Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward again. Mao Jue's smile gradually calmed down, and Zheng Zhilong coughed heavily and said gloomy.

"Mr. Rufili, you must know that you are talking to the Regent of the Ming Dynasty!"

"His Excellency Rufil just came to Asia and is not clear about the situation. Is the Regent going to invest? This is the honor of my East India Company. It is easy to discuss and discuss!"

Taiwan Governor Vanderbilt was originally a very rigorous military man, but when he heard Zheng Zhilong's threat, he had to smile and smooth things over like a businessman, smiling stiffly and nodding.

There is no way, no matter how tough it is, he can't afford to be absolutely strong! Not to mention Mao Jue, he can no longer afford to offend Zheng Zhilong. As long as the entire Southeast Asian ships are traded by the Ming Dynasty, they have to pay tribute to him. Even if the governor of Taiwan, which is distributed in the East India Company, has to discuss with Zheng Zhilong how much silver to earn every year, otherwise you will not have to leave the port.

Besides, even if Mao Jue is apart from his identity as a regent, and not the fleets in his hands, just a cough in Japan can make Japan tremble three times, which is enough for Vanderbilt to be afraid. The Taiwan branch is the most profitable stronghold of the entire East India Company's Asian division, and the largest source of trade distributed in Taiwan is also from Japan.

This family has become the first to come to you to make some money. That is to look down on you. If you can please Mao Jue, even if you hand over half of the profits of the Taiwan branch to him in a year, Vanderbilt would be willing.

However, there are always people running wildly on the road of death. As soon as Vanderbilt finished speaking, Rufei shook her red hair and shook her head righteously.

"His Excellency Vanderbilt is talking nonsense about the first system of a company, which is that it does not accept foreign capital control! So this matter does not need to be discussed, and there is no need to be discussed at all!"

Mao Jue's brows locked up, but he was still not angry at this time, so he was talking about business!

Newton once said that he was not a giant, but he was standing on the shoulders of a giant! Today's Dutch East India Company is indeed a giant for the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the sea route was not easily explored overnight. It took a huge amount of time and life to wade through the rocks in the turbulent sea.

Although Mao Jue and Zheng Zhilong are not small at sea, the Ming Dynasty's ship journey is still limited to the coast of the East China Sea and the South China Sea. A few years ago, Mao Jue launched an expedition, hoping to sail east along the North Sea to see if he could reach Canada, but it ended in failure. Two of the five ships were broken, and more than 200 people were frozen to death, so finding a shortcut became something Mao Jue was eager to seek.

Mao Jue has also planned to invest in the Netherlands East India Company for more than a day or two. The Dutch are really a good partner for the Ming Dynasty. First of all, in terms of hardware conditions, the Netherlands, known as the maritime coachman, is undoubtedly very suitable for the needs of the Ming Dynasty! Secondly, both countries have a common enemy, Spain!

A few years ago, Spain held up a butcher knife against local Chinese in Manila and carried out two massacres. Mao Jue never forgot about this. At this time, the Netherlands did not completely gain independence. It was still fighting a bloody Eighty Years War with Spain. In order to open up a new colony, the Dutch East India Company also wanted to expand, and a conflict with the old colonial empire Spain was inevitable.

"Your country is fighting with Spain in order to seek independence. The Spanish have also massacred Chinese from Daming in Manila. If I join the Indian Company, I will send troops to deal with Spain. Even if I need it, as a partner, Daming can organize an expeditionary army to go to Europe to help the Netherlands fight Spain! Once cooperation is made, dozens of large and small ports along the coast of Daming will be equally open to the East India Company, and the tax rates can be negotiated fairly, and shipbuilding will be built!"

I still hope to complete this cooperation and suppress it. Mao Jue once again explained the advantages of the Ming Dynasty.

"I am not looking down on your country, but the seven provinces in the Netherlands plus one is probably not as large as the Xuzhou state that I took this southern expedition. Your forests and trees are far less than the Ming Dynasty. In our dynasty, Jiangnan has traditional shipbuilding bases, the Greater Xing'an Mountains in the north, the Namba and Hengbo in Japan are all excellent timber production areas. Our dynasty's shipbuilding bases in Dengzhou, Lushun, Tieshan and Dandong are also booming, and the Ming Dynasty has sufficient seafarers!"

"I heard that Portugal and Spain once arrogantly divided the world with the 46:7th Side West line as the boundary. If we join forces, the world will be truly ours."

"Don't you think about it?"

After saying this, the old soldier Vanderbilt was almost drooling. The advantages and conditions of the Ming Dynasty were too great. He wanted to nod and agree to the playboy Lufilli, but history was always so full of dark humor. Chief Batavia still shook his head so proudly.

"Your Excellency also knows that our country is fighting the Spanish Empire. The Netherlands is to fight for the freedom of the seven provinces and reject the unreasonable rule of Spain's King Philip! I am bluntly speaking, your country is also a ignorant and backward royal rule. How can our country defeat Spain and attract another Ming Dynasty?"

"As for your country's good intentions to send troops to help the war, I appreciate it. Our country has the strength to resist Spain independently and maintain colonies in various places, so there is no need for the Ming Dynasty to intervene. Of course, the Ming Dynasty is willing to open the port, and the East India Company is also willing to continue doing business with the Ming Dynasty and bring wealth to the Ming Dynasty, but this investment is absolutely impossible!"

"Cu'er barbarians, you dare to reject the Ming Dynasty!"

Half calm and half angry, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but slam the table and stood up, shouting in angrily, but Mao Jue sat still, and just raised his hand back calmly to stop him. Then, he raised his glass again with expressionless expression on the face of the young master of the ape clan who was still so arrogant.

"I am very sorry!"

After suddenly drying the wine and putting down the cup, Mao Jue left the table so elegantly. He watched him walk away in surprise and stretched out his hand to chase him, but immediately, Vanderbilt put down his hand powerlessly, turned around and spread his hands heavily at Lu Feili in sadness, and shouted helplessly.

"Oh my priest! You are simply rejecting God!"

But he still looked so proud that Rufei was humming indifferently while tasting the wine in the cup.

"His Excellency Vanderbilt, these barbaric and backward Orientals dare not be enemies with our East India Company? Even these barbarians are like investing in our company. If they are sent back to Amsterdam, they will not make the shareholders laugh? Don't worry. Whoever dares to touch us is to fight against the entire Protestant Alliance! There is no worries!"

"Come on, have a drink!"

Seeing him holding up his wine glass, Vanderbilt couldn't help but hum heavily again, but left the table and made it boring, making the playboy murmur a few words in a low voice. However, in just a moment, Lu Feili held the wine glass again and smiled lewdly to meet several Qinhuai celebrities.

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"It's simply outrageous! Do these Red-Haid Vanguards really think they are invincible in the world?"

This was not only Mao Jue's face, but also the huge Eastern pirate's face. Following Mao Jue who said nothing, he left the banquet hall. As soon as he returned to the captain's room, Zheng Zhilong, who had already regarded himself as his own, furiously swung his sleeves, and then clasped his fists heavily at Mao Jue.

"Prince! The old man asked for a fight. When he returned to Fujian, the old man surrounded his Taiwan branch and trapped him for two months. Do you think these bastards crying?"

However, unexpectedly, Mao Jue actually smiled and sat back on his comfortable leather sofa. Mao Jue smiled distressedly and shook his head.

"No need, we are civilized people. We can't just beat them if we don't do business with us? Isn't that a pirate style?"

We are pirates? Zheng Zhilong stared at the top of his eyes and almost shouted. Is this the leader of the North Sea that taught him a lesson in Japan back then? Could it be that his ambitions have been wiped out by these sour and corrupt scholars?

Fortunately, just as Zheng Zhilong was shocked, Mao Jue's smile gradually turned toward the slightest, and the corners of his curled mouth were filled with ruthlessness like a group of wolves in the white mountains and black waters.

"There are more than one East India Company. Since the Dutch are unwilling to cooperate with us, just visit the next one!"

"But by then, it would be normal for a competition between companies to have frictions and conflicts. Mr. Zheng, aren't you wrong?"

This is the pirate who smiled openly, and stabbed the cold when you were not careful! He was so proud of what Mao Jue said, no wonder he could become the Regent! Zheng Zhilong was convinced and clapped his fist and flattered him.

"Regent is wise!"

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In order to show closeness, Zheng Zhilong was left on the Black Pearl that night and settled in the No. 2 cabin not far from Captain Mao Jue's cabin. The dozens of leaders he brought also got Mao Jue's broadband. He also gave Dongjiang's treasures and exquisite ivory-handled revolver one, and rewarded a lot of silver. Although he didn't fight for Mao Jue's death, a South China Sea pirate's senses for these new dragon heads were obviously much better. After this arrangement, Mao Jue took the order and came back.

"All left?"

"Return to General, not yet! The governor of Taiwan wants to come and ask you again, but was blocked by General Mo. That boy really has no eyesight to see him. He is still drinking and having fun in the courtyard. Do you want General Mo to throw him into the sea?"

"No need!"

I smiled for ten years, and Mao Jue has been very fond of laughing recently, but the evil spirit in the smile made Mao Li feel a little cold on his back. He picked up the wine glass and shook it. He said with a chuckling.

"Don't you ask for a few Japanese girls for that kid?"

"The last one will disperse?"

"No! Double!"

That night, Mao Jue stood up from the far-off bow cabin, and the creaking sound of the bed shaking covered the swaying sound of the sailboat. The Japanese girl, who was like a wolf and a tiger, asked for it. I wonder if this young master of the ape clan could get up tomorrow morning.

However, as he rejected Mao Jue, then in the East, he and the Dutch East India Company behind him were no longer important! This episode was just to satisfy Mao Jue's own bad taste.

The bigger the event, the more it sounded in the darkness. The joyful singing and dancing on the Black Pearl had not stopped yet, but a small boat was put down while the night was falling and passed the Yangtze River overnight. Before dawn, he arrived at Yingtian without knowing it.

In history, Western learning flourished for a period of time in the late Ming Dynasty. It was not until the calendar lesson plan of the early Kangxi that Western missionaries were cleared out of China and made a comeback until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Yingtian had a small group of churches with great exotic characteristics. Every morning, you could hear the buzzing bells. A group of foreigners gathered together to pray in the curious eyes of Nanjing residents.

Most of these churches were founded by Jesuits, with a typical Catholic style, luxurious and ostentatious. Among so many characteristic churches, there is a church in the north corner that is incompatible with these luxurious churches.

The bare wooden boards are as simple as a wooden board warehouse. Apart from a pointed roof and a cross, the characteristics of this Western church are almost impossible to see. There are the fewest people gathered here to pray, only seven or eight, an old Western man wearing white linen clothes pinched an iron cross and recited silently there.

Although this place is the capital of the Southern Ming Empire, it is not as difficult as returning to the Jinan Jingshi spies for Mao Jue. They easily sneaked into the city and bypassed many wealthy churches. They reached the door of this simple church. They did not go in, but faced the church gate and pinned a simple cross that was equally dull and dull inwards. They shook inwards against the sun.
Chapter completed!