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One Man's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 40 Taiwan

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    Attacking Taiwan was actually Li Zhe's selfish idea.

    If we look at the current situation alone, Manila should not have participated in the chaos of the Ming Dynasty at all. Hiding overseas and secretly accumulating strength is the best way.  Now with Zhang Liao, there will be other elites from the No. 1 space-time sneaking over in the future. Let's work together in Manila. It won't be long before we can sweep across Southeast Asia, expel the Western countries, accumulate endless wealth and military power, and then go north to conquer  The overwhelming force established the overall situation in one fell swoop.

    In the current situation, this is actually the most sensible approach, but unfortunately it is not suitable for Li Zhe. The reason why it is inappropriate is that he still needs to upgrade after all!

    If we only work hard in Nanyang, there is still a long way to go before the power can develop to the extent that it can affect the situation of the entire time and space. War with the Western colonists may actually reduce the development of time and space, even if there are secret smuggling with Western countries.  I¡¯m afraid channel supplements won¡¯t work either!

    If you want to upgrade, the only possible and quick way is to directly intervene in the mainland market of the Ming Dynasty to revitalize the largest international economy in the world at this time and avoid its fate of sinking in the original time and space. This is probably the short-term solution.  The fastest and most effective source of space-time development within time.

    According to estimates by some scholars of modern time and space, the population of the Ming Dynasty in Time 2 was between 150 million and 200 million. Even the most conservative estimates put the population at over 120 million. With such a large population  The market is so huge. If it could be transformed into an industrial population and stride into an industrialized society, its productivity would be comparable to that of the United States at the end of the 19th century. How terrifying would that be?

    It is a pity that such a huge empire has been hit by various disasters in decades of wars, losing 60 to 70 million people, and its economy and culture were also greatly damaged. Its vitality reached the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.  It was only then that the economy gradually recovered, and the progress of science and technology was even more ruined. The entire Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years was basically a long and complete economic recovery cycle. This was simply the largest overall social regression in human history.  .

    In this regard, although Li Zhe is a complete egoist, he can't help but feel the huge sorrow and regret from his heart. Now, whether it is for himself or for the blood in his heart,  That deep connection!  Li Zhe also had to do it.

    Go north and save the Ming Dynasty!  Taiwan is just the first stop in this huge plan!

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    With the help of the monsoon coming north from the equatorial region, the huge expedition fleet of the Manila Fleet quickly reached the waters of Taiwan!  Going north along the coastline, we are only a few dozen kilometers away from Tainan¡¯s Danyuan Port!

    Taiwan, formerly known as Da Yuan, was renamed Taiwan from this era.

    At this time, the island of Taiwan was not only a Dutch colony. In addition to the Dutch colonial castles such as Taiwan City (Fort Relanja) and Chican City (Fort Provenza) in the Anping area of ??Tainan, there were also  There are two Spanish colonial castles in northern Taiwan: Keelung City (City of Holy Savior) and Tamsui (City of Santo Domingo).

    Since the loss of Manila, the two Spanish locations in Taiwan have lost regular supplies. The situation has gone from bad to worse and is no longer sustainable. At this time, they are discussing how to make a dignified withdrawal.  But they didn't expect that the God of Death would already come to their door before the journey home began.

    And the Dragon Cover in the Great Port, the Dutch people are still running normally. The proud carriage do not expect that there are large fleets who come out to attack them.

    In fact, from their perspective, they think they have this confidence.

    At this time, the Netherlands was at its most prosperous period in history. It owned 15,000 ships of various types and more than 80,000 sailors worldwide, exceeding the total number of other European countries.  Among them, the total tonnage of warships was more than double that of Britain, the European power at that time, and the tonnage of merchant ships accounted for three-quarters of the total tonnage of European merchant ships. This is the true meaning of sea coachman, accounting for almost one-third of global colonial trade.  Most of it.

    With such a strong basic strength, the Dutch naturally have unimaginable self-confidence. Just like when they invaded Penghu several times, they fought unrelentingly with the Ming Dynasty navy, and finally deceived Taiwan's enthusiasm by stalking them.  Lan Zhe.  It can be said that on a global scale, the Dutch's pursuit of commercial interests is endless. In their view, the temporary setback in the situation in the Far East can only remain at the level of a small setback.

    Decades later, the city of Relanja, which caused great suffering to Zheng Chenggong's fleet, was only a series of larger buildings built on the shore. The castle was still missing. There were some simple measures on the dock and a few small buildings.  A small cross fort fortification, the whole place seems to be just a gathering of colonial merchantsIt was just a land, similar to a business hall in modern time and space; the permanent naval force in the colony only had three warships of two to three hundred tons, dozens of artillery pieces, and the total number of armed personnel was only more than a thousand people.

    With such power, there is no problem in dealing with the local indigenous people, but it is absolutely impossible to deal with Li Zhe's fleet armed to the teeth!  But in the eyes of the Dutch, this is enough. They have already adapted to the offense and forgot about defense. Most of the Geranze people did not realize that the danger was coming!

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    Li Zhe and Li Huamei stood on the bridge, enjoying the sea breeze!

    "You knew you were going to collide with Zheng Zhilong, right? That's why you sent such a large fleet! The foreign barbarians in Taiwan are not worthy of our dispatch of such a powerful force. Your purpose is to scare away Zheng Yiguan at once  !" Li Huamei asked naughtily.

    Li Zhe looked at the coast in the distance without even looking back.

    "Haha! I can't hope to hide it from you! Zheng Zhilong's patrols in the Taiwan Strait are all-round. When we come to attack Taiwan, we will definitely not be able to escape Zheng Zhilong's surveillance. Sooner or later, we will confront you. At this time, let them see our  With strength, I will save you from any evil thoughts in the future!"

    "Haha! I knew you had this idea! You always want to lock Zheng Zhilong into the circle. What a wonderful idea!" Li Huamei said with a smile: "But didn't you think that they are pirates! Can you expect the pirates to forget about it?  Do you feel comfortable when you are robbing families and homes? Now that you are stronger than them, they may give you a blow, but when you are defeated and the time comes, they will bite you without hesitation. "

    "You are right. Of course I know that these people are not good people, but are you and I kind? Under your control, Manila will only develop faster and faster, and the cannons and giant ships will only get faster and faster.  More and more people like Zheng Zhilong will never have a chance to catch up.

    And there is another reason, can¡¯t you see it?  Although pirates like Zheng Zhilong abandoned the traditional way of looting and began to pursue large-scale operations, it certainly maximized their interests, maintained order at sea, and reduced internal friction among various forces at sea.  But actually?  It has also caused Zheng's potential strength to decline!

    Pirates!  pirate!  Only feral pirates, pirates who always live in danger, can guarantee the greatest combat effectiveness. Once they start to be pampered, they become domestic dogs domesticated by humans. They are incomparable with wild wolves, and their thoughts begin to corrupt rapidly.  People become lazy and it is impossible to return to the past.  Zheng Zhilong is actually getting older now!  He will be happy to wear the chews we prepared for him!  "(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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