When he arrived in Jialong's office, he saw Jialong sitting there with a gloomy face and thinking about something. After waiting for a while, He Bin said again: "My Lord Governor, when the villain and the coastal defense guerrillas were communicating about this matter, Originally, the fourth son of the Zheng family, Zheng Hongkui, was also around, and he proposed a compromise method..."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Garon immediately raised his head, his eyes shining with hope, and asked quickly, "What kind of compromise method?"
He Bin heard this and immediately said respectfully: "Then Zheng Hongkui told the coastal defense guerrillas, that is, his nephew, that during the absence of the Fujian Navy, prohibiting merchants from going to sea will easily cause dissatisfaction, and the Zheng family will suffer great losses. Therefore, he suggested that he, the Zheng family, make an alliance with the Governor, agreeing that during the period when the Fujian Navy is away, our ship tax will not be levied, as we will not be able to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble."
Upon hearing this, Garon immediately said happily: "That's it? Okay, I'll write an oath to them immediately."
After saying that, he immediately went to get his quill and was ready to start writing.
However, He Bin immediately continued: "Mr. Governor, they said they must meet and make a covenant, otherwise they said that we would deny it and say that you did not write the oath, and that you may not have sworn to God. Everything is I want to trick the Fujian Navy into leaving early."
"..." Upon hearing this, Jialong froze, his face full of anger, "Can't you stamp my governor's customs seal?"
"Sir Governor, the newly arrived coastal defense guerrilla doesn't believe it. He said that unless he saw the Governor swearing a poisonous oath to God with his own eyes and writing the oath in his own hand, he felt that banning merchants from going to sea would benefit the Zheng family more. !" He Bin said pretending to be a little angry.
"How can this be unreasonable? How can it be unreasonable..." After hearing this, Jia Long was very angry. He slammed the table and shouted sternly, "They are doubting my character! What a bully! Have they never done this kind of thing? Yan But Wu Xin said it was a peace negotiation, but ended up detaining the person, which is really bullying!"
"Yes, I'm just bullying you. Will you accept it or not?" He Bin lowered his head and answered secretly in his heart.
He can be sure that if Taiwan's profits are greatly reduced or even no profits, the position of governor will definitely not be easy to fill. Now in front of Garon, there are only two ways, one is to compromise, the other is to go to war.
However, if they could defeat the Fujian navy, how could these Western barbarians obediently surrender to the Zheng family and hand over money to obtain the Zheng family's flag?
He thought about it again, and heard Garon roaring as expected: "The yellow-haired boy bullied me too much, aren't you afraid that I will start a war with them? My Dutch warships are far faster than theirs, and my cannons are far better than theirs. They Have you never thought about it..."
He Bin lowered his head and let him go crazy wherever he went without saying a word.
"...You dare to doubt my character. This is absolutely unforgivable!" Garron shouted angrily, unable to sit still anymore, he stood up like a headless fly and walked back and forth outside his office. With.
He Bin was happy in his heart, but at the same time secretly despised: "What kind of character can you barbarians have? As long as the opponent is weak, you will use muskets and cannons to talk, cheat and kidnap, so you will do less evil things? There are still so many hangings outside. You just forgot your head all of a sudden? This is because the Zheng family is so powerful, that’s why you look so pitiful and you just feel like you’re being bullied!”
After Jialong was angry for a while, he suddenly stood up and told He Bin loudly: "Go, summon the leaders and give them orders to increase tax payment at the end of this year. As long as I survive this period, I will be able to do it in the future." If they have a large amount of input, they will be given tax exemptions and exemptions!”
Hearing this, He Bin understood that this was because he was afraid of being exempted and wanted to wait until the Fujian Navy was transferred. But it's useless, because the Fujian Navy will never really go to North Korea.
He Bin thought to himself, and immediately agreed, then pretended to be diligent and hurriedly went to do the work.
In fact, this is a chain plan. It doesn't matter if Garon doesn't agree. In order to complete his mission, he can't receive money from the maritime merchants, so taxes will inevitably increase. The tax levied on Taiwanese people is already high. If it is increased, it will inevitably cause anger and resentment. As a result, the Fujian Navy's return to attack Taiwan will be more successful.
Sure enough, after Garonne raised taxes, even if there were so many heads hanging there, and even if He Bin really had to communicate with those leaders for the Dutch, he could not stop the anger of the Taiwanese people from getting stronger and stronger.
No one has thought about this Chinese New Year in the 18th year of Chongzhen. Because Garon saw that he could not collect taxes and those untouchables were in default, he sent his army to come to the house during the Chinese New Year to snatch things to offset the taxes. If there was nothing, he would arrest people.
In the meantime, those Dutch devils were naturally bound to do evil and misbehave. Stealing things, beating people, killing people, doing unforgivable things to women, etc. are all done casually.
Finally, a village couldn't stand the intensification of the Dutch. When it knew that the Dutch were about to enter the village, it ambushed the Dutch, killing one and wounding three. The whole village ran into the mountains and hid.
Garon couldn't help but be furious after hearing the news. He immediately sent people to summon other leaders and asked them to send people to accompany the Dutch army to search the mountains. He wanted to severely punish those Taiwanese people who dared to rebel and kill them as a warning to others.
However, how could those leaders seriously work for the Dutch? Naturally, their efforts were in vain. And they are complaining endlessly, saying that they can no longer survive and cannot increase taxes.
The Dutch, even after they started robbing things, still couldn't collect enough taxes. Over the past few days, Garon's panda eyes were getting darker and more like them.
Finally, on this day, he received a report saying that the Fujian Navy had not left yet and was still making preparations but had not set off. After that, he could no longer sit still and called He Bin over: "You can cross the sea again and tell me That damn coastal defense guerrilla said that I agreed to the conditions they proposed, but I won’t go to the mainland, and it’s up to me to choose the meeting place! Otherwise, don’t force me to fight to the death, huh!”
"Mr. Governor, that new coastal defense guerrilla is hard to talk to!" After hearing this, He Bin did not immediately agree, but reminded, "Mr. Governor, don't forget, they don't believe you and have doubted you!"
Garon's face turned red when he heard this, and he roared: "I'm here to do business. As long as I make money, I don't care about anything else. Go and tell that little boy that if we really want to break up with each other, I will definitely tell Badawi Ya asks for help and asks for more troops to see how much money the Zheng family has to fight with my Dutch fleet!"
Although he was roaring and his voice was very loud, He Bin could still hear his fierce look and inner embarrassment. After living under these red-haired ghosts for so many years, no one knows how powerful these red-haired ghosts are!
He Bin thought this in his heart, but on the surface he echoed it, full of righteous indignation and aggrieved for his master. In the end, he repeatedly promised that he would definitely bring the Governor's words to him.
Just like that, He Bin legitimately left Taiwan again and went to Xiamen again to deliver news.
While Jialong was waiting for the news, the Taiwanese people's backlash against the increase in taxes was getting stronger and stronger. He was very angry about this and said viciously to the leaders of various ethnic groups: "It's time that the heads outside are all rotten." , it won’t have much effect, right? If anyone dares to go against my will, I don’t mind replacing it with a batch of fresh heads, how about it?”
In this regard, of course no leader dared to object on the spot, they all dared to be angry but dare not speak out. The anger towards the Dutch is also growing.
On this day, He Bin finally came back, his face a little ugly. This is not pretend, it is real.
He did not expect that Zheng Chenggong asked him to take advantage of his status as a general secretary and trusted by the red barbarians to hold the Dutch Governor Garon hostage when signing the oath.
I have to say, this is a bit dangerous. But he had no way out and had to do it. However, he was a little relieved that the risks were high but the benefits were many. Zheng Chenggong agreed in person, and he could get a share of the three-year income as a subordinate of the Zheng family.
"How about it? Did that yellow-haired boy agree? Zheng Hongkui won't ignore it, right?" Jia Long asked immediately when he saw He Bin. Don't be too obvious about your urgency.
After hearing this, He Bin started the performance according to the pre-arranged script, and immediately said a little angrily: "Then Zheng Chenggong still has doubts about the Governor, and he is afraid that you will change his mind as soon as the Fujian Navy leaves. But fortunately Zheng Hongkui persuaded him , and finally agreed to the Governor’s request.”
At first, Garon's expression changed when he heard it, but at the end, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. I feel in my heart that the old people are more reliable. Those young people have no idea how high the sky is and how high the cost of war is. If a war really breaks out, who will be better off?
Therefore, Jialong chose a place on the Penghu Islands to meet, and requested that the sooner the better.
After this request was passed, when He Bin returned again, several merchant ships came with him. He Bin smiled and said to the somewhat unexpected Jia Long: "Your Majesty Governor, this is because the Zheng family believes in our sincerity, so they have relaxed the sea ban before the oath was made."
Garon beamed when he heard this, which was for the best. So, he immediately sent an order to mobilize three warships and go with him to the Penghu Islands to meet the new coastal defense guerrillas. By the way, he also prepared a meeting gift to give to Zheng Chenggong.
On this day, when the agreed deadline came, the sun was rising and the waves were not big, so Garron hurriedly led the fleet to set off.
Seeing He Bin next to him, he was relieved. Finally, nothing happened at the last step.
However, sometimes, God likes to joke. Just when Garon's fleet was about to leave the port, they saw two Western-style warships approaching from the sea outside the port.
