"Your Excellency, the conditions you have proposed, I, the Governor of Jawa of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, have received a reply from the Kingdom Council, and my country has fully agreed to the conditions put forward by you."

It has been almost half a year since the first steamship in Hongmen was displayed in front of the public, and there have been countless people knocking on the relevant matters of the Hongmen steamship in the past six months, but because the bargaining chips offered by Hongmen are too high, no foreign businessman has been able to obtain permission to purchase steamships in Hongmen.

However, the core strength of Hongtang's fleet and Qixintang, which is subordinate to Hongmen, has already had the first batch of seagoing ships driven by steam engines, and they have begun to cruise around on the route of the South Seas.

Even the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce organized by the Hongmen Periphery had a few seagoing ships that had been converted into steamboats, with year-round gray smoke floating above their heads along the way, wandering in the waters around Daming, attracting countless covetous eyes.

Until today, someone finally made up his mind and was willing to pay a high price to obtain the right to purchase steamships, and came to Keelung Town with full sincerity to meet Li Tianyang.

"As long as Your Excellency General nods and acknowledges this transaction, our country is willing to show enough sincerity to come out first, and first provide you with the drawings of the Dutch sailing ships classified as second-class battleships according to the division of our Western warships, as well as their process design principles."

As a kingdom of beggars, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a country with a strong and open-minded mind, as a country where there is no king and only a parliament, the members of the council who have risen from the bottom to become the masters of their own affairs, dare to act at critical times, and never look forward and backward is also an important reason why they were able to be invincible in the early days of the Great Voyage.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, which did not have a rich enough land area and foundation, and could only rely on maritime trade for profit, quickly replied after the Dutch merchants reported back to the kingdom the prospect of steamships on a well-founded basis, agreeing to exchange the cash technology that the Westerners had originally emphasized secrecy in exchange for steamships that had great role and prospects at sea.

"Oh??"

Li Tianyang didn't expect that the Dutch were the most far-sighted country among Westerners, and they were the first to agree to Li Tianyang's request.

"Okay, according to the conditions we have put forward to you before, do we want to sign a formal contract?"

"Of course!!"

The representative of the Dutch immediately expressed his attitude, resolute and affirmative!

The general direction of Li Tianyang has been given, and the next thing about the details needs to be handed over by a professional to the other party, so that there will be a war of words.

It seems that near Li Tianyang's office, there are many other people's leads, and with the visit of the Dutch envoys, they left happily after negotiating the problem, but they were seen by these leads and noticed some stories, and then Li Tianyang's office began to be lively again.

"Your Excellency General, no matter what kind of agreement the Dutch have reached with you, please believe that we, the Kingdom of Spain, will be able to give the same price, and please be sure to give us the same treatment as the other party!!"

After the Spaniards were driven out of the Luzon Islands by Hongmen, they never had too many formal contacts with Hongmen, and perhaps the merchants of their kingdom would often come and go to Keelung, Hongmen because of their interests, but the exchanges from the official top and other levels were cut off.

Even the Spanish fleet, having suffered the setback of the battle of Luzon, no longer set foot in the waters east of the Luzon Islands, as if it did not want to face the defeat it had waited for.

However, this time, for the sake of the powerful technology exposed by the Hongmen, the Spaniards put aside the hatred with the Hongmen, and the governor of India, after receiving the Spanish merchants and nobles who traveled between Keelung and India swore to describe the wonders of steamships, even sent a request to the king of his own kingdom, hoping to obtain all kinds of privileges to trade with the Hongmen.

Today's Spaniards are suffering from strong challenges from all sides in Europe, the Dutch and the British are all strong enemies of the Spanish Armada, and the Portuguese, who are blood relatives of the same mother, are also unwilling to be annexed by the big brother of Spain, and always look for opportunities to escape from the control of the Spanish royal family and set up another door.

Although the high-level leaders of Spain were drunk and drunk, indulging in their own opening up of the routes to the Americas and India, occupying the advantages of the early Age of Discovery, and accumulating huge wealth, the Kingdom of Spain at this time was also full of military force and made enemies everywhere because of the huge wealth from the American and Indian colonies, and not only did not bring wealth and power because of maritime trade, but accumulated a lot of foreign debts.

The Spanish rulers were able to control a country without causing trouble, and they naturally had no weak wisdom, and they also knew very well that if they lost their huge wealth from the sea, and let several other opponents who were ready to make a move grow up, they would eventually compromise with reality and eventually show their weak side.

When the report of the Viceroy of India was presented to the King of Spain, the report, which must have been exaggerated, was full of affirmation of the future of the steamer, and the Viceroy of India even used very harsh words to warn the heads of the kingdoms far to the West: If the Spaniards could not obtain the right to purchase the steamer at this time, then the kingdom would be overtaken by other kingdoms, and the colonies would be occupied by other kingdoms.

The Spanish Viceroy of India was not a stupid man, and even if he was not 100% sure whether what his merchants and nobles said was true, the fact that a steamship could sail the sea for several months without sails and maintain a high-speed sail against the wind was enough to make him feel moved by climbing from the bottom of the navy to the position of the governor.

Although the governor agreed to negotiate with Hongmen and gave the other party a lot of power, the other party still discounted the manufacturing drawings of the Spanish sail warship and the casting method of the Spanish artillery that he was most proud of.

But the Governor of India did not think so, since the kingdom had agreed to his negotiations with Hongmen, then, according to what the Orientals said, he had already made up his mind to take the right to purchase the steamer anyway.

At that time, even if the steamer was quite different from the scene described by his own merchants, as long as it could reach the level of the other party, it would not be a loss-making deal in the mind of the Indian governor.

When the time comes, such a sea ship that can sail on its own and no longer rely on the weather such as the time of day and monsoon will be sent back to China, and I think those adults who are high up will finally agree with their decision!!

(End of chapter)