Anthony Van Diemen couldn't believe his ears. He thought Han Buan's translation was wrong.
How could the Ming Emperor offer such favorable conditions? Doesn’t this make him a foolish king who doesn’t know how to do business?
Thinking of this, Anthony Van Diemen asked Zhu Youjian again in Latin: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you just said that after the Ming Dynasty seizes the land on Java Island that originally belonged to the Matalan Kingdom and the Banten Kingdom, it will be free of charge. Allocate 20 million acres of cultivable land to the United East India Company?”
Anthony Van Diemen also highlighted the word "free", but he did not mention the 5 million acres on Luzon Island. Because the land of Luzon Island is incomparable to the land of Java Island, because there are 35 active volcanoes in the south of Java Island. Every once in a while, a volcano will erupt, sending a lot of mineral-rich volcanic ash to Java Island. To fertilize the land of Java. Therefore, the land on Java Island is particularly fertile, so the Dutch have always coveted it, but they have no ability to seize it. Now suddenly someone is willing to help, "for free"...
"Yes!" Zhu Youjian also opened Latin and nodded, "As long as the United East India Company is willing to provide ships to transport the Ming Expeditionary Force to Luzon and Java...when the Ming Dynasty sends the Spanish from Luzon After Song Island is expelled and the Matalan Kingdom and Banten Kingdom are destroyed, 5 million acres of land on Luzon Island and 20 million acres of land on Java Island will be divided up free of charge to the United East India Company."
Van Diemen asked again: "At the same time, will all the ports on Java be handed over to our United East India Company?"
"Yes!" Zhu Youjian gave another affirmative answer.
Anthony Van Diemen asked again: "In addition, you also allow the United East India Company to recruit poor Chinese people to cultivate the land allocated to the United East India Company?"
"Of course," Zhu Youjian answered affirmatively again, "The Ming court will also provide convenience for the United East India Company!"
This is the most important thing! Anthony Van Diemen almost laughed out loud... He's going to get rich!
The Dutch were unable to seize the entire island of Java not because of how strong the Matalan country was, but because there were too few Westerners in Batavia. There are so few that there is no ability to develop near Batavia City, so we must not find ways to introduce Chinese businessmen and farmers for development.
But without the permission of the Ming Dynasty court or the endorsement of the government, how many Chinese could be recruited through secretive recruitment?
With the support of the Ming Dynasty and the ability of the United East India Company, it would be possible to transport tens of thousands of people to Java a year - the United East India Company only has about 150 Western armed merchant ships, and it would take a little more than a year to transport them. It is not a problem for ten or twenty thousand people to go to Nanyang.
In addition, there are thousands of Chinese merchant ships on the Nanyang sea. In the short term, the East India Company can pay to hire two to three hundred ships dedicated to "human trafficking".
In the medium to long term, the East India Company could even pay to organize a fleet of population transport ships operated by the East India Company itself.
If all goes well, within 10 years, there will be hundreds of thousands or even millions of Chinese farmers and laborers in the East India Company's jurisdiction on the island of Java!
Even if only half of them could survive tropical infectious diseases such as malaria, it would still be enough to plant the 20 million acres of land with sugar cane, rice and spices.
Even if the East India Company could only get 20% of the products, it would still be worth millions of taels of silver!
Moreover, Zhu Youjian also promised to hand over all ports on Java Island to the United East India Company... This means that all exports and entrances on Java Island can be handled by the United East India Company.
If there are enough Chinese immigrants on the island of Java, just the import and export taps will be another huge sum of money every year!
Adding the two together, there may be tens of millions of profits a year...Zhu Youjian "gave up" to the United East India Company like this. It's really "I don't feel bad if I sell my son's land"!
"Okay then... Regarding the conditions of cooperation to conquer the entire island of Java, the United East India Company can agree!" Anthony Van Diemen tried hard to hold his breath and not to laugh out loud. He had a dark heart. , I still want to continue to reap the benefits.
"As for Luzon Island... In addition to 5 million acres of arable land, the East India Company hopes to obtain ownership of the Cavite port and nearby commercial ports. We will transfer the trading stations and all personnel on Taiyuan Island to Move there"
Cavite was the commercial center of the Philippine colony and the gateway to Fort Santiago. It was the most valuable territory on Luzon.
If the port and commercial port of Cavite are lost, operating in Luzon will become more difficult.
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded again almost without thinking.
Anthony Van Diemen went on to say: "In the Strait of Malacca, the United East India Company currently controls a large number of ports... If the Ming Empire still wants to conquer the entire Strait area with the United East India Company, Then the company hopes to acquire all the ports in the Strait region."
"Okay, that's it!" Zhu Youjian agreed without hesitation.
“In addition,” Anthony Van Diemen added after consideration, “the East India Company organized the first exploration of the Southern Continent 20 years ago, so we are the discoverers of the Southern Continent... .If the Ming Dynasty wants to organize the conquest and exploration of the southern continent, the United East India Company also has the right to participate and has the power to establish colonies."
"This is not possible," Zhu Youjian's face became a little darker, "The southern continent cannot be given to you...and you don't need it. If you really want to open up a new continent, you can go to North America. The journey is also close, why go to the southern continent?
And our Ming Dynasty has too many people, reaching 20 million, and we are in great need of a new continent to resettle the local landless people. It is too far to go to America and we need to cross the Pacific Ocean! Therefore, the southern continent and its nearby islands, which are relatively close to the Ming Dynasty, are lands given to the Ming Dynasty by God and are the new continent of China! "
Contrary to Anthony Van Diemen's expectation, Zhu Youjian was a little obsessed with the unknown southern continent.
This is because the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Japan is currently unclear. Without Japan's support, it will be difficult to cross the Pacific to conquer the west coast of the New World. Therefore, Zhu Youjian planned to take the southern continent first, and then wait for an opportunity to cross the Pacific eastward.
And he didn't quite understand the drought and barrenness of the Southern Continent... After all, it looked quite big on the map. It was said that gold had been discovered, so it should be as good a place as the New Continent.
"This..." Anthony Van Diemen knew that the northern coast of the Southern Continent was very desolate and had little oil and water. As for what was going on elsewhere, no one knew. Anyway, the East India Company had no interest.
"Okay, we don't want the Southern Continent." Anthony Van Diemen decided to give in a little, "But you can't get close to the series of islands used to grow spices by the United East India Company in the sea west of Java Island!"
"Okay! It's settled!" Zhu Youjian smiled and asked Li Tianjing, who was taking notes next to him, "Deputy Supervisor Li, have you recorded everything?"
"Your Majesty, I have already recorded it."
Zhu Youjian nodded, "Take it to Governor Diemen for a look." He then said to Anthony Van Diemen in Latin, "If there are no problems, then we will make changes according to the provisions in the record. After the changes are completed, we will Just sign and seal it!
After signing, let's discuss how to attack Luzon Island! I can't wait to compete with Spain, the God's Favorite! "
"Okay!" Anthony Van Diemen took advantage of it and wished he could have it signed and printed right away.
Zhu Youjian's business... he didn't seize any of the big money-making projects. He only got some land where feudal manors could be established. At least he had to stick to the book and send armed immigrants from thousands or hundreds of households there. If I send it there, I really want to take over the entire Nanyang and Southern Continent. I don’t know how much the compensation will be!
If the traitor knew how he played, he might have to chase his prodigal father with a sword!
