Zhao Han's English communication with Peter Mundy was very difficult!

The whole process is full of guesses, and occasionally writes words with a pen. If it really doesn't work, let the two translators come out.

The first translator, first in Portuguese, spoke to Peter Mundy, and then informed the other two translators in Cantonese. The second translator then translates Cantonese into the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, so that Zhao Han can really understand.

"That is, now the Dutch Navy is the most powerful?" Zhao Han asked.

Peter Mundy replied: "Spain is not weak either, the two sides are evenly matched. But Spain were on the defensive, while the Netherlands were looking for opportunities to attack at every turn. The same is true in Asia, where the Dutch fleet blockaded Malacca for several months last year, and the Spanish fleet has been avoiding war and not daring to appear. ”

"How did the Dutch Navy rise?" Zhao Han asked.

Peter Mundy said: "The Dutch were already seafaring, and they had been building warships ever since they began to fight for independence. Seven years ago, the Dutch fleet attacked Antwerp at night, annihilating the Spanish fleet in the harbor and capturing a large number of Spanish warships. The forces of the two sides were reversed, with the Netherlands turning from defense to offense and Spain to defense. ”

"The Netherlands isn't huge, is it?" Zhao Han said.

Peter Mundy laughed: "Of course, very small, but they have money. Spain is now a poor man, and he can't even afford to pay his crew's salaries. ”

Dejurely speaking, at this time, the Netherlands was still a subordinate province of Spain, and the supreme ruler was the governor of the Netherlands appointed by the king of Spain.

Any religious contradictions, those are all superficial excuses, the Dutch are fighting for independence because Spain is too heavily exploited, and the nature belongs to the bourgeois revolution accompanied by the war of national independence.

As for the key node, it was the bankruptcy of the Spanish royal family, the Dutch financiers suffered heavy losses, and the financiers completely fell to the independents.

Peter Mundi added: "Portugal is also fighting for independence, and has long been secretly cooperating with the Dutch. Without Portuguese ports in India, the Dutch would not have wanted to stir up trouble in China. But last year, the Dutch blockade of Malacca completely angered the Portuguese. Indian colonial ports refused to allow Dutch ships to dock for supplies. In desperation, the Netherlands had no choice but to lift the blockade. ”

It can be understood that Spain is the patriarch, and Portugal and the Netherlands are the little brothers.

The two little brothers are clamoring to split up.

The Netherlands beat Spain and beat you back and forth.

Portugal did not dare to join, and while secretly handing sticks to the Netherlands to help, they stood by and muttered that I also want to break up.

The Portuguese in Macau belong to the family. On the one hand, he refused to accept the patriarch Spain, and on the other hand, he fought with the Dutch brothers, because the Netherlands wanted to come to Macau to grab lollipops.

Neither Zhao Han nor Peter Mundy knew that after a naval battle next year, the Netherlands would officially become the world's number one maritime power.

Only at sea!

From Africa to Asia, there are Portuguese colonial ports along the way. The Dutch flaunted their might at sea, but when they went ashore, they were sleepwalking, and they could only retreat to southern Taiwan to bully the natives.

The Dutch once tried to seize Macao, and thousands of soldiers landed to fight, but were ambushed by dozens of Portuguese, and the whole army collapsed on the spot.

If you fight in the field on land, two hundred soldiers should be able to defeat three or four thousand Dutch head-on.

Listening to Peter Mundy's talk about the situation in Europe, Zhao Han felt that his opportunity had come, or that it was a good time to go to sea in the future.

Spain is in decline, Portugal is long on the rise, and England has not yet risen on the sea.

The Netherlands is about to flourish, but the Netherlands is too small. The population is scarce and the army is weak, so you can only do business honestly, and don't want to occupy too many colonies.

China, as a center of commodity production, will beat these countries into dogs, drive them all out of Southeast Asia, and they will also engage in trade. Because tea, silk, and porcelain, which can only be bought in China, are all scarce commodities in Europe.

But all this must be led by oneself.

Before training a strong navy, the Europeans cannot be driven away, and Macao will be Zhao Han's window to the outside world.

Of course, the Netherlands must be struck, and who made it the number one maritime power?

Peter Mundy returned to the house and continued to write his travelogue: "Zhao is very interested in the situation in Europe today, a king with great vision. Yes, the king, allow me to use this word, and he may henceforth become the emperor of China. God, how unbelievable that I became friends with the great Emperor of China......"

"There is no doubt that Zhao will definitely develop the navy. From the look in his eyes, I could tell that he was definitely going to war with Spain and the Netherlands in the future. This is a good thing for the UK, for all the countries of Europe. Once China defeats Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, many countries will be able to trade directly with China......"

"May God bless Zhao and bless him for his victory over the evil Spain and the Netherlands, from which Britain will reap great benefits."

……

After three days of drying the Macao mission, Zhao Han finally summoned him.

"It is a great honor to meet you, great general." Paul smiled and saluted.

Zhao Han arched his hand and said, "Fortunately." ”

Fang Shengchang, the prefect of Guangzhou, Guo Shunyu, the admiral of the Municipal Maritime Division, Deng Yunzhan, the chief of the Municipal Maritime Division, and Wan Bangyan, the commander of the Guangdong Naval Division, all attended the negotiation process as observers.

The members of both sides knew each other, and soon the negotiations got to the point.

De Sino, a member of the Macao Council, said in the official words of the Ming Dynasty: "Mr. Zhao, the Governor of Macao and the Parliament of Macao, is willing to recognize the general's right to rule Guangdong. The premise is that the status quo is maintained in Macao and the food supply in Guangzhou is restored immediately. ”

"Of course not," Zhao Han said with a smile, "I want to take back Macau, especially the pillboxes and forts you built." ”

After De Sino translated and relayed, Julio, the commander of the Macau Guard, immediately stood up: "This is impossible, Emperor Ming, he has already leased Macau to us!" ”

Zhao Han looked puzzled and asked, "You don't know that I'm a rebel?" Emperor Ming leased Macau, what does this matter to me? ”

Yes, Daming's lease of Macau is not about anti-thieves!

Julio was speechless for a moment, and then blushed and said, "War, Your Excellency will invite war!" ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I have inquired clearly, not counting the naval crew, the land garrison in Macao is only 300 people." I don't bother to attack the army, I'll wait for you for a few months. ”

Naval Commander Sarmento said: "Your Excellency is doing this to force the Macau Navy to go to various places along the coast to loot. We only want to be traders, not pirates, so please think about it. ”

"Zheng Zhilong is a guest in my mansion, if you want to be a pirate, you can talk to him, maybe you can learn some experience." Zhao Han said in a kind tone.

Hearing Zheng Zhilong's name, all of these people's faces changed drastically.

The Portuguese in Macau also had to pay protection money to Zheng Zhilong. Moreover, there has been a big incident this year, and Japan has closed itself to the rest of the country.

The "Macao-Japan" trade route is one of the main routes of the Portuguese in Macao. In the future, if you want to get goods, you have to go to Fujian or Ryukyu, or simply buy goods from Guangzhou to Malacca.

Guangzhou is China's largest entrepot trade center.

A large number of goods from Zhejiang, Fujian, Japan, and Ryukyu were first shipped to Guangzhou for sale. Zhao Han controlled this place, put aside the food, and also stuck the Portuguese commercially.

The governor of Macau, Shi Paul, still had an aristocratic smile: "Please ask the general to offer a reasonable price, otherwise this negotiation will be difficult to proceed." ”

"See for yourself." Zhao Han threw out a treaty.

Schpaul took it and read it carefully, and his face was very ugly.

First, Zhao Han has sovereignty over Macao, and the Portuguese and Macao sides must hand over the forts and disband the guards!

Article 2 allows the Portuguese and Macao sides to retain their parliaments, but only to administer the Portuguese and Spanish settlements.

Article 3 allowed the Portuguese and Macao sides to retain the Grand Court, but only the Portuguese and Spaniards. Any case involving Chinese must be transferred to Xiangshan County for handling.

Article 4 allows the Portuguese and Macao sides to keep churches, but they can only preach inside the churches, and cannot preach outside the churches.

Article 5 Foreigners who have settled in Macao for a long time must go to Xiangshan County to apply for household registration. Holders of household registration are allowed to leave the settlement and are allowed to travel outside Macao.

Article 6 A piece of land shall be set aside for the establishment of a primary school in Macao, and a secondary school in Macao shall be established at a later date in the future. Children under the age of 12 in Macao are required to attend school and are not entitled to free learning.

Article 7: Foreigners who have settled in Macao for a long time and can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters may apply for an official household registration and become naturalized as Chinese. However, Western religious beliefs such as Catholicism and Protestantism must be abandoned.

Article 8: A Taoist temple and a Buddhist temple will be built on the edge of the foreigners' settlement in Macao, and the land will be allocated to the monks for cultivation. Foreigners who are willing to convert to Buddhism and Taoism can go and listen to the monks' lectures.

Article 9 allowed the Portuguese and Spaniards to trade directly in Guangzhou.

If these nine articles are signed, what else will Sch Paul be the governor?

Julio is even more pale, he is the commander-in-chief of the Macau Guard, but Zhao Han wants to forcibly disband the guard.

The rules of the port of Guangzhou were strange, and merchants from all over the world could trade directly in Guangzhou, except for Europeans and Japanese.

If the Europeans wanted to do business, they had to smuggle the goods from Guangzhou to Macao through fishermen.

This is the latest policy at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Zhao Han continues to open up, Portuguese and Spanish businessmen can also go directly to Guangzhou to buy things. What does that mean?

It means that half of Macau and Hong Kong are wasted, and it means that the Netherlands and the United Kingdom can bypass Macao and come directly to Guangzhou!

"No bargaining, you only have two choices. To sign, or not to sign! Don't worry, even if you don't sign, I'll let you go. When you go back, prepare your troops for battle. After Zhao Han finished speaking, he left and ended the negotiation directly.

Everyone looked at each other.

Paul said, "Who dares to sign? ”

No one answered.

After a long time, Desino said: "If you don't sign it, Magang will be gone." There is Zheng Zhilong on the sea, and we can't beat it in land battles. The pillboxes were useless, they were without food for a month, and the defenders all starved to death. ”

SchPaul sat down abruptly.