When Lyerson received the news from Chen Shiying, he was overjoyed and immediately sent a letter to Batavia, and then asked his merchant Meldelt to go to Xiamen to inquire about the conditions.

After Meldelt came to Xiamen, he respectfully went to visit Sun Chengzong. I didn't want to be stopped by Chen Shiying outside the tent of the Qincha camp, the two of them knew each other, and Chen Shiying said to him directly: "You go, come with another person, Lord Qincha wants you to be the master." ”

Meldelt blushed, and said unwillingly: "You must always say what conditions you have, and I will repay Mr. Ryerson." ”

Chen Shiying said disdainfully: "I'm afraid that Lyerson won't be able to call the shots in this matter, so let's wait for someone from Batavia to come." ”

Meldelt couldn't help it, and he went back in disgrace without seeing anyone, and after listening to his report, Ryerson said: "I'm afraid that this time you are really willing to trade with us, otherwise you won't be so tough." ”

At this time, a Chinese next to him said: "General, I'm afraid that Daming will also put forward harsh conditions this time." ”

This person is Li Dan's subordinate Xu Suxin, who has been acting as an agent for the trade between China and the Netherlands, and the Dutch can only obtain goods from him at a high price, because his asking price is too high, so the Dutch are so looking forward to direct trade with China.

Xu Suxin counted the money and had cramps, of course he didn't want to see the Ming Dynasty trade directly with the Netherlands, so he wanted to prevent the reconciliation between the two parties.

"It's impossible to do something and not pay a single price, and now they're willing to talk about it, and that's a good thing," Ryerson said. ”

Ten days later, the envoy of the governor of Batavia, Nats, came to Penghu, and after a short rest, he took the interpreter to live in Xiamen.

Historically, Natz was the first Dutch governor in Taiwan, and when Sun Chengzong heard that he was the governor's envoy, he agreed to meet him.

Natz entered the camp and saluted according to their rules. Chen Shiying reprimanded beside him: "Kneel down and salute." ”

Natz said, "This is how we bow when we see our king, and we will not bow down." ”

Sun Chengzong shook his hand and said, "It's okay to salute the Yi people like this, don't ask too much of them." ”

After getting up, Natz said, "Thank you, Lord Chincha, for being so sensible, our governor has sent a contemptible person here to discuss trade with the Chincha. ”

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "I have a lot of resources in the Heavenly Empire, and I don't need your things at all, but our emperor has pity on you and other barbarians, so he allows you to ask for exquisite things in my Heavenly Empire." Originally, I wanted to use the method of tribute to reward Yu Er and others, but my emperor was wise and wise, and Zhier and other barbarians did not know the law of etiquette, so he ordered me to discuss the law of trade with you. ”

He is a barbarian on the left and a barbarian on the right, and of course the translator can only translate it into you. But the strong contempt in Sun Chengzong's words can still be heard.

Natz naturally understood in his heart that Sun Chengzong meant that the Ming Dynasty did not need to trade with the Dutch at all, and only took pity on them to put down the shelf to trade with the Dutch, so of course the Dutch would have to pay the corresponding price.

He coughed and said: "I have 1,000 warships and 100,000 troops in Batavia, which can ensure the smooth sea route from China to Batavia, and this is what we repay the Chinese emperor." ”

After speaking, he looked at Sun Chengzong, but saw that Sun Chengzong was closing his eyes and not moving. He whispered, "What do you think, Lord Chincha?" ”

Sun Chengzong opened his eyes and said, "That's it?" ”

Natz was beating a drum in his heart, and he was in a disadvantageous position in the negotiation, but now it was the Dutch who asked for trade, so he had no choice, so he asked tentatively: "If the Chinese emperor has any requirements, he can also make them." ”

Sun Chengzong did not directly mention the conditions, but asked: "What does the envoy think you have that we don't have?" ”

Natz replied, "Lord Chincha has already said that China is rich in products and there is nothing lacking. ”

Sun Chengzong didn't expect to be choked by this barbarian, but he reacted quickly and said: "Indeed, I don't need your things, but you have some novel things, although they are useless, but it is also interesting to play occasionally." ”

Natz took out his pocket watch and said, "This thing can calculate the time, it is accurate and convenient, if Lord Qincha is interested, we can provide it to you, a piece of five hundred taels of silver." He had seen the timekeeping tools used by the Ming people, which were both inconvenient and inaccurate, and he felt that this could make a lot of money.

Sun Chengzong slowly took out a beautifully decorated pocket watch from his sleeve pocket and said, "Is this what the envoy is talking about?" ”

Natz looked at the pocket watch, which was obviously several grades higher than the one in his hand, silently put it into his jacket pocket again, and then said, "Forgive me for being foolish, I really can't think of anything that your emperor would be interested in." ”

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Mr. Special Envoy, I heard that your ship is unique, if the emperor sees it, maybe he will be very happy, I wonder if you can give us a few to play with?" ”

Natz replied: "There is no problem with this, my Dutch boat is famous in Europe, and I can provide a few for His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head: "It's not a small boat, it's a three-masted ship, aren't you a thousand warships, just send five." ”

Natz blew his head, but could not deny it, so he said: "Our warship is dilapidated, how can we present such a rotten ship to the emperor?" Why don't you provide the materials from your country, and then send them to His Majesty the Emperor after we finish them, what do you think? ”

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "We can't take the ship given to the emperor lightly, the process of your shipbuilding must be supervised by our people, and you must first provide the drawings, and strictly follow the drawings for construction, and there are no changes in the slightest, so that it can be done." ”

Natz retorted, "Wouldn't it be better for you to make the drawings yourself?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "That's different, we want to build an original Dutch ship, we don't have a boat, you should have seen our Dafu ship when you came just now, we want to show His Majesty the Emperor a fresh, so it's better to be made by you." ”

Natz didn't think that what Sun Chengzong wanted was shipbuilding technology, because the Ming Dynasty's fortune ships would not be smaller than their three-masted ships, he only thought that Sun Chengzong wanted to flatter their emperor with something new, so he agreed.

The Dutch three-masted ship is actually not larger than the Chinese Fu ship, on the contrary, it will be smaller, but for open sea navigation, the Dutch three-masted ship evolved from the Karak ship is more suitable.

Of course, the most important thing is not the boat, but the navigation technology, so Sun Chengzong said: "His Majesty the Emperor ordered us to go to Batavia, and our stargazing skills have not been tested in the open sea, and we still need your assistance." ”

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