Xu Putmans was stunned, looked at Zhu Xu, and came to his senses for a while, and reluctantly thought: "Battleships, thirty ships, artillery, eight hundred, muskets, three thousand, of course, this is just the beginning, I want to go back and feel the situation......"

When Zhu Xu heard this, he calculated in his heart.

The cost of the ships of the Ming Dynasty was about 6,000 taels of silver, 30 ships were 180,000 taels, one artillery was 2,000 taels, 800 guns were 1.6 million taels, 300 muskets were 300,000 taels, and 3,000 were 900,000 taels, and the total number of muskets was only more than 2 million taels.

Although the Ming Dynasty will not give the best, the price will definitely give the most expensive, but even if it is doubled, it will be only four million taels, which is still too far from Zhu Xu's expectations.

Zhu Xu frowned and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, this is far from making up for my loss. ”

Putmans also felt it after speaking, and when he saw that the question came back around, he groaned and said, "Your Majesty, how long will it take you to trade?" ”

"Immediately!" Zhu Xu said decisively. There are a lot of old-fashioned muskets in the Ming Dynasty, these warships are the first generation, and they can be sold directly, and the second generation is newly built, as for the artillery, there are many old-fashioned ones, in short, they can be gathered quickly. Although they are all old-fashioned, the test products are much better than the current European generic ones, and customers will be satisfied.

Putmans could feel the fanatical love for 'silver' under His Majesty's calm surface of Emperor Daming, his eyes moved slightly, and he showed a little smile, and said, "Dear Your Majesty, how about I modify my order, how about tripling?" ”

Zhu Xu's smile suddenly increased, and he said, "Yes, but I don't want it, this is a one-time deal." ”

Putmans knows the situation in Europe very well, the war has not stopped for more than a hundred years, everyone wants to have superior weapons, if anyone has it, they will definitely buy it at a large price, only one person will buy it, then everyone will!

Putmans was a businessman, and he understood the truth inside, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, in the next three years, this amount will be ten times!" ”

Zhu Xu's reserved smile immediately turned like an iceberg, and said: "You have won my friendship, what you need and what you want to buy, I will open the door to convenience!" ”

Putmans breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time his eyes narrowed slightly, he had long been keen on the goods of the Ming Dynasty, how they couldn't open it in the past, if this opened the commercial road of the Ming Dynasty, this war might be a blessing or a curse!

Putmans nodded reservedly, it was a difficult negotiation, he lost too much, and now he has to figure out how to make up for it.

"So, my friend, may we talk seriously about making money?" Zhu Xu stood up and said with a smile.

The corners of Puttmans' face stiffened, and he said, "Of course, everything is in accordance with His Majesty's will. ”

Zhu Xu walked out of the study with a smile, and his heart was very happy.

In fact, he always negotiated with His Excellency the Governor of Puttmans, not the Netherlands, after all, it was two years of going back and forth, how could he negotiate? As long as the governor is subdued, then the relationship with the future 'sea coachman' is established. They need profits from Asia, and Zhu Xu needs food from outside Asia, and for now, they are taking what they need.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was about to go through a period of weakness, and the grand strategy was to block Malacca and ensure internal stability, and everything was in the service of this strategy.

Now, the two sides are happy to reach an agreement.

Putmans followed Zhu Xu not far behind, quietly wiping the cold sweat on his head, no matter what, he survived.

Zhu Xu set up a sumptuous banquet, feasted Putmans, and prepared to exchange feelings with him.

Putmans is now in a lawsuit, and the pressure he is under is not a little bit, where do he have the heart to eat, but the banquet is His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and he has to endure it no matter how much he thinks about it.

Zhu Xu politely raised his glass three times, and then began to ask questions.

"If our two navies meet on the sea, how can we avoid them? When it comes to the distribution of benefits, is war the way to decide? ”

When Putmans heard this, his heart beat wildly, how could he oppose the Ming Dynasty in Asia? Hundreds of warships, if the Netherlands were to decide by war, it would be annihilated!

Obviously, his thoughts are still stuck in the South China Sea, but Zhu Xu is not.

"What if a merchant ship is in distress, or is blown into each other's spheres of influence? If there is a merchant ship that does not have fresh water, or needs to be repaired, and it happens to be close to each other's possessions, do you need to rescue them? ”

Putmans frowned, now ships are generally very fragile, capsizing, sinking is a common thing, according to his ideas, naturally to save, but also to save vigorously, the Netherlands will be missing dozens of ships every year, hundreds of lives, this is not a ship, hundreds of people are so simple, the goods on their ships are worth a lot, one will lose a lot!

"If we encounter pirates or invasion by other countries, do we need to rescue each other?"

Almost instinctively, Putmans demanded that the Ming Dynasty must provide protection to the rescue of a powerful navy, and at the same time show that they would be Dutch as well.

"If the other party's merchant ships rob the other party's business, can they use violent means to rob them so that they go to war?"

"Our dealings should be equal, what about taxes? What currency is it traded in? ”

"If the Ming Dynasty sells weapons to the enemies of the Netherlands, will the Netherlands have any objections?"

"What should we do if we have a dispute with each other about our overseas territories and have a conflict?"

Putmans listened to Zhu Xu's words, and he could still answer at the beginning, but then he looked at him directly, asking himself in his heart: Is he threatening me?

However, the words of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty made him breathe a sigh of relief, and he quickly 'fought for reason'.

The first was the Treaty of Friendship between the Ming Empire and the Dutch Republic, in which the spheres of influence of each other were divided, confirmed, and repeatedly demanded by Putmans, adding that 'any differences between the two countries should be settled by friendly consultation, completely excluding the possibility of the use of force'.

The second is the Trade Treaty between the Ming Empire and the Dutch Republic, which stipulates the manner of trade, currency, goods, taxes, and so on. It is probably that the ships trading around the Ming Dynasty need to have a pass issued by the Ming Dynasty, with the Ming currency as the common currency, and are not allowed to trade with countries that have not been allowed by the Ming Dynasty, and the tax is charged at one thousandth of the cargo of each ship, etc.

The third is the "Rules of Maritime Passage and Assistance", the fourth is the "Combined Fleet Treaty", the fifth is the "Agreement on the Establishment of Joint Commercial Firms", the sixth is the "Treaty of Friendly Assistance", and so on, and there are as many as 15 treaties.

These treaties were all negotiated verbally by the two of them, and in the end, they still had to be carefully deduced, and they could not be determined in a moment.

On the surface, Putmans was negotiating with Zhu Xu on the basis of reason, but in fact, he was relieved and even happy.

What the emperor of the Ming said was not harsh, or rather, in many places it was more like protecting, giving him benefits, giving him great benefits, if it was really like this and signing a treaty with the Ming State, then they could still run rampant in Asia, not only did not harm trade, but also got the protection of the Ming Dynasty, more unimpeded, more safe!

This is the arrogant character of the Akito, who wants to 'be gracious to me'? Let me feel the bearing of the Heavenly Empire? Putmans looked at Zhu Xu with an impassive expression, muttering to himself in his heart, and at the same time very happy, if this is the case, it will be a pie in the sky!

Zhu Xu's expression did not move, and he was polite while drinking slowly.

If you want to say happy, he should be really happy!

Putmans didn't know how powerful the Netherlands would be in the future, and he didn't know that the Ming navy was actually a paper tiger, and he couldn't go to sea, and he didn't know that these treaties seemed to be the Ming Dynasty protecting them in Asia, but in fact, the Ming Dynasty merchant ships needed the help of the Dutch after they went to sea!

Soon, Malacca was basically in the Ming Dynasty, except for pirates, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty could run rampant and develop slowly; Out of Malacca, you can also use the 'United Firm' with the Dutch as a cover, Taoguang to cultivate obscurity, accumulate experience, lay a foundation for the Ming Dynasty, earn enough profits, and also let the Ming Dynasty survive the dangerous period in peace.

In the same way, the navy can also train boldly in Malacca, and strive to sail as soon as possible, and then it can compete head-on with the 'sea coachman' and the 'empire on which the sun never sets'!

In general, the goal that Zhu Xu hopes to achieve has been exceeded.

Zhu Xu looked at Putmans and said in a good mood, "As a friend, I can't treat my friends harshly, I will return those ships of yours to you, and you can pay one thousand taels of silver for each ship." ”

Putmans' face did not move, and his heart twitched, he had more than a hundred large and small ships, and in this way, another sum of silver was going out.

In the past, he didn't care about this small amount, but now he is distressed at every turn, and it hurts badly.

At the same time, he also discovered that this Ming Emperor was not an ordinary love for silver.

'Perhaps, I can do what I like...... Pu Ma looked at Zhu Xu on his lap, his heart moved slightly, and he said, "Thank you for your generosity." ”

"Drink!" Zhu Xu held the wine glass and smiled happily.

Putmans was not feeling good, and he still raised his glass.

Zhu Xu drank the wine, exhaled in his heart, and said secretly, "It's Spain now, I don't know how Lao Cao is doing......

Although there are many 'exclusivity' and 'uniqueness' constraints in the agreement between Zhu Xu and the Dutch, this kind of binding is only on the treaty, and Zhu Xu will not violate it on the surface, but secretly he will not perform it honestly.

Spain is an old European power, and it has not yet declined, and Zhu Xu will never let go of what should be used!

'If I support Spain, will I delay the appearance of the 'Coachman of the Sea' and the 'Empire on which the Sun Never Sets......

Zhu Xu said to himself in his heart, weakening and delaying the colonization of Europe will naturally be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty!

However, this thought is only a flash, Europe is now too complicated, it is a period of great change, and it cannot be handled by common sense.