Several people could not discuss any opinions, so they had to send people, rushed to the port of Tianjin, and took a boat to Gerancha to ask the governors of each family, and now for convenience, all the governors of the four countries stopped in Gerancha, where is the base of the Dutch in the entire East.

However, the news from the side of Geranza had not yet come back, and only three days later, the Ming Emperor finally summoned a few of them.

"Kluivert, the envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (James the envoy of the British Kingdom, Garcia, the envoy of the Kingdom of Spain, and Solomon, the envoy of the Kingdom of Portugal) see His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Following the customs, the four of them knelt on the ground one after another and saluted Zhu Jie.

There is no way not to give a salute, what happened to Van der Vaart at the beginning is a lesson from the past, it is too unlucky, it is because he did not kneel and salute, and was finally thrown out of the Forbidden City directly by the generals of the Ming Dynasty......

"Get up, all of you!"

Zhu Jie replied lightly, "Liu Sili, give me a seat!" ”

Zhu Jie was very generous and gave him a seat.

Zhu Jie's face was not shocked, and he asked: "Envoys, let's talk about it, the four of you came to the Ming Empire together, this is an unprecedented thing, what is it that disturbs your master?" ”

Kluivert hurriedly stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the former commercial representative of our Kingdom of the Netherlands in Dongying once came to the capital to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and negotiated with your country on the misunderstanding between the two countries before, but unfortunately, in the end, it was rudely driven out of the Ming Empire by your country. This time, this envoy came to the capital and came with the three envoys, just for one thing! ”

Zhu Jie nodded and replied, "Okay, the former can be held accountable for the time being, what are the four of you talking about?" ”

Kluivert said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we don't need to go around the bush, compared to several adults of your country have also reported to you, your country has forcibly occupied Dongying through war, and our countries are not concerned about themselves and do not want to interfere; However, after your kingdom conquered Toei, it was too much to manipulate the Aoyama shogunate to cancel the trading rights of all Western merchants in Toei. We are ordered by the kings of various countries to send an envoy to the capital, just to ask Your Majesty to cancel the trade restrictions, so that merchants from all countries can conduct free trade in the ports of Dongying, and at the same time, we also hope that your country can cancel the tariffs of Western merchants entering Dongying and Daming! ”

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Jie laughed out loud and said suddenly, "What if I don't agree? ”

Kluivert's face changed, his heart trembled a little, and he snorted: "If, if your country does not agree, then, then the four Western countries will send troops to force your army to withdraw from Dongying and return the sovereignty of the Dongying government!" ”

"Does that mean war? Kluivert, believe it or not, I'm going to blow up a few of you eggs? ”

On the side, Gao Jie said with a sneer.

Under Gao Jie's forced gaze, Kluivert gave a cold shiver and couldn't help but tighten the birdie under his crotch.

"This general, the two countries exchange troops, and they don't kill them, this is the common law of all countries!"

"Nations?"

Gao Jie sneered: "This is the law of you Westerners, for Da Ming, there is no use for the slightest!" Just pop your eggs, what can you do? ”

Looking at Gao Jie's face, it is obvious that Lao Tzu is unreasonable, how can you drop?

"Yingwu, don't scare them, stand down for now!"

Zhu Jie on the dragon chair said indifferently.

Gao Jie snorted coldly and retreated.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Kluivert, don't say that I don't give face to your four countries, it's not impossible to want Dongying's trade rights, but Dongying is our Ming Empire's hard work, and the war funds alone cost five or six million taels of silver, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, so why did I give the trade rights to your four countries for nothing?" Just those hundreds of warships of your four countries? It's not that I look down on you, maybe your fleet is very strong, and the Ming fleet is invincible, but so what? You can defeat the Ming fleet, but you can defeat the tens of thousands of troops I left behind in Dongying? Hundreds of artillery pieces? If I don't want to give you the right to trade, you will never be able to get it, even if you are exhausted! ”

Belch......

Kluivert and the others turned dark, Zhu Jie was right, the fleet of the four countries can defeat the Ming fleet, but can it defeat the Ming army? Even if it can defeat the tens of thousands of main forces of the Ming Dynasty, what if the Ming Dynasty continues to increase troops towards Dongying? The combat power of the Tianwei army has long been heard, even the Mongols and the Manchurians are not the opponents of the Tianwei army, and they have been beaten to the ground, just by virtue of these infantry of various countries in the South Seas, all the troops combined, are only tens of thousands, how to compete with the main force of the Ming army? Do you have to mobilize troops from the West for this reason?

Joke, from the East to the West, the two are tens of thousands of miles apart, through the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, there are strong winds and waves on the sea route, and there is even the possibility of getting lost, once there is a mistake, the main force of the countries has not yet arrived in the East, there are heavy casualties, even if you can reach the East safely, the cost on the way is definitely a scary number!

"Your Majesty, what do you mean is that if the conditions are right, you don't mind letting go of Dongying's trade?"

Zhu Jie nodded and replied, "I have the virtue of a good life, once the five kingdoms go to war, how many Li people will die because of the war?" If this matter can be resolved peacefully, why not? However, if you want to obtain the trade rights of Dongying, you must weigh them one by one, and the conditions must be opened! ”

A few people were moved, as long as they can achieve results without going to war, it is naturally better than starting a war, if there is a war, in the end, can they succeed in getting the trade rights of Dongying, put it aside first, the fleets of these four countries will be destroyed at least half, right? More than 200 warships, plus the consumption of ammunition, plus the compensation of the wounded and wounded, without three or five million taels of silver, it will definitely not be able to get down!

Kluivert smiled and said, "In that case, please also ask Your Majesty to list the conditions, as long as we can make the decision, we will definitely agree." ”

Zhu Jie sneered: "Everything else is easy to say, Kluivert, England, Portugal and Spain have not really sinned against my Ming Empire, and I will not embarrass them, the three of them only need to give me three million taels of silver to compensate for the military expenses of our Ming Empire; But you Kingdom of the Netherlands......"

"It's going to be bad!"

Kluivert's heart tightened, and he knew that something was in trouble!

(End of chapter)