Spex naturally knew Zheng Zhilong's mental advantage at the moment, the Dutch East India Company absolutely could not solve the demarcation problem with the Ming Dynasty by force.

In the first war of Mingxi, Spain lost their largest land in Asia, Luzon, and in the first war of Ming and Portugal, Portugal lost their lives# Genzi Malacca, if there is really a war with the Ming Dynasty, not only will these four lands be difficult to preserve, I am afraid that even Batavia belongs to the Netherlands is a problem.

After all, the East India Company is not a state, but a commercial company, and Spex wants to ensure the interests of all shareholders, he wants the right to trade, not complete land, and a considerable part of the profits of the East India Company comes from the Ming Dynasty, and if it has a bad relationship with the Ming Dynasty, it will also be a huge loss to the interests of the East India Company itself.

Zheng Zhilong is now purely a soldier, and he can not care about commercial profits or the losses of the South China Sea Fleet, but he Spex cannot afford huge commercial losses.

Spex's blue eyes gradually became foggy, at the beginning, he was full of confidence, but now he feels that he can no longer grasp the general direction of the peace talks, but he is following Zheng Zhilong's train of thought.

He couldn't refute Zheng Zhilong's claim.

The South China Sea Fleet was Zheng Zhilong's backing, and although Spex had ships and mercenaries, the strength of the two was not on the same level, and he was calculating in his heart that ensuring that there would be no war would have overwhelmed the maximization of commercial profits, or, as long as there was no war, it would be the maximization of the interests of the East India Company.

After calculating it, Spex slowly asked Zheng Zhilong: "According to Commander Zheng's opinion, how should we divide these four pieces of land?" ”

"I would like to correct His Excellency the Governor, not four, but five, including Borneo, Sulawesi, the Spice Islands, Java and the Southeastern Islands." The smile that had been on Zheng Zhilong's face was gone, replaced by the majesty of the Ming soldiers, he glanced at Spex, and didn't care that Spex's face changed from surprise to anger.

"Java? Commander Zheng, hasn't Java already said that it still belongs to the Netherlands? "Spex, who has always had a gentlemanly demeanor, is about to jump up this time, is this Zheng Zhilong not keeping his promise?

Zheng Zhilong smiled slightly, and he was not angry, he liked this domineering feeling, since he couldn't be happy on the battlefield, then he had a good time at the negotiation table, "Your Excellency the Governor, I can admit that Java Island belongs to the Netherlands, but that is when all the other islands have reached an agreement. ”

The implication is that if the two sides meet each other, then the Ming target is not just four pieces of land, but five pieces of land, including Java Island.

Batavia on the island of Java is the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, and once it is captured by the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch will completely withdraw from the South Seas like Spain and Portugal.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Spex.

"Commander Zheng, then we don't recognize that Ma Liujia belongs to the Ming Dynasty." Spex believes that the Ming Dynasty recognized that the island of Java belonged to the Netherlands, and the Netherlands recognized Malacca as the Ming Dynasty, which was the basis for the peace talks between the two sides, and on this basis, the two sides would negotiate the ownership of the remaining four pieces of land.

But Zheng Zhilong doesn't think so, if the two sides can reach an agreement, for the sake of friendship between the two sides, he has no objection to recognizing that Java Island belongs to the Netherlands, once the peace talks between the two sides break down, there is no agreement between the two sides, Daming naturally still stares at Java Island, because there is a castle on the island called Batavia.

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, if you have enough strength to attack Malacca, I will wait for His Excellency the Governor on the ships of the South China Sea Fleet," Zheng Zhilong did not forget to tease Spex, "Of course, if you come to a merchant ship, I will increase the tax rate for passage." ”

"You ......" Spex suddenly fell into the ice hole, he felt cold, the Ming had already controlled Malacca, which was the throat of the trade between the East and the West, and if the Ming raised the tax rate, it would squeeze the trade profits of the East India Company.

Zheng Zhilong is too ungentlemanly, he is like a devil who destroys the East India Company, and Spex has nothing to do with this devil, and the devil fleet that this devil has led has a strength that he cannot match.

Spex couldn't wait to rush up and choke Zheng Zhilong's neck, he would rather use his life in exchange for the absolute interests of the East India Company, but in this way, he would be the same as Zheng Zhilong, completely losing his gentlemanly demeanor, he glared at Zheng Zhilong hatefully, but forgot, staring at others is also a sign of no gentlemanly demeanor.

"Commander Zheng might as well say clearly, how exactly do you want to divide these islands?"

"It's very simple," Zheng Zhilong said in a devilish voice again, "Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Spice Islands belong to the Ming Dynasty, and I can admit that the island of Java belongs to the Dutch East India Company, but the southeast islands to the east of the island of Java are divided equally by the Ming and the Netherlands, and are divided into two from the middle, and the western part near Java belongs to the Netherlands, while the eastern half should belong to the Ming Dynasty." ”

"No way," Spex, before the interpreter could finish speaking, Spex immediately screamed, he could no longer care about any gentlemanly manners, "if so, then we will not have to make peace." ”

"The Ming South China Sea Fleet has not tasted defeat since it left the South China Seas, is Your Excellency the Governor willing to see the Ming South China Sea Fleet in person?" Zheng Zhilong shrugged his shoulders and smiled with a hint of pride, like scoring the winning goal in the World Cup, but only he knew that the goal came from his "hand of God".

"You...... All the soldiers of the East India Company were not greedy for life and afraid of death. "Spex's mood is gloomy to the extreme, if his strength is not good, he will be controlled by others, Zheng Zhilong on the other side is too gentlemanly, but in his eyes, it is not demeanor, but hypocrisy, it is the devil's greed before cannibalism and satisfaction after cannibalism.

Spex still doesn't want to admit defeat in his mouth, otherwise he will give whatever Zheng Zhilong wants, and the two sides don't need to negotiate peacefully.

The peace talks returned to the original point, and it seems that war is still used to solve the problem, but war is the last option that Spex wants.

"I know that the soldiers of the East India Company, like the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, will not be greedy for life and fear death, as a soldier, I respect them, and I respect you even more - Your Excellency the Governor, in this case, you have not given up the means of war, and you are worthy of being the Governor," Zheng Zhilong smiled again, and the warm spring breeze had long been blown away by the cold air from Siberia, replaced by a cold frost, which diffused throughout the negotiation room, "I am a soldier, I prefer to be happy and revenge, and I feel victory or defeat on the battlefield, if His Excellency the Governor wins, I will give up these lands, and if you lose, Your Excellency the Governor, the East India Company will have to withdraw from the South Seas. ”

Zheng Zhilong This is a threat from Chi Lulu, but he has the capital to threaten.

"......" Spex was not frightened, in fact, he grew up scaring others, but he couldn't refute Zheng Zhilong.

Seeing that the Dutch were speechless, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to continue his one-man show: "The reason why I am willing to negotiate peace with His Excellency the Governor is that I love peace and am willing to share the trade profits of the South Seas with the East India Company, and it is also for the long-term cooperation between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands," Zheng Zhilong paused, the audience was still silent, it seemed that Spex was still immersed in the fear just now, Zheng Zhilong had to stare at his eyes and raised his voice slightly: "I wonder if His Excellency the Governor admits his feelings?" ”

A qualified negotiator, no matter how proud, angry, disappointed, or even desperate, must maintain a calm heart, and then find clues from the other party's language, analyze layer by layer, and feel the other party's hole cards, so that he can grasp the initiative in the peace talks.

But Spex knew that this trick would not work against Zheng Zhilong.

Once Zheng Zhilong is in an unfavorable situation, he will threaten with force and even overturn some of the agreements that have been reached.

Zheng Zhilong is a pure soldier with a huge military advantage, and Spex is a qualified businessman, and what he needs is more commercial profits.

But now Zheng Zhilong threw an olive branch, Spex had no reason not to take it, he happened to get off the donkey, "My East India Company came to Nanyang, just to seek wealth, we are willing to share Nanyang with Daming, and we also hope to carry out long-term economic cooperation and trade exchanges in Daming, but ......"

"But what? Your Excellency the Governor may wish to make it clear, we are friends after all! The haze on Zheng Zhilong's face has long been blown away by the warm wind from the South Pacific, and at this moment, he doesn't look like a devil, but more like the god who saved Spex.

Friend? Hmph, who wants to be friends with the devil? In Spex's heart, there was no trace of gentlemanly demeanor, "There are some issues that I can't make decisions on my own, I need to go back and discuss them, and then ask for the opinions of other shareholders." ”

Spex felt that this was the biggest crisis encountered since the establishment of the East Indies, and that it was possible to obtain more trade opportunities, but once Zheng Zhilong lost patience and suspended the peace talks, the two sides were very likely to meet each other, and the East India Company might fall into a catastrophe at that time; The East India Company could maintain its basic commercial interests, but its future expansion would be severely limited by the Ming Dynasty, and at most it would be able to maintain its current trade interests and trade levels.

He had to make a choice.

Peace talks are backed by strength, and Spex must recognize his own strength, grasp how strong Zheng Zhilong's will to war is, and then find a balance between the two, and make a choice to fight for the best interests of the East India Company.

Zheng Zhilong is not worried that Spex's procrastination trick, the Netherlands is tens of thousands of miles away, even if they want to transfer troops, it will take a year and a half, and he is waiting for Zhu Youzhen's instructions.

In the war at sea, now he is not afraid of any opponent, but in the post-war layout, he is far inferior to this young emperor, Zhu Youzhen thinks about the problem, much more far-reaching than anyone.

"In that case, then His Excellency the Governor will go back and discuss first, I will wait here, but I am a soldier, and my soldiers are the same as me, they have little patience, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait too long, haha, haha......"