Zhang Bin naturally didn't know that the Dutch would come to hinder him from exterminating the pirates, and at this moment he was seizing the time to reorganize, preparing to annihilate Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi in one fell swoop.

This time, nearly ten small pirates were recruited, and three small pirates and three large pirates were exterminated, not only harvesting a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, but more importantly, more than 200 warships and tens of thousands of pirates skilled in naval warfare.

In this way, with the addition of more than 400 ships and 20,000 officers and men of the naval division, the number of warships under his command increased to more than 700, and the strength of the naval division reached more than 30,000.

This amount is enough to crush Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, but the newly surrendered pirates have not undergone unified training, and there will definitely be problems with the cooperation with the original sailors.

In the face of Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, the two big pirates, it must be a vicious battle, and he didn't want to disrupt the formation because of the poor command of the newly surrendered pirates, so he suffered huge losses to the entire naval division, so after he exterminated Yang Liu, Yang Qi and Zhong Bin, he immediately led all the warships back to Penghu Fortress, preparing to reorganize and practice first, and then go to exterminate Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi.

At this time, the leading generals of the naval division have reached thirteen, the number of warships has also reached seven hundred, and the pirates have been wiped out more than half, and he is ready to fulfill his promise and promote all the generals.

After returning to Penghu, he promoted all the sailor generals to one level in one go, Yu Chenglong and Zheng Zhilong were directly promoted to generals, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zhang Guan, Zheng Cai, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Gan Hui, Hong Xu, and Shi Daxuan were all promoted to guerrilla generals.

The subordinate relationship of the generals, he also readjusted, Zhang Guan, who was originally under Zheng Zhilong, was taken out by him and was responsible for guarding his handsome ship, and the other ten guerrilla generals were equally divided between Zheng Zhilong and Yu Chenglong, with five under each of them.

He had just finished reorganizing the sailors, and before he started practicing, Zhao Ru, who was on duty, suddenly came to report: "A red-haired fan brought someone here, saying that he wanted to negotiate with the highest governor here." ”

Negotiation, can this be lightly started?

Zhang Bin knows quite well that without the permission of the emperor, it is a very serious crime to negotiate with envoys from other countries without authorization, and it is possible to cut it directly!

He thought for a moment and simply said, "Go and ask them who they are and what they are here to talk about." ”

The yamen of the Penghu Inspection Department is not big, and after a while, Zhao Ru came back to report: "My lord, the envoy of the red-haired fan said that he was the deputy of the Formosa chief, because we attacked the merchants who cooperated with them for no reason, so they came to negotiate with us. ”

The prefect of Formosa is the Dutch officer stationed in Dongfan, this Zhang Bin still knows that he is right, just a captain's adjutant came to negotiate with me, a governor who is bigger than their commander, and his brain is still dripping.

Zhang Bin decided, give him a dismount first, and then find out what he is here for.

So, he directly ordered: "Let him stand in the lobby and wait, and you can let someone notify all the generals and gather in the lobby." ”

Zhao Ru took the order and left, while Zhang Bin sat there and pondered.

It didn't take long for Zhao Ru to come in and report: "My lord, it's all here." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Bin stood up, held his head high, and walked to the lobby.

At this time, Natz was standing in the middle of the lobby with a guard and an interpreter with an angry face.

However, he didn't dare to get angry, because there were eighteen Ming army generals wearing fish scale armor standing on both sides of the lobby, and the majesty was really a bit scary.

After waiting for a long time, a shout finally came from the front: "The governor has arrived." ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bin walked in from the side door at the back of the lobby with his head held high, and sat behind the public case.

Seeing that it was a civil official in a colorful robe, Natz finally got the courage, and he shouted angrily directly at Zhang Bin: "I am the envoy of the Netherlands, but you let me stand here for so long, is this the etiquette of your Ming Empire?" ”

After listening to the interpreter's trembling retelling, Zhang Bin immediately said with a straight face: "Messenger? What is your status, and are you qualified to negotiate with this officer? ”

After listening to the translator's retelling, Natz immediately held his head high and said proudly: "I am the deputy of the commander of Formosa, the Dutch Navy Lieutenant Natz. ”

After listening to the translator's retelling, Zhang Bin sneered: "Lieutenant, it is equivalent to a hundred households, you are also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, tell him, the governor, which level of official is equivalent to them." ”

When the translator heard this, he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know how to speak, and in the end, he had to bow his hand and say: "My lord, please forgive the grass people for being shallow in learning, this Ming Dynasty is completely different from the official position of the Netherlands, what kind of official is the adult equivalent to them, the grass people really can't think of it." ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, this question is indeed a bit embarrassing, he thought about it, and then said proudly: "Don't they have a Batavia governor, take care of a big place, let's die as a prefect, you can explain this to him." ”

When the interpreter heard this, he hurriedly explained to Nats: "Sir, this lord is much higher in official rank than Governor Kuhn. ”

When Natz heard this, he was really taken aback, much bigger than Governor Kuhn, it was not equivalent to His Excellency the Speaker, but he changed his mind, the officials of the Ming Empire are my business, so he played a scoundrel and said: "I don't care what official position you are, I am the negotiator, you should give due respect." ”

Zhang Bin listened to the translator's retelling, stared directly at the translator and said, "Am I still not polite to him?" I didn't let him kneel down when he was a big official, right, if he wasn't a messenger, if he dared not kneel when he saw this official, I would break his dog's legs! ”

When the translator heard this, he suddenly realized that he didn't seem to kneel, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "My lord, please forgive the grass people for being rude, the grass people are nervous for a while and forget, please forgive me." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand generously and said: "Get up, you tell him, just say anything, don't put up a fight in front of the official, the official's patience is limited." ”

The translator hurriedly repeated his words, and Natz immediately said angrily: "Do you talk about etiquette? ”

After listening to the translator's retelling, Zhang Bin directly picked up the startled wood and slapped it, and shouted: "What kind of envoy is the big lieutenant in front of this officer, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, if you don't say it, get out." ”

The translator was so frightened by this shock that he didn't even dare to speak, after all, he had to eat under the hands of the Dutch, and he really didn't dare to translate such swearing.

Zhang Bin immediately said to Zheng Zhilong, who was standing below: "You come to translate." ”

Zheng Zhilong worked as a Dutch translator, he knew this very well, since the translator didn't dare to scold, let him scold.

Zheng Zhilong had already been impatient to listen to it on the side, and as soon as Zhang Bin opened his mouth, he immediately shouted at Nats: "You little lieutenant is a fart in front of our governor, and the governor asks you what you are doing, if you don't say anything, get out." ”

When Natz heard this, he immediately pointed at Zheng Zhilong and scolded angrily: "Nikolai. Yiguan, we haven't settled accounts with you about your private defection to the Ming Empire. ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he rolled his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Bin, what he meant was to ask Zhang Bin if he would let him speak.

Zhang Bin waved his hand directly and said: "Don't talk to him so much, let him get out if he doesn't say what he's going to do." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he turned around and shouted at Nats: "I'll return to Daming to care about your, give you one last chance, say, what are you doing here, if you don't say it, get out." ”

When Natz heard this, he pointed at him and trembled for a long time, and finally said helplessly: "Tell you what kind of governor this is, Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi are our partners, if he dares to attack, our East India Company will definitely organize a large army to retaliate." ”

Zheng Zhilong pursed his lips and directly repeated his words.

It turned out that he wanted to prevent himself from exterminating Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, Zhang Bin pondered for a while when he heard this, and then said to Zheng Zhilong: "Tell him that it is the emperor's will to exterminate pirates, and this matter cannot be decided by this official, so he must show the emperor and ask the emperor to decide." ”

Zheng Zhilong translated it according to his words, and after listening to it, Natz looked at Zhang Bin's expression again, he thought that Zhang Bin was really afraid, and his nostrils began to turn up to the sky again.

Before he could speak, Zhang Bin glanced at Zheng Zhilong and said impatiently: "Let him get out." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately shouted to Natz: "Are you finished, get out of here quickly, and then ramble here, be careful that I beat you." ”

Natz also understood the truth that heroes don't suffer losses in front of them, he thought about it, but he still didn't dare to continue to ramble, just snorted coldly, and then turned around and left.

Zhang Bin looked at his back and sneered, then waved his hand and said, "Retreat." ”

When the generals heard this, they bowed their hands together and said that the general would retire, and then withdrew with a complicated face.

The governor is like this, he seems to have a little scruple about the red hair, can this battle be fought or not?

Zhang Bin did have some scruples about the Dutch Navy, but he wasn't afraid, he was just afraid that the Dutchman's strong ships and guns would cause too much damage to his subordinates.

Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi naturally want to fight, the reason why he has been thinking about it for so long is that he is thinking about whether to fight with the Dutch!

Dongfan is the development base he planned, and whether it is the Dutch or the Spaniards, they will definitely be driven away.

However, he did not want to do it at this time, because he did not have enough artillery in his hands, and he would definitely suffer a loss in a fight with the Dutch and Spaniards.

He originally planned to exterminate the pirates first, and then desperately build artillery, and wait for the artillery to accumulate to thousands of guns, and then start a war with the Dutch and the Spaniards, so that the officers and men of the naval division would not suffer too many casualties.

However, at this time, the Dutch made it clear that they wanted to prevent him from exterminating Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, that is, no matter whether he went to fight the Dutch or not, as long as he exterminated Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, the Dutch would come to beat him.

Now it is not a question of casualties or casualties, but a question of dignity.

Bi, when I'm really afraid of you, I me, and I even got down with you.

Zhang Bin gritted his teeth and went directly back to the study to write the recital.

He definitely can't make his own decisions about such a big thing as a war with the Dutch, if Chongzhen hasn't spoken out and he does it with the Dutch, even if he wins in the end, it is estimated that Chongzhen will have an opinion on him.

This emperor has a bad temper, and once he has an opinion about himself, then his future will basically be ruined.

Therefore, it is necessary to write a recital, provoke Chongzhen, and let him make an order to fight with the Dutch and the Spaniards!