The Dutch people did not want to see the Esbanya, in Macau, Luzon and Malacca, against the bulk of the eastern trade that followed the Ming Kingdom.

"Ming domestic products are golden signs, and they are sold twice as much as Nanyang, triple when sold to America, and five times when sold to Europe." The Dutch man who played with silk had a greedy look in his eyes.

"Of course, Ming domestic products are the loudest commodities in the East, which are like Japanese domestic products, and can only be used as a foil for Ming domestic products~"

"But it's too far from Batavia to Moon Harbor, and there's no foothold in between......

When it came to this, he was a little depressed.

"It's all right, Manager Putmans. I've traveled many times in this area, and there are several ways to get closer."

"Oh? Your Excellency, Captain, even if it's just intelligence, it's mainly helpful, and the company will pay for it."

Of the two, the man who loved silk was Putmans, a manager of the Dutch East India Company, and the other was the captain of the ship, Van der Meyer.

Captain Van der Meer looked at the slaves on the ship, and saw that they were all a little far away, so he lowered his voice and said to Manager Putmans:

"One, attack Ho Kiang O and take the Portuguese stronghold. In this way, it not only occupies a good trading station, but also drives away competitors."

"Well, the company has been researching for a long time, and it is planning to do so. But you have another way, right? You have to have something new to get money."

Putmans does not hide it at all, everything is induced by money.

"Of course, the Netherlands belong to money."

This Captain Van der Meyer of the Netherlands has been a pirate for more than ten years, and has done a lot of burning and looting for money, so of course he understands this truth. The following methods are more innovative:

"The second method is to rely on Nagasaki to accumulate strength and unite with the Japanese state to attack the Ming state and occupy the coastal ports."

Putman Manager Si was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he suddenly laughed: "You can really think about it~ I heard that more than 20 years ago, the Japanese Kingdom also fought with the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, half of the elite troops of the Wa Kingdom captured Korea, but they were completely defeated and driven away by the Ming State with fewer blows and more blows. Although it is by no means a match for the Ming Kingdom, there have been pirates who have plundered the coast of the Ming Kingdom."

The two thought for a while, and felt that the Wa Kingdom was indeed usable.

In Nagasaki, apart from the Wakoku's own ships, only the Ming Kingdom and the Netherlands could go to trade.

Aceban Duck and Portugal, which entered the Wa Kingdom earlier, have been driven out of the Wa market by the Wa Kingdom and the Netherlands.

It has already succeeded once, and this time with the power of the Wa Kingdom, maybe it can be done in the Ming Kingdom.

Captain Van der Meer continued, "The Wa Shogunate may not listen to us, so it is a long-term plan to directly occupy the Ming market with the power of the Wa Kingdom, and in the near future, we can consider accumulating forces in Nagasaki and uniting some of the Japanese daimyo to attack the Ryukyus."

"Ryukyu? That place seems to be closer to the Ming Kingdom?"

"That's right, if the daimyo of the Wakoku conquer Ryukyu and we use the local area as a port, it will be much easier to open up the coast of the Ming Kingdom."

"Good, good!"

Saying three good things in a row, this plan made Putmans overjoyed just by hearing it, and he directly unwrapped the package and gave the captain a bag of money.

The captain opened the money bag and saw that it was a golden peso.

"Oh~ Aceban Duck Man's money, our worst enemy......

Speaking of this, he smiled slightly: "This fourth method is related to the Aceban Duck Man."

"Oh? Our worst enemy?"

At present, whether in Europe or Southeast Asia, Ace Duck is much stronger than the Netherlands, but he also has a lot more enemies.

"The fourth way is to capture the treasure island in the southeast of the Ming Kingdom, where there are some Ming people, but there is also a small trading station of the Esbanya people. Weak, pitiful and helpless, it only takes a few boats to take it down."

Putmans' eyes lit up when he heard this, but after thinking for a while, he felt that something was wrong:

"It seems that attacking the Ryukyus, or directly occupying the islands of the Ming Kingdom, will be directly regarded as an enemy by the Ming Kingdom, right? Even the trading post in Portugal is a fierce rival of the company, and it is directly opposed to the Ming Kingdom......

"Hahahaha!"

The pirate captain Van der Meer suddenly laughed: "So you need pirates to come forward, Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang are not the kind of people who are easy to control, but they will not be stupid to be the enemy of money. Liu Xiang, in particular, is estimated to become our person in a few years."

"Taking advantage of the contradiction between Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang to provoke the relationship between Fujian and Guangdong behind it, there is nothing that money cannot do, and in the end it will definitely be of great benefit to our East India Company. Then the weaker Liu Xiang was co-opted...... Wonderful~"

Putmans is very good at dividing and disintegrating, and this trick has been tried and tested in Southeast Asia and the Japanese Kingdom.

He said that he remembered one thing here: "By the way, I checked the situation reported by various pirates in Batavia, and there is a smuggling route in the Ming Kingdom, from Liaodong to Shandong and Jiangnan, do you know anyone on that route?"

Captain Van der Meer shook his head, "Not yet, it's a bit far away for the port of Batavia."

"But didn't you mention a plan to base yourself in Nagasaki, the Ryukyus, or Treasure Island? In that case, we will lay out the Liaodong route and see if we can find a helper to deal with the Ming Kingdom."

"Okay, as long as the company provides ......."

Suddenly, the captain looked south and saw a medium-sized Chinese sailing ship.

After a while, the first mate rushed over: "Captain, there is prey!"

"Well, it's like a Ming ship returning from Luzon doing business, lowering the Netherlands flag and hoisting the black triangle privateer flag!"

"Yes!"

When the first mate heard this, his eyes lit up with gold, and the crew members were all elated.

They are pirates and smugglers, and trading without capital is the foundation of the company's rapid rise.

"Your Excellency, you won't mind if we beg for a little on our long journey back to Batavia, right?"

He deliberately described privateering as begging.

This is the black language of pirates, and the beggars at sea are actually free to plunder at sea.

Putmans smiled and played with the white silk in his hand: "This is a ship between Fujian and Luzon, every penny they make, we don't say anything, and we will make the opponent stronger."

When the market of the Ming Kingdom is not in our hands, we will destroy it by all means. When it's in our hands, it's in good maintenance~"

"Hahahaha! The company has a character like His Excellency Putmans, so we can do things easily~"

The black privateer flag had been raised, and the captain's eyes were full of greed and murderous intent.

If the Ming Dynasty did not agree to give all the foreign trade to the Dutch, then it would continue to plunder and interfere with the maritime trade of the Ming people and merchants until they were like the Wa State......

In the city of Shenyang in eastern Liaodong.

Nurhachi was a little worried.

In the past six months or so, there have been no major battles in Liaodong, but small battles have continued.

Zhang Shenwu fought guerrillas in the nearby Tieling and Kaiyuan Mountains.

Killing the five auxiliary ministers is famous, and no one in the Eight Banners said it except for the Aixin Jueluo family, but everyone was afraid in their hearts.