In the end, Anthony chose to admit defeat and proposed a compromise plan: the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty divided the Strait of Malacca evenly.

According to his suggestion, Pazia Island (Sumatra) to the south of the Strait of Malacca was returned to the Netherlands, and the Malay Peninsula to the north was returned to the Ming Dynasty (equivalent to the current location of Malaysia and Singapore).

These places were previously occupied by Portugal. Portugal was the first to colonize the Indian Ocean, invading the prosperous Malacca dynasty, destroying its country and turning it into a colony.

Later, due to its gradual decline, the rising Netherlands occupied many colonies. Portugal's influence in the Indian Ocean was mainly in India and the Indochina Peninsula.

Anthony's suggestion not only avoided the conflict between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty, but also transferred the conflict with Portugal to the Ming Dynasty, which was a killing two birds with one stone.

Although Malacca is an important international waterway connecting the South and the West, it is not the most important in the eyes of the Netherlands.

Because the Netherlands also control the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, it is also one of the routes on the South and West, East and West Africa or detour the Cape of Good Hope to Europe, and is next to Batavia.

Zheng He's fleet once crossed this waterway, now the Sunda Strait, is also one of the important maritime channels between the Pacific and Indian Oceans by the US Navy's Seventh Fleet.

The position of the Netherlands in the 17th century on the ocean was like the later American Navy, which controlled almost all important maritime transportation routes in the world.

They took out something that was not very important to them to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for necessary benefits, which was not a loss.

At least Anthony thinks so. He bluntly said that the Ming Dynasty would pay some price to exchange for half of the control of the Strait of Malacca, such as Dongfeng Rockets' technology being sold to the Netherlands.

Zhu Cilang nodded slightly, thinking that Anthony's suggestion was good.

If it weren't for the outbreak of the Ming Dynasty's naval battle, he planned to take the Strait of Malacca at least next year. Now the Netherlands takes the initiative to send it to save a war, which would be better.

On the surface, it seems that the Ming and the Netherlands divided the Malacca Strait equally, but because the Ming Navy is strong in the South China Sea, in fact, the control of the Malacca Strait is equivalent to being exclusively occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Netherlands Navy is powerful, its interests are globally and its naval power can be concentrated in Southeast Asia is very limited, and it is completely inferior to the Ming fleet at its doorstep.

As for the conditions for purchasing Dongfeng Rockets technology, he wants to be a waste!

Furthermore, the British East India Company Governor Weidell, who was next to him, did not allow him. He first opposed the Netherlands' plan to buy the Ming Dongfeng Rockets, and expressed the UK's willingness to buy the firearms, and was willing to offer twice the price of the Netherlands.

How can the country’s weapon be sold? Zhu Cilang immediately refused.

He said that the Ming Dynasty would not participate in the war between the Netherlands and Britain, would not sell weapons, and would not send warships to participate in the war to help either side!

To put it more fashionable, the Ming Dynasty was a neutral country and did not interfere with other countries' internal affairs.

For the Netherlands to give up half of the control of the Strait of Malacca, the Ming Dynasty could use other trade interests in exchange.

This result disappointed Anthony, and at the same time he also vaguely realized that the Ming Dynasty seemed to be targeting the Netherlands on purpose, and they valued Britain more!

As it turns out, he is right, Zhu Ciyang is targeting him in the Netherlands!

The Netherlands is the country with the strongest Shanghai army in the world today. The United Kingdom is second. If the Ming Dynasty insists on choosing an ally, it can only choose Britain.

Because the British colonies in Asia were mainly in India, there was no conflict with the current Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, the Netherlands had a rift with the Ming Dynasty due to the war in Taiwan, and they occupied the vast oceans of the South Ocean south of Luzon.

It can be said that the Netherlands is the next stumbling block in the Ming Dynasty's strategy in the Southeast Asian strategy after Spain, and has a huge conflict of interests!

Furthermore, the Dutland's navy is too strong at present. If the Ming Dynasty helps them kill the rising British navy, wouldn't it be even more helpful to its strength?

The 17th century maritime overlord was the Netherlands. Although the British Navy defeated the Spanish Invincible Armada and defeated the Netherlands Navy, it was still far from meeting the standards of the British Empire.

After the end of the Seven Years' War in the mid-18th century (about when Zhu Cilang was a hundred years old), Britain seized the entire Canada from France, which marked that Britain became the undisputed maritime overlord.

It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that Britain defeated the First French Empire led by Napoleon that it became the world's eldest brother and dominated international affairs for more than a hundred years.

Relying on iron-fisted diplomacy, the Ming Dynasty took half of the control of the Strait of Malacca without any blood, which further accelerated the strategic deployment of Nanyang.

The Ming army took down the Pontianak General without any effort, and the only troublesome thing was the governance later, and the religion in Borneo became even more complicated.

Finally, the Dutch Governor Anthony left Luzon in shame and returned to Batavia by boat.

The next day, the Portuguese Governor also left, leaving only the British East India Company Governor Weider, who wanted to stay and practice for the Ming Emperor.

The night before the army returned to the court, Weidell visited King Ding Zhu Cijiong. He expressed his strong gratitude to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the British East India Company and talked about the trade business of several banks.

After leaving, Zhu Cijiong had a box of gold on his desk, which was put down by Weidell before leaving.

Now, it is his turn to give gifts to the Ming Dynasty. I hope Zhu Cijiong will take care of the British East India Company.

On the first day of October of the ninth year of Tianwu, Zhu Cilang returned to the court, and the Ming fleet set sail across the sea and returned north.

The fleet was also back with the Spanish Governor-General of Luzon, Salquedo, and other unsuccessful prisoners of war criminals.

The emperor personally went to the expedition, and he would definitely bring some prisoners to show off when he went back. It would be bad to go back empty-handed! Xingguo Mining Area is still waiting to accept people!

After about half a month's route, the fleet passed through Taiwan, Zhejiang and other places to replenish supplies and arrived all the way to the Yangtze River outside Nanjing.

The victory of the Luzon war has long been passed back to Nanjing, and the court specially arranged one high-profile propaganda event after another.

Except for a few sour scholars and women who are not interested in these "outside lands" and barbarians, the rest are very concerned about the general public.

When Salquedo and other Spanish prisoners were escorted to Shencemen Street, the people in the capital gathered to watch.

These days, it is not uncommon for Westerners in Nanjing, but such foreign devils are rare, even more rare than three-legged toads!

The Luzon war was reported by official newspapers such as the Imperial Ming Times, and many people knew about it.

They just wanted to see if this foreign devil official had three heads and six arms, and dared to order the Chinese slaughter in Luzon to suppress China?

When the blonde and blue-eyed Salquedo appeared on the streets of Shencemen, the onlookers suddenly booed and some people scolded: "Which god do I think I am? It's just a little ghost jumping out of the underworld!"

"Did this foreign devil know that his life is almost gone, and he deliberately seeks excitement before his death?"

"What a bad luck!"

Someone actually recited the messy Buddhist name and Taoist name on the spot to protect his family from being affected by the evil spirits.

Sarquedo was pushed and moved in a daze, and there was a crowd around him, as if he was welcoming a triumphant hero in the middle of the road.

The noise and playfulness on the street gave Salquodo an unreal experience. These Orientals did not exude the ferocity of colonial natives, nor did they expect that the terrible things that could have been taken from the middle of the road to the top would happen.

These Ming people were dressed properly and looked relaxed and happy, and they were more like they were coming to watch a circus performance in groups.

And these senior officials of the former Governor's Office are the most eye-catching monkeys in their eyes

Salquedo knew that from now on, his destiny had forked and embarked on an unknown road.

In the future, I may enter purgatory and accept that unimaginable torture.

The moment he lost his mind, Salquedo felt an indescribable regret in his heart. He remembered the advice of his former governor Sabi when he had just stepped onto the Eastern colony a few months ago.

After being captured, Sarquedo prayed secretly in his heart more than once, begging the merciful Lord to save him and return to his distant homeland.

Unfortunately, everything is late

Even if the omnipotent Lord heard his prayers, he could not get him back from Emperor Tianwu and bring him back to Europe.

With drums and drums and lion dancing, Salkedo had been parading for more than an hour. Finally, dragging his tired body, he was reloaded by Ming soldiers and taken to the Xingguo Mine Area of ​​Taiping Prefecture.

Salquedo didn't know that he was fortunate to become the first foreign figure accepted by Xingguo Mining Area.
Chapter completed!