Taichang really didn't expect that the Dutch were so careless.

Twenty Aegis ships went up and bombarded more than ten rounds, but they actually surrendered.

What's going on?

In fact, the reason is very simple, he found out quickly.

Lu Xiangsheng had just led his army into the bastion and soon sent people to report on the fast ships, capturing Prince Conde of France and Earl of Black from Britain!

Moreover, both the two and Minuit strongly requested an interview with him.

When Taichang received the news, he was shocked.

He knew what was going on.

It turns out that there are two noble people in it, so they must be afraid of accidentally losing their lives.

This may be a little troublesome.

These two guys are still there. Wouldn't that mean that they may not have sent back the fake news that Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen deliberately leaked back to the continent!

What to do?

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, but ordered someone to call Xu Yunzhen.

After the monarch and his ministers greeted him, he said directly: "Then Prince Conde of France and the Earl of Black from Britain, and the governor of the Dutch West India Company, Miuitt, were all captured."

ah?

When Xu Yunzhen heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

These three guys were captured, who would send them a message?

If no one was passing the message, they had a show yesterday for nothing!

He was stunned for a while before he said carefully: "These three guys probably gathered here to discuss countermeasures, or discuss how to report to the people above, Your Majesty, why not find an excuse to let them go?"

These people are really let go.

Anyway, it would be useless to catch these people, and at most there were only three more coal miners.

They don't think any nobles are of great value.

On the contrary, only by putting these people back can the value of these people be realized.

To put it bluntly, these people are just tools to help them transmit fake news!

At this time, it is best to fool these people again, and then find an excuse to release them so that they can bring back fake news and let the Anti-Habsburg Alliance fall into the trap!

Thinking of this, Taichang decisively ordered the flagship to sail to the dock.

Now that they have surrendered, and the turret of the bastion has basically been destroyed, the navy and infantry soldiers are also rapidly controlling the ships docked on the dock. Even if they pass by, there will be no danger.

After the flagship approached the dock, he immediately ordered people to put down the ladder, and then ordered people to pass on orders to let Lu Xiangsheng take Mienuit, the governor of the Dutch West India Company, Prince Conde of France and Earl of Black from Britain.

Soon, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Zhiji escorted the three of them over.

These three guys have long lost their arrogance when they were in the negotiations. At this moment, he just wanted to ask the emperor of the Ming Empire to follow the rules of the continent, not to abuse them, and notify their relatives to redeem them.

Will the Emperor of the Ming Empire agree?

The three of them walked up to the deck of the dreadnought with trepidation and looked at it, and were immediately stunned by the luxury above.

The one who bought the cake actually had a palace inside the battleship!

Taichang didn't want to make things difficult for them, but it was impossible to let them go so easily, and that was too fake.

He also had to fool others and then act again, trying to avoid suspicion from others.

Question, how to act?

He stared at the other person for a while, then asked lightly: "What are you asking to see me?"

Chen Siming translated it to others in Dutch dialect, and all three of them understood it.

These nobles in the continent may not be able to do other aspects, but their language is their expertise or compulsory subjects. Ordinary nobles must learn four or five popular languages ​​in the continent.

As for the popular standards, it naturally depends on which country is stronger.

At this moment, the Netherlands is a perfect continental power and a maritime overlord, so they all learned Dutch dialect.

The three of them looked at each other, and finally Prince Kong Dai, who was the most noble, stood up and said carefully in fluent Dutch dialect: "Your Majesty, we ask you to treat us captured nobles well according to the traditions of the continent, and at the same time inform our relatives, pay the ransom, and redeem us."

There is still this tradition in Europe?

Now it's easy to deal with!

Taichang pretended to hesitate and said, "We are allies with Spain, and you are all members of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. If I ask someone to redeem you, the King of Spain will have any objections, right?"

He just pointed out the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Spain.

As for what worries about the Spanish king, that's nonsense.

He was worried.

Prince Kong Dai heard this and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. This is a tradition that is common throughout the continent. Moreover, this tradition was formed because of hostile relations among countries. After all, it is not because of hostile relations that nobility cannot become prisoners. Therefore, even if the Spanish captured us, they will do it according to this tradition."

Oh, that's it.

Taichang pretended to be curious and said, "How to calculate the ransom?"

Prince Kong Dai said without hesitation: "If it is a king, he needs to pay gold equal to his weight as a ransom. The prince will be reduced by half, and the prince will be reduced by half in turn."

Isn't this similar to buying meat?

First weigh it, weigh the weight, and then calculate the price!

The European barbarians are really weird.

The reason why Taichang asked over and over again was actually looking for opportunities to continue to fool others without any trace.

He thought about it and then asked, "Is there any other way, such as land. You should also know how much gold Spain pays us a year, and your ransom is really meaningless to me."

He was deepening his foolings, making people think that the Spaniards paid them millions of taels of gold every year.

Prince Kong Dai's mind was indeed following his thoughts.

Well, Spain pays hundreds of thousands of pounds of gold a year to ask the Ming Empire to send troops. It is normal for the Ming emperor to look down on these dozens of pounds or even a few pounds of gold.

Problem, using land to redeem people only applies to one kind of person!

Prince Kong Dai looked at Taichang carefully, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, offend. According to our European tradition, only the emperor who captured the enemy country can request redemption with land, and other nobles use gold."

Uh, okay, just act just by pretending to be a fake.

Taichang pretended to be happy and said: "I am really not interested in your ransom. I am too lazy to wait for a few months for that little gold. I can let you go, but you have to agree to my conditions."

Is there such a good thing?

Prince Kong Dai couldn't help but excitedly said, "Your Majesty, what are the conditions, you said."

Taichang explained falsely: "You should know that our Ming Empire is not your enemy. We are just collecting money to do things, and I don't want to fight you to the death."

Well, we all know, you mean the conditions!

Prince Kong Dai could only nod and said, "Yeah, we know."

Taichang sighed again as if he had false intentions: "You should have seen how miserable the Indian tribes have lived. I really can't bear to see the people living like this, so I will help them. You must understand this."

We don’t care about the lives of our people!

You mean the conditions!

Prince Kong Dai could only nod helplessly and said, "Yeah, we understand."

Taichang then pretended to be solemn: "My request is very simple. I hope that we will try our best to avoid conflicts in the future. I hope you will not seize the territory of the Indian tribe again.

By the way, there are also the West Indies. Spain has given us the West Indies. I hope you don’t use military force against the West Indies.

Remember, you should try to avoid being enemies with the Ming Dynasty. I will only forgive you this time. If you are captured next time, I will not be so polite."

That's so simple?

Prince Kong Dai said a little incredible: "That's all?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "That's all."

What's wrong with this? It's one thing to promise you, and it's another thing to fight or not.

Prince Kong Dai nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, we have remembered all of these, we must try our best to avoid being enemies of the Ming Empire."

When Taichang heard this, he waved without hesitation: "Okay, let them all go, and their personal guards, give them another warship and let them drive back by themselves."

This Emperor is afraid that he is a fool, so he let them go!
Chapter completed!