In the Governor's Mansion of Yajing, Governor 'Fan Xize' looked at the person in front of him and asked, "Is it someone from Kyushu?" ”

"I am the envoy of the Great Qi Empire!" The man said to Fan Cizer in front of him.

Gou Yu was the advisor of Zhou Baotong, the admiral of the Qi State, and before coming here, he had received an order from the Qi State not to allow the war to expand, and this war was limited to the war between the Qi State and the Sulu State.

The Sulu Kingdom was protected by the East Indies, and if Zhou Baotong attacked the Sulu State in such a big way, it would inevitably trigger a war with the East Indies, so he sent his advisor Gouyu to meet the governor of the East Indies, 'Fan Xize'.

Van Cizer was the second governor of the East Indies, and after he became governor, his biggest goal was to become king, but now there are many old Dutch ministers in the East Indian court.

With them, Fan Cize didn't dare to call himself king privately, after all, at that time, the East Indies were independent, and this group of old ministers also made a lot of efforts, and his father didn't dare to claim the king rashly, let alone him?

Originally, he sat in the position of governor reluctantly, and if it were not for his father paving the way for him, coupled with his father's prestige, this governor's position would not have been his turn.

"Great Qi Empire?" Fan Cizer had some impressions of the Qi Empire, after all, there were many merchants of the Qi Empire in this East Indies.

"I don't know Your Excellency, why did you come to see me in Yajing?" Fan Xize looked at Magatama suspiciously and asked.

Since the prestige of the empire is not as good as before, there is no country in the empire that has any connection with the countries of the Asian Island Alliance, after all, everyone is busy with civil war, who dares to care about you remote countries?

"I don't know the Governor, but I know the huge fleet that has appeared in the South Seas!" Magatama looked at Fan Cize and asked.

After learning that a huge fleet had suddenly appeared in the South Seas, Fan Cizer immediately sent his own fleet to fortify the waters of the South Seas, and at the same time investigated who the fleet was and what the purpose of this was there.

However, he has not found out who the force is, mainly because he has no communication with the Qi State, and he does not know what the flag of the Qi State is.

After Fan Xize heard Gouyu's words, he frowned, and he looked at Hookama: "Could it be that you are here to declare war?" ”

A fleet of other people suddenly appeared in his own territory, and then this fleet was armed to the teeth, numerous, and there was another messenger, which made Fan Cize have to suspect that the other party had come to declare war.

Magatama shook his head: "Lord Governor, if I came to declare war, do you think I would come with a gift?" Magatama clapped his hands, only to see two people walking in carrying boxes.

"This is a specialty of my Qi country, not a tribute!" Magatama opened the box, and there was tea in the box.

Tea from the Qi Kingdom was a luxury outside the empire and was very expensive, so Zhou Baotong asked his advisor Gou Yu to bring high-quality tea to Fan Xize.

Tea is a luxury for the East Indies, it is an expensive thing, it is not a very expensive item for the Qi country, ordinary people can drink ordinary tea, but even if it is a luxurious high-grade tea, the price in the Qi country is not very expensive.

The price of luxurious high-grade tea in Qi is only five taels of silver, but the price can reach 100 taels in East India.

And this box of tea, if it is sold, it is no exaggeration to say that the profit is as high as one million silver taels.

This is also the reason why Qi is so rich, after Qi occupied Fujian, the income is not only dependent on salt mines, but also tea has become an important source of income.

At that time, the Chu State did not develop the land of Fujian, but the State of Qi developed, and the tea was very easy to grow in the land of Fujian, and the tea planted was many times higher than the tea grown locally in the Qi State.

Qi sold the finest tea from Fujian overseas, with an average annual income of 100 million taels of silver, and this was only the finest tea.

After all, ordinary tea is the most profitable thing, after all, the aristocracy and the wealthy are a minority, and most people drink ordinary tea, but even if ordinary tea is sold overseas, it is extremely expensive.

Ordinary tea is only a few pennies in Qi country, but in a foreign country, it can reach an income of one or two to three taels.

Zhou Baotong is a navy, and the duty of the Qi navy, in addition to exterminating pirates, is to protect the trade of maritime merchants and escort the materials of Qi maritime merchants.

Therefore, many wealthy businessmen gave Zhou Baotong tea, after all, tea is not an expensive thing in Qi State.

Zhou Baotong sent a messenger to see Fan Xize, then he had to bring gifts, if he brought real money, then Zhou Baotong didn't have so much money.

Although Zhou Baotong is a general, and when he fights, he can plunder some money and protect the maritime merchants, but this means that when the Qi State goes to give gifts, you have to give at least a few million taels of silver.

This week, Baotong's belongings are less than one million taels, but he has a resource like tea in his hand, and he can take it out and send it.

Because Zhou Baotong was born as a thief, the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes is very strong, so the expenses are also very large, often spend all day drinking, and the military salary of the Qi Navy is not very high, although with the help of maritime merchants, Zhou Baotong's family property is only hundreds of thousands of taels.

Of course, Zhou Baotong also learned from maritime businessmen to do business, but after all, he has no brains, and he has failed several times to invest, and if he is an ordinary person, it is estimated that it will be difficult to turn over and get up again.

Fan Xize looked at the box of tea, and then walked over, he picked up the tea leaves, and smelled them: "These are all high-quality tea!" ”

"These tea leaves must be worth a million taels of silver, right?" Fan Xize looked at Magatama and asked.

Magatama nodded: "That's right, Lord Governor, these teas are worth a million silver taels!" ”

"You gave me such a good thing, this should not be a simple thing for me to do, right?" Fan Xize looked at Magatama and said.

"Lord Governor, this is where the words are, this is a gift from our general who wants to make a friend to Lord Governor!" Magatama said with a smile.

"You Kyushu people, there is a saying that I like very much, there is no free lunch in the world, you give me such a valuable thing, there must be something very important, I want to do it!" Fan Xize looked at Magatama and said.

"I didn't expect the Governor to know so much about Kyushu culture!" Magatama said with a smile on his fists.

"No, thirty years ago, I went to Kyushu and learned some Kyushu culture!" Fan Xize looked at Magatama and said.

Although he was the second Viceroy of the East Indies, he was not young, he was already in his fifties.

Although he is fifty years old, and the matter of being the king has become a heart disease for him, logically speaking, he is in his fifties, and the old ministers should be almost dead, but the world is incompatible, there are still a few courtiers in the Netherlands, and the powerful people in the East Indies, although they are all over ninety years old, but Fan Cizer does not see the signs that they are going to die.