Chapter 697: Non-Resistance Decision Governor of Ceylon in the Ming Dynasty (Please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiang Jun

Chapter 697: Non-Resistance Decision Governor of Ceylon in the Ming Dynasty (Please subscribe!)

Knowing that something was not going well, Ernst Louis immediately dispatched two anti-smuggling speedboats to report the news to the city of Madras in the southeast of Tianzhu continent.

This is the territory of the British, and it is also the location of the Eight-Power Allied Forces fleet.

Matara Castle was originally built by the Portuguese. After the Dutch East India Company seized the island of Ceylon from the Portuguese, it did not think about expanding the city defense of this important coastal town. Therefore, the castle retains the European coastal defense needs of the 16th century.

The style and size of the plug.

Such a fortress is acceptable if it is used against the indigenous kingdom of Ceylon, but if it is used against the Ming Royal Navy, especially the Ming fleet equipped with rifled cannons, then it will be beaten and defeated!

Matara Fort is located on the impact beach on the right bank of the Nilewala River estuary. It is roughly 500*400 meters rectangular, and is long from east to west and wide from north to south.

The fort is only 400 meters away from the coastline, completely outside the range of the Ming Royal Navy's rifled artillery.

With just a flick of fire, the entire castle would be engulfed in flames.

The Portuguese castle has always been small. When it was first built, European artillery technology was relatively limited. It was not foreseen that heavy artillery with a range of 1,000 to 1,500 meters or even 2,000 to 3,000 meters would appear later.

Therefore, the builders were completely unaware that their castle would one day be completely covered by enemy artillery fire.

Based on that understanding, Ernst Louis, the chief of the Dutch East India Company, did not dare to arrange resistance. He gathered a total of 5,000 troops on the island and gave it a try!

Ernst Lewis led the staff of the business office and a few guards, as well as officials from the Kingdom of Ceylon on the island, and a group of cheerful Ming businessmen (most of whom were Chaozhou and Hokkien), together in Matara.

The dock is welcoming visitors from Ming Dynasty.

The Kingdom of Ceylon is very alive. Interestingly, the Kingdom of Ceylon had a story with the Ming Dynasty in the past.

When Zheng He was traveling to the East and West, he once arrived in Ceylon. King Ariel Kunel gave many gifts to the Ming Dynasty to express the reconciliation between the two countries.

Unexpectedly, the greedy Ariel Kunel saw that Zheng He's fleet was carrying a large amount of gold and silver, so he pretended to invite Zheng He to his palace.

After the feast, he again asked for gold coins from Zheng He, but secretly sent troops to rob Zheng He's fleet.

Zheng He calmly learned that most of the Ceylon troops had been sent to attack the fleet and the capital was empty, so he quickly sent an order and mobilized more than 2,000 soldiers. They unexpectedly attacked the capital of Ceylon and captured Ariel Ku alive.

Nair and his wife are official relatives.

The general who led the troops to rob the fleet heard that the Chinese army was returning to attack the capital, and rushed to the east to order the troops to withdraw and rescue them.

Zheng He's army took advantage of the victory to fight back and defeated the enemy soldiers to the ground.

They had to surrender to the Ming army. Zheng He released the surrendered generals and soldiers on the spot, detained Ariel Kunel and several Chongqing officials on the ship, and then continued to visit other areas.

It turns out that the king of Ceylon was captured by the Ming Dynasty before!

Liu Guoxuan and Chen Peilin, who was about to become the governor of Ceylon, were standing on the command deck of the Guangzhou, holding up telescopes and looking at everything in front of them.

Chen Peilin is a rising star of the Chen family in Yingchuan, Chaozhou Prefecture.

The Chen family is the most common surname in Guangdong Province and the most common surname in Chaoshan.

The Chen family originated from Wanqiu (Huaiyang, Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty), grew up in Gushi (Gushi County, Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty), flourished in Yingchuan (Changge, Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty), opened in Fujian and Zhangzhou in the south, and spread throughout the world in later generations.

Among the 70 million people with the surname Chen in later generations, there are about 50 million from the Chen family in Yingchuan.

In the Chaozhou Prefecture area, there is a phenomenon that many ordinary people's houses have four exquisite large characters "Yingchuan Jiujia" carved on the top of their doors.

Because, with the changes of history, the Chen family from Yingchuan moved south to Fujian, Guangdong, etc. In the Ming Dynasty, it has become the first surname in Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and other places. The Chen family in Chaoshan area of ​​Guangdong is generally not Ying.

Descendants of the Chuan-Chen family.

Chen Peilin is one of the best. His family has been in business for generations, and he himself has read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly and passed the Jinshi examination. He is a compound talent.

Zhu Kezang was not ambitious enough. He didn't get much from the island of Ceylon, so he named Chen Peilin the governor of Ceylon.

A prosperous Tianzhu trading island appeared in front of them!

Looking from Yuanji, Ceylon Island has blue water, red sand, dense vegetation, and the geographical environment looks very superior.

There are some small red Western-style buildings near Matara Port, all of which have a typical European colonial flavor!

Reflecting the sunlight near the equator, it looks extremely solemn, seeming to indicate the rule of the Red Man on the island of Ceylon.

There were dots of fishing boats on the sea, and the crews were all native Tianzhu fishermen. When I saw so many big boats coming, I thought some big customers were coming, and they all gathered together in small boats to sell some of the fish they had just caught.

Seafood coming.

The natives of Ceylon are very hospitable!

After being trained by the Portuguese and Dutch, I wonder if I will be as greedy as I have been for hundreds of years.

The current Ming Dynasty is no weaker than the Ming Dynasty of Zheng He and the East and West. Then I hope that Ceylon Island will be completely taken over.

Liu Guoxuan just watched everything quietly. Chen Peilin suddenly said next to him: "Lieutenant General Liu, did you see that? Do you mean that the red-haired Yi wants to surrender?"

Grandmaster Ernst Louis of the Dutch East India Company stood at the dock with dozens of people waiting, with no intention of fighting.

If you look carefully, you can see that there are several red flags hidden behind the guard.

Because Ernst Lewis had already confessed that if the Ming army fired artillery, he would raise the flag and surrender as soon as possible.

As Chen Peilin pointed his finger, Liu Guoxuan also turned his eyes.

Sure enough, I saw a few Westerners in western clothes standing outside the pier, a few indigenous people in fancy clothes and a group of Ming Dynasty businessmen in Hanfu.

That group of merchants were not found by Ernst Lewis to rescue them. Presumably the Ming Navy would definitely not take action for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Ernst Louis looked fiercely at a group of Dutch soldiers and a group of barefoot native soldiers from the Kingdom of Ceylon next to him. Their laziness made Ernst Louis want to walk over and kick them.

Was it because he had brought that gang that Ernst Lewis made the decision not to resist?

Liu Guo

Look how they fight the trade war!"

"Bidong said before, the kind of legs that can block a person's life without breaking his face is called sanctions!"

"Lieutenant General Liu, should we dock now to accept their surrender, and by the way, inform the Hongmao Yi of the Ming Dynasty's sanction order!"

Chen Peilin asked with a smile.

"That's good. The artillerymen of Bu Nao please continue to be vigilant to prevent those red-haired barbarians from playing dirty tricks and setting up an ambush!"

"Lieutenant General Liu, he saw that there is a forest over there. If there is an ambush, it must be there!"

"Okay, okay, let's blast the woods with artillery fire first to see if there is any ambush!"

"There is no ambush, just treat it as a scare!"
Chapter completed!