Wen Cun's days passed quickly, Li Tianyang and Chen Yumo's rare leisurely days were not enough, and they didn't know what the final result of this old man's cultivation was, and after more than half a month, Li Tianyang had to leave Bengang and return to Jilonggang.

The reason that forced Li Tianyang to go back is very important, that is, Gan Dabiao, who had been going south for more than half a year, finally returned from Java, where the Dutch governor Cohen was located. Gan Dabiao and they returned with the Dutch negotiating envoy, Brown's middle-aged Dutchman.

In fact, as the plenipotentiary representative of the team, Gan Dabiao had reached a consensus on the general matters of negotiation between Java and Governor Cohen, such as the release of Lai Qichen and other Dutch officials, nobles and sailors who had been captured by Hongtang, and had already reached a conclusion. And this Dutchman named Dimon came here, in fact, on behalf of Governor Cohen, to urge Li Tianyang and them to implement the terms of the negotiation as soon as possible.

Of course, Gan Dabiao and the others were accompanied by two Dutch merchant ships, loaded with the money needed to redeem the hundreds of Dutchmen who had been negotiating with Lai and Ley.

It took an afternoon of hard work for Li Tianyang, who had rushed back from Bengang, to listen to everything he had experienced along the way south and what had happened in the negotiations with Governor Cohen in the Dutch colony of Java.

Except for the adventure journey, which was exaggerated several times by Gan Dabiao along the way, in fact, the meeting and negotiation with the Dutch governor of Java, Gan Dabiao and they went very smoothly.

With plenty of chips in hand, after the defeat of Lai Qichen and them, and there was no strong sea force in the Far East that could threaten Li Tianyang and their team, Governor Cohen showed the arrogance and arrogance of Westerners in addition to the beginning of the negotiations, and finally was relaxed by the well-informed Gan Dabiao, and it can even be said that after dealing with it toughly, in the subsequent exchanges and negotiations, Governor Cohen behaved very decently and politely in front of Gan Dabiao.

Without him, Westerners are powerful and practical, since there is no way to gain the upper hand, they also simply recognize their situation, the most important thing is that Gan Dabiao carries the full sincerity of Li Tianyang's team.

The desperate need to rescue the hundreds of Dutch sailors who had been sent to the Fu, and the desire to find better channels and stronger collaborators in the distant and rich Far East, were all that Gan Dabiao was able to give to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Their largest partner in the Far East, the maritime merchant Li Dan in Hirado and Nagasaki, was also influenced and warned by the Tokugawa shogunate that trade with the Dutch would no longer be the same.

The largest ancient civilization in the East, the richest Ming Dynasty, the ocean-going trade was controlled by the Portuguese, as the younger brother of Spain, under the protection of Spain, the Dutch wanted to snatch the interests of the Far East from the Portuguese, and at the moment when Lai Qichen's Eastern Crusade failed, it also declared a complete failure.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a democratic country, and the purpose of their country's war is very simple and pure, that is, to create rich profits for the members of the kingdom.

Therefore, the Governor of Java, Cohen, as the largest and most powerful official in the Far East, had the greatest responsibility to ensure that the East India Company could obtain the most lucrative benefits.

Gan Dabiao came with the goodwill of Li Tianyang, the leader of Hongtang, the sea lord in the Far East, who was second only to the Japanese sea merchant Li Dan, and the sincerity they gave really made Governor Cohen have to be moved: an opportunity that they Dutch have coveted for a long time and can open the door to the rich Ming Dynasty!

Because of this opportunity, Cohen let go of their Westerners' arrogance, and agreed to many conditions given by Gan Dabiao with almost no extra bargaining, and even on the price of redeeming the prisoners, Governor Cohen was very generous and did not discuss more, so that Gan Dabiao's original plan to spend more time was frustrated.

Because of Cohen's cooperation, the team only received a return of 500,000 ounces of Dutch captives such as Lai Qichen, which is almost 300,000 taels of silver when converted into the Ming measurement unit! At the same time, Li Tianyang and the Dutch also obtained all the purchase of firearms from the Dutch, such as Dutch cannons, snake cannons and other artillery, as well as advanced firearms such as arquebuses, which the Dutch were willing to sell to them.

The only pity is that the Dutch rejected Li Tianyang's condition that they wanted to recruit skilled Western craftsmen, and even ordinary blacksmith Dutch were not allowed to recruit. Moreover, Gan Dabiao also needs to promise to return the craftsmen and masters among the captured Dutch intact.

From here, Gan Dabiao saw what Li Tianyang said to him, that Westerners are deeply wary of them Orientals.

But no matter what, although this trip to the south, although it has experienced a lot of risks, Gan Dabiao's task has been completed very beautifully, and at the same time, because of this southward trip, Gan Dabiao and other Hongtang team members have seen that outside of the Ming Dynasty, there is really a world of various customs and customs as described in Li Tianyang's mouth.

With the return of Gan Dabiao and them, these team members who went out to open their eyes and returned, while boasting about what they had seen and heard, quietly opened the hearts of other team members, making them full of curiosity about the outside world.

This kind of change is slow, and Li Tianyang is happy to see it, but at this time, Li Tianyang was still busy with another thing, and he didn't notice the small changes in the team members at all.

Luke. J. Van Serle, who has been carrying seven Dutch only remaining warships for most of the year, has been coming to the waters outside Chicken Coop Harbor from time to time to announce their existence to Li Tianyang, the intention is nothing more than to let Li Tianyang and them always remember the existence of their group of people above the ocean, and let Li Tianyang take care of Lai Qichen and other prisoners.

When Gan Dabiao and the others returned, the Dutch did not know how to learn the news, and the seven warships came to the door the day after Li Tianyang's meeting with the Dutch envoy Damon, as if they had been discussed, and stayed in the overseas of Jilong Harbor to show off their military might.

At the same time, a sea ship with a white flag slowly rowed out of the Dutch fleet and walked up to the docks of Chicken Coop Harbor, joining the ranks of Daemon's messengers, who had already learned the news.

(End of chapter)