"When he returns to the big boss, his movement is to reorganize the army for war." The man said, "The people on the shore also say that we have hindered the opening of the sea, and once Zheng Yiguan makes a move, he will definitely do it to us!" ”

Xu Xiang was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Damn Zheng Yiguan, how can Lao Tzu be afraid of him, and if he wants to fight, he will fight!" “

These words were said harshly, and the bottom of his heart was exposed.

"Big boss, we can join forces with others to kill Zheng Yiguan!" When the man saw this, he suggested, "The shore said, it's a little difficult to rely on our family alone?" ”

When Xu Xiang heard this, he was a little surprised, the fierce momentum he showed just now was gone, and he asked a little eagerly: "Oh, who is the alliance?" ”

Five days later, at the Dutch garrison in Taiwan, a man suddenly said that he had a big visit, and was finally brought before the Dutch governor Hans Putmans.

"My lord, we can provide you with the lake silk, silk, porcelain, etc. you want, and the price is lower than that of Fuzhou, how about it?" As soon as this person met, he said straight to the point.

Putmans did not answer immediately, but looked at the man for a long time, and then suddenly pointed at him, and exclaimed, a little surprised, "You...... Are you the one who sowed discord last time and was wanted by Mingguo? ”

"It's down there!" When the person who came was recognized, he was not panicked at all, and still said unhurriedly, "Don't you think about the transaction that was delivered to your door?" ”

Obviously, this person knows these Hongyi very well, and does not talk nonsense, only about interests.

When Putmans heard this, he did not act further, and began to think about what the man had just said.

Although the Ming Kingdom opened the sea and allowed its own side to trade, the price was not low, and taxes were charged. Especially recently, Ai Bige, who is based in Fuzhou, has just sent someone back to report that the Ming Kingdom has collected taxes on land, and now the price of the things he buys has increased further.

Thinking of this, his heart moved, and he didn't mention the matter of being wanted or not, and asked directly: "How much can you give, and how much lower is the price?" ”

"Let's just say it below!" The man said very simply, "I am the person of Xu Xiang and Xu Da Boss, and the seafood looted by our big boss and the seafood smuggled out from the shore are not sold to Japan and Nanyang, but directly sold to you. In this way, not only the price, but also the quantity can definitely ensure that you are satisfied, how about it? ”

In fact, in the past, there were people on the shore who would take the initiative to smuggle to Taiwan and sell goods to the Dutch. But since the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting has taken office and strengthened the inspection on land, and Xu Xiang has become the overlord of the sea through annexation, which has greatly reduced the number of smugglers. Now upon hearing this man's proposal, Putmans was immediately moved.

However, he is also a cunning person, knowing that this person must have a purpose in offering such good conditions, so after thinking about it for a while, he asked directly: "Don't do the business that makes money, but give us the profits, say, what else do you want?" ”

"Let's join forces and kill Zheng Yiguan!" This man said with a little hatred, "The strength of our Xu Da family is already in the middle of Zheng Yiguan. But in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he would rather make less money and kill Zheng Yiguan. In this way, the sea of the Ming Dynasty is our world, and the ships of the Ming Kingdom that go to sea are all controlled by us! Among them, the big profits are all ours! ”

"Oh?" When Putmans heard this, he rolled his eyes and thought for a while, and then asked with concern: "Then what is the division of profits in the future?" ”

"We allowed the big lords to collect taxes, and then ordered the ships to sell their goods to you. In this way, both of us will make money. ”

When Putmans heard this, he shook his head and said, "This will not work, if you collect taxes, then they will definitely sell it to us at a high price." Such a risky thing, we buy and sell directly in Fuzhou is the same, no, no! ”

"Those ships that come out after paying taxes from the Ming Kingdom, although the price is about the same, but if you sell them, they will also make a profit." The man nodded to the key point, "But those goods that have not been taxed, as long as we can control this sea, will be sold to you, and the price will be much lower!" ”

Putmans listened, and did not speak again, obviously weighing in his heart, and after a long while, he still shook his head and said: "No, we are serious businessmen, we have come to the East to do business, we don't do such things!" ”

"......" The man was speechless at first, and then stared at Putmans and suddenly laughed, the sound of "haha" that seemed to be very funny, and even came out of the living room, so that the Dutch soldiers standing guard outside couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the living room, I don't know what the hell is talking about inside, is it so funny?

Putmans blushed slightly, and then let the man laugh as if nothing had happened.

After a long time, the man seemed to burst into tears of laughter, and after wiping it without a trace, he said to Putmans with a look of mockery on his face: "The family does not speak two words, and we know exactly what you are doing." ”

At this, he suddenly became solemn again, and said to Putmans again: "Don't have illusions about the imperial bag! Let me tell you, once our Xu Da master is defeated, I mean that if he may be defeated, Zheng Yiguan's power will definitely rise, and when that time comes, the imperial court will be able to free up its hands, do you think that you can always occupy this place? ”

Upon hearing this, Putmans was taken aback. To tell the truth, he has been worried about this matter, and in the process of negotiating with the Ming officials in Fuzhou, Ai Bige has already heard the rumors, saying that this Taiwan is the Taiwan of the Ming Kingdom, and he is not allowed to continue to occupy it like this.

He was still thinking about it, so he heard this man say again: "In the past, the imperial court's energy was only on the northern part of the country to build captives and prevent the grassland, and the imperial court had no money, and domestic disasters were continuous, so it couldn't care about the southeast coast at all. But now, the imperial court has announced the opening of the sea, and the imperial court has just announced a decree, saying that the sea tax collected by the opening of the sea will have various great uses. With such a matter of great importance, the imperial court will definitely devote its energy to the southeast coast. When the time comes, you outsiders, including the Francophiles, will be targeted by the imperial court! ”

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and immediately added: "The imperial court has won many battles in Liaodong, it seems that the time for Jianyu to be annihilated is not far away, and when the time comes, a million troops will go south, to put it mildly, Zheng Yiguan has such a big backstage, is there still a part for us to speak on this sea?" ”

Listening to these things that he had never heard of, Putmans suddenly remembered what Abig had negotiated with Ming Guo before, and he had to say that what this person said was indeed not to scare people.