Chapter 361 Hendrick’s Surrender

Chen Ye was sitting on the beach of the campsite, grilling meat skewers over a charcoal fire. He looked at Hendrick, who was slowly walking over with a gloomy look on his face, with a smile on his face.

"Prince of Orange, come, come, come. Nice to meet you. I am the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Ye."

With anger and indifference, Hendrick stopped in front of two soldiers in uniforms who looked very elite at first glance, and looked at the young man holding a skewer in his hand and calling himself the National Master.

In his eyes, the Ming people all looked the same, but what made him feel strange was that these Ming people were very strong, not at all like what was described in the East India Company's voyages.

The strong ones can compete with the strong knights here. This is very strange. How do these Ming people eat?

What made him feel even more strange was how this group of people could sit here with peace of mind, invade the Netherlands, and yet be able to enjoy barbecue here leisurely.

"Master of the Ming Dynasty, what are you going to do? You invaded the territory of the Netherlands and attacked my royal fortress without permission.

But your reason is ridiculous. I didn’t go to meet your emperor’s will. Are all you Ming people so rude? Do you want to go to war with the Germanic people? "

"Are you very excited? I wonder if the kings of the Spice Islands and the colonies of the East India Company think so too.

Do your Dutch governors all over the world live in harmony with their kings? How come I heard that when you go to a place, you will carry out killings? "

Chen Ye's harsh words made Hendrick's face turn red with anger. Can people from those countries be considered human beings? If you ask him for this reason, he will not admit it.

"Sir, I don't know what you are talking about. All overseas territories and governor's offices in the Netherlands were established with the support of local emperors and kings.

We are all devout Christians. When we go to a place, we will bring the glory of the Lord. We are bringing the gospel, so how can we kill people there?

Those backward and ignorant countries all need the guidance of the Lord. They are backward lambs. We have brought them high-yielding crops and culture, so that they will no longer be ignorant.

In return, they gave us some spices of little local value, that's all. Where did the killing come from? Please don't count the bandits we killed as killing."

"Oh, really? Robber, that's ridiculous, dead people can't talk anyway, right?

Then I will bring you the glory and civilization of the Ming Dynasty, and then I will kill all your guards. Do you want to be grateful?"

Chen Ye put the grilled meat skewers aside and looked at Hendrick. Hendrick wanted to continue to break it, but Chen Ye was no longer patient.

"Forty years ago, the Netherlands invaded and occupied the Penghu Islands of the Ming Dynasty with sixteen ships and an army of 1,200 people. Later, they even directly landed in Dongfan to colonize.

Nineteen years ago, your East India Company attacked the Portuguese merchants in Fujian during the Ming Dynasty. All these actions were your barbaric crimes. We in the Ming Dynasty do not cause trouble, and we are not afraid of trouble either. Anyone who offends our Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are."

"No, no, no! Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty, I know what you are talking about about Dongfan. It is written in the East India Company's navigation log.

There was a misunderstanding between the two of us on the Penghu Islands. Didn’t we withdraw our troops later? Dongfan is what your Ming Dynasty calls a foreign land. How could it be the territory of the Ming Dynasty?

Bonteku, a naval captain of the East India Company, recorded this:

Your army has reached several agreements with us. The first of them is to allow us to operate in Dongfan and assign Dongfan to us. Please note that it was assigned to us. Otherwise, you will not recognize the promise of your previous official.

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The second is to send several merchant ships to Jakarta for trade every year; the third is to cut off the Spanish Habsburg trade in Luzon, which is what we have an agreement with."

Hendrik became the monarch of the Netherlands not only because of his succession, but also because of his rich combat experience.

Although the events from 1602 to 1606 had nothing to do with him, he had also read the East India Company's navigation log, which was a very good record of naval battles.

In particular, the Daguang Governor's Palace was also a very important trade channel for the Netherlands. The goods shipped from there included Japanese silver, spices and specialties, as well as silk tea and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that he is very clear about the origin of the Governor's Palace in Dajuan. According to the Dutch worldview, the origin of Dongfan is almost legal and reasonable and cannot be regarded as an invasion.

"Misunderstanding? Your Peterson Kunko said that the example of the Penghu Islands in the Ming Dynasty made us realize that we cannot seek trade through peaceful means, and we cannot obtain trade rights without the use of force.

Is this a misunderstanding? Using force to trade with the Ming Dynasty is a misunderstanding? Did you get the consent of the Ming Dynasty when you attacked Portugal’s commercial areas? You captured the Penghu Islands twice, and used the Japanese commercial hall as a springboard to plunder our Ming Dynasty.

Merchant ship.

You invaded our vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, Java, Ryukyu, Sumatra, Madex, and Ceylon, and colluded with the British to form a joint fleet. What on earth do you think it was a misunderstanding?"

"I don't know what you are talking about. Are countries such as Java and Ceylon vassals of the Ming Dynasty? Their emperor has never admitted it."

Hendrick behaved very innocently. The country they invaded did say that China would come to Congress to help, but it was none of their business. After nearly half a century of fighting, China had never appeared.

"Is this your attitude? If you still don't admit the crimes committed by your Netherlands, I think we can't have discussions. Please go back."

"Master of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what you are talking about. I have not committed any crime. On the contrary, you invaded the United Provinces of the Netherlands. You violated my royal castle. I want you to apologize.

Even if you want to go back, you have to go back to your Ming Dynasty. This is the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. I have assembled the army, and now they can shoot at any time, leaving you too late to use the flying weapon."

"That group of people outside, right? Shoot."

Chen Ye picked up the radio and said. Hendrick's expression changed. He just turned around and faced his escort. Then he heard a clicking sound. Two machine gun positions outside were firing at the same time. The soldiers holding rifles also

In burst shooting.

What frightened him even more was that four objects dragging flames flew towards the road where the escort collapsed and retreated. Amidst four loud noises and continuous clicking sounds, the entire hundred-man knight escort was cleared.

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"There are ten warriors in total, and it took less than thirty breaths.

Now, you want me to bring an army to talk to you, right?"

"Are you a devil? Why do you kill people when you disagree? You invaded the United Provinces of the Netherlands and you want us to negotiate with you? They are all innocent!!"

Hendrick looked at the motionless body and said in a broken voice. The remaining Duke of Charlevi and the Earl of the Council all looked at the messy battlefield with their mouths open.

Hendrik just made a quibble, saying that this Ming Kingdom master was so careless and just started killing.

This kind of aggrievedness and this kind of anger made them almost unable to hold back and rush towards Chen Ye to start a knightly duel, but when they saw the soldiers with broken guns on both sides, they held back.

"I want to duel with you!"

"Duel with me? You are not qualified yet. I can crush your bones lightly, just like this."

Chen Ye casually crushed the rocks on the ground into powder, and the exploding rocks flew away, interrupting Duelist Hendrick's spellcasting.

"Can we have a good talk now? You can't do anything to me at all."

"Master of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how you talk about it, I don't agree with what you said. The Java, Ceylon, or Sumatra you are talking about are all independent kingdoms, not vassals of your Ming Dynasty.

If they are your vassal country, why didn't you see the Ming Dynasty sending officials over? The conflict between us and the Penghu Islands was also violated by the previous director of the company. It was your people who let us go to Dongfan. We did not invade the Ming Dynasty.

If you think that using force can force the freedom-loving Dutch people to submit, you are wrong.

The Dutch are peace-loving, but as you said, like the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch do not cause trouble and are not afraid of trouble. Similarly, although the Netherlands is only a small country in Europe, we will still unite when encountering invasion by foreign enemies.

One heart.

Can you kill the entire Netherlands and the entire Europe? Tens of millions of people in Europe will sacrifice their lives to resist the invaders."

Hendrik said forcefully that he had not turned a corner before there was a real large-scale army operation and tens of thousands of people attacked the territory of the Netherlands.

Chen Ye also knew that it was obviously unrealistic to suddenly start talking about surrender and compensation with Hendrik, so he had to continue to exert pressure.

"You can go back and think about it. Well, the pride of you Dutch people is that your navy is very powerful, right? There should be a lot of East India Company plundering ships in Amsterdam, right?

So, what do you think, I will sink all your ships today, and then we can talk tomorrow? Just use the thing that attacked your castle just now."

"No, no, no! Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty, stop causing killings blindly. Aren't you afraid of being punished by God? This is a crime against humanity!"

Hearing Chen Ye's threatening words, Hendrick suddenly woke up. He had seen the speed of the evacuation of the thing flying in the sky today. It was very fast. It was not difficult to chase the ship on the sea.

Not to mention the attack power, musket fire is ineffective. It is estimated that only cannons can knock it down. However, the casting time of cannons is too long, and aiming at the sky may not be able to hit smaller flying weapons.

Their invincible battleship, facing this kind of enemy in the air, seems to be defenseless. It only needs one rocket to sink, not to mention that the thing can fire dozens of rounds at a time.

"Punishment from God? I am doing justice for God, okay? End the slave trade and liberate the small country enslaved by you. God will reward me before it is too late. I am a messenger of justice.

Call the Falcon Group, launch the plane now, carry out saturation bombing of the Amsterdam port, target, destroy all ships, forts, and military camps."

[Falcon Team 1 has received it, Falcon Team 1 has received it! It is expected to be ready to leave in a quarter of an hour.]

Hendrik saw that Chen Ye was holding the mystery box in his hand, and after speaking to it, he actually responded. Then the helicopter dozens of meters away rotated, which made his face turn paler.

The Grand Duke of Charlevi, the two counts, and the captain of the guard heard the conversation and looked at the spinning helicopter, and they became anxious. What would happen if this thing was encountered at the harbor? It was the same as the King's Castle.

"No! Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty! Please calm down. All of this can be discussed. It's all negotiable."

"Want to talk now? It's too late. Now that our war eagle has taken off, it is impossible to return empty-handed. Without 40,000 ounces of gold, it is impossible for him to stop."

"Compensate! I will compensate!"

Hendrick said anxiously, Amsterdam is the largest port city in the Netherlands and the most important economic port.

In Amsterdam, there are not only warships, but also hundreds of merchant ships. If that exploding rocket is targeted, the Netherlands will be doomed.

Their resistance to Spanish Habsburg rule will be in vain. They will be re-ruled by Spain, and Catholic Spain will brutally suppress their religion.

"Wouldn't it be over if you accept the reality so early? Falcon, Falcon, the mission is over, continue to stand by."

【Falcon received.】

As the sound of the helicopter gradually subsided, Hendrick and others also breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did they realize that they had actually broken out in a layer of sweat.

"Mr. Hendrick, do you think that the Netherlands is tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty and we only have a few dozen people coming in one trip, so it is not a threat to you?"

Then let me tell you, the Ming Dynasty's air force has hundreds of war eagles, and the navy has hundreds of invincible iron ships. Now it has tens of thousands of people.

Moreover, Ming’s plan will grow to hundreds of thousands of people within ten years. If I give you ten years, can you launch a counterattack against Ming’s attack methods?”

"Sir, what exactly do you want to get? What is your purpose in coming to the Netherlands? If you want compensation, tell me the amount and don't fight."

"Oh? You are?"
To be continued...