"These Westerners deserve to die!"

"I am irreconcilable with these robbers!"

"Mom, mom, I must avenge you!"

...

Looking at the relatives lying in a pool of blood, many people cried bitterly with their bodies in their arms, and hated Spain that suddenly broke in.

But this is just the tragedy of the times. Because of their backwardness, they were like cattle and sheep and were slaughtered by these Western barbarians.

In just half a month, the southern part of the South Ocean fell, and all ports and coastal areas were under the control of the Spanish fleet.

The Nanyang had already had a very close connection with the Ming Dynasty, so the news was soon passed back to the Ming Dynasty, and the countries in the Nanyang also sent envoys to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty's lord.

"Why didn't the court fight?"

"I've been bullied by others at the doorstep, how can I bear it?"

"If I were the prime minister, I must let the Spanish go without a return!"

...

When they learned that the Spanish fleet had invaded the southern part of the Nanyang Ocean, various calls for battle were heard again, and many scholars expressed their desire to fight.

Due to the sudden war and the news that the court has not yet fought, the three major exchanges are facing an unprecedented selling wave.

Of course, some investors also saw the opportunity, and took over such panic-selling stocks at extremely low prices.

Compared with the court without movement, news about the Spanish fleet kept coming.

The Spanish fleet seemed to be unstoppable, sweeping from Aceh all the way from west to east. The latest news has reached Manila, Luzon.

What is most enviable is that the Spanish fleet obtained a large amount of spices through this looting.

Since spices have been controlled by Portugal in recent years, the prices of spices in Europe have continued to soar, and the value of spices snatched by the Spanish fleet is as high as one million taels.

However, these incomes could no longer satisfy the Spanish. After they were about to conquer Manila in Luzon, they would lead their troops north to invade the Ming Dynasty.

In April of the sixth year of Baili, in addition to the envoys from the South China countries who went to Beijing for help, the remnants of Jose led by him also came to Tianjin Port. After explaining the situation in Portugal to the Emperor Ming Dynasty, he also formally asked for support from the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Xuran knew that the time for waiting was coming, so he ordered: "The Southern Expedition Force swept Aceh, the Navy conquered the Spanish fleet, and issued a proclamation to Spain to attack it!"

The manifesto against Spain is very clear. Since the Spanish king invaded the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and tried to invade the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty now declared war on Spain.
Chapter completed!