"Father Rodman, please give me everything."

Taking advantage of the opponent's attack, and there is still a little time to ease, Governor Putmans took out his last magic weapon:

He turned to the priest who was preaching in the city and asked him to go as his envoy to seek peace from the other party.

He thought so, these soldiers of the Ming Empire could not be rude to God’s messengers, right?

The Governor did the same.

After seeing Father Rodman agreeing, he ordered the respected priest to be sent off the wall with a hanging basket.

The silver-haired Father Rodman came to the front with a white flag, saying that he would like to see the fleet commander of the Northern Ming Empire.

Soon, he was taken to the front of a Chinese military formation and saw a young general about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing exquisite black shiny fish scale armor and wearing a big red cloak.

The burly young general looked up and down at Father Rodman for a while and asked, "Are you the representative of the city of Gerlandzha?"

"Yes!"

Father Rodman has been in the East for many years and is familiar with Chinese. He quickly took a step forward and bowed and said:

"Dear, Lord General from the Ming Empire, I am Rodman, the priest of Gerlandzha. This time I am here to negotiate with you on the commission of Governor Putmans."

"May I ask, are you the general of the Ming Empire?"

"hehe!"

A faint sarcastic smile appeared on Zhong Chuxiang's face: "Yes, I am the commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire. This time I came to declare our sovereignty over this island to you!"

"You have illegally occupied this land in our country for so many years, and now you should give it back to us, and you must compensate us for our losses."

"Your Excellency General, this is unfair!"

Father Rodman quickly shouted, "When we came here, it was still a homeless land. It took us several years to manage this land, but you want to go back so easily, how can this be possible!"

"Then I don't care!"

Zhong Chu waved his hand and said arrogantly, "Your East India Company is dominant in your Europe, I don't care!"

"You Westerners shouldn't reach out to the east. You have to know that this is the coastal territory of our Ming Empire!"

"But... But the Spanish also came to Dayuan Island, earlier than we Dutch people! Why don't you go to find them?"

Father Rodman stood up angrily and protested.

"Soon you will be able to see our captives, the Spanish!"

Since Zhong Chuxiang was nicknamed "Bandit", he naturally would not be a good scumbag. He looked at the priest and sneered: "You don't know yet, right? After conquering the city of Jelanzha and Prominzha, it will be the Spanish's turn."

"And I can tell you clearly that no matter you Dutch or Spanish, I will not allow you to occupy even an inch of the east. This is a basic principled issue of our Ming Empire!"

"Damn it!"

Father Rodman felt a chaotic heart. At this moment, he finally knew why the fleet of the Northern Ming Empire suddenly appeared in the port outside the city of Gerlandzha.

It turned out that the commander of the Ming Empire's fleet was making this plan, which was to control all the coastal areas of the Ming Empire!

Looking at Father Rodman who was dug on the spot, Zhong Chuxiang said impatiently: "Okay, I have said everything I should say! Since you are on behalf of the governor in Jelanzha, then tell me what you should say."

"Otherwise, after a quarter of an hour, I will immediately order the army to start siege."

"Hmph! At that time, I hope you will be more victorious and not be killed by guns."

"this……"

Father Rodman looked at Zhong Chuxiang and gritted his teeth and said, "Grandmaster General, we can hand over the two cities of this Grandmaster Island to you, but please let all our personnel take their own property and leave with our ships."

"leave……"

"Are you sure you're not here to be funny? Leave? Or leave with ships and belongings?"

"You guys think so beautifully!"

Zhong Chuxiang couldn't help laughing, then tilted his lips and shook his head calmly: "Do you really think you still have the confidence to negotiate with me?"

"I can tell you clearly that I only accept your unconditional surrender, and other than that, I will not accept any of your conditions!"

"This is my clear answer to you, on behalf of the Ming Empire's court! Now, you can leave!"

As soon as Zhong Chuxiang finished speaking, a general of the East China Sea Fleet standing next to him immediately stood beside the priest and reached out to make a gesture of invitation.

Father Rodman knew that no matter what he said, it would be effective, so he sighed and walked back silently.

...

"What!"

"...They actually ordered us to surrender unconditionally?"

"These people from the Northern Ming Empire are too domineering, aren't they?"

In the luxurious meeting hall in the Governor's house, Governor Putmans' loud voice seemed to be about to lift off the ceiling of the conference room.

In front of him, more than a hundred merchants, clergymen and officers were mostly gray-looking, sitting quietly without saying a word.

They know too much about what it means to them.

This refers to the defeated side and surrender without any reservation conditions to the defeated side. This also means that their property and everything they have to be delivered to the Ming army.

This is completely unbearable for them who are used to being domineering and wantonly killing local natives and Han people, and who are used to being arrogant.

A East India Company businessman representative, Knicks, asked in a trembling voice: "The commander of the Ming Fleet, really said that? Can't he even give the promise to let us return to the country?"

"No!"

Father Rodman shook his head and smiled bitterly: "His general of the Northern Ming Empire, his attitude is very tough. He has clearly told me that he will not accept any conditions except for unconditional surrender."

"I can see from his eyes that he is serious."

"This damn bastard is too overbearing and unreasonable."

Governor Putmans cursed in a piss, "We have already admitted defeat and are even willing to return the Daguan Island to the Beiming Empire. Is he still unwilling to let us go?"

"From ancient times to the present, our European wars have never been done like this! One side surrenders and treats prisoners preferentially is the most basic gentlemanly demeanor!"

The words "gentlemanly demeanor" were spitting out from the ruthless butcher Governor Putmans, which made people feel a little funny.

But no one present laughed. Now the enemy is in front of them, they are all worried about their wealth and life.

Once they accept unconditional surrender, it means that they will hand over their property, even their capital and lives to the general of the Ming Empire outside the city.

Then, whether you can survive depends on the other party's wishes.

This feeling of being controlled by the enemy is really bad for them.

The conference room was silent and everyone was speechless.

After a while, looking at the silent Governor Putmans, Father Rodman asked in a low voice: "Governor, do we still have to continue to resist now?"

"Soon, they will launch shelling."

Father Rodman reminds everyone that there is little time left and you have to make a decision as soon as possible. Once the other party launches a shelling, it will be too late.

Now everyone's eyes were looking at Governor Putmans, who, as the highest commander of the Dutch senior officer, his decision was related to the fate of everyone here.

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Governor Putmans squirmed for a while, and finally sighed and said with a bitter smile:

"Everyone, this decision is really too difficult. Although I am the governor of the Grand Island of the Netherlands, I cannot make a decision easily. Because no matter what decision it is, it is too heavy."

"I think, let's all vote. After all, this is related to our destiny, isn't it?"

Everyone did not say anything, but just nodded silently. Governor Putmans was right. This decision was indeed too heavy, so heavy that no one dared to say it easily.

A strange round of votes started at an extremely fast pace.

Soon, the result came out: no one here opposed unconditional surrender.

The Dutch army finally surrendered, before the deadline given by Zhong Chuxiang, arrived.

After Governor Putmans announced his surrender, the huge gate of Jelancha had just opened and riots broke out inside!

Some tried to escape, some wanted to rob in the chaos... The entire city of Lelanzha was in chaos.

Zhong Chuxiang ordered all those who commit rebellion to be killed without mercy.

As the 20,000 soldiers from the two marine brigades entered the city in a group of thousands of people, endless gunfire, screams, and running sounds came from the city...

After an hour, all the unstable factors were removed by the soldiers, and the entire city of Relanzha had fallen under the control of the Ming Dynasty Royal East China Sea Fleet.
Chapter completed!