"Get as close to the battery as possible!"

When the fleet entered the waters of Dalian Bay, it was noted that Anthony. Fan. Dimon instructed the captain. Then he and several officers around him took the opportunity to observe the battery with binoculars.

When they saw the huge caliber coastal defense guns through the telescope, everyone was silent.

"Oh my God, they made such a big cannon!"

They have never seen artillery of such a large caliber, and even in Europe there is no such large artillery!

"Their strength is very strong, it seems that even without the Japanese, they can take the city of Geranza!"

He put down his binoculars, groaned for a while, and whispered.

"Your Excellency the Governor, it seems that we are reconsidering the matter of negotiating with the Ming people!"

Now only twenty-five-year-old, he had no idea that, according to the development of history, he was supposed to be a senior high commissioner more than a dozen years later, and then he was driven out of Geranza by Zheng Chenggong there, and he himself was sent to a military court.

For now, he was merely a business of the East India Company, accompanying the Governor on a tour of the Ming Kingdom to participate in trade negotiations that would go down in history and even cause a sensation throughout Europe.

"Hmmm......"

Nodding silently, Anthony. Fan. Dimon's face looked ugly—he had more than 5,000 muskets and 60 cannons in his fleet, all of which were intended to be sold to the Ming Dynasty, and now he found that the goods he was carrying were simply a pile of waste.

I'm going to lose money, what can I do?

……

Although the Dutch fleet sailed into the port of Dalian, Zhu Guoqiang did not immediately meet with Anthony. Fan. Dimon instead looked at Queena's report materials.

"On average, the company sends about 25 ships a year to Asia or back to Europe from Asia. At the same time, at any given time, nearly forty ships sailed along the trade routes of Asia. ”

Quina's Chinese has a slight Hokkien accent.

"Your Highness, I inquired in Batavia, those merchant ships have more than twenty guns, but now they are at war with the Portuguese, so they have no intention of clashing with Your Highness, so they prefer to reach an agreement with Your Highness."

Quina did not feel any discomfort when she reported this information, as the agent of the glass mirror, she hoped to reach an agreement and sell the glass mirror to Europe, of course, she also regarded the man in front of her as her lover, he was indeed a good lover, young and strong.

Subsequently, she naturally mentioned Anthony. Fan. Dimon's thought was "delusional".

“…… He hoped to get a leased land. ”

After laughing, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Just let him think about it!"

After laughing, feeling the fiery gaze cast in Queena's eyes, looking at her bewitching figure, Zhu Guoqiang walked over with a smile, hugged her in his arms, put his chin against her neck, and said softly.

"Did you miss me?"

……

"The Viceroy of the East India Company of Batavia, Anthony. Fan. Dimen, I have seen His Royal Highness the Venerable Prince of Daming. ”

Anthony. Fan. Dimon and his party took off their hats and bent down to salute.

Said the accompanying translator.

"The Governor of Batavia greets the Prince."

"Sit down!"

Zhu Guoqiang raised his hand and asked people to bring a chair. Fan. After Dimon and the others sat down, negotiations began. Since both parties have interpreters, there is no problem with communication.

After a brief communication, the two sides naturally talked about the city of Geranza. Facing Anthony. Fan. Diemen et al. claim that the city of Geranza was a Dutch colony.

"Governor Dimon,"

Zhu Guoqiang's face turned cold, and his tone sank.

"Taiwan is our territory of the Ming Dynasty, and since ancient times, in the past few decades, a large number of Fujian immigrants have gone to Taiwan every year to reclaim land. Now there are tens of thousands of Han Chinese on the island of Taiwan, and they are all subjects of my Ming Dynasty...... I learned that you illegally invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally you will send troops to recover it, although the Ming Dynasty is large, but not an inch of the territory is superfluous! ”

"Your Royal Highness,"

Fan. Dimen said hurriedly.

"Formosa belonged to the East India Company, and when we arrived there, it was just a terra nullius, and the people living there were just a bunch of incarnations! The Han Chinese on the island of Formosa immigrated there after the East India Company arrived there and cultivated the land......"

"Smack"!

"Ridiculous!"

Zhu Guoqiang slammed the table. Despite the fact that Fan. Dimon spoke French, but he could still understand it, so he didn't wait for Yun Haiping to translate, so he said sharply:

"How dare you doubt my words, as early as the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Yan Siqi recruited thousands of Fujian people to settle in Taiwan, and you didn't know where it was at that time? Whether it is Zheng Zhilong, or Li Ying, the commander of our army, they have all served under their command, do you need me to call them over to confront them face to face? ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince,"

Frowning furrowed, Fan. Dimen's heart was opened, he had already chosen to give up Formosa Island before he came, there was no need to conflict with Daming for that place, and there was no need to anger His Royal Highness the prince in front of him.

"Formosa is just a trading base for the East India Company, and in fact, as long as we trade, we can't do without these bases, and if you can provide a better place, we can't give up Formosa."

"It's not a better base!"

Zhu Guoqiang shook his head and said.

"In the future, our coastal ports, including the Grand Staff, will be open to merchants from all over the world, and many of our ports are far more advantageous than there, and you can set up a merchant house there, but it is not a stronghold! The French and the English also traded with you, did they establish a foothold in Holland? Did the Dutch establish a foothold in France, England? No! You can come to us to do business, but stronghold, it's impossible! ”

When the accompanying interpreter faithfully translated His Royal Highness's words into French, Van . As he listened, Dimon thought it out in his heart.

Entering the port of Daming to establish a merchant hall, isn't this exactly what they have always hoped for? Even the Republic of the Netherlands will become the first country to have a merchant house in the Celestial Empire!

At that time, it was just to trade directly with the merchants of the Ming Kingdom, and there were no middlemen to make the difference, and even idiots knew how much profit was stored in it. Don't say anything else,

At this moment, Zhu Guoqiang suddenly said in an aggravated tone.

"If the East India Company wants to try to establish any stronghold on our southeast coast, then I will order that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty be forbidden to trade with the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands and the East India Company, and that all ships be forbidden to enter the Ming Dynasty!"

Dutch merchant ships are forbidden to enter the ports of Daming!

Prohibit trade between the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands!

Listening to the words of the translator, Fan. Dimen's face suddenly turned ugly!

In fact, Dutch ships can't enter Daming's port now. The way they traded with the Ming was through the merchants of the Ming Kingdom, and once the merchants were forbidden to trade with the Dutch. There is no way to continue the trade with the Ming Dynasty, and even the trade with Japan will have problems, after all, many of the goods shipped to Japan are the goods of the Ming Kingdom.

Without these two trade routes, the Dutch East India Company would not have been able to make money, or even gain a foothold here, after all, it was a horizontal line of profits that supported their business in East Asian waters.

Of course, he could choose to attack the Ming merchant ships and cut off their trade routes with Japan, and then put pressure on the Ming.

But this kind of play will bankrupt the company!

Fan. Dimon is really going to do it, and his governor is over......

"Governor Dimon,"

Zhu Guoqiang said warmly at this time,

"You're here to do business, so why should you cling to a trading base? You have established a base to facilitate trade, and now you are allowed to open a merchant house directly in the port, which is much better than in the past......"

The current Ming Dynasty is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the nineteenth century, which is also the reason why Zhu Guoqiang is tough, the Ming Dynasty does not need the Netherlands, but the Netherlands needs the Ming Dynasty and needs the goods of the Ming Dynasty......