After listening to Matthew's report, Cohen and the others were very anxious, but in fact, they didn't know that Li Guo was also in a hurry.

Previously, Nie Xin asked Li Guo, saying that he was fighting with the Dutch, how was the victory or defeat? Li Guo thought for a long time and replied that the Tiger Army would inevitably win the first battle, but there would be endless troubles in the future.

Seeing that Nie Xin was a little puzzled, Li Guo told him. Those European countries such as the Netherlands, in terms of body, compared with the current Ming Dynasty feudal era, are very good in all aspects, which promotes the advanced technology of the Dutch, as well as the development of advanced technology and advanced business models.

If he fights the Dutch now, Li Guo's strength should be very good at defeating them, but his own losses should not be small. Moreover, operations at sea differ from those on land. On land, if you don't obey Lao Tzu, you will beat you, surround you and gather you and annihilate you. But the sea is vast and boundless, and a qiē can only be relied on luck.

Even if the Dutch ships were sunk, the matter would not be over, and the Dutch reinforcements would continue to harass and attack Li Guo. This is the last thing Li Guo wants to see.

Even if the Dutch never dared to come again, Li Guo still didn't want to fight them, the war was the most expensive, and the cost of the war at sea was even greater. Without sufficient money and food as support, even if Li Guo seems to have an advantage over the Dutch now, Li Guo can't stand it after a long time. Maybe the Dutch won't be able to hold on for a while, but that result can only be a lose-lose situation. And cooperation is beneficial to both parties.

Therefore, although Li Guo posed a non-caring image in front of the Dutch, he actually cared a lot. Li Guo also needs a paper contract, which is actually just a delaying tactic. Facing the vast sea, Li Guo wanted to have it all very much. But that was only done after Li Guo unified Huaxia.

Only by relying on the vast resources of Huaxia can we fight all over the world. But Li Guo now only has two provinces, Guangxi and Annam, and Malacca is Li Guo. But now Malacca has started to invest again, not only can it not make money in a short time, but it has to make money in it.

So, Li Guo was waiting, waiting for Cohen and them to talk.

Fortunately, the wait was not long, and even the next morning, Cohen's group of Dutchmen arrived.

Li Guo hugged the newly married Talina and the red lady who had been with him, and was about to sleep peacefully, when Jiang Fa came to report. Said the Dutch were coming.

Li Guo scolded and put on the clothes he had just taken off, and told Jiang Fa, "Go, call Nie Xin, Lao Qian, Zhang Ding, and Ma Shiyao, it seems that these Dutch people have figured it out." ”

At this time, Jiang Fa had already become the captain of Li Guo's personal soldiers, and the original captains of the personal soldiers, Wang Dabang and Zhao Dagou, had been promoted by Li Guo and transferred to the army.

Jiang Fa quickly found those people.

When Nie Xin saw Li Guo, he twisted his beard and smiled: "Presumably, things must have developed according to the idea of the tiger master." ”

Li Guo nodded, "Almost, these Dutch people visit late at night, and they won't invite me to come." ”

Zhang Ding was not interested in these business things, and looked drowsy.

Lee is a "little rabbit cub." Spirit points! ”

Zhang Ding grinned, "Daddy Li, what do you say is the use of me listening to this, I can't understand it, it's better to fight a war!" ”

"Fart!" Li Guo's eyes widened, "If you don't understand, you have to listen." You have to understand it. Do you think Lao Tzu wants you to do business for me? Damn, then you can't lose Lao Tzu's pants? ”

Everyone laughed.

Qian Duoduo asked a little worriedly, "But Master Tiger, how can we talk to them?" ”

Li Guo scratched his head. Said "What? You didn't have a plan at all for so long? ”

Qian Duoduo frowned, "Master Tiger, if you let me dump some cattle and sheep." Selling iron and cloth, this is not to say! How to make money. It's all in my heart. But this maritime trade. ”

Li Guo waved his hand, "Forget it, let's see what the Dutch say!" Anyway, the West India Company has been established, and Lao Tzu has also made you a governor, but we have to learn more from others in the future! ”

"Yes! Thank you, Lord Tiger. When Lao Qian heard that he was asked to be the governor, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Guo. Although among the generals of Li Guoyan's lineage, he doesn't look down on any titles and governors of foreigners, but he is also an official.

"Alright, get up, let's go to the Dutch, I'm afraid they're in a hurry." Li Guo took someone to the living room.

In the living room, the Dutch were restless, and Cohen, as the governor of the Dutch East India Company, walked back and forth, not a long time passed, not even two quarters of an hour, but it was like a year.

Suddenly, seeing Li Guo and the others walking out, Cohen held Li Guo's hand tightly, "General Li, it's rude to disturb late at night." ”

"Ah, that's nothing, but you're coming to me so late, what's the matter?" Li Guo pretended to be confused.

"General Lee, ah no! Master Hu, in fact, we are here to talk to you about cooperation. "Cohen is sincere at the moment.

"Oh, cooperation!" Li Guo was happy in his heart, but he remained silent, "This is a good thing, come on, come on, sit down." ”

Li Guo gave Cohen and the others to their seats, "But how do you want to cooperate?" You know, I don't want to lose! ”

Cohen laughed, "Master Tiger, you are joking, our cooperation will be based on fairness, justice, mutual benefit and reciprocity, how can you suffer?" ”

"Well, you're very sincere, so you might as well say it and listen to it!" Li Guo happened to have no plan now, so listen to what the Dutch had to say.

"Lord Hu, first of all, the first point I want to state is that our business scope is based on Malacca, east of Malacca, is your territory, and west of Malacca, is our territory. We will withdraw from the stronghold in the Japanese kingdom and are willing to give you the stronghold there for free use, okay? Cohen asked, anyway, according to Cohen's idea, the stronghold of the Japanese Kingdom is not needed, so it is better to push the boat down the river, make a personal favor, and give it to Li Guo.

"Yes, that's our most basic requirement." Li Guo replied, it was exactly what he wanted, and he also had an extra stronghold for no reason.

"The specific distribution of benefits, I think so, should be distributed according to the distance of the voyage." Cohen and the others were very familiar with maritime trade, and they came up with a solution.

"You say! If the conditions are right, then we will cooperate! Li Guo and his own mud legs couldn't think of a good way, and now they are very happy to hear Cohen say this.

"That is, the goods in China, such as ceramics, silk, tea, etc., must be counted from the place of origin to Malacca, which is the distance of your voyage. And from Malacca to all parts of Europe, that's our voyage. You are responsible for the safety of the voyage east of Malacca, and we will take care of the rest, and the risks that occur on your respective routes will be borne by each other! ”

"Okay, that makes sense! Then I understand that the benefits are also distributed in proportion to the voyage, right? Li Guo nodded.

"That's it." Cohen finished his sentence and looked at Li Guo.

Li Guo smiled, "Okay, then let's settle it like this, and let's sign the contract like this!" ”

After Li Guo finished speaking, there was a smile in the room, and the Dutch even applauded.

Of course, Li Guo is also happy, now his own strength is not enough, and it is enough to be able to have foreign trade east of Malacca.

The Dutch were quick and immediately signed a contract, known as the "Malacca Contract".

The contract was signed by the Dutchman Cohen, who added a supplementary clause to the contract, which is a supplementary clause for mutual assistance, that is, one of the Dutch and Li Guo is threatened, and the other party should help unconditionally.

Li Guo thought about it for a while, and also added a clause to the contract, that is, Li Guo's business personnel could go to Europe unconditionally and be protected by the Dutch.

It's nothing to Cohen, it's just to protect some people, and it's not a big deal. As everyone knows, this is Li Guo's preparation for his entire business empire.

So, everyone rejoiced. It's just that a few years later, when Li Guo invaded Europe, the Europeans at that time reflected on history and found that the source of Europe's invasion and occupation was the "Treaty of Malacca" signed today. Europeans believe that this is an unequal treaty, because the cowardice and uncourage of Cohen and others at this time made Li Guo see the prosperity of Europe and rise to the year of plunder. It took a long time for this thought to fade.

After the contract was signed, Cohen put forward another condition: "Master Tiger, since we are on the same front, then, I want to visit your kind of battleship without sails, okay?" ”

Li Guo replied categorically: "No!" (To be continued......)