Blanco then stopped dwelling on the issue of the ships, and continued: "In that case, if the Lord Commander refuses to return our ships, this matter will be settled, and I hope that the Lord will return the sailors and soldiers who have captured us back to Manila, and I hereby express my sincere gratitude to the Lord on behalf of our Excellency the Governor!" ”

After thinking for a while, Yu Xiaotian said with a smile: "How can this matter be so simple, you have to know that this time in the conflict in Jilong Bay, you also caused us huge losses, as the defeated party, how can you say a word, I will return the prisoners to you?"

If you want me to return the members who captured you, it is not impossible, but you must compensate us for the losses this time, because this war was not started by us, and the responsibility for the war is entirely on your side!

Otherwise, we will not be able to put an end to this hostile relationship! ”

Blanco also expected that Yu Xiaotian was going to extort money from them, and he had already been mentally prepared for this, so he shook his head and said: "Your Excellency Chief, although this misunderstanding between us will be our responsibility, but your ministry has already caused us a lot of losses, you must know that we Spaniards are not so weak!"

We just don't want to escalate the situation any further, but if you don't have the slightest sincerity in the peace talks, aren't you afraid that we will mobilize more ships to come over and crusade against you?

As far as I heard, the relationship between your ministry and the Ming Dynasty officials is also very tense now, and there are recent signs that the Ming Dynasty officials are preparing to crusade against you in the near future, and the leader is not worried about this? ”

Blanco's words faintly revealed that if Yu Xiaotian did not agree to his conditions, then they Spaniards were very willing to take the opportunity to intervene at this time and send troops to help the Ming government to deal with the sea wolf.

Yu Xiaotian's heart jumped slightly, he didn't expect that these Spaniards had done a lot of homework in advance, and they actually wanted to talk to him about this matter.

He immediately laughed, and got up and paced up and down the room, laughing loudly as he went.

Listening to Yu Xiaotian's laughter, Blanco had a creepy feeling, wondering if this Yu Xiaotian was crazy, and whether he would be annoyed and angry next, and let people pull him out of the spine to chop and feed the fish, so a cold sweat broke out behind his back, and he couldn't sit still.

After Yu Xiaotian laughed wildly for a while, he slowly suppressed his laughter, turned to stare at Blanco's eyes, and went straight to the bottom of his eyes, as if he wanted to see through his heart, which made Blanco shudder a little.

"In that case, why should I send you to negotiate with me? I would like to ask Mr. Blanco, do you have this strength again? How many more ships and soldiers can you send now? Don't you want your Luzon? If that's the case, and whether you can take advantage of it or not, the Dutch will be happy to see you do it! I don't know if what I'm saying is right! Hum! Yu Xiaotian said to Blanco.

Blanco panicked in his heart, this pirate leader surnamed Yu was really powerful enough, and he actually saw their strength on the outside, and he must have discovered their weakness a long time ago, so he was so sure.

But he decided to harden his mouth: "I'm afraid that Your Excellency the Chief is underestimating us Spain!" We have so many ships at sea that you have only destroyed a few of our ships that are not very large, do you think that we have no more ships? ”

Yu Xiaotian nodded: "That's right!" I admit that you Spaniards still have many warships, but I am afraid that these warships that you are talking about are now either staying in your old home in Europe and not daring to come out, or are in your other colonies, can your Excellency Governor Shierva still be able to transfer these warships to Asia to deal with me exclusively? I'd be so honored to do that!

If that is the case, then we may end this conversation, and ask Mr. Blanco to go back and tell His Excellency Governor Schwart, that he should now begin to gather your ships, and that I will accompany you to the end!"

I'd like to see where the ships you are talking about are and when they will come! I'm afraid that before your ships are transferred, your Governor will be removed first!

But I can assure you that even if the government sends troops against me, I have a good chance of winning, and I don't care if you take advantage of the fire and robbery to take revenge on me, but I can guarantee that when this matter is over, there will never be another Chinese merchant ship to sail to your Manila and trade with you again! I can assure you of that, too!

Ha Lu Ha! ......" Yu Xiaotian laughed out loud again.

The sweat on Blanco's forehead flowed down at once, and he secretly cursed this damn pirate leader in his heart, why he was so powerful, and actually read their hole cards so thoroughly, he sat here, stunned, and felt like he had been stripped naked.

After discovering that Yu Xiaotian was completely unthreatened by him, Blanco played another card.

"Alright! I admit that for the time being, we are indeed powerless to retaliate against your Ministry, and we do not want to be involved in the conflict between your Ministry and your Ming Dynasty officials, because we only want to trade, and we do not want to continue to conflict with you.

But there is one more thing, please don't forget, if you don't trade with us, then will you only trade with the Dutch?

You must know that those rough Dutchmen in the road are even more untrustworthy, they are all some liars, robbers and hooligans, and they never know what the reputation of the road is!

This time, in the midst of the conflict between your ministry and the official, I heard rumors that the Dutch were happy to help the Ming officials deal with your ministry.

If this is the case, then will your ministry no longer do maritime trade in the future? If Your Excellency the Leader can reach a settlement with us this time, we are willing to maintain a good cooperative relationship with your Ministry in the future, purchase the goods sold by your Ministry at a higher price, and sell the goods to your Ministry at a more favorable price, which will be beneficial to both of us!

If your ministry needs it, we can also provide you with some better weapons and gunpowder to help you deal with the Dutch. ”

This is a good card played by Blanco, which can be said to hit the key point of Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian smiled indifferently and said: "Mr. Blanco is indeed a smart person, and he actually thought of this, but I want to ask Mr. Blanco, how much do you know about the Dutch in Dayuan's castle?" ”

Blanco didn't quite understand the reason for Yu Xiaotian's question, frowned and said, "Of course we know something about the Dutch in Dayuan's castle, but I don't know what the purpose of His Excellency the Dao Leader is to ask this question?" ”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "If you know about the big guy, then things will be much easier, then I want to ask, with my current strength, in your opinion, can the little big man block my attack?" So please guess Mr. Blanco, why have I not moved? ”

Blanco's mind turned sharply, and he began to think about the question raised by Yu Xiaotian, and after a while, Blanco suddenly realized something, his face changed, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Is Your Excellency the Chief deliberately waiting for the Dutch to come now?" ”

Yu Xiaotian smiled with satisfaction and nodded: "I don't mind if the Dutch get involved in this conflict between me and the government.

I also have some understanding of the strength of the Dutch, although on the surface, their East India Company is very strong, but in fact the number of ships they can mobilize is not very large, otherwise they would not have put so many broken ships in the big man!

Since they want to come, then I am happy to let them come, and only after letting them see my strength will they understand who to choose as friends!

I can tell you unequivocally, Mr. Blanco, that I am completely sure that I can defeat the officials in this conflict, and I am not afraid that the Dutch will help the authorities, let alone your help, but after this incident, I believe that the pattern of China's maritime situation will change.

You can continue to choose to be my enemy, but you can also choose to cooperate with me, it depends on what you think, and you will definitely have your own judgment on what to do.

If it weren't for the Dutch and you, you wouldn't think of leaving you, and we wouldn't be able to sell Chinese goods to you in Europe.

As far as I know, in addition to you and the people of the Seven Provinces (the Dutch), there is also an Englishman who has long wanted to come and do this kind of trade with us.

Even if you and the people of the seven provinces do not do this kind of trade with us, I am happy to give the British a foothold on the island of Taiwan and establish a commercial hall, and the British must be happy to trade directly with us.

Although the British are not very strong in the Far East now, when they find this business opportunity, I think the British should be able to make adjustments quickly, and they must be willing to increase the number of warships in the Far East to protect their interests! ”

Blanco had a desire to pounce on Yu Xiaotian, this damn pirate leader, who knew so much about European affairs, which they had never expected, and at the same time, this damn fellow, who knew so much about the situation of the parties in the Far East, was not something they had expected before.

When he wanted to threaten this damned pirate leader with the Dutch, he also thought of their Spanish enemies, if it weren't for these damn British, their Spanish Armada could now be completely rampant on the sea, how could they be pressed by the damned Dutchmen now?

What worries him even more is that this Yu Xiaotian seems to have full confidence in the upcoming conflict with the Ming officials this time, and they can win, and they are not worried at all that the Dutch fleet will help the Ming officials to attack them.

If things really develop according to what Yu Xiaotian said, then things may be very troublesome, the Dutch are actually very smart people, they can definitely find out immediately how to treat this sea wolf in the future, and change their attitude towards them.

With Yu Xiaotian's current strength, he could have made the first move and expelled the Dutch from the army, and he had already learned that the Dutch wanted to deal with him, but he always stood still and waited for the Dutch to come to the door, what was this for?

After thinking about it, Blanco could only come to one conclusion, that is, Yu Xiaotian did not want to expel the Dutch from the island of Taiwan for the time being, so as to add a weight to the negotiations with the Dutch in the future.

If the Dutch change their attitude and improve their relations with Yu Xiaotian after this incident, then as long as they cooperate, it is likely that they can exclude their Spaniards from trade with the Ming Dynasty in the future, and then they Spaniards may no longer be able to gain a foothold in the Far East in the future.

Even if the Dutch were unwise and continued to maintain a hostile state with the sea wolf, then the sea wolf could have done it by closing the maritime trade between the Ming and the Dutch, and expelling the Dutch from the island of Taiwan, because as he said, the British had long wanted to come here and open a trade channel with the Ming to get a share of this trade activity.

As long as Yu Xiaotian can control the island of Taiwan, then he can give the British such an opportunity at any time, and the British will definitely come here happily to do business with the sea wolf.

Despite the fact that the British are not very strong on the Asian side now, Blanco believes that as long as they can make enough profits in this trade, the British will soon be like flies from Europe, and I am afraid that no one can stop them from greatly increasing their strength here.

All in all, this Yu Xiaotian showed strong self-confidence and didn't take them Spaniards seriously at all, because he had seen through all the hole cards in their Spaniards' hands, and no matter how they played this card, they couldn't change this Yu Xiaotian's mind.

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