After receiving the news from Chen Shiying, Lairson was overjoyed and immediately sent a letter to Batavia, and then asked his businessman Meldelt to go to Xiamen to inquire about the conditions.
After Merdelt arrived in Xiamen, he respectfully went to visit Sun Chengzong.
He didn't want to be stopped by Chen Shiying outside the imperial envoy's tent.
They knew each other, and Chen Shiying said directly to him: "You go, let's find someone else.
The imperial envoy wants someone who can make the decision."
Meldelt blushed and said unwillingly: "You must tell me what conditions you have, so that I can repay Mr.
Ryerson."
Chen Shiying said disdainfully: "I'm afraid that Lairson can't make the decision on this matter.
Let's wait until someone comes from Batavia."
Meldelt had no choice but to go back in despair without seeing anyone.
After listening to his report, Leerson said: "I'm afraid he is really willing to do business with us this time, otherwise he wouldn't be so tough. " At this time, a Chinese man next to him said: "General, I'm afraid Ming Dynasty will also put forward harsh conditions this time."
This person is Li Dan's subordinate Xu Suxin.
He has been acting as an agent for China's trade with the Netherlands.
The Dutch can only obtain goods from him at a high price.
Because the price he asks is too high, the Dutch are so eager to trade directly with China.
Xu Suxin's hands cramped when she counted the money.
Of course she didn't want to see direct trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands, so she wanted to prevent the reconciliation between the two parties.
Leerson said: "It is impossible to accomplish something without paying any price.
Now that they are willing to talk, this is a good thing."
More than ten days later, Natz, the special envoy of the Governor of Batavia, arrived in Penghu.
After taking a short rest, he took his interpreter to live in Xiamen.
Historically, Natz was the first Dutch governor in Taiwan.
When Sun Chengzong heard that he was the governor's special envoy, he agreed to receive him.
Natz entered the imperial envoy's camp and saluted according to their rules.
Chen Shiying scolded from the side: "Kneel down and salute."
Natz said: "We all salute like this when we see our king.
We don't know how to kneel down and worship."
Sun Chengzong waved his hand and said, "It's okay for the Yi people to salute like this.
Don't ask too much of them."
After Naz got up, he said: "Thank you, the Imperial Envoy, for being so sensible.
Our Governor sent me here to discuss business matters with the Imperial Envoy."
Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "My kingdom is vast and rich in resources, and I don't need your things at all.
However, our emperor pities you and other barbarians, so you are allowed to ask for exquisite things from my kingdom.
Originally, I wanted to reward you and others with the method of tribute. , but my emperor is smart and wise, and knows that you barbarians do not know the etiquette, so he ordered me to discuss the method of trade with you. " He has a barbarian on his left and a barbarian on his right.
Of course the interpreter can only translate it to you.
But the deep contempt in Sun Chengzong's words can still be heard.
Natz naturally understood in his heart that what Sun Chengzong meant was that the Ming Dynasty did not need to trade with the Dutch at all, and it was only because of pity that they put down their arrogance and trade with the Dutch.
Of course, the Dutch would also have to pay a corresponding price.
He coughed and said: "We in the Netherlands have thousands of warships and an army of 100,000 in Batavia, which can ensure a smooth sea route from China to Batavia.
This is what we repay the Chinese Emperor."
After speaking, he looked at Sun Chengzong, only to see that Sun Chengzong was closing his eyes and motionless.
He called out in a low voice: "Master Imperial Envoy, what do you think?"
Sun Chengzong opened his eyes and said, "That's it."
Nats was thinking that the one who made the first offer in the negotiation was at a disadvantage, but now it was the Dutch who were seeking trade, so he had no choice, so he asked tentatively: "If the Chinese Emperor has any demands, he can make them."
Sun Chengzong did not put forward conditions directly, but asked: "Special envoy, what do you think you have that we don't have?"
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Natz replied: "The Imperial Envoy has already said that China is rich in products and there is no shortage of anything."
Sun Chengzong didn't expect to be choked by this barbarian, but he responded quickly and said: "It is true that I, the Ming Dynasty, don't need your things, but you have some novel gadgets.
Although they are of no use, it is interesting to play with them occasionally
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Natz took out his pocket watch and said: "This thing can calculate time, it is accurate and convenient.
If the Imperial Envoy is interested, we can provide it to you, five hundred taels of silver each."
He has seen the timekeeping tools used by the Ming Dynasty, both It's inconvenient and inaccurate, but I think this can make a lot of money.
Sun Chengzong slowly took out a beautifully decorated pocket watch from his sleeve pocket and said, "Is this what the special envoy is talking about?"
Natz looked at the pocket watch that was obviously several grades higher than the one he had in his hand, silently put the pocket watch back into his coat pocket, and then said: "Forgive me for being ignorant, I really can't think of anything that is expensive."
The emperor is interested."
Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Mr.
Special Envoy, I heard that your ships have unique shapes.
If the emperor sees it, he might be very happy.
I wonder if you can give us a few ships to play with."
Natz replied: "This is no problem.
Our Dutch boats are famous in Europe.
I can provide several to His Majesty the Emperor."
Sun Chengzong shook his head: "It's not a small boat, it's a three-masted ship.
Don't you have thousands of warships?
Just send five."
Nats boasted too much, but couldn't deny it, so he said: "Our warships are in dilapidated condition.
How can we present such rotten ships to the emperor?
Why don't you provide materials from your country, and we will deliver them to His Majesty the Emperor after we build them?"
, what do you think?”
Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "We can't take the ship as a gift to the emperor lightly.
Your shipbuilding process must be supervised by our people, and you must provide drawings first and construct them strictly in accordance with the drawings without any changes.
In this way That’s it.”
Natz retorted: "The blueprints are provided to you, wouldn't it be better if you build them yourself?"
Sun Chengzong said: "That's different.
We want to build an authentic Dutch ship.
It's not that we don't have a ship.
You should have seen our Dafu ship when you came just now.
We want to show His Majesty the Emperor something new, so It’s better if it’s made by you.”
Natz never thought that what Sun Chengzong wanted was shipbuilding technology, because the Ming Dynasty's lucky ships would not be smaller than their three-masted ships.
He only thought that Sun Chengzong wanted to use something new to flatter their emperor, so he agreed.
The Dutch three-masted ship is actually not larger than the Chinese Fu ship.
On the contrary, it is smaller.
However, for open sea navigation, the Dutch three-masted ship evolved from the Karak ship and is more suitable.
Of course, the most important thing is not the ship, but the navigation skills, so Sun Chengzong said again: "His Majesty the Emperor ordered us to go to Batavia, but our stargazing skills have not been tested in the open sea, and we still need your help
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