Something more valuable than money?
King Narexuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand what Xiao Ruxun meant.
"More valuable than money? Admiral, this little king hasn't learned this Chinese thoroughly. I don't understand what is more valuable than money. Is there anything more valuable than money in the world? "
Xiao Ruxun smiled and stomped the ground under his feet.
"There are always things that money can't buy. Those things are more valuable than before. For example, the land we live on. They came here from thousands of miles away. What is it for? It must be because they are not living well in their hometown, or even can't survive. That's why they abandoned their hometown and came here to adventure. Your Majesty, please think about it. Which rich man will abandon his hometown for no reason and come to a foreign land thousands of miles away? "
King Narexuan's eyes instantly became sharp.
"Admiral, does Daming know something that this little king doesn't know?"
"Yes."
"Please be sure to tell me."
Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath and smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty, if I say that these white Barbodes rhododendri came to our territory not only because of their own ideas, but also because of the secret push of their country, will you believe it?"
"They want to occupy our land?"
"Luzon has basically been occupied by them."
King Narexuan opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
"Luzon is a small country with weak national strength. It didn't take long for them to occupy it. Moreover, Your Majesty, I have to tell you that these people don't only belong to Franci. As far as this Supervisor knows, Franci is only a small country in the Taisi region. Moreover, this small country has been annexed by a bigger country a dozen years ago. That country is called the Yi Country. Your Majesty, the majority of the Western Continent's firearms are Yi people. In the entire Southeast Sea, the majority of the land is also Yi people.
What we call Barbodes rhododendri is not Franci, nor is it Yi, but another country in Taisi, the Netherlands. Their hair color is red, so they are called Barbodes rhododendri. In addition, in Taisi, there is also England and the State of France. They have white skin, blue or green eyes, golden or brown hair color. Most of them are England and France. "
What Xiao Ruxun said stunned King Narexuan. In his mind, Franci, Barbodes rhododendri, and Western Continent belong to the same concept. They only have one country, only one kind of people, so they are all together. Although they said that they don't belong to the same kind of people, King Narexuan didn't quite understand. He thought that what they said was not the same country meant they were not the same race.
Although they lived separately, King Narexuan didn't know whether they were the same country or not. He didn't have time to understand this kind of thing. His energy was on dealing with the Burmese people. He didn't care about other things. So he said that he had never heard of the things Xiao Ruxun said. But as long as it was said, he could quickly understand.
"After contacting the Franci people in Macau, they said that the Macaos are oppressing them. They urgently need a strong political ally to protect their safety. For this reason, they are willing to fight for me with all their strength in exchange for my protection. This means that there are many contradictions between their countries. I heard about what the Macaos did in Luzon from the mouth of some merchants.
They defeated the local natives with guns and then enslaved them. They even set up a government there. They don't want to leave. What do they want to do? Setting up a government in a place tens of thousands of miles away from their homeland, governing the local area, enslaving the local people, and earning money. What do they want to do?
Later, when this Governor thought about it, I felt a chill! The Macaos and the Franci people also came with cannons and guns in their warships during Daming. At that time, Daming didn't have such good guns, but by relying on their numbers and imitation, they finally defeated them. This Governor thought, if Daming was a small country, if Daming didn't defeat them, would they end up like Luzon? They aren't pirates. They aren't here to rob. They just want to occupy this land and not leave. "
King Narexuan's pupils shrank. He remembered how the foreigners landed with guns and cannons. He remembered the beast-like light in their eyes. He remembered how difficult it was to defeat them.
They aren't pirates. They aren't here to rob. They are here to destroy the country and enslave them! Like the Burmese, they want to destroy the country, rule, and enslave it!
"So that's how it is."
Narexuan said softly in his mother tongue. Xiao Ruxun didn't understand what it meant, but Xiao Ruxun knew that he had passed this thought into Narexuan's head. As for what he would think and do in the future, Xiao Ruxun didn't intend to interfere.
At this time, the foreigners hadn't fully established their advantage over the Asian natives. They were repeatedly defeated by the Asian army. They had also learned guns and cannons. In the era of matchlocks, they didn't have enough advantages. Only some places that hadn't established a unified and powerful regime were colonized. None of the major countries fell. They took guns and cannons everywhere. If they really fought, they wouldn't lose to them. At this moment, the level of civilization in Asia wasn't weaker than that in Europe.
Not only Siam, but Myanmar, and even the native states of India had expelled and defeated the Portuguese and Spanish. After the first wave of colonization was hit head-on, Europe realized that Asia wasn't so easy to colonize. They could only change their strategy and slowly nibble away. While accelerating the colonization of Africa and America, they looked for opportunities to colonize Asia. At the same time, the wars in Europe became more and more frequent. The European continent was in turmoil. The rise of the national consciousness brought the dawn of technology and cruel wars to the continent. For the next three centuries, they weren't able to start the great colonial era.
It wasn't until the dawn of the British Industrial Revolution and the West took a big stride to get rid of the East that their fangs really became sharp. However, the East didn't make any progress in those three centuries. It was as if they were collectively suffering from heatstroke and were drowsy until they were woken up by the strong ships and cannons of the West.
Xiao Ruxun even had a bold idea in his mind. After mastering what the Europeans had now, he would first beat them all out of Asia, and then he would rush out with his fleet to anti-colonize Asia. In this process, he needed a lot of help. Siam, which had always been on good terms with Daming, was a good choice.
However, it seemed that he couldn't let Siam really develop. It was necessary to promote Siam's antipathy toward the Europeans, or even provoke a war between the two. He couldn't let them gain too many benefits from this war. There were countless examples of people turning against each other after losing a common enemy. Xiao Ruxun didn't want Siam to become the second Xinluo.
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