"That's it!"

Tagawa Nanazaemon calmed down and sneered: "We are now grasshoppers on a rope!" The strength of the Ming Empire's navy, compared to General Soria, has already seen it, there are dozens of main warships with more than 2,000 materials alone, and dozens of warships with more than 1,000 materials, such strength, even you Dutch can't take it out in the South Seas, right? What's more, the navy of the Ming Empire is also equipped with a large number of flowering cannons and rockets, and the power of firearms is even more powerful than yours, we have a hard time, and you are not much stronger! ”

Soria's heart was shocked, Zheng Cai said well to Tagawa Nanazaemon, originally thought that after the collapse of the Fujian Navy, the Ming Empire would no longer have a decent sea power, but I didn't expect that the strength of the Imperial Navy was stronger than the Fujian Navy at its peak, and now it is just because it has just been prepared, the cooperation between the various ministries is not tacit, and the experience in naval warfare is slightly poor, once they are given some time to mature, then with the current strength of the East India Company in the South Seas, it is really impossible to parry......

However, as the general of the East India Company, Soria was not given in vain, although he had to admit the strength of the Ming Empire's navy, but this was just thinking about it in his heart, and he would never show it.

"Mr. Van der Vaart, General Soria, the so-called cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to two, you must understand that with the strength of the official party, it is impossible to pose a threat to the rule of the Dutch in Nanyang now, on the contrary, the Ming Empire is different, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is ambitious, and he has long swallowed Nanyang in one breath, the future is in Nanyang, you and the Ming Dynasty will have a war, at that time, are you willing to have more friends around you, or more enemies? As for our official party, I'm sorry, we have already received a promise from General Tokugawa Iemitsu of the Toei shogunate, the entire Nagasaki Domain and Hirado Mishima will be the private property of the Zheng family in the future, and Tagawa is now the Daimyo of the Nagasaki Domain personally appointed by the Tokugawa General, with Toei as a backer, even if the Ming Empire is powerful, it can't help us, unless, Zhu Jie wants to annex the entire Dongying! ”

Zheng Cai said lightly, "It's still the same sentence, cooperation is two benefits, division is two harms, we can join forces, we can control all the routes from the East to the South Sea and even the West, no one, no force can help us, if we fall out, it will not be good for anyone, it will only be broken by Zhu Jie!" ”

Van der Vaart and Soria glanced at each other, this time it was completely offended by the Ming court, this is no wonder two people, neither of them thought that the imperial naval strength of the Ming Dynasty was so strong, and they blocked everyone at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and after a fierce battle, there were more than two hundred prisoners alone, of course, the Dutch accounted for a small proportion of them, that is, dozens of people, and the imprint of the warship on the Dutch Navy was hidden, even so, the Dutch did not want to clear the suspicion, After all, dozens of Dutchmen are not fake, and most of them are officers or backbone forces, the evidence is conclusive, it is conceivable that the East India Company will face what kind of thunder power the Ming Empire will face next!

"Okay, since that's the case, then let's make a step and cut three hundred thousand taels for you, and we only need a whole number, one million taels of silver, how about it? That's interesting enough, right? ”

Van der Vaart said helplessly, these people in front of him are all real pirates, and they are very difficult to deal with, give in, it is necessary, and it is impossible not to give in.

Zheng Cai said in a deep voice: "Mr. Van der Vaart, first, what we said, then count, 10,000 muskets, 600 boxes of ammunition, we all admit it, however, this price cannot be according to the price you said, it must be calculated according to the price last time, as for Deng Yu and Lou Bo, if they die, they will die, and we will no longer care about you, a total of 415,000 taels of silver, as for the cost of 150,000 taels of silver you said, we have also borne it, a total of 565,000 taels, we add 5,000 taels, Even if it is the wine money for the brothers below, a total of 570,000 taels of silver, that batch of goods, still according to the price we have negotiated, this is already our biggest concession, don't think about eating a fat man in one bite, it is easy to hold on! ”

Since the two sides want to continue to cooperate, it is inevitable to make concessions to each other, after a hard bargaining, it was finally determined, the Zheng family paid the East India Company 600,000 taels of silver to understand the matter, and the payment for the goods was directly deducted from the cost of the East India Company's purchase of the looted goods of the Yanhuang Company, which also saved the trouble of both sides, and at the same time, the East India Company would purchase 10,000 arquebuses and 1,000 boxes of ammunition from the West for an official party at a suitable price, and the price of this purchase was 700,000 taels of silver. At the same time, five giant warships of 800 tons were ordered from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, totaling 600,000 taels of silver, with a total value of 1,300,000 taels of silver.

I have to say that Tagawa Nanazaemon and Zheng Cai are out of the way this time, even if they put all their belongings together, they must also enhance their strength, the navy of the Ming Empire is too strong, and it is really not the strength of the current official party that can compete, borrowing strength, you must rely on external forces.

Van der Vaart also knew that long-term cooperation was based on mutual benefit, and if the East India Company took advantage of the crisis of the official party to grab and draw blood, once the official party collapsed, then the East India Company would also suffer huge losses in the future, and the best way to get along with the close partner was to get along.

Tagawa Nanazaemon and Van der Vaart reached an agreement, although their respective fleets suffered a lot of losses, but they were still within the range of bearing, and they also gave the Ming Empire a lesson, it was worth it.

Of course, what a few people didn't know, only two or three days later, Beijing City had already gotten the news.

Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jie once again summoned several scholars into the palace, and at the same time invited Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew into the palace to explain the affairs of the East and the South Seas, the distribution of power, customs, geographical location, etc., all of which are included, the Zheng family has been on the sea for nearly 30 years, from the East to the West, almost every mile of the sea has been involved, and no one in the entire Ming Dynasty knows more about the East and the South Sea than the Zheng family.

When everyone was listening with relish, Liu Sili hurriedly entered the Qianqing Palace, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Gaojie, the secretary of the Ministry of Intelligence, is asking for an audience outside the palace gate, urgent military affairs!" ”

(End of chapter)