Chapter 244: Unequal Treaties
When Peter heard this, he almost vomited blood and died on the spot, 200,000 taels of silver, just to buy the lease of the big man for five years, and to pay it again after five years, Peter went away on the spot.
"You...... Your Excellency, this is blackmail! You...... You...... How can you do that? Peter jumped up and pointed at Yu Xiaotian and wanted to scold, but he squinted and saw a few sea wolf guards staring at him with cold eyes, although he was extremely angry, but he didn't dare to scold.
Yu Xiaotian leaned back on the back of the chair, revealing the appearance of an old god, and said with a wicked smile on his face, breaking his fingers: "This is already quite reasonable, even quite cheap, 200,000 taels of silver, you get such a large piece of leased land, and it is still five years, this Dayuangang will bring you at least a few million taels of silver profits, just 200,000 taels of silver, as rent, it is actually very cheap, if you don't want to, I don't care, Presumably the British will be willing to rent a piece of land on my site at a higher price! ”
Peter's nose was crooked, if it weren't for Tamsui City, he believed that he would immediately draw his sword and have a duel with this damn guy, but unfortunately he was in Tamsui City at this time, he didn't dare to make such a request, and look at Yu Xiaotian, who was tall and tall, and his body that seemed to contain great strength, this Yu Xiaotian gave people a leopard-like feeling, even if he was given a chance to duel with this guy, it was estimated that the possibility of him winning was zero, may not even be able to make a move, so he was slaughtered by Yu Xiaotian.
"Alright! I promise! However, I also have one request, that we have exclusive rights, and after we have leased the Lord, you must not allow other forces to lease the territory in Formosa and establish a port! Peter shuddered for a long time, and finally had to agree to this condition, but still insisted on making one of his demands.
"Yes! But it doesn't include building a trade hall on my territory! Of course, this is on the premise that we cooperate happily, if you behave against us in the future, then this agreement will be nullified! Yu Xiaotian immediately nodded and agreed to Peter's request, but still left himself a way back.
Peter was so angry that he almost didn't know what to do, his whole body was trembling, Yu Xiaotian's words, he just promised not to rent other places to others for port, but he had the right to let other powerful people rent places and establish a commercial hall, although it was not convenient to build a port, but it could still threaten their interests, but people were under the eaves, and he still knew the truth that he had to bow his head, and it was useless to say anything now.
"In addition, I have other additional conditions, you have also heard clearly, your leased land is limited to the current Dayuan Port, and no further expansion is allowed beyond Dayuan Port, I will send someone to survey your current land and draw a boundary, you can only operate within your leased land, and you are not allowed to leave your leased land without special permission, otherwise I can regard your actions as hostile actions, and I have the right to deal with or attack those who leave your leased land without permission!
Again! I can permit you to keep what you have already built, but only that, and you may not build or expand your castle in the future, except for repairs to the foundation, but you may not add new forts or walls! Except for marina facilities! Yu Xiaotian didn't wait for Peter to calm down, and dropped another bombshell.
Peter finally had a feeling that he was about to faint, sat on the chair and shook his body a few times, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said with difficulty: "But we need to protect ourselves!" ”
"You don't have to worry about this! As long as we work together happily, I can provide you with some protection, and if a third party attacks you, I can send troops to protect you! So you don't need much force! Because this is my territory, I have the final say!
By the way, I almost forgot, in the future, my ships will enter Dayuan Port to trade with you, and they will enjoy duty-free treatment, and my people will enjoy immunity, and also, the ships you pass on my territory will have to pay me a toll of three thousand taels of silver every year, otherwise, I can't guarantee the safety of your ships! ”
Thump...... Peter slipped out of his chair and onto the floor.
The negotiations lasted for three days, and Peter and Yu Xiaotian, his subordinate Lin Yiyang, and the staff of the council hall negotiated back and forth, and finalized the details one by one.
In addition to the previous questions about the status of Dayuan Harbor, they also intervened about the capture of the Dutch warship by the Seawolf.
In this regard, Yu Xiaotian still categorically rejected Peter's request to redeem those warships, his reasons are very simple, one is that these ships are the spoils of war, and he has the right to stay, and in addition, these ships have been destroyed, even if they are returned to Peter, they will not be able to sail back to Batavia, and they will definitely sink on the way, so there is no need to return them again.
Peter offered to pay for some more repairs and repair the ships on the side of Tamsui City, but Yu Xiaotian also directly rejected Peter's request.
Peter could only talk to the sea wolves and ask for the ransom of their sailors and other captives, to which Yu Xiaotian agreed.
However, the ransom proposed by Yu Xiaotian was still an astronomical amount, and it was calculated as a price of nearly 100,000 taels of silver, and Peter was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but there was no way.
Because these sailors are indeed too important to them, now the Netherlands is expanding their territory everywhere in the world, they now have the title of sea coachmen, of course, there is a huge demand for sailors, if they do not redeem these sailors, these sailors are in the hands of Xiaotian, can only be used as slaves, and sooner or later they will be consumed.
If he didn't find a way to redeem these people in a short time, for a long time, their company probably wouldn't want to recruit so many sailors.
For the sailors would not agree to work for them if they knew that they would not redeem those who had been taken prisoner for them.
As a result, they may have an embarrassing situation in the future where they have a ship but no one to operate it, and then they will be in big trouble in the future, especially in Asia, which may lead to serious problems for them.
So no matter what, they have to redeem these sailors, at least to appease the sailors who are now working for them.
And Yu Xiaotian also understood this, so he dared to open his mouth and extort so much silver from the Dutch, Peter had no choice but to agree to Yu Xiaotian's conditions.
The negotiations were advancing little by little in this extremely unfriendly situation, and Yu Xiaotian put forward the general direction, letting Lin Yiyang and the people in the council hall be responsible for negotiating with Peter, finalizing the detailed rules, and finally gradually writing them down.
When he looked at the peace treaty, which was finally written in Chinese characters, Dutch, and Spanish, Peter's eyelids jumped, and after reading it from beginning to end, his heart felt as bitter as if he had swallowed a coptis.
If such a peace treaty is sent to the company's headquarters and handed over to the company's senior management, it is estimated that these people will run away on the spot, when did the Dutch sign such a humiliating peace treaty with someone!
And he, as the founder of this peace treaty, will surely be written into the history of the company and even the Duchy of the Netherlands, and he will be a shameful sinner.
But will he be able to sign it? Of course, he can not sign it, because there are so many issues involved in this peace treaty that he does not even have the right to sign it, and if he does, it will be signed in vain.
Because such a contract must be sent back to the headquarters first, and it can only be signed after the approval of the company's senior management, and if the company does not approve the agreement, he has no choice.
After finalizing all the terms, Peter was sent out of Tamsui City and returned to his ship, but this time as a gift for negotiations, Waite was returned to Peter and brought back with him.
Of course, the peace treaty was also taken out of Tamsui City with Peter, and the long waiting time was followed, even if it was the fastest speed, it would take at least four months to run back and forth.
Yu Xiaotian set aside five months for Peter to decide whether to sign this peace treaty before sending Peter away, if they have not returned this peace treaty by the time limit of five months is up, then it means that this negotiation is invalid, and the sea wolf will use force to forcibly take back the big man and drive the Dutch out of the big man completely.
Peter agreed bitterly, and took the dejected Waite back to Dayuan Harbor by boat first, and Peter did not dare to slack off, and along the way told Waite the details of his negotiations with the sea wolf in the original form, and personally wrote a long letter, stating in detail why he had come up with such a result this time.
After a little rest for two days, he put Waite and a merchant with whom he had negotiated with the sea wolves, and let the ship carry Waite and the merchant, as well as the peace treaty and Peter's letter, and hurried back to Batavia as fast as he could, and reported the matter to the company's higher-ups.
As for how the company's top management decides, that's their business, Peter knows very well that he, the governor, has done his job, and if the negotiation reaches such a result, he will definitely not be able to be the governor, and when the company's ship comes back again, he will probably leave here, and the person who replaces him should also come here with the ship.
And this time the huge earthquake along the coast of Fujian also came to a complete end, and Yu Xiaotian finally led his subordinates to embark on a fast track to hegemony, and truly became the maritime overlord of the coastal area of Fujian.
(Special thanks to WDJ1972 and STDX for their tips!) Also, shout, brothers, look at who has a monthly pass in your hands, stay! )