Pulit did not rush back to Tianjin, but stayed in the capital for several days in a row.

The purpose is to be able to finalize the details of the purchase of the Ming ironclad warship with Bi Ziyan as soon as possible.

The price of five million dragon yuan a ship made Bi Ziyan even feel that once it was delivered, Pulit would have to cry without tears.

"Lord Plit... I have to tell you one thing, due to the extremely difficult construction of warships, the construction takes a long time. I'm afraid you're going to have to wait a little longer. ”

Unexpectedly, Plitt didn't care about these details at all.

Instead, he said, "It's okay, it's okay, as long as you can buy it." ”

As soon as he heard this, Bi Ziyan was no longer polite.

"Okay, how do you pay for five million dragon dollars?"

At the mention of money, Pulit was stunned at first.

That's right!?

How do I pay?

Didn't you find a way to make more money on your own? It took a lot of money to be confused, but he was eager to finalize this matter with Daming as soon as possible.

He could only grit his teeth and said: "Of course, the money will be borne by the Dutch East India Company, and we will send the money over after a while, and ask Master Bi to arrange the construction for us first." ”

"Of course, there is no problem, and I believe that you will be very honest, but due to the recent shortage of iron ore and the lack of suitable iron and steel, I am afraid it will take more than three years to deliver."

"Ah what? Three years? ”

At first, Pulit didn't know that it would take such a long time as three years.

After all, if you follow the construction time of a wooden sailing ship, this time will not exceed one year at most, and even an extremely large wooden sailing ship will not take more than two years.

Now it seems that I have thought of it.

He hurriedly said: "Then if we can provide enough iron and steel, can we shorten the construction time?" ”

After listening to this, Bi Ziyan said according to Zhu Youzhen's plan: "Of course you can, if this is the case, the three warships can be delivered to the Dutch East India Company in no more than three years at the earliest." ”

"Well, then, we at the Dutch East India Company will be more than happy to provide you with more iron and steel."

The matter was then decided.

Get back on the train and head back to Tianjin.

He excitedly gathered all the employees of the Dutch East India Company in Tianjin.

Then he held a meeting and announced to everyone present: "Da Ming has agreed to our request and will sell three ironclad warships to us." ”

Everyone present also gasped when they heard this.

Unexpectedly, Da Ming was really willing.

After all, such a warship is undoubtedly a powerful killer weapon at sea.

Whoever masters him undoubtedly holds the future maritime supremacy.

Because the staff of the Dutch East India Company looked at Pulit in disbelief.

"Did Da Ming really agree to our request, Lord Pulit?"

"Yes, that's right, and it's not just one ironclad warship, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has allowed the sale of three ironclad warships to us, and we only need to wait for a maximum of three years before these warships can be assigned to the Dutch East India Company."

So everyone present became excited.

Someone even said quickly: "What happened to the previous thing about reducing the quantity of goods and raising the price of materials?" ”

Speaking of this, Pulit suddenly felt that this person was afraid that he would not be able to open which pot.

A little embarrassed, he couldn't help but say, "Do you think that if we want to get the ironclad warship, we don't have to pay any price?" Not only that, but we also have to provide enough iron and steel for Daming. ”

"Otherwise, the construction time of our ironclad warships will be extended indefinitely."

In fact, for Plitt's explanation, many people present nodded their heads one after another.

If Daming doesn't ask for anything at all, I'm afraid it will still make people suspicious.

But now, as long as there is a request, then everything will become smooth and complete, and someone hurriedly said: "I just don't know how many of these ironclad ships can belong to our Eastern Branch after they are delivered." ”

Something that fights for interests, no one will miss it.

Especially something like an ironclad warship.

As long as they have such warships, they feel that they can take advantage of them and gain a larger sphere of influence in South Asia and in the East.

As long as they have a wider land, they can reap greater benefits.

In this way, there is nothing wrong with continuing to maintain trade with the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that not everyone thinks that way.

Differing views have been expressed.

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, if this is the case, we will not be able to stop the continued rise of the Great Ming, on the contrary, we will provide them with more help as a result."

Pulit raised his eyes.

couldn't help but scold: "Is the rise of the East really a bad thing for us?" This world is huge, and we still have to face the Portuguese, Spaniards and British, do we really have so much energy to go to war with the Ming again? ”

"But we didn't achieve our goal?"

"It is not a simple matter for the purchase of ironclad warships to be agreed by the Ming Emperor, he has a lot of things involved."

"In particular, you must understand that as long as we master the warship, we have the hope of obtaining the construction technology of the warship, and in the future, our Dutch East India Company will have more ironclad warships launched, and we can even master the steam engine technology of the Ming Dynasty through the ironclad warship, which can make the ship move at sea without the help of sails, which is undoubtedly of great help to our Dutch East India Company."

Plitt's remarks aroused the agreement of many people present.

As long as there is steam engine technology, the so-called railway trains, even mining machinery, smelting machinery and textile machinery.

Perhaps it can be solved in a very short time, and the Dutch East India Company can afford to wait and has to wait.

Someone opened his mouth to send support to Pulit.

"I fully agree with the decision of His Excellency the Marquis."

"yes, as long as you can get a steam engine, none of these problems will be a problem."

For a long time, the Dutch coveted the steam engine technology possessed by the Ming Dynasty.

A large number of industrial goods flooded the streets of Daming, and the Dutch spent a lot of money to buy them.

The goods that merchants obtained from the Ming Dynasty also became more and more sophisticated.

There are also more and more varieties and varieties.

Originally, it was just porcelain, silk and other products unique to the Ming Dynasty, but now it has been extended to more and more industrial products unique to the Ming Dynasty.

If a steam engine could be obtained, the future manufacturing technology for these goods would be shipped back to Europe by the Dutch.

All of them will be able to make even more profits.

In this way, Plitt resolved all the voices of dissenting opinion within the Dutch East India Company.