Chapter 125: A mouth at the beginning, and the equipment is all about deception

The two governors' bearded faces could hardly hide their joy, and they took it for granted that this noble Ming nobleman could bring them the privilege of trade and trade.

Zhu Yousong's face did not change, he opened his mouth and promised many benefits in person. The two governors cautiously made tentative demands, with the Portuguese governor of Macao, wanting more ships to trade in Canton, and Spain wanting a share of the Dutch-controlled Japanese trade routes.

Zhu Yousong pretended to think for a while, pondered for a while before raising his head and agreeing, no one present noticed the cunning in his eyes when he lowered his head.

"What you have asked, this king can help you realize it, as long as I tell the saint, you may not know that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty today calls me cousin affectionately every time he sees me, hehe."

After Thombledgium's translation, the two governors' faces became even more happy, and their movements became respectful. Mascolus also asked the priest in Portuguese: "Is it true that this prince is speaking so loudly?" ”

"Don't worry, this is the real prince, you can't imagine how much wealth he has, and his palace is bigger than the whole of Lisbon," said Tompernius. ”

Zhu Yousong held the handle of the fan, carefully observing the expressions of the two, cold sweat had already broken out in the palms of his hands, but he still looked like an old god was on his face, and he didn't dare to show his timidity at all. This is a real empty glove white wolf, he has no strength at all at sea, if the sailor of the Ming Dynasty knows what he has done, not only will he not help himself, I am afraid that the first thing is to catch himself and go to Beijing to ask for a reward. But if he doesn't fight this time, when the Zou brothers slowly develop, I am afraid that the imperial court will have already cleaned up Wei Zhongxian, and once the internal worries are eliminated, Chongzhen will inevitably clean up his own external troubles.

The two governors exchanged views and agreed that a respected priest would not help outsiders deceive him. But the wonderful thing about this is that the priest really doesn't think he's lying.

Mascolus also made eye contact with Coquela, and had already made up his mind, and asked, "Then what are we going to do for you?" ”

After Tompernius translated, Zhu Yousong's heart was relieved, knowing that his plan was half successful. He shook the bone fan lightly and said slowly: "Dongfan Island is the inherent territory of our Ming Dynasty, and the former emperor had no intention of being involved in court politics and did not want to pay attention to this remote barren land. But now our emperor of the Ming Dynasty, my cousin, summoned me and told me in person that I should find a way to take this place. But for the sake of the emperor's face, we are not ready to send sailors, as long as we secretly take back the land, do you understand? ”

After the two listened, they discussed in a language that Zhu Yousong did not understand. Coqueira said: "This Ming Dynasty official has this kind of ridiculous and ridiculous problem, they have always valued face more than profit, and it is indeed very likely that they will do this kind of thing." ”

Ma Shijialu also nodded, and said: "The Dutch occupy Dongfan, which is equivalent to controlling the trade of Japan, we watch them make money every day, and it is a good thing to help the Ming Dynasty people drive away the Dutch, but if our strength is not for the Daming Water Division, we can't beat the Dutch." ”

Thopernicus, who was a Spaniard himself, naturally raised his doubts with a little longing for his homeland. As for those who debated the truth and falsehood, he omitted them.

Zhu Yousong looked like he was a bamboo in his chest, and he said: "Don't worry, Zheng Zhilong on Dongfan Island, you must be no stranger." That Zheng Zhilong's strength on the island is not inferior to the Dutch. Soon, as long as I give the order, Zheng Zhilong will fight the Dutch in a cannibalistic manner, and then you can only help me flank the Dutch and sneak into his rear. ”

Zhu Yousong knew from the pirates who defected to him that Zheng Zhilong had gathered men and horses, and he would definitely attack the coast of southern Fujian in the near future. And he clearly remembered that in this sneak attack in history, the Dutch would take advantage of the fire to rob and stab him from behind. It was this time that made him completely break with the Dutch.

He knew but didn't break it, he just said that Zheng Zhilong would listen to his orders, and when Zheng Zhilong really surrendered to the imperial court, the two governors would only trust him more. Sure enough, when the two of them heard this, their faces changed. The name Zheng Zhilong is too familiar to them. His warships are all over the strait, and his command has no less than 10,000 men who can fight well, and his wealth is enough to match his strength.

With this letter, the two of them were relieved that they could wait for news at home. If Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch really broke up, it would mean that the prince of the Ming Dynasty in front of him did not lie and deceive himself. Because of such a private matter, if it was not known in advance, who would believe that it could be said so accurately.

Zhu Yousong carefully observed their voices and knew that it was finally time for him to ask for a price, he coughed dryly and said, "Are you still satisfied with the conditions I made for the two of you?" ”

"Satisfied, we are very grateful for the generosity of the adults and the open-mindedness of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yousong chuckled lightly and said, "Our Da Ming has always been generous to our friends, I don't know if the two of you are willing to be our friends?" ”

"Yes, since we came here, we have always wanted to be friends with your great Eastern Empire, but you seem to be too arrogant." Thinking of the number of times they were rejected by the Ming Dynasty before, the two were still resentful.

Zhu Yousong pretended not to understand Thopernicus's translation and began to ask for it. Ships, Francos, guns, muskets, everything, all the same. Spain has its own shipyard in Luzon and its own firearms production line, and he hesitated to say that after the cost was too high to bear, Zhu Yousong said generously: "How much does it cost, just ask." ”

Coqueilla was overjoyed, this prince was really the same as the court of the Ming Dynasty, he wanted face and no money. It is said that these small countries that he occupies, every time he goes to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, it is the same as the New Year, and he earns a lot of money at one time.

Coqueilla didn't dare to overprice, just gave a normal price, but Zhu Yousong didn't care about this, if it wasn't for this earth-shattering scam, he wouldn't have been able to buy a warship at all. Although the identities of these two people cannot be compared with themselves, at sea, the strength of any one of them is tens of thousands of times that of their current own, but soon this situation will be gone forever.

Next, the three discussed some details, and Zhu Yousong fully demonstrated how a noble Oriental nobleman regarded money as dung. Finally, the three of them toasted together, and Zhu Yousong said:

"Cheers to the ocean beneath your feet!"