It turned out that this person was Liu Xiang who Liu Pei wanted to arrest. But at this moment, Liu Xiang didn't look like a pirate, but like a respectful servant. He bowed slightly and said, "Lord Governor, that red-eyed dragon king is not worth believing at all!" He wasn't as keen on trade as Li Ye. You only have to look at his men to know that it is not a sailor at all, but an army! ”

Song Ke walked to the back of the desk and sat down and said, "You're right! But for me, guaranteed trade is the most important thing, and war is not the highest priority. We can go to war against those unarmed ordinary people, but in the face of a strong opponent, it is stupid to go to war easily! ”

Liu Xiang hurriedly said, "My lord, you should also hear about that red-eyed dragon king collecting ship taxes. Just to go to the Wa Kingdom, each ship will draw 3,000 taels of silver! So in the future, it will be too powerful, how much will he draw on the ship to Europe? 5,000 taels or 10,000 taels? ”

Song Ke frowned and said, "That's a problem. I don't want to give it to him! ”

Liu Xiang took the opportunity to say: "Then don't give it to him!" My lord, we can defeat him and dominate the trade at sea! You know, there are many people who oppose the Red-Eyed Dragon King now. I'm trying to gather these people and prepare for war with him! ”

Song Ke said with great interest, "So, how are you going to fight him?" ”

Liu Xiang said: "I decided to learn from the method of the Red Eyed Dragon King when he fought Zheng Yiguan in the first place. Constantly harassing his passages and annihilating his small fleet. In this case, it will seriously undermine his prestige and will make the opponents of him even more numerous. At that time, you can defeat him in one fell swoop! ”

Song Ke frowned and said, "But it will be a long war at sea!" If it continues, it will be very detrimental to the company's trading profits! We can't afford to invest all of our company's trade profits in supporting the war! ”

Liu Xiang was a little anxious when she heard this! This is not a joke, it is related to his net worth and his life! Moreover, he defected to the Dutch only to use their power to seek supremacy at sea. Liu Xiang is not a good man and a woman, how can he have the mind to completely take refuge in others!

Liu Xiang asked eagerly: "My lord, if you don't curb the red."

If the Dragon King is spoken, sooner or later he will occupy all the seas here! ”

Song Ke leaned back in his chair and said, "You let me think about it, and I'll come up with a good solution." ”

Having said this, Liu Xiang could only retire unwillingly and reluctantly. That night, Song Ke hosted a banquet to entertain Liu Dahai and his party. The dishes at the banquet were ordinary, and the wine was also ordinary. However, as the governor, Song Ke still tried his best to entertain Liu Dahai and his party.

In this way, Liu Dahai stayed in the city of Orange for two days before reappearing in Song Ke's office.

After the servant brought the teacup, the two began to sit down and taste the tea. After a brief pleasantries, the conversation quickly got to the point. Liu Dahai took the lead and said: "Mr. Governor invited me here this time, I should have made a decision, right?" ”

Song Ke stirred the tea in the teacup and said, "You're right, Mr. Liu. I did make a decision. ”

Liu Dahai sat up straight and said, "Then, I will listen to you." ”

Song Ke said, "I can cut off Liu Xiang's supplies and provide you with some accurate information, so what will I get?" ”

Before coming to Tainan, although Liu Pei did not think that the negotiations would be fruitful, she still had some hope. So he specially explained his bottom line to Liu Dahai. So Liu Dahai said very simply: "Of course, Lord Governor." You'll get a reasonable return. First of all, you can participate in legal trade in the free trade zone. At the same time, you will not be charged any fees for the route to the north for the next year. After a year, the dragon king will charge you 3,000 taels of silver per ship. What do you think of this condition? ”

Song Ke shook his head and said, "I think the Dragon King should be more generous in return for his help to me. ”

Liu Dahai shook his head and said, "Mr. Governor, please forgive me for being blunt, cutting off Liu Xiang's supplies and providing his information is just a gesture for you, so it's not worth much." ”

"But it cost me the friendship of a friend!" Shouldn't His Excellency the Dragon King compensate me for this? ”

Liu Dahai said resolutely: "But Mr. Governor, when you lose a friendship, you also have to lose."

It's time for the friendship of the dragon king! It's a bigger, stronger friendship! ”

Seeing that Liu Dahai refused to give in, Song Ke put down the teacup and said, "Okay, then we have reached an agreement!" Starting tomorrow, I will no longer accept supplies from Liu Xiang's ships. In addition, to give you a very accurate information, Liu Xiang is now gathering other pirates everywhere. In 20 days, he intends to hold a pirate convention in Coro Bay! It seems that he is also interested in the position of Pirate King! ”

Liu Dahai was very excited when he heard this. So he got up and said to Song Ke, "Thank you very much!" Mr. Governor, the Dragon King will remember your friendship! Because of the urgency, I want to go back today. ”

Song Ke also got up and said, "Then convey my greetings to the Dragon King for me." Hopefully we will be able to meet one day in the future. ”

Liu Dahai said seriously: "I will definitely tell the Dragon King." ”

Liu Dahai hurriedly boarded the ship that day and sailed north. When he returned to Zhenhai City, Liu Pei was already waiting for him with someone. As for his entourage, they had already been picked up by the intelligence service. Liu Dahai reported to Liu Pei in detail the results of the negotiations.

Liu Pei just wanted to speak, but Wu Yizhou slapped the table and shouted: "Great! Brother Qibo, you have made a great contribution this time! It's too easy for us to deal with Liu Xiang's miscellaneous pieces! ”

The other staff officers also applauded, talking about how to clean up Liu Xiang, and the room was noisy. But only three people in the audience did not make a sound, that is, Liu Pei, Liu Jiang and Liu Dahai.

When everyone discussed for a long time and found that Liu Pei did not move, everyone slowly quieted down. Liu Pei sneered twice and said, "What's the matter? Don't make any noise? ”

Everyone bowed down in unison and said, "Please forgive me!" ”

Liu Pei twisted his body in the chair, found a comfortable posture and said, "Changhe and Qibo didn't speak, what do you two mean?" ”

Liu Jiang and Liu Dahai glanced at each other, Liu Jiang motioned to Liu Dahai to say first, and Liu Dahai bowed his hand to Liu Jiang and said, "Marshal, there are also generals." As far as I know, these Yi people have no faith and tear up the treaty as a common thing,......"