Dutch merchant ships are prohibited from passing through the Taiwan Strait......

Fan. When Di Men heard John Tang's translation, his face was so heavy that he was about to drip water!

If Dutch ships could not pass through the strait, not only would there be no way to continue trade with China, but there would also be big problems with Japan.

Without the Sino-Japanese trade route, the financial report of the Dutch East India Company would have suffered a huge loss!

Of course, he could choose to block the Strait of Malacca, completely cut off the trade routes between China, Japan, and the West, and put pressure on the Ming Empire by blocking trade.

But...... How could a commercial company whose primary task is to make money fight a trade blockade war with an agricultural feudal empire because of four unprofitable castles?

This way the game will go out of business!

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

"Governor Dimen," Zhu Cihong said warmly at this time, "there are many islands and landmasses in this world that are larger and richer than the island of Taiwan, and there are no masters, no disputes, and the East India Company can occupy them. Why do you want to cling to Taiwan? You have established a stronghold on the island of Taiwan for nothing more than to facilitate trade with China.

Now the palace allows you to open a merchant house and an embassy directly at the mouth of the Yangtze River...... So what else is the value of the island of Taiwan? In that place, apart from deerskin and sugar, there was only terrible malaria.

In addition, my Ming Dynasty is now at war with the Tatars in the north, and I need a lot of Western artillery, gunpowder, and gunpowder, which is a big deal! In the future, the merchant ships of the East India Company could come loaded with cannons and silk porcelain...... One in and one out is two big deals! ”

Oh, yes! Fan. Dimon thought to himself: What a big deal! How can you refuse? This is immoral! In the final analysis, he was the manager of the East India Company, and he was first and foremost responsible for the investment of the shareholders, who invested their money to make a profit and not to conquer the world!

And it's about the size of Formosa...... Where can I get it? Maybe the environment is more pleasant, and there are no deadly tropical diseases!

I made up my mind, but Fan. But Dimon can't loosen his mouth, so he doesn't look like an old and cunning profiteer.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Fan. "I will seriously consider your proposal, but now that General Zheng Zhilong has not yet arrived in Nanjing, I hope to negotiate directly with him on the issue of navigation and the issue of the islands."

In addition, I hope to look further into the commercial port of Shanghai to see if it can be an alternative to Formosa. ”

Hehe! Zhu Cihong sneered a few times in his heart: What to pretend? Can you be a profiteer and not make money with a lot of money?

......

"Chitose Lord, Emperor Zheng has arrived, and he is waiting outside the Donghua Gate."

Fan. As soon as Di Men left, Huang Xiaobao brought Zhu Cihong the news that Zheng Zhilong asked to see.

Zheng Zhilong Bifan. Dimen arrived in Nanjing a day early, and as soon as he arrived at the Quanguo Mansion in Nanjing, he received good news from the palace - his daughter Zheng Chagu was really angry and was already pregnant with Prince Zhu's flesh and blood!

So when Zheng Zhilong saw Zhu Cihong today, he was so smiling that he couldn't close his mouth!

And Zhu Cihong also gave Zheng Zhilong enough face, not sitting and waiting in the Wenhua Palace, but welcoming him to the Wenhua Gate, and seeing Zheng Zhilong kneeling for himself, he waved his hand and smiled: "You don't have to kneel, it's all your own family, not in the court." ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't kneel, but still bowed: "I respectfully ask His Royal Highness the Prince Jin An." ”

"Excuse me, excuse me. Let's go, see Aunt Cha first, she misses you these days......" Zhu Cihong said as he walked with Zheng Zhilong towards the Changchun Pavilion behind the Wenhua Palace.

Changchun Pavilion is not a pavilion, but a compound and a large four small five pavilions. One of them, a larger three-story pavilion, is in the middle, which is the dormitory shared by Zhu Cihong and Wu Sanmei. In addition, there are four smaller pavilions, which are located in the east, south, west and north of the large pavilion. Among them, the three pavilions located in the east, west and north belong to Zheng Chagu, Ning Xiangyu and Fei Zhen'e respectively. The Yongchun South Pavilion, which is close to the Wenhua Hall and the Kenan Hall to the south, is a place used to entertain the imperial relatives who visit the palace.

When Zhu Cihong and Zheng Zhilong walked into the South Pavilion with a smile and a smile, Zheng Chagu had already been waiting there for a while. Although she was diagnosed with a happy pulse, after all, she was only a month old, so she couldn't see it at all, and it didn't hinder her movement. Seeing Zheng Zhilong and Zhu Cihong coming together, he jumped up and shouted: "Daddy! Lifting the skirt, he flew up as if he was flying. But the two aunts and palace maids who served her (they all entered the palace with Aunt Zheng and were old mothers who had served Aunt Cha for many years) were startled, and they hurriedly chased after her. But where did they catch up with the daughter of One Piece? One Piece's daughters are flying on a rickety ship. And the two aunts didn't run a few steps, one of them tripped and fell down, and the other hurriedly went to help her, so she was not in a hurry.

Zheng Zhilong frowned when he saw his daughter jumping up and down - why is this girl unruly? Not to mention entering the palace, even if you marry into an ordinary big family and become a young grandmother, you can't do this!

However, Zhu Cihong looked at Zheng Chagu with a smile, he is a prince who is stupid and sweet, and Chagu and the third sister are both of this type, so they like him very much. However, Ning Xiangyu, who is solemn and solemn, and Fei Zhen'e, who is like a little fox spirit, are not his dishes.

At this time, Aunt Cha had already arrived in front of Zheng Zhilong, made a blessing gift, and then took Lao Zheng's rough big hand, and her eyes were red. Zheng Zhilong is a real person, he doesn't say anything meaty, he just looks at his daughter and smiles: "Is the silver enough to spend?" Daddy brought you another 50,000 taels this time, all of which are stored in the Maritime Bank. ”

Zhu Cihong listened to Zheng Zhilong's words, then shook his head and said, "Old Taishan, don't spoil Aunt Cha too much...... She didn't spend much money in the palace either. ”

Zheng Zhilong also smiled: "This girl has been spoiled since she was a child, and she didn't spend money, and I have a few fathers, just open flowers for her." ”

In fact, Zheng Chagu is not a girl who spends a lot of money at all, and Zheng Zhilong, the richest man, is not a person who will spoil his children to heaven - he has so many children, and he can't spoil them!

Now he is stuffing a lot of money into the tea girl's pocket, so that the tea girl can be scattered in the Daming Palace...... If Aunt Cha is angry and gives birth to a son to Zhu Cihong, and she is willing to spend money on weekdays, and the Zheng family is backed by the Zheng family, most of the next prince will be Aunt Cha's son.

Zhu Cihong naturally understood Zheng Zhilong's thoughts, but he didn't interfere...... Who is big and who is small in the harem, only he says it.

......

The meeting between father and daughter has ended, and after having lunch together and having a while of homework, Zheng Zhilong followed Zhu Cihong back to Wenhua Palace. Weng and his son-in-law both entered the study room in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and after sitting down, Zhu Cihong talked to Zheng Zhilong about negotiating with the Netherlands.

"Old Taishan," said Zhu Cihong, "Fan. Dimon can't screw us this time, he doesn't have much leverage. However, we can't just focus on this little bit of immediate interests, we have to look farther. ”

"Look farther? How far can you see? Zheng Zhilong is a real person, so he asked directly.

"The farthest to see...... Europa Continent! Zhu Cihong said, "We have to send people to Europa, do business, study abroad, and invite their craftsmen, teachers, and officers...... And sailors! ”

"Sailor? Sailors, we have them! Zheng Zhilong patted his chest, "It's not a question of how much you want!" ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at him, "Can your people sail to Europa and the New World?" Can you that kind of soft-sailed sea-going ship? ”

"This ......," Zheng Zhilong thought for a moment, "Actually, before the Battle of Liuluo Bay, the minister built ten soft-sail Galenyi ships, all of which had double-deck guns, and also placed movable Hongyi cannons according to the method of Yiren. It's a pity that before the army was formed, it was attacked by the warships of the East India Company of the Red Haired Country, and ten warships were destroyed in one fell swoop, what a pity! ”