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Chapter 412 Science and Magic

After presenting the gift, Fantewen went straight to the topic: "King, I came to Taiwan to convey the friendship between the Netherlands by Admiral Remir this time, hoping that Taiwan can reopen the port and rebuild business exchanges between the two sides."

"Yes." Wang Dong nodded.

Fant's text has already prepared a lot of words, but he didn't want the other party to agree so happily. He was overjoyed and praised: "You are a wise king. I represent the Netherlands. Thank you for your kindness."

Mr. Jin, Chen Jinnan and others changed their expressions and said anxiously: "King of Qin..."

Wang Dong waved his hand and interrupted, looked at Fan Tewen, and said, "I can promise to open the port, but you have to agree to me."

Fan Tewen was stunned and said, "Please give a clear explanation to the king!"

"I have heard of the prosperity of the Dutch shipbuilding industry and admire it very much. If you, the Netherlands, can rent 500 ships and 2,000 shipbuilders! Then, let alone trade between the two countries, even some ports on the island, it would be impossible to rent them to you!"

"This..." Fantwen was puzzled for a moment and said, "This matter is too serious. I can't make the decision. Can the king ask me to go back and report to Admiral Remil first?"

"This is natural." Wang Dong nodded and said, "Send out the guests!"

Fan Tewen was stunned again. According to Chinese customs, shouldn’t he have a feast and prepare a generous gift for him?

The King of Qin was really ignorant! He secretly whispered to himself and was sent out of the hall by two guards.

"King of Qin, the Dutch people are not good at coming. If you open the port rashly, you will be afraid that it will lead the wolf into the house." As soon as Fan Tewen left, Mr. Jin stood up and persuaded anxiously.

"It is certain that the person who comes is not good, but it is possible that it is also a trap for the wolf to enter the house!" Wang Dong said.

Mr. Jin's eyes lit up and he suddenly realized: "Is it possible that the King of Qin deliberately set up a trap to trick the Dutch?"

Wang laughed but said nothing.

Mr. Jin frowned again and said, "But the conditions raised by the King of Qin are too high, and the Dutch may not agree."

Wang Dong smiled and said, "I asked for a price all over the place and pay it back! I believe the Dutch will definitely give a 'reasonable' price."

Chen Jinnan frowned and said in a deep voice: "I am famous for my faith and spreading all over the world. The King of Qin is the lord of a country. He should set an example. If he goes back on his word, he will be laughed at by other countries."

"Shuang'er, let's go!" Wang Dong smiled unanimously, without any intention of answering, and pulled Shuang'er away from the King's Palace.

He was too lazy to talk to Chen Jinnan about the theory that "if not one of our race, their hearts must be different" or that he did not have to be trustworthy to other races, because it was really unnecessary. Whether Chen Jinnan agreed or not wasted is insignificant. Since that is the case, why waste time?

As expected, only half a day later, Dutch Admiral Remil sent Fantwen to the island. Wang Dong ordered Mr. Jin to negotiate with him. After three days of negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement, and the Netherlands agreed to rent 200 ships and 1,000 workers.

However, Fantwen also put forward a condition, saying: "I have had a bad past with you in the Netherlands and Gui Island. Admiral Reimil is worried about the safety of our ship workers on the island, and hopes that you will allow us to send guards to the island to protect!"

Mr. Jin rejected: "My China is a country of etiquette. Once your ship workers enter the island, they are our guests. We are responsible for the safety matters."

Fantewen always disagreed and insisted on sending a guard, and the Dutch would protect himself. In the end, Wang Dong nodded and allowed the Dutch to send a three hundred guard into the island.

Tens of a few nautical miles away from Taiwan Island, a Dutch fleet was moored on the sea.

This fleet consists of twelve warships. The most central warship is extremely large, with a total length of nearly 70 meters. It has three layers of gun decks and a total of ninety-five guns are installed on the hull!

This is the Dutch battleship ‘Mokto’.

In today's era, such a warship that is nearly 70 meters long, can carry more than 500 navy personnel and close to 100 artillery can definitely be called a behemoth at sea, and can be compared with later aircraft carriers.

Having such a warship is undoubtedly a symbol of strong national strength. Even a marine overlord like the Netherlands, there are not many main battleships that have reached this level.

In fact, even after more than ten years, until 1688, the Dutch naval warships had reached 102 and 69 main battleships!

At the same time, Britain and France came from behind and surpassed the navy's coachman. The navy had fleets of 173 British ships, 100 main ships, 221 French ships, and 93 main ships!

However, no one of the main ships in the Netherlands or Britain and France can compare with the "Mokto". The hulls of most main ships are still maintained at about 30 meters and are loaded with fifty to one hundred heavy artillery!

Of course, if all the warships available for war are included, the number of ships in the Netherlands, Britain and France will skyrocket by several times.

A clutch sailed out of Taiwan Island and arrived directly at the Mokto. Fantwen jumped out of the clutch, boarded the warship, and reported to Admiral Remil: "Everything has been agreed upon, and the island promised us to send 300 guards in."

Remil was about forty years old and had a rough face. When he heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips: "Greed makes people look shallow, and the rulers on the island are even more stupid. They only thought they could get a advantage from the Netherlands, but they did not know that they had stepped into hell. In Chinese terms, this is called taking chestnuts from fire and destroying themselves."

Fantewen looked back at the direction of Taiwan Island, and his eyes also showed contempt and said with a smile: "Just wait for our people to enter the island, and when they lose their vigilance, they can cooperate inside and outside and take the opportunity to capture the giant fort! Taiwan will eventually return to the hands of our Dutch Empire again!"

The Dutch moved very quickly. In less than ten days, Mr. Jin came to report to Wang Dong: "The Dutch fleet has arrived."

"Why did it come so quickly?" Wang Dong was a little surprised.

Mr. Jin smiled and said, "It seems that the Dutch can't wait, so they did not draw personnel from the local area, but directly transferred people from the colonies of Ceylon and Malaya! That's why they came so quickly!"

Wang Dong suddenly realized.

Mr. Jin asked again: "When will the King of Qin attack the Dutch?"

Wang Dong smiled: "The Dutch came from afar and were guests! How could we, the masters, not welcome them?"

He took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and threw it to Mr. Jin and said, "Put this bottle of seasonings into the banquet and fulfill the friendship of the landlord."

Wang Dong was too lazy to get involved with this group of Dutch people, so he directly took the simplest way to solve the problem. If you use this bottle of "lost incense", let alone humans, a thousand elephants will be fascinated!

But after more than half an hour, gunshots suddenly came from the island. The gunshots came from the southwest. It was the yard where the island hosted a banquet to entertain the Dutch. The soldiers on the island had already fought with the Dutch.

Wang Dong called Mr. Jin and asked, "What's going on?"

Mr. Jin showed a look of shame and smiled bitterly: "The men under him are so thick that the Dutch have become suspicious and see through our plan! These Dutch people are also amazing. They made a quick decision and used the Southwest Court as a barrier to fight with the defenders!"

"Although we have a large number of people, the Dutch firearms are powerful and will be difficult to break for a while!"

Wang Dong looked at Mr. Jin speechlessly. If he hadn't known that Mr. Jin had followed Zheng Chenggong to attack Taiwan, he would have suspected that this person was a Dutch traitor. Otherwise, why wouldn't he even do such a small matter?

"Forget it! Take me over and take a look!"

Soon, he arrived at the battle site, and only the sound of muskets blew up, the surrounding smoke and dust were scattered, mixed with the sound of crowing in Chinese and Dutch.

Wang Dong walked towards the battlefield.

Mr. Jin looked anxious and hurriedly stopped him: "King of Qin, these red-haired ghosts have powerful firearms, so be careful."

Although he had heard that this "King of Qin" had such high martial arts skills, how could he be able to defeat the power of a firearm if he wanted to be physically mortal?

Wang Dong waved his hand and looked towards the Dutch, but saw that the Dutch were hiding with the courtyard wall as a barrier, hundreds of soldiers hiding, shooting bullets from time to time, and repelling the attacking soldiers on the island.

Most of the muzzle are iron sand, and a small amount is lead bullet! However, the accuracy is extremely deceptive. Once you reach fifty steps, you can basically only rely on probability to try your luck.

Wang Dong's approach also attracted the attention of Dutch soldiers in the courtyard wall. Suddenly, someone in the courtyard wall started to sing in Dutch.

Although Wang Dong couldn't understand what he said, he heard that the voice was Fan Tewen.

Immediately afterwards, gunshots came, and a bunch of iron sand, mixed with several particles of lead bullets.

"King Qin, be careful!" Mr. Jin and others were shocked.

Wang Dong's expression remained unchanged at all. His sleeves suddenly rolled out like flowing clouds, just like the universe in the sleeves in the mythology. He rolled in the air and wrapped all the iron sand and lead bullets in it.

Then, it flew out again!

A bunch of iron sand and lead bullets ejected back at a speed several times faster than before. In an instant, screams sounded in the courtyard wall.

“oh!Mygod!”

"Devil, he is the devil! He uses magic!"

The Dutch were filled with panic.

Wang Dong's eyes turned again and fell on a bluestone the size of a stool beside him.

Bang!!!

The bluestone suddenly ejected, and under the urge of his palm, it rushed out like a meteorite. Its speed was as sharp as a thunderous speed, which made the air make a sharp sound.

There was a loud bang, and the bluestone had crossed dozens of meters of space and hit a courtyard wall.

The wall collapsed and collapsed, shattering!

More than a dozen Dutch soldiers hiding behind the wall were shocked by the energy, and everyone vomited blood and flew backwards!

"Get in forcing me." Wang Dong shouted coldly.

The soldiers on the island were excited by his divine power. For a moment, everyone shouted and launched a charge without fear of death.

The courtyard wall has been broken, and with only a few hundred Dutch soldiers, it is hard to stop them from moving forward.

A screaming voice rang out: "No! Don't attack, we surrender!"
Chapter completed!
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