When he came to Kunning Palace, Zhu Youxiao found that Concubine Liang and Concubine Chun were also there, and they both came to visit the queen, so they stayed in Kunning Palace for dinner at noon.

This year, Zhu Youxiao is sixteen years old, Empress Zhang Yan is seventeen years old, and Concubine Liang is eighteen years old, and all three of them are adults. Only Concubine Chun is thirteen years old, and it will take another year to be considered an adult. However, it is still too young, and Zhu Youxiao plans to wait for Concubine Chun to be sixteen years old.

Looking at the three beautiful daughters-in-law in front of him, and they were all beautiful in different styles, Zhu Youxiao was actually very satisfied, so he had no other ideas, and his little life began to have a good time.

"If this is the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, then the days will be more comfortable." Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think, but this was just a luxury.

It is still necessary to be busy, this Ming Dynasty has reached the time of storm, and he can't have the leisure to enjoy such a wonderful little day.

After lunch with the queen, a report came from the headquarters.

"Your Majesty, Penghu victory, Penghu victory."

When Zhu Youxiao heard the eunuch's shout, he was immediately shocked. Hurriedly took the report over and read it carefully.

"Haha, good! Good! After Zhu Youxiao read the report, he immediately slapped his thigh several times excitedly. The queen and concubines also gathered around and asked Zhu Youxiao, "Your Majesty, what battle did you win?" ”

"It was a victory, and the Denglai sailors defeated the Dutch in Penghu. I originally thought that there would be no problem in defeating the Dutch, but I didn't expect it to be such a big victory, and the Dutch in the entire Penghu were completely annihilated by my Denglai Naval Division, and three fast ships were captured. Six gunboats. Now my Ming Navy really has eyebrows. Zhu Youxiao said excitedly.

"Dutch? Is that the red hair that the emperor's brother said? These red hairs are also boring enough, and they came to our Daming realm thousands of miles away, just to send more than a thousand troops to harass our Daming Haijiang. Concubine Chun pouted and commented. His demeanor was very cute, and he immediately made Zhu Youxiao laugh.

"Huh! Concubine Ai is right, these red hairs are egg pain. If I don't teach them a lesson, they will have to ride on our head and make waves. Zhu Youxiao smiled, and then said to Yang Guang: "It seems that I can't see the big pendulum clock in the afternoon, send someone to inform you that the headquarters will meet in the afternoon." ”

"Yes. Emperor. Yang Guang diligently ran to arrange it.

In the afternoon there was another meeting of the High Command, which was mainly to discuss the disposition of the Dutch. Since these Dutch people have been captured, naturally they cannot be easily let go.

"According to the custom of the Hongyi people. Ransom should be paid for the ransom of prisoners of war. Just ask the Dutch for a ransom! Of course, the main thing is to get back the people of Penghu who were taken away by the Dutch, and let the Dutch compensate for the military expenses, if they are not willing to pay money. Don't even think about trading with us. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty thinks. Who is the right person to negotiate? Sun Chuanting asked.

"The High Command will send someone over, the palace will send one, and the Royal Trading Company will also send someone. If the Dutch can accept our terms this time, maritime trade is still very important. Whether the imperial court has enough silver next year will count on sea trade. Zhu Youxiao instructed.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In addition, the captured gunboats this time will be sent to the shipyard, and the shipyard can directly copy them. Then let the sailors practice the sea operation of the soft sail gunboat. Strive to learn to use gunboats in combat as soon as possible. Zhu Youxiao handed it over again.

By the way, Sun Yiguo mentioned it in the good news chapter. Penghu is not suitable for cargo loading and unloading as a large merchant ship. I'm afraid it's wrong to do business with the Dutch in Penghu. In addition, the Dutch demanded that we be forbidden to trade with the Spaniards in Luzon, which was obviously excessive. Sun Chuanting then asked Zhu Youxiao for instructions.

"I can trade with whomever I want, and it's not the turn of a small East India Company to dictate to me. However, since the Dutch and the Spaniards were bitter enemies, they could agree to the Dutch's request. The Spaniards slaughtered tens of thousands of our people abroad in Luzon, and I will have to settle this account with the Spaniards in the future. Zhu Youxiao came back to his senses as he spoke, and said, "If you don't say it, I will almost forget." If the Dutch want to trade with me, they can also trade with the Ming Dynasty, then they must ensure the rights and interests of the Ming people abroad in Batavia. ”

"Besides! The Dutch did not allow us to trade with the Spaniards, and we did not allow them to trade with the Japanese, and these were the conditions to which the Dutch had to agree. If the Dutch agree, let them enter Macau and trade in Macao! "What is Zhu Youxiao's idea, it is naturally very clear, that is the market of marine trade!

In these years, the profits of trade with Japan should be relatively rich, there are still a lot of precious metals in small Japan, and large-scale copper resources have just been discovered, and it is in the stage of expanding copper mining. At this time, if you can monopolize trade with Japan, then the profits will naturally be extremely rich.

Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao heard that the Dutch did not allow the Ming to trade with the Spaniards in the Philippines, he was immediately inspired and his brain was opened.

The Dutch dare to ask Da Ming like this, and Da Ming can naturally ask the Dutch like this.

At present, there are trade relations with Japan, that is, the Dutch, and Li Dan, who is also a merchant and a thief in Fujian. However, Li Dan's forces are not all Li Dan's words, but this is a pirate alliance, but Li Dan has the highest prestige in it.

There are actually quite a few sea ships in the Ming Dynasty, but why is only the Fujian region trading directly with Japan?

First, there is the way, and this year's little Japan is not trading with all maritime merchants. The second is force, and those pirates in Fujian can rob serious maritime ships at sea. Others naturally couldn't bear it, so naturally they could only let Li Dan's group of pirates unite to monopolize trade with Japan. However, later the Dutch came out, these Dutch had gunboats, and Li Dan and these pirates were not able to deal with these Dutch, so the Dutch also established trade relations with the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan at this time.

As long as the Ming Dynasty cut off the trade between the Dutch and Japan at this time, and then clean up the pirates in Fujian. If we open up the door to trade with Japan, this monopoly business will be too easy to do.

"Such conditions are a bit harsh, but I don't know if the Dutch have agreed." Zhu Youxiao said: "But they don't agree or don't worry, just come hard, although we don't have any ships at the moment." But this is after all in the sea area of my Daming, and our Daming is the real hegemon. ”

Zhu Youxiao is indeed not worried at all, the Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese have all crossed the ocean, and the forces that can be drawn are very limited. And those pirates in Fujian, after all, are not the situation after Zheng Zhilong was appeased. Neither these Europeans nor the native pirates could call on much manpower and material resources.

However, the imperial court can mobilize a large number of manpower and material resources, as long as the silver is smashed, a large number of ships will be built, and the power is enough to crush them. (To be continued......)