Indeed, Yang Dudu doesn't care about Liaodong now.

He still has a mess here, a big business of millions, the Portuguese merchant ships in Macao have been blocked more than thirty ships, these ships are full of silver, and the Dutch ships that have also just been defeated are also loaded with a million silver ducats, which can be squeezed out, or how much should be squeezed out is the most important thing.

Yang Dudu then returned to Macao.

"Li Dan?"

Yang Xin looked at the old man in front of him.

"Governor, Li Dan, an overseas outcast, has seen the governor."

The last pirate king of the Ming Dynasty saluted very sensibly and said.

"Okay, if you can come, you can write off the previous things, but what happens in the future depends on how you choose."

Yang Xin said.

Indeed, if Li Dan dares to come to see him directly, it can be regarded as a kind of surrender.

This old guy is a real sea hero, from Luzon to the Japanese Kingdom, from the North to the South Seas, whether it is a European colonizer or those small monarchs, almost everyone knows Li Dan's name, and even the Americas are rumored to have a golden mountain. It is true that people like him are not good people, and it is not wrong for the Ming officials to define them as Haikou pirates, but one thing must be understood, these people are the real maritime pioneers of this era, they have established one commercial base after another in Nanyang and Wakoku, and there are tens of thousands of Chinese in Hirado alone.

Hoi An, Pattani, Batavia......

These commercial cities in Nanyang all have their own settlements.

And that's not counting Manila, which was slaughtered before, and even these people have reached Europe.

Although this person will not leave a name in history, in the records of the literati of the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed Ming merchants who followed European merchants to the west.

These people are precious.

Like the European colonizers, they went out of the colonial footsteps.

Although in the eyes of the Ming officials and gentry, they are just a bunch of pirates.

"Please!"

Yang Dudu said.

As for the gifts brought by Li Dan......

Well, the gift is cursing angrily while being taken to prison.

Zhang Pu's future is the same as Zheng Zheng's, but he is younger, so his days will be longer, but compared with the ending in his original history that he was said to have been poisoned by his own side, this should also be regarded as Yang Dudu's good deeds.

Yang Dudu was not interested in caring about him.

"The Governor's house is worth a fortune."

Li Dan, who was invited to Yang Xin's reception room, looked inside with some amazement.

There was a huge glass mirror hanging on the wall, although it was not as big as a table, but it had to be three feet high and one foot wide, and Li Dan, who knew that the bigger the mirror, the more valuable it was, he could be sure that such a mirror would be worth a shipload of goods. On the table facing him is a chiming clock, behind the glass below, a pendulum is constantly shaking, and the two hands in the dial above are constantly rotating, which is also different from the Western chiming clock, which has only one needle and has a huge error every day.

In addition to this, there is a model ship on the table.

It was a Spanish galleon, but with slight differences, with two layers of gun doors on the side of the ship, and even a small cannon sticking out of it, totaling more than fifty cannons per ship.

"Battleships after the imperial court."

Yang Dudu sat down behind his desk and said while motioning for Li Dan to sit down.

Immediately after that, his godsister brought tea, and it was also sweetened black tea, and Yang Dudu currently insisted on this way of drinking.

"Your time is over, the court will not allow the sea to continue like this, Your Majesty's ambition to restore the glory of the ancestors, first of all, must start with the rectification of the sea, at present the north and south naval divisions together have fifty cruisers, each of which can compete with the Dutch clippers.

But that's not enough.

Construction of four such ships will begin next year.

If all goes well, we will probably see them sailing the seas by this time the year after next.

All with my cannons.

In the eastern seas, there is no one who can match them, and likewise no one can match the Emperor who owns them, and whoever is strongest in the ocean can occupy the most, so His Majesty the Emperor wants everyone on this ocean to pay taxes to him, and whoever does not pay taxes these warships will go and send him to the bottom of the sea. But His Majesty the Emperor does not forbid others to get rich, you can continue to do business, as long as you pay taxes, His Majesty the Emperor will not only not cut off your wealth, but will also support you to make your business bigger.

The bigger your business, the more taxes His Majesty will receive.

Therefore, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I announce to you that from this moment on, all the Ming merchants who were previously listed as Haikou will be pardoned, and all of you will no longer be Haikou merchants, and you are all legitimate Ming merchants. ”

Yang Xin said.

Li Dan hurriedly got up, lay on the ground and bowed to the north to thank the emperor.

"But from now on, firstly, it is not allowed to harass the coast, and secondly, it must be in the customs trade that is now taxed, and it must be taxed."

Yang Xin said.

"That's nature.

It's just that the old man wants to ask His Majesty the Governor to play Ming, the reason why smuggling has been repeatedly banned is actually the root cause of the exploitation of local officials, we are not opposed to paying taxes, but after paying taxes, we can't solve the problem, because those local officials will still try their best to exploit them, and after we pay taxes, we still have to spend a lot of money to deal with these officials.

Otherwise, we won't be able to do business.

In the end, paying taxes only makes us pay double the amount of silver.

But smuggling, though more dangerous, only needs to be dealt with by the officials, and we only pay a penny. ”

Li Dan got up and said.

"I can help you solve this, Jin Yiwei will set up a special reporting station in Gegu in the future, you can go there directly to report all such things, at present, set up there first, and then set up similar ones to various customs in the future, as long as there is such a case, I will let Jin Yiwei investigate."

Yang Xin said.

Li Dan hurriedly saluted again and thanked Yang Dudu.

At this time, Gao Wenlu was brought in, and after he saluted, Yang Xin motioned for him to sit down, and then followed by Ma Shida Luye, who was also allowed to sit down after saluting, and sparks quickly sparked in his and Gao Wenlu's eyes.

"Two, I don't care about the relationship between you, but in Daming's territory, you'd better not provoke me to be angry."

Yang Xin said.

He said it in French.

These people generally know French.

Then Gao Wenlu and Ma Dalu also looked at each other with contempt, and quickly turned their heads to look at him.

"Mr. Mashida Luye, I hope you will tell me frankly what is the purpose of your stay in Macao during this time with your thirty merchant ships?"

Yang Xin said.

"Your Excellency, your taxes are unacceptable to us, and you will not allow us to leave."

The latter said.

"Really? But I've just heard a different explanation, you are here waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the Dutch to be tricked, and then go to war with me, when you take advantage of our defeat, and then you take advantage of our defeat, and then do it against me or the Dutch, use those armed merchant ships of yours, kill us all, and even try to contact Li Gong's men to do it together, is this true? ”

Yang Xin said.

Of course, Li Chongwen's bones will not be as hard as Wang Wenyan's, and he confessed immediately after being arrested.

"Your Excellency, this is pure falsehood."

Mastaru also stood up and said.

"Li Gong?"

Yang Xin looked at Li Dan.

"Back to the governor's words, before their leader Wang Mingqi did go to Hirado, saying that he was entrusted by them to contact the old man, trying to get the old man to bring people over, after the Dutch and the governor finished fighting, join forces to deal with the governor's sailors, how could the old man do such a thing, naturally refused.

Lao Yu has ordered his men to arrest him, and after a few days of arrest, Lao Yu sent him to the Governor to dispose of him, and before in Humen, if he dared to be rude to the sailor, Lao Yu would also catch it and send it to the Governor for disposal. In addition, for the officers and soldiers who were killed and wounded in the previous Humen battle, the old man is willing to pay 50,000 taels to make amends, and this kind of thing will never happen again in the future. ”

Li Dan hurriedly got up and said.

"Okay!"

Yang Dudu said very dryly.

As for the truth, everyone knows it.

Li Dan was actually near the battlefield with more than 30 pirate ships, but at this time, he had changed his role and became a maritime merchant who came here to trade.

In the final analysis, the sea respects strength.

Yang Xin's fleet defeated the Dutch, so these pirates naturally would not seek death.

Especially the short and heavy guns of those cruisers, the huge power made these guys all frightened, the Dutch plywood ships could not hold up, their pirate ships were afraid that they would sink in one shot, such a battle was completely hopeless, even if the Portuguese did it according to the agreement, they would eventually win the battle and the losses would be unbearable, and there was no need to pay such a big price in order not to pay taxes.

"And Mr. Mastaru, what else do you have to say?"

Yang Xin said in French.

Li Dan used the Japanese language, Ma Shida Lu also knew very little Chinese, and Gao Wenlu didn't understand it at all, but both of them knew the Japanese language, so they all understood what Li Dan said, and Gao Wenlu immediately glared at Ma Shi Dalu angrily......

"Your Excellency the Governor, I don't understand what you're talking about!"

Ma Dalu also said angrily.

"There's a language you're sure to understand."

Yang Xin sneered.

"Drag him out and behead him!"

Then he slapped the table and shouted.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you are provoking a war!"

Ma Shida Lu also looked at the soldiers who walked in, and also guessed the meaning of Yang Xin's words, and he immediately shouted.

"War? General Gao Wenlu, are you willing to fight alongside me? ”

Yang Xin said.

"Your Excellency the Governor, if you give your orders, all the ships of the despicable will fight for you, and send these wicked Portuguese where they belong, and let them go to hell."

Gao Wenlu got up in surprise and said.

"Gong Li, are you willing to fight for His Majesty the Emperor?"

Yang Xin asked Li Dan.

"Governor, Lao Yu is also the people of the Ming Dynasty, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to the emperor, Lao Yu and his more than 10,000 brothers are willing to be the vanguard of the Dudu."

Li Dan said immediately.

"War? Mr. Mastaruya, you just said war? ”

Yang Xin also said to Mashida Lu.

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