If someone else landed on the island of Taiwan, it would not make the Dutch feel too flustered. For example, the Spaniards had already set up an armed base and built a port dock at the northern tip of Taiwan Island a few years ago, but the Dutch knew very well that the Spaniards' colonial ability was no better than their own, and that the Spaniards would have to operate there for at least another ten years if they wanted to turn the coast so far away from Manila, their Far Eastern headquarters, into a real colony.

However, if this force that landed on the island of Taiwan is replaced by Haihan, then the nature of the matter will be completely different. The Haihan people have long been known for their ability to build infrastructure, and even those who have not set foot in the Haihan-controlled district have mostly heard their colleagues describe the local scene from those who have set foot in places such as Sanya and Anbuna. Needless to say, Sanya is the nest of the Haihan people, and you can imagine how prosperous it is just by virtue of its current title of "the first port in the South China Sea", but the Anbuna Islands have only been occupied by the Haihan people for more than a year, and the local situation is completely different from that of the Dutch occupation.

Not only did the Haihan rebuild the wharf and port facilities of the port of Ambuna in a very short period of time, but they also built a large number of plantations on the island, and the area reclaimed is said to have exceeded that of the Dutch occupation by more than ten times. Corresponding to this is a steady stream of immigrants who have been transported to the local area, one diǎn and one diǎn to cut off the Dutch's desire to regain the local area. Of course, the Dutch merchants who engaged in the slave trade with Haihan in this process undoubtedly contributed to the acceleration of this process in disguise. But when the word is sharp, who will not be tempted by the silver of white flowers?

If the Haihan were to establish a base on the west coast of the island of Taiwan, it would be expected that the Haihan colonization would quickly fill the voids on the island like wildly growing vines, just as they had done on Hainan Island before. And the East India Company, which only occupies a small area of Dayuan Port on the island, will definitely be compressed by the other side to reduce its living space more and more. Moreover, the landing place selected by the Haihan people is about 200 li north of Dayuan Port, which is opposite to Penghu across the sea from one left and one right, and the line between the two diǎn can perfectly cut off the route of Dayuan Port to the waters of Northeast Asia from the north.

The main purpose of the East India Company's establishment of diǎn on the island of Taiwan is to open up trade and colonial routes from the South Seas to Northeast Asia, and if Haihan succeeds in colonizing the west coast of Taiwan Island, then the section of this route in the strait ●(1)dǐng●(1)diǎn●(1)small●(1)say,.+.±os_(); In the future, it would be completely subject to Haihan, and this trend would be an unacceptable change for the East India Company. Even if the East India Company's forces in Dayuan Port are no longer able to expel the Haihan, for the sake of protecting their own interests, they must do their best to prevent the Haihan from carrying out the next plan.

Of course, having lost its military superiority, the East India Company now had very few means at its disposal. With Haihan's previous style of acting, it is obvious that he will not accept the trick of verbal threats, and the only more feasible way is for the East India Company to come up with some kind of conditions that Haihan is interested in in exchange for the reinment of Haihan's establishment of a colony on the island of Taiwan.

Now the world knows that Haihan can be called the strongest local tyrant in the South China Sea, even the financial strength of the East India Company may not be able to catch up with Haihan, if you want to directly lure, I am afraid it is difficult to offer a price that can make Haihan happy. It would be embarrassing if Haihan would make a price in turn and let the East India Company give up Dayuan Port.

Since this path doesn't work, you can only find a way to do what you like. As for the current needs and preferences of the Haihan people, it is not difficult to find out, it is nothing more than the population. It just so happened that the Dutch had certain advantages in this regard that the Haihan did not yet possess - such as trade relations with the Ryukyus, Korea, Japan, and other countries. Although relations between Japan and the East India Company remained at a stalemate, there were still some local daimyo who were willing to maintain private trading relations with the Dutch, including the human trade.

However, considering the policy risks, Dayuangang did not seek peace talks with Haihan under the official banner, but sent a maritime businessman such as Philip as a representative to test Haihan's attitude first.

As the Dutch had predicted, the Haihan people took a great deal of interest in the imported population table, but when Philip mentioned that this would be offered in exchange for a promise that the Haihan side would not attack the island of Taiwan, the negotiations went straight to an impasse.

Philip insisted that the East India Company had sovereignty over the island of Taiwan, but this was only in exchange for a merciless taunt from the fierce fight. He had long seen through the paper tiger nature of the Dutch, and he simply did not have enough strength to stop Haihan's military action against the island of Taiwan. In the matter of fighting for the ownership of the island of Taiwan, the East India Company can obviously only be on the passive side at present, and how much space they can get on the island of Taiwan in the future depends largely on the speed of Haihan's development.

"Dear sir, in fact, there is no need for us to negotiate in such a tense way, I suggest that we might as well find a mutually acceptable quid pro quo, after all, our purpose is to earn more benefits, isn't it?" Philip couldn't resist the fierce attack, so he could only quickly change the topic first, hoping to calm the atmosphere of the negotiation.

"You send us the population, we give you the goods you want, this kind of deal is already very fair, we do not accept other conditions...... Li Dou said without concessions: "...... We will not recognize in any form the East India Company's claim of occupying the island of Taiwan, while retaining the right to move freely on the island and in the surrounding waters!"

"At least Dayuan Harbor belongs to the control area of our East India Company! You can't ignore the existence of the East India Company!" Even the mud bodhisattva has three points of anger, and Philip has been robbed of white from the beginning to the present, and finally can't hold back a sentence. But as soon as he spoke, he immediately regretted it - didn't he give the other party the truth again?

Sure enough, Li Dou lost no time in seizing the loophole in Philip Huazhong again, and immediately spoke up: "Since only Dayuan Port is the control area of the East India Company, what qualifications do you have to ask us not to set foot on this island? If you intend to achieve this goal by force, please forgive me for saying that we will definitely accompany you to the end!"

Philip's enthusiasm that had already rushed to his head cooled down instantly, and he remembered why he came here - how he could keep the victory fruit of Dayuan Port for the company when Haihan was about to move. If it is necessary to use force, last year's confrontation has proved that the war strength of the two sides is higher or lower, and it is extremely unwise for the East India Company to take the initiative to provoke a battle formation, and Philip, as a maritime merchant, will never be able to carry this pot.

"No, no, no, the contemptible people have come to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and conflicts. Philip's attitude quickly made a 180-degree turn: "After all, peace is not easy to come by, we do not want to fight with you again, and the two sides seek a proper solution is the result we want." ”

"Properly resolved?" Li Dou looked at Philip with a smile, his mind quickly calculating the other party's bottom line of negotiation.

Obviously, the Dutch side is not willing to completely tear its face for this matter, let alone use force to determine the victory or defeat with Haihan, and its main direction of attack should still be the exchange of conditions related to interests. As for the bottom line of its negotiations, Li Dou believes that it should continue to maintain the status of Dayuangang.

Li Dou was about to speak, when he saw the guard at the door gesturing to him from an angle that Philip couldn't notice, he pressed back the words that came to his lips, got up and said, "Please sit down for a while, I have some urgent business to deal with immediately." ”

Li Dou walked out of the living room, and the guard came up and reported in a low voice: "Chief Qian is here." ”

Now that Qian Tiandun has arrived, Li Dou can no longer take ideas without authorization. Soon he met Qian Tiandun, who had just arrived from the militia training camp, in another office.

"I heard that the Dutch are here, are they here to negotiate terms with us?" asked Qian Tiandun straight to the point.

"Yes, the East India Company wants to move the South Seas in the same way, and they will provide us with the population we need in exchange for our promise not to attack Taiwan. Li Dou gave a concise and concise account of the negotiations.

"The idea of exchanging population for land is a good one!" Qian Tiandun's plan for the Dutch was also clear at a glance: "Inevitably, I think too well, really when we don't dare to move Dayuangang?"

"Brother Qian, I think we can take advantage of the Dutch's current eagerness to keep Dayuangang, and let them organize immigration for us. "I feel that the Dutch are now willing to do anything for the sake of Dayuangang, and if necessary, we can use the immigrants they have introduced to develop the island of Taiwan." ”

"What immigration conditions did they prescribe to make you so excited?" Qian Tiandun immediately noticed something unusual, Haihan is now gradually expanding the scale of immigrants from the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the cost is quite low, if it weren't for the excellent conditions, Li Dou probably wouldn't be so concerned about other immigration plans.

"The conditions offered by the Dutch are really good...... Li Dou relayed the immigration policy he had heard from Philip to Qian Tiandun.

Rao is Qian Tiandun has always been calm, and after listening to the conditions of the Dutch, he also had some irrepressible restlessness. If the Dutch can deliver on their promise, the new immigrant population Haihan will harvest in a year through this channel will be enough to build several towns on the west coast of the island of Taiwan. However, as the commander of the Penghu base, he still maintained the necessary calm: "The Dutch put forward such conditions, they wouldn't have thought that this kind of measure was actually digging their own grave, right?"

As veteran colonialists, the Dutch could easily easily think of the purpose of the Haihan's continuous introduction of immigrants to expand the scale of colonization in the Far East, which would inevitably compete with the development strategy of the East India Company, and even the port of Dayuan was the first to bear the brunt. But it is indeed a bit unbelievable that the Dutch would offer to help Haihan bring in immigrants in exchange.

"Even if they drink to quench their thirst, they can only do it first!" After Li Dou had direct contact with Philip, his opinion on this was more intuitive: "The Dutch want to keep the island of Taiwan, but unfortunately they don't have such ability." I think the bottom line of their negotiations is to keep the control of Dayuangang. ”

Qian Tiandun took off his military hat, slowly rubbed his scalp with his hands until only a hair pile remained, and only spoke for a long time: "If they give up their claim to the island of Taiwan, then we can talk to them about this deal." Of course, only if they do what they promise. Without immigration, there is nothing to talk about. ”

"If the ownership of Dayuangang is offered in exchange, will Sanya agree?" asked Li Dou with some uncertainty. At present, Qian Tiandun has the right to make decisions on all local affairs in Penghu, including the Taiwan region, but his decision does not mean that the base camp will definitely agree, if it really stabs the basket, when the executive committee investigates the responsibility, it will inevitably involve all relevant personnel.

"This ownership has to be stuck in the terms of the Dutch. Qian Tiandun did not immediately answer Li Dou's question, but continued to explain his intentions: "The Dutch can only recognize the ownership of Dayuan Port on the premise that they can complete the terms of the transaction, and if the conditions cannot be reached, or the transaction is terminated, then the corresponding exchange conditions will be automatically invalidated." ”

"So if they can't provide us with the immigrant population at any time, we won't have to recognize their status in Dayuangang?" Li Dou's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the trickiness hidden in Qian Tiandun's words.

Qian Tiandun diǎndiǎn head said: "That's the truth. The Dutch were trying to delay the time to perfect their fortifications at Dayuangang, but how much effect would the time gained by this means make a difference? Wouldn't we build our colonies several times faster than theirs? Even if they could finish the fort of Geranza within a year or two, they would still be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength. And if we take the same amount of time to develop the island of Taiwan, what do you think will be the situation in a year or two?"

"I can't imagine it now, but our new colony should have no problem crushing the Dutch. Li Dou replied with a knowing smile.

Due to the shortage of their own resources, the Dutch could not make full use of the channels for introducing immigrants, so the colonial scale of Dayuangang developed very slowly, while Haihan had great advantages in this regard, with a good material security system and a perfect immigration management system, as well as strong infrastructure and agricultural development capabilities, to ensure that immigrants could be quickly transformed into productive forces after naturalization. The Dutch wanted to buy more time for their colonies by providing immigrants to Haihan, but the long-term consequence of this would only be a widening power gap between the two sides.