Chapter 711 Apologize? Cede a piece of land in South Africa first (please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

Chapter 711 Apologize? Cede a piece of land in South Africa first (please subscribe!)

"Your Majesty, William III is the one who made mistakes with the Ming Dynasty. Their East India Company used to hijack them, but now they are awake, so I understand your Majesty. They also have the power to make private treaties with the Ming Dynasty!"

The Latin that Camfizis spoke was completely understandable to Zhu Kezang, who often learned foreign languages ​​from beauties from other countries.

Like Portuguese and Latin, Zhu Kezang is relatively proficient.

I can also speak a little Rakshasa.

The Republican side told the truth, but the East India Company side beautified it too much. In fact, it was a bandit company that legally engaged in zero-dollar purchases!

In fact, it would be inconvenient for a group of Europa aristocrats who look like dogs, believe in the emperor, and are passionate about charity to rob the east field by themselves.

Just set up a moth company like that, hire some desperate people to go out to sea to rob, and become a shareholder to share the dirty work, and get the benefits, but you will not get bad reputation and karma, and you will not go to hell for killing people and setting fire after death.

Isn’t that really treacherous!

For example, Zhu Kezang was much smarter. He directly sent Japanese people to do bad things. Hundreds of years later, even if someone turns over old scores, they can still say that they can't control the Japanese people who are cruel by nature!

Ahem, what about Bucang? Can Zhu Kezang be the supreme leader of the Eastern civilized world now? Of course, he wants to maintain the order of the Eastern civilized world. Of course, he must not allow that kind of bandit company to come to the Eastern civilized world to do evil.

"Be bold!"

Zhu Kezang was so angry that he shouted and interrupted the Dutch profiteer Canfezis, who was determined to deceive the emperor.

Zhu Kezang's angry rebuke frightened the robber colonist Kamfezis. He didn't dare to kowtow, so he just lay on the ground, not daring to raise his voice, for fear that Zhu Kezang would give orders.

Kill him.

Zhu Kezang angrily reprimanded: "You are all obviously pirates and bandits, and you are all involved in the business of killing people and stealing goods. You all do all kinds of evil. How can you be a businessman who operates with integrity? I know very well what we have done.

very!"

Ye Xingde also had a serious face and said in urgent and fast Latin: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty knew everything, and of course he also knew the evil things we Europeans did in the name of chartered trading companies and missionaries. Now we are doing it in front of the Ming Dynasty."

I dare to lie and deceive in front of the emperor, so are you afraid that the emperor will be angry and behead me?"

"What an injustice! Although the East India Company did bad things in other parts of the East, they did not abide by the rules and regulations when trading with the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Kezang had no intention of continuing to argue with him, and said in Chinese: "Since I am coming here tomorrow, he is wondering if I want to continue trading with Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Kezang was straight to the point. He did not intend to completely cut off trade with the Netherlands.

But the Dutch East India Company had to pay the price!

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the East India Company has brought the greatest sincerity. They are willing to recognize the Island of Ceylon as the undisputed territory of the Ming Dynasty, and also compensate two million silver dollars for that misunderstanding!"

Kamfizis knelt on the ground and said flatteringly!

"The Ming Dynasty has always been tolerant, but I heard that Ming merchants often encountered pirates on their way to Europe, especially in African waters."

Did Zhu Kezang actually have his eye on a small territory belonging to the Dutch East India Company?

Then it’s Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope!

On the African continent, apart from being very hot, the places lacking water are so dry that it is impossible to grow crops, and the places with lots of rain are all tropical rainforests, swamps, and full of poisonous insects.

Because of this, in history, apart from sub-Saharan Africa, almost no large and continuous empires were born in the southern African continent.

Even during the colonial era, black people in southern Africa were plundered by Europeans with overwhelming force and sold to the Americas as slaves like livestock. They were miserable, and perhaps that was their only value to the European colonists.

Looking at the entire African continent, the Nile Delta and the hilly areas in northern Algeria and Morocco are suitable for human survival, while south of the Sahara there are dry savannahs, humid tropical rainforests, saline-alkali lands, or deserts.

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But there is one exception in the southern African continent, and that is Cape Town, South Africa.

Because the geographical location of Cape Town, South Africa is so good.

Cape Town was a stronghold established by European colonists in the southernmost tip of the African continent in the early days. At that time, if the colonial fleet wanted to reach Tianzhu and China to make a fortune, it had to travel along the southeastern part of the African continent to the southernmost tip of the African continent (Cape of Good Hope).

, can lead to the east.

In other words, it was first of all a very important military stronghold. If you occupied it, you could control the throat passage between the east and the west at that time.

In addition, Cape Town's geographical conditions are very good, easy to defend and difficult to attack, making it an excellent location for founding a country, for example:

In the sea near Cape Town, there are no islands within a radius of 4,000 miles, and the water depth is mostly 4,000 meters or more. The enemy cannot use the sea to make a counterattack at all.

To the mainland north of Cape Town, there is the more than 1,000-mile-long Namib Desert on the west side, the Kahadi Desert on the middle side and the endless hills and mountains on the east side.

More importantly, Cape Town is surrounded by cliffs with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, which are like a hell, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Outside the cliffs, there are two basins with a combined area of ​​approximately 16,000 square kilometers.

It is a plain, fertile land, and has a typical Mediterranean climate with abundant rainfall. Such conditions are very rare on the African continent.

If we add the farming areas in the mountains and valleys, the total area is estimated to be more than 20,000 square kilometers, which is half the area of ​​Dongning Island. This geographical factor creates an excellent stronghold that can be attacked and defended.

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And that kind of good place is now in the hands of the Dutch East India!

Even if the Suez Canal is opened in later generations, giant ships weighing more than 250,000 tons will still want to go through the Cape of Good Hope!

So there is a piece of land in Cape Town that is highly sought after.

"Camfizis, it's very simple to ask for forgiveness from the Ming Dynasty. I'll lease a piece of land to the Ming Dynasty Navy in our Cape Town colony. I don't ask for a big piece of land. If you agree, the trade war will be over!"

Zhu Kezang opened his mouth loudly, while Kamfizis fell into deep thought.

Now the entire East belongs to the Ming Dynasty. If we cannot trade with the Ming Dynasty, then what is the use of asking for the Cape Town Colony?

Anyway, the Cape Town Colony was the property of the East India Company, and the company had the final say on how to use it.

Anyway, since we are attacking the Ming Dynasty's navy, we might as well lease it to the Ming Dynasty. That would have two advantages.

First, whether to continue trading with the Ming Dynasty, and secondly, whether to seek the protection of the Ming Dynasty!

Now that the Dutch East India Company's strength has been damaged, it is at its weakest moment. If the other countries of the Eight-Power Allied Forces are targeting the Cape Town Colony, they will not be able to defend it!

Is the Ming Dynasty a civilized country? If I rent it to them, it should be fine, right?
Chapter completed!