Peter also saw this, so he could grasp this point and repeatedly discuss with Yu Xiaotian about retaining the big member, but he didn't dare to threaten Yu Xiaotian with a tough tone this time, because Yu Xiaotian saw his thoughts, and said coldly:

"If Mr. Peter thinks that you have an irreplaceable role in the Ranks, then you are wrong, I can drive you out of the Ranks, and I only need to extend an olive branch to the British, and the Brits should be very happy to come and take your place!"

Peter was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, but he still said tactfully: "Although Your Excellency the Leader can indeed do this, Don't forget that Your Excellency the Leader is only now in control of Malacca!" If the British ships wanted to bring Chinese goods back to Europe, they would have to go through Malacca! ”

Yu Xiaotian suddenly laughed: "This is not something I care about, if the British see that they can get a very rich return here, I think they will find a way to solve this problem!" That's between the British and you! Yu Xiaotian said this, with a wicked smile on his face.

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Peter had a desire to pounce on him and strangle him, because this surnamed Yu was too much of a bastard, and if he did what he said, then it would be tantamount to him throwing a bone, and letting the Dutch and the British bite each other in order to earn this bone.

The British are still very weak in Asia, only occupy a small place in a very small place, have a small number of merchant houses, and have insufficient influence in Asia, so naturally they have not tasted much of the sweetness of trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, the trade between the Ming and the Ming is mainly shared by the Dutch, Spaniards and Portuguese, and even if the British can intervene, they are just scraps.

Therefore, without sufficient interests to promote, the British will not mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources to invest in Asia for the time being.

But this does not mean that the British do not know the huge benefits that trade with the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the British have long seen how much benefit they can gain by trading with the Ming Dynasty, and over the years, they have been trying to find a way to intervene in a place close to China.

Many years ago, the British tried to rob the Portuguese-held Macao, and sent a fleet to Macao to fight the Portuguese.

However, because the Portuguese had made sufficient preparations in advance, built a strong enough fortress, and mobilized enough troops to defend it, the British were unable to capture Macau in the end, and had to return with a feather.

The British even sank two ships outside Macao, and later the naval guns on one of the ships were salvaged by the Portuguese and sold to the Ming Dynasty government, which made the Ming Dynasty government begin to pay attention to the Hongyi cannon.

The British have not given up on this idea all these years, and have been looking for a suitable place to establish a bridgehead for trade with China.

It is a pity that the territory around the South Seas has been basically divided by the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal, and the British have never found a suitable foothold.

If Yu Xiaotian drives the Dutch away from the big man now and invites the British to come over and build a merchant house, it is estimated that the Queen of England will wake up with a smile in her dreams, and she will definitely find a way to mobilize more strength and join in this feast, and be on an equal footing with the first few of them.

If the Dutch tried to intercept the British merchant ships in Malacca, the British would not necessarily sit idly by, driven by huge interests, and would definitely send a large number of ships to fight them.

At this time, Peter was really frightened by Yu Xiaotian, and he no longer dared to put forward any coercive conditions with Yu Xiaotian, so he could only beg bitterly, Yu Xiaotian should not attack the Dayuan, as long as Yu Xiaotian agreed to keep them doing business in Dayuan, then they Dutch were willing to pay some price to meet Yu Xiaotian's requirements.

Yu Xiaotian shook his head again and again, and said: "You Dutch people can take out the things in your hands, there are not many things for me, what you can give me, I can also get it from other places, you don't actually have much on hand that can be exchanged with me."

I'm sure you're not going to be able to get much more useful to me than silver! ”

Although Yu Xiaotian's words seemed to be rejecting his request on the surface, Peter was not stupid, and immediately heard a little other meaning from Yu Xiaotian's words, Yu Xiaotian's words seemed to remind him that if he could offer suitable conditions, then there seemed to be some room for negotiation in letting them stay in the majority.

So he hurriedly nodded and said: "If Your Excellency the Leader agrees, this time I can apply to the company and pay you some compensation as compensation for our rash action, I hope Your Excellency can retain our right to continue doing business in the big office, I don't know if it will be okay to do this?" ”

Yu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows, looked at Peter, frowned and didn't speak for a long time, as if he was hesitating or thinking about something.

Seeing Yu Xiaotian's hesitant look, Peter hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, "We can compensate you for 30,000 silver coins!" I wonder if Your Excellency Lu Dao is satisfied? ”

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "No! You just want 30,000 silver coins in exchange for the right of abode of the big man, absolutely not! ”

Peter frowned, although he felt that Yu Xiaotian's appetite was too big, but he was still a little secretly happy in his heart, he said this, it seems that it can be solved with silver, as long as silver can be solved, then things will be easy to do!

"50,000 ......"

"No......"

"80,000 ......"

"No......"

"100,000 ......"

"No, it's still too little......"

Peter's face was getting greener and bluer, and he kept raising the price, but Yu Xiaotian always refused to agree, and always felt that it was too little, so that Peter's face became worse and worse.

After the last moment, Peter could only grit his teeth and say, "One hundred and fifty thousand!" It's only 150,000! If there is more, the company will never agree! ”

"Two hundred thousand, but two! It's not silver! Your silver coins can be converted into our usual two! Not one or two less! Yu Xiaotian slapped the table and said.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian was like a profiteer, and the lion opened his mouth and said to Peter.

Looking at the color on Peter's face again, there was a burst of blue and a burst of white, it was almost a palette, and he gritted his teeth and stared at Yu Xiaotian, as if he might pounce on it at any time and bite Yu Xiaotian.

And Yu Xiaotian was also like a fighting, staring at Peter's eyes without giving in.

The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and in the end, Peter was defeated, smiled bitterly, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay!" According to your Excellency, 200,000 taels of silver! ”

"The fineness of silver must reach ninety, and those that are not good enough must be made up at a discount!" Yu Xiaotian still didn't let in the slightest, and then made up a condition.

Peter's face shook a few more times, because the silver and silver coins in their hands now contain only about seventy percent of the silver, and the better ones are only eighty percent, and ninety percent is basically pure silver, and if they follow Yu Xiaotian's requirements, they will at least add another 20,000 taels of silver.

But since the 200,000 taels of silver have been settled, he can only grit his teeth and agree to the 20,000 taels of silver.

"If you are willing to pay me 200,000 taels of silver, it will not be a loss for you! Because the goods you get every year after the port of Dayuan are transshipped back to Europe, and at least the profits you make are far more than the money you pay!

Since I can blockade your Dayuan Port, then I can allow more merchant ships to go to Dayuan Port to trade, and this alone will make you far more profitable every year in the future.

And if you don't agree, then if you want to solve it by force, then it is not 200,000 taels of silver that can be solved, presumably you send another fleet, in case of defeat, the loss will be far more than 200,000 taels of silver.

Also, I'm afraid that in the past two years, Heze has invested far more than 200,000 taels of silver in Dayuangang! How to say that this time you all earned it! Hehe! Yu Xiaotian said triumphantly.

Peter thought about it, even if they wanted to defeat Yu Xiaotian now, it would be impossible if they didn't mobilize enough warships to come over, but if they continued to use force, after a battle, whether they won or lost, the price they paid would far exceed 200,000 taels of silver.

It's okay to say that if you win, at least there are war dividends to make up for the losses, but once you lose, then you will lose all your money.

This time, Waite's fleet consisted of seven warships, and the total value of these seven warships was less than 200,000 taels of silver, but with the supplies on board and all kinds of artillery, weapons and ammunition, it still far exceeded 200,000 taels of silver, and if you add the one or two thousand sailors on board, this number would at least double again, because he knew better than anyone how difficult it was to train a qualified sailor.

On the ship that Waite brought this time, a considerable number of those sailors were experienced sailors, these people could not be bought even if they had money, and once the loss was too great, they would not be able to recruit so many sailors for many years, which was also the reason why they did not dare to come again to pick up the sea wolf and tiger whiskers in a short period of time.

But after this battle, Waite's fleet was completely wiped out, and the loss of sailors actually made them feel more pain than the loss of ships.

When this condition was negotiated, Peter finally breathed a long sigh of relief, but before he could relax a little, Yu Xiaotian threw out another additional condition.

"As long as you pay the compensation, then you can continue to stay in the master, but this is time-limited, this limitation period is five years, which means that I have lent the master to you, and after the expiration of five years, you need to continue to pay the rent to me! Otherwise, I have the right to take back the membership after the expiration date! ”