Zhao Tianming was naturally very happy to be recognized by the Governor Batavia.

"If possible, our Batavian merchants also want to go to Luzon, which is closer to China and East India. Let your Governor hope that I can allow trade and let the ships of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce enter Batavia and establish a business hall in Batavia. I believe the Elders' House will agree. In return, our Batavian merchants also hope that the merchants who go to China can dock in Lavag Harbor and enter Luzon." Governor Cambhouse said with a smile.

In the letter, Liu Yu hopes that the Sihai Chamber of Commerce can set up a shopping mall in Batavia, allow merchant ships to enter Batavia Port, and allow Luzon Chinese merchants to settle in Batavia.

In return, the Ming court also allowed Batavia to set up a shopping mall in Lavague, and allowed Batavia merchants to travel to China through Luzon.

Now that the Qing Dynasty has opened the sea ban, Batavian merchants naturally want to go north to China's maritime trade, but Batavia is far from China. It would undoubtedly be a good thing to dock in the Lavag Port of Luzon along the way.

The most important thing is that the tariffs required to enter Rawag are lower than those required to enter the Port of Manila.

This satisfied the Governor Cambhouse.

"Governor General, you can send Batavia's merchant ships to Luzon with Chinese merchants from all over the world to return to Luzon Island, to convey Batavia's sincerity, and to Guangzhou and Quanzhou, China through Luzon. Now the Qing Dynasty has lifted the maritime ban, and the East India Company and the Spaniards have gone to China's maritime trade one after another. Batavia cannot leave." Zhao Tianming, who was standing aside, continued.

"Since China closed its maritime trade due to war, Batavia has cut off trade with China. Now that China has opened the maritime ban, we should send merchant ships to China for trade." Cambhouse nodded and agreed with Zhao Tianming's proposal.

"It's better to let Zeng Qilu lead the Batavian merchant fleet and the long sea to Luzon, and ask Governor Liu Yu to establish a shopping mall in Lavague, and also take the Luzon Island to Guangzhou." Zhao Tianming took the opportunity.

"No." Governor Cambhouse shook his head.

"Zeng Qilu is the Kapitan of Batavia and the leader of the Chinese in Batavia. He must stay in Batavia. I will choose the owner of the merchant fleet to Luzon."

Soon, after obtaining the Governor's trade permit, Zhao Tianming and Zeng Qilu left the Governor's Office.

"Brother Zeng, this trip to Batavia is a blessing." After walking out of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Tianming pulled Zeng Qilu's cuff and said gratefully.

"It's okay, we have also run a boat along the coast, but now we are in Nanyang to help each other." Zeng Qilu smiled.

"Since that's the case, why didn't my great brother come to Luzon to contact us."

"You must know that the Ming court in Luzon protects the merchants of South China, and the Chinese in Southeast Asia come to join in." Before Zhao Tianming finished speaking, Zeng Qilu waved his hand quickly.

"No need to talk about this matter anymore. Now the Dutch in Batavia is very good to us Chinese merchants, so why should we care about Luzon?" After hearing Zeng Qilu's words, Zhao Tianming's expression gradually became cold.

"Zeng Qilu, we all came to Nanyang because of avoiding disaster. You have also served as the master of the country, so why do you ignore the Luzon Ming court today?" Zhao Tianming looked at Zeng Qilu with a sad and angry look on his face.

"When we failed to fight against the Qing Dynasty, we had to leave our hometown and come to Nanyang to make a living. But ordinary people know all the hardships during this period." Zeng Qilu sighed at the far-sea merchant beside him.

"I am old and I just want to spend the rest of my life in this Batavia city." Zeng Qilu whispered.

"Zhao Tianming, do you know why I took you to see the Governor today?" Zeng Qilu turned around and looked at the Governor's Mansion behind him and said to Zhao Tianming.

"It's not for the Ming court, but for the Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia." Zeng Qilu smiled bitterly.

"You stayed in Luzon and knew that the Chinese on Luzon were slaughtered several times by the Spanish. How many Chinese merchants were killed by red-haired ghosts? It's so heartbreaking!" Zeng Qilu beat his chest and said sadly.

"Then what do you think of Batavia?" Zeng Qilu suddenly asked.

"Yes, Chinese businessmen can live and work here, and can even participate in political affairs. They have their own streets and urban areas. No wonder the Ming merchants in Batavia City are unwilling to go north to Luzon. These Dutch men are smart." Zhao Tianming smiled bitterly, envious of the living environment of Chinese businessmen in Batavia City. If the Spanish could treat Luzon Chinese businessmen like this, they would not have surrendered to the Ming court.

"You only know that Chinese businessmen can live in Batavia City and work in peace and contentment, but do you know that Chinese businessmen are not allowed to live in the urban areas where the Dutch people live, and they have to set up a separate area for Chinese businessmen to live in." Zeng Qilu shook his head.

"What's the difference between Batavia and Manila?"

"When the Spaniards were short of money, they slaughtered Chinese merchants and plundered their wealth. Seeing that there were too many Chinese merchants, they felt that they threatened Manila's rule, so they raised their butcher's knife again. Isn't that the Batavians the same?"

"It's just that day has not arrived yet." Zeng Qilu looked at the magnificent Governor's Mansion and sighed.

"We Ming people established the city of Batavia, but who would have thought that in a few years, this city built by the Ming people himself would become the burial place of the Ming people in Nanyang." Zeng Qilu said in grief and anger.

"Maybe you were too worried, this Dutch governor was kind and would not have done this!" Zhao Tianming naturally understood, but he still spoke to comfort him.

"He doesn't, but the red-haired ghosts on this land will be because the Chinese merchants are just pigs and sheep they raise in captivity." Zeng Qilu shook his sleeves and returned to the sedan chair.

Zhao Tianming hurriedly followed him, and he and Zhao Tianming rode in a sedan chair.

"Do you know why I took you to the Governor of Batavia today?" Zeng Qilu asked again in the sedan chair.

"Why?" Zhao Tianming was confused and didn't know why Zeng Qilu said in the sedan chair.

"I ask you why the merchants in the four seas dare to run rampant in Southeast Asia. If you dare to run from Luzon to Batavia in the past?" Zeng Qilu asked.

"I dare not." Zhao Tianming shook his head.

Not to mention there are many pirates along the way. The contempt and fear of Chinese merchants by Westerners, such as the Spanish, Dutch, and the British, have made it difficult for Chinese merchants to move in the South China Sea, especially the harbor towns controlled by the Europa. They always raise official taxes or send privateers to rob Chinese merchant fleets. There are too many such things happening.

The most serious and tragic thing is the massacre of China in Luzon several times.

But since the establishment of the Ming court, as the Ming court's naval army became increasingly powerful, Luzon and even the pirates in the South China Sea were beaten away by the Ming army's navy.

With the protection and support of the Ming court, merchants from all over the world drove merchant ships to various parts of Nanyang during these days.

It can be said that if it weren't for the Ming court, the Chinese businessmen in the world would have just survived in Manila.

"The Ming court is not the Ming court of the Chinese merchants in Luzon, but also the Ming court of the entire Southeast Asian court." Zeng Qilu said.
Chapter completed!