Zhu Hongyu and Zheng Chenggong had just returned to Luzon City when a secretary came to report to Zhu Hongyu.
"Grand Governor, the red-haired men from Batavia are here and want to see the Grand Governor and the prince!"
Zhu Hongyu sat down, took a sip of tea, and asked.
"Where are people now?"
The secretary spoke.
"We are still at the port and have just landed!"
Zhu Hongyu looked at Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong was still at war with the Dutch. Out of respect, Zhu Hongyu felt that he needed to consider Zheng Chenggong's attitude if he wanted to see the Dutch envoy.
Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly and said.
"Invite people in!"
Zhu Hongyu waved his hand and said.
"Invite people to the flower hall, the prince and I will wait for them here!"
The secretary nodded in agreement and then left.
Zhu Hongyu said.
"Lao Taishan, do you have any guesses about the Dutch's intention?"
Zheng Chenggong said with a smile on his face.
"It should be to continue doing business with me, Daming!"
Zhu Hongyu said.
"Old Taishan has just captured the big officials and driven out the Dutch. Can Batavia swallow this breath?"
"Aren't you going to send troops to try?"
Zheng Chenggong said.
"It's not the Netherlands, it's the Dutch East India Company!"
Zhu Hongyu slapped his head and suddenly realized that it was his own thinking that was narrow-minded.
Think of the Dutch East India Company as a political power!
If the Dutch East India Company was a normal regime, it would be faced with the loss of cities and territory, and the enemy who would take away its territory.
If both parties want to do business, even if it is profitable, they will definitely have to be awkward for a while and do their own ideological work before they can change their thinking.
Just like the Ming Dynasty wanted to capture Macau and do business with the Manchus in Macau. If the strength gap between the two sides was not too great, the Ming army would not be able to counterattack the mainland in a short time.
It takes Zhu Hongyu a long time just to do his own ideological work.
However, the Dutch East India Company was, to put it bluntly, a commercial company, all for profit.
For them, it is real money-making, not frivolous!
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Zhu Hongyu and Zheng Chenggong didn't have to wait long before the Dutch envoy arrived.
What came was a middle-aged man wearing a tuxedo, red hair, and a decent appearance.
"Ciro, an employee of the Dutch East India Company, came and met the Governor and the Prince!"
Silla bent down and bowed, her movements were meticulous, and she looked like a polite gentleman.
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.
"Please take a seat!"
When Silla came and sat down, Zhu Hongyu said nothing, but Zheng Chenggong spoke.
"Why did the envoy come to Luzon?"
Silla came to look at Zheng Chenggong and said.
"For the sake of senior officials!"
"Your Excellency, the Prince, captured the city of Jelandja, which our East India Company had painstakingly built, and killed thousands of Dutch soldiers and civilians without any reason."
"This is an unacceptable thing for Batavia!"
"Please give Batavia an explanation and make compensation for this matter!"
Before Zheng Chenggong could speak, Zhu Hongyu sneered and said.
"My Ming Dynasty regained its homeland, do we still need a reason?"
"My Ming Dynasty doesn't care about you waiting for the Dutch to invade Dajuan Island. The Yanping County King has already given a wide berth to the invasion of our Ming Dynasty territory. How dare you come to Luzon and cause trouble in front of this governor?!"
When Silla came to hear this, her face turned ugly, and she retorted.
"Isn't the homeland of your Ming army in the northern continent? Why don't you go to the north to regain your homeland? Is it because our Dutch East India Company is weak?"
Zhu Hongyu said with a sneer.
"So what?"
Silolai spoke again.
"Aren't you afraid that we will imitate the Spaniards and attack the Han Chinese living in Batavia?"
Zhu Hongyu's eyes quickly turned cold and he spoke.
"You can try!"
"If you dare to kill a Han citizen, I will kill you back ten times or a hundred times!"
"You think that when the Spaniards massacred Han people twice in Luzon, the Ming Dynasty only liquidated the Spaniards in Manila, and this matter will be considered a thing of the past?"
"Haha, let me tell you, it's very early and this matter is not over yet!
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"From now on, don't do the Spanish triangular trade!"
"If a Spanish galleon fleet crosses the waters of our Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty will sink one of them!"
"If you Dutch dare to attack the Han people, I will send troops to recover Batavia!"
"Then kill all the Dutch in Batavia in revenge!"
After Zhu Hongyu sang the red face, Zheng Chenggong stood up and sang the white face and said.
"Haha, no need for this, no need for this!"
"Only barbarians like the Spaniards who don't understand kingship and etiquette would massacre civilians!"
"I think the Dutch East India Company, as an honest and friendly company, would never do such a barbaric thing!"
The expression on Silolai's face changed several times, and finally he laughed dryly and spoke.
"Of course, Your Majesty the County Prince is right!"
"We in the Netherlands are a country of merchants. Integrity and friendliness are our qualities. Of course we will not imitate the Spanish barbarians and massacre civilians."
Zhu Hongyu snorted coldly and said nothing more. Instead, he picked up the tea cup and quietly watched Zheng Chenggong negotiating with the Dutch.
In this meeting with the Dutch envoy, Zhu Hongyu chose to play the red face because he had his own considerations.
One is to help Zheng Chenggong put pressure on the Dutch!
The second is to divert the attention of the Dutch!
It was Zheng Chenggong who regained the top position. The relationship between the Dutch and Zheng Chenggong must have been very bad.
If the two sides meet and fight, there will be no need to talk about the subsequent negotiations!
And Zhu Hongyu sang this red face to give Zheng Chenggong a step down.
He gave the Dutch an embarrassment, and Zheng Chenggong acted as the peacemaker for a while, so that the relationship between the two parties could be eased, and then they could talk.
…
It was said to be a negotiation, but in fact nothing came out of the negotiation.
It is impossible for Zheng Chenggong to give up Da Yuan Island, which is his foundation, just like it is impossible for Zhu Hongyu to give up Luzon.
It is impossible for the Dutch to forget what happened in the city of Geranje.
First, after the city of Geranje was lost, the Dutch lost their stronghold on the coast of China, and their commercial interests plummeted.
Secondly, in the offensive and defensive battles before and after, most of the Dutchmen in the city of Geranje were killed or injured.
The reason for the negotiation is, at most, to talk about the resumption of trade, and for the two sides to temporarily negotiate and cease hostilities.
There is nothing else to talk about!
The Ming Dynasty had plans to attack Batavia, but the attack on Qiongzhou was more important, so it was temporarily shelved.
The Dutch also began to collude with the Manchus and prepared to help the Manchus rebuild their navy to deal with the Ming Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, both sides are afraid of each other!
The Ming Dynasty was afraid of the Dutch's huge armed merchant fleet. How could the Dutch not be afraid of the Ming Dynasty's navy?
You must know that the reason why the Zheng family was able to reach the position of maritime supremacy in East Asia was because they stepped on the Dutch.
Also, the Spanish fleet in Luzon was completely wiped out and is still happening before our eyes!