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Chapter 1180 in the Indian Ocean Convention

Gao Huan had negotiated with other forces within the coalition forces, and the first anti-cary alliance organized by the British had collapsed.

Now there is only Britain left, and Smith cannot fight against Gan Chao alone. Moreover, he is a prisoner and can only agree to Gao Huan's arbitrary request.

However, he agreed that it was actually useless, and he still needed the British East India Company to nod.

Gao Huan naturally knew that these people were just prisoners and they could no longer represent the forces behind them.

If countries want to sign a treaty, they must send representatives to participate in the negotiations.

Gao Huan waved his hand, "Take it all down and take it over to Malacca first!"

At this time, Mark and others left the Ganjun warship and returned to the port, preparing to surrender.

There were 50,000 or 60,000 coalition forces in Malacca, and Gao Huan could not be locked on the ship. So the coalition forces agreed that the coalition forces on the island would leave the island and head to the other side of the river to surrender to the Luzon army, and the Luzon army built a camp to take charge of the prisoners.

On the deck of the Ganjun flagship, Zheng Zhilong and his son who had just arrived came to pay homage to Gao Huan.

Zheng Zhilong saw Gao Huan sitting in a dragon robe and a big golden sword, immediately trotted forward and couldn't wait to salute Gao Huan, "Old minister Zheng Zhilong pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhensen also hurried forward and saluted: "My memory, Zhengsen, has seen Your Majesty. Luzon State is very grateful for Your Majesty's troops to rescue him. He can only repay Your Majesty with his heart."

Gao Huan stood up and helped the two of them up with a smile, "You don't have to be too polite, you two dear friends! I asked you to attack Malacca, how can I not save you when I die!"

Zheng Zhilong and his son were relieved when they heard the words, but who knew that Gao Huan changed the subject, "I just don't understand, why are you surrounded by Pahang?"

During Gao Huan's conquest of the Qing Dynasty, after defeating the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, Luzon quickly took over the Netherlands' sphere of influence and expanded its territory rapidly.

When Gao Huan came to his senses, Luzon had already controlled most of the Southeast Asian countries.

If Gao Huan had not granted Zhu Yousong to Xinguanzhou in advance, Luzon might have already controlled Australia.

To be honest, Gao Huan was actually a little worried after seeing the territory of Luzon.

Zheng Zhilong was speechless for a moment, "This..."

Zheng Sen hurriedly said, "Report to Your Majesty, this is because the Sultan of Johor is not a vassal of our dynasty, and he is not clear to the British. I sent troops to siege Malacca, worried that the Sultan of Johor attacked us from behind, so I took the initiative to take the initiative to wipe out the country and lead them to surrender to the kingdom!"

Zheng Zhilong said: "Yes! I am also for security reasons. Moreover, I took Paheng and found out the correspondence between Johor and the British!"

"Oh! Where is your faith?" Gao Huan said carelessly.

"Faith..." Zheng Zhilong sweated behind him.

Gao Huan laughed and patted Zheng Zhilong, "Forget it! I can't see it. I support attacking Johor. However, before taking action next time, can you tell me first so as not to affect the court's plan?"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but wipe his sweat, "I understand, I'm all wrong with me!"

Gao Huan walked back to his seat and sat down, waved and said, "Okay, I won't mention this matter! Please sit down, my dear friends, I have something to discuss with you!"

The guard brought the chairs, and Zheng Zhilong and his son breathed a sigh of relief and knew that they had passed the test.

Gao Huan did not pursue their Johor affairs, which was equivalent to acquiescing their occupation of Johor.

At this time, they sat down, and Zheng Sen took the initiative to express his opinion: "I don't know what your Majesty has to give me any instructions. I will devote myself to my father and I will die until I die."

Gao Huan laughed and said, "It's not that serious! I have two things. First, I want you to build a camp and take prisoners. Second, I want to formulate the Indian Ocean Convention. The Money Council of the Lifan Court tells you the terms. If the convention is formulated, you must also follow and participate!"

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen nodded quickly, saying that everything was followed by Gao Huan's arrangement.

At that moment, Gao Huan talked with the two for a while and then let them leave.

After discussing with the Zheng family, Gao Huan immediately arranged for the surrender of the Malacca coalition forces, and asked all countries to send people to take Ganchao warships to return to India's strongholds, to inform the East India companies of various countries and report the situation in Malacca.

At that moment, Gao Huan accepted the surrender of Malacca first, and the army controlled Malacca and imprisoned the prisoners. With these prisoners and warships, Gao Huan believed that representatives from various countries would send personnel to negotiate and redeem these prisoners and warships.

Otherwise, their strength in the Indian Ocean will be greatly hit. When the local people send their fleets to restore their original strength, they are afraid that the Indian market will be robbed by the Han Chao, and then they will be even less of their opponents.

At this time, after Ganchao negotiated with various countries, he sent a ship to India to inform the East India companies of various countries and the Mughal Emperor of the Mughal Empire with the preliminary conditions agreed upon by Ganchao and the prisoners.

Gao Huan stood in Malacca Fort, watched the ship leave the harbor, and his eyes returned to the island, and his captive 50,000 or 60,000 captured coalition soldiers.

Xia Wanchun said: "Your Majesty, these prisoners are just being held in such a way. It's a waste to wait for someone to come to redeem them."

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Oh, what do you think of me?"

Xia Wanchun said: "Malacca is both an entrance to the Indian Ocean and a passage to the South Ocean. It is very important for our dynasty to meet here. Although Your Majesty does not intend to charge tolls here, if you operate well, relying on your geographical advantage, you can also bring huge benefits to our dynasty. What I mean is that since ships from the East and the West need to dock in Malacca, our dynasty will facilitate the construction of new infrastructure here to provide storage, supply and other services for the country's ships, thus bringing a lot of profits."

Gao Huan nodded slightly. He had decided to stop collecting tolls after taking Malacca.

To develop the commodity economy, one must firstly have convenient transportation and goods can be transported out, and the other must reduce the tax collection process during the commodity flow.

If there are checkpoints everywhere on the sea, the goods from Ganchao come out of the south of the Yangtze River and are taxed many times along the way. When they enter other countries' markets, the prices of goods will lose their competitiveness.

Gao Huan meant to build Malacca into a maritime service area, and earn silver dollars by providing services to passing merchant ships. After hearing Xia Wanchun's words, he said, "What do you mean to treat these prisoners as free labor?"

Xia Wanchun said: "I really mean this. Malacca is far away from the big business. It is too expensive to draw personnel from China. What I mean is to send a small number of craftsmen and technical backbones from China, and then direct the prisoners to expand the docks in Malacca, build warehouses, ship repair factories, reservoirs, and residences. For this reason, I think that for the sake of the project, I can delay the time for the release of prisoners when necessary, and wait until the project is completed before sending them away."

Gao Huan nodded, "The West India Company's merchant ship should have set sail. We have no strongholds in India, and the goods may have to be stored in Malacca, which does require Daxing infrastructure. Then do as you wish. In addition, build a few more forts in the Strait of Malacca!"

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