After Xiao Tianjian and Zheng Zhilong exchanged pleasantries for a while, they issued an order to give a banquet, and it was undoubtedly an honor for Zheng Zhilong to be given a banquet by Xiao Tianjian, but he was still a little uneasy, for fear that Xiao Tianjian's banquet was a Hongmen banquet.

Xiao Tianjian drank wine, looked at Zheng Zhilong and the others looked nervous, and was a little unhappy in his heart, put the wine cup on the case of Chaolong, and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Zheng Aiqing, why are you so nervous?" Do you think I'm going to give you a feast here? Or do you think that the food and drinks of my feast will poison you?

In this case, someone will send me this pot of wine, and bring Zheng Aiqing's wine pot to me! So Zheng Aiqing, can you rest assured? ”

While speaking, the guards immediately sent the wine jug in front of Xiao Tianjian to Zheng Zhilong, replaced Zheng Zhilong's wine jug and brought it to Xiao Tianjian's table, and poured a full cup for Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian raised his hand and drank it all.

Frightened, Zheng Zhilong and the others hurriedly walked out of the table and knelt on the ground to confess.

"That's it! The reason why I give you a banquet today is because I think Zheng Aiqing is a hero! I just want to have a chat with Zheng Aiqing, but you are too cramped! If I have ill intentions towards you, how can I use such means, this is Nanjing, if I want to put you to death, I can order you to be dragged out and beheaded, how can I give you a banquet?

Arise, forgive your innocence! Sit down to eat and drink, Hugh is going to be so cramped again, and then sweep away my interest! Between you and me, talk about things on the sea, you have lived by the sea for a long time, and you have been acting on the sea all year round, and I am also quite curious about the things on the sea, so you might as well tell me more about this matter today! Xiao Tianjian was frightened when he saw them, so he put away his anger again.

Zheng Zhilong and the others thought about it, this is Nanjing City, he Xiao Tianjian is the king of a country at the moment, if you want to be unfavorable to them, you don't have to use this kind of indiscriminate means, it's a big deal to push them out and slaughter them, they don't have the ability to resist here.

Rather than annoying Xiao Tianjian like this, it is better to let go and do what he likes, so Zheng Zhilong and the others returned to sit down after thanking them, and then let go of their hands and feet to eat and drink.

Xiao Tianjian drank while asking Zheng Zhilong about various things related to the sea, including the situation of European countries entrenched in the Nanyang area, as well as the matter of maritime trade goods, and naturally some things about Taiwan, and he also asked about the naval battle of Luowan.

And Zheng Zhilong saw that Xiao Tianjian was not holding the emperor's shelf, talking and laughing with them, so he didn't dare not say anything, and asked and answered Xiao Tianjian's words, satisfying Xiao Tianjian's curiosity as much as possible.

When talking about the naval battle of Liuluo Bay, after listening to Zheng Zhilong's detailed explanation of the naval battle, Xiao Tianjian smiled and said: "It's a good fight!" The Dutch want to bully us Chinese by virtue of their strong ships and cannons, and they are looking for the wrong object! It's a great pleasure that you can defeat the big ship of the red-haired people with a small boat! By virtue of this alone, you have made a contribution to the Chinese, and this is a move that will go down in history! Go back to the History Museum to record it, record this naval battle in detail, and pass it on to future generations! How dare Westerners look at us as no one in China? ”

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong and the others were very happy, at least in the matter of treating foreigners, they could see that Xiao Tianjian did not like these foreign devils who haunted the Chinese sea, and Xiao Tianjian's attitude was also very obvious, that is, these red-haired people should not be allowed to continue to be arrogant on the Chinese sea.

Then Xiao Tianjian asked about the current situation on the island of Taiwan, and Zheng Zhilong immediately answered truthfully, informing Xiao Tianjian of the current operation of the Dutch in Taiwan.

Xiao Tianjian put down his wine glass, his face suddenly sank, and he said: "Taiwan Island has been my Chinese land since ancient times, but now it is occupied by the Dutch, which is a shame for my China!" Although we in China have not developed enough Taiwan, and all previous dynasties did not attach importance to Taiwan, I will not sit idly by and watch Taiwan be occupied by the Dutch!

You and others are the pillars of our future sea, so you should make suggestions for this matter and work together to find a way to take back the island of Taiwan!

I have no objection to trading with foreigners, because China is rich in products, and through maritime trade, it is a move to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and I will not oppose trading with them, but these foreigners want to covet my Chinese land, but they can't! In addition, the countries of the South Seas are also vassals of our China, and the colonization of them by foreigners is an invasion of our DPRK, so why can they sail their gunboats across the ocean to the coastal waters of our country, while our DPRK can only trade with them at their doorstep? Above this vast sea, could it be that we Chinese can only be confined in this small Nanyang area?

Although Zheng Aiqing you have been on the sea for a long time, but I think that your vision is still not far-sighted enough, you must know that the world is so big, we can't just focus on this South Sea area, they Westerners go everywhere in the world, then in the future, our Chinese ships will also go to all parts of the world, in order to show our Chinese national prestige!

In the future, you should not only focus on the maritime trade in the South Seas, most of the benefits will be usurped by those foreigners, and the merchants of our dynasty can only make small profits, but they are just making wedding dresses for their foreigners!

If they can come to us, why can't we go to them in the future? At present, although we also have a lot of sea ships, but most of them can not be compared with those big ships of foreigners, I will learn more from the foreigners' shipbuilding methods in the future, for my use, but also to build a large ship that can sail back and forth on various oceans, and compete with them on the sea, so that Westerners can no longer despise my China!

You people are currently most familiar with the affairs of the sea, and I will go abroad in the future, and I need more efforts from you to go out on the ocean! As long as our monarchs and ministers work together and don't contain each other, there is nothing in this world that we can't do! ”

After Zheng Zhilong and the others heard this, they were secretly frightened, but at the same time they were very happy, what Xiao Tianjian said today was to completely make his attitude clear, and he would no longer follow the example of Daming to enforce the sea ban, which was naturally good news for those of them who were begging for food at sea.

And they also heard Xiao Tianjian's ambition from Xiao Tianjian's words, this new emperor not only wants to dominate on land, but also has the heart to create a huge sea division in the future, and compete with Westerners on the sea, so why worry that their Zheng family will not have a chance in the future?

So Zheng Zhilong hurriedly took the lead and said yes, Xiao Tianjian waved his hand to let them sit down, and then said: "I know that you have a grudge against surrendering to our dynasty this time, you don't deny this, after all, for many years before, your Zheng family was the master of the South Seas, and now I have ordered you to hand over your sailors, which will definitely affect the interests of your Zheng family, and will also make you lose control over the coastal area!"

But you must remember one thing, since our dynasty was established, the country will always be greater than home, and I will not allow anyone to raise private soldiers and support the army to divide one side with self-respect! Not even your Zheng family! Zheng Aiqing, you have to keep this in mind!

But now that I have taken back your sailors, it does not mean that you are forbidden to continue to trade on the seas in the future, I don't care that your Zheng family profits from sea trade, on the contrary, the more you profit, the happier I will be! But the premise is that we must do business under the system and law of our dynasty, and we must no longer be like before, on the sea, your Zheng family is the greatest, indiscriminately using all kinds of means to steal the interests of others and even the country, as long as this is done, I will definitely protect your interests, not only to protect your interests, but also to support you maritime merchants!

I have decided that once the rebellion of Yongli in the south is settled, I will choose a few places along the coast to open ports for trade, whether it is your Zheng family or other merchants, you can go to sea to trade at these ports, including those red-haired people, and you must also follow the rules set by our dynasty to berth and trade in these commercial ports.

In addition, we will soon set up a customs office to take charge of maritime trade, and as long as we pay taxes according to the requirements of the customs, then there will be no hindrance to the sea merchants, on the contrary, they will be protected by our naval division!

In the future, no matter how far you maritime firms go, as long as your interests are infringed, then I, the naval division, have the responsibility to stand up for you and protect your interests from being violated! You can rest assured that if you hand over the sailors, you will no longer be able to gain a foothold on the sea! As long as we build a strong enough navy in the future, then the interests of you maritime merchants can be protected! ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he suddenly had a strong sense of loss, although today the emperor canonized him and his relatives and subordinates in the court, but this was only a title, and did not grant them any real positions, and now Xiao Tianjian's words repeatedly pointed out that they are maritime merchants, so it also shows that Xiao Tianjian does not intend to grant them real power in the future, but only treats them as maritime merchants, which makes Zheng Zhilong and his subordinates, who originally wanted to surrender to Shun and get an official and a half position in the Dazhong Dynasty, and his subordinates are a little difficult to accept, But I didn't dare to say anything more for a while.

And Xiao Tianjian proposed to set up customs, the term customs for these people, is not unfamiliar, in Chinese history, similar to the nature of the customs is the city of the ship, but with the Ming Dynasty after the ban on the sea, the city of the ship division was abandoned, over the years, their Zheng family rampant on the sea, all the ships on the sea, must pay to their Zheng family to buy the road, in order to pass safely on the sea, even the red-haired ships are the same, the Dutch in order to obtain the purpose of freedom of movement at sea, They also had to pay a large toll to their Zheng family in order to pass along the coast of China and even on the sea to the Ryukyus.

For this reason, their Zheng family has made a lot of money just by collecting these tolls over the years, but now that the Dazhong Dynasty wants to open a port for trade and set up a customs, their Zheng family's good life in the past can be regarded as completely over, through this surrender, the Dazhong Dynasty has almost weakened more than half of their Zheng family's maritime power, and in the future, this benefit can only sit back and watch the court take it.

This made the Zheng family a little uncomfortable, but they felt a little helpless, but fortunately, their Zheng family's old bottom was not copied by the Dazhong Dynasty, and they can continue to make money through maritime trade in the future, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, it is better than waiting for the Dazhong army to take Quanzhou and copy their Zheng family's old bottom, and destroy their Zheng family.