Zhu Cihong's words made Anthony stunned, and he asked Maier beside him, "Is Donglu the Qing Kingdom in the north?" What's wrong with them? ”

Maier is a China expert, stationed in Taiwan all the year round, he explained: "Your Excellency, the East is the Qing State, the enemy of the Ming Empire, they occupy the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, five or six years ago the Romanov Dynasty Tsar Mikhail I sent people to occupy the Far East, the Qing State did not expel them, the crown prince should be talking about this matter." ”

"I see."

Anthony nodded, he didn't plan to delve into this issue, the north occupied by the Qing State was a cold land, and the economic development was not good, and the emperor of the Qing State did not open the Korean Peninsula that he had just occupied except for buying firearms.

Doing business with them is not only troublesome, but also very laborious, last time Japan deducted 3,000 guns, the Qing Emperor actually asked the East India Company for compensation!

Joke! The East India Company only robbed the people's share, when did it compensate for the sale?

However, the resolute attitude of the crown prince of the Ming Empire made Anthony deeply uneasy.

However, in negotiations, you need to take your time and bargain little by little.

Anthony smiled slightly and said: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you have misunderstood, we have been longing for your country for a long time, and we are very willing to make friends with Daming, and we hope to contribute to the prosperity of Dongfan together." ”

Honglu Siqing said: "Contribution? Where is your contribution? Wanton plundering without scruples, or barbaric and ferocious robbery? ”

Anthony shrugged his shoulders and said: "Mao, don't talk so badly, it is we who developed the southern part of the east and made it a beautiful treasure island, I came today, hoping to cooperate sincerely with the Ming Empire and share interests." ”

Mao Xiangyi said in a righteous manner: "Let me remind Your Excellency the Governor that as early as the Three Kingdoms period, the Eastern Wu Emperor Sun Quan ordered the generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead the Jiashi 10,000 people to cross to the east to develop Dongfan, and since then, we Chinese have never stopped developing Dongfan!" ”

Mao Xiang pointed to Zheng Zhilong on the side and said, "Especially Mr. Nicholas Yiguan next to you, more than ten years ago, he led the Han people to the east, and together with the Gaoshan people, he opened up the east for more than ten years, so that the east has its current appearance, how can you have the contribution of the Dutch people?" ”

Anthony blinked his gray-blue eyes and said with a smile: "I don't think you will erase the facts, Taiwan's prosperity is mainly due to our free trade, isn't it?" ”

Zheng Zhilong couldn't listen anymore, and said: "Don't put gold on your face, my Zheng family does business with more than a dozen countries at sea, and Taiwan's development benefits from our merchant ships, and you are not the only one." ”

Anthony smiled: "Mr. Nikolai, you haven't told me yet, why are you here?" ”

Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyes and said, "You can't fucking care!" ”

Mao Xiang came out and interrupted: "Mr. Anthony, you have also heard, we have always had trade contacts with you, but please understand that you are doing business in the territory of Daming and have no right to collect taxes from the Chinese." ”

Anthony pretended to be stupid and said: "My subordinates are very restrained, as far as I know, we have never violated the interests of the Ming court, nor have we violated the interests of the mountain people. ”

Cheng Guoxiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Taxation, frowned and said: "You not only built a castle privately in Dongfan, but also levied heavy taxes on the Han people and mountain people in Dongfan for many years, you tell me, isn't this a damage to the interests of the imperial court?" Isn't this an infringement on the interests of the mountain people? ”

Anthony doesn't know who this old guy who came out halfway is, but looking at his position and momentum, he doesn't feel like an ordinary person.

He didn't dare to offend, and lowered his posture and said: "We Dutch people have different cultural backgrounds from yours, and a little misunderstanding is inevitable, what I hope for is a fair trade environment, I am not here to grudge against you, but to hope for normal trade." ”

Zhu Cihong said calmly: "Don't talk nonsense, if you want to trade with my Ming Dynasty, you must abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Anthony said repeatedly: "That's, that's, we'll definitely follow the rules." ”

Zhu Cihong was a little dissatisfied with his attitude of playing haha, and said, "I see that you haven't understood the mind of this palace, right?" ”

Anthony smiled disappreciatively: "The crown prince's mind is as deep as the Min Sea, how can I feel it thoroughly?" ”

This red ghost of the dog day is still pretending to be stupid, Zhu Cihong said bluntly: "The Ming Dynasty wants to garrison troops in Dongfan, and garrison troops in Dayuan." ”

Anthony smiled: "Dongfan is yours, come and go freely, I, Anthony, came here mainly to listen to the teachings of the crown prince this time." ”

Mao Xiang and the others couldn't figure out why Anthony's painting style suddenly changed, only Zhu Cihong knew that this red-haired ghost was advancing by retreating and wanted to delay time.

At this time, the Dutch garrison in Dongfan was not much, no more than 600 people, and the Dutch garrison in the whole of Asia is only more than 3,000 people.

Now the Netherlands is busy with the wars of religion in Europe, and wants to massively increase the number of troops in Asia, but after the end of the Thirty Years' War.

However, the current Netherlands is not Spain, they are in the rising period of national strength, tens of thousands of merchant ships in global trade, more than half of them hang the Dutch tricolor flag, the middle and late stages of the seventeenth century in history are basically the era of the Dutch, and the "sea coachman" is not called in vain.

It was not difficult for Zhu Cihong to defeat the Dutch in Dongfan, but the strength of the Dutch at sea should not be underestimated, and they were capable of fighting back.

Once the whole of Dongfan is occupied and the Dutch in the south of Dongfan are expelled, the Batavian side will definitely send a navy to recapture Taiwan, as well as the Spaniards in the north.

Whether it is the Jinghai Fleet or the Pingfan Fleet, which has just been reorganized, it can only rely on mainland supplies to fight in coastal waters, and it does not yet have the strength to compete with the Dutch Navy.

In history, Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, fought for a long time, and was favored by the goddess of fate several times, and the reinforcements from Batavia were delayed, which allowed him to successfully recover Taiwan.

Now Zhu Cihong's main focus is in China, and at this time, he doesn't want to build a strong opponent behind his back.

In a few years, the Ming Royal Navy will be able to form combat effectiveness, and at that time, it will be the time for the Ming Dynasty to show its might.

The current situation can be resolved through the exchange of interests and negotiation, and if the foreign devils insist on not handing over the Dongfan, they can only start fighting.

I am Ming, even if the situation is difficult, I must be positive!

Zhu Cihong was still somewhat sure of the negotiation, after all, the Dutch colonization in Asia was under the jurisdiction of the Dutch East India Company, and since it was a company, it had to make money.

Although the Dutch East India Company also waged wars, plunder, killing, and conquest in its overseas colonies, the only measure of success and failure was how much trade it added to the company and how much revenue it generated.

But as for how many battles were won, how many lands were conquered, and how many colonies were established, it was a cloud for the Dutch East India Company, and the merchants valued money more than military exploits.

The purpose of the Dutch occupation of Taiwan was also to have a pivotal base for commercial trade between China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia, so that trade activities could be better carried out.

After Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, the Dutch had united with the Manchus and prepared to counterattack Taiwan, but because of the Manchu government's passive policy toward Taiwan, the Dutch, who had been engaged in it for several years, felt that they were losing money and directly withdrew their capital and left.