Mr. He is an important partner of ours and plays an important role in the company, especially since he has some relationship with the Zheng family of Ming Guo, so please help us rescue Mr. He. When Li Zhaoji went to the White Bird to meet with Paul, Paul said seriously.

He kept explaining Guo Huaiyi beside him, hoping that he could also play some roles.

But Li Zhaoji said: "This is difficult, Mr. Governor, it's not that I don't help, but He Bin is too unstable in doing things, he went to pass on your kindness, but was discovered by Atta, in the face of the intimidation of that group of barbarians, He Bin broke the totem of the Keda Gran people when he fled, this is a great sin, even I can't save him."

Sure, I can give it a try, but I don't promise I can do it. ”

Li Zhaoji said that he was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by Paul, who was saying something in Dutch, but Guo Huaiyi obviously had a difference of opinion with him.

Guo Huaiyi wanted Li Zhaoji to get He Bin back first, but Paul believed that the cooperation between the two sides was more important.

"Shopkeeper Li, is He Bin alive or dead now?" Guo Huaiyi asked.

Li Zhaoji shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know. ”

Guo Huaiyi said: "Are you sure He Bin was arrested because he angered the Kaida Gran? I think he was taken down by you because he blackmailed you. ”

Li Zhaoji smiled, looked at Guo Huaiyi, and remembered what He Bin said around the bonfire, it seemed that the man in front of him was happy to see the rule of the Oriental Trading Company in Tamsui, in this case, such a friend would not be offended.

Li Zhaoji said: "You are right, he blackmailed me with bad intentions, and I captured him and cut off one of his fingers, just to teach him a lesson." ”

"Then you'd better not kill him, Paul is right, he is very influential in the Zheng family." Guo Huaiyi reminded.

Li Zhaoji nodded, he didn't really want to kill He Bin, after all, it was just a small person.

If you want to rise in the waters near China, you must face the Fujian Zhengjia Maritime Group and the Dutch East India Company, and He Bin happens to be a person who knows both very well, and it is of great use to leave this person.

Guo Huaiyi seemed to be satisfied with only ensuring He Bin's life, he communicated with Paul for a while, and continued to undertake the task of translation, Guo Huaiyi said to Li Zhaoji: "Paul still wants to talk to you about cooperation, he hopes that your trading company can send troops to assist him in attacking the Spaniards, and provide logistics and supply services, of course, it can be done in secret, so as not to be known by the Kaida Gran." ”

Li Zhaoji directly informed his own conditions: "I can provide logistical supply services for this expedition, of course, Paul wants to give me a reasonable price, but it is impossible to send troops." My soldiers are going to protect Freshwater City, and the Kaidagrans won't send troops. ”

Guo Huaiyi truthfully informed Li Zhaoji of the conditions, and Paul was a little disappointed, but obviously, the matter of logistics and supply was more important, so Paul finally agreed after bargaining.

After the talks, Li Zhaoji returned to the Dongfang and immediately called Chen Liuzi.

"Liuzi, how is the situation of the fleet?" Lee asked.

Chen Liuzi said: "Neilingding Island is a little worse, mainly because the work of modifying the sail line has not yet been completed, but it does not affect the battle. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, and said in front of all the senior executives of the trading company: "Just half an hour ago, Paul and I reached an agreement that the trading company will provide logistics services for this expedition of the Dutch East India and Du Company at market prices, including providing grain, timber, etc. ”

Immediately, some people started to discuss it.

Lee Zhaoji clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and he said: "I know, this is very risky, if the Dutch expedition succeeds with our assistance, then their next target is us, then what we are doing now is to dig our own grave."

So we have to make some preparations to avoid this from happening. Sixth, you immediately concentrate all the salted meat, spirits, and other shelf-storing supplies on the three ships on the Vostok, and in the next two days, find an opportunity to send the chicken coop and inform them of the arrival of the Dutch. ”

"But how do I leave?" Chen Liuzi asked: "If you leave rashly, the Dutch will be suspicious." ”

"According to my agreement with the Dutch, from tomorrow noon, the two sides will disengage and maintain friendship, except for the White Bird, all Dutch ships will retreat to the open sea and anchor on the beach south of the Tamsui River, while our fleet will not be allowed to cross the south of the Tamsui River, so tomorrow you can disengage and go to the chicken coop," said Lee Siu-kee. ”

Chen Liuzi nodded: "If that's the case, that's great." ”

Liu Mingde asked: "What if even if we secretly help the Spaniards, the Spaniards still fail?" ”

Li Zhaoji squinted his eyes and said: "Then set up a Hongmen banquet in Tamsui and destroy the Dutch." ”

Li Zhaoji didn't want to be an enemy of the Dutch East India and other maritime hegemons when he was weak, but he had no choice, if the Spaniards failed, they would lose the strength to contain the enemy, and if they had to wait until the Dutch were ready to attack, it was better to launch in advance and seize the opportunity.

Early the next morning, the two sides had another open meeting, and then began to cooperate, and everything went very well, the fleets of both sides went north and south respectively, and the contact was disengaged, the Dutch settled on the south bank of the Tamsui River, and the Oriental Trading Company and the Kaidagrans were not allowed to cross the Tamsui River for the time being.

The only exception was the Shiratori, which ran aground on a sandbar near the north shore as it fled, while various small boat boats were in the middle of the rescue process.

Because of the arrival of the Dutch, Li Zhaoji was busy for several days in a row, and his spirit was extremely tired, so after the formal talks, he explained the task, and returned to Tamsui City to rest, and slept until the afternoon before getting up.

While eating there, Li Zhaoji asked Liu Shun: "Ah Shun, are the Dutch honest?" ”

"To be honest, I've been resting on the south bank, I heard that I want to stay here for at least three days, according to your plan, my uncle sent them the first wave of supplies, but there are some Keda Gran people, secretly go over to sell things, we can't take care of it." Liu Shun reported to work.

Li Zhaoji asked, "Is there nothing else?" ”

Liu Shun smiled: "That Guo Huai came to visit at noon, saw you sleeping, and said that he would wait until he woke up, he wanted to see He Bin, but I blocked him back, he wanted to give me money and let me take care of He Bin, I didn't ask for it." ”

Li Zhaoji raised his head and said playfully: "You really don't want it?" ”

Liu Shun raised three fingers: "I really don't want it, my uncle said, I follow the big shopkeeper, I have to be steady, and people have to be honest, this time I really didn't want it." ”

In the cooperation with the Kaida Gran people, the trading company needed to send troops but the big chicken cage society was stationed, and Li Zhaoji chose Zhao Dahe instead of Liu Shun, which touched Liu Shun a lot.

According to Liu Shun's thoughts, he was the first to follow the big shopkeeper, and when he captured the Dongfang, he jumped on the enemy ship with Li Zhaoji, but now, even Yang Yandi, who joined the gang later, commanded the army, and he was just a follower by Li Zhaoji's side.

originally thought that by virtue of his qualifications and prestige, he would always be able to get this opportunity to be in charge of his own affairs, but as a result, Li Zhaoji still chose Zhao Dahe.

Liu Shun didn't understand it at first, but he also understood it after Liu Mingde's knock.

Liu Shun's loyalty is there, and he is even more brave and extraordinary, but he has all kinds of bad problems, he is greedy and cheap, he is self-motivated, but he doesn't know how to improve himself.

Just like Yang Yandi, although he joined the gang later, during the time when Li Zhaoji went to Guangzhou, he either pestered Chen Ping to learn the art of war, or followed Liu Mingde to learn bookkeeping and writing.

Zhao Dahe is a steady worker, very righteous, and more suitable than Liu Shun to take charge of an army.

"Well, Ah Shun, you have a good uncle. During this time, there were a lot of business affairs, and I needed someone close to you like you, so I stayed with you. But you also have to learn more and watch more on weekdays, and in the future, when a trading company rises, you will have the opportunity to achieve a career. Lee patted him on the shoulder.

When Liu Shun heard this, he nodded vigorously, obviously making up his mind.

"Go to my storeroom, get some gifts, and we'll have this Guo Huaiyi for a while." Li Zhaoji commanded.

Not long after, Liu Shun came over with a large rattan basket with silk and satin in it, Li Zhaoji laughed, left two bottles of wine, and said: "You, always a tendon, gifts do not need to be given to valuable, gifts should be sent to other people's hearts."

That is to say, as soon as you give Guo Huai a gift this time, you have to think about what he needs. ”

Liu Shun said: "I sent him back at noon, and found that Guo Huaiyi did not go to the south bank, but stayed on the north bank. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "That's right, the White Bird ran aground badly and was seriously damaged, why did the Dutch stay for at least three days, didn't they just want to rescue the ship." Guo Huaiyi must be busy these days, and he has to live by the water at night, this season, the night is hot, you go to get a roll of bamboo mat, and then take some wormwood to let him repel mosquitoes, compared to this kind of silk and satin, it is more popular with people. ”

Liu Shun nodded slightly and said, "The lesson of the big shopkeeper is that I will do it immediately, and I will do it immediately." ”

When the two came to the water's edge, Guo Huaiyiguo suffered from mosquito bites, Li Zhaoji spread out the mat, ordered wormwood, and the two sat cross-legged on the mat, each with a bottle of wine, under the full moon, drinking and chatting.

"How is He Bin?" Guo Huaiyi obviously still cares about his righteous brothers.

Li Zhaoji said: "He was digging up dung, and he was doing a good job. ”

Guo Huaiyi smiled and shook his head slightly: "He should have received this kind of lesson a long time ago." What are you going to do with him? ”

"Let's clean him up for a while, don't worry, I won't kill him, even if it's just for the sake of your brother Guo's face." Li Zhaoji took a sip of wine and said with a smile.

Guo Huaiyi said: "He has not suffered similar hardships, when he followed Zheng Zhilong, he was quite good at drilling, and he has lived a very comfortable life over the years." You just let him dig up a lot of dung, take care of some on weekdays, and don't let others bully him. ”

"Well said, well said." Li Zhaoji nodded.

Guo Huaiyi was silent for a while and said, "I'll give you a gift." ”

Li Zhaoji put down the wine bottle and looked at Guo Huaiyi: "Gift, just because I didn't kill He Bin?" ”

"And to make friends with heroes like you." Guo Huaiyi also put down the wine bottle, lay on the mat, pillowed his head and said with his hands: "When I was young, I also had a dream of being a hero, so I joined the Eighteen Zhi, and later found out that they are the same as the gentry and heroes, they are also fish and meat people, bullying the neighbors, there is no difference."

I just don't want to be with it, I want to leave the Ming Dynasty, stay away from right and wrong, and come to Dayuan to settle down, but there are rivers and lakes everywhere, and I am not bullied by the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, but I have to be oppressed by the Dutch.

I've heard everything about you, even the governor of Liangguang dares to hijack you, you really dare to love and hate, and you are bold. ”

"Really?" Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

"Honestly, you're living the way I want to live." Guo Huaiyi said with emotion.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "So you want to give me a gift?" ”

Guo Huaiyi said: "Yes. ”

Li Zhaoji asked, "Then what do you give me?" ”

Guo Huaiyi asked rhetorically: "What do you want?" ”

Lee said, "What if I want Paul's head? ”

"You don't want to." Guo Huaiyi said with certainty: "Paul died here, you are the enemy of Dongyin, the company, and you don't want to be an enemy of it." ”

"Well, I'm just kidding." Li Zhaoji laughed: "Then you say, what to give me?" ”

Guo Huaiyi looked at the White Bird Nunu hidden in the darkness in the distance: "How about that ship?" ”