Once the agreement was reached, the Traversal immediately released almost all of the Dutch captives - except for two Dutch carpenters who were already working as foremen in the kiln district. The two are dead and will no longer be seen in public.

Due to the large draft, the Slotten was dragged into the Taijiang River by the Yuandou, which deliberately lowered its sails at high tide, and consumed diesel reserves. This is also part of the Crowd Muscle Showcase, which represents the meaning of ...... The red-haired were so clever that they could surely understand it, as reflected in their pale faces at the time and the gestures of the cross on their chests.

First they were sent to be arsonists, and then they were sent to dredge the river, and the Dutch prisoners, who had suffered many casualties, were finally reunited with their relatives in the Japanese village! The Japanese village has now been reduced to a makeshift inn, where all the Dutch crew will be staying for the next few days; The former permanent residents have all moved to the new district, including the Banda slaves.

In the evening, several Dutch executives once again enjoyed a simple but informative dinner, during which the CEO Xia briefly appeared again, toasted a glass of wine and disappeared again.

A few Dutch people can't put down the antique solar horse lantern on the dining table, but this thing is not for sale, so no matter how the red hair asks and laments the temptation, Cai Feiming always shakes his head and laughs without saying a word.

After the dinner, the play meat came.

The red-haired men were brought into a room, where a white and fat man sat upright at a large ebony table and waited for them. Van der Hagen knew this fat man: Wang, the official in charge of managing finances.

When Wang Liguo saw the group enter the house, he smiled, stood up and moved out of the way.

The white light of the two solar lamps illuminated the black sandalwood table, blue and white, colorful, bright yellow, and red...... Inside the colorful official kiln porcelain plate, there are strings of white pearls, pink pearls, purple pearls, and black pearls......

The jewels are colorful and colorful, and the ebony table is full of color, changing the halo every moment, making the viewer dizzy and breathless.

After a long time, Cai Feiming explained to a few Dutch people with little stars in their eyes: The silver coins and goods in the merchant hall were confiscated by us, well, we know that the old ones have more or less losses.

Let's still follow the old rules: private low-interest credit loans, you pick pearl jewelry on the spot, Nouz comes first, Van der Hagen follows, and the others last. A few old men don't need to leave an oil painting photo mortgage, just press a handprint from Lao Wang after picking, and remember to pay off the principal and interest next time......

Although Nouiz also raised the issue of the private property of VOC employees during the negotiations, everyone knew that there was little hope; These yellow-skinned nobles seemed to be extremely sensitive to words like reparations, restitution, and they rudely rejected the possibility of further discussion on the issue.

Well, none of that matters now.

For the Nouyz and their families, there was no doubt that these finest pearl jewels could fetch a high price in Europe: just look at the portraits of the queens, queens, kings, dukes, and electors of France, England, and Russia who hung pearls all over their upper bodies, and you can see how much the European aristocracy loved pearls.

After 1530, many countries in Europe began to legislate for pearls, stipulating that people must wear pearls according to their social status and status hierarchy. In 1612, the English crown legislated that nobles, scholars, doctors, and their wives were not allowed to wear pearl-encrusted garments or use them in other decorations, except for the crown. In this way, the status of the pearl is visible - spotted.

It was from this period that the so-called Pearl Age in Europe began. Members of the royal family, noblewomen and other high-class people all used pearls as decorations to show off.

Elizabeth I's favorite jewel was pearls, and she bought them on a bushel-by-bushel basis (basket purchases), so much so that the price of pearls skyrocketed at that time.

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In the eyes of his fire-breathing hands, Nouz trembled and stretched out his hands to choose a wide necklace with the largest volume on the table, with a curved crystal base and composed of two strings of black pearls. The delicate pearl inlay and incomparably delicate crystal base of later generations made this necklace unique, and the beauty ...... "I swear, it will definitely appear on the white chest of a certain queen!" Mr. Nuiz's eyes were misty at this moment, and he stroked the love object in his hand and muttered.

In the corner of this room, there are some lacquer boxes that have been transported to the big people. Wang Liguo picked out some of them, then put the necklace into a small lacquer box stuffed with cotton, then put the small box into a middle box filled with reeds, and then put it into the large box...... Wax the side seams...... Locked, sealed......

Don't laugh at this nesting doll packaging method, there was no vacuum-sealed packaging in the Age of Discovery, and in the harsh environment of the sea, jewelry documents are packaged like this, which is why the lacquerware of the book is popular with Europeans. Valuable cargo, including silk, is also a large box with a small package, and the bottom of the box must be framed, otherwise the often leaky cabin will easily destroy the goods.

The last step is to sign the contract by fingerprint.

Of course, as a gift to the heads of state of the two sides, there will be a piece of gold and pearl jewelry, which will be presented in the name of Xia Xianze to Governor Cohen of Batavia. The jewellery and a greeting letter were handed over by Mr. Nowiz, the only thing that the Dutch did not have to pay the debt.

After everything was over, the Nuiz team, who took the initiative to upgrade themselves to "old friends who traveled through the crowd", only then did they go back to rest with a lacquer box in their hands, one by one, and a beard.

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Early the next morning, the Nuiz team arrived at the wall of the Dayuan Merchant Building, waiting for the legendary display of firepower.

What is Friend? A friend is someone who is willing to put yourself in your shoes and think about it. The Dutch friends can now understand the meaning of this kind of border exercise, which was extremely common in later generations, so their mood is relatively stable today.

The M2 heavy machine gun was placed in the north-west corner battery not far away, and the Dutch were only allowed to watch from outside the battery. Some idlers, including Cai Feiming, were smoking and chatting on the wall at this time, and they were standing on the wall on this side of the gate of the merchant house, and not long ago, Van der Hagen was standing in the same position, witnessing the terrifying scenes of M2 and RPGs.

Fifty meters away, a group of laborers were nailing some wooden figures into the sand on Dayuan Island, a distance longer than the M2 had ever shot from the dunes.

The wooden figure was rough, barely cutting out a square head and trapezoidal upper body, and the legs were sharpened so that they could be inserted into the earth.