Being affirmed by the Governor of Batavia, Zhao Tianming was naturally overjoyed.

"If you can, we Batavian merchants also want to go to Luzon, which is closer to China and the East Indies, and I believe that your governor wants me to allow trade and let the ships of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce enter Batavia and establish a merchant house in Batavia, I believe that the House of Elders will agree, and in return we Batavian merchants also want the merchant ships going to China to dock at the port of Laoag and enter Luzon." Governor Cambrook said with a smile.

In the letter, Liu Yu hoped that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce would set up a merchant house in Batavia, allow merchant ships to enter the port of Batavia, and allow Chinese merchants from Luzon to settle in Batavia.

In return, the Ming court allowed Batavia to set up a trading house in Laoag, and allowed Batavian merchants to travel to China via Luzon.

Now that the Qing Dynasty has opened the sea ban, Batavia merchants naturally want to go north to China for maritime trade, but Batavia is far from China, and it is undoubtedly a good thing to be able to stop at the port of Laoag in Luzon along the way.

Most importantly, the tariff required to enter Laoag is lower than at the Port of Manila.

This pleased the Governor of Combrooke.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you can send Batavia's merchant ships to return to Luzon with Chinese merchants from all over the world, first, to convey Batavia's sincerity, and secondly, to go to Guangzhou and Quanzhou in China through Luzon, and now that the Qing Dynasty has lifted the sea ban, the East India Company and the Spaniards have gone to China for maritime trade, and Batavia cannot be left behind." Zhao Tianming on the side continued.

"Since China closed its sea trade due to war, Batavia has cut off trade with China, and now that China has opened its sea ban, then we should send merchant ships to China to trade." Complehouse nodded, agreeing with Zhao Tianming's proposal.

"It is better to let Zeng Qilu lead the Batavian merchant fleet to Luzon with the open sea, and ask Governor Liu Yu to establish a merchant hall in Laoag, and at the same time go to Guangzhou through Luzon." Zhao Tianming took the opportunity to say.

"No." The Governor of Cambridehouse shook his head.

"Zeng Qilu is the Kapitan of Batavia, the leader of the Chinese in Batavia, he must stay in Batavia, and I will personally select the owner of the merchant fleet to go to Luzon."

Soon, after obtaining the governor's permission to trade, Zhao Tianming and Zeng Qilu left the governor's palace.

"Brother Zeng, this trip to Batavia has been tiring." Walking out of the Governor's Palace, Zhao Tianming pulled Zeng Qilu's cuffs and said gratefully.

"It's okay, we have also run boats together along the coast, and now we should help each other when we are in the South Seas." Zeng Qilu said with a smile.

"In that case, why didn't Brother Zeng come to Luzon to contact us and others."

"You must know that now the Luzon Ming Court protects the Chinese businessmen in Nanyang, and the Chinese in Nanyang have come to vote." Before Zhao Tianming finished speaking, Zeng Qilu hurriedly waved his hand.

"There is no need to say anything about this, and now the Dutch in Batavia are very good to us and other Chinese businessmen, so why should they care about Luzon?" After hearing Zeng Qilu's words, Zhao Tianming's face gradually turned cold.

"Zeng Qilu, we all came to Nanyang to avoid trouble, and you have also served the country's surname, why do you ignore the Luzon Ming Court today." Zhao Tianming looked at Zeng Qilu with a sad and angry face.

"At the beginning, we failed to resist the Qing Dynasty, so we had to leave our hometown and come to this Nanyang to make a living, and ordinary people don't know all the hardships during this period." Zeng Qilu looked at the far-sea merchant on the side and sighed.

"I'm old, and I just want to spend the rest of my life in this Batavia city." Zeng Qilu said in a low voice.

"Zhao Tianming, do you know why I took you to see the governor today." Zeng Qilu glanced back at the Governor's Mansion behind him and said to Zhao Tianming.

"Not for the Ming court, but for the Chinese merchant clan in Nanyang." Zeng Qilu smiled bitterly.

"You stay in Luzon, and you know that the Chinese on Luzon Island have been slaughtered by the Spaniards several times, and how many Chinese businessmen have been killed by red-haired ghosts, it's sad!" Zeng Qilu thumped his chest and said sadly.

"And what do you think of Batavia?" Zeng Qilu suddenly asked.

"Yes, Chinese businessmen can live and work here, and even participate in political affairs, and have their own streets and urban areas, so it is no wonder that the Ming merchants of Batavia City are reluctant to go north to Luzon, and these Dutch people are also shrewd." Zhao Tianming smiled bitterly, he was envious of the living environment of the Chinese merchants in Batavia, if the Spaniards could treat the Chinese merchants in Luzon like this, then they would not have taken refuge in the Ming Court.

"You only know that Chinese businessmen can live and work in Batavia City, but do you know that Chinese businessmen are not allowed to live in the city inhabited by Dutch, and have to set aside a separate area for Chinese businessmen to live in." Zeng Qilu shook his head.

"What's the difference between Batavia and Manila?"

"When the Spaniards were short of money, they wantonly slaughtered Chinese merchants and plundered their wealth, and when they saw that the number of Chinese merchants was increasing, they felt that they were threatening the rule of Manila, so they raised their butcher's knives again.

"It's just that day hasn't come yet." Zeng Qilu looked at the palatial governor's palace and sighed.

"We Ming people established Batavia City, but who would have thought that a few years later, this city founded by the Ming people themselves would become the burial place of the Ming people of Nanyang." Zeng Qilu said sadly.

"Maybe you're too worried, this Dutch governor is also kind, I guess he won't do this!" Zhao Tianming naturally understood, but he still opened his mouth to persuade him.

"He won't, but the red-haired ghosts in this land will, because the Chinese merchants are just pigs and sheep in their captivity." Zeng Qilu flicked his sleeves and returned to the sedan chair.

Zhao Tianming hurriedly followed, and he and Zhao Tianming shared a sedan chair.

"Do you know why I brought you to the Governor of Batavia today." Zeng Qilu asked again in the sedan chair.

"Why?" Zhao Tianming was confused, and he didn't know why Zeng Qilu wanted to say it in the sedan chair.

"I ask you why the merchants of the four seas dare to run rampant in the South Seas now, if you dared to run from Luzon to Batavia in the past?" Zeng Qilu asked.

"Don't dare." Zhao Tianming shook his head.

Not to mention the many pirates along the way, the contempt and jealousy of the Spaniards and the Dutch, the English and other Westerners towards the Chinese merchants made it difficult for the Chinese merchants to move in the South Seas, especially in the port towns controlled by the Europas, and they raised official taxes or sent privateers to plunder the Chinese merchant fleets at every turn.

The most serious and tragic was the Luzon massacre several times.

But since the establishment of the Ming court, with the increasing strength of the Ming court's sailors, the pirates of Luzon and even the South China Sea have been beaten away by the Ming army's sailors.

With the protection and support of the Ming court, these days the merchants from all over the world sailed the merchant ships to various places in the South Seas.

It can be said that if it weren't for the Ming Court, the Chinese businessmen from all over the world would just be surviving in Manila.

"The Ming Court is not the Ming Court of the Chinese merchants in Luzon, but the Ming Court of the entire Nanyang." Zeng Qilu said.

"Why do these red-haired ghosts raise butcher knives to our Nanyang Chinese businessmen at every turn, we are rich, weak by nature, and alone in Nanyang, we have no power of our own, such sheep don't slaughter anyone." Zeng Qilu laughed at himself.