"Lord Sun, Lord Xu, the officials are incompetent, and they have the emperor's trust, so they really don't have the face to see the emperor again......"

Seeing Sun Chuanting and Xu Yifan, Zheng Chenggong was full of shame and said in a low voice.

"Ming Yan, you don't have to blame yourself, it was expected by the emperor at this time."

Sun Chuanting reassured, "If you want to blame, you also have to blame Qin Mufeng and Cha Shu, the two troublemakers, Dongying is so big, why can't you fight?" It's just going to bomb the merchant ships of the Dutch, and what's even more ridiculous is that they actually abuse the flag of the Dutch as a cover and launch a surprise attack, both things are indeed not on the right side of our Ming Empire, no wonder you! ”

Xu Yifan smiled bitterly: "Yes, Brother Mingyan, you don't have to blame yourself too much in this matter, if you all encounter a little setback like you, and blame yourself like this, then the officials of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many people are going to jump into the river, look at Qin Mufeng and Cha Bolt, stabbing too big a basket?" How many times have the emperor and I scolded the two of them, and the two of them are like they didn't hear it, and now what we have to do is how to deal with the changes that may happen next. ”

Zheng Chenggong heard the words of the two people, and his heart was a little more steady, after all, the rebellious hat on his head was too heavy, and if he didn't do two things to reassure the court, the big hat would crush him to death like a mountain.

"Lord Sun, Lord Xu, the others are okay to say, but there is only one thing, we need to be careful."

Zheng Chenggong said in a deep voice.

Xu Yifan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which one?" Ming Yan might as well say it directly. ”

Zheng Chenggong replied in a deep voice: "That is the Dutch's trade right in Dongying, the two adults have been fighting in the south and the north, and they must not know much about Dongying's trade, but no one knows this matter better than our Zheng family, and the Dutch will never give up their trade rights in Dongying!" ”

Oh?

Sun Chuanting and Xu Yifan were shocked, and Sun Chuanting asked, "Ming Yan, how can you say this?" ”

Zheng Chenggong replied: "Lord Sun, although this Dongying is a small land, but the population is large, a population of Dongying, there is no less than 20 million people, but Dongying is narrow and mountainous, earthquakes and floods, every year Dongying needs to import a lot of goods from overseas, grain, silk, ceramics, and even tea, cloth, etc., Dongying is to export their silver overseas every year, Dongying is rich in gold and silver, can produce four or five million taels of silver every year, more than 100,000 taels of gold, most of these gold and silver flow overseas, For many years, Dongying's trade has been controlled by an official party and the Dutch, and every year the Zheng family and the Dutch have divided it equally, and all the profits of Dongying's trade are almost three million taels, what a huge number? It can be said that the Zheng family and the East India Company let Dongying fatten! This is also the reason why Cohen was willing to pay compensation and even raised the compensation from 1.2 million taels of silver to 1,800,000 taels or even 2 million taels of silver! ”

At least three million taels of silver earnings!

Sun Chuanting and Xu Yifan were shocked, knowing that overseas trade made money, but they didn't expect that making money would be so fierce, just one Dongying could have such a huge income, what about Daming? If import and export trade is fully opened, how much revenue will be generated each year? That will be an astronomical amount, no wonder the emperor has pushed the sea ban again and again!

"Lord Baigu, people die for money, birds die for food, and the income of three million taels of silver a year, it's no wonder that the Dutch will let it go!"

Xu Yifan said in a deep voice, "Compared with the annual income of three or four million taels of silver, the compensation of two million taels of silver is a fart!" A drop in the ocean! The Dutch are good at it! ”

Sun Chuanting nodded, looked at Zheng Chenggong, there was no appreciation in his eyes, in the final analysis, Zheng Chenggong is a person who takes the overall situation into account and has principles, he completely agreed to the conditions that Cohen could put forward, two million taels of silver, enough to give the court a satisfactory explanation, but he chose to refuse, which shows his loyalty to the court.

"Mingyan, well done!"

Sun Chuanting high-fived and said: "Your envoy this time, not only is there no fault, but you have made great contributions!" What the court lacks is a courtier like you, who can distinguish between right and wrong, and is not moved by the petty profits in front of you! By refusing two million taels of silver, we can justifiably refuse the Dutchman's demand in Dongying! ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled bitterly: "My lord, I'm afraid it's not that simple......"

Sun Chuanting was stunned and said, "What? Do the Dutch dare to continue to make trouble? Now that the Ming fleet is in full swing, their Dutch fleet is not sure of victory, if it really starts a war at the door of the Ming Dynasty, we will definitely let them have no return! ”

Zheng Chenggong shook his head and replied: "Lord Sun, you only know one, you don't know the second, the minister followed his father when he was young, and dealt with the Dutch many times, these people are mercenary, insatiable, and can do anything for the sake of profit. They are all occupied by Westerners, for the sake of interests, they can do all kinds of evil, and now that the Ming Dynasty has occupied the trade of Dongying, how can they give up? For the sake of interests, even if there is a full-scale war with the Ming Dynasty, they will not hesitate to do it! ”

Sun Chuanting and Xu Yifan glanced at each other, and said Foreign affairs, the two of them really can't catch up with Zheng Chenggong, where do the two of them know so much secret?

"Mingyan, you mean, it's really possible for the Dutch to start a big war?"

Xu Yifan's face was solemn and he asked.

"Nine times out of ten!"

Zheng Chenggong replied: "There is definitely a great possibility, and now that the South Seas are all controlled by Westerners, what Xia Guan is worried about is that these Western countries will unite and go to war with the Ming Dynasty, it will be very bad, a single country will challenge our Ming Dynasty, maybe it is not as good, but several Western countries are united, at least above the sea, our Ming fleet is definitely going to fall into the disadvantage, and, if it is really to confront, then if I am Cohen, I will start the war as soon as possible, Choose to start a war when the situation in Dongying has not stabilized! ”

Xu Yifan and Sun Chuanting nodded slowly, their hearts were heavy, if it was really as Zheng Chenggong said, then next, the imperial court was going to face a spatial crisis, but at this time, the emperor drove the imperial expedition and went to Mobei, but it was fatal......

"it!"

In the end, Xu Yifan said ruthlessly: "Lord Baigu, Ming Yan, now I want people in the Ming Dynasty, I want guns, guns, cannons, and silver, and I just brought back from Dongying, nearly 10 million taels of silver!" If he wants to fight, we will accompany him to the end! ”