Chapter 242: Dismounting
Yu Xiaotian looked at Peter, looked him up and down, nodded slightly, and said, "I am also honored to meet Your Excellency here!" But I want to correct one thing, this is the island of Taiwan, not some Formosa, and you are only the governor of Dayuangang, not the governor of Formosa! Please note this! Because the island of Taiwan is mine, not you Dutch! ”
After listening to what the interpreter gave him, Peter frowned and said, "But according to the custom of the colony, Formosa, which we Dutch occupied first, should not be the territory of your army!" And we came here with the official consent of your country! ”
"Mr. Peter, you are a strong word, if according to your words, then you have no reason to stay here, because thousands of years ago, our Chinese ancestors have already set foot on this land, and you can only be regarded as latecomers!" At best, it can be considered an aggressor!
Even if you don't admit it, but before you came to the island of Taiwan, I had already occupied Jilong Bay, and according to what you said, then this island of Taiwan should be considered my territory!
As for you saying that you have the official consent of the Ming Dynasty, do you have a written agreement? Hum! Presumably not! What's more, I don't belong to the official Ming Dynasty, so please pay attention to your words in the future! Even if it's a big governor, I'm afraid it's only temporary! Yu Xiaotian said coldly to Peter.
was said by Yu Xiaotian, Peter has nothing to argue with, because what Yu Xiaotian said is the truth, not to mention that in this world, it is necessary to rely on strength to speak, even if he is a Dutchman, what can he do? I can't hold my own turf, and it's the same as if I didn't say anything.
In the past, the West Banks took the lead and occupied a lot of colonies in the world, but with the rise of the Dutch and the fall of the West Bank, didn't they still take a lot of territory from the West Banks?
So now, as the defeated party, he has no right at all, what kind of argument with this Yu Xiaotian in this matter, everything can only rely on strength.
In this first confrontation, under Peter's speechlessness, it ended in the defeat of the Dutch, and the two sides did not continue to entangle on this issue, to a certain extent, Peter's attitude was already a tacit acquiescence to the control of the sea wolf on the island of Taiwan.
As a gesture of goodwill, Peter had several boxes brought with him carried into the hall and opened and placed in front of Yu Xiaotian.
These gifts were quite valuable, including some ornaments of ivory rhinoceros horn, some more beautiful jewels and jadeite, and several extremely intricately crafted Western-style swords, including two swords made of Damascus steel, which were of great value.
These gifts are also quite valuable, at least representing the importance that the Dutch attach to filial piety.
Yu Xiaotian just glanced at this, and let people accept it, which can be regarded as giving Peter some face.
Seeing that Yu Xiaotian accepted these gifts, Peter breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was the gifts he selected, Yu Xiaotian did not accept them at all, in that case, the next negotiation would probably become very difficult.
Yu Xiaotian didn't say any more nonsense to Peter, so he went straight to the point and began to negotiate with Peter, without even a minimum banquet.
Led by Yu Xiaotian, Peter was taken to a conference room with a rather Western-style long table made of red sour branch wood.
At the suggestion of Yu Xiaotian, Peter and a few of his subordinates, and even a salesman of a company stationed in Dayuangang, sat down on one side of the long table, while Yu Xiaotian sat opposite them with a few other important members of the sea wolf, and there were only a few capable guards in the room, and they were here to bring them some tea, everything seemed very simple, which surprised Peter.
Because most of the Chinese he knows like to put on music, and all kinds of messy etiquette are very cumbersome, but obviously this Yu Xiaotian does not like that kind of red tape, and this negotiation method is more direct.
"I am very angry that you, the Dutch, have played an inglorious role in our conflict with the authorities this time!
It turns out that you and I have a cooperative relationship, you are in the majority, I am here, it can be said that the well water does not interfere with the river water, but this time you have brazenly joined the official military action against us, trying to assist the Ming Dynasty and exterminate us, I am very angry and intolerable.
Now that you are the defeated side, I want to expel you from Dayuan by force, which should be just a gesture, but I don't want to continue to create more bloodshed, so please leave Dayuan Port on your own and don't set foot on the island of Taiwan in the future, this is the first request I make to you today! And not conditional! ”
After the two sides sat down, Yu Xiaotian didn't even say a word of politeness, and directly put forward a request for the Dutch to leave the senior in a cold tone.
After Peter listened to Yu Xiaotian's words, his heart shrank suddenly, as if he was grabbed by something, which made him feel a little breathless, this is too direct for Yu Xiaotian! Although on the way here, he had expected that Yu Xiaotian might make such a request, but he didn't expect that this had just started negotiations, so he put it forward so directly.
So his face became ugly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "As I said just now, we came here with the official consent of your country, so we built a port in Dayuan Port.
Moreover, we also have an agreement with your country, which is the official request of your country, so we have this unpleasantness with you this time!
Although we were defeated this time, such losses were not very large for us, and we still have thousands of warships in our country, and I believe that our strength can protect our Dayuan Port.
But we also don't want to continue this relationship, so we don't really want to continue to be your enemy, but Dayuangang, we will not give up!
If you can waive this request, we can make some compensation to you for this matter, and we can continue to cooperate in the future! ”
"Mr. Peter, you are using strong words, don't forget that two years ago, you and the Ming official, or hostile relations, you occupied Penghu, and there was a fierce confrontation with the official in Penghu, now how did you become a cooperative relationship with the Ming official?
In addition, this time we have retreated and withdrawn from Nanri Island, and even the army of the Ming Dynasty has not continued to send troops to attack my Tamsui City.
However, your fleet acted alone and came to attack here, is this just that you have come to help in the war at the invitation of the Ming Dynasty?
In this matter, I know very well what you are thinking, and you have always regarded me as your potential enemy, and although you are ostensibly doing business with me, in fact you are afraid that I will one day drive you out of the island of Taiwan.
So this time, you took advantage of the Daming government to ask you to help in the war, and took the initiative to jump out, wanting to use the power of the Daming official to strangle me in one fell swoop and remove me from this potential threat.
Therefore, Waite saw that the official army was full of the status quo after occupying Nanri Island, so Waite could only go into battle shirtless and killed me with his own fleet.
But I didn't expect it! Such a fleet of yours, in front of me, is so unbearable! I was wiped out!
Now you still want to threaten me with your force, all right! I admit that I am indeed no match for you if all your Dutch ships come, but is this possible?
As far as I know, the relationship between you in the Netherlands and the British is probably not very close! Is it possible for you to send a large fleet to the Far East and risk losing a large number of sailors and ships along the way against a pirate like mine? Ha Lu Ha! Joke!
If you can't, with your Dutch East India Company fleet alone, I'm sorry, I don't think you're capable of beating me! And you have other interests to protect, and all the warships of the company are sent to fight against me, I'm afraid it's not realistic! Hum!
So I'm not afraid of you! If you think you can solve me by force, then I, Yu Xiaotian, are waiting here! That's the end of today's negotiations! You can go back with your people! ”
Yu Xiaotian's words were like a hammer, slamming into Peter's heart, knocking Peter into a daze, and he finally found out today that the young Chinese pirate leader in front of him was indeed difficult to deal with.
This person obviously knows their situation in Europe very well, and fully knows what the hole cards in their hands are, so it is obviously impossible to continue to threaten him with force, and now the most important thing for him is to keep Dayuan Port first, since it is impossible to rely on force, then he can only give in.
So Peter immediately softened, his tone became less arrogant than just now, and he began to discuss with Yu Xiaotian what conditions could not be driven away from Dayuan Port, as long as Yu Xiaotian allowed them to stay in Dayuan, then other things would be easy to discuss.
Seeing that Peter was completely subdued, Yu Xiaotian's face became a little better, and Peter was not a fuel-efficient lamp, he also saw that they still had a certain use for the sea wolf at present.
Now there is no harmony between the Sea Wolves and the Spaniards, and last year they were still fighting on the side of Chicken Coop Bay, and they Dutch are in the big game, which is obviously a force to contain the Spaniards.
If they were really driven back to Batavia, then because Bacheng was far away from the island of Taiwan and even the coast of China, many Chinese ships were not willing to take a huge risk to go to Bacheng to trade with them.
Therefore, most of the Chinese merchant ships, even the Seawolf's own merchant ships, have to go to Manila to trade with the West Bank, so that the West Bank will have the initiative in trade, which is not entirely in line with Yu Xiaotian's interests.