0605 Song Ke's decision
It turned out that this person was Liu Xiang, who Liu Pei wanted to arrest. But at this moment, Liu Xiang was not as pirate as a pirate, but instead looked like a respectful servant. He bowed slightly and said, "Governor General, that Red-Eyed Dragon King is not worthy of trust! He is not as keen on trade as Master Li. Just look at his subordinates and you will know that it is not a sailor at all, but an army!"
Song Ke walked to the back of the desk and sat down and said, "You are right! But for me, ensuring trade is the most important thing, and war is not the priority option. We can start a war against those unarmed ordinary people, but facing a strong opponent, it is stupid to start a war easily!"
Liu Xiang hurriedly said, "Sir, you should also hear about the Red-Eyed Dragon King collecting ship taxes. Just going to Japan, you will have to draw 3,000 taels of silver for each ship! Then it will be too powerful in the future. How many will he draw for a ship heading to Europe? 5,000 taels or 10,000 taels?"
Song Ke frowned and said, "This is a problem. I don't want to give him a tael of silver!"
Liu Xiang took the opportunity to say, "Then don't give it to him! Sir, we can completely defeat him and dominate the trade at sea! You know, there are many people who oppose the Red Eye Dragon King now. I am working hard to gather these people and prepare to go to war with him!"
Song Ke said with interest: "So, how do you plan to fight him?"
Liu Xiang said: "I decided to learn the methods of the Red Eye Dragon King fighting Zheng Yiguan. He kept ramming his waterways and annihilated his small fleet. In this way, he would seriously undermine his prestige and make more people opposed to him. At that time, he would be able to defeat him in one fell swoop!"
Song Ke frowned and said, "But that will be a long maritime war! If it continues, it will be very unfavorable to the company's trade profits! We cannot invest all the company's trade profits in supporting the war!"
Liu Xiang was a little anxious after hearing this! This was not a joke, it was related to his wealth and life! Moreover, he defected to the Netherlands just to use their power to seek hegemony at sea. Liu Xiang is not a kind man and a trustworthy woman, so he has no intention of completely relying on others!
Liu Xiang asked anxiously: "Sir, if you don't curb Chi
If King Jinglong said that sooner or later, he will occupy all the sea surface here one day!"
Song Ke leaned his body against the chair and said, "Let me think about it, I will come up with a good idea."
Having said this, Liu Xiang could only give up unwillingly. That night, Song Ke held a banquet to entertain Liu Dahai and his party. The dishes at the banquet were very ordinary and the wine was also very ordinary. However, as the governor, Song Ke tried his best to entertain Liu Dahai and his party.
In this way, Liu Dahai stayed in Orange City for two days before reappearing in Song Ke's office.
After the servant brought the teacup, the two began to sit down and taste the tea. After a simple greeting, the topic quickly touched on the main topic. Liu Dahai took the lead and said, "Mr. Governor invited me here this time, so he must have made a decision, right?"
Song Ke stirred the tea in the teacup and said, "You are right, Mr. Liu. I did make a decision."
Liu Dahai sat upright and said, "Then, I listen carefully."
Song Ke said: "I can cut off Liu Xiang's supplies and provide you with some accurate information, so what will I get?"
Before coming to Tainan, although Liu Pei did not think the negotiation would have a result, he still had some hope. So he gave Liu Dahai his bottom line. So Liu Dahai said simply: "Of course, Governor, you will get reasonable returns. First of all, you can participate in the legal trade in the free trade zone. At the same time, the route to Japan will not charge you any fees in the next year. In a year, the Dragon King will charge you a fee of 3,000 taels of silver per ship. What do you think of this condition?"
Song Ke shook his head and said, "I think the Dragon King's help should be rewarded more heavily."
Liu Dahai shook his head and said, "Mr. Governor, please be honest. Cut off Liu Xiang's supplies and provide his information. This is just a small task for you, so it is not worth much."
Song Ke said: "But this made me lose the friendship of a friend! As for this, shouldn't the Dragon King compensate me?"
Liu Dahai said firmly: "But Mr. Governor, you have to lose your friendship at the same time."
It’s the friendship of the Dragon King! This is a bigger and stronger friendship!”
Seeing that Liu Dahai refused to give in, Song Ke put down his teacup and said, "Okay, then we have reached an agreement! From tomorrow, I will no longer accept supplies from Liu Xiang's ship. In addition, I will give you a very accurate information. Liu Xiang is now collecting other pirates everywhere. 20 days later, he plans to hold a pirate conference in Coro Bay! It seems that he is also very interested in the position of the Pirate King!"
Liu Dahai was very excited when he heard this. So he stood up and said to Song Ke: "Thank you very much! Governor, the Dragon King will remember your friendship! Because things are urgent, I want to go back today."
Song Ke also stood up and said, "Then convey my greetings to the Dragon King for me. I hope we can meet one day in the future."
Liu Dahai said seriously: "I will definitely tell the Dragon King."
Liu Dahai hurriedly boarded the ship and sailed north that day. When he returned to Zhenhai City, Liu Pei was already waiting for him. As for his entourage, he had already been taken away by people from the Intelligence Bureau. Liu Dahai reported in detail the results of the negotiation to Liu Pei and the others.
Just as Liu Pei was about to speak, Wu Yizhou slapped the table and shouted: "That's great! Brother Qibo, you have made great contributions this time! It's so easy for us to deal with that mess of Liu Xiang!"
The other staff members also applauded and talked about how to deal with Liu Xiang, which made the room chaotic. However, there were only three people in the audience who didn't say anything, namely Liu Pei, Liu Jiang and Liu Dahai.
When everyone talked for a long time and found that Liu Pei was not moving, everyone slowly calmed down. Liu Pei sneered and said, "What's wrong? Isn't it any more quarrel?"
Everyone bowed and said, "Please forgive me for your crime!"
Liu Pei twisted his body on the chair, found a comfortable position and said, "Bao Changhe and Qibo didn't say anything, what do you two mean?"
Chapter completed!