Endless negotiations continued for several days, and it was not until 14 August, the day before Van Boiningen was due to leave for Gothenburg, that most of the agreements were finally reached. And because I heard that the local side was also talking to the representatives of the Dutch (Hemmer. Governor Deyang) to talk, so Mo San plans to wait a little longer to see what the local side says, lest there is anything he has not taken into account here, or he has agreed to any conditions on the other side without authorization, which will ruin the overall layout.

However, before that, he had written back to the mainland to ask the mainland to mobilize some idle transport ships to export all kinds of materials, including grain (the specific name was provided by the Dutch), which was a win-win thing for both sides, and the mainland should not refuse.

What the local Ministry of Transport now has to do is to coordinate the capacity and squeeze out a portion of the ships (at least 12,000 tons of capacity) to load supplies to the Netherlands. Mo San estimated that 15 650-ton flute-type ships and 4 300-ton refrigerated ships could still be scraped together, and if the accompanying warships used the surplus holds to load some supplies, it would be almost enough.

And since the transport ships of the people on the east coast are generally larger in tonnage and carry more cargo than Dutch ships, the capacity of these ships is almost equal to the capacity of 50 Dutch ocean-going ships (most of the Dutch ocean-going ships have a tonnage of between 200 and 300 tons), and if they were to transport supplies exclusively to Amsterdam, it would be a small supplement for the Dutchmen, and it would be worth giving them some of the benefits that were already very oily and water--the Tulare trading station was on the verge of bankruptcy, the Moscow market was just being developed, and the most profitable in the Swedish market were in their own hands Moreover, the East Coasters promised that their homeland would be open to the Dutch East and West India Company during the war, that their ships would be free to anchor and take refuge in the ports of the East Coast, and that they would organize ships to transport supplies to the Dutch colonies if necessary, to ensure that they were not blockaded by British privateers.

Early in the morning of August 15, Mo San and Van Boiningen signed the draft known as the "Hotel Secret Treaty" - Mo San would sign the official text with the other party only after local news came. This text, written in duplicate without witnesses, is valid for three years (August 15, 1652 – August 14, 1655), after which it can be automatically extended for another three years if both parties have no opinion.

Truth be told, it was a very generous commercial and political contract, with the East Coasters gaining commercial benefits and the Dutch receiving vital supplies - a role that could not be underestimated in times of war, and since the British had not yet dared to intercept merchant ships flying the flags of other countries (or rather disdain, since the limited number of merchant ships of other countries was far from compensating for the losses of the Dutch), So the transports on the east coast should be able to bring large quantities of supplies into the republics at a higher price than usual (the Dutch don't care much about the price anymore, they only care about the quantity). At the same time, the transportation of goods from the Dutch overseas colonies had to be borne by the East Coast when necessary.

The domestic shipbuilding industry is estimated to usher in a new round of outbreak! Mo San touched his chin and thought with satisfaction.

After the two sides had talked about these matters, out of the need for courtesy, Mo San and his entourage were to send Van Boiningen to a small remote port in the valley of the Zan River valley in the northern part of the Holland province. He was next to send an envoy to the Kingdom of Sweden to fight for the future of the United Provinces Republic. As for Mo San himself, he will also visit some famous local businessmen by the way, and plan to take advantage of this golden opportunity to get acquainted with some large Dutch wholesalers, which will be of great benefit to the expansion of the European market in the East Coast Republic of China in the future.

If it weren't for this brilliant war, how could the people of the East Coast have the opportunity to meet these rare Dutch merchants? Not to mention the opportunity to meet Dutch leaders like Speaker Drenthe, who are usually high-minded! Hehe, this war came so wonderfully, so timely!

"The area around the Zan River is now one of the largest shipbuilding bases in the whole of the Netherlands, employing more than 10,000 workers, and it usually takes less than four months for a Fruuter ship to go from the owner's design request to final delivery, but the Saldan shipyard on the outskirts of Amsterdam (the largest shipyard in the Netherlands) once took only seven days to assemble a sea vessel, which shocked the whole of the Netherlands." The carriage was walking on the road of the relatively flat province of North Holland, and the bored Van Boiningen introduced Mo San in a slightly proud tone.

Mo San lifted the curtains, looked at the quietly flowing river outside the glass window, and praised in an affirmative tone: "Very good industrial area, what is even more rare is that everyone is busy, and the dock slipway by the river is full of boats under construction." In addition, it seems that the mechanization process of your shipbuilding is much higher than that of people in other countries, which is also an important factor in your low cost, right? ”

The mechanization that Mo San refers to refers to the large number of windmills standing on the banks of the river. The proximity to the river, the ease of transportation, and the free use of wind power all year round - in the rare windless weather the Dutch can also make use of the water-powered machinery, although the water flows at a slower rate, but it is better than none - which provides great convenience for the development of the machine industry, at least for the time being, the shipyards make extensive use of windmills to see timber for shipbuilding.

"In 1582, Alkmaar built the first industrial windmill; By 1630, there were 191 industrial windmills in the Zan area, of which about 30 were in the city and the rest were on both sides of the Zan River. In the beginning, windmills were used to pump water and drain water, to extract oil from seeds, to thresh grains, to hammer rags and fishing nets into pulp and paper, and so on. Van Boiningen took a look at the windmills on both sides of the Zan River and explained: "And in 1592, Cornelis. Cornelisson succeeded in converting the circular motion of a windmill into the forward and backward motion of a saw with an invented axle, and since then industrial windmills have been popular in the field of shipbuilding. Now, due to the geographical advantage, Amsterdam's shipbuilding industry tends to flow only to the Zan River and its vicinity, and it may not be long before the shipbuilding industry of the entire Dutch province will be concentrated here, and Amsterdam's once glorious shipbuilding industry will be a thing of the past. ”

"Of course, due to the outstanding contributions of your scholars in the theory of gear involutes, China's industrial windmills are now beginning to use a large number of new designs, which has improved the efficiency a lot, greatly reduced the failure rate of the windmill, and extended the life span." Van Boiningen continued: "Most of the industrial windmills now use steel gears imported from your country, but unfortunately, the gears produced in China are not up to par in terms of accuracy and service life, and are not economical to use. ”

Mo San nodded and said, "Our government will keep its promise and deliver the materials contained in the list here safely and in a timely manner." Also, I see that there are a lot of windmills in the inland area a little further from the river, but they are not sawmills, what do you do? ”

"That's oil extraction." "It used to be used to squeeze olive oil, but now I'm afraid it will be used to squeeze soybean oil." In return for the sale of that ship of refined flour, Mr. Tripp has decided to order two more ships of soybeans from your country, where soybeans are to be extracted for oil, and soybean meal to the province of Friesland, where tobacco is grown all year round, and the land is very barren and in dire need of compost. ”

After so many years in Europe, Mo San, who has traveled widely, is naturally clear about Elias. Trick Trip, one of Amsterdam's most powerful merchants, started as the son of a modest barge owner and married the sister of the scorching Sun merchant de Hale...... He then worked hard to run the family business, eventually propelling the Tripp family into one of the largest merchant families in Amsterdam - and his brother-in-law even depended on him to take care of him.

Before Elias died in 1636, he also made a good marriage for his son Tripp Jr., Elizabeth of the Bickel family (a famous Dutch family whose ancestors served as the Dutch ruler), and the two had just been married this year. And Elizabeth's sister, who was later married to the current Dutch ruling De Witt.

This combination of money and power is commonplace in the Netherlands today, where new merchant families are in dire need of the care of established political and business families, and older families who are sluggish and increasingly conservative in their investments also need the help of energetic new blood, so this marriage is inevitable for both parties.

In order to repay the people on the east coast (and perhaps for a deeper reason), he ordered two ships of 1,000 tons of soybeans from the east bank through the Guò government, and specified that they should be shipped to the mouth of the Zan River.

Mo San was a little strange about why the Dutch, who were accustomed to eating olive oil, bought soybean oil extraction, but this was not the focus of his consideration - the Dutch would sell it to them if they wanted to buy it, anyway, there were a lot of soybean stocks in the east coast, and it would kill three birds with one stone by going to the stock to make money and cultivating the market -- what Mo San really cared about was whether he could meet Mr. Tripp and take advantage of this to talk, which would be too cool, and maybe he could open up a new market for the industry and agriculture of the East Coast Republic of China.

Thinking of this, Mo San couldn't help but thank the war again and the British Navy, without their unremitting efforts, the Dutch would not have suffered from the shortage of materials, such as De Witt, Van Boiningen, Tripp, the descendants of the old Dutch political and business families, or Mo San can see it lightly?

Think about it with your toes and know that it's simply impossible! When he was driven away like a bedbug by the arrogant French in Paris, Mo San still remembers it, the Dutch who is even more arrogant than the French, hehe, it's good not to blast you out!

"Thank you for the efforts of the British Navy!" Mo San said silently "sincerely" in his heart. R1152