When Aaron heard this, his breath suddenly became short, he adjusted several times, but he could not calm himself completely, and after a while, he prayed a few times before asking: "Dear Excellency Li, can my stupid head understand that you have forgiven all sins, and are willing to send us back and give us freedom, right?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Yes, but not limited to that." ”

Aaron became excited, he waved his fist and smashed the air several times, until Tang Mu coughed, this guy straightened his body and stood there like a flagpole, his uncontrollable excitement also calmed down immediately after hearing Tang Mu's cough.

Li Zhaoji smiled and walked into the tea room with Aaron, he said while making tea: "Aaron, our feud has passed for too long, I have forgotten what William looks like, if it weren't for that beautiful knife, I can't even remember that the first person I killed was Captain Johnson."

I also forgot you, I only remember, you are Aaron, an Englishman, but I forgot that you are a merchant of the Gerting Federation, or a representative of the East India, Du Company. ”

Aaron patted his ass seriously: "Your Excellency, I don't think you can be blamed at all, just as my home country England is not worth mentioning in front of the Great Ming Kingdom of the Peach Blossom Stone Emperor, my identity and background are not worth mentioning in front of you."

I am a commercial attaché of the Geting Federation, responsible for the trade development between the Geting Federation and the Ming Dynasty. It's just that because of our limited strength, we were forced to cooperate with the East India and Du companies and joined the William fleet. ”

Li Zhaoji seemed a little disappointed, and said to Aaron: "Yes, I thought you were from Dongyin, Du Company. ”

Aaron was very keen to capture Lee's disappointment, and he couldn't understand why there was such a disappointment.

The so-called British East India Company, Du Company is a company established by businessmen in London, with a complex background, and people from all walks of life are in it. And the Gottin Federation is almost a colonial company of the aristocracy, and because of the British king's shares, it can almost be called a royal company.

Although the cultures of the East and the West are different, shouldn't Lee Siu Kee think that the Ge Ting Association is more powerful?

"Yes, it's no problem to say that, my father also holds shares in Toin, Du Company, and my uncle is an important member of the council." Aaron didn't argue anything with Lee Siu Ki, but gave a watertight answer.

Li Zhaoji nodded when he heard this: "Aaron, I don't just want to let you go back, I also want to settle the grievances between us." Indeed, in the naval battle at the mouth of the Pearl River, both the Getin Federation and the East India and the forces sent to the East by the Du Company were swept away, and William, Johnson and others were already dead.

But I still think that my trading company needs more trading partners. Didn't you English always want to open up trade with the Ming Dynasty? But the reality is that even the Dutch, who are a hundred times stronger than you in the East, will not be able to trade directly with the Ming Dynasty.

But now that I have Fresh Water, and I have established relations with the local magnates of Canton, any Tessie country can trade with the Ming through me, including the English, but I don't know if the feud of William's fleet can be resolved. ”

"Grievances are worthless in front of gold coins." Aaron Zhengse said that he didn't say much, because he knew his situation, and only by convincing Li Zhaoji that he could solve it could he really be free.

"What about freedom?" Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

Aaron thought for a while, and Masashi said, "The rarest freedom is financial freedom. ”

"Haha, Aaron, you're funny, you're very heart-wrenching." Lee Siu Kee said.

Li Zhaoji told Aaron of his own arrangement, and when the north wind came together this winter, Aaron and the crew of England could leave on the Castelliku, and Li Zhaoji not only gave them freedom, but also prepared goods for them, including twenty quintals of raw silk.

The total value of these goods exceeded 3,000 taels, which was counted as a loan from the trading company to Aaron, and when Aaron returned, he would need to repay the money.

"Aaron, I hope you can be cautious about your status, and you may not necessarily see yourself as the commercial commissioner of the Getting Federation." Li Zhaoji reminded.

"Why, Your Excellency." Aaron never understood this, but he knew very well that both the Gottin Federation and the British East India Company would be excited about the successful development of trade with the East.

If you can make up a good story again, then this time you will not be forgiven by Li Zhaoji after the fall, but after suffering a heavy blow, you will succeed in opening up the Ming market.

In fact, Aaron already has a story in his heart, after all, William, Johnson and others are dead, and he can completely blame all the losses on the Ming Empire, anyway, whether it is the Getting Federation or the British East India and Du Company, it is impossible to take revenge on that behemoth.

The grievances with the Oriental Trading Company represented by Lee Siu Ki can be directly forgotten, and Aaron can base all his success on his personal friendship with Lee Siu Ki.

Then the synopsis of the story is that the governor of the Ming Kingdom pretended to trade and wiped out William's fleet with the assistance of the Portuguese, and it was he Aaron who found his true friend and saved the rest of the people, and this sincere friend was Li Zhaoji, he was a wealthy merchant with his own colony, and he was very influential in the Ming Dynasty, and he could establish stable trade with the Ming Dynasty through him.

This means that England has gained a position second only to Portugal and superior to the Netherlands in trade with the Ming Empire.

"Ever since you left Canton, you have been in Tamsui, but I have received a little news about your home country from the merchants of Macao and the Netherlands. To put it simply, England was mired in a civil war. Lee said that he was telling the truth, but he was not listening to what people said, but his understanding of British history.

After all, the civil war, which began last year, is regarded as the beginning of the British bourgeois revolution and was written into Chinese history textbooks.

Aaron asked, "What civil war, was it the Scots attack, when I came to the East, it had already happened." ”

"No, it's not, it's the king's war with the council." Lee Siu Kee said.

King Charles I of England wanted to pay compensation to the Scots for an armistice, but the money was not available, so he convened a new parliament to discuss the collection of taxes.

The parliamentarians violently attacked the king's policies and arrested the king's favorites and archbishops, but the Great Protest ensued the king's atrocities and put forward many proposals to limit the king's power, which the king rejected.

So the king left London and organized an army of royalists, which was confronted by Parliament. The king was supported by the great nobles and merchants, but the parliament was more widely supported, controlling four-fifths of the sailors and all the ports and fleets.

In order to keep Aaron from having unrealistic fantasies, Lee did not tell him that now the king has the upper hand.

But the civil war between the king and the parliament alone made Aaron understand why Lee Siu Ki was entangled in his identity.

There is no doubt that the Gettin Federation belongs to the royal party, but the shareholders come from a complex source, and the company must support the parliament, at least neutral. But the problem was that London and the port were in the hands of the Parliament, so if there was a war between England and the East, it would be more appropriate to use the sign of the East India and the Du Company.

Although the king gave the privileges of trade between England and the East to the Gottin Federation, the king was not necessarily a king anymore, so what was the point of the privileges he promised?

"I'll be cautious, Your Excellency. Whatever England may be, as long as the merchants of England exist, they will always yearn for the trade of the East, Your Excellency. Aaron said.

Lee knew that Aaron was a smart man, and that he had no better choice, and that the remaining English might be skilled craftsmen or experienced sailors, but when it came to trade, there was no one to replace Aaron.

Zheng Sen set up tents on the beach and surrounded the bonfire, and the newly victorious sailors and soldiers cheered and celebrated.

"Zheng Gongzi, you should learn to enjoy the fun of life, and don't always be sad because of some things." Li Zhaoji took a glass of wine and handed it to Zheng Sen.

He knew why Zheng Sen was so sad, just now, he handed over the captured Albert to Zheng Sen, that guy couldn't stand the torture, and recruited everything.

Although the establishment of trade with the so-called Tatar king was slightly different from Zheng Sen's imagination, the reality was that Albert even took out a letter written by the governor of Batavia to the Tatar king, especially the one in which he called him the lord of the steppe and the future king of China, which made Zheng Sen even more angry.

Because of this, Albert did not survive, Albert was only beheaded, but a Chinese merchant from the South Seas, as an interpreter for the Friesian fleet, was hung upside down on the mast because he was Chinese, drained of blood, and died in wailing.

"It is really hateful to build slaves to kill my people and plunder my territory." Zheng Sen drank the wine and said angrily: "I can't wait to mention my Zheng family's tiger and wolf division now and eliminate the Tartars." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Zheng Gongzi, the evil of the Tartars, you know, the strength of the Tartars, but you don't know it." Since the old slave started the army, how many Ming elites were defeated in Liaodi, and it was only last year that the elites of the nine sides were lost in Songjin.

Although the soldiers of your Zheng family are elite, how are they compared to the army of the Qi family, aren't they still lost by the Hunhe River?

Don't say that you are the son of the Zheng family, the governor of the imperial court, and even the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, how many elite soldiers you lead, it is difficult to be an opponent. Even if you have elite soldiers, you are a natural good general, and no one in the DPRK and China is in charge of the overall situation, and you will fail. ”

Even though Zheng Sen was unwilling, he could only nod his head and say yes, and from Li Zhaoji to speak, he felt that this friend was extraordinary.

Zheng Sen said: "Brother Li has great ambitions and great righteousness, and he will serve the imperial court with me and destroy Jiannu together, how about it?" ”

"Why do you want to talk about the future, today you and I are on this desert island, destroying the Dutch envoy ship, and we are already serving the imperial court. You said that you will work for the imperial court together, don't you want me to join you? Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

Zheng Sen said: "Zheng is not talented, I dare not have such extravagant hopes, if you vote for me, I will treat each other as a brother." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "What if you treat me as a brother, you have a lot of family members, and others don't treat me like a slave?" Can my character be driven by those people? You are loyal and want to serve the imperial court, I have ideals, and I hope that the world will be peaceful and China will prosper.

Whether it is your loyalty or my ideals, it is to resist Yidi on the outside and suppress thieves on the inside. Different paths lead to the same end, Zheng Gongzi, so cooperation is the future of you and me. Zheng Gongzi, would you like to have a common future with me? ”

"For the sake of the world and the livelihood of the people, Zheng is willing." Zheng Sen shook Li Zhaoji's hand.

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, what he admired most was Zheng Sen's loyalty to Daming, but he said: "But you and I are different, my will is what the entire Oriental Trading Company wants to practice, and your will is only your will, and the Zheng family and you cannot be compared." ”

"When I take charge of the Zheng family, it won't be." Zheng Sen responded decisively.

Li Zhaoji asked with a smile: "Does Zheng Gongzi have any plans to go directly to Nanjing Guozijian to study?" ”

"This is my itinerary, what about Brother Li, what is the arrangement? If you need my help, feel free to ask, and I owe you a favor for destroying the Fries' fleet today. ”

"Actually, I want to destroy the Fries, too." Li Zhaoji said that he believed that he would fight with the Dutch East India Company sooner or later.

Zheng Sen shook his head: "No, my Zheng family is a Ming courtier, and it is our responsibility to be in charge of the sailor and exterminate the thieves, but now I am pretending to you, that is, I owe you a favor." In any case, it should be repaid. ”

Li Zhaoji asked seemingly casually: "Then Zheng Gongzi went to Nagasaki with me, which can be regarded as a favor for me, how about it?" ”