The conditions proposed by the Ming Empire seem to have no impact on the British, they only need to promise not to use troops against Portugal and overseas colonies in the future, and this is just a promise, whether it will be abided, whether it will be complied with or not, if you feel that your fist is big in the future, you can completely no matter what promises are not promised.

Therefore, Fairfax was very happy to sign a non-aggression pact.

This Jockman is a little unhappy, although Zhang Bin said politely, but the conditions are too much, if all agreed, the Netherlands will not suffer a big loss, so he did not sign the treaty immediately, but hesitated to say that he wanted to talk again.

Zhang Bin is not in a hurry, he will talk about it again, anyway, he has time.

The next day's negotiations ended like this, the British negotiator Fairfax had signed a treaty, the captured Duke Cromwell Jr. and the British soldiers could naturally be released, Zhang Bin directly took Fairfax to the camp where the prisoners were held, and personally ordered the Duke Cromwell Jr. and the captured British soldiers to be released, and he also enthusiastically asked Fairfax if he needed to send a fleet to send them back to Britain.

Of course, Fairfax hoped that Zhang Bin could send a fleet to send them back, because he was in a hurry when he came, and he didn't bring any large warships, so in order to hurry, they drove a few clippers over, and at most they could carry a few hundred people, and he couldn't bring back these thousands of people at one time.

At this time, he can't take care of any allies, anyway, they Britain didn't suffer any losses, as for whether the Netherlands suffers losses, it has nothing to do with him, and he also hopes that the Netherlands can be completely crushed by the Ming Empire, so that the European maritime hegemon is their Britain instead of the Netherlands.

Therefore, he directly said hello to Jockman, said goodbye, and then took the battleship arranged by Zhang Bin, took the Duke Cromwell Jr. and the captured British soldiers, and took the clipper he took when he came back to England, and Jockman, an ally, was left in Lisbon by him, no matter what!

On the morning of the third day, as the negotiations continued, Jockman was even more frustrated, feeling abandoned by his allies, but he could not get Fairfax to stay with him for the benefit of the Netherlands.

He knew quite well that the alliance between the powers of the anti-Habsburg coalition was quite fragile, everyone was united for the sake of their own national interests, and as for the interests of the allies, no one would help you to defend them.

Seeing this frustrated expression, Zhang Bin couldn't help but feel secretly proud in his heart, what he wanted was this effect, only by making the Dutch feel that they had been betrayed by their allies, they would recognize the reality.

He pretended to be a well-wisher and said with concern: "Your Excellency, Speaker, what's wrong with you?" ”

Qiao Keman sighed helplessly: "Your Royal Highness, the conditions you put forward are really a bit too harsh, and we really can't accept them." ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said earnestly: "Your Excellency, Speaker, haven't you recognized the reality yet?" I'm doing this for your own good! ”

When Jockman heard this, he wanted to roll his eyes, this duke is really thick-skinned, let them Netherlands "return" most of the colonies to Portugal, or for their good, why are you only "good" to us Dutch and not "good" to Britain!

He dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak at this time, they Holland was beaten badly by the Ming Empire, just the East India Company's losses in Formosa and Batavia made them lose nearly a quarter of their combat strength, and if they continued to fight, it would not benefit them at all, he knew quite well that the Netherlands was not the opponent of the Ming Empire at all.

It's not that they don't have as many warships as the Ming Empire, the main thing is that they don't have as many navy as they do, just the fleet brought by His Royal Highness the Duke is enough to make them desperate, two hundred super battleships, two hundred cruisers, plus two hundred warships, how many people are needed to drive and control them is quite clear, and their Dutch Navy does not add up to so many people.

In other words, the fleet in the hands of His Royal Highness the Duke alone can crush them, and if they have to fight a few more battles with the Ming Empire, their Dutch navy will be exhausted!

He could only say euphemistically: "Your Royal Highness, you should also know how many colonies we have in the Netherlands, and you ask us to return most of the colonies to Portugal, isn't our decades of hard work in vain?" ”

You don't want to think about how big your belly is, aren't you afraid of dying if you eat so much?

Zhang Bin simply pointed out directly: "Your Excellency, you should think about it, how many people you have in the Netherlands, at best, about one million, right?" How many soldiers can you recruit, at best, about 100,000, right? You have stationed more than 10,000 men in Ceylon, and three or four thousand on the coast of Comanro and on the Malabar coast, which is 15,000 in total, right? There are also more than 30 strongholds from the Far East to the European continent, adding up to at least 5,000 people, and Cape Verde, as well as the Gold Coast, and Brazil, can you defend these places without stationing thousands or even tens of thousands of horses? In this way, your troops scattered overseas will not be less than 50,000, and what about your own country, how many men and horses there are, don't you care? If England and France declare war on you, what will you resist? ”

Hearing this, Jockman's face couldn't help but become extremely ugly, His Royal Highness the Duke knows their overseas deployment of troops very well, in fact, they did not recruit 100,000 troops in the Netherlands, and their total strength at this time is more than 60,000, and their native garrison is less than 10,000!

What would they do if Britain and France declared war on them, they really hadn't thought about it, because they were still allies at this time, and it was normal for allies not to help each other, but it was rare for allies to declare war on each other, so they hadn't thought about it yet.

However, if you think about it, it is really possible that Britain and France will declare war on them in order to compete for interests, or for the position of supremacy at sea!

Of course he wouldn't say this, he could only say perfunctorily: "His Royal Highness the Duke, we are allies with Britain and France after all, you say that they don't do their best to help us, I believe it, but it is a bit ridiculous for you to say that they will declare war on us, declare war on allies, is this kind of thing possible?" ”

Zhang Bin glanced at him and said lightly: "Is it possible, you should know in your own hearts that when your ability is not enough to protect your interests, do you think that others will not blush or even snatch it?" Portugal is a good example, they have a lot of overseas colonies, but what is the result? Not to mention anyone else, you Dutch have started to rob their colonies. ”

"This!" Jockman was embarrassed and speechless, this is indeed a fact, they took advantage of the fact that Portugal was bullied by Spain and robbed other people's colonies.

Zhang Bin said earnestly again: "Think about it, is it useful for you to rob so many colonies, do you have enough ability to keep the colonies, Portugal has a similar population as yours, and they are the best example." ”

When Qiao Keman heard this, he slowly fell into deep thought, what His Royal Highness the Duke said seemed to be very reasonable, once Britain and France were jealous of their colonies, they would not be able to hold it at all!