The crowd returned to the Doge's Palace.

This time, Cohen's confidence is a lot full, more than two hundred lives, although it is not a trivial matter, but after all, there are only dozens of Dutchmen, and the rest are dispensable for Cohen, as for these Dutchmen, they have already thrown their words out, naturally there is no reason to take it back, besides, the people of the Ming Empire will not let him go back on his word, for the very likely death battle, these dozens of Dutchmen have to wait Once the war starts, the number of dead and wounded in the Dutch fleet is more than dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Cohen, who has been through the storm for a long time, naturally knows how to make a trade-off, who let the Dutch not take advantage of it this time?

Fortunately, although this cha bolt is a little unreasonable, but there is no meaning that it is necessary to go to war, if there is a war, I am afraid that when Soria says it, Cha bolt will directly turn his face, and he will definitely not return to Batavia with him, as long as the Ming Empire does not want to go to war, then anything is easy to say.

"Mr. Special Envoy, if the Ming Empire has any requirements, please take them out, as long as the governor can bear it, for the friendship between the Ming and the Netherlands, the governor is willing to accept it."

Cohen said.

Zheng Chenggong's face was straight, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Earl, in fact, it is not difficult, when the envoy is leaving, the emperor has issued a will, although the Dutch provoke for no reason, but as long as the Dutch admit their mistakes, the emperor is willing to turn the war into a jade silk, and he will not blame the past, at the same time, he listed three conditions for the governor, requiring Mr. Earl to agree!" ”

"Three conditions!"

Cohen nodded, these three conditions are not difficult, it seems that the Ming Emperor was not carried away.

"First, one thousand miles east of Qiongzhou Island and one thousand miles south of Qiongzhou Island, the Dutch merchant fleet is allowed to sail freely, but the Dutch fleet is strictly forbidden to enter, otherwise, the Ming Empire will think that the Dutch Kingdom will provoke and declare war on the Empire again, Mr. Earl, don't try to provoke the Ming Empire, otherwise, the consequences are not something that the Dutch Kingdom can afford; Second, because of the participation of the East India Company, the Ming Empire suffered heavy losses, 10,000 guns, 600 boxes of ammunition, and 67 lives, and the East India Company must give the Ming Empire sufficient compensation, 100 taels of silver for a gun, 1,000 taels of silver for a box of ammunition, 60 lives for the Ordnance Division, 20,000 taels of silver for each life, and 10,000 taels of silver for each warship's naval fleet, 30,000 taels of silver for each warship, and a total of 30,000 taels of silver for the Ming Empire; Thirdly, Mr. Count must personally go to the capital to plead guilty, and at the same time promise not to have any contact with Tagawa Nanazaemon. ”

It's just three conditions, but it's just three conditions, and it's already forcing Cohen to be anxious, the first and third conditions are nothing, Cohen can reluctantly accept it, but the second condition, that's really fatal, three hundred and one thousand taels of silver!

Cohen's old face is already darker than the bottom of the pot, grandma, we are black enough for Tagawa Nanaemon, just opened his mouth to ask Tagawa Nanaemon for 1.2 million taels, specially, the Ming Empire dared to think of claiming 1.6 million taels by itself, the Ming Emperor's heart is too dark, right? This is not counting, is the life of a Ming country worth 20,000 taels of silver? Twenty thousand taels of silver, even if this person is made of gold, it is not worth the price! In black Africa, a black slave is only a dozen taels of silver, and they dare to ask themselves for 20,000 taels of silver, how many times is the difference? A thousand-fold gap, are you Ming people human, and people from other places are pigs and dogs?

"Mr. Envoy, you—you're going too far, aren't you?"

Cohen gritted his teeth and shouted, "A gun is worth a hundred taels of silver? Are you talking in your sleep? One hundred taels of silver can buy a dozen muskets in the West, and a box of ammunition for one thousand taels of silver? You guys at least tripled me! I'd rather pay you twice as much for your arms! There are also people, it is true that you are the Heavenly Empire of the Ming Empire, but the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty are not so precious, right? 20,000 taels, you can say it! Is your human flesh more expensive than gold? ”

Soria on the side was even more furious, and roared angrily: "You have 20,000 taels of silver for each person, and what is the matter, you have just burned more than 200 people alive, how much do you have to calculate?" More than four million taels of silver! Zheng Sen, if you want to start the battle of Minghe, Lao Tzu will accompany you to the end, even your father and Lao Tzu will not be in your eyes, let alone you! ”

Zheng Chenggong's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Soria, what, are you very willing to have a life-and-death battle between Minghe?" If you really want to, this envoy can take over on behalf of the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire earns 30 million taels a year, even if you gather all of us in the South Seas, at most two or three years, the Ming Empire can once again build a larger fleet, this is the door of the Ming Empire, not your Western Ocean, and the current Ming Empire is no longer the weak Ming Dynasty decades ago! ”

Cohen's face changed slightly, and the Ming Empire earned 30 million taels a year! This is a great thing, even if the Dutch are rich in the world, the financial income of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in a year will definitely not reach the figure of 30 million taels of silver, the Ming court is so rich, to build an incomparably powerful navy, maybe three years is not enough, but five years is enough! The Ming Empire is too rich!

This is not allowed to be believed, after all, the Ming Empire is too big, not an ordinary fight, the territory area is at least dozens of times that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the population is dozens of times that of the Dutch, and the annual financial income of the Kingdom of the Netherlands alone is tens of millions of taels, and the income of the Ming Empire wants to reach 30 million taels, it is really not impossible.

Cha Xuan sneered even more: "Jing Nanhou, it seems that they Dutch, with our emperor's benevolence and grace, is it not a matter of fact, there are really people in this world who are not afraid of death and will annihilate us in Nanyang?" With their ability, they are also worthy! Soria, if you're not convinced, let's just go on the South Seas and the sea, let go and fight, and see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat your! ”

"Mr. Envoy, this general,"

Cohen took a deep breath, only then did he hold back the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Of course, we Dutch people want to live in peace with the Ming Empire, but the conditions you ask for are too much, the first condition and the third condition, the governor can answer you now, there is no problem, but the second condition, absolutely not, three hundred and one hundred thousand taels of silver, this compensation figure is too huge, it is not at all what our East India Company can afford!" ”

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(End of chapter)