Chapter 282: Inside and Outside the Palace (Yuan Qi) Cen Ling and Spice (7K)
The Dutch's first trip to Nanyang was obviously a failure, but the Dutch were not discouraged. They quickly sent a second fleet to Nanyang just like in the original history. This time the fleet commander was still the same as in the original history.
Van Neck.
Perhaps it was because the people from Hortmann's fleet trumpeted the power of the local fleet in Nanyang after returning, so Necker basically did not have the idea of conquering by force during this trip, but was prepared to do business honestly.
However, what Necker did not expect was that because he was not familiar with the ocean currents and wind directions, he did not reach the city of Malacca as the Portuguese said, but instead plunged into Lanbuli - which has now been renamed Lingyun Mansion and is guarded by the local government.
His name was Cen Ling.
Yes, it is the Cen Qi Gong from Guangxi and the Cen Yanwang from Annan. His current official official position is Deputy Envoy of Xuanwei Department of Xuanwei Department in Old Port, and Envoy of Aceh Town. His jurisdiction is the Kingdom of Aceh when Nanyang was pacified.
territory.
The size of the territory has not yet been determined by Jinghua, so there is no accurate data. Gao Pragmatic estimates it may be more than 50,000 square kilometers, which is basically the same size as half of Zhejiang Province. Of course, the level of development is far behind.
In later generations, Aceh was one of the two special administrative regions of the Republic of Indonesia. It is located in the westernmost part of Indonesia and the northern tip of Sumatra Island. It is bounded by the Strait of Malacca to the north and the Indian Ocean to the west. It covers an area of 55,390 square kilometers, approximately 3% of the total land area of Indonesia. However,
Indonesia in later generations did not take over the entire Nanyang Islands, so what Cen Ling currently holds accounts for about 2% of the area of the Nanyang Islands.
Later Aceh is one of the provinces with the richest natural resources in Indonesia, rich in oil, natural gas, rubber, gold mines, silver mines and timber. Among them, the natural gas plant produces about 12 million tons of liquefied natural gas every year, accounting for 10% of Indonesia's liquefied natural gas exports.
of more than 30%.
But it is a pity that oil and natural gas cannot be mined now, and rubber...even the seeds have not been harvested yet. Therefore, in addition to gold and silver mines and timber, the current Aceh economy basically only consists of spices.
When Cen Ling moved to Aceh, the premise was that the Kingdom of Aceh was destroyed by Jinghua, but according to tradition, Jinghua’s troops also needed to be well-known. So what was Jinghua’s reason for using troops against Aceh at that time? This requires turning back the clock.
Let’s go back to the time when Jinghua occupied the entire Longya Peninsula.
At that time, as news of the Spanish Armada's defeat at the hands of England spread to the Indian Peninsula in South Asia, the Portuguese Governor of Goa no longer hesitated and fully accepted the Malacca City handover agreement proposed by Huang Zhiting.
At the same time, under the auspices of Huang Zhiting, the two sides signed the "Trade Cooperation Agreement between Siam, Annam, Cambodia, Nanjang, Bago, Luzon and the Kingdom of Portugal", referred to as the "Seven-Country Agreement".
According to this agreement, the Kingdom of Portugal successfully obtained the commitment of the "Group of Six Nations" to allow it to preach freely. However, its so-called "protection rights" of Catholicism, because the Pope has no actual influence in the East, was also given the pragmatic permission of the "Group of Six Nations".
Group” recognized.
What was exchanged for these two items was Portugal's statement that it "understands and abides by the Navigation System of the Aralia Strait" and reiterated its stance of "respecting the Ming Empire's suzerainty and inviolable sovereignty over Southeast Asian countries and regions". It also added these two sentences.
The words were written into the Seven-Nation Agreement.
Then Huang Zhiting personally led the army to Malacca City. On that day, he announced on behalf of his husband Gao Pragmatic that Malacca City was renamed Aralia City, the peninsula where it is located was officially named Aralia Peninsula, and the strait adjacent to it was officially named Aralia Strait.
The entire Aralia Peninsula was taken over by the Kingdom of Siam in terms of ownership, but an edict from King Maha Tamaraja of Siam had been brought with the army. In the edict, it was announced that the Kingdom of Siam would set up the entire Aralia Peninsula as an "escrow territory"
, is fully managed by Jinghua Group, and all political, military and other matters are determined by Jinghua itself.
Immediately afterwards, Huang Zhiting announced Gao Pragmatic's appointment: Gao Ruichu was appointed as the first patrol envoy of the Dragon Ya trusteeship, and Musali was appointed as the first guarding envoy of the Dragon Ya trustee.
The country, Suluoge and other city-states were either puppet states of Portugal or buffer states. At this moment, as Beijing's army moved south, they were all naturally abolished and declared to be destroyed.
Due to their high pragmatism, Huang Zhiting and his wife successfully used a three-pronged approach of economic temptation, political coercion, and military threats. Jinghua Group completed a feat of taking over approximately 240,000 square kilometers of territory without any bloodshed!
Dragon's tooth, dragon's tooth, dragon's tooth!
To the south of this tooth is the later Indonesian Islands, and to the west is the Indian Peninsula.
But there is a little problem here... As mentioned just now, the sultanate of Johor and other sultanates, and city-states such as Suluoke that existed on the former Argentine Peninsula were all abolished and declared destroyed as Beijing's army moved south. As a result,
, the Kingdom of Aceh suddenly became furious.
Some people may ask, the Kingdom of Aceh is in the north of Sumatra, and the Argentinian Peninsula is separated from it by the Argentinian Strait. No matter how things develop on the peninsula, it seems to have nothing to do with Aceh, and it is furious.
what?
There are some historical reasons here: around the end of the 13th century, Indian, Persian and Arab merchants sent their ships to Lanwuli (Lanwuli) in the northwest of Sumatra. From then on, an Arab religion began to be introduced into Southeast Asia, where the Acehnese people settled.
It has become the "Mecca Corridor" of Southeast Asia.
In 1500, Ali Muhaya Shah from Aceh proclaimed himself the sultan and formally established the religious monarchy of Aceh. He respected Sunni teachings, implemented a religious system, and governed the country based on certain scriptures and hadiths.
Subsequently, Aceh conquered Pidi and Subunta, and monopolized the commercial area in northern Sumatra. Therefore, Aceh became a certain religious center and commercial trade area in Southeast Asia.
By 1521, Aceh began to launch a series of "holy wars" to drive away the Portuguese colonists and dominate the pepper producing areas. In 1537, Aceh began to attack Malacca, which was controlled by the Portuguese.
When Alauddin Riayet Shah came to power, Aceh continued to expand externally, develop maritime trade, build a fleet, defeat the invasion of Portuguese colonists many times, and suppress Aru and Johor successively.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In 1547, Aceh launched a fierce offensive against the Portuguese and defeated them. In 1564, Aceh attacked the Kingdom of Johor and captured the Sultan of the Kingdom of Johor.
Destroyed the city of Johor.
In 1568, Aceh attacked Malacca, but this time they suffered a disastrous defeat. In 1569, unwilling to fail, Aceh planned to raid the city of Malacca. However, times were changing, and the Portuguese warships and armaments at this time were no longer what they used to be.
During this battle, the Acehnese fleet, which was said to have as many as 200 ships, besieged a Portuguese carrack and refused to surrender. It lost face and morale. In the end, Aceh was forced to abandon the raid plan because of its lack of strength.
After learning from the painful experience, during the period of Inskandar Muda's administration, Aceh's national power reached its peak, so it once again struggled with the Portuguese and repeatedly attacked the city of Malacca occupied by the Portuguese colonists.
Although it failed to capture Malacca, it did conquer Pahang Island, Kedah Island, Perak Island, Nias Island and Indarapura near Malacca. Therefore, in addition to North Sumatra, its territory also occupied the Malay Peninsula.
Some areas until Beijing's army moved south from Siam. (Note: But in the original history, Aceh could survive for a long time.)
In other words, there are a few things worth noting here:
First, Aceh and Portugal are old enemies. The two sides have been fighting for almost eighty years, and their relationship can be described as irreconcilable. Second, the Kingdom of Aceh is almost at its peak at this time, so much so that it can take over the surrounding areas of Malacca City.
Some areas... This leads to the third and fourth points.
Third, when Jinghua took over these areas, it was based on the area's attributes as a Portuguese colony, because from a certain "contractual legal theory", Aceh did not reach a peace treaty with Portugal when it occupied these areas, and before that
When Portugal took these places, it forced its opponents to sign and pledge them.
Therefore, Jinghua's agreement with Portugal to capture these areas was completely reasonable from Jinghua's point of view, but from Aceh's point of view, it was considered that Jinghua had invaded them.
Fourth, in addition to the exchange of navigation and territory, the agreement between Beijing and Portugal also includes a trade agreement. For example, the Agreement stipulates that the contracting parties will be each other's most-favored nation in trade, and tariffs and customs duties will be maintained between 5% and 15% in accordance with the detailed agreement.
time, of which the highest tax rate of 15% is limited to luxury goods tariffs.
Considering that the "Group of Six" is actually just making white gloves for Jinghua, silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty still account for a considerable share of Jinghua's goods.
Both types of products are classified as luxury goods, so Portugal theoretically benefits more. Therefore, the two parties also agreed that the Kingdom of Portugal would open its strongholds in India to allow Jinghua ships to use them, and all rights during use would be in accordance with the Kingdom of Portugal's
Calculation of domestic ships.
This means that through this agreement, the relationship between Beijing and Portugal, which was originally tense and could break out at any time, suddenly made a U-turn and became trading partners, turning enemies into friends.
Of course, from the perspective of hindsight, part of the reason why Portugal gave in was that they had too many opponents in Southeast Asia, and Aceh is an example. However, even the always cautious Gao Pragmatism did not pay much attention to this point.
Huang Zhiting didn't care about big things anymore.
As mentioned earlier, Aceh and Portugal are old enemies. Since Jinghua and Portugal turned enemies into friends, based on the simple principle that the friend of an enemy is an enemy, Aceh naturally believed that Jinghua was their enemy.
As a result, Aceh's whole country's attitude towards Jinghua took a turn for the worse, and they began to actively want to have a chance with Jinghua. Of course, Aceh also knew that since Jinghua could force Portugal to voluntarily give up Malacca, which they regarded as a key place,
City, the strength behind it is obviously strong enough, and Aceh alone may not be a match.
As a result, the Kingdom of Aceh began to actively contact its allies, hoping to form an anti-Jinghua alliance, and then fight to the death with Jinghua.
Unfortunately, this plan failed to be realized, or the realization process seriously deviated from expectations. When the Nanyang Fleet intervened in Manchuria and other countries on the pretext of restoring the old port of Xuanwei, Aceh thought that an opportunity had come and unilaterally
Announced joining forces with Manlajia.
There is no doubt that this is a life-threatening decision, so much so that the Nanyang Fleet was overjoyed after learning the news - someone actually sent a pillow as soon as they fell asleep. In their view, Aceh's decision was simply a door-to-door meal delivery, which was wonderful.
Word.
Therefore, the natural follow-up was the armed parade in Jinghua, and there was really nothing to say about the fighting process.
The reason why Aceh can confront Portugal is actually its manpower advantage. Because Portugal is very short of manpower and has only a population of more than one million people in the country. How many soldiers can it have in its colonies? The huge city of Malacca has a very important status and cannot be conquered.
The serious Portuguese army only has more than 600 people.
With a third-rate European army of more than 600 people and several thousand servants, with this little power, the Kingdom of Aceh, which has a population of nearly one million, can really fight with its manpower.
However, when it was Jinghua's turn to end the war in person, the situation was completely different. Not only did the Kingdom of Aceh have no advantage in equipment, training, tactics, and organization, it even had no advantage in military strength.
However, at this time, the Nanyang Fleet still found another excuse to send troops brazenly on the grounds that the Kingdom of Aceh supported the pirate forces to rob the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and easily annihilated the main force of the Kingdom of Aceh's navy.
Then, the Nanyang Fleet ignored the fact that the Kingdom of Aceh had sent envoys to Dingnan City to ask for Huang Zhiting, and took advantage of the fact that Dingnan City had not yet issued any instructions, dispatched two Marine Corps targets, and directly arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Aceh.
Because the troops were dispatched too quickly this time, it was a magic weapon descending from the sky, and the top brass of the Aceh Kingdom were wiped out. Just as the top brass of the Aceh Kingdom fantasized that the ruling structures of the kingdoms in southern Xinjiang would basically be retained, the same would happen to Jinghua on their own side.
When dealing with it, bad news came.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It turns out that Huang Zhiting knew the plan of the Nanyang Fleet, so he did not summon the envoys of the Kingdom of Aceh in Dingnan City until the capital was occupied.
With enough time to relax, he ordered the Nanyang Fleet to "restore the Ming Dynasty Old Port Xuanwei Division" on Sumatra Island.
Naturally, Huang Zhiting did not do this on her own initiative, but Gao Pragmatic had already given instructions, so she soon presided over the reconstruction of the Xuanwei Department of Old Port and appointed a "descendant of Shi Jinqing" named Shi Xiwen as "
"Quan Xuanwei Envoy", that is, acting Xuanwei Envoy. At the same time, Huang Zhiting reported to the Ming Dynasty court, requesting confirmation of this appointment.
All in all, Jinghua's use of troops in many small countries in Southeast Asia is purely a dimensionality reduction attack. The performance of the so-called regular armies of various countries is not worth mentioning. To use a later Tongliao famous saying to describe it: as long as they are of some use, they are not useless at all.
Huang Zhiting's appointment quickly aroused discussion in the capital. It was the critical moment when Li Rusong sent troops to Pyongyang and Liu Wei mobilized his troops to surround Bozhou. The imperial court, especially the emperor, was concerned about the news that the old port Xuanwei Division had been rebuilt in southern Xinjiang.
Although happy, it is obviously not possible to really pay much attention to it.
You must know that at that time, Gao Pangshi had just defeated the Can Yuan Dynasty and drove Chahar to the Western Regions. In addition to dealing with the two major wars in Korea and Bozhou, and sending Qi Jiguang to deter the Jiangnan Cao Army from rebellion, the Ming Dynasty also had to rearrange the defense of the entire northern border.
system, so I was only emotionally excited about the reconstruction of the Xuanwei Department in the old port thousands of miles away, and had absolutely no motivation to personally intervene.
As a result, Huang Zhiting quickly received a reply from the Ming court, which clearly recognized the legality of the reconstruction of the Xuanwei Department in Old Port in the form of an imperial edict, and formally appointed "Shi Xiwen, a descendant of Shi Jinqing, the original Xuanwei Envoy of the Xuanwei Department in Old Port, as the Xuanwei Envoy", and at the same time clearly announced that
: In view of the newly built Xuanwei Department, it is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Annan Metropolitan Envoy Department.
At about the same time, Mo Maoqia, the commander-in-chief of Annan, failed to rebel. Cen Ling and Mo Yulin played a great role in suppressing the rebellion. Mo Maoqia was charged with "intent to rebel" and was sentenced to death by Zhu Yijun's order, but according to the Ming Dynasty, Mo Maoqia was sentenced to death.
According to custom, he still appointed his son Mo Quan as the new commander-in-chief.
At this point, Annan was completely Chineseized, and Cen Ling, Mo Yulin and others had also passed the final test. Then an interesting scene happened. Since Annan was ordered by the Ming Dynasty to take charge of the Xuanwei Department of Old Port, Huang Zhiting took Annan as his
As the deputy capital commander, he recommended Cen Ling to be appointed deputy envoy of the Xuanwei Department of Old Port, and Mo Yulin was recommended as envoy to guard the old port.
The imperial court quickly wrote a reply confirming this recommendation, and Cen Ling promptly submitted a request to move the Cen family to Jiugang, thinking that the Yongzhen of the Ming Dynasty would be the corner of Nanyang. Zhu Yijun appreciated this very much, and personally talked to Gao Pragmatic, and then ordered Lan to be transferred to Jiugang.
A large area of land in Wuli was designated as the land of Cen's chieftain Yongzhen.
The area given to the Cen family by Zhu Yijun is actually the northern part of Sumatra, covering an area of about 150,000 square kilometers (the entire Sumatra island is 470,000 square kilometers). Lanbuli itself was the former capital of the Kingdom of Aceh.
Of course, there are many branches of the Cen family chieftain. Not all of these 150,000 square kilometers are controlled by Cen Ling himself. They have to be divided among the whole clan according to their closeness and merit. So the part that Cen Ling finally directly controlled was roughly what I mentioned before.
More than 50,000 square kilometers, almost one-third of the total area.
As the chieftains follow Gao Pragmatism for a longer time, today's chieftains not only change their armed forces, but also their thoughts. In the past, the chieftains gave the impression that they were closed and defensive, but now these chieftains are all competing.
Like a person who likes trade.
For example, the Huang family, the direct leader of Huang Zhiting's Annan Haidong Mansion, not only built one of the largest coal mines in southern Xinjiang [Note: this is also the largest coal mine in Vietnam in later generations, with an annual output of 18 million tons], and also actively developed trade.
The timber, cinnamon, star anise, panax notoginseng, fishery, fishing and breeding industries and trade are all booming.
Huang Zhiting's development model can obviously be copied. First of all, the Huang family actively studied within the family and followed this idea. As a result, some started aquaculture, some started forest processing, and some started
They started fishing at sea. Some people felt that they were not very good at doing business, so they bought some original stocks of Jinghua's newly established factories and entered the era of making money early...
The Huang family became rich from this, and other chieftains with other surnames naturally did not fall behind. Take the Cen family as an example. When their family moved to the town before, they were mainly allocated to some places in the northwest of Annan. This place is not close to the sea and can only rely on the mountains to make a living.
Therefore, mining became the main focus of the Cen family at that time, supplemented by pottery (not porcelain) and wood processing. By the time Cen Ling took the Cen family south to Sumatra, the Cen family had become the third largest copper producer in southern Xinjiang.
Mine supplier, the fourth largest supplier of iron ore, and the sixth largest supplier of ship lumber. Not to mention making a lot of money, at least my small life has been smooth enough.
After the Cen family moved to town, the above-mentioned properties would not be recovered in vain. Jinghua made some transactions with the Cen family. The process was very detailed and complicated, so I will not list it in detail. In short, the Cen family handed over the controlling stake, but they still lost control every year.
You can get a lot of benefits from it.
After the Cen family had completed the leap in thinking, they immediately began economic reforms after arriving in Aceh.
As mentioned before, Aceh was rich in oil, natural gas, gold and silver mines, rubber, spices and timber in later generations. Of these, oil, natural gas and rubber do not need to be considered for the time being, but gold and silver mines, spices and timber are all projects that the Cen family can manage well.
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Especially gold and silver mines and timber, one is mining, the other is forestry processing, both are the Cen family's "old trades". They don't need too much training, they can start working wherever they find a place, and they will naturally develop well.
Therefore, Cen Ling’s main focus is on spices. Spices are different from plant leaves and herbs. They are parts obtained from the bark, roots, buds, gums and resins, seeds, fruits or stigmas of plants, and contain rare oils.
Highly volatile compounds in essences and oil bodies. Therefore, the spice industry is actually not as simple as picking fruits, and there are still some technical aspects involved.
From another perspective, the spice trade is not only done with Europeans, Arabs and Indians are also big customers. Of course, the biggest customer is far away and right in front of you - in fact, it is the Ming Dynasty.
If Columbus's voyage started the West's journey of exploration of Eastern spices, then the Asian spice trade had already started an internal cycle thousands of years before the great geographical discovery.
China has been importing spices from various countries in the South China Sea since the Han Dynasty. It reached its peak in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and continued into the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, the word "spice" did not appear until the Southern Song Dynasty.
Before that, and in the years that followed, Chinese classics classified fragrant South Sea imported plants such as agarwood, frankincense, cloves, nutmeg, pepper, etc. into the category of "fragrant medicines."
In fact, this is related to the medicinal value of spices. Before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, these imported spices from South Asia were mostly used for medicinal purposes. By the Song and Yuan Dynasties, records of spices being used in food gradually increased, and it was not until the middle of the Ming Dynasty that pepper
, sappan wood, cloves, sandalwood, cardamom and other aromatic herbs are quickly filling the daily diet as condiments.
Therefore, later scholars have shown that the meanings of "spice" and "fragrant medicine" basically overlap. The slight difference may be that "spice" mostly has a seasoning function, while "flavor medicine" focuses more on medicinal value. Therefore, in ancient China,
The spice trade includes two major categories: "spice" and "fragrant medicine".
China itself lacks spice resources and relies on trade with Southeast Asian countries. Among the spices and fragrances, cloves, nutmeg, pepper, sandalwood and dipterocarp are all produced in the ancient Southeast Asia region.
Among them, cloves and nutmeg only grew on certain islands in the South Seas even before the seventeenth century. For example, cloves were picked from clove trees, which only grew in the Moluccas; nutmeg and nutmeg dried bark were produced in The nutmeg tree grows in the Banda Islands. Therefore, cloves and nutmeg are extremely rare.
In comparison, pepper, sandalwood and dipterocarp are more common. Both Sumatra and Java have pepper production centers, with as many as 25 origins. Sandalwood and dipterocarp, now known as natural borneol, are produced in Sumatra and It is produced in Kalimantan.
According to records in ancient Chinese books, there are even more varieties of spices produced in ancient Southeast Asia.
The "Zhufan Zhi" written by Zhao Rushi of the Song Dynasty records that the three Buddhas are "produced by the land, tortoise, brain, Chensu temporary incense, coarse and ripe incense, Jiangzhen incense, clove, sandalwood, and cardamom";
The Kingdom of Jhapo “produces ivory, rhinoceros horn, pearls, borneol, tortoise shell, sandalwood, fennel, cloves, beans, pepper, incense, flower mat, sword, pepper, betel nut, sulfur, safflower, and hematoxylin.” , white parrot..."
By the Ming Dynasty, there were many records of the types of spices produced in ancient Indonesia. Among them, the "Western Tribute Code" records, "(Srivijaya) its soil contains many yellow instant incense, yellow wax, agarwood, and agarwood."
"Yingya Scenic Spot" records that Java's "native products are hematoxylin, diamond seeds, white sandalwood, nutmeg, long pepper, spotted cat, iron, turtle tube, and tortoise"; Old Port is "native to crane-crowned birds and yellow incense." , Falling true incense, agarwood, gold and silver incense, yellow wax and the like."
Ancient business was relatively simple, and demand often created the market, while modern business has a very interesting approach, which is called creating demand and opening up the market.
As mentioned earlier in this book, the tribute trade in the early years of the Ming Dynasty caused complaints from officials and people all over the world due to the royal monopoly. After that, with the maritime ban, the "demand" for spices in the Ming Dynasty shrank sharply. This shrinkage is not actually a shrinking of demand, but a shrinking of spices. Since entry was not allowed, the people had to give up.
As Gao Gong opened the sea and Gao Jingshi expanded trade, the demand for spices among the people of the Ming Dynasty rebounded rapidly in these years. However, Gao Jingshi felt that it was not enough because he knew that the problems of the Ming Dynasty were obvious. It was that the government was poor and the people were rich. In fact There is a basis for the private sector to "boost consumption."
Therefore, Jinghua has tried every means to expand the sales of spices in the Ming Dynasty over the years, including from time to time the dimensionality reduction attack on the business model such as "monthly half-price days". As a result, the spice market has been expanding day by day in the Ming Dynasty.
This has created a good "dividend of the times" for Cen Ling. Although Sumatra does not have the rarest cloves and nutmeg, it can be said to have sufficient production capacity for pepper, sandalwood, and dipterocarp.
Therefore, under Cen Ling's personal concern, Aceh's spice industry flourished, not only significantly expanding its exports to the Ming Dynasty, but also marketing India, Arabia, and even Spain because of its geographical advantages. The Portuguese were also his big customers.
Cen's Toast, which was still trying to be self-sufficient twenty years ago, has now become a beneficiary of "economic globalization". This has made Aceh, whose food production will not increase for a while, attach great importance to the spice trade.
Since the shipping destination of the spice trade is the Nanyang Islands, of course we have to pay attention to the ships and fleets coming and going. However, the shipbuilding industry in the Nanyang Islands is very weak, and Cen Ling does not dare to get involved in the main business of Jinghua.
Therefore, they had no choice but to ask the Nanyang Fleet to specially arrange a squadron in Aceh as a maritime security force.
The Nek Fleet sent by the Dutch to the Southeast Asia for the second time encountered an interception by the Aceh Squadron of the Southeast Asia Fleet this time.
To say interception is actually a bit too much, because the Aceh Squadron was just doing a routine inspection at the time, and they thought they were Spanish. Before the Dutch Revolution, the Netherlands and Spain were one family after all, so at this time the Dutch fleet came from some
Judging from the details, it still has a strong Spanish feel.
After this inspection, it was discovered that the visitors were not Spaniards, but a Dutch fleet from a small country that claimed to have "difficult independence from Spain's cruel rule", and their purpose was simple: to buy pepper.
However, the simple purpose does not mean that it can be released casually, because there is an article in the previous agreement: Jinghua will grant the spice trade privileges between southern Xinjiang and Europe to the Kingdom of Castile (Spain's main body and exclusive overseas operating rights) and Portugal
The kingdom does not trade directly with other European countries.
What Huang Zhiting just approved was the accident reported by the Nanyang Fleet. This was also the reason why Gao Pragmatic made the immediate decision to detain.
So here comes the question. It is said that there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests. So why is Gao Pragmatic so trustworthy?
The reason is simple, because time has changed and Gao Wuchen now plans to help a group of Spaniards.
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