Take Shen Qi, Shen Jiu and Shen Da and others to the dock.

The official uniform is on his body, and the adults of the hundred households do not exude official authority, and the cyan official uniform also fits, Shen Yue is awkward no matter how he looks at it, especially the Biao embroidered on the patch on his chest, how does he look like a pig.

The only thing that makes him glad is that he is not a petty official below the eighth grade, otherwise it would be even more awkward to wear green.

From the eyes of the people around, Shen Yue, who has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, is wearing an official uniform and is majestic.

Sending someone to take a small boat to convey that the Lord of the Hundred Households agreed to dock, Shen Yue asked Shen Qi to order dozens of elite people, neatly arranged on the dock, unified uniforms, unified weapons and equipment, standing straight like javelins, looking extremely elite.

Yang Shan also took the officers and soldiers of a general flag to the dock and came into contact with the Franco, and he categorically could not fall into the prestige of the imperial court.

Thomas and Kent brought ashore a group of heavily armed soldiers wearing silver plate armor and holding steel shields and spears, which even gave a sense of oppression.

After greetings, go straight to the topic, Franc asked for permission to go ashore to rest, Shen Yue pretended to say that the court was enwein, seeing that Francois was pitiful, he was allowed to rest on the shore, and asked the other party to go ashore The sailors can only rest in the specified area, without permission, they are not allowed to contact the people of the Ming Dynasty without permission, and they must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty......

After finishing the matter, he casually pointed to the area next to the pier where the whales were cut before for the Spaniards to rest, as for how the Spaniards came up to stay or something, Lord Shen naturally didn't ask, and Shen Da was arranged to be fully responsible.

Thomas and Kent came to Daming, just to open up the trade line, Shen Yue didn't say anything about it in public, and the two were a little anxious.

Shen Yue invited the two of them to bring the interpreter to Shen's house, a hundred office spaces, which have not yet been repaired, and it is really not suitable to talk about cooperation with foreign friends.

The environment was too rudimentary, and the Spaniards doubted the strength of the people they were working with.

Although the new courtyard of the Shen family is small, it is also chic and extraordinary.

Thomas was not interested in the furnishings in the Shen family's courtyard, and was on guard against Shen Yue all the way, but Kent was like a curious baby, looking at everything around him with amazement on his face.

"Your Excellency, can you talk about cooperation now?" If the other party can't be their satisfactory partner, they have to find a new partner, which is not easy.

In the Shen family's flower hall, after the beautiful girl served tea, Thomas asked eagerly.

Shen Yue glanced at Thomas, then picked up the blue and white porcelain bowl on the table, took a sip of tea, and said lightly, "You haven't even shown sincerity, how can you talk about cooperation?" Saved your whole ship, where is the gratuity you agreed to? ”

The other party had agreed to give six thousand taels of gold, but now he kept silent.

"Before, you agreed to my conditions, and I persuaded the higher-level officials to allow you to go ashore to rest and recuperate, and arranged personnel to mobilize supplies for you, but you didn't see a penny of your money, so insincere, what kind of cooperation can you talk about?" The teacup in Shen Yue's hand slammed heavily on the table.

The tone is also gradually aggravated.

Thomas's eyelids jumped.

The other party does not see the rabbit and does not scatter the eagle, which is difficult to entangle.

"The silver can be given to you, but a follow-up cooperation agreement needs to be reached, and you will give it after you provide the goods that we are satisfied with!" Thomas licked his lips and said with a dry throat.

"Really? That's not what you said before. Or, do you think I'm a bully, like the Portuguese on the side of Ho Kong O, under the pretext of encountering a storm, asking for a place to dry goods, and then occupying Ho Ho Koh O? Shen Yue said coldly.

Shen Yue was determined to extort six thousand taels of gold from the Spaniards.

"Come, send an order, if the other party does not see the silver, do not need to provide any food and fresh water, and drive all the Francos who have come ashore from our docks!" Seeing that the other party was silent, he immediately shouted outside the door.

"No!" Shen Qi came in, knelt down on one knee, and after answering, he went outside.

"Your Excellency, please wait...... Kent is in a hurry, if he can't get supplies, the sailors of the Flence will rebel, or plunder the coastal supplies of the Ming Empire, and finally be wiped out.

"Your Excellency, do you have to force our sailors and soldiers to get supplies by plundering?"

"You threaten me? Or, when the hundreds of thousands of soldiers along the coast of the Ming Dynasty are all decorations? Shen Yue said coldly, "Even if you plunder, as long as it is not within the jurisdiction of this official, what does it have to do with us?" If you want to plunder, you must have that power. ”

Kent gritted his teeth and didn't speak.

The army of the Ming Empire is the largest in the world, and even the Dutch dare not go too far, let alone them.

Endure being blackmailed, they can't accept it.

"Shen Qi, why don't you go soon?" Seeing that Shen Qi didn't move, Shen Yue said angrily, "That's right, take them away!" ”

Seeing that Shen Yue didn't look like a fake, Thomas looked towards Kent.

Kent smiled bitterly, the two discussed on the boat, and after going ashore, they bribed Shen Yue by contacting Shen Yue's direct boss to avoid Shen Yue's blackmail.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yue didn't give a chance at all.

"Your Excellency, wait, we are willing to give silver!" Kent hurriedly said, "We don't have a sufficient amount of silver, though......"

"The silver is not enough, and the guns are discounted. Nor will I blackmail you, for an 18-pounder cannon is worth 500 taels of silver, a 24-pounder cannon is worth 800 taels, and a 32-pounder cannon is worth 1,200 taels. Shen Yue said coldly.

"You're robbing! You imitate the Hongyi cannons made of 18-pounder cannons, and the cost of each one is about 2,500 taels of silver! When Kent heard Shen Yue's price, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Even the 12-pound guns that your imperial court bought from the Haojing Ao Bu Garao Cannon Foundry are priced at 1,500 taels each, and the 24-pound guns are 5,000 taels and one door!" ”

"Who said that? Why don't I know? Shen Yue said coldly.

I was really scolding in my heart, didn't I say that the Portuguese and the Spaniards didn't deal with each other?

"The 18-pounder cannon you said cost 2,500 taels of silver, which was the price when it was first copied decades ago. With the improvement of the production process and the maturity of the production technology, the price has been reduced to a very low level! "Shen Yue is talking nonsense." Don't ask me why I know, the main responsibility of this officer is to manage our craftsmen! Here, we can cast cannons! ”

Shen Yue knew that the price of a cannon was definitely not as cheap as he said.

So what? Now it's up to you to say it, the Spaniards will either give money or artillery. Otherwise, you can only get out.

"In addition, the guns on your ship, I don't know how many times they have been used, if they reach the end of their service life, they will be a pile of scrap metal, not only can they not be used, but they will have to pay for the lives of my soldiers if they are blown up!" Shen Yue found a reason again.

"You're blackmail! The blackmail of Chiguoguo. Shen, it's you who has no sincerity, not us! Thomas roared.

Shen Yue is completely blackmailing them.

"What's wrong with blackmailing you? Either give the money and let's start talking about cooperation, or you leave on your own. Take your pick. Shen Yue didn't bother to pay attention to the other party.