"Major General, the Dutch have sent messengers, and they hope that you will arrange a time to meet them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info"Zheng Sen was in his study to check the new expansion plan of the Taiwan shipyard, but there was a knock on the door outside, and Liu De's voice.

"Oh, it's Liu De, come in." Zheng Sen said as he put away the expansion plan of the shipyard.

"Liu De, when am I free these days?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Major General, you are going to inspect the Turbidity River Hydraulic Processing Plant this afternoon and attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the first hydraulic stamping equipment; This evening you will attend the technical innovation summary meeting of the gun factory and make a speech; Tomorrow morning is the Agricultural Technology Extension Conference, which you will also attend; In the afternoon is the test of the first homemade muskets, which you are going to take part in; Tomorrow night you will go to the factory team to give a lecture to the students; ...... the morning after tomorrow Well, Major General, you have an afternoon break the day after tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Alright then, let's schedule it for the afternoon after tomorrow." Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "I was originally going to take a break and go fishing here for a day." ”

"The Major General can also arrange the place to meet the Dutch envoy on the fishing boat." Liu De proposed.

"Well, that should be a good arrangement." Zheng Sen nodded.

……

Hahn Putmans waited for two days in the North Harbor, and on the afternoon of the third day he was told that the Major General had invited him to go fishing with him, and that if anything was going on, he could talk openly and honestly at this time.

So he was taken into a small boat, and he went out of the harbor in this small boat, and sailed for a while to the south, when a small brig painted white appeared in front of him. It was also a beautiful ship, and now the sails had been stowed away, and the ship floated silently on the sea.

"The Major General is waiting for you on that boat." Said the sailor on the boat.

The boat approached, the brig lowered the rope ladder, and Jaén Putmans boarded the beautiful little yacht. The yacht was the product of the failure of one of Lawrence's experiments with boat types. At that time, both Lawrence and his old rival Fabio were tasked with designing and building a ship for rapid communication. Fabio's product is the "Feiyan" that Zheng Sen used before, and Lawrence's product is this one. In the selection comparison, Fabio's boat type won because he was faster and more self-sustaining. But as a failed product, this boat is actually not without its own advantages, first of all, the speed of this boat is not slow, and it can easily run more than ten knots under the right wind. And in all kinds of sea conditions, it is more comfortable. In addition, he needs two fewer controllers.

The better comfort meant that the boat was actually more suitable for yachting, so in line with the principle that it could not be wasted, the boat became Zheng Sen's personal yacht.

"Mr. Putmans, the Major General, please go to the back deck." A teenager led Haan Putmans to the back deck, where he held a large parasol with a small coffee table and two small chairs underneath it. Zheng Sen was sitting on one of the chairs, bait the fish hook in his hand.

"Ah, Mr. Putmans, it's a pleasure to see you." Zheng Sen didn't get up because he was loading the bait, but just made a welcoming gesture, "Please sit next to me." Hmm, interested in fishing with me? ”

"I can't ask for it." Hahn Putmans walked over and sat down in another chair and picked up a fishing rod that had been set aside. In front of him and Zheng Sen was a small basin containing some live shrimp - bait for fishing.

"Mr. Putmans, do you have anything to do with me?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Oh, Major General, I heard that some people, under the banner of our company, seized a very large island in the north, about the Korean side. I'd like to come and find out from you, have you heard about it? Jayn Putmans asked solemnly.

Zheng Sen listened and laughed. He knew that it was impossible to hide this matter from the genuine Dutch East India Company for a long time. So he asked, "I remember that your company doesn't have any business dealings with North Korea. Why should your company care about this kind of thing? ”

While saying this, Zheng Sen threw the bait that had been loaded into the sea.

"It's true that we don't do business with North Korea today, but that doesn't mean we can't do business with them in the future. And now that someone is pretending to be us, we have taken away the islands that originally belonged to North Korea, and this kind of behavior will certainly seriously undermine the possibility of any future trade between us and North Korea. So this practice seriously damages the interests of our company. is very unfriendly behavior. Recently, Japan has also had a lot of misunderstandings about us because of this incident, which has also directly affected our interests in Japan. So, Major General, how can we not care about such a thing, you say? Haan Putmans sighed.

"Oh, I can understand that." Zheng Sen leisurely took a sip of a cup of tea, and then said, "So what kind of measures does your company plan to take to deal with this fake East India Company?" Are you going to send a fleet to destroy them? If so, I wish him a successful start. ”

"No, no, no, things have not yet developed to the point where force is necessary to solve the problem. We Dutch people have always been peace-loving, and although I don't know for what purpose these people who pretend to be our company do such things, it is not our way to resort to force without frank negotiations. By this time Jaén Putmans had also loaded the bait, so he picked up his rod and ran the hook with the bait into the sea.

"So, what is the matter with you coming to me?" Zheng Sen asked quietly.

"Ah, I know your family's influence throughout the Asian seas, and I don't think anyone who deals in the seas has no connection with your family. We'd love to talk to those guys, but we don't have any contact with them, so if we rush to the door, there might be some conflict or something. This is contrary to our intentions. We are here to seek cooperation, not to provoke conflict. After all, if there is a conflict, it is the child of God who falls, regardless of victory or defeat. Jaén Putmans had a sad look on his face.

There was also speculation about the intentions of Haén Putmans, so there was also speculation about the attitude of the Dutch and what they might want. So he nodded and said, "You're right, it's better to settle differences peacefully." Well, we do have a lot of business dealings with them. They ordered us a lot of ships and artillery, and paid us with some good wood from the north and other things. Overall, they are good business partners in terms of doing business. What are you going to talk to them about? ”

"We want them to stop using the name of the Dutch East India Company, which is an infringement." "Of course, this is not the main thing, and we want to work with them in other areas of business." I heard that they recently opened a trading house on the North Korean side. I thought, since they've been flying our flag for so long, shouldn't we also make a deal together? ”

Zheng Sen listened, smiled and said, "I'm afraid this won't work, because things have changed a little." As far as I know, this merchant house may be closing soon. ”

"Why? Is it because it doesn't make money? "If they don't want to support the store, they can sell it to us." ”

"It's not making a lot of money, but that's not the reason to shut it down. The main reason is that they will soon open a business hall in the north of Daming. Of course, in the name of the Ming merchants. You know, they're the best at doing this kind of thing with other people's signs. And there is a prerequisite for doing business with the Ming Dynasty, that is, you can't have any business dealings with the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, those barbarians in the north. And now North Korea has betrayed the Ming Dynasty and become an accomplice of those barbarians in the north. Therefore, they must close this trading house, after all, the business in North Korea cannot be compared with Yu Daming's business. Zheng Sentian replied shamelessly.

"You mean, they got a chance to open a merchant house in the north of the Ming Dynasty?" Jaén Putmans' eyes widened.

"yes, probably in Denglai or Jinghai generation. But you also know that business in the north is not as good as in the south, but there are still some rich people in Beijing. It's just that this merchant hall is not opened in vain, you know, my Ming Dynasty has always been forbidden to the sea, so all the people on the bright side of this merchant hall must be our Ming people. And they are also responsible for assisting our Ming to block the sea routes of those barbarians in the north. You know that their sea power today, and the bases they have today, are very suitable for such a mission. ”

"We are also willing to contribute to Daming." "If we are allowed to buy and sell goods in this storehouse, I think it will be enough to compensate us for our losses." ”

"But you don't have enough bases in the north to support military operations." Zheng Sen frowned and said, "Isn't it too ...... to share such benefits just by borrowing a name?"

"Major General, this matter can't be looked at like this, but should be seen how much we can benefit from it together, right?" Jaén Putmans said with a smile.

"Oh, what kind of more benefits can this bring us by joining in this matter?" Zheng Sen also responded with a smile.