Fang Yuegong had to admit that these Western countries all had beautiful ideas. One only wanted to monopolize the trade routes with the Ming Dynasty, and the other wanted the Ming Dynasty to only trade with him.
"I'm afraid that even if His Majesty the Ming Emperor is willing to do this, you won't be able to defend your trade rights. Do you think other Western countries can agree? Or, you can apply to let me, the Ming Navy, protect your trade rights, but the protection You have to pay for the silver, and you have to pay 50% of the trade profits no matter what."
Fang Yuegong replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Abu Kui had to give up this fantasy and said: "Okay, let's give up this request, Fang Tiju, thank you for reminding us, and thank you for giving us a chance to cooperate. We recognize that Goa belongs to the Ming Dynasty." The territory is sacred and inviolable, and we are also willing to send troops for our partners to regain Goa, and thereafter obey your country’s trade regulations.”
"You will become the pride of the Netherlands and my friend in China."
Fang Yuegong replied.
Next, the Netherlands really signed a trade agreement with Ming Dynasty.
Ming Dynasty emphasized that Goa is an integral part of Ming Dynasty.
The Netherlands will assist the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa based on agreement and morality.
As for how Goa became an integral part of the Ming Dynasty, civil servants at the Hanlin Academy and Chongwen Temple have found the explanation by looking through piles of old papers.
The reason is simply that when Zheng He went to the West, he used his personality charm and the cultural charm of the Celestial Kingdom to make the indigenous people here voluntarily join the Ming Dynasty, and as early as the Yongle period, they came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Even officials of the Hanlin Academy actually found relevant files in the Wenhua Hall.
The Netherlands assisted the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa, which was just an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to show sincerity to the Netherlands.
After the completion of the matter, the Ming Dynasty will allow the Netherlands to trade in Goa, Haojing, Taiwan, and other places in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Japan, Ryukyu, and Korea. However, it will need to obey the Ming Dynasty's trade regulations and pay tariffs and protection fees in the corresponding places.
As for whether the Netherlands can do these trades only by the Dutch, it can only rely on the strength of the Dutch.
The Ming Dynasty only recognized the Netherlands as the first country that could legally trade in the Ming Dynasty.
Next, a large number of Dutch merchant ships began to appear in places such as Songjiang, Haojing, and Ningbo.
Because there were no Portuguese ships, these Dutch merchant ships also made a lot of money. Even after excluding the taxes and fees they paid, they still made a lot of money.
Therefore, the Dutch found that it was really good to cooperate with Ming Dynasty.
Because there were not enough ships, some Dutch businessmen directly borrowed money from the Ming Dynasty Bank to buy Ming Dynasty ships and hired Ming Dynasty sailors to do trade. Even so, they still made a lot of money.
This way.
Trade in Haojing, Songjiang, Ningbo, Taiwan, and Nagasaki during the Ming Dynasty began to recover, and was not affected by the large number of Westerners who were captured as slaves before the Ming Dynasty.
And because of profits, Dutch businessmen seemed to have forgotten that their compatriots were still slaves in the Ming Dynasty, and only concentrated on being sea coachmen in the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty took the initiative to inform the Spanish Governor of Manila, Clonal, in Manila about the Netherlands abandoning their hatred and cooperating with the Ming Dynasty and making a lot of money.
"What are you talking about, Mr. Lin? The Dutch actually chose to turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by the Ming Dynasty, and humbly cooperated with the Ming Dynasty, even assisting them in attacking Goa? And then they gained trade rights with the Ming Dynasty and made a lot of money? "
Kroner was still angry that his Spaniards in Taiwan were captured and enslaved by the Ming Dynasty, but he learned about the Dutch from his partner, Lin He, a Fujianese man in the Ming Dynasty.
"Yes, Your Excellency, the Dutch merchant ships are now the largest and the only foreign merchant ships going to the Ming Dynasty. Except for the Ming Dynasty's own merchant ships, no one competes with them for profit. They are now preparing to assist the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa. , come and deal with your Manila, so that in the entire sea area east of Goa, they are the only foreign merchant ships."
Lin He said.
"This is really a terrible thing. These shameless Dutch people only care about money and do not save their own people. Don't they know that some of them were also captured as slaves by the Ming Dynasty?!"
Kroner asked excitedly and loudly as he spoke.
"Of course they know, but they think it's not important. What's important is their interests."
Lin He replied.
"No! Spain cannot lose the opportunity to trade with the Ming Dynasty because of this. I must also immediately convince the members of the Governor's Palace and the king. We must understand the Ming Dynasty's behavior. After all, we did not follow the Ming Dynasty's order first. We also need to recognize that Goa is the territory of the Ming Dynasty and are willing to express our friendship to the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Lin, can you help me contact your Emperor or important officials? I hope that the Ming Dynasty can give us Spain a performance. Opportunity."
Kroner replied.
"But as far as I know, your country has already annexed Portugal. If you also attack Goa, won't you worry about Portugal's request for independence?"
Lin He asked again.
"This is nothing compared to being able to trade with the Ming Kingdom. It is our honor to fight for a great empire like the Ming Kingdom."
Kroner replied,
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"Tell Xu Ruke, the governor of Fujian, that it is my will to allow Spain to show its sincerity and gain trade opportunities. However, he needs Governor Kroner to come to Beijing and submit their troop scale to me. The same is true for the Netherlands. Don’t just send one or two warships to get a chance against the Ming Dynasty!”
Zhu Youxiao ordered this after knowing that Spain was also interested in playing for Daming in Goa.
He planned to summon the governors of Spain and the Netherlands to Beijing and use the strategy of killing three people with two peaches to force these Westerners to voluntarily give up more benefits to the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Zhu Youxiao asked Spain and the Netherlands to send troops to Goa together with the Ming Dynasty. This was not entirely to reduce the cost of sending troops and maintain the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Europe. It was also to take this opportunity to show off the martial virtues of the Ming Dynasty, so that Spain and the Netherlands could Western countries know how terrifying the strength of the Ming Empire is.
Shortly after the Chinese New Year in the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the Spanish Governor of Manila, Kronl, and the Dutch Eurasian Governor of Batavia, Albuquerque, began to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
As soon as they arrived in the waters near Ningbo, they were shocked by the large warships on the Daming Sea.
"My God, when did the Ming Dynasty have such a big warship? There should be hundreds of cannons on it!"
"This is truly an unimaginably powerful empire, and I was wise not to choose to be an enemy of it."
Kroner and Abu Kui both sighed because of this, and began to fear the power of the Ming Dynasty's navy. They asked Fang Yuegong, who accompanied them to Beijing, in various insinuations to inquire about the power of the Ming Dynasty's navy, but they had to After knowing that there was only one naval battalion stationed in Ningbo and Ming Dynasty already had six battalions, I couldn't help but feel even more shocked.
When they landed, they were shocked again by the prosperity of the Ming people.
Because of the cheap cloth and silk in the country and the high income of the people, almost every household in Ningbo city wore silk and brocade. Even many carriages, houses and street trees were wrapped in brocade.
Although the two of them were noble governors, they began to feel ashamed from the moment they set foot in the interior of the Ming Dynasty.
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