Chen Zizhen's face changed as soon as he heard this, he only wanted to be the governor of the peace, and he didn't know much about the situation of the Dutch overseas, so he asked with some suspicion: "Is this true?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan smiled and said: "How dare the lower officials deceive the adults, my Fujian maritime merchants and the Hongyi entrenched in Java also have trade contacts, is it true or false, the adults will know as soon as they ask, as the saying goes, if you see it, you will accept it, what the adults want is the long-term peace and stability of my Fujian coast, how can you try to be quick and miss the big event, this big victory depends on the strategy of the adults, when the first merit, the court will have a heavy reward, and why care about some Hongyi prisoners? ……”

Chen Zizhen saw that Guo Zhiyuan took the initiative to give him the first credit, and immediately smiled and said: "Lord Guo is reasonable, since the imperial court appointed Lord Guo as the deputy envoy of the sea channel, and the deputy envoy of the sea channel has the responsibility of taking charge of the city and shipping, and also managing the affairs of the sea, and is responsible for foreign trade and diplomatic affairs, this matter will be handed over to Lord Guo to deal with it with full authority, and when it is necessary to play the imperial court, this official and you will jointly play the ......."

Guo Zhiyuan wants this effect, he knows Chen Zizhen's character too well, as long as he is given enough benefits, he is not worried that he will not cooperate, so he smiled and said: "This victory depends on the strategy of the adults, and it stands to reason that the captured military funds should also be distributed and disposed of by the adults, but these captured military materials are too cumbersome and difficult to carry, so the subordinate will make the decision to convert these military funds into silver taels, and the adults can take them away when they leave......"

Chen Zizhen's heart blossomed, and she rubbed her hands and said, "Master Guo is really thoughtful, how can this make this official embarrassed?" ......" said that he was embarrassed, but he hurriedly stood up and said: "Lord Guo's war has just ended, there must be a lot of things to deal with, so the official will not bother, Lord Guo has something to send someone to the governor's yamen to inform the official......

Guo Zhiyuan knew that Chen Zizhen was actually in a hurry to get the silver, but he also hoped that Chen Zizhen would leave quickly, so that no one would interfere when he negotiated with the Dutch, so he hurriedly glanced at the guards behind him, and the guards quickly took out the paper bag with the silver ticket that had been prepared, Guo Zhiyuan handed it to Chen Zizhen, Chen Zizhen quickly glanced at the paper bag, took it and put it in his arms, and left with a happy haha.

Cohen, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, Java (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia), was also shocked to learn the news of the total annihilation of the Dutch fleet sent to the coast of China, the Dutch East India Company was a semi-official and semi-joint-stock commercial company, and this nature determined that the company was more purposeful for colonial plunder and trade monopoly. Therefore, he had high hopes for sending a fleet to the coast of China this time, and for this reason he did not hesitate to send nearly half of the warships and one-third of the soldiers of the entire Dutch East India Company to the coast of China.

Unexpectedly, this Dutch fleet, which he had high hopes for, was completely wiped out! Cohen felt very unbelievable, when he decided to send a fleet to the coast of China, he collected detailed information on the Ming Dynasty navy, the Ming Dynasty navy was far behind the Dutch fleet in terms of warships and weapons, how could it be possible to let such a powerful Dutch fleet be wiped out? Even the Spaniards, who claim to be the Invincible Armada, can't do it!

So Cohen decided to go to the coast of China to see what was going on, he didn't bring too many Dutch battleships, the fleet sent to the coast of China had already taken nearly half of the warships of the entire Dutch East India Company, if more warships were transferred, their territory in Java would be unstable, Cohen certainly couldn't do such a stupid thing.

Guo Zhiyuan did not behave arrogantly because he won the Dutch, and personally went to the dock to greet Cohen and the accompanying members of the Dutch negotiating team, and as soon as he saw Cohen, he took the initiative to give a chest salute, and said politely and politely in English: "Your Excellency Governor Cohen, welcome to the beautiful Dongbo, your arrival makes me feel very honored!" ......" (English, German, and Dutch all belong to the western branch of the Indo-European language family of Germanic languages, so the Dutch can also understand English)

Cohen's pupils shrank, and he looked at the young Chinese official in front of him with a little surprise, this was the first Ming official he met who could talk to him directly in English, he knew that the more polite Guo Zhiyuan behaved, the more difficult it was to deal with this person, and what was worse was that Guo Zhiyuan obviously knew a lot about their situation, but he didn't know anything about Guo Zhiyuan, and it was undoubtedly very disadvantageous to negotiate with the other party in the case of this kind of information asymmetry, and the best way to deal with it at this time was to respond to all changes with the same, so he didn't say anything, just slightly bowed and stroked his chest to return the salute.

Sure enough, when the two sides entered the negotiation process, Guo Zhiyuan became stronger, and directly threw out a sample of the negotiation agreement, Cohen was furious when he saw it, Guo Zhiyuan not only refused to return the captured Dutch warships, but also asked them to pay a war reparation of one million taels of silver before they were willing to return the captured Dutch to them, and even more excessively, Guo Zhiyuan also asked them to pay him an annual protection fee of 1 million francs to ensure the safety of Dutch merchant ships in the Far East Seas, At the same time, the trade between the Dutch and the Ming Dynasty could only be traded with the maritime merchants designated by Guo Zhiyuan, and Guo Zhiyuan could not be bypassed to trade with the Ming Dynasty privately.

Cohen was so angry that he slapped the case on the spot, and said angrily: "You are insulting our powerful Dutch Empire!" Don't think that you can trample on the dignity of the great Dutch Empire if you win this luckily, we will never accept such an impudent treaty, such an unequal treaty is tantamount to an all-out declaration of war against our great Dutch Empire! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan just smiled coldly and said, "Your Excellency Governor Cohen, are you sure that you can represent your great Dutch Empire?" Your East India Company seems to be just a commercial company, right? And I don't think the conditions I put forward are so rude, isn't it normal for the defeated side to pay war reparations to the victorious side in your West? As for the trade between us, since you come to our place to trade, you naturally have to abide by our rules, don't think that I don't know that you sell our Ming goods to Western countries, and the profits you get are more than ten times that of us, and it is we who suffer...... If you want to declare war in an all-out way, just let it go, and I'm sure the Spaniards and the Portuguese would love to see that happen......"

Cohen was so angry with Guo Zhiyuan that he almost vomited blood, but he also had to admit that Guo Zhiyuan's words did hit his soft underbelly, in the final analysis, it was caused by information asymmetry, Guo Zhiyuan knew them too well, but he didn't know anything about Guo Zhiyuan, so he would only be more passive if he talked about it like this, so he could only suppress his anger and said: "I ask to see our captured personnel first, and I will not negotiate any agreement with you until I meet them!" ……”