Negotiations with the Dutch East India Company had been going on for several months, and Deng Sunan had De Witt, the governor of Geranza, and about 2,000 Dutch soldiers and merchants, so the Dutch East India Company would honestly negotiate with Deng Haonan.

However, the progress of the negotiations was slow, and in Deng Haonan's words, he dragged the Dutch as much as possible, and when the batch of cruisers was completed and put into service, he could negotiate with the Dutch East India Company on an equal footing.

Of course, the Dutch also know it in their hearts. The longer it drags on, the worse it is for them. They had already learned that Deng Haonan's second ship-building operation had begun, and if the Dutch did not pay attention to the first large-scale construction of a 500-ton frigate, then after the first confrontation in the last Battle of Huayu, the Dutch East India Company would no longer underestimate the Ming fleet.

For this. The Dutch East India Fleet sailed to the South China Sea again on March 200, blocking the trade route between the Philippines and Taiwan.

Moreover, from time to time, the Dutch East India Fleet would harass the Subic naval base in the Philippines and the Longmen Port naval base in Penghu, as a bargaining chip for the representatives of the Dutch East India Company who were negotiating with Taiwan's governor-general Huang Dahai in Dongning and put pressure on Deng Haonan.

Huang Dahai has been playing soy sauce with the Dutch representative, the Marquis of Seafsum Marquis, and the progress of negotiations between the two sides has been slow. Huang Dahai asked for a price according to Deng Haonan's instructions. Negotiate the ransom with the Dutch again.

Marquis Silfosham blew his nose angrily and glared, last time Deng Haonan released their pigeons on Major General Van Weit. He had deceived the East India Company of a large sum of gold, and now that he had done it again, the Marquis of Sifosa was obviously unacceptable.

After three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, the Marquis of Hefxam knew that the other side was deliberately delaying time, so he ordered the Dutch East India Fleet to take military action.

After the Battle of Huayu, Rear Admiral Rejouz went back and couldn't eat or sleep, fantasizing about the total annihilation of Deng Haonan's Pacific Fleet every day.

After three catties and a month of rest, the Dutch East India Fleet replenished the battleships damaged last time, and at the same time brought enough shells and gunpowder to return to the South China Sea again, ready to regain sea supremacy and wash away the nest of the last naval battle? However, to Reyoz's dismay, Deng Haonan attaches great importance to the naval base. After the bad relations with the Netherlands. Knowing that it would provoke the revenge of the Dutch. As a result, the defensive firepower of the naval bases was strengthened, as well as concealed installations were placed outside the ports of various cities and mounted artillery to maneuver along the coastline to prevent the Dutch fleet from approaching.

The Dutch East India Fleet failed to harass the port of Taiwan, and as a result, it was close to the Longmen Port Naval Base. It was bombarded by powerful shore anti-aircraft guns, and it was touched with a nose of ash.

Rediz originally wanted to lead a fleet to attack the coastal villages and towns of Daming, but was denied by the Marquis of Sifsham. The reason is simple. The last time I fought an eight-month war with Daming, I didn't get much benefit at all. The Dutch came for money. If the Ming Dynasty is provoked and a stricter maritime ban is implemented, then the Dutch will not have to do business.

At the moment, the Dutch East India Company needed to control the scale of the war. It was kept within a controllable range and limited to military strikes against Deng Haonan's group. Because Na Haonan was the culprit of the Dutch East India Company. It was also the most powerful trading rival of the East India Company in the Far East.

Rejoz was helpless. He had no choice but to take the fleet around the waters between Tainan and the Philippines to block the trade between the Pacific Trading Company and the Philippines.

Compared with. Although Deng Haonan's Pacific Fleet is in a weak position in terms of overall strength, he has talked about the last Battle of Huayu. After paying heavy casualties, the 1st team gained valuable experience in fighting the Dutch Navy.

During this time, the ships of the First Squadron were moored in the military port for repairs, and the personnel were recuperating from their injuries. The unwounded officers and sailors served as instructors and pacesetters, teaching other naval officers and men tactics and techniques.

In order to confront the Dutch Navy, Deng Haonan issued a written notice to the Admiralty, asking the officers and men of the Navy to train hard within half a year, and they must thoroughly understand and be proficient in the tactics and use methods of Western warships.

It can be said that the Admiralty of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion has been actively preparing for war and has not slackened at all.

During this period, in order to train more troops with the Dutch Navy, Na Haonan sent the second and third teams to the sea. Constantly harassing the Dutch East India Fleet and training naval officers and men.

Since the sixth Sentai used all the Damingguang frigates, they did not participate in the operation because of the problem of slowness? However, the officers and men of the 6th Sentai took turns to replace the officers and men of the 2nd and 3rd Sentai in order to fight to the end of the round.

If Retiz had known that the Pacific Fleet had trained with their Dutch East India Fleet, he would probably have vomited blood.

However, even he did not know the purpose of the Pacific Fleet. I'm still choked by anger.

Because the frigates used by the second and third warboards are fast, the degree and seaworthiness of the Exocet-class frigates have been improved after adding copper wraps to the bottom of the ship. Compared to the medium-sized Galen warships used by the Dutch Navy. The degree was on average two to three knots faster, and the firepower was fierce, as long as it did not fall into the encirclement of the Dutch East India Fleet. There won't be a problem.

The Pacific Fleet was constantly harassing the Dutch East India Fleet on the periphery, leading Rayotz by the nose to roam around the world, and raiding 24 hours a day, day and day.

After months of harassment and counter-harassment, the Dutch East India Fleet lost six frigates and twelve sloops, and Rejouz, as in the previous Battle of Huayu, did not even catch a single hair.

The negotiations between the Marquis of Xifusum and the Yellow Sea did not go well, and he saw that Deng Haonan's plan to build a cruiser fleet was about to be completed. So the Marquis of Xifusum decided to bypass the Yellow Sea and personally go to Jinzhou to negotiate with Deng Haonan in person.

Knowing that the Marquis of Xifusam was going to Liaodong, Deng Haonan so

In the Metropolitan Governor's office, Deng Hao asked about the schedule of the Marquis of Sifsam and the progress of the warship.

Wang Zhaoyang said: "According to intelligence. Sifsam was to arrive in Arthur in three days, with him the Dutch East India Fleet!

Deng Haonan nodded and asked, "How is the progress of our warship?" ”

Chen Yaoming replied: "Ding, the shipyard is already working overtime, and the craftsmen are working in three shifts, day and night, and they can be launched in about ten days!" After launching, there will be about twenty days of sea trials, if there are no structural problems. It is estimated that it will be officially in service in another month.

Deng Haonan said: "It's okay to rush the work, but we must ensure the quality and quantity, these warships are very important to us, once completed, they will maintain the balance of strength of our Dutch in a short period of time, and there is no room for loss!" ”

"Understood!" Chen Yaoming nodded. said: "Hou Ye rest assured, there is absolutely no problem with the quality!" ”

"That's good!" Deng Haonan pondered for a moment and said: "In about a month, we can form a cruising fleet, but if we want to condense into combat effectiveness, it will take at least two months to practice, which means that we can fight the Dutch for more than three months."

Deng Haonan's serious tone was aggravated by three months, and everyone understood. What does three months mean for the Liaodong Governorate, which is temporarily based on overseas trade?

For three months, you can trade with the United States. A goods sold back and forth earn at least five million taels of silver. And three months. You can trade back and forth with Nanyang ten times, and each time you will lose 5 million taels of silver if you make at least 500,000 taels of silver, and these two items alone will lose 10 million taels. Now that the Dutch fleet has run to Liaodong, it will affect the trade with Korea and the country, and the loss will be the same

Lin Feng said: "I think the Dutch fleet has been out for more than three months. Their supplies should be about the same, and as expected, this time Shifsam came to the Golden State to negotiate, just to prepare a hammer deal. If it is successful, the two families will strike the army and make peace, and if they fail, they will go to war in an all-out way.

Chen Yaoming shook his head and said, "The people of Jialan can't get supplies from us, and if they go to the country to supply food and fresh water, it will not be a good thing for us either!" ”

Deng Haonan said directly: "Then immediately notify the consulate in Xinguo and ask Xinguo not to supply the Dutch!"

Huang Zupei said suddenly: "There is another problem, our warships are built in too scattered locations, the Dutch should know where to build, what if they take advantage of the moment when the ships return to the base to assemble, what if they set up an ambush in the middle of the road?" ”

This is indeed a problem that cannot be ignored, and everyone immediately fell into thought.

Deng Haonan thought for a while, and finally said: "I can only strictly order the shipyard to strictly guard the secret of the battleship's departure from the port. Leaving in the dark, with the degree of a Dolphin-class cruiser, there should be no problem. ”

Chan added: "I thought that instead of keeping it a secret, I would go with the flow and leave Hong Kong at the end. We suddenly changed the course and it would have been safer to take a route that the Dutch didn't know about! ”

said the same, Na Haonan nodded appreciatively.

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Three days later, the Dutch East India Company's negotiator, the Marquis of Hilfsum arrived, Liaodong, in Lushun. Originally, the Marquis of Syfsum wanted to board 6 at the Port Arthur Naval Base. I wanted to see Deng Haonan's naval base. But in the end, it didn't work out. Just board 6 in Dalian Bay Mingang.

Meanwhile. The fleet of the Dutch East India Company staged a demonstrative protest on the coast of Liaodong, but a dozen nautical miles away, the Pacific Fleet convoy was also constantly harassing.

"These damn mosquitoes!"

Rear Admiral Rayoz looked at the Pacific Fleet in the distance, and every time he led the fleet to chase and intercept him, he was cleverly escaped by the other side.

Every time he is led by the nose, this kind of taste is very uncomfortable, and the pivot is very angry.

Lieutenant Till, who was next to him, said, "I think they'll fight us, but that won't be until their ships are built!" ”

Listening to Till's words, Reyoz fell into deep thought.

If the opponent also has the same number and type of warships as his own, will he still have the confidence to fight?

Remembering the last time the other side fired a blasting projectile, Major General Reyoz put a question mark in his mind.

Marquis Xifusam looked at Dalian Bay, which had begun to prosper, and secretly sighed in his heart that Deng Haonan's strength was showing too fast.

As a negotiator of the Dutch East India Company, he never agreed to be involved in war with the Ming Empire. But this time Deng Haonan went too far. The occupation of two large colonial forts that the Dutch had painstakingly and costly built was a shame for the Dutch East India Company and even the Dutch government.

However, Deng Haonan captured Governor DeWitt and more than 2,000 soldiers and merchants, which made the Dutch East India Company a little reluctant and unable to make up its mind.

The price of Huang Dahai was to ask for five million taels of silver, but the two fortresses and the materials in the fortresses were not returned, which was no different from the reparations for defeat. Apparently the Dutch East India Company could not accept such a humiliating indemnity, even if his name was embellished as a ransom. That's not acceptable either. Because I was fooled once last time.

"We're here to make cows!"

The Marquis of Hilfsum reminded himself in his mind that war, although it was already a common thing for the Dutch, was not yet a last resort. At least it would be unwise to start a war with the Ming in front of you.

But how can we strike with Deng Haonan without damaging the face of the Dutch, and still earn benefits? A series of question marks crossed the mind of the Marquis of Syfsum.

Soon. The Marquis of Sifsum and his entourage arrived at the Golden State Fortress, which was the second time he set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty. The last time was during the war between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty, and he also negotiated with the Ming officials as a negotiator※

Now, only in the past two years, the last time against Daming was still in absolute maritime superiority, but now the advantage is not very obvious.

The Marquis of Sifsumm was arranged to rest for the night, and the next day Deng Haonan held a meeting with him.

"Don't you think it's unwise to treat a friendly Dutch friend like this, your honorable Marquis?"

Deng Haonan smiled: "I don't think so!" If you are friends with the Ming Dynasty, you should not occupy the territory of the Ming Dynasty and build fortresses on the territory of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Shifsumm shook his head and said, "I don't understand what you mean! When did we occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty? You don't mean Dongfan Island! ”

Sha Haonan nodded.

Shifusam said with a smile: "Our East India Company has a document signed by your Daming Fujian political envoy, which is very clearly written, as a condition of peace, we will withdraw from the Ming Penghu Governor's Division." Demolished fortress on Penghu Island. And the Ming government promised Dongfan Island to us as a trade base station! Black and white, you can't deny it! ”

Deng Haonan scolded secretly, thought for a while, and then replied: "May I ask if it was approved by Emperor Daming?" Did he sign it? ”

Xifu Sam replied: "It is not your emperor who signed, but Chen Min, the political envoy of Fujian!" ”

Deng Haonan: "Oh. sighed, then smiled: "Our emperor of the Ming Dynasty will never sign this kind of unequal treaty, obviously it is just wishful thinking on the part of Chen Min, the political envoy of Fujian, which has no legal effect, so you are illegal occupation and invasion!" ”

While Deng Haonan said this, he was counting Zhu Youxiao in his heart, Daming has always been hard-boned, and he has never signed any contract, but he has been smeared on the Taiwan issue. And it's no wonder. After all, Da Ming Shui Shi is too bad. Unable to fight the Dutch fleet.

"We know the rules of your Ming officialdom!" Marquis Shifusum said: "Your emperor's face is greater than a qiē, he will never admit to losing face!" Therefore, we also made concessions in the original negotiation and did not ask the Ming Emperor to sign. ”

"You know!" Deng Haonan said with a smile: "In our Ming Dynasty, only if the emperor says that Taiwan is given to you counts, what others say doesn't count!" ”

"Shameless of you!"

Marquis Xifusum suddenly became excited, but Deng Haonan said calmly: "You should understand that if you are not shameless, you will not be called a politician!" ”

The Marquis of Sifsham was stunned.

"You don't have to be wronged!" Di Haonan smiled and said: "At the beginning, your fleet occupied Penghu, burning, killing and looting, but now we are just taking it back, even if I kill Governor DeWitt and two thousand prisoners, it is not enough to take revenge!" ”

"Uh, don't get angry!" When Hefsum saw Deng Haonan say this, he immediately worried that he had really killed Governor DeWitt.

"I hope you don't hurt them!"

There are very few Dutch, and even fewer in the Far East, and they all have a background in the Netherlands. In particular, Governor De Witt, who had several members of Parliament behind him, must not have an accident, otherwise the East India Company would not have a good life.

"Five million taels of silver!" Na Haonan said: "Before I change my mind, you'd better make a decision, maybe I will increase the price, or even tear up the ticket!" ”

"Is two million okay? Five million is too much! ”

"Don't test my patience!" Deng Haonan saw that he seemed to care about the group of captives, so he naturally wanted to slaughter them severely.

Xifusam said with a bitter face: "This one, we have been having difficulty in capital turnover recently, you can see one."

"I can wait!"

Xifusam sighed, facing Deng Haonan, his old fritter was defeated by a young man.

"Alright! It's just how do we trade? ”

Deng Haonan said: "Since you have difficulty in capital turnover, then pay a deposit of one million first, and repay the rest in four months, and I won't care about the interest!" Finally, after you pay it off, I'll release it to you! ”

Shifsumm listened. Immediately shook his head and said, "No, you said the same thing last time, but we didn't get Major General Fan Weite back, do you know?" The government was so annoyed with us that it almost revoked our charter! ”

"Uh" Deng Haonan said a little embarrassed: "Is this!" It was indeed a misunderstanding last time! That Governor Fernando eavesdropped on our negotiations. You know, it's Spanish territory, and I can't help it! ”

Then he said: "But this time you can be absolutely assured, on my territory, I say one is one, and I will never lie to you!" ”

Xifu Sam thought about it, and there was really no way to take Di Haonan at the moment. The Dutch fleet could not pry open Deng Haonan's military base, and it knew that Deng Haonan's new ship was about to be completed, and there was no bargaining chip at that time. So he said, "Since this is the case, then I will believe in the Marquis again!" But I want our agreement to be done in a formal contract! ”

"Okay!" Deng Haonan immediately nodded in agreement. Xindao: It seems that the Dutch don't want to continue to fight, but a blank sheet of paper can't explain anything, and the real one has to rely on strength!

"Lord Marquis!" Sifsom added: "I hope that this contract will also put an end to the war between us and eliminate the enmity between us!" ”

End the war? Eliminate hostility?

That's impossible!

Deng Haonan shook his head in his heart, even if he did not occupy Taiwan. The Pacific Trading Company would also be at odds with the Dutch East India Company, as both sides were mainly engaged in maritime trade.

However, it is best not to go to war with the Netherlands at the moment, after all, if the country of the Netherlands really provokes the evil words of the heart, and does not explode the Anglo-Dutch War, it will not be traitorous if the Zhu Lai Minghe War is wrong

Deng Haonan knew in his heart that the Dutch's supremacy on the sea would last for half a century. In the three Anglo-Dutch wars, on the whole, the Dutch did not lose to Britain at sea, but only to the trade blockade. and the military invasion of France.

The Dutch's huge ship-building ability was vividly demonstrated in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars, which was what Deng Haonan feared the most, which really annoyed the Dutch, and let the Dutch change their goal to the Far East to deal with the Ming Dynasty, which would be cheap for Britain.

Therefore, even though Deng Haonan knew that there would inevitably be a war with the Dutch, now he and Shifsum are trying their best to postpone the war between the two sides, after all, the war is unfavorable to both sides.

Extorted five million taels of silver from the Dutch. However, Deng Haonan saved face and profits for the Dutch in trade, that is, allowing Dutch merchant ships to purchase goods on Deng Haonan's territory, and also allowing the Dutch to compete fairly with merchants from other countries.

The reason for this arrangement, Deng Haonan is even more jealous of the British, although it is still the honeymoon period, but Deng Haonan has begun to calculate the British.

Giving the Dutch East India Company some oil and water made them feel that spending five million taels on ransom was not too much of a loss. At the same time, if the Dutch East India Company competed with the British East India Company, it would be better to weaken both of them at the same time, "and even with the help of two companies with charters, they could start a war between Britain and the Netherlands in advance."

And as a representative of the Dutch side, Hilfsum did this for a reason. Because at this time the Dutch East India Company was in trouble with the West India Company in the Americas. The West India Company was responsible for trade and aggression in the Americas, but because the Atlantic Ocean was too close to France and Britain, the British and French fleets appeared directly in the Caribbean?

The plundering of Spain by England and France followed. The same looted the Dutch flotilla without armed protection. This caused huge losses to the Dutch West India Company.

At the same time, Britain and France occupied islands in the Caribbean Sea and established colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America next to Mexico. And the new Amsterdam opened up by the Dutch was near them, and the contradictions were becoming more and more intense, and it was basically on the brink of war.

At the same time, Brazil began to resist the military occupation of the Dutch East India Company, which reduced the strength of the East India Company. In the Far East, Charles I granted the British East India Company a charter, giving it an army and a fleet. Recently, the British began to enter Malacca and opened a colonial base in Singapore, so that the Batavia headquarters of the Dutch East India Company was under the threat of the British ** team and fleet.

Therefore, the final bottom line of the Dutch East India Company was not to redeem the prisoners captured by Na Haonan. It's that he can't start an all-out war with Deng Haonan.

Both sides are testing each other's bottom line. However, neither Deng Haonan nor Xifusam guessed the other party's bottom line.

Thus the Treaty of the Golden State of Minghe was concluded under this mutual calculation.

The main content of the treaty was the cessation of the war between Deng Haonan and the Dutch East India Company and the restoration of friendship as equality and democracy. The Dutch side ransomed the Dutch prisoners of war with five million taels of silver, and the Liaodong Governorate kept the agreement to release the prisoners of war. The annex "Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the Daming Pacific Trading Company and the Dutch East India Company" stipulates that the two sides shall open up mutually beneficial and equal trade, and the cities and ports under the rule of the Dutch East India Company shall allow the Pacific Trading Company under the Liaodong Metropolitan Government to conduct law-abiding trade. The cities and ports under the Liaodong Governorate allowed the Dutch East India Company to conduct law-abiding trade. The two sides said that in the event of consular disputes and trade frictions. Both sides have exercised restraint as much as possible and held regular high-level meetings. to resolve conflicts.

The treaty is simple, but it is affordable. The Dutch East India Company had a charter. It is equivalent to state power, and the Liaodong Governor's Office obviously has authority in this treaty, because Deng Haonan has never received a charter from the Ming government.

A tense situation, after a meeting between Deng Haonan and Shifsumm, miraculously reached an agreement.

After a verbal agreement was reached. The Dutch East India Fleet immediately withdrew from the coast of Daming. Deng Haonan saw Xifusam's sincerity and knew that the two sides would not break out into war in the short term. Therefore, there is no need to embarrass the other party and deliberately delay time.

A month later. With the official signing of the Dutch East India Company's Governor-General, Major General Analu, and Deng Haonan. The parties exchanged contracts and attachments. So the contract came into effect?

On 3 May, Governor Arnhem took Governor DeWitt and more than 2,000 Dutch prisoners with him. Meanwhile. Deng Haonan also received a ransom of 500,000 taels of gold.

There are 500,000 taels of gold in the treasury of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion, although it is a small compensation compared to the loss of 10 million silver in three months, after all, most of the wars are harmful to others and not to themselves, and Deng Haonan is still very happy to be able to solve it in this way.

However, Deng Haonan was not happy for two days. The court came to the decree.

Because the imperial court learned that Deng Haonan had ended the war with the Netherlands, the official document asking Deng Haonan to report on his work in Beijing couldn't wait.

The reason is very simple, Zhu Youxiao suddenly commended Na Haonan for his victory over the Netherlands and saved the face of the Ming Dynasty, so he built a Jinghai Marquis Mansion for Na Haonan in Beijing as a reward.

Outsiders can't see anything famous, Deng Haonan knows Empress Zhang's secret will, so he knows that this is Zhu Youxiao's strategy, the purpose is to drag Deng Haonan into the water.

When he went to Beijing to report on his work, Deng Haonan had no excuse to shirk. It would be a bit worse for the civilian officials not to go back to report on their work. If the military attache does not go, then give the court the truth. Equivalent to rebellion? So, Deng Haonan had to arrange and prepare. F