Chapter 1340: Looking at the world outside (18)

   Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, the governors of various countries stationed here could not sit still. The governor of England in India immediately invited all countries to discuss.

His first sentence at the meeting was: "Friends, it is impossible for us to bring in the wolf Daqi in England. What good is this for us in England?"

The countries were silent. During this period of time, they had calmed down and understood that they were deceived by Daqi. Daqi attacked the Indian Ocean region, and it was indeed England that suffered the most, because they had the most power in this area.

Daqi is too close to the South and Indian Oceans. If this lion is also interested here, their territory will be compressed like never before.

No matter how many contradictions countries have on the mainland, at least now, in this sea area, their interests are the same, and they are jointly threatened by Daqi.

Someone said: "We should protest to Daqi..."

The Spanish envoy, who is also a great seafaring country, sneered: "A protest against the pirates who robbed the merchant ships of Daqi?"

The expressions of the envoys from various countries changed slightly, and the Spanish envoy continued: "Our country has warned you for a long time that Daqi is different from the cowardly and tolerant Dazhou. It looks like their policies in the waters of Guangzhou are the same. They are very strong and will not The robbery of merchant ships is allowed to exist on such a large scale."

The Governor of England said displeasedly: "This is not the Guangzhou Sea. It is far away from Daqi, and it is not within their sphere of influence. Their hands are too long."

The Spanish envoy shrugged, wanting to say that it is farther from England, but they also have colonies here in Spain, so there is no need to ridicule themselves for the sake of Daqi.

The Governor of England said: "We can't let things go any longer, we must talk to Daqi!"

The Governor of England changed the protest to "talk", apparently softening his attitude.

The other countries looked at each other and nodded.

Then quickly select the messenger, and set off for Daqi the next day.

However, Zhou Zhou and the others did not stop. The 80,000 soldiers' salaries, ships, fresh water and other supplies cost a lot, so it was impossible for them to stop. Besides, their arrival was warmly welcomed by the Southeast Asian countries and India.

Even for the sake of the great Qi Guowei, they can't just retreat!

Daqi has always been a hegemonic country in this area, and Western countries must show an attitude in the face of provocation.

Therefore, Zhou Zhou fought pirates and collected loot without any psychological burden, while waiting for the conclusion of the court.

And the DPRK also fell out over this.

The military expenditure for three months is more than 200,000 taels. The courtiers who are careful and careful said that they can use this money to build two large water conservancy projects or to rest the course of the Yellow River to avoid flooding in the rainy season and save thousands of people from water and fire. among.

The officials said that it is not worth the imperial court to make such a big fight just for the sake of individual businessmen.

As soon as the expedited documents from the prefect of Guangzhou were delivered to the capital, half of the officials in the DPRK and China expressed that they could take this opportunity to reconcile with the Western countries and ask them to compensate for the matter.

Qi Haoran scoffed at this, and sent a letter to his two sons, asking them to find a way to take root in Nanyang, but to keep foreigners out of the country.

This letter from the family said that it was an expectation for the two sons, rather it was an instruction to Zhou Zhou. He is now only Prince Rong, not the deputy minister of the Ministry of War. OK.

Besides, Zhou Zhou was promoted by him.

The letter was first delivered to the little lion. He was afraid that the tiger head would not understand it, so he picked up a pen and added a sentence at the back, "After reading it, give the letter to General Zhou."

Zhou Zhou looked at the tiger's head that Le Diandian came to deliver the letter, then looked at the last line of words, and twitched the corners of his mouth, wouldn't the two young masters take another piece of paper and add this sentence, otherwise you will put this sentence after reading it. It's okay to tear up the lines, so that he knows things he shouldn't know.

Zhou Zhou returned the letter to Hutou after reading it. Seeing that he had folded it and put it in his arms, he couldn't help but said, "Third Young Master, why don't you burn this letter."

Hutou blinked and asked, "Why? Are there any secrets that cannot be known to others?"

Zhou Zhou bit the bullet and said, "Otherwise you can tear up the last sentence and destroy it."

There is no problem with this letter from beginning to end. At most, it is Prince Rong's expectation for the two young sons to make great achievements, but the sentence with the little lion at the end is different. A fool would know that it was the prince who was instigating it. He is a general in the court.

And the little lion on Luzon was also clapping his head in distress, "I forgot to ask Hutou to take back the letter and destroy it. Forget it, Zhou Zhou should do it, or it would be too stupid?"

Thinking about this, the little lion put things aside with peace of mind, and began to think about how to implement his father's "rooting in Nanyang, keeping foreigners out of the country".

Western countries now have colonies in Nanyang, and when Qi Haoran killed the pirates in the Guangdong waters, he once provided them with food and weapons in order to allow the Nanyang countries to contain more of these foreigners.

However, that only slowed down the pace of aggression by Western countries. In recent years, the Southeast Asia, the east coast of India, and the south coast have been invaded and occupied a lot of territory, and the indigenous people have been enslaved.

Now all the countries in the South Seas know that the countries in the Western Ocean have angered Shangguo by looting the merchant ships of Daqi, and now Shangguo is sending troops to exterminate these monster pirates.

The authorities in various countries have submitted their credentials to the country, hoping that Daqi can enter the country and help them drive the invaders out. They are willing to increase their annual offerings.

The Southeast Asian countries can understand that the pirates who came from the Western countries not only took a fancy to their country, but also their citizens. They completely regarded them as non-sovereign, and when they came up, they put up flags to indicate that this no-man’s land belongs to them. land.

Indigenous people who have lived on this land for thousands of years: "..."

Over the years, they have to pay a lot of taxes, and they have also been robbed by foreigners and taken to farms as slaves, working for them, building houses, and even doing some handicrafts. Of course, these are all free of charge. Knowing that they came from the country, they almost cried bitterly. runny nose.

Shangguo will take a fancy to their gold and silver mines at most. Their people still have money to mine. Other than that, there is no entanglement of interests. If they pay for a few gold and silver mines, Shangguo can make these foreigners They are very willing to drive out of their country.

No one would think that Daqi would seize their land like foreigners, because Daqi is rich in products, a vast territory, and the people are rich, while all the countries in the South China Sea are too poor. Take Luzon as an example, most of Luzon is still today. Tribal system, the people in the tribe are still surrounded by animal skins and leaves, and few can afford to wear cloth.

There are no advantages to occupying such a place in Daqi, but there are many disadvantages. The most important thing is that the Central Plains Shangguo never went to sea to occupy this place. They only need to respect the Central Plains as the Shangguo, although they have to pay tribute once every three years. But they often received more gifts than tribute.
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