Yang Xin sneered and said: "If you want to start a war, even if you come, we will be in Denglai, but you will go around half the world, if you are not afraid of the long road, just come and try." ”

Yang Xin's words did not have the slightest hint of concession, John began to coax, in Nanyang, the Dutch are now very miserable, and the good places occupied by European powers in history are now in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, but I didn't expect to go to Japan and meet a ruthless character, the sea power of the world's eastern power is far stronger than the normal historical time and space.

"Okay, you won, let's talk about how to trade, I brought spices from the South Seas, ivory, European cloth, armor, and silk, tea and porcelain from the Nanming Dynasty."

John was quickly discouraged.

Yang Xin was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said, "That's all? Why don't you have any good things at all, why don't you European muskets and artillery come and sell them? ”

John hurriedly explained, "I originally brought it, but I was robbed by Zheng Chenggong when I was in Malacca in Nanyang...... No, bought. ”

Fortunately, he spoke English, the Netherlands was originally a British colony, and English has always been spoken, and some French and German are spoken, but it is not the mainstream.

Yang Xin shook his head when he heard this, he was not interested in these things, what he was most interested in the West was the firearms technology that was ahead of this era.

"Except for Nanming's silk, porcelain and tea, I want everything else, but there is one condition, I want to hire you, make a price!"

Yang Xin said lightly.

John's eyes widened and he asked, "What does this hire mean?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said, "It's to buy your entire fleet!" ”

John was taken aback, and even Li Xiangjun on the side was dumbfounded.

"King Xing, you're not kidding, we are the regular navy of the Netherlands, with two thousand soldiers!"

Yang Xin smiled and said: "No kidding, this king believes that there is nothing that cannot be traded, as long as the price is right, your soldiers, including you, and your three warships, all the equipment on them, pack together, you can make a price, as for the five merchant ships, after the goods are sold, the merchants and sailors on the ship, who are willing to accept our Daxing employment, can stay, and the merchant ships can also be sold to me, and the treatment is definitely better than the original." ”

John was completely dumbfounded, and there was such a deal, buying the regular navy of other countries.

"King Xing, this matter is too big, I need to go back and discuss it and ask other people's opinions."

John was moved, thousands of miles for officials are only for money, and they have come to the Far East thousands of miles just to make a fortune.

After John left, Li Xiangjun asked puzzledly: "Lord Wang, what are you going to do, why do you want to buy them?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said: "The goods in their hands are worthless, the value is their people, Europe's industrial technology is now far ahead of China, we have not developed new technology in Daxing, now, it is an opportunity, new technology is not by one or two people, a super-era invention can be successful, you need to build a whole new industrial system, this is not so easy." ”

Li Xiangjun couldn't understand it anymore, and said: "Westerners are just some strange and obscene skills, where can they be compared to my Chinese Celestial Empire." ”

Yang Xin shook his head when he heard this, this Li Xiangjun was deeply poisoned by traditional Confucian thought, and he didn't know anything about the strength of the European powers, at this time Europe was in the Renaissance period, and had begun to initially industrialize, and capitalism was developing very rapidly, and it was already doing primitive accumulation for the future world domination, which should not be underestimated.

John returned to the ship, summoned the leaders of the fleet, and even the merchants were called, and there were twenty or thirty people together, conveying Yang Xin's purchase intention.

Everyone was in an uproar, they didn't expect Daxing's tone to be so loud that they wanted to buy their entire fleet.

First mate Hans first said: "Hehe, they are so loud, they don't know how sincere they are, why don't we negotiate a high price for him, so that he can retreat." ”

The first mate Old Smith frowned and said, "We still have to find a way to sell the goods first and complete the company's tasks, as for whether we are hired by Daxing, we can see if they accept our price." ”

"This is not appropriate, these warships and merchant ships are the property of the company, we have no right to sell them, and selling them privately is equivalent to treason!"

One of the generals stood up and said excitedly.

As soon as Shangwei Bujisen said this, there was a sudden silence at the meeting, their fleet belongs to the Dutch East India! Although the soldiers are all from the Dutch Navy, the warships are purchased at the company's expense.

John frowned, in fact, everyone at the meeting was moved by Daxing's conditions, but no one dared to bear the charge of treason, which meant that everything they had in Holland could be lost.

"Okay, it's so decided, let's casually negotiate a sky-high price, so that this Daxing King will retreat, but the goods need to be quoted normally, cheap is cheap, make less money and go back as soon as possible, next time I won't come to Japan, this Chinese sea is too dangerous, it is better to go to the Americas, it is safe and profitable."

John concluded.

Everyone nodded in unison, now there is only one way to do it, Hans said with a smile: "The artillery on our ship, the price of selling Daming is 10,000 taels of silver, we will quote him 20,000, each ship, there are 100 guns, three ships are 300, we will quote him 6 million taels for the artillery alone, the ship will be cheaper, the cost is only 30,000 taels, we will quote him 300,000 taels, 2,000 soldiers, one musket per person, we will quote 1 million ......."

Everyone laughed, and Smith laughed: "Your brother is too dark, two thousand muskets cost one million, and the price of one musket is not five hundred taels?" We cost less than fifty taels, and this musket is not a rare thing, they have it themselves. ”

Hans smiled: "Smith, don't interrupt, I haven't finished speaking, don't you want him to retreat, the price will naturally be outrageous, so our salary, the soldier asks for fifty taels of silver a month, and the officer starts with one hundred taels, Smith, you and my first mate get at least five hundred taels a month, as for the captain, John wants him a thousand taels, and then asks him for a packing fee of one million taels, we are not a single mercenary, that is the regular Dutch navy, can not just calculate the employment price of each person." ”

Everyone swallowed their saliva when they heard this, and even Captain Gibson quipped: "Hans, you are too much, just calculate, buy our fleet, only three warships, three hundred guns, it will cost tens of millions of taels of silver, with this money, Commander John can take us back to Europe to recruit a mercenary army to fight a country in the Americas to become a king, there is really this price, I also admit treason!" ”

The crowd laughed, and John said, "Gibson, you said it yourself, and if the king of Daxing really agrees, you must not go back." ”

Gibson hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Unless he has a lot of money to throw into the sea, and he is almost crazy, who will accept such a price, I, Gibson, am my word, I really accept it, and I will admit treason." ”

John stood up, and with a nervous mood, he took the translator and two first mates to find Yang Xin.

Yang Xin met John in the study, this time he came to bargain, Yang Xin also solemnly brought Mrs. Chen and several personnel of Daxing Firm, a standard team of business negotiations, Li Xiangjun is still by her side as a secretary, although she has no ability in this regard, but Yang Xin feels that bringing a beautiful secretary has face, which is a symbol of strength, and can also let Li Xiangjun learn how to do business.

John first focused on the price of the goods, and the quotation was fair, and he did not shout the price indiscriminately.

Mrs. Chen basically didn't make a counteroffer, so she accepted it all.

"King Xing, you also have to take Nanming's goods, we originally planned to sell them to Japan, but you have savagely occupied Japan's trade, resulting in no land to sell now."

John said with a bitter face.

Yang Xin nodded and said, "Okay, but I can only give you the price of the goods, so that you don't lose money, it's impossible to make money, we have a lot of this kind of Huaxia goods." ”

John had to nod, the Daxing Navy was too strong, he was not an opponent at all, and now he didn't want to make a big profit, he would make some money and go back to errands.

"That's it for these goods, let's focus on the price of buying your fleet, right?"

Yang Xin was not interested in the goods, and after the talk, he shifted the topic to the purchase of the fleet.

John could only bite the bullet and report the sky-high price just quoted to Yang Xin one by one.

The more the people of Daxing heard this, the darker their faces became, and when they heard that even the musket was going to cost five hundred and twenty-one, Mrs. Chen was furious, slapped the table, and stood up.

"You guys are so offered, you might as well grab it!"

Aunt Chen said angrily at John.

John and the others looked at each other and secretly claimed that the treacherous plan had succeeded.

"This lady, there is no way, if we sell the fleet, it is equivalent to treason, there is no such a high price, and the people below are not willing to commit treason, I am very embarrassed here."

John had only pretended to be embarrassed.

Aunt Chen turned back to Yang Xin and said, "King Xing, I think these people are very bad, and they have no intention of selling them at all, so forget it." ”

Yang Xin kept his face blue, waved his hand at this time, and suddenly said: "Aunt Chen, promise their conditions, as long as it is a problem that money can solve, it will not be a problem in my Daxing!" ”

Everyone in the audience was shocked, and Aunt Chen didn't come back to her senses for a long time, and after a while, she said to John: "Can you not buy a musket, we have it ourselves, and we can provide you with the latest technology for the musket." ”

John shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The musket was brought by us, and we are used to it, and we can use it to exert its original combat effectiveness in other ways." ”

He knew that the seignon was more advanced than their original arquebus, but what he insisted on was not a gun, but a million taels of silver that could be sold for two thousand muskets.

Yang Xin said coldly: "It's so decided, Aunt Chen, send someone to hand it over, transfer all those in their fleet who understand technology and can make muskets and artillery to the workshop in Weihai, and know other technologies, whether it is looms, steam engines, machine tools, or steel, etc., the treatment of skilled talents is all calculated according to the officers, and they are all taken to Dengzhou, ready to fully develop Daxing's industrial system, first build textile mills, steel mills, the two most critical industries, and the rest of the remaining soldiers and warships, to form the 6th battalion of Daxing's European fleet, Xue Nengwu will be the chief soldier, and John will be the deputy chief soldier, effective immediately. ”

Yang Xin then carried out the largest development plan in the history of the entire Daxing, and finally made up his mind to comprehensively develop the industrial system of Daxing in Dengzhou, and then increased the naval division to three battalions, the original three battalions of the general soldier Jiao Xuewen was promoted to the deputy governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, commanding the naval division, the three battalions were the Japanese fleet, the total army was Lin Daxiong, the fifth battalion was the Goryeo fleet, the total army was still Wei Wu, the new six battalions were the European fleet, and the total soldier Xue Nengwu was only two thousand Dutch soldiers purchased. The shortfall was slowly made up by the 50,000 new troops being recruited by Daxing.

John came to the Dutch with the contract in tears, and everyone was shocked, but since the wood was done, they could only admit it, and even Captain Gibson, who had the fiercest opposition, had nothing to say.

After that, it was time to negotiate the distribution of the spoils, and the ships and muskets were sold for a full seven million taels, and everyone got a lot of money, and the officers got the most share, and this wealth was enough for them to become veritable nobles when they returned to Europe.

And those civilian sailors began to pretend to be skilled workers in various ways, in order to get the same officer treatment as skilled workers, and those who passed by the gate of the textile factory dared to claim that they had operated the textile machine, of course, without forgetting to make up for the evil, buy some gifts and bribe the real technicians, and began to learn the basic operating knowledge, understand the situation in the factory, and so on.

As a result, more than half of the merchant sailors were hired as technicians, and thousands of people were hired, one-third of whom were sent to the musket and artillery factory in Weihai, and the rest were sent to Dengzhou.

Of course, all they get is the silver ticket of Daxing Bank, unless they want to return to China, or send money back, they will go to the money bank to exchange for silver, but in this era, the possibility of sending money back is equal to zero, even if they meet compatriots who want to return to China, they dare not entrust such a large amount of silver back, the wealth is moving, who knows if friends will have bad intentions halfway and embezzle their own silver.

John got more than two million taels of silver and got the silver ticket, so John was desperate to do things for Daxing, met Yang Xin alone, and told Yang Xin a lot of secrets.

Yang Xin met with John in his study.

"What, Zheng Chenggong has already laid down Dongfan and Luzon?"

Yang Xin's eyes widened when he heard this.

John nodded and said: "Our fleet is already the last fleet of the Netherlands in the entire Far East, as early as half a year ago, the Dutch trade with Japan has existed in name only, and the goods transported are all Zheng Chenggong halfway, and the money taken back is also handed over to him, the Dutch caravan has actually become the puppet of the Zheng family, if it weren't for his army has been held back by the Manchus, maybe he would have sent troops to attack Japan a long time ago." ”

Yang Xin listened to this amazing news, feeling that he seriously underestimated Zheng Chenggong's maritime strength, although the Ming Dynasty was crumbling on land, but the sea is still the most powerful overlord, and now the entire Nanyang is under the control of the Zheng family, and Taiwan was taken by Zheng Chenggong earlier than the time in history, and now it is developing very rapidly.

John continued: "When we set out from Holland, we had not yet received the news that Nanyang was controlled by the Zheng family. Du was delayed for more than half a year, so I didn't know that Nanyang and Dongfan Island had fallen, and when I arrived in the Strait of Malacca, I fought with Zheng Chenggong and lost two warships, but I didn't expect that he finally just took the muskets and artillery on our ship, and let us come to Japan, and said that he would not stop him when he went back, it turned out that he wanted to use us to start a war with you, I really thought he was so kind. ”

Yang Xin nodded and said: "Your Dutch sea ship is better than the Da Mingfu ship, although the ship is a little smaller, it is more flexible and faster, do you have a way to build it?" ”

John nodded and said, "If there is a skilled shipyard to cooperate, I can try it, but we will definitely not be able to rely on ourselves." ”

Yang Xin was overjoyed and said: "Okay, then you go to the shipyard in Dengzhou first, and I will send you ten shares of the overseas shares of the Daxing Imperial Court, and build this kind of Western-covered steamer for this king as soon as possible." ”

John was stunned for a moment and said, "What is Daxing overseas stocks?" ”

Yang Xin had to explain to him in detail.

John understood after listening to it a little, and was overjoyed after hearing it, and said: "I know this, our Dongyin Company is a joint-stock system. ”

Although John knew about the joint-stock system, it was the first time he had seen Daxing, which turned the entire imperial court into a joint-stock system, and Daxing was like a huge Dongyin company, with factories, businesses, and a large amount of land and army, and the scale was far from being comparable to the Dutch Dongyin company.

When the news reached Edo, the Tokugawa family was furious, but he didn't expect that the Dutch, who had high hopes, were directly bought by Daxing for money, and the envoy to Fujian also sent back bad news, Zheng Chenggong was dragged in the south by the Qing Dynasty, unable to go north, and now the Zheng family fleet did not even dare to cross the Ryukyus, and the entire northern sea area has been controlled by the coalition fleet of Daxing.

Tokugawa had no choice but to adopt Yagyu Sochi's backup plan, that is, he resolutely did not fight a decisive battle with the coalition forces at sea, and in the next big battle, he must put the coalition forces on land and fight again, and the guerrilla attacks were fought at sea.

But fortunately, they signed a peace agreement with the coalition forces, and there was still plenty of time to prepare for a war, and neither side took the agreement seriously, and they were gearing up for the next war.

Although Yang Xin has not been in the war these days, he is still very busy, and tomorrow is the New Year, and he still has no way to go back to reunite with his family.

Tsushima Island also has a New Year's atmosphere, the military camp is decorated with lights, and couplets are pasted, the port is like Weihai, tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners are building new cities, some have already been built, and various types of Daxing merchants have been opened, among them, the best business is inns and restaurants, and the private maritime merchants of Daqing and Daxing, who have made money, will naturally not be stingy, and even the high-paid Dutch are spending money lavishly in the restaurants.

The only exception is that Daxing firms are not allowed to open green buildings and casinos, but these profiteering shops are taken over by Li Anbo and other Daxing private enterprises, Yang Xin did not blame them, as long as they pay taxes normally, this is what Mrs. Chen has always been worried about, and the profiteering shops themselves can't interfere and let them be privately operated, but it's a pity that the financial resources are lost.