It's been annoying lately!

Anthony of Batavia, as governor of the Dutch East India Company. Fan. Dimon was in a very upset mood, one might even say annoyed!

Actually, he was in a good mood as a merchant, no, it should be said that a failed merchant, he joined the East India Company twenty years ago. He was stationed in Batavia, and it was from that time that he was promoted to governor of Batavia four years ago, and even nine years earlier, he was appointed admiral.

In the past two years, in order to strengthen the company's rule in the Malacca region and control the navigation routes from India to the Ming Kingdom, he signed a very favorable treaty with the Sultan of Dernate on behalf of the Netherlands, and since then he has seized the colonies that had belonged to Portugal one by one through war!

Seeing that he was about to achieve an unprecedented brilliant victory, suddenly, news from the north hit him with a slap!

The Ming army actually occupied the city of Reshalan!

That's a Dutch colony!

And what is even more irritating is that the city of Resharan fell so quickly because of the betrayal of the Japanese mercenaries in the city. Upon hearing the news, he immediately made a decision to kill all the Japanese in Batavia.

More than 600 Japanese mercenaries and their families were killed overnight, and despite the loss of a mercenary force that was feared by the natives, at least the safety of Batavia was guaranteed.

God can testify that there is no security at all, after all, there are still more than 10,000 people in Batavia. If there was a choice, Anthony and the members of the Batavian parliament would want to solve them together, but ...... He didn't dare!

After all, it is not the XIX century, and the Ming Dynasty is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

As early as when he was promoted to admiral, the Dutch fleet suffered a great loss in Liuluo Bay. Not to mention the loss of the fleet, the Dutch even lost the right to trade along the coast of Daming at that time, which was tantamount to squeezing the Dutch East India Company out of the market of Daming!

Trading with the Ming Dynasty was the foundation of the establishment of the Dutch East India Company, and as for spices, the era of profiteering in spices was long over. The loss of Daming not only lost huge profits, but even led to the bankruptcy of the East India Company. The East India Company existed to make money, to trade with the Ming Dynasty!

So in Anthony. Fan. After taking over as governor of Batavia, Dimen's first priority was to reopen the doors of the Daming market...... With the defeat of the Battle of Liuluo Bay, he certainly can't use war to solve the problem. The victory in that naval battle made him realize that the Ming Dynasty was definitely not a Turkish chieftain in India or an indigenous person in Southeast Asia. And he can't beat the sailors of the Ming Kingdom...... Even if a huge fleet was mobilized from the Dutch mainland, it would not be enough to destroy the Ming sailors and force them to submit.

Since war will not solve the problem, let alone bring them to their knees, then negotiate!

Last time, it was through negotiations with Zheng Zhilong that the trade problem was resolved through exclusive trade with him, and the trade routes were reopened.

So what about this time?

Actually, if there was a choice, Anthony. Fan. Dimen was willing to send a fleet to regain the city, but this meant a large-scale war, more investment and greater risk. With the company's financial resources, especially when the war with the Portuguese was going on, he simply could not make such a big gamble - it was impossible for the company to go to war with two powerful enemies at the same time, let alone lose, even if it was to fight a protracted war, the company would have to go out of business!

Portugal or Mingguo?

Which one to choose?

Right here at Anthony. Fan. Dimon was distraught and did not know whether to continue attacking Portugal to seize the trade routes, or to recapture Resharan and secure the front trading stronghold.

Adriana Queena, the wife of the previous commissioner, suddenly arrives in Batavia with shocking news.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Germany of the Ming Dynasty hoped that the Dutch East India Company could send a high-level delegation to Dalian to negotiate trade with him!

Negotiate with His Royal Highness the Prince!

Direct face-to-face negotiations!

My God, for Anthony. Fan. For Dimen, this is a pie-in-the-sky thing, because since the Europeans sailed to the Ming Dynasty, they were looking forward to meeting with their emperors and nobles to negotiate trade issues, but ...... It's almost never been unfulfilled!

We are willing to give everything, even if it is to betray God, if we can see their king!

For many years, I don't know how many people have made such a vow, but it has never been fulfilled!

Now, if you can't see the king, you can see the prince!

As long as you can meet His Royal Highness the Prince, then there is a chance to open trade. In comparison, the city of Geranza is not important at all, as for the Dutch in the city, well, they were all killed by the despicable and shameless Japanese. What does it have to do with Mingguo.

Faced with such a godsend, Anthony. Fan. Naturally, Dimen couldn't wait to board a Galen ship, and replaced it with someone else, he was not uneasy, but he didn't want to let such a great credit fall on others, and pulled a shipload of guns and gunpowder, hearing that the country was fighting with the barbarian Tatars in the north, and these weapons must be needed, and this was a greeting gift.

During the voyage, he even impatiently calculated a lot of conditions that were going to be offered!

Trade negotiations, since they are negotiations, should strive for some conditions!

As Anthony, who was bent on opening up trade in the East. Fan. Dimon said he wanted a lot! For example, he wants to have the same leased land as Macau, well, this can be used as compensation, compensation for the loss of the city of Geranza, and of course, the freedom of navigation of the ships of the East India Company on the coast of Daming, but into any port of Daming......

"It's impossible...... Your Excellency the Governor, you can assure you that you will return from the Ming Kingdom with all kinds of goods, and you will be the first Dutch official to meet His Royal Highness the Prince of the Ming Kingdom and conclude a trade agreement, and you will be the hero of the entire United Provinces. But His Royal Highness will never agree to these demands of yours, there is no possibility at all, your request is so absurd, how could he agree to lease the land to the East India Company when he has conquered the city of Geranza? As for all the ports, your Excellency the Governor, you see, what is needed for the Netherlands? It's to enter their ports to trade, but not every port can trade! ”

Adriana Quinana, who was released as a captive, is now a messenger between the two sides. However, her position is not just on the side of the Netherlands, she is more on her own. After all, this stance can bring more rewards to yourself.

As a woman, she didn't want to pin all her fate on a man like in the past, and that prince gave a new opportunity.

As long as she seizes this opportunity, she has the potential to become the richest woman in all of Amsterdam and even in all of Europe.

Of course, want to take advantage of this opportunity. Some of the interests of the East India Company needed to be sacrificed. But what does the company's interests have to do with her?

"I believe that if you put forward these conditions, you will undoubtedly be declaring war on him, and you must not forget that he is a very good general, and he has the most powerful army in the whole of the East under his command."

Adriana Quina was standing at Anthony when these words were spoken. Fan. Beside Dimen, her tone seemed very calm.

"War, I suppose this is definitely not the outcome that the directors of Amsterdam want to see, you say?"

Adriana Queena's reminder Jean Anthony. Fan. Diemen's whole body became mute. For Amsterdam, what they wanted was trade, and what they hoped for was to be able to trade with the Celestial Empire and make a lot of money from it.

As for the war. God can also testify that the directors I went to Amsterdam did not mind that they robbed the wealth from the natives by military means. But they never want a war between the company and the Celestial Empire, after all, the company needs the goods of the Celestial Empire.

"Well, I think you're right, but, you know, it's just a negotiation technique."

Fan. Dimon shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"Maybe we'll have some windfalls?"