Zheng Zhilong spent a lot of effort to prepare these evidences, of course, these evidences were not for the Dutch to see, but for the British and French, he pretended to have a serious expression, slowly stood up, took out a ledger-like thing from one of the boxes, held it up, raised it, and introduced it as if it were a matter: "This is the list of losses reported by all the robbed Daming merchants." “

With that, he put the ledger in his hand on the conference table, took out a similar ledger from another box, held it up, raised it, and introduced: "This is a list of stolen goods found on a Dutch merchant ship. “

After speaking, he put the two notebooks side by side, and then, he poured out all the things in the two boxes, what iron sheets, copper sheets, paper pieces, cloth strips, etc., all kinds of things, all kinds of strange things, he pinched one of the iron pieces, and said very solemnly: "These are all found from the goods of the Dutch merchant ships, all of them are unique to our Ming merchants, according to our verification, although the stolen goods found from the Dutch merchant ships and the looted goods of the Ming merchants have a certain gap in quantity, But in kind they are almost identical, how do you explain it, Your Excellency Van Mendi? “

After listening to the translator's retelling, the British and French representatives all showed puzzled expressions, it seems that the Nanyang governor of the Ming Empire is not so unreasonable, he seems to be only angry at Fan Mendi, and did not make any unreasonable moves against them, is there really a hidden meaning in this?

Fan Mendi was crazy to the sky at this moment, he didn't pay attention to the expressions of the British and French representatives at all, but said to Zheng Zhilong contemptuously: "What can these things represent?" If you want to forge it, I can also forge a bunch of it. “

Zheng Zhilong pretended to be indignant and said, "These are all found by my soldiers from your cargo in front of your crew. “

Fan Mendi quibbled: "Who knows if it's true, the cargo ships have been detained by you for more than ten days, and you have more opportunities to do anything." “

Zheng Zhilong seemed to be humiliated, with a straight face, and asked coldly: "Listen to your tone, you don't admit that you have collusion with pirates, do you?" “

Fan Mendi said proudly: "Of course, our East India Company is a regular company, why should we collude with pirates. “

Well, when the real performance time came, Zheng Zhilong showed a resolute expression, and said to the British and French representatives with a painful face: "Everyone, do you know what I used to do? “

These British and French representatives have never been to Daming, not even Dongfan, how do they know what Zheng Zhilong used to do, but most of their translators know, because Zheng Zhilong can be said to be a translator, is a leader in the translation industry, at that time, many people engaged in the translation industry have heard of him, so when these translators retell, most of them are introduced: "This Nikolai used to be a Dutch translator, and then I don't know what happened and became a pirate for a while, In the end, he took refuge in the Ming Empire and became the prince of the Ming Empire. “

Zheng Zhilong didn't care what the translators were saying, he pretended to have an unbearable expression on the past, and said bitterly: "You may not understand why I speak Dutch so well, and I can talk to His Excellency Governor Van Mendi, telling you that I used to be the translator under Song Ke, the Dutch governor in Formosa. The Portuguese and even the merchant ships of the Ming maritime merchants, he did this for only one purpose, that is, to make no one else able to do business, and their East India Company wanted to monopolize the entire Dongying and even the Ming market. In the end, I helped them do it, but I was condemned by my conscience, so I finally chose to submit to the Ming court. “

After saying this, Zheng Zhilong seemed to enter a state of madness, pointed at Fan Mendi and shouted: "It is indeed true that he said that they did not collude with pirates, because pirates are raised by them, and I used to be a pirate raised by them." “

After listening to the retelling of the translator, the British and French representatives changed their faces, they looked at Zheng Zhilong, and they looked at Fan Mendi, and their faces showed complicated looks, pirates are available in any country, and Britain even directly cooperated with pirates to resist the Spanish invasion, but, like Fan Mendi, in front of the pirate leaders they cultivated, said that they had nothing to do with pirates, they really hadn't seen it, what a thick cheek!

Fan Mendi didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to come to this hand, and he was stunned for a while, but Zheng Zhilong continued to take the hot railway: "Don't you have any doubts, they Holland, originally just a colony under Spain, has risen in just a few decades, and the ocean-going ships are even twice as many as all of your countries combined, and the richness even exceeds that of their suzerain, Spain, in just a few decades, how did this money come from, I don't know other places, in Dongying, in Formosa, in Batavia, Throughout the Far East, I know that they started by raising pirates and plundering them! “

After listening to the translator's retelling, the British and French representatives showed thoughtful expressions, the rise of the Netherlands is indeed too abnormal, under normal circumstances, it is simply impossible, they can't help but be a little jealous when they look at Fan Mendi, this kind of ally, is indeed a bit terrifying.

Fan Mendi didn't expect things to develop like this, he really didn't know how to refute Zheng Zhilong's accusations, and in the end, he had to divert the topic and said: "Nikolai, don't try to mislead our allies, the current fact is that your Ming Empire has detained our Dutch merchant ships, can you cover up this fact by using the excuse of those pirates?" “

Zheng Zhilong seemed to be desperate for Fan Mendi's character, he didn't bother to look at Fan Mendi, but said to the British and French representatives: "Do you think I should return the merchant ships and goods to them?" “

Although the British and French representatives despised the actions of the Netherlands, the Netherlands was an ally after all, and it was impossible for them to help the Ming Empire in turn, so they discussed in a low voice for a while, and jointly recommended Robert, the senior director of the British East India Company, to come forward and reply: "In any case, the seizure of merchant ships is wrong, you can seize the stolen goods, and as for the merchant ships and other goods, they should be returned to the Dutch East India Company." “

Zheng Zhilong seemed to have made a painful choice, and finally couldn't withstand the "pressure", so he could only grit his teeth and say: "Okay, I'll give you face." “

After speaking, he turned his head and shouted at Zheng Xing, "unwillingly": "Send off." “

Zheng Xing saw the playful expression in Zheng Zhilong's eyes, and pretended to be timid, and asked carefully: "Then, those merchant ships and goods." “

Zheng Zhilong seemed to have suffered humiliation, and continued to roar "unwillingly": "Didn't you hear, give it back to them, give it back to them." “

Zheng Xing seemed to be frightened, and hurriedly turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Fan Mendi and the British and French representatives.

Fan Mendi had long felt that he had no face to stay, and when he saw Zheng Xing's gesture, he immediately stood up and walked away.

The British and French representatives showed ashamed expressions, one by one got up and shook their heads and left, after they returned to Batavia, they all resigned to Van Mendi under various excuses, the rise of the Netherlands is too strange, this pirate in the Indian Ocean may really be made by the Dutch, and they are still here to discuss cooperation with Van Mendy, it seems a bit too stupid, or go back and wait for domestic instructions!

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect that making them suspicious of each other not only covered up the identity of the pirates, but also sabotaged Fan Mendi's plan to drag Daming with Donghu, and inadvertently, he made a big contribution.