Looking for the Dutch to pull sponsorship, Zhu Youzhen had never thought about this matter before today.

After all, the food crisis in the Ming Dynasty has not yet broken out, precisely because the Dutch are buying grain from the Dutch at a high price, so as to obtain Zhili, to be precise, the Dutch who have the trade rights of Tianjin Port in the future.

Now is the time when the eyes of the money-making people are lost, and the eyes have been blinded by the silver, where can they take care of other things.

And Houjin is not blind, the spies have long known that most of the Ming grain comes from overseas.

Originally, he wanted to communicate with the Dutch and try to snatch some share of the grain from Da Ming's mouth.

But he didn't expect to be arrogantly rejected by the top management of the Dutch East India Company.

"We only do business with the Ming Emperor, not a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty."

After saying this, he sent the messenger from Houjin back, no matter how the other party scolded outside, he still leisurely shook the Daming porcelain in his hand.

Who would have thought that this tea set to drink wine, the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures.

Unexpectedly, the high-level of the Dutch East India Company stationed in Daming lingered, and he did not want to touch the scales of Daming to do business with Houjin.

And even more so in the opinion of this Dutchman.

Houjin: What kind of place is that?

It's not that there are no Dutch merchant ships that have tried to go there, and the people there are rough and rude in their actions.

Not to mention anything else, the debt is first-class, and from time to time there are merchant ships attacked there, and it can be said that the degree of integrity in doing business is worse than that of Dongying in the east.

Besides, if the grain is transported to any of the several ports opened by the Ming Dynasty, you can get a real Ming Royal Bank draft.

This ticket is not only common in the whole Ming Dynasty, but also can be exchanged directly in the Ming Dynasty for the goods you need.

The business of royal endorsement, no matter how you look at it, is a splash of wealth, why bother to do that insignificant small business with Houjin.

What he didn't expect was.

Zhu Youzhen's summons followed, and when the two sat opposite each other, Pulit noticed a little unusual smell.

Looking around the hall, he saw a scene he had never seen before, almost all the most important ministers of the Ming Dynasty gathered together, but the Ming Emperor in front of him put his place not far from him.

And a large number of officials who originally seemed to him to be princes and nobles were still standing aside.

This made Count Plit, who had been in the Dutch East India Company rise in position due to the reopening of trade with the Ming Dynasty, for the first time, that something might be wrong today.

But Lao Dao's experience still tells him that there is nothing in this world that cannot be measured by interests.

After all, as far as he could afford to make enough money, he was willing to sell his country, and if he could have an astonishing wealth, then he would not mind selling everything he had in the East.

After all, for him, money is everything.

And for the shareholders of the Dutch East India Company, as long as there was enough profit to impress them, these crazy guys dared to go to war against any country in the world.

But despite this, this list of wars must not include the current Ming Empire.

This vast Ming Kingdom made them feel for the first time that the original East was still the core of this world, and the current Ming Empire, although it seemed a little incompatible with the West.

But strong and prosperous are still written on every piece of land in the Ming Dynasty.

In the end, Pulit still couldn't accept the stares of the hungry wolf, and he got up from his seat again and bowed to Zhu Youzhen grovelly.

"Honorable Emperor of the Ming Empire, Count Plitt of the Dutch East India Company sends you the highest respect, and may the glory of the Lord bless you forever...."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhen just looked at Pulit with a smile on his face, and the somewhat bald European old man in front of him was so cute in Zhu Youzhen's eyes.

Never been so cute.

Later, in Plitt's Oriental memoirs, the Oriental wealth fraud case, known as the world's first emperor fraud case, began.

"On behalf of the Ming Empire, I extend my greetings to the King of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to all the directors of the Dutch East India Company. So do you know what I'm coming to you for today? ”

Pulit was naturally puzzled, but the businessman's blood flowing in his bones still made him can't help but ask.

"Dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, is there any business that can be used by our Dutch East India Company? If anything, then on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, I would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor for his generosity. ”

“yes！”

Pulit didn't know why the Ming Emperor in front of him actually said an English word for the first time.

But he still bent down and respectfully waited for Zhu Youzhen's next words.

"Count Plit, I now tell you that as the emperor of the Ming Empire, I want to do a bigger business with the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Dutch East India Company than I have now, but I don't know if you have the right to represent the Dutch East India Company?"

Pritt's slightly flabby face at the moment was instantly covered with the flush brought by excitement.

If he wasn't proficient in Chinese, he couldn't believe his ears and surpass the bigger business now?

The current grain trade had already generated incredible revenues for the Dutch East India Company.

Pulit had already felt very satisfied with this, after all, in order to make up for the food shortage.

The Dutch East India Company behind it is about to gather all the grain that can be scavenged in overseas colonies to the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be in the face of huge trade profits.

The Dutch East India Company completely became the captain of the transportation team of Daming, although the profit of transporting grain to Daming was not as high as imagined.

But the profits brought by goods such as tea, porcelain, silk, and rare jewelry are enormous.

On the return journey, the Dutch East India Company, heading for Europe, became the envy of everyone on the shipping lanes.

Unfortunately, they can only envy, because the value of the goods transported is extremely high, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands does not hesitate to use a large number of armed warships to escort it, but because of the strong requirements of the Ming Dynasty.

These warships could carry out escort missions only after passing through the Strait of Malacca, which was probably located in the later Strait, that is, in the South Sea.

And before that, the route was responsible for the Ming Empire.

Who is responsible?

Zheng Zhilong!

You must know that Zheng Zhilong at the moment can be described as a serious official of the Ming court, although he and the Ming Dynasty are only using each other.

But tracing back to the source, Zheng Zhilong still didn't dare to rise up to confront the imperial court.

After Zhu Youzhen gave high-ranking officials Houlu and gave him enough profit margins, Zheng Zhilong didn't say a word, turned around and gave up his pirate business.

went directly to the sea and became the escort of the Ming Nanyang route.

And for this reason: Zhu Youzhen paid a lot of price.. It was mainly to guard against the Dutch.