"Rijkaard, tell me in detail about the current situation in Dongying, and what is the situation in Daming."

Cohen said in a deep voice.

Rijkaard hurriedly replied: "Lord Governor Qiqi, now the entire Dongying has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, the Ming army's movements are too fast, there is no chance for other forces to react, the Zheng family's official party plus the shogunate of Dongying, joined forces against the enemy, and they were all beaten by the Ming army without the power to fight back!" This expedition, the Ming Empire used all the strength of the navy, and also sent 60,000 Tianxiong army elite, the combat power is extremely strong, especially the artillery of the Ming army, almost all of them are flowering cannons, the power is huge, far better than our Western red-clothed cannons, from the beginning of the war, to the end of the battle, it took less than two months, less than two months, the Dongying shogunate, including the most powerful several daimyo and an official party, all were destroyed, nearly 200,000 troops in Dongying, the whole army was annihilated, I have to say, the combat power of the Ming army is too strong, Not only is the navy fleet strong, but the army is even stronger......"

The corners of Cohen's mouth twitched, specially, you know that you are so powerful, and you still have to resist the Ming Empire? Do you want to die? If you want to die, don't drag the entire East India Company with you!

"Also, after the war, has the Ming army withdrawn from Dongying now? Or do you plan to keep all your troops in Dongying? ”

Rijkaard smiled bitterly: "For the time being, the army has not been withdrawn, when I left Dongying, the Ming army has already begun to deploy the defense of Dongying, according to the information obtained by our intelligence officers, the Ming Dynasty will retain at least 8,000 troops in Dongying, most of which will be stationed in Edo Bay, and then, set up military bases in Nagasaki, Satsuma, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and other places to ensure that the entire Dongying is under the control of the Ming army, and even together with Nagasaki, Satsuma and Osaka Bay, three important military trade towns, All of them are ruled directly by the Ming Dynasty......"

Hiss......

Cohen gasped, stationed thousands of troops in Edo Bay, you must know that the shogunate of Toei is stationed in Edo Castle, with these thousands of Ming troops guarding, I am afraid that the current Aoyama shogunate will not even dare to let go of a fart, and the Ming army can give its life at any time, and there are military bases in Nagasaki, Satsuma, Osaka, Nagoya and Sapporo, and even say that these places are directly owned by themselves, and what is left for Toei is a complete mess......

Aoyama Shogunate, this Aoyama Shogunate is really a nest can't be in the nest, without these military trade towns, the Aoyama Shogunate is a decoration, the benefits are taken away by the Ming Empire, and what is left for the Aoyama Shogunate is just a mouthful of broth, and it is still rancid!

"Also, after the Ming army occupied Dongying, they directly leased the two silver mines and three gold mines in Dongying at a price of 50,000 taels of silver per year, for a lease period of 150 years, and the Ming Dynasty has the right to renew the lease agreement at the same price, you must know that these five mines produce at least 60,000 taels of gold every year, and the output of silver is as high as more than 3 million taels, this is a living cash cow, and the Qingshan Shogunate has given it to people like this......"

Rijkaard said helplessly.

Cohen was speechless for a while, Dongying had such a shogun, it could be regarded as blood mold, just because of only 50,000 taels of silver, he sold the three largest gold mines and two silver mines in Dongying, shameless, it was really shameless!

"No, we can don't care about anything else, the Ming army can toss Dongying as much as it likes, who says that the Ming army now holds the life and death of Dongying, but we must not lose the right to trade, this is our bottom line!"

Cohen growled.

"That's right!"

Rijkaard said urgently: "Even if it is an all-out war with the Ming Dynasty, we will not hesitate to do it!" ”

"Fart!"

Cohen yelled angrily, "You know to go to war, go to war!" Are you sure you can win this battle? How sure are you? Fifty percent? Thirty percent? One percent? Or is it half a percent? What's more, we don't have the slightest certainty, even if we win, it will be a crushing victory, when the English and the Spaniards will just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when we are done, follow us and drive us out of the South and East Seas in one fell swoop! The benefits are all given to them! ”

Rijkaard's expression was stunned, he didn't dare to say a word, Cohen was right, the snipe and the clam competed, and the fisherman profited, when the time came, we fought desperately, and in the end, we were picked up by Spain, England and even Portugal, and it was unjustly killed......

"So, Lord Governor, what do you do?"

Rijkaard asked.

Cohen took a deep breath and said helplessly: "This time, we can't do it without bloodletting, in order to keep the right to trade with Dongying, we have to make concessions, I plan not to pursue the losses of the Dutch caravan in Dongying, sell a face to the Ming Empire, and then according to the common intention I signed with Zheng Sen before, compensate the Ming Empire with one hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver, if they are not satisfied, this fee can be increased to one hundred and eighty thousand taels, there is only one condition, the Ming Empire exerts pressure on the Dongying Qingshan Shogunate, So that the Dutch keep their original trading rights in Dongying. ”

"One million eight thousand taels of silver!"

Rijcaldeden was anxious, and said hurriedly, "Your Excellency the Governor, this is one hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver, even if Zheng Sen gives a step, we will only compensate one hundred and twenty thousand taels, which is also a huge expense, and it will be given to the Ming Empire for nothing?" ”

Cohen said coldly, "Otherwise? We compensate 1.2 million taels of silver, which is only a one-time payment, but in exchange for Dongying's trade rights, it can bring us at least two million taels of silver every year, even if the Ming Empire is fully involved, it will take away part of our income, but we will still retain at least 1.5 million taels of silver per year, but once our trade rights are really canceled, we can only trade with Dongying from the hands of the Ming Empire, and we won't even earn 500,000 taels of silver a year. It's only 1,200,000 taels of silver, and it only takes a maximum of two years for us to recover the cost! ”

Rijkaard's heart was shocked, or the Governor saw far away, if it was himself, he would be reluctant to throw such a large sum of silver into it......

"Besides,"

Cohen continued: "One million and two thousand taels of silver seems like a lot, but if we start a full-scale war with the Ming Empire, the silver we throw in is more than that, warships, artillery, shells, mercenary salaries, and so on, as long as the war lasts for half a year, it will at least exceed two million taels of silver!" Compared to this, we only make money and don't lose money! ”

(End of chapter)