When Glade heard this, he became furious, and he instinctively drew his gun, but Paul held it down.

"If you don't want to see God so soon, at last keep in awe, not for me, not for the rebels outside, but for the knives and guns in their hands." Glade roared angrily, completely free of his usual fear of Carl.

Paul said: "I can arrest Guo Huaiyi, it is he who is in charge of logistics, which led to this kind of thing. ”

"Then the rebels will retreat, but they will still eat food without bacon and bread, without wine and clean water, without victory and glory. In a few days, there will be another thing, maybe because of food, maybe because of a word from the superior, there will be another riot, chaos, next time, who will be handed over? Glade asked.

Paul nodded slightly, he and Glade had been friends for many years, and had served together in the West India, the Du Islands, so they trusted each other very much.

"And what about your proposal?" Paul asked.

"Withdraw your troops, Lord Governor, this was originally the wrong expedition, but when you met the Eastern Trading Company of the Ming Kingdom at the mouth of the Tamsui River, everything was out of your control." Glade said.

Paul looked at Karl, who said, "I have no opinion, if you withdraw from the army, please go back on the Junk, I will take the Malacca and Zeeland to Japan." ”

The bruises on Glade's forehead flared up, and he said, "Lord Karl, you're giving us a problem." ”

Karl spread his hands: "For the sake of our friendship, I chose to deceive the company's headquarters, and I still stood with you in the midst of that group of dangerous pariahs, I did everything, gave all the support, and you did not do what you could do. ”

Glade was about to say more, but was stopped by Paul, who smiled and said, "Okay, Carl, you go and prepare, I will tell the soldiers that we evacuate here, but in the evening, I hope you can visit the wounded soldiers with me." ”

Karl nodded, snorted coldly, and returned to his cabin.

"Nasty guy." Glade said.

"Yes, he's annoying, but it's useful." Paul said.

Glade was puzzled: "I really don't know what the use of this cowardly and incompetent guy is. ”

Paul said: "Bear the blame, our expedition has failed, Formosa has not made up for the financial deficit, but because the expedition has caused more, and we have lost the White Bird, what to do, who will bear it, me?" ”

"You can't afford it." Glade said that he did not think Paul was wrong, but that he knew that if Paul lost his position as governor, he would be in a worse position.

Glade said, "Let that nasty guy Karl come, I don't want to see his nasty face again." ”

"Exactly?" Paul asked.

Glade thought for a moment: "The idea I can think of is to let him be killed by the soldiers, just because the soldiers found out about his secret contact with the Spaniards, well, maybe it can involve Chezhidan, Chezhidan, Karl, a conspiracy, how about it?" ”

"Yes, yes, I think it's a reasonable story." Paul nodded.

Glade and Paul appeared together in front of the rebels, and in front of everyone, they made a speech, putting the blame on Karl, saying that he had made a deal with the Spaniards, betrayed everyone, and deliberately withheld the soldiers' rations, so the enraged soldiers rushed to the Hague and killed Karl in his bedroom.

Glade personally collected Carl's tortured bones and gave Paul his ornate saber and some precious personal belongings.

"We have to think of a good way to deal with Formosa." Glade said.

Paul nodded: "Actually, I have been prepared for a long time, and for financial problems, I am ready to auction off the trading rights of the Turen village community and get money from the merchants of the Ming Kingdom to make up for the deficit and military expenses." In the long run, it is still necessary to introduce Ming people, plant sugarcane, and the economy of deerskin can no longer be carried out.

We didn't get North Formosa. ”

Glade nodded, and he asked: "What about the Oriental Trading Company, I haven't seen the legendary Li, but if he can have a few warships and wipe out the fleet of the Getting Federation, he must be a capable person and definitely have strength." ”

"I don't know enough about the Eastern Trading Company," says Paul, "and some say that he had the support of a Chinese governor in charge of two provinces, the equivalent of five Dutch governors, but I don't believe it so easily." But one thing is clear to me, the Zheng family must not like this Oriental trading company.

They can accept the Dutch, English and Spanish in this sea, but they will definitely not accept the Ming people. I think I'm going to look for the Honorable Nicholas. ”

The Dutch retreated, the Spaniards did not pursue, and it was not even until the Dutch ships left that the Spaniards walked out of the city of San Salvador to celebrate.

The Spanish ships had been sunk and therefore unable to pursue the Dutch fleet, allowing the Dutch to reach the first stop of the retreat, Freshwater City.

Still stationed on the south bank of Tamsui City, Paul can still have an unobstructed view of Tamsui City, but after more than forty days, everything has changed.

The walls of Tamsui City are still the same, but there is an additional residence under the city wall, and huge factories are spread out from west to east, and the White Bird has stood on the slipway, the skeleton has been fully formed, and there is one more dock, and it is a deep-water dock, and even the Hague can directly lean on it.

The most important thing is that there are more people, more than three times more.

On the barren slope on the side of the wharf, there is a huge tomb, and hundreds of human heads and earth are piled up to form a hill, and from the south bank, you must pass through there, which is Jingguan.

The concept of Jingguan was learned by the Dutch from Guo Huaiyi, and the Dutch clearly realized that as the enemy of the Oriental Trading Company, they would end up in that fate.

The Oriental Trading Company had a lot more confidence in the face of the Dutch, and even the business was much more open, such as medical alcohol and allicin, which were directly open to supply, but they had to be settled in gold or silver, and the Oriental Trading Company and the natives had clearly understood the effects of these two medicines, and allicin was called holy water.

The whole trading company also accepted the name, consciously or unintentionally avoiding allicin, the name named by Lee Zhaoji, just to prevent the Rimber Society from making it.

After all, the Dutch are famous for their commercial espionage, and without commercial espionage, there would be no Dutch hegemony in the East.

The self-confidence of the Oriental Trading Company is also reflected in the openness, Lee Siu Kee first went to visit the Dutch who had "returned victorious" and praised them for the harm they had done to the evil Spaniards, and when Paul and Glade returned to Tamsui City, Lee Siu Kee personally led them on a tour of the city and the shipyard, and even said that there was no place that Dutch friends could not visit except his own bedroom.

When he heard that Glade was an experienced officer, Li Zhaoji also asked Yang Yandi to lead the army to show it in front of him.

"This is not an Eastern army at all, although there is black hair and black glasses under the helmet, but I know very well that the people who train this army must be a loyal believer of His Royal Highness Gustav II." On his way back to the camp, Glade said to Paul.

Paul's face was not good-looking, obviously the strength of the Oriental Trading Company exceeded his expectations, he originally thought that he only needed to recuperate for a year when he went back, and next year he would be able to go north to exterminate the Oriental Trading Company and the Spaniards together, but the strength shown by the Oriental Trading Company exceeded his expectations.

"Are you afraid, dear Glay?" Paul asked.

Glade shook his head: "No, I just want to tell you that my sincere friends, with our strength, cannot defeat them. We need the support of Batavia, we need a fleet, we need soldiers. ”

Paul sighed, "Glade, do you have any better advice?" ”

"From a company's point of view, it's clear that dominating this rich island and finding a new headquarters that is more suitable to rule her is a long-term goal, and it's also your ideal," Glade said. But the problem is that there is only one such opportunity.

Without the direct support of Batavia, I don't think we have any chance of winning. If Batavia does not provide strong support, if it does, and we fail, perhaps we should look for another way. ”

"In what way?" Paul asked.

"The peaceful way, the quiet trade." Glade said.

Paul laughed: "A mere Oriental trading company is not enough for me to become an Englishman." Although it is also in the Oriental trade, although we and our British counterparts are called East India and Du Company, but the English and Dutch East India and Du Company are two different things. ”

Paul has such a kind of self-confidence, the current East India Du Company has more than 50 heavy artillery warships, more than 20,000 elite soldiers, and its strength has reached its peak, and it is the overlord of the Eastern Sea. Therefore, its main tone is conquest.

But the British East India Company was not good, it did not have a strong fleet, and the colonies only had a few strongholds, and it was for trade in the East, and it was a quiet trade, with flattery and gold, to impress the feudal lords one by one, and then pray for a little profit in it.

But Paul also had to admit that there was some truth in what Glade said.

Because Li Zhaoji is likely to have a close relationship with the governor of Liangguang, this means that if the two sides cooperate, they can open a window of trade with China from the direction of Liangguang, whether it is the Chinese market or the goods from China, which is pursued by the Dutch East India Company.

"Glade, your suggestion is based on the premise that Li Zhaoji has direct influence over Guangdong, and if he is he, he can be respected by us. But whether it is or not, it still needs to be tried. Paul smiled.

Glade smiled slightly and said, "It seems that you already have a way." ”

Paul said, "Yes, my way is to tempt." ”

"With what, Officer Nikolai, or the fleet?" Glade didn't want Paul to risk too much.

Paul said, "Of course not, I'm talking about raw silk or silk fabrics." Before leaving, I will place a large order for raw silk with the Oriental Trading Company, if it really has the background of the governor, it will not be difficult to get these raw silk, but if it can't get it, it means that it is just a legend.

There is raw silk, that is, peace and trade, and there is no raw silk, sorry, there is only war. ”

"Very good, I think, the Lords of Batavia will also support it." After pondering it, Glade gave his own judgment.