Harun's face changed slightly: "Do you know He Bin?" ”

"Yes," said Moder, "he was Nikolai's sworn brother, and he was a general of the Ming Kingdom, and he has been living in the Formosa area, and he has also been to Japan, and he is very familiar with Nagasaki, and when I met him in Formosa, he was a general, and when I met him in Nagasaki, he was a representative of Chinese merchants.

But he should have died, it was Paul mentioned in his epistle, he died in Tamsui and was ....... by the arrogant Oriental Trading Company, and you said that he represented the Oriental Trading Company, God, he must have not died, but served the Oriental Trading Company. ”

Harlan never thought that He Bin would have such a tortuous story, and Moder said: "Don't make a noise, we will see Mufu first." ”

The two met together with Nakane Shio, a middle-aged man who looked very capable, dressed in black monochrome, and described as very dignified. Moder hurriedly saluted as a sign of respect, and said in his heart that this crisis, Edo sent someone to solve it, and it must have been carefully selected.

Nakane invited the two into the Japanese-style room, and he smoothly lit the charcoal fire, boiled the water, and then crushed the tea leaves, and completed the tea making in a very rhythmic motion, and lit it in front of the two teacups, making a gesture of please.

"Lord Mufu, it's really rude for us to meet for the first time, but we didn't bring a gift to visit." After introducing Harlan, Moder said to Nakane.

Nakane said, "The invitation to the two of you is to convey the general's order. I hope that the newly arrived Lord Kapitan Harun will leave for Edo in the near future to meet with him. ”

Modell and Harlan looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong, according to the rules, the newly arrived Shang Curator, who the Japanese called Kapitan, would not set off until the north wind arrived and the Dutch ship had left.

Harlan asked, "Lord Mutoke, is it related to the Nagasaki change some time ago?" ”

"Yes, I have another matter to ask Lord Harlan." Nakane didn't let him ask too many questions, but took the initiative to say, "This time you came, are there only these two ships in the fleet?" ”

Harlan nodded slightly: "Yes, Lord Mufu." Our governor attaches great importance to trade and contacts with your country, but because of some reasons, such as the vicious competition of the Zheng family in Fujian, we have encountered some difficulties, not only this year, if this problem is not solved, for a long time to come, our trading fleet will be maintained at the size of two ships. ”

The two ships are the smallest size of a fleet, and they can only sail long distances by backing up each other and supporting each other.

What Harun said is also true, this is Japan, Japan is also a developed civilization, and advocates self-sufficiency, and its demand for foreign goods is not very high. The most needed is raw silk or silk fabrics, and it is not that Japan does not produce them, but the level of craftsmanship is too far behind.

In addition, there is cane sugar, traditional Chinese medicine, spices and the like, and most of them are not produced by the Netherlands and its colonies, and the Zheng family's strong trade has indeed led to the withering of trade between the Netherlands and Japan, of course, this is also related to Japan's restriction on the outflow of precious metals such as gold and silver, but it is not convenient for Harun to say this in front of the Nakane heroes.

"Then how is the ship of your Dutch ship carrying the collapse of the country, iron cannons, etc., compared to those of the Oriental Trading Company?" Nakane asked again.

Harlan looked at Moder, and his heart was really right by this senior, and Japan wanted its own assistance to deal with the Oriental Trading Company. And Harlan said: "There is no big difference, the artillery used by the Oriental Trading Company was forged by the Francois people in Macao, and the quality is of the highest quality.

And when it comes to naval operations, our ships may not be as good as the ships of the Oriental Trading Company. ”

Nakane was puzzled: "Why is that?" ”

"Because your country restricts the armament of our ships, every time they land, they confiscate guns, and the control is becoming stricter, and now we are not even allowed to defend ourselves with swords, and the ships even unload their sails and hand them over to your country for safekeeping. I, my Governor, in order to avoid any misunderstanding of your country's conduct, let us reduce our armament and carry only the necessary firearms.

Moreover, because the island is small, the number of personnel of Beihang is also reduced as much as possible.

And in naval warfare, more ships are better than fewer ships, and big ships are better than small ships. I have heard that the Oriental Trading Company has five or six large and small ships, and we have few ships and few guns, so I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat them. Harlan recounted his own difficulties, just to make the conditions.

Seeing the change in Nakane's face, Moder seemed to be displeased, and immediately added: "This is just the situation of the trade fleet in Japan, and my country has dozens of gunboats in the South Seas, and it is easy to put down the thieves and thieves, but the wind period has passed, and I am afraid that it will be too late." ”

Zhongone nodded: "Regarding the matter of the fleet, you two should think carefully, and when you get to Edo, you need to answer more carefully when asked by the main hall." ”

"Yes, Lord Metoko, but don't worry. If the enemy comes to Nagasaki again, our Dutch ships will not sit idly by. Harlan said.

"Let the two of you know that this time the East has invaded the country, not only in Nagasaki, but also in harassing Honshu for many days, and even attacking our island of Sado and plundering our Japanese people. The main hall had already learned of this in Edo, and was very indignant, and had already raised a naval army and land division to extinguish the thieves.

Thinking that my country at the beginning of the day has not had such a disaster for more than 600 years, and the horse farm is heavy for his own selfish interests, and conspires with the Zheng family to destroy the peace of my Japan, which is really damned. When Nakane said this, he was also furious.

Japan has not suffered from naval invasions in its history, and the Yuan Dynasty once attacked Japan, failed twice, and was forced to give up. But in the eyes of the Japanese shogunate, the Oriental Trading Company was nothing more than a group of pirates, and naturally could not be compared with the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Similarly, in 1019, the Daoyi Invasion Incident occurred, and the so-called Daoyi was Dongyi, a Jurchen living in the northeast, who launched an attack on the coast of Japan.

Japan's handling of the conflict with the Oriental Trading Company was modeled on this example, because the Oriental Trading Company was based in Tamsui and was contemptuously called Tohoban.

"Lord Metoke, where is Sado?" Harlan asked.

Nakane said: "It is an island in the north, located on the side of our Honshu, and it is occupied by the enemy, just like the enemy on the belly and back. ”

Harun asked Sado about the situation again, but Nakane talked about him left and right, and this time he met with the two, and he only asked him to prepare to cooperate with the shogunate, which the Dutch could not refuse.

"Maybe we should make some demands, and we shouldn't just say yes to them." On the way back, Harlan and Moder did not take a sedan chair, but chose to ride a horse, Haroun said to Moder.

Moder smiled slightly: "Mr. Harun, when dealing with the Japanese, or the countries of the East, you must pay attention to the method. If we had just asked for it, they would have thought that we were taking advantage of others.

Anyway, we only have two ships, and the Japanese don't know how to fight the navy, so if they pretend to be invincible, and when Japan asks us for reinforcements, they don't need us to mention it, and they will also give some benefits, and at that time, it will be a good time to negotiate. ”

Harlan thought to himself that it also made sense, and at this time, Moder greeted a Dutch general word: "Inoue-kun, don't you have any horses to ride?" ”

Inoue shook his head slightly, he was just a Dutch general word, his status was not high, where was he qualified to ride a horse, and Modell hurriedly dismounted and said: "Then I won't ride a horse either, as your friend, there is no reason why I am on the horse, but you are on foot." ”

Inoue was overjoyed and thought that Moder was a good person.

Modell asked, "Do you know Sado, it seems that Lord Mufu deliberately didn't want to talk about it. You know, we've agreed to fight with them, and I'm responsible for my sailors and want to find out. ”

"I don't know much, but the Edo side is very secretive about this matter, and I have only heard some rumors that Sado is rich in gold and silver, and is the heavenly leader of the shogun's family. That is, the general's private domain, and the general will not accept the loss of Sado. "Inoue has been a Dutch speaker for many years and knows that Modell is a very generous person, especially when he asks for help.

The Japanese administration of Nagasaki was very strict, and people were forbidden to enter and leave at will, which greatly affected the lives of the Dutch, so sometimes they had to do something with the help of a general word that could enter and exit the country or other officials.

For example, prostitutes and women are allowed to go in, but Dutch are not allowed to go out to find prostitutes and women, and in this regard, the help of the locals is needed. Inoue worked with the Dutch.

Harlan listened from the sidelines, and said in his heart that it might be the legendary Treasure Island, and I didn't think it really existed, but unfortunately, it was the territory of Japan.

And in his heart, Harun thought a little more about the strength of the Oriental Trading Company, after all, in his opinion, a Treasure Island, and it is the private domain of the king of Japan, there should be a lot of guarded troops, but the Oriental Trading Company can be defeated, maybe its strength is not as simple as he understands, or what does it really have to do with the governor of the Ming Kingdom.

Inoue, as a general word who lives in Nagasaki all year round, doesn't know much about Sado, so he can't go into too much detail, but he has already given the Dutch a basic understanding.

When I arrived at the gate of Dejima, there were two signs standing here, with two big characters on them, and on the plaques on both sides, it was also written that the decree promulgated by the implementation was carried out, and ordinary people could not even get close to it, let alone enter.

Harlan said to Inoue, "Inoue-kun, on the way to the office, the vendor gave me two steamed buns, which were very delicious.

My lady is very fond of this Ming snack, and she was full of praise when she was in Formosa, could you please help bring in a vendor and make some more for us?

You know, she wasn't here for long. ”

Japan allowed the Dutch to come to Japan, but foreign women were not allowed to come, and even if they did, they had to go back with the fleet returning south, and if the Japanese prostitutes and women were pregnant with the children of the Dutch, they would also go to Batavia with them.

What persuaded Inoue was the two gold coins handed to him by Halan, and considering that this was the newly appointed Dutch Kapitan, and his future work and life depended on him, Inoue immediately went.

As a result, He Bin was able to disguise himself as a water delivery person and push a cart into Dejima.

In Moder's office, Moder and Harun met He Bin as they wished, and Moder gave him a big hug and said: "Mr. He, everyone thinks you are dead, God testifies, when I heard the news, I was very sad, I will never forget the years when I was in Formosa." ”

"I didn't die, I became a prisoner of Li Zhaoji, then a slave, and then I worked for him, it's as simple as that." He Bin didn't want to say too much about himself, he didn't want to attract the hatred of the Dutch.

Moder nodded: "Yes, this news is really good, it is simply a divine arrangement, so that our company will cooperate with the Oriental Trading Company, it will be smoother, isn't it?" ”

He Bin smiled and asked, "Yes, Mr. Moder went to the office today, didn't he cooperate with the Japanese shogunate to deal with our trading company?"

It's just a pity that you only have two ships, what a pity. ”

Harun said on the side: "Mr. He has misunderstood, cooperation with Japan is inevitable, and you know this very well, we do not have the ability to refuse the Japanese king." But you should also know who you are working with depends on who can bring profits to the company. ”