On the sixth day of the fourth lunar month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, in the face of the blockade of the Marikata Strait by the Ming army, the Batavia Governor's Office issued an order again.

Cohen claimed that if the Chinese wanted to stay in Batavia, they would have to go to the government to apply for residence permits, and if they wanted to move, the Dutch fleet would be willing to escort them to Borneo in the north.

And it is emphasized in the order that there is no charge for the escort tasks of the fleet.

In order to show his sincerity, Cohen also released the Chinese who had committed crimes in Batavia and compensated them for a fee.

Such behavior is naturally because of the suffocating strength brought by the Ming Navy.

When Cohen sailed north and saw how powerful the Ming army was enough to blockade the Karimata Strait, he knew that the Dutch army was no match for the Ming army.

He is trying his best to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, and giving the Batavian Chinese a very high right to act independently is the first step in his goodwill.

At the same time, all the employees of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia began to pack up their belongings and gifts, and sold their houses and fields to the local Chinese and natives at low prices.

Everyone saw the behavior of Cohen and others, and the local Chinese changed their cowering image in the past, showing off their waists straight and showing off everywhere on the street.

Seeing them on display, the Dutch gendarmes who used to reprimand them also kept their mouths shut.

Sometimes when the two sides looked at each other, the Dutch gendarmes also squeezed out a smile, and lost the arrogance they once had.

As the best among the Chinese, some Ming smuggling maritime merchants known as Kapitan also felt the benefits of having someone behind them.

Gradually, they got together and began to discuss how to protect their best interests in the changing situation.

It's just that before they could discuss it, someone broke into the back room in a panic.

At this moment, in the inner room, more than a dozen Jiapitan were sitting on the left and right, and before they could start their deliberations, they saw the people who came running and said in a panic:

"Oh no, the Redhairs are ready to evacuate Batavia."

"What?"

Some people stood up in surprise and asked:

"There was no fighting, why did you surrender? Didn't this group of Hongmaoyi go to invade my Daming coast before? Why are you so weak now? ”

"That's right, didn't they threaten us to pay taxes with warships at every turn?"

"This has also become too fast, how many people did the imperial court send on an expedition?"

Under the urging of many Jiabidan, the people who came in a hurry hurriedly took a sip of water to relieve the throat discomfort like a fire, and then hurriedly said:

"I heard that there are too many warships and soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court this time, and Hongmaoyi has already sent ships for peace talks, and has also made second-hand preparations, if the imperial court does not agree to negotiate peace, they are ready to break through from the Sunda sea."

"This ......" Hearing this man's words, all the Jiapitan looked at each other, and their hearts were full of shock.

They couldn't believe that the Dutch, who had been arrogant in the past, were so embarrassed this time.

At this moment, everyone was thinking about a question, that is, "how many warships and soldiers and horses did the imperial court send".

However, this question of theirs may only be felt intuitively by Cohen, the Dutch Governor of the East Indies at this moment......

In the endless Karimata Strait, the blue sky and white clouds and deep blue water make the scenery even more beautiful.

It's just that in such a beautiful sea, more than 600 ships are dotted with more than 100 ships, which makes people feel desperate.

Standing on the deck of the eight-hundred-ton Batavia, Cohen's heart was only shocked.

The Batavia is 33 meters long, 4.2 meters wide and has a displacement of 824 tons.

This is the largest warship of the Dutch East India Company in the South Seas, and when this warship they are proud of sails into the Ming Navy under the attention of the Ming army, it looks like a dwarf mixed into the ranks of giants.

The Ming warships were towering all around, and the Batavia, which was only one-third of their height, could hardly see the sunlight throughout the whole process, and was almost obscured by the shadow of the warships.

Coupled with the fact that there are so many ships on the surface of the sea, it seems to be a labyrinth, which makes Cohen feel depressed.

Passing through the D-class and C-class warships on the periphery, Cohen and the others approached the B-class and A-class warships.

When the four first-class warships at the head appeared, Cohen and the others even held their breath for a while.

At the same time, on the Taishan, the largest of the four first-class warships, Huang Long also walked to the bow of the ship and glanced down at the Batavia.

"Europa's ships are still so small, it's no wonder they don't dare to engage us head-on."

As soon as Huang Long's words came out, Li Dan next to him also said:

"The Red Hairy likes to use Galen boats, which are much smaller than those of the Big Furlong, but fast."

"According to Jinyiwei's information, they have 97 warships and armed merchant ships in Nanyang, and the total number of materials does not exceed 150,000, which is less than one-sixth of our army."

Li Dan's words lifted the fig leaf of Europe's strength in the South Seas.

Similarly, this also slapped everyone in the face of Daming.

With less than 50,000 people, less than 20,000 troops, less than 3,000 artillery pieces, and less than 500 ships, the Europeans were able to occupy millions of acres of arable land in the South Seas every year, and occupy trade routes of millions of taels every year.

Looking at the Ming Dynasty again, it has the world's largest number of shipwrights, the largest number of shipyards, the largest population, and the closest distance, but it can't even completely occupy the South Seas at the doorstep, and even the fetters have only lasted for decades.

If it weren't for Zhu Youzhen, their vision might be in the territory of the Ming Dynasty for the rest of their lives.

"There's no need to fight them, but you can't let them go so easily."

"Didn't they offer compensation of thirty thousand taels of silver? Then I will also make a price, 900,000 taels of silver. ”

Huang Long turned his head to look at Li Dan and asked again, "Do you think they can take it?" ”

"I shouldn't be able to take it out, they don't have that much cash in their hands." As a maritime merchant, Li Dan knew that Cohen and others, who were also armed merchants, did not have so much silver, because the assets of the maritime merchants were all in the goods.

However, this does not mean that Li Dan wants to persuade Huang Long to give up asking for compensation, but ......

"However, they can be divided into ten years to pay."

As soon as Li Dan opened his mouth, Huang Long's eyes instantly lit up, and when he heard this, he said:

"Since it's going to be divided into ten years, let's make up a whole number, two million taels."

"Two million?!" Hearing Huang Long's words, the corners of Li Dan's mouth twitched, who made up an integer and directly made up one hundred and eleven......

With the size of the Dutch East India Company, a year's trade and taxes for one's own country can earn hundreds of thousands of taels at most.

In a word, Huang Long is basically going to take away one-third or one-half of their profits in the next ten years.

However, Li Dan didn't have to say anything, after all, he also participated in the whole process of the army's southward movement, so he naturally knew that the navy's southward movement would cost a lot this time.

Not to mention the military salary, just pulling out silver, grain, fresh water, vegetables, and other things, the war has basically consumed more than 400,000 taels of silver until now.

If you add these three months' military salaries, it will be close to 600,000 taels.

Two million taels with the Netherlands is not too much.

"Governor, what about Spain? The Spanish envoy is still waiting for our news in Padang. ”

Li Dan's words directly stated the fact that Spain was also soft, and compared with the Netherlands, Huang Long was more angry with Spain.

The Dutch attacked Fujian and Guangdong in order to force the Ming to open trade, but in fact, they caused more than 300 casualties to the Ming people and soldiers.

Compared with the Netherlands, Spain's massacre in the 31st year of Wanli was a real massacre of at least 30,000 people.

Therefore, Huang Long directly said with a cold face:

"According to my Ming soldiers' pension, unless Spain pays three million taels of silver, my Ming Dynasty will never negotiate with them!"

Huang Long's words made Li Dan understand what he meant, after all, in the land of Nanyang, Zhu Youzhen's authorization to Huang Long was to be handled by Huang Long himself.

Now Huang Long said three million taels, that is three million taels.

He understood Huanglong's bottom line, and at the same time, Cohen's ship also arrived at the foot of the Huashan ship.

The Ming army lowered the ladder, and after the Batavia docked, Cohen also took two councillors to the ladder, and then walked up to the deck of the Huashan ship step by step with a nervous mood.

When they walked onto the deck, Huang Long and Li Dan were already sitting under the awning, and Cohen and the others were also taken by the Ming army to Chuanshou and met Huang Long and Li Dan.

When he saw Huanglong, Cohen gave up his dignity as a governor and knelt down on one knee and presented his surrender with both hands.

"The Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, the Viceroy of the East Indies, Jane Pieterszoun Cohen, hereby begs for surrender to the great, mighty, and invincible Governor of the Great Tomorrow Navy, the warrior who liberated Luzon, the helmsman of the Invincible Armada of the Seas, and the guardian of all the South Seas."

"Because of my personal greed, I have offended the Emperor of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, and the people of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, please forgive me for my stupidity and accept my surrender......"

Cohen let go of the dignity and face that he had once made the entire Nanyang countries submit, and begged for the forgiveness of the Yellow Dragon like a dog with a broken backbone.

In this regard, Huang Long also signaled people to go to the result of the surrender.

Li Dan took the initiative to get up and walk over at this time, and while taking the surrender document, he also took the lead in taking a look at the content of the surrender.

After reading it, he returned to his place, and while placing the surrender book on the table, he explained to Huang Long:

"There are four articles in this surrender, according to the content of the treaty, Hongmaoyi will return Java Island and the affiliated islands of the South Seas, return it to the Ming Dynasty, and recognize that the South Seas have been owned by my Ming Dynasty since ancient times."

"Secondly, Hongmaoyi will give me all the land, all the fortresses, weapons, factories and all public objects in Nanyang forever, and compensate me 500,000 taels of silver as compensation for military expenses, which will be divided into five years and paid five times."

After talking about the content of the treaty, Li Dan also deliberately said:

"In this way, the amount of silver that this group of Hongmaoyi can earn should be less than we imagined, and even 500,000 taels need to be repaid in batches over five years."

"Well, but no matter what, two million taels of silver can't be missing." Huang Long's attitude was very resolute.

"Yes." Hearing Huang Long's words, Li Dan also spoke in Dutch:

"We don't have a problem with the three articles of the treaty, but the compensation is too little."

"500,000 taels of silver is only a small part of the cost of our trip south."

"If you still want to trade with the Ming Dynasty and restore peace, then you must pay at least three million taels of silver."

"Three million taels?!" Hearing that Li Dan changed hands and raised another million taels of silver, the faces of the two councilors behind Cohen turned green with fright.

Three million taels of silver, which is almost the net profit of the Dutch East India Company for eight years.

This condition was particularly harsh for them, but if they did not agree, the Ming army would wipe out the island of Java.

But if they agreed, they would be stagnant for six years.

Thinking of this, the two councillors didn't know what to say for a while, and at this time, Cohen, who was quite bold, said:

"Jiapitan, you should know that we can't get this compensation, in order to show our sincerity, we can compensate one million taels in five years."

"This is impossible, if you want to talk like this, then I think, I still ask General Huanglong to continue to block the Karimata Strait and besiege Batavia." Li Dan shook his head.

However, their discussion is just a test of the bottom line of both sides.

Therefore, after seeing Li Dan's expression, Cohen gritted his teeth and immediately said, "One and a half million taels, how about seven years?" ”

"This is impossible, please don't come up with unrealistic numbers." Li Dan frowned slightly.

After Cohen's dislike was seen, Cohen could only speak:

"If I want to continue to improve, then I need to consult with the two councillors behind me before I can make a decision, so please give us a number that we can accept."

Cohen looked at Li Dan with a blank look, but Li Dan turned his head unhurriedly and asked Huang Longdao: "Governor, after the discussion, can you drink tonight?" ”

"You can drink a Gu." Huang Long touched his short beard and chuckled, and Li Dan immediately turned back with a smile, put away his smile when he saw Cohen, and said solemnly:

"Two million six thousand taels, in ten ten-year installments, and two hundred and sixty thousand taels per year."

"This ...... Please wait for us to discuss it. Cohen frowned, then turned to the two councillors and whispered:

"Two million six thousand taels, ten years, what do you think?"

"It's too high, let's see if we can go any lower."

"I also think so, if you come up with 260,000 taels a year, there will be problems with the company's operation and funds."

"We can see if we can reduce it to two million taels, and then pay half a million in one lump sum, and repay the remaining one and a half thousand taels in nine years."

"Hmmm......"

The three of them discussed for a while, and finally Cohen tentatively asked: "Can it be reduced to two million taels, we are willing to pay 500,000 taels of compensation in the first year, and the remaining 1,500,000 taels will be paid in nine years." ”

"Two million three thousand taels, 500,000 taels will be paid this year, and the remaining 1.8 million will be compensated in nine years, 200,000 taels per year." Li Dan absentmindedly picked up the flask and took a sip.

"This ......" Cohen frowned, but he also knew that the longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable the situation would be, and the higher the price of the Ming army.

"Good!"

The momentary thought immediately made Cohen nod with a heavy heart, but he added:

"We hope to buy ten such merchant ships from His Excellency the General, and please agree to our participation in the trade."

At the same time as the words fell, Cohen was afraid that Li Dan would refuse, so he hurriedly explained:

"We are Europa's largest merchant ship company in the South Seas, with an annual trade volume of more than one million taels between the East and the West."

"If you are willing to approve our purchase of merchant ships, we will continue to grow in size and buy more and more cargo in the future."

"Europa is in urgent need of a large number of commodities now, and as long as we expand in scale, we will definitely be able to bring sufficient gold and silver to the Great Ming Dynasty."

I have to say that the Dutch East India Company was able to form such a large scale in the South Seas region, and it was indeed unique in the selection of personnel.

Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and France, the top talent is kept locally, the second class is sent to the Americas, and the third class is sent to the Far East.

The Netherlands can be said to be evenly distributed, and because of this, Cohen's ability is actually not bad.

He can still think about the problem from the perspective of himself and Da Ming when he is at a disadvantage, and has the courage to make such a request, which makes Li Dan and Huang Long look at him with admiration.

Although Cohen made a plan to force the Great Ming to switch trade, and the plan failed.

But in some ways, Cohen is a man who can work well together.

Thinking of this, Huang Long narrowed his eyes, and then said:

"If I give you thirty merchant ships of seven thousand materials, how much can you increase the volume of trade?"

"The delivery of good goods can increase the trade volume by 200,000 taels." Cohen hurriedly replied, obviously business was engraved in his bones.

"A merchant ship of 7,000 materials, 30,000 taels of silver, we will sell as much silver as you can produce." Huang Long squinted his eyes and spoke, not at all worried about Cohen taking the merchant ship back to dismantle and imitate and learn.

To put it bluntly, merchant ships and warships are different, and the materials used are also different.

The new merchant ships and warships of the Ming Dynasty were all ships made by Zhu Youxiao and craftsmen according to the characteristics of teak and other local Ming woods.

If there is no teak, then replacing other wood will only increase the cost of shipbuilding, and the strength of the ship will not be as strong as that of the new Ming ships.

This is also the anti-theft method researched by Zhu Youxiao.

After all, wooden sail merchant ships and warships are actually very different from Western warships, and just looking at the shape of the ship and the muzzle, as well as the operation of some sailors, is equivalent to stealing half of the technology.

The remaining half of the technology can be researched and manufactured by trial and error.

Only by maintaining a continuous enterprising spirit can the Ming Dynasty not be caught up by Xiyi.

However, it is useless to catch up, because with the current steel and artillery production in Europe, it is difficult for a single country to build a class A fleet, let alone a navy of twelve guards.

That's why Huang Long is so generous.

Rather than letting the Europeans steal from them, it is better to send the ships over generously, and let them know the cost and willingly pay for the money.

Even if they imitate it successfully a few years later, more than ten years later, but at that time, the Ming Navy, who knows what terrifying appearance it will develop?

After this southern expedition, Huang Long also felt that it was time to eliminate some supply ships with 6,000 materials and 7,000 materials, and more than 7,000 materials were what the fleet needed most.

The cost of converting these supply ships into warships is too great, but it can trap Cohen and them.

Huang Long's thoughts, Li Dan also knew, so he conveyed Huang Long's meaning to Cohen, and Cohen decisively gave three thumbs up after a moment of hesitation.

"For the time being, I need thirty ships, and this time next year, I will buy another fifty."

"Absolutely." With a smile on his face, Huang Long and Cohen drank a wine that symbolized reconciliation and signed his name in the peace treaty.

This treaty is known as the Treaty of Karimata, also known as the Treaty of the South Seas of the Netherlands.

With this treaty, Cohen and his wife disembarked and reluctantly left the Ming fleet, promising to withdraw to South Asia within two months.

In this regard, Huanglong was not in a hurry, and said that he would go to Batavia to take over West Java on the first day of February next year.

It was only after they completely left the sight of the Huashan ship that Huang Long turned to Li Dan next to him and said:

"I didn't expect that this battle to recover the South Seas would only fight a tough battle in Luzon."

Huang Long was sighing, but he didn't know that if his strength and fleet size were exposed in advance, I was afraid that Fernando, who had been thrown into the sea to feed the fish, would cry and shout about surrender.

The most unfortunate thing for Spain was that it didn't know the strength of the Ming Navy, and then it was beaten fat.

Seeing him so miserable, other countries will send envoys one after another, and after seeing the scale of the Ming navy, the envoys learned about the difference in strength between the two sides, and the governors of other countries who knew the difference in strength between the two sides, so they dispelled the idea of going against the Ming.

Bullying the weak and fearing the hard, this is the character of most countries on the continent of Europa.

Expect them to unite against the Ming in the South Seas? It is better to think about European unity.

What's more, they are united, with the total tonnage of less than 70,000 tons of warships and armed merchant ships, the Ming Navy can sink them with a ramming angle.

In this case, if you don't surrender, will you wait to become the next Fernando?

Waiting for your own nationals to be imprisoned and writing to their families thousands of miles away to pay ransom?

If you really wait for the Ming army to come, the property that has been accumulated in Nanyang for more than ten years will have to be packed and taken away.

It's better to step down decently, and then you can continue to trade with Daming.

This is what Cohen and many other governors think, and the only one who is depressed is probably the Spanish colonial governor.

"In a few days, you go and greet the governor of the big Francois country, and it is still the same sentence, the price is three million taels of silver, and you must hand over the accomplices who participated in the tragedy that year and are still alive."

"Otherwise, I will have to personally lead the troops to Tianzhu to defeat them in the future!"

Huang Long leaned on the fence and looked at the Ming naval fleet that covered the surrounding sea, and Li Dan also said:

"Obey ......"

After that, he also raised his head and said to Huang Long:

"Dudu, now that Xiyi has been resolved, the next step is to deal with the natives who are not subject to the king."

"Hmm......" Huang Long bowed slightly, turned around and said:

"It's good to say that they are sparse in number, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, but the natives are a little difficult to clean up."

"I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to clean them up."

"After the Great Franc Kingdom hands over those accomplices and murderers, I will write a letter to the north, and when Banzai and His Highness read it, I am afraid that I will have to celebrate the success of my navy."

"Your Highness will definitely give credit to the general." Li Dan also complimented, but when he complimented, Huang Long kept frowning, which made Li Dan think that he had made a mistake.

Just as he was about to make amends, he heard Huang Long sigh, and then muttered, "Your Highness...... His Highness ......" and returned to his ship's room.

Maybe Li Dan is a good person and has a good sense of words, but after all, he has not stepped into the officialdom, and he doesn't know that for a general of the Qi King faction like Huang Long, the higher the merit, the more jealous the people in power are.

Once Zhu Youzhen is targeted, it will be difficult to say what will happen to them, a group of people who have made great achievements......

There is another chapter at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the hand code is ......

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