d With the establishment of the two fleets, naval matters were settled.

"Your Majesty, what is the emperor going to do with those Dutch people who were captured by Admiral Shen last time and came back?" Sun Xue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, personally came to inquire.

When it comes to foreign affairs, Sun Zeke has no right to deal with it on his own.

Last time, in order to deter the Zheng family from the sea and completely destroy Zheng Zhilong's resistance, Zhu Ciji ordered Shen Jingchao to lead the newly established Ming Navy to attack the waters of Taiwan and attack the Dutch fleet there.

Originally, facing the most powerful maritime power in the world, Zhu Ci was not sure whether the navy's four warships could win, but what surprised him was that the navy, under the leadership of Shen Jingchao, not only won, but also won a big victory in the face of seventeen Dutch warships, and captured thirty-three Dutch cargo ships and three Dutch warships and more than 600 Dutchmen.

It was precisely because of that great victory that Zhu Ci inevitably began to have some contempt for the Dutch, and also moved the idea of recovering Taiwan immediately.

Faced with Sun Ze's question, Zhu Ci thought for a while and said: "Let them go to Nanjing to build bridges and pave roads, and tell them that they can only be free if they have ten years or pay a ransom of two hundred taels of silver each!" ”

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to raise those captives in vain, it is inevitable to let them do coolies every day, and the reason why it is set for ten years is also to give those captives a hope, so that they can work harder, of course, if someone is willing to help them pay a ransom of two hundred taels of silver each, Zhu Ciji does not mind letting them go.

"Your Majesty, is this a bit inappropriate, the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, if so" Sun Xue was interrupted impatiently by Zhu Ci before he finished speaking.

"Okay, don't talk this nonsense to me, those foreigners still occupy my Ming Taiwan, for these foreigners who dare to offend the Ming Dynasty, it's good that I didn't kill them directly, do you still expect me to raise them in vain?" Zhu Ci sneered and said disdainfully.

The Dutch took advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to occupy Taiwan, which was an invader and an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, according to him, he did not let those Dutch do a lifetime of coolies It is already considered benevolent, as for raising them in vain, it is even more pedantic and brainless to do that!

"It's the minister who is confused, please atone for the emperor!" As the emperor has been doing it for a long time, Zhu Ci's majesty has become more and more prosperous, and when he saw that Zhu Ci was showing signs of anger, Sun Ze's heart and liver were trembling, and he immediately asked for sin.

"Let's go down!" Zhu Ci waved his hand.

Sun Ze wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and respectfully withdrew.

More than 600 Dutchmen were divided into ten groups and scattered around the city of Nanjing to build bridges and pave roads, dig water conservancy, and do whatever work required coolies.

"Oh, God, we were sent to work as coolies!"

"It will take ten years, ten years!" On the first day of working as coolies, the Dutch began to complain and shout.

"Don't worry, guys, Duke Avilan will come to our rescue!" Viscount Leicester comforted others as well as himself.

As a captive, they were not entitled to ask for anything, but there was no doubt that no one wanted to work here all the time, and the ransom of two hundred taels of silver was very heavy, but they believed that the great Holland would send someone to negotiate with the Eastern Empire, and eventually they would return to their kingdom.

This group of Dutch captives thought well, and in just half a month, their Duke of Havelan sent someone to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, but of course the result of the negotiation was not as they thought, and they were ransomed back very smoothly.

"Emperor Ming, the ransom of two hundred taels of silver for each captive is too much, it should be reduced to twenty taels!" As soon as the Dutch envoy heard the amount of the ransom, his eyes immediately widened and he said, directly reducing the amount set by Da Ming by ten times.

"Is it much?" Zhu Ci's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said toughly: "You are not qualified to talk to me, the ransom set by Da Ming is as much as it is, there is no possibility of changing, if you can afford it, you can give it, and it doesn't matter if you can't afford it!" ”

Zhu Ci was too lazy to bargain with the Dutch, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he personally met with the Dutch envoy to give enough face, if there was nothing else, it would be enough to send a Shangshu to negotiate with the Dutch.

The Dutch were immediately choked by Zhu Ci's strength.

"Oh, no! Emperor Ming, you can't be like this, it is impossible for the great Netherlands to accept such a high ransom! Although the Dutch envoy was eager, it was difficult to hide the habitual arrogance in his tone.

Decades ago, the Spanish Armada was destroyed, and the Netherlands truly broke away from the Spanish rule and established its own republic, since then, the Netherlands has become more and more powerful, and finally won the title of 'sea coachman' by virtue of its strong maritime trade, and has continuously accumulated a huge amount of gold and silver, and has developed a powerful fleet 'Dutch Fleet' that dominates the world by relying on these huge amounts of gold and silver!

At present, the strength of the Dutch fleet, even Britain, France and Portugal are slightly inferior, the Dutch are certainly qualified to be arrogant, if it were not for the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Empire, which is too large and mysterious to make them extremely jealous, I am afraid that the Dutch would dare to directly threaten to go to war.

The ransom of two hundred taels of silver per captive offered by the Ming Dynasty was too high, and the great Dutch only gave a price of sixty taels per person at most to redeem the captives, and the precedent of two hundred taels must not be opened!

Zhu Ci sneered: "Hmph, I don't care if you accept it or not, the matter of the captives will be decided!" I have one more thing for you to go back and tell you the Duke! ”

The Dutch envoy frowned, UU read the book ( ..; The emperor of the Eastern Empire was so rude that the matter of the captives had not yet been negotiated, and there was something else.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, please speak!"

Zhu Ci flicked his cuffs, stood up, and said in a cold tone: "Taiwan Island is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, more than ten years ago, you Dutch invaded for no reason, occupied there, and enslaved the Ming people there, deeply hurt the Ming Dynasty, I will let you go back today to reply, so that you Netherlands will withdraw from Taiwan within ten days, and compensate the Ming for the loss of five million taels of silver, and at the same time let the Dutch king come to the Ming Dynasty to apologize to the people of the Ming Dynasty and ask for the Ming Dynasty's forgiveness, otherwise I will use force against you!" At that time, all the consequences will be borne by the Netherlands! ”

The majesty of Daming cannot be offended, Zhu Cihe's condition is not a joke, if the Dutch are willing to do it, it will be fine, if not, Daming will not be polite!

"What!" The Dutch messenger screamed, thinking he had misheard.

He was furious, how could the Ming Emperor be so rude!