As soon as business was mentioned, Gullitt immediately put away his slick expression, motioned to his entourage to open the suitcase in the corner, took out a large paper bag, and put it on the table.

In this era, except for the precious letterhead paper, most of the paper in Europe was rough brown paper, which could not be compared with the products of the Ming Dynasty.

But Zheng Haizhu only pays attention to the contents of inferior paper bags.

It is an ivory-white solid with a faint fishy odor.

"It's a mix of fat and oil, right? So it won't melt at this time. What about the purified oil?" Zheng Haizhu asked.

Gullitt waved his hand, and the attendant hurriedly brought over a tin can.

After opening the lid, there is no odor.

"Click on it." Zheng Haizhu said to Zheng Zhilong.

The latter brought the two oil lamp racks prepared by the postman, put solid grease and liquid oil in them, lit them, and brought them to the natural light in the courtyard, looked closely, and sniffed closely.

Gulit looked at Zheng Zhilong's back, raised his eyebrows and said to Zheng Haizhu, "My goddess, don't worry, what I brought you is the best whale oil."

Zheng Haizhu didn't eat his set, but said indifferently: "It's not the brain of a sperm whale, it's just ordinary fish oil, what is not superior." As long as you don't mess up with the mess and trick us, it will work."

Gullit's red beard trembled, accompanied by an exaggerated tone: "How can it be ordinary fish oil, this is a whale lady!"

"Okay Gullit, it's been a few years since the Ming switch, and I don't know you alone. You Europa people have a saying, there are as many whales in the ocean as there are bees around you. Don't you order whale oil when you hold a banquet in Amsterdam?"

The women of the Ming Kingdom and the Dutch men, as if they did not remember the past of seducing, trapping, seesawing, and suppressing each other during the Ming and Dutch naval battles, returned to the essence of merchants and began to pave the way for foreplay for bargaining.

After a while, Zheng Zhilong came in and said to Zheng Haizhu in Hokkien dialect: "Make do, it's better than the goods of the Japanese people."

Zheng Haizhu leaned back in the chair and directly reported the terms of business to the Dutch: "Grease goods, according to weight, and Chinese sugar are exchanged for two to one; The refined oil, according to the volume, a liter of whale oil in your Europa is almost more than ten catties of our Ming Dynasty, and it is exchanged with Chinese sugar on a one-to-one basis."

As soon as Gullitt heard this, he knew that no matter how cunning the woman on the other side was, she also had the sincerity to talk about business at this moment.

But at present, in Europe, the rapidly rising British in the Atlantic, it is the time when they are thirsty for sugar, and the Dutch East India Company, of course, needs to get back more sugar in order to make a lot of money.

Luzon and the Americas were occupied by the Spaniards, and the Indonesian archipelago, where the company's headquarters is located, can grow sugar cane well, but the sugar refining technology of the local natives cannot be compared with the ingenious Ming people. The sugar of Ming is very popular with several countries in Europa.

Gullitt then reacted in surprise: "What? Madam, the price you paid is the price you paid to buy butter, right? It's whale oil! You see, after the lights are lit, there is no black smoke, and it burns very slowly. There is no better treasure in the world."

Zheng Haizhu didn't refute immediately, but changed his words: "By the way, the Tokugawa shogunate, didn't it fall out with the Portuguese a long time ago, and only your Dutch ships are allowed to anchor in several ports?"

Gullitt was stunned for a moment, but what the woman surnamed Zheng said was the truth, a fact that made the Dutch complacent, and Gullitt didn't feel the need to hide it, and nodded and said, "That's right, your neighbor on the sea in Mingguo is not as slamming the door as you."

"How much do they bid for your whale oil?"

"They hunt whals themselves." As soon as Gullit spoke, he felt that something was wrong.

Zheng Haizhu looked at the red-bearded "gentleman" with a smile: "Yes, I can also ask the Japanese to buy whale oil."

Gulit was still fighting: "When you were the predecessor of this emperor, you cut off the sea trade with the Japanese. Smuggling it will only be more expensive."

Zheng Haizhu smiled even more: "Gullit, you said it was your predecessor. The predecessors are all dead, what's the use? Your former owner of the Netherlands is still a Spaniard

Now, do you still pay taxes for them? It's not me bragging, I would have persuaded our current Emperor, His Majesty, to resume maritime trade with the Japanese."

Zheng Zhilong hugged his arms and said impatiently in official words: "What nonsense with the red hair, you still give this slippery head a chance? Did you fall in love with him or how? If you want whale oil, ask my father-in-law's house directly to buy it, and it's done!"

Father-in-law...... The first thing Gullit understood was the relationship between various characters in Chinese, and of course he could understand what "father-in-law" meant.

No wonder this young Ming man wears an expensive Japanese sword, and is so arrogant.

Zheng Haizhu also smiled, and said to Gullit: "That's it, I am most annoyed to waste time, and what I give is the real price."

Gullitt twisted the corners of his mouth, his furry fingers tapped on the table, and muttered, "Mrs. Zheng, be reasonable, you have also shared a lot of money from your General Yan's order flag over the years, right?" That's what our Dutch ship gave you."

Zheng Haizhu said coldly, "Gullit, that should be regarded as the room I persuaded our governor to give you the Netherlands in the first place, right? In Xiamen that year, if we really set the negotiating table in the Ming Dynasty, what can you do as a defeated country? If it weren't still profitable all these years, could you honestly give us the Ming Sailor the order flag silver? I didn't ask your East India Company for a salary, so it's good."

Gullitt choked.

This woman's brain and momentum are really beyond the control of his clever and experienced senior adviser.

I only heard Zheng Haizhu on the other side suddenly sigh softly, and softened his tone: "That's it, Gullit, how about I sign a wine contract with you again?" In addition, on the Xiangshanao side of Canton Province, I can try to persuade our Emperor and his cabinet members to open a port for you Dutch people as well. If the Portuguese are arrogant, you will teach them a lesson with your heavy arquebuses."

Gullitt studied the cunning in the woman's eyes.

I heard that this woman had hired Franki's gunners for her country's army, but now she made no secret of her intention to use their Dutch to counterbalance the Francis.

She was a lazy person to go around in circles, unlike most of the dull officials of this Eastern Empire.

Gullit finally made a gesture of surrender: "Then let's sign a contract."

I couldn't help but ask, "Mrs. Zheng, are you buying our whale oil to do some kind of magic?"

"Light the lamp," Zheng Haizhu said to the two lampstands that were burning quietly in the courtyard, "Didn't you say that? Whale oil is the best way to light the lamp."

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