Li Qizi nodded and said: "Yes, the Francois barbarians must have a lot of silver, let's take it all, this silver is a little hot."

And when the silver is in the hands of Nanda, he will inevitably hand it over to His Majesty, and His Majesty can use the silver to help the victims of the disaster or exempt the people from paying taxes, which is a good thing. ”

When the one-eyed dragon heard this, he laughed and said, "What Master Li said is reasonable! If there is another emperor, our old Liu Cai doesn't care who he is, he has no people in his heart, so go as his own emperor!

But this emperor is different, he has the people in his heart, and he still treats us pirates as human beings, I admire Lao Liu!

Such an emperor, who doesn't look forward to his eternal life? Give him this silver, I am willing to do it! ”

Li sighed with an inexplicable sweetness in his heart, and said with a smile: "What about the other big bosses?" ”

Yizhimei still pinched the orchid and pointed, "The one-eyed dragon finally said a few words. He's right, such an emperor should let him get some silver, I don't have any opinion. ”

Xiao Bailong said very simply: "No opinion!" ”

Seeing that several other big leaders also echoed it, Li Qizi immediately spoke: "Since this is the case, then let's settle it." Tomorrow, I'll go to the Admiral Nan to discuss this matter. ”

Nan Juyi was also in his cabin, looking at his subordinates, and after scanning around, Nan Juyi spoke: "Let's talk about it, what are the different opinions on the deployment of this governor just now?" ”

Qian Haocheng bowed down and said: "My lord, those barbarian warships and artillery on the shore are easy to say, as long as we stay farther away, we are not afraid that they will be able to hit us."

But what about after the landing? Admiral Zheng of the South China Sea Fleet has not yet cleared out those barbarians entrenched in Luzon, isn't it because he landed on the shore to fight? ”

Zhou Liangzhi nodded and responded: "General Qian is right, and he thinks this is the reason for his humble position." When it comes to landing and fighting, whether it is our East China Sea Fleet or Admiral Zheng's East China Sea Fleet, in fact, it is not stronger than the guards and soldiers, let alone the Northern and Southern Imperial Forest Army.

However, the Southern Imperial Forest Army under Admiral Zheng still has not been able to clean up the barbarians on the shore, which shows that these Franco-machine barbarians are not good to deal with.

And we are the later Batavia, and we are not very familiar with the terrain here, and the same is true for the Northern Imperial Forest Army, but it is difficult to clear those barbarians in front of Admiral Zheng. ”

Nan Juyi nodded: "But you have all forgotten one person. ”

Zhou Liangzhi said curiously: "What do you mean?" ”

Nan Juyi said: "Li Qizi! And the pirates! ”

Zhou Liangzhi said: "What do you mean, those pirates will be familiar with the terrain?" ”

After shaking his head, Nan Juyi said: "They may be familiar with the terrain of Batavia Port, but for the terrain on the shore, it is estimated that they are also in the dark.

But these pirates have the advantage of smell, and they seem to be born with a sense of smell. ”

Looking at Zhou Liangzhi and Qian Haocheng's puzzled eyes, Nan Juyi smiled and said: "This kind of thing has nothing to do with us, but don't forget, the premise of making a fortune is to be able to find someone."

After landing, in addition to the soldiers of the Northern Imperial Forest Army, Li Qizi and his pirates can land together to eliminate the barbarians.

The captured barbarians can be handed over to them, they can exchange them for silver, and the silver on the shore can also be given to them, and we can leave some to hand over to Your Majesty. ”

Zhou Liangzhi suddenly said: "My lord is wise! With them cooperating with the soldiers of the Northern Imperial Forest Army to land and fight, they can not only reduce casualties, but also pacify Batavia as soon as possible, which is indeed a double win! ”

Nan Juyi shook his head and said, "No, no." If it's just a matter of killing two birds with one stone, why would Ben Governor let them fight together? This kills three birds with one stone. ”

Zhou Liangzhi arched his hand and said, "Please make it clear?" ”

Nan Juyi said: "Some of these pirates cooperate to clean up the barbarians, we may not be able to clean up the barbarians in Batavia before Zheng Zhilong clears out the barbarians on Luzon Island."

Then, the Governor still has to go to Luzon to see if he Zheng Zhilong needs the help of the Governor to clean up those Francois barbarians! ”

Zhou Liangzhi shuddered with Qian Haocheng and the others - what a deep resentment this is for the Admiral of his own family!

Batavia, which was originally occupied by the Dutch East India Company, has become the East India Company's stronghold in the Far East, and even operates as a nest.

In addition to Li Qizi and Nan Juyi, who were calculating Batavia, Acuña, who was sent by Sanchez, finally arrived in Batavia and met Cohen, one of the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company, the governor of the East India Company.

After Acuña made his intentions known, Cohen was impressed, but still rejected Acuña's offer.

If he hadn't met these damn Ming pirates, if he hadn't been beaten and didn't dare to go out at home, he wouldn't have been able to wait for Acuña to come to the door, but would have gone out a long time ago!

But the problem now is that not only can I not get out of the door, but even the Formosa branch has no news from the side.

The East India Company based in Batavia had more than 20,000 employees and 12,000 crew members, but these were more commercially oriented.

In terms of force, only about 20 warships have been sunk, and now there are only six intact warships defending the port of Batavia, and two are simply parked in a small port in the other direction, and they do not dare to show up at all.

The thought of the dozen or so battleships that had been sunk made Cohen's heart bleed.

How many barbarians are there on the Banda Islands? How long will it take to kill them all?

It took a lot of hard work to clean up the barbarians of the Banda Islands and successfully establish a new headquarters in Batavia, but now there is a risk of dust!

Since the establishment of the East India Company in 1602, it has never been so aggrieved!

Not to mention that the company was the first company that could organize its own mercenaries and issue currency, and not that it was the first company limited by shares and had contracts with other countries, the new headquarters in Batavia alone had more than 100 merchant ships, more than 20 three-masted warships, and more than 10,000 soldiers.

But these are of no use.

The current situation is that the new headquarters of the East India Company in Batavia is difficult to protect itself, and even the current hurdle does not know how to get through, let alone go to Luzon to help those Spaniards fight!

Acuña knew what kind of mission he was carrying, and he also knew the current situation in Luzon, and if he didn't say that the East India Company people could not send troops to Luzon, he was afraid that Governor Sanchez would have to hate Luzon only one way to go.

After pondering for a long time, Acuña simply turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth, and said: "As long as Governor Cohen agrees to send troops to help, I can agree on behalf of Governor Sanchez to cede all the proceeds of Luzon for the next two years to the East India Company."

If we can repel the barbarian armies and fight back, we can promise that Governor Cohen will choose the areas to colonize first, and we will pick the rest, how about it? ”

Cohen was not interested in Acuña's proposal.

Acuña's conditions were not high and very tempting, but the premise of all this was that the Batavian headquarters was able to send troops to Luzon, and the second premise was that it could repel the Ming army and counterattack.

But in fact, let alone the second condition, even the first condition cannot be met now.

Even if Batavia was willing to send troops, what could it do? Do you want the soldiers to swim from the sea to Luzon?

If you go by land, you have to equip these soldiers with war horses and have enough supplies.

A long march, not a solo like Acuña, there are too many unknown risks along the way.

What's more, in the face of the army of those Ming people, shouldn't Batavia's most concern be their own safety?

Seeing that Acuña wanted to say something more, Cohen simply raised his hand, stopped Acuña and said, "My dear friend, I have to admit that the conditions you put forward are indeed very tempting.

However, I am not in a position to grant your request. It's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I'm really powerless. ”

After squeezing a smile on his face, Cohen continued: "In this situation, I don't need to hide it from you.

Those damn Ming pirates don't know what they're crazy about, they're like mad cows attacking our Batavia fleet like crazy cows, and they're causing us a lot of losses. ”

Acuña naturally knew why the pirates of the Ming Dynasty were crazy.

The governor of Sanchez sent a fleet of three-masted galleons to ambush the barbarian pirates at sea under the guise of the fleet of the East India Company.

For now, it seems that this ploy has been successful - the barbarian pirates have come to block the Dutch in Batavia after blocking Luzon for a while.

But these pirates are gone, but they leave behind the more vicious regular navy of the Ming Kingdom!

After being silent for a long time, Acuña, who was holding back a smile, asked with a curious expression: "Even if this is the case, according to the strength of Batavia, it should not be blocked by these barbarian pirates?" ”

This time it was Cohen's turn to be silent.

The number of warships in Batavia is about the same as the number of those Ming pirates, and even faintly suppresses those pirates in terms of firepower and speed, but the final result is that they are pressed to the ground by those Ming pirates.

It's not scientific!

But no matter how unscientific it is, this is the case, the battle-hardened fleet of the Batavia headquarters was pressed to the ground by a group of pirates of the Ming Kingdom!

Afterwards, Cohen didn't summarize the reasons, but the reasons that were summarized made Cohen himself feel funny - because the pirates of the Ming Kingdom are not afraid of death!

The pirates of the Ming Kingdom not only disregarded their own lives in the battle of the gang, but even resorted to the method of exchanging injuries for their lives, and were even able to send people to drive small boats to crash into the three-masted galleons in the direction of the same fate when they were at a disadvantage, and those small boats were full of fierce fire-starters, and once they got close, they would choose to set the boat on fire and drag the three-masted sailing ship to die together.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, and after shaking these messy thoughts out of his mind, Cohen continued: "I'm sorry, there are only six warships left in Batavia now, and they can't even compare to the number of those pirate warships in the Ming Kingdom.

To be honest, if it weren't for the shore defense artillery on the shore, I'm afraid Batavia would have been lost, and I would probably have returned to the arms of the Lord.

Leave, and return to Luzon to meet the future with your governor, and welcome him with the demeanor of a gentleman, whether in life or in death. ”

Cohen had already said so, and Acuña had no choice but to give up the idea of persuasion.

It really didn't make any sense, originally he and Governor Sanchez had planned to pull these Dutchmen into the water, but now it seems that without himself, these Dutchmen are about to drown.

After saluting Cohen again, Acuña chose to say goodbye and go back, whether it was life or death, he always had to face it, didn't he?

Cohen suddenly spoke, "Finally, as a friend, I'll give you one more piece of advice. ”

Acuña turned around, looked at Cohen calmly, and said, "Please, honorable Mr. Governor. ”

Cohen took his pipe in his mouth, let the smoke rise, and pondered for a long time before he spoke: "That country is called Ming, and he used to use the names Han, Tang, and Song.

Obviously, the Ming Kingdom is not a barbarian country, and the people of the Ming Kingdom are not barbarians.

On the contrary, they are adversaries worthy of our respect.

For this reason, I advise you to stop calling them barbarians in the future. ”

Acuña was silent for a moment before nodding his head, "Yes, Your Excellency the Governor, thank you very much for your advice, I will keep it in mind." ”

Cohen nodded again and said, "Go back, my friend." Hopefully, we'll have the chance to meet again in the future, although that hope is slim. ”

Nodding heavily, Acuña saluted Cohen once more, and strode out of Governor Cohen's office.

After Acuña left, Cohen watched the rising smoke.

Why is this so?

Is it because those Formosa corporations occupy what they call Formosa in Ryukyu or Taiwan?

What if the East India Company was willing to give up Formosa and retreat to Batavia and no longer offend that country?

And those pirates of the Ming Kingdom, what kind of madness did they have to attack Batavia like mad cows? Even to the point of ignoring casualties?

With a self-deprecating smile, Cohen gave up on the jumbled thoughts in his mind.

Batavia should not be destroyed in his own hands, nor should he be destroyed in his own hands, otherwise how would he explain to the board of directors when he returned?

Looks like it's time to negotiate with those Ming pirates.

After all, this is a civilized world affair that should be solved in a civilized way, not by killing.