When the shareholders' meeting of the East India Company in the Netherlands was not in session, a variety of small tandem activities were going on, with different sizes of shares, different interests, different beliefs, and different judgments about the outcome of the matter. In short, all the people involved in this matter are constantly shuttling back and forth, discussing, arguing, negotiating, and compromising all kinds of ideas are in a fierce exchange.

At an enlarged meeting of shareholders a week later, Executive Officer Hunt announced the results of the deliberations of the major shareholders over the past few days that the Dutch East India Company's plan to retaliate against Spain was not enforceable in view of the sudden disappearance of the powerful combined fleet of the Netherlands and England. And Cohen came to a sad result through the gathering of information from many sides, that a powerful nation had appeared in the East, that he now had a powerful fleet, and that the disappearance of the two combined fleets of the Netherlands and England was probably related to them, and according to the news from the pirates who had taken part in the robbery of merchant ships, they were equipped with new weapons, and the ships were now unable to resist in front of them. Therefore, the core members of the 17-member board of directors put forward a proposal to negotiate with Spain, and asked everyone to vote and then discuss the bottom line of the negotiation.

Politicians have a long-term vision, but they operate in a more hooligan way, and in order to achieve their own ends, they do not hesitate to sacrifice anyone's interests, and there are many of these people on the directors of the Dutch East India Company, and these people are very closely related to the English aristocracy, in addition to the ordinary shareholders, that is, among the core shareholders of the seventeen, there are many such people. The motion for peace talks was the result of a mutual compromise, and this was only the result of a narrow vote, but in their hearts they were not willing, and they still held the shareholders' meeting to reject the motion.

There were also English people in the enlarged meeting of the directors, because the outcome of the decision on this matter would have a great impact on them, and although they could not participate in the voting, it was still possible to stir up the emotions of the shareholders. After Executive Officer Hunt announced the start of voting, all kinds of canvassing promises continued below, and the final result was sad, and the motion for peace talks was actually rejected.

Executive Hunter saw the result, angrily announced his resignation, and then re-elected the interim executive Van Negal, a businessman with aristocratic blood. Van Negaal had a strong English background behind him, and he then proposed to continue to unite with England and blockade the port of Lisbon in order to put pressure on Spain to solve the dilemma of the Dutch East India Company in Asia. In the subsequent vote, the motion was narrowly passed.

Hearing the motion to settle the problem by force, Huntre announced on the spot that he would sell his shares, and the price was only half of what it was before the end of yesterday, but no one proposed to buy it, even Van Negar did not make a sound, as long as he was not a fool, he knew that it was a trap, who wants to be a fool.

Intelligence officers were everywhere, and the Dutch East India Company's resolution soon reached Lisbon and Madrid. Philip IV invited Sun Yu to the palace again, in fact, he has always been worried about the division of the Dutch East India Company between Spain and Portugal, the interests of the East are indeed huge, but if it is really like the resolution made by the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company, blockade Lisbon and force Spain to give up those interests, Spain is really a little frightened, after all, no matter how big the interests of the East are, there is no greater interest in Spain itself, and he now doubts whether the Ming Dynasty has laid a trap for him.

When Sun Yuzhi came to the palace, he saw that Philip IV looked a little restless, so he asked what was wrong. Philip IV did not hide it, and explained to Sun Yuzhi the process of the intelligence officers' resolution on the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company, and even Hunttle's announcement on the spot that the shares would be sold at half price was extremely detailed.

Sun Yuzhi listened very carefully, and after slowly understanding and digesting Philip IV's narrative, he asked Philip IV about stocks, which is still a new thing in Daming, although there are stocks and shareholders in Daming, but the trading of stocks has not been heard, and he feels that there seems to be something greasy in it.

Philip IV was very dissatisfied with Sun Yuzhi not talking about how to solve the blockade of Lisbon by the Dutch and English forces, but asked about the stock problem, but now it is inconvenient to be angry, so he had to tell Sun Yuzhi about the concept of stock trading in Europe, and he should relax his mind.

Sun Yu asked directly, "Your Majesty Honorable Philip, I wonder if you want to take this opportunity to make a windfall?" If you want to, let's make a fortune. ”

Hearing the opportunity to make a fortune, Philip IV's eyes turned red, and he asked Sun Yuzhi: "This thing is about to have a war, how can we make this fortune, do you have a way to win this war?" ”

Sun Yuzhi said: "Didn't you say that Hunter planned to sell his shares at half price? Even if it is sold at half price, no one buys it, and if we can win this blockade war, will the shares of the Dutch East India Company become waste paper? In other words, we announced that if the Dutch dared to blockade Lisbon, we would completely divide up the news of the Dutch East India Company, add fuel to the fire, completely destroy their confidence, and wait until finally we will negotiate with him to bring the Dutch East India Company back to life, and in the ups and downs of the Dutch East India Company's life, we will not be able to make a lot of money and make a fortune. ”

After listening to these words. Philip IV scratched his ears and cheeks with joy, his face turned red, and he asked Sun Yuzhi: "This is indeed a great opportunity to make a fortune, but are you really sure of victory?" ”

Sun Yuzhi said: "The purpose of my coming here is to help you, but also to make a fortune yourself, otherwise, I am the son of the emperor in Daming, a friend of His Majesty the Emperor of Daming, I have traveled thousands of miles, what are I doing here at all risks, I am not short of wine and women, but I am just having fun by myself, and I will come to the last time if I have the opportunity to make a fortune, and the picture is happy!" ”

Philip IV thought to himself, you noble lamb is thinking about fun, I am the king of a country, can I accompany you to play with the kingdom as a toy? Unconsciously began to despise Sun Yuzhi. Sun Yuzhi also saw that Philip IV's eyes were not quite right, so he stopped joking, and said to him: "Your Majesty Philip, maybe you don't believe my words now, but I can prove it to you, see the true strength of our Ming fleet, and wait until then you make the final decision, okay?" ”

What Philip IV wanted most was to know Sun Yuzhi's true strength, and now that Sun Yuzhi had said this, he naturally wanted to go and see it, so he said: "If the strength of the Ming fleet is really what Mr. Xiang said, I really want to do a big job, completely destroy the economic base of the Dutch, as you said, blockade England." ”

When Sun Yuzhi came to Madrid, he took a boat from Lisbon to go up the Tejo River, but the warship was definitely not able to pass, but the auxiliary small speedboat was still okay, and the hand-cranked machine gun and mortar were definitely carried. Since Zhu Youxiao let Sun Yuzhi's fleet come to Europe, these things will definitely not be afraid of leakage, Bo Jue's machine * has been successful, not to mention that you can make these things yourself when you see them, even if it is backwards, it takes a process.

The largest tributary of the Tagus River is the Delhi Province that originates in Spain, but the Spanish section of the river is called the Tagus River, which is not too far from Madrid.

This speedboat, which is measured according to Western custom, has a displacement of only 100 tons, and has more than 20 sailors on board, but it is a steam engine ship, but it has never started the steam engine, and it only uses manpower. Sun Yuzhi did not invite Philip IV to visit the ship, but only let him see the power of the hand-cranked machine gun and the firing of mortars, and in order to strengthen Philip IV's confidence, Sun Yuzhi also asked the soldiers to fire several shells with incendiary properties. Seeing that the small ship that was used as a target was smashed by machine guns and burned by *, Philip IV's first thought was to win, and the second thought was to make a fortune.

Because Sun Yuzhi told him that it was just a small speedboat, and that larger warships could not come up along the river. Philip IV believed that this small runabout would be enough to deal with a large warship, let alone a warship, and that there would be absolutely no problem in obtaining this campaign against the blockade.