Vanderland began to feel a little apprehensive in his heart, and when he saw that Liu Kongzhao did not mention the purchase of the ship again, he was a little worried that Liu Kongzhao really did not plan to buy it again.

The Dutchmen had already heard of the fact that Franco's merchant ships had made a fortune in Macao, Ningbo, Songjiang and other places.

It can be said that Vanderland is indeed very interested in Liu Kongzhao, a noble official from the Ming Empire.

Vanderland also wanted to be able to do business with Liu Kongzhao, and also knew that the empire had a large market.

But now that Liu Kongzhao no longer mentioned the purchase of the ship, Vanderland had no choice but to show his friendliness to Liu Kongzhao with all his might, and began to prepare a rich lunch for Liu Kongzhao, and took out his long-cherished red wine.

"What is this, steak? Cutting with a knife is quite chic, and you Westerners dine like a war! ”

"This glass is used as a wine glass, but it is a bit extravagant, our Wei Guogong is also engaged in this thing, I don't know if he succeeded."

"This is a potato? My Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been asking local officials to promote this thing recently, but it is not fried like you; What, in your country it's still only for the nobility! It's strange, Your Majesty said that this is not nutritious, and it is only suitable for the people at the bottom to wrap their stomachs and make ordinary dishes in disaster years. ”

"This is called milk? In China, there is a Poria cocos cream that is similar to this, but it is a nourishing thing."

Liu Kongzhao began to eat after learning from Vanderland's appearance, and while eating, he asked Vanderland about this Western thing.

Vanderlen also patiently explained one by one.

After the meal was over, Liu Kongzhao continued to follow Van der Lan to visit Van der Lan's command room, and Van der Lan was still very active in introducing the various products in his cabin to Liu Kongzhao, hoping to interest this noble official from the Ming Empire.

"This telescope is good, I have long heard that your shipbuilding and mirror making are stunts, and today I saw that it really deserves its reputation, this thing can be bought back for hunting, quote a price; Well, there is also this thing, a nautical instrument, you can buy a batch."

Liu Kongzhao watched and asked a lot of questions at Vanderland's flagship, and finally continued to return to the wine table with Vanderland.

Vanderland finally couldn't help but ask Liu Kongzhao: "Your Excellency, please give me a clear answer to the order of warships and other equipment and instruments. ”

"Okay, Benjue won't spare you either, five first-class battleships, but each one must not be higher than 300,000 yuan, in addition, five second-class warships, and ten third-class warships, the price you quoted just now is too high, as long as you are willing to lower the price again, Benjue is willing to buy you ten second-class warships and twenty third-class warships with three million silver dollars, in addition, you have to give the official one hundred sets of telescopes and fifty sets of nautical instruments, how about it?"

Liu Kongzhao directly spread the cards.

And Vanderland was a little annoyed: "Your Excellency, you are robbing, how can you talk about business like this!" ”

"Ben Jue has already given in, I know that you are businessmen, and you all want to make more money, but Mr. Vanderlaan, even if we do business, we must take a long-term view, and we must not only do it once, but always do it; You can also see that the Zheng family's power at sea is too great, not only affecting you, but also our Majesty, so my Ming Navy will definitely continue to grow, and when the time comes, we will have to continue to buy warships from your Western hands or something, you are not willing to make profits, and become partners with us, naturally there are Franc Machine, England is willing, I heard that you Holland has been suffering from the challenge of these two countries, if you lose the trade of the Ming Empire, and let Franc Opportunity and England and other countries benefit, who will lose, I don't need to say it explicitly. ”

As soon as Liu Kongzhao said this, Vanderland also understood a little, and then thought that if he didn't back down, he might lose the opportunity to cooperate with the high-level of the Ming Empire, so he had to nod and agree to Liu Kongzhao's conditions.

"That's right, Vanderraine is refreshing, then this matter is decided, we will now negotiate a contract, how long will these five first-class battleships be built, how long will they be delivered, how to collect money, and when will the other ten second-class battleships and twenty third-class battleships be delivered, etc."

Liu Kongzhao couldn't help but slap the table and laughed, and took the initiative to pour wine for Van der Lan: "Mr. Van der Lan, Ben Jue will talk to you today, you are the most wise Westerner Ben Jue has ever seen, much more refreshing than those Francophone people, no matter what, I, Liu, have already regarded you as a friend, and I will tell you the truth, the navy of the Ming Empire is all in charge of me alone, and we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future, and it is not just a warship or something, other aspects can also cooperate." ”

As he spoke, Liu Kongzhao grabbed Vanderland's shoulder: "Do you know what Benjue's identity is in China?" ”

Vanderland did use Liu Kongzhao's status as a Ming nobleman to further cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, so he also asked: "What is the identity of Your Excellency the Earl, please make it clear." ”

"You should all know that my Chinese emperor's surname is Zhu, right, but you don't know that the world of my Chinese Zhu family was fought down by my Liu family with the help of their Zhu family, and half of the country is our Liu family, so it can be said that what this lord decides can represent the decision of my Chinese Ming court!"

Liu Kongzhao said with a drunken look.

At the same time, Liu Kongzhao also squinted and looked around, thinking that there should be no Jinyiwei's eyeliner on this Western battleship, and he might be able to brag about it, so as to shock this Van der Lan, so as to get more benefits from this red hair Fan Van der Lan before the Zheng family hit the red hair fan of Dongfan.

As Liu Kongzhao expected, Van der Laan became even more curious after hearing that Liu Kongzhao had such a high status in the Ming Empire at this time: "What His Excellency the Earl said is true?" ”

"Don't believe it, my ancestor is Liu Bowen, have you heard of it, you can speak Fengyang official dialect, you haven't heard of this person after coming here for so long, I, Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of the earl is the work earned by the ancestor Liu Bowen!"

Liu Kongzhao said that he took out the family heirloom jade pendant with a drunken appearance.

"Uh, uh, uh, I know, I know, this Liu Bowen is the god of wisdom here for you, I didn't expect your Excellency to be a famous family, now I believe it, it is our honor to cooperate with you, I don't know if you really intend to continue to cooperate with us?"

Vanderland has indeed heard of Liu Bowen, after all, the popularity of a character like Liu Bowen is more than that of Emperor Zhu in the legends of the common people, and he can be regarded as a truly deified figure, coincidentally, Vanderland has also heard it from the coastal people.

But it is precisely because of this that he who knows little about the history and national conditions of the Ming Dynasty began to believe Liu Kongzhao's brainless boasting.

Thank you for the 100 book coin reward of book friend Mu Yu Changqing, some time ago because I was too busy with work, I rarely interacted with book friends, and I was cold, I'm really sorry, I will strengthen interaction in the future.

(End of chapter)