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- Chapter 150 Real silk, pure
When I went to the East, everything was not going well.
On the way we encountered attacks by indigenous people on the African continent and warriors riding elephants in India. As a result, we lost a lot of manpower, but in our hearts, we have always been full of yearning for the country covered with gold. It was this thought that made us persevere.
Then, we arrived at the country called Ming in the east.
At this moment, Zhubert had already met Zhao Hongyu under the leadership of Wang Shan. In front of Zhao Hongyu, Joubert once again recounted his "Travel to the East" in his strange tone.
"Joubert was quite excited to meet the 'Lord' of Manhattan, the young His Majesty of the Song Empire.
Because before coming to see Zhao Hongyu, Zhang Tie had given special instructions to Joubert. Tell him that if he makes His Highness happy, then a trade agreement is no problem.
And maybe, he can get a lot of improvement in the quota of goods.
Everything depends on what His Highness wants.
(Note: Many thanks to the book friend for reminding me that Zhao Hongyu¡¯s identity is the ¡®Crown Prince of the Song Empire¡¯, so he is addressed as ¡®His Royal Highness¡¯ instead of ¡®Your Majesty¡¯. Please correct it later.)
Therefore, Joubert could not wait to use all his strength in the hope of making Zhao Hongyu happy.
Zhao Hongyu looked at Joubert in front of him. He felt that Joubert's tone was very funny.
In the southern part of the Ming Empire, we landed in a place designated as the "trench territory". But everything is not as beautiful as we imagined, and the people there are not very friendly to us.
When he said this, Joubert's face was full of bitterness.
Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan quickly looked at each other, and they both saw smiles in each other's eyes.
We arrived at the place full of expectations, but the trade could not be carried out, which made us very disappointed. And because we couldn't carry out normal trade, we were left with nothing for two years. Everyone spent all their savings and almost starved to death there.
Looking back on the past, Joubert is really sad.
"Why can't we carry out trade? This is a bit strange. Logically speaking, you and the Ming Empire should be able to carry out trade, right?"
Zhao Hongyu raised his question with some confusion.
Although Zhao Hongyu comes from the 21st century, he has also learned some historical knowledge. But that historical knowledge is quite general and cannot be so detailed.
In history books, or some other history books, the Dutch's trade in the East is only briefly mentioned, and some details are not so clearly written.
So, how could Zhao Hongyu know so much.
It is precisely because of this relationship that Zhao Hongyu became interested in this issue.
After all, in the minds of many people, in this era of great navigation, when Spain fell into despair, it was the Dutch who rose up.
The famous sea coachman is not called this for nothing.
??According to the character of the Europeans, how could the Dutch endure it when the Ming Empire refused to allow them to carry out trade?
Hearing this, Joubert smiled bitterly and replied: "Your Highness, you don't know something. In the eyes of the officials of the Ming Empire, we are actually all foreigners, and they look down on us. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has a forbidden sea. The policy does not support maritime trade at all." He said the reason for this.
Zhao Hongyu nodded silently and motioned for Joubert to continue.
After being encouraged, Joubert continued: "Because of the language, we were not very clear about this at the beginning. We only learned about it later." "And in the past two years, our crew has We broke Ming's laws and were punished by the Ming Empire, which makes us feel even more desperate."
Zhao Hongyu snickered in his heart. He really felt funny for the Europeans of this era.
But when Zhao Hongyu thought about future generations, he sighed in his heart.
If it weren¡¯t for wild boar skin, China might not be able to rise.
"So, you all have to abide by the laws of the Ming Empire?" Zhao Hongyu asked deliberately.
Joubert nodded with a serious expression on his face: "Of course, the Ming Empire is very powerful. We cannot treat the Ming Empire with the same policy as we treat the indigenous people. This is very unwise." "We also suffer in the trench territory. We have suffered a lot. If we violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, we will suffer a lot.He showed no mercy to us. "
Then, Joubert told Zhao Hongyu everything they had experienced in the trench.
Even though these things were very shameful and embarrassing to say, he did not hide them.
The reason is very simple, because when Joubert saw that Zhao Hongyu was very interested in these things, he began to follow suit.
Although Europeans are relatively rustic at this time, they are not fools.
Especially Joubert, who has been in the East for more than ten years, he understands the thinking of Eastern people.
He knew very well that as long as he made His Majesty happy, there would be a great possibility that a trade agreement would be signed with him.
As for face and so on, these are not important.
The sailors drank in the trenches without paying, and were arrested by the local magistrate's yamen. They took off their pants in public and exposed their white buttocks and spanked them.
When they go to a brothel to satisfy their physical needs, the old madams of the Ming Dynasty 'bully' people and find the kind of trashy women to entertain them, but when they pay the bill, they have to pay a sky-high fee.
"If you dare to complain, what's waiting for them is a spanking and a jail sentence."
The prison cells in the Ming Dynasty were very scary. After entering, in addition to being abused by the yamen guards, they were also bullied by the ¡®perverts¡¯ in the prison.
Various chrysanthemums bloom, wither, wither
If Joubert could write a novel, he would definitely write a story called "Heartbreak", telling the story of what happened to the sailors in the Ming Dynasty.
In the early days, the Dutch were miserably beaten by Ming in the trenches.
"Zubert burst into tears as he watched. Zhao Hongyu, Wang Shan and Zhang Tie wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. It was very uncomfortable to hold back.
"Then you survived in the end, didn't you?"
Unable to bear it any longer, Zhao Hongyu could only interrupt Joubert, who was immersed in dark memories, and change the topic.
"God bless! Yes, we survived." Joubert raised his right hand and made a virtual sign of the cross in front of himself.
Zhao Hongyu twisted his buttocks to make himself sit more comfortably, and asked: "Since this is such a situation, how did you finally convince the Ming Empire to start trade with you? War?"
Joubert shook his head: "We launched a war, but now I feel that it was the most idiotic decision, because that war caused us a lot of losses, because the Ming Empire was too strong."
Then, Joubert told Zhao Hongyu the war between them and the Ming Dynasty, as well as the process.
It was the third year since they arrived in the trench territory. The Netherlands sent five warships to the trench territory. In order to open up the situation as soon as possible, a major named Fake Squid took the initiative to attack Fuzhou in the Ming Empire.
Originally, everyone thought they could make a fortune, but what they didn¡¯t expect was. Before they arrived in Fuzhou, they encountered a pirate fleet composed of thousands of large and small ships.
As for the result, is there any need to say Of course it was a tragedy for the Dutch.
Five Dutch warships eventually became the spoils of pirates, and any Dutch who dared to resist were killed. The remaining people also joined the pirates, after all, it was all about survival.
And it was in that battle that the Fake Squid was killed by the opponent.
At that time, Joubert was also forced to join the pirates due to circumstances.
"Oh, you ended up joining the pirates? But is there any necessary relationship between joining the pirates and starting trade with you?" Zhao Hongyu continued to ask.
"Of course. Your Highness, please listen to me slowly." Joubert explained a little and continued: "The pirate we followed at the time was called Li Dan. He was the largest overlord on the sea at that time. It was through him that we understood Learn how to do trade in the East."
With Joubert¡¯s narration, Zhao Hongyu also gradually understood the situation along the coast of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Li Dan, the king of the sea whom Joubert first followed, was attacked by another group of pirates, Zheng Zhilong. This guy named Zheng Zhilong united with another group of pirates, Li Xiang, and defeated Li Dan. After that, the two sides started fighting again.
It was precisely because of the destruction of Li Dan that Joubert and the others broke away from their pirate career.
"In the days when he joined the pirates, some officials' sons or agents in coastal provinces sold goods to Japan through their own ships, or cooperated with pirate Li Dan.
¡°The Dutch have really seen these things.
After the fall of Li Dan, the Dutch also used connections to find those agents or the children of officials and officials.?They collaborated.
Started a semi-smuggling trade.
And some of the Dutch products can also make a lot of money in Ming Dynasty. It was under this premise that the two of them hit it off and cooperated, and the Dutch finally saw hope.
Of course, if the Dutch wanted to do business in the Ming Empire, they had to pay some protection fees. At first, the protection money was given to Li Xiang, but when Joubert returned to Europe, the protection money had already started to be given to Zheng Zhilong.
Strictly speaking, Europeans at this time were not living a satisfactory life in the East, and were even in a low-spirited state.
"Don't say that those in the Ming Dynasty were officials. Even pirates didn't bother them.
This will be unthinkable in future generations.
Zhao Hongyu snickered in his heart while listening.
The same is true for Wang Shan and Zhang Tie. They feel that the European guys in this era are really naughty, while Daming is a tall, rich and handsome man with a good reputation.
In front of the people of the Ming Dynasty, both Spanish and Dutch people would feel aggrieved.
By the time the British defeated the Dutch and completely rose to prominence on the sea decades later, the Ming Dynasty had already perished. It was replaced by foolish boar skins, which allowed the British to take advantage.
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