"Sir, the lower official has a reluctant request, and he also asked the lord to help the lower official perform a play, I wonder if the lord is willing?"

Zheng Zhilong bowed to Liu Kongzhao, although Zheng Zhilong's wealth and armed forces were now enough to compete with the imperial court, he still maintained the most basic respect for Liu Kongzhao, the sincere uncle.

After all, Liu Kongzhao represents Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, and now the Zheng Group and the Ming Dynasty are still in the honeymoon period.

Liu Kongzhao patted his stomach, leisurely stepped on the sea stone where the tide was beating, and made a very indifferent appearance on the surface, and glanced at Zheng Zhilong:

"Uh, acting? Acting for Zheng Daguan, Benjue is very honored, why is he willing to say it, you say yes. ”

Liu Kongzhao, who has been wandering around the area controlled by the Zheng Group for some days, has gained a lot of new understanding of the Zheng Group, and what has increased is not only a belly of fat, but also a belly of coastal defense knowledge.

Although he still pretended to be not very interested in naval warfare on the surface, and only cared about drinking wine, eating meat, playing with women, and exploring money-making deals with others, he couldn't help but feel a little angry after listening to Zheng Zhilong's request to let him act as a dignified earl.

However, Liu Kongzhao's words on the surface still carried the meaning of touting Zheng Zhilong.

"The lord misunderstood, the lower officials don't dare to let you be a play;

The lower official means that you will help to hold off Vanderland, who is the commander of the Red Hair Company's East India Company "Stubborn John", and the Red Hair Fan who occupies the East Fan and the people led by Kui Yi refused to give up the island of East Fan, and also asked their governor in Batavia for help;

This Vanderraan and his "Stubborn John" were the reinforcements sent by this governor;

However, this Vanderlander didn't want to make a loss-making deal, so he first came to Jiahe to inquire about the situation, and wanted to ask us if we had any intention of recovering Dongfan;

Sir, you are the chief of the Admiralty, and after the founding relatives of the Ming Dynasty, you are still a celebrity around Your Majesty, so the lower official thought that the lord could help the lower official to lie, saying that because of the admiralty's uncertainty, there was no intention of recovering Dongfan;

In this way, it is better to let Vanderrain leave, let Kuiyi have no rescue, and the battle to recover Dongfan will be easier to fight, and after the matter is completed, the lower officials will send a thousand hectares of fertile land on Dongfan Island. ”

Liu Kongzhao heard Zheng Zhilong say this, and then he understood what he meant, but he still couldn't help asking: "Who is this Vanderland, who is so easy to deceive?" ”

"The lord doesn't know, the key to this business is not whether it is good or not, but whether the deceived person is willing to believe it, although this Van der Laan and Yu Yi are both red haired fans, both are from the East India Company, but their families are all shipbuilding in Amsterdam, and they are in competition with each other, this Van der Laan does not want to lose his own power to help Yu Yi, but now we have to give him a reason to believe that we will not send troops, and he has to go back to explain to their Governor His Excellency that it is not."

As soon as Zheng Zhilong said this, Liu Kongzhao nodded, understanding that this Kuiyi and Fan Delan are equivalent to the Zhejiang merchants and Hui merchants in the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Kongzhao sighed: "Well, Your Majesty also cares a lot about the recovery of Dongfan Island, isn't it our duty to be courtiers to share our worries for the monarch's father, since it is conducive to the recovery of Dongfan Island, this lord will help you with this." ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Liu Kongzhao, and Liu Kongzhao also secretly laughed.

He also knows a little about the situation of Hongmaofan these days, and knows that these Hongmaofan are all employees of the East India Company, which is the same as Zheng's firm, but there are also differences from Zheng's firm, and these people also have their own business.

To put it bluntly, in Liu Kongzhao's view, these red-haired fans are a group of people who do business, which makes Liu Kongzhao realize that he can take this opportunity to talk about business with red-haired fans.

Early the next morning, Vanderland's fleet was allowed by Zheng Zhilong to enter the Jiahe Qianhu Office, which is now the place of Gulangyu Island.

Liu Kongzhao also wore the imperial python robe, and waited for the appearance of Vanderland in Qianhusu with Zheng Zhilong and others.

As a senior officer of the Dutch East India Company, Vanderland is naturally familiar with Daming, and can also speak Fengyang official dialect fluently.

As soon as Vanderland entered the Qianhu, he saw Liu Kongzhao's clothes and guessed that Liu Kongzhao's identity was very noble in the Ming Empire, and he was more authoritative than Zheng Zhilong, so he bowed to Liu Kongzhao before bowing to Zheng Zhilong.

"With eyesight, you're Vanderraan?

Liu Kongzhao asked, then looked at the interpreter on the side, waiting for the interpreter to translate his words.

"In reply to your Excellency, I am Van der Laan, the commander of the "Stubborn John", and I have come here just to ask Mr. Zheng if he really wants to fight Dongfan Island", this Van der Laan opened his mouth without waiting for the interpreter.

"It's straightforward, and I'm in such a hurry to tell the purpose, but fortunately, I can actually talk to us, although it sounds a little awkward, but we can still communicate with each other."

Liu Kongzhao smiled at Zheng Zhilong and said a few words, and then beckoned to Vanderland: "I am the chief of the Chinese Navy Liu Kongzhao, the commander of the Chinese Navy, I am in charge of the Chinese navy, this matter of attacking Dongfan Island is a non-existent and impossible thing, you can rest assured." ”

The Ming people of this era had already begun to refer to themselves as China, and many documents have mentioned it as such, so it is not surprising that Liu Kongzhao called himself China at this time.

As Zheng Zhilong said, after listening to Liu Kongzhao's introduction, Fan Delan really believed Liu Kongzhao's words, and saw that Zheng Zhilong was still smiling beside Liu Kongzhao, so he was naturally even more convinced, and hurriedly saluted again:

"It turned out to be Your Excellency the Earl of your country, disrespectful and disrespectful! Since His Excellency the Earl said so, then I am relieved, we have never thought of any disputes with your country, and His Majesty the Emperor of your country has opened many commercial ports now, and everyone is doing business, isn't it very good, so I hope that Your Excellency believes in our sincerity and does not have any disputes. ”

"You're right, everyone is a businessman", Liu Kongzhao laughed, leaned closer and asked this Vanderland: "I heard that you brought twelve warships this time?" ”

Vanderlaan did bring twelve capital warships this time, his main purpose was to rescue the Tungfan Island, but there were other purposes, this other purpose was to think that once the Zheng family's warships were successfully blocked, he would be ordered by his governor to occupy Macao, in order to make up for the loss of the Dutch East India Company on Orientfan Island.

Of course, Vanderlaan couldn't say his purpose and only smiled awkwardly.

"I wonder if Your Excellency the Commander will allow Ben Jue to go and see your warships, if the warships can, we can buy them for a lot of money, when the business is not less than millions of silver dollars, everyone is a businessman, what's the point of fighting, why not just talk about business?"

When Liu Kongzhao said this, Vanderland was also a little stunned.

He didn't expect that this count of the Ming Empire would actually purchase his own warship.

As a shipmer, he is naturally very willing to do business with a big money owner like Liu Kongzhao in his heart, especially after hearing that Liu Kongzhao wants to do a business with a scale of no less than millions of silver dollars.

This Vanderlands hurriedly saluted Liu Kongzhao again: "Of course, I can ask His Excellency the Earl to move, and I will give you a good introduction." ”

(End of chapter)