Qing Dynasty: I Rely on Games To Fight For Favor - Chapter 187

Xia Mian took out a pen and paper, and wrote a letter, and then asked Jiang Lin to secretly send it to the shopkeeper Zhao.

As the evening was approaching, Shopkeeper Zhao was standing behind the counter in a trance. For a while, he remembered that he had seen the imperial concubine today, and for a while, he was worried about Shopkeeper Liu and others, and his heart was in a mess.

At this time Jiang Lin came.

The shopkeeper Zhao recognized him and greeted him respectfully.

Jiang Lin didn’t talk nonsense, and asked him directly if he knew anyone who could talk to the Portuguese.

Shopkeeper Zhao thought he was going to negotiate with the Portuguese, so he immediately said in embarrassment, “Knowing it is knowing, but those Portuguese are hungry wolves. It’s hard to get to the sky if you want them to spit out their bones.”

What he meant, don’t want those goods to come back, as for people…

He quietly looked at Xia Jiang Lin, “Everyone, about two hundred to three hundred taels of silver.” This is a precedent. It’s just that there are very few people who really redeem it. That’s two hundred taels of silver. A guy’s salary is only a few taels a year. These two hundred taels are enough for them to do for decades. Who would spend so much to redeem? them.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Zhao couldn’t help but feel a little sad, those guys, there is a high probability that they won’t come back!

There were more than one hundred people who were kidnapped, each of which was two hundred taels, which is more than twenty thousand taels. This is not a small number, and the imperial concubine is also afraid…

Jiang Lin smiled, “I only ask if you can speak.”

“Yes.” Shopkeeper Zhao nodded.

Jiang Lin handed Xia Mian’s letter to him. Shopkeeper Zhao took it over carefully, opened it, and looked at it. The more he looked at it, the more shocked he became. Is this true?

“Can it be done?” Jiang Lin asked.

Shopkeeper Zhao carefully considered for a moment, “Yes. I just don’t know if the Portuguese will…”

“Don’t question the decision of the imperial concubine and empress.” Jiang Lin suddenly said in a cold voice. He followed Xia Mian for a long time, absolutely trusting her, and would not allow others to question.

“Yes, yes!” Shopkeeper Zhao wiped the sweat from his head.

Jiang Lin took out another bag from his sleeve. “There are two hundred taels of silver here. If you do this well, you will get the rest.”

Shopkeeper Zhao’s eyes were filled with excitement, “Yes, I will do it well.”

The next day, a slightly thin young man met Major Dassoma.

“I heard that you have to see me, you’d better satisfy me, otherwise, I will make you regret it!” Major Dassoma said with a sullen face.

The thin young man smiled hippiely, “You will definitely be satisfied.”

Afterwards, he talked about his purpose of coming here in bad Portuguese, eloquently, dancing and dancing, and when he talked about excitement, he would sometimes be mixed with two Hokkien dialects.

Major Dassoma didn’t care at first, the more he listened, the more concentrated he became, and finally he stood up directly.

On the third day, there was no news from the East India Company. Shi Lang was anxiously spinning around in the navy admiral’s office. The two emperors did not ask about the cargo ship again, but he was very unwilling. This incident just passed?

There may be how many such things will happen in the future.

Otherwise? Did he take the initiative to mention to the emperor? It seems that he is so incompetent, and this little thing can’t be done well. In the past two days, the emperor has inspected all parts of the navy, but he is in a good mood.

On the fourth day, Shi Lang almost gave up, and a small official suddenly ran in, seeming to have seen a ghost.

“What’s going on? What’s the panic!” Shi Lang stopped shouting.

The little official pointed to the outside and was speechless in surprise.

Soon, Shi Lang was also shocked. The Portuguese came with the robbed merchant ship. There were a lot of cargo and people on the merchant ship, as if they hadn’t been robbed at all, just as guests.

Guest? Shi Lang sneered at his own thoughts.

The Portuguese were very polite and unexpectedly polite. They said that they had investigated the merchant ship clearly. It was a pure misunderstanding. This time they came to the merchant ship and apologized for it.

This shocked Shi Lang again, but the meat bun beats the dog, can he come back? Also apologized, he suspected that the Portuguese had any conspiracy.

He dealt with it carefully.

Sure enough, the Portuguese finally proposed that their Major Dasoma asked to see the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and wanted to apologize to him face to face. Portugal will always be the best friend of the Qing Dynasty.

His remarks rose to the relationship between the two countries, and Shi Lang had no power to deal with it, so he immediately reported it to Kangxi.

Kangxi was inspecting the improvement work of the Red Cannon at this time, and he had always attached great importance to this aspect.

This time, the newly improved cannon has a full range of 30 meters, and its power is much stronger than before. He was so happy in his heart that he couldn’t help but test it on the spot.

With a “bang”, along with huge black smoke, a small mound in the distance was directly blown to the ground, and the smile on his face increased.

“Emperor Fukuze protects me, my Qing Dynasty is bound to become more and more prosperous.” The governor next to him took the opportunity to say, and the others immediately followed the advocacy, and there was a sound of praise.

Kangxi knew that these were all their beautiful words, but he was still in a good mood.

At this moment, Shi Lang came to report that the Portuguese had returned the merchant ship and wanted to see the emperor and apologize to the emperor in person.

There has always been a phenomenon in the history of the Central Plains. Regardless of the monarchs, except the Yuan Dynasty, they especially liked the Fanbang Shangshushu, as if they had completely surrendered in this way.

Win without fighting, have its own great power? Or it is too deeply influenced by Confucian culture, this phenomenon has always existed anyway.

It was the same in the Qing Dynasty. Hearing that the Portuguese not only took the initiative to return the merchant ships, but also apologized like the emperor, these officials suddenly had the material to flatter, saying that the emperor was martial, and those barbarians must be afraid of our country.

Kangxi had some doubts in his heart, but still promised to see the Portuguese in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Kangxi sat in the middle, civil and military standing on both sides, and Major Dassoma walked in respectfully and saluted. He is good-looking, gentle and polite, and everyone in the court feels good to him.

Soon, Kangxi asked about business.

Major Dassoma did come to apologize and express Portugal’s kindness towards Qing.

In the end, in order to show his sincerity, he also proposed to send a batch of advanced guns and machines to Kangxi.

“Oh?” Kangxi was very interested. He knew that foreign guns and machines were very sophisticated.

Major Dassoma immediately offered to show him.

Kangxi agreed.

Suddenly, a few Portuguese brought up a few boxes and opened them one by one. Sure enough, these guns were better than those used by the Qing Dynasty. There was something called a loom next to it. It was able to weave semi-automatically, a machine, Enough to be worth more than a dozen female workers.

All the ministers looked at their eyes brightly and their hearts were beating. These were all good things.

Kangxi was also a little moved.

Major Dassoma looked around for a week and saw that the effect was achieved, the smile on his face increased, and he began his speech. First, he praised the Qing Dynasty and Kangxi, saying that compared with them, their gadgets are not worth mentioning. Then, he emphatically described the advantages of his “gadgets” and their many similar things.

Finally, he stated his purpose of coming here this time, hoping to establish friendly relations with the Qing Dynasty and exchange business with each other.

In other words, when he wanted to do business with Daqing, he used these “gadgets”.

He also eagerly described the beauty of the future, and how much benefits Kangxi and even the ministers could get, so that all the ministers were eager to try.

Kangxi also listened carefully at the beginning, weighing the pros and cons, and suddenly, when he remembered something, his eyes sank.

The East India Company was a colonist. Their means of ruling or grabbing wealth did not necessarily rely on the army. First, it was a monopoly and a trade monopoly. They used this to knock on the door of India and convince the rulers of India to trust them. Exposing the essence, burning, killing and looting are all evil, and at this time the colonized country wants to resist it too late.

This is a bit like what Xia Mian did for Mongolia, controlling Mongolia economically, but Xia Mian’s starting point was to rescue the Mongolian people. Later, Kangxi blended in, and the purpose was shifted. But Kangxi only gave a little guidance, and it was fundamentally different from the last drop of blood that these colonists wanted to drain the people of the Qing Dynasty.

There is an example of Mongolia before, and now Major Dassoma wants to control the Qing Dynasty like the Qing Dynasty did to Mongolia, Kangxi’s mood can be imagined!

This was Xia Mian’s original intention. She wanted Kangxi to see the wolf ambition of these foreign colonists. By the way, she also wanted all merchant ships to return, killing two birds with one stone.

Those ministers didn’t know that Kangxi had thought of this, and they felt that Major Dasoma’s words were quite reasonable. In the past two years, the more maritime trade, perhaps they could really consider letting him come to the Qing to trade.

Major Dassoma snorted without a trace. He can’t wait to move the company to this rich country. He will definitely be able to make a lot of money by then. Compared with this, those merchant ships are not counted at all. what.

Also, in order to speed up the acquisition of wealth, perhaps, he can bring poppy here.

I heard that this country does not allow the sale of opium poppies, but who can survive the temptation of money. When he stands firm, he can use the money to corrupt these ministers, and even drive the warship here, without fear that they will disagree.

This is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Kangxi’s eyes are drooping and his eyes are cold, but on the surface, there is nothing unusual.

Kangxi did not agree to this matter, nor did he say that he disagreed. Major Soma felt that he would agree to it.

Within two days, the Netherlands sent someone to say that they also wanted to do business with Daqing.

Then there is France.

Finally, the British also came. This “empire that never sets in the sun” came with a warship and demanded equality.

At this time, the ministers noticed that no matter what was wrong, they looked at Kangxi in panic.

On this day, Shi Lang ordered to attack the Portuguese fleet, and Major Dassoma died in his own dream.

When it comes to fighting, Kangxi is never afraid of it!

The rumbling of guns awakened everyone.