Pulit soon received news of Zhu Youzhen's summons.

Taihe outside the gate.

Somewhat anxious, Pulit was constantly suppressing his emotions.

Slowly walk upwards.

"Dutch East India Company Plit, I would like to extend my greetings to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and I hope you are in good health!" After saying this, Plitt also saluted Zhu Youzhen in accordance with the etiquette of the Ming officials.

And Zhu Youzhen looked at Pulit with a smile and said: "Your Excellency Prit, I am afraid that I haven't seen you for a long time, I have heard a lot of things recently, you should also pay attention to your body." ”

"His Majesty Emperor Xie cares, although some things are not very good, it will not affect the friendship between our two countries."

Pulling and pulling and talking nonsense.

Finally, Pulit couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the friendship between our Dutch East India Company and Daming can be seen by the sun and the moon, I heard that Daming's machinery and equipment, railway trains and ironclad ships have begun to take shape, can you order a batch of such equipment from Daming in our name and ship it to the Netherlands?" ”

Finally got to the point.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "It's not that I don't agree to you, but these items of the Ming Dynasty now... Inventions are still in the experimental stage, and I really can't do it! ”

"Your Majesty, we'd love to be part of this experiment, as long as we can give us a chance to buy it!"

Plitt hurriedly spoke.

"But I heard that you want to cut trade with the Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Pulit hurriedly raised his hand in the main hall and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the case, because many of the materials purchased by the Ming Dynasty have made it difficult for our Dutch East India Company to provide them in a steady stream, such as food, not only the shortage of the Ming Dynasty..."

During the Xiaoice River period, it was not only Daming who was affected.

In fact, many countries have also fallen into a large-scale reduction in grain production for this reason, although the Dutch can export grain to the Ming through means such as colonization and plunder.

But even Plitt knows that this is not something that can be sustained forever.

Since the company's group of wine bags and rice bags decided to raise the price of materials to Daming and reduce the amount of trade, Pulit had no choice but to move out of this reason as soon as possible.

"Alas! Now Da Ming is weak and civil is difficult, since this is the case... I have no choice but to stop here, and I'll meet you in a few days..."

Zhu Youzhen said, and got up to leave.

Plitt panicked and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! We can still bring in food, but we must be involved in the experiment! ”

Trains, ironclads, smelting technology.

Even the new science and medicine that the Ming Dynasty continued to sprout made all the Dutch who came to this land feel dazzled, with a disciplined army and a well-organized city.

For the first time, these peoples who were galloping on the sea felt a little afraid.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty is exactly the same as that of the Eastern countries in history.

"What about the price?"

Plitt gritted his teeth and said, "Stay the same!" ”

"But now the Ming Dynasty doesn't have any extra steel to produce these things for you, you know... The price behind this is huge, and how much are you willing to spend on it? ”

"If it's an ironclad! We are willing to pay 5 million dragon dollars for one! ”

The price offered by Pulit made Zhu Youzhen startled.

This is undoubtedly a huge number.

The simple conversion is as high as hundreds of millions of yuan in later generations.

"One?" Zhu Youzhen asked tentatively.

However, hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Pullett instantly said with his eyes lit up: "Your Majesty.. Is it possible? Can more be sold? If that's the case, we're willing to go ahead and buy it. ”

"Mustn't this be any more?"

"We want three!"

"Then it's decided, go back and go to Bi Ziyan to pay the money!"

Speaking of paying the money, Pulit was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I think we can use the previous royal bonds to offset the cost of purchasing warships this time." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhen said directly: "Pulit, the previous silver was the royal bond and the Ming war bond, first, it is not due, and secondly, the warships you bought are all orders placed with the Royal Industry Administration of Daming, and they can't be mixed up... If you want, go and pay for it. ”

After thinking about it, Plit, who felt that what Zhu Youzhen said made a little sense, nodded hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, thank you for your generosity, and may the friendship between the Dutch East India Company and the Ming Dynasty last forever!"

....

After Prit left, Bi Ziyan on the side couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty!" Could it be that we are really going to sell the Dutch ironclads? ”

"Of course! Naturally, I had to do what I said, not to mention that the Dutch offered such a high price. ”

"But... Your Majesty, the Dutch were able to pay so much money because they had no knowledge of the technology of the steam engine, and if they had mastered steam power, I am afraid they would not have been the wronged man! ”

"Steam engines? When did I say I was going to give them a steam engine? ”

Zhu Youzhen's cunning gaze revealed a deep chill.

Bi Ziyan on the side was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty is saying..?" Sell only ironclads? ”

"Set a three-year construction period first, and then just find a few lucky ships and put them on iron armor, and if the Dutch want to see their ships halfway, let them see the Ming warships outside the shipyard."

"I said... It's ironclad ships that sell, sail ironclads! ”

A monarch and a minister, the two of them laughed loudly in the Taihe Palace.

....

Out of the palace gate, Pulit anxiously jumped onto the carriage that was waiting outside, his excitement was already overflowing, he couldn't believe that Da Ming would agree to his request so easily.

Ironclad, that's it?

Despite the price of five million dragon dollars, Pulit was a little distressed when he thought about it.

But Pulit knew better that the ironclad itself might not be worth the price.

But there's more to it than that.

This is especially true of the rumored steam engine, but although Daming has a civilian version of the steam engine, it is due to Daming's strict control of this technology.

So the Dutch don't talk about buying.

Usually, just wanting to meet each other is an extremely difficult thing.

Plitt in the carriage had forgotten the difficulties that those people had made for him at the previous meeting.

Overjoyed, he had begun to fantasize about the sight of the three ironclad ships under the Eastern Branch of the Dutch East India Company once again galloping on the sea.