As the spring is getting stronger, the pedestrians on the road gradually faded away their layers of jackets and walked onto the streets.

The scenery by the river is beautiful. The slightly cool wind blows on your face in early spring, blowing your impetuous heart calmly.

Passers-by are walking slowly and enjoying a comfortable and prosperous life.

Jinling is a city in the peaceful times, and its unique charm can only be reflected in its prosperous times. The prosperity of maritime merchants has many more ways to make money out of thin air. As long as people who are not too lazy can find some ways to make money.

A group of burly, blond and blue-eyed men, wearing standard Hanfu, landed from Longtan Port. There were dozens of people in total, with authentic men in front, and many dark-skinned and short-sized South Asian natives following behind. Although they were large in number, they could only walk behind with their heads down, carrying numerous gifts.

These people dressed in a normal manner, but they always looked inconsistent when worn by a group of people. The pedestrians around them looked sideways, and some people pointed at each other. One of them had a slight anger on his face and cursed in a low voice: "These people from the Ming Dynasty are really uneducated. Fortunately, they always boasted about the country of etiquette. If this were in the Netherlands, I would have gone up to beat them up."

The man in front of him turned around and said angrily: "Ovat, be honest. We are here to negotiate with them this time. These people forced Zheng Yiguan to the sea and competed with us in the Nanyang area. If we cannot take back Penghu and Dongfan Island, we will definitely be tried by the East India Company."

"Karon, I'm still having a headache when I hear the name Zheng Yiguan. This person is so difficult. I really don't know how Daming defeated him."

After a while, an official from the Ming Dynasty came over. He looked lazy and did not pay any attention to these people.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty claimed to be a country of etiquette, and it was very grand to treat the envoys of barbarians who came to pay tribute to various reasons. After arriving in the capital, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture would "receive to the post". The next day the Minister of Rites held a banquet at the Huitong Hall, and the Secretariat sent officials to hold a banquet to comfort them on the third day, and then went to Tianjie Temple to learn etiquette for three days, such as how to kneel down and how to deliver a speech to the emperor. However, these Dutch red-haired monks should be unlucky. They met this minister of Rites, a slutty man named Qin Muyun, who had made military achievements in the army. In the battle of Changsha, the boy shot Luke Dehun to death with an arrow, avenged a bloody revenge for hundreds of thousands of people in Chuzhou. Later, during the pursuit, he fell from his horse and could not pull the big bow. Hou Xuanyan directly arranged him into the court and became a senior official of Rites.

Qin Muyun was in the Northern Expedition Army for a long time, and was born in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Zhejiang Suspension Hui Yishi, and he always had a high opinion of the top. He did not take this group of people seriously. He came to Longtan Port unwillingly and saw these inappropriate people at first sight.

The official from the Ministry of Rites stepped forward, stopped several people and asked, "Are you Dutch people who came to submit the form?"

The people did not speak Chinese, but brought a few translators, and they stammered and translated the questions.

As the governor of the Netherlands on Dongfan Island, Karon was like a local emperor in the local area. When was the soldier questioned this way? He was unhappy, but when he thought of the purpose of this trip, he suppressed his anger and said, "Tell them, I want to see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty tonight."

At this time, Qin Muyun walked over staggeringly. Looking at the few fans, he couldn't help laughing, "What's this thing? It looks too casual."

Several officials of the Ministry of Rites looked ugly, but they knew that the minister had a tough backstage and were from the direct lineage of Duke Yue. Although the officials of the Ministry of Rites felt that it was inappropriate, no one was willing to offend their immediate superiors for these people.

"Since you are here, you are finally a little filial and know how to pay tribute to the country. Let's do this...oh, that's you, go find a place to arrange their stay for the evening. The Duke of the State told me that I would take them directly to the Duke's mansion."

Fortunately, the Dutch came. The Dutch were always pragmatic. As long as they could get benefits, they would even kneel three times and nine times. Such an arrogant Franchise man probably had already fought with the people from the Ministry of Rites at Longtan Harbor.

The Karon follower Qin Muyun boarded a carriage. Qin Muyun disliked the smell of their bodies and rode his horse to the Duke's Mansion alone.

When they arrived at the Duke's Mansion, what unexpectedly happened was that the most powerful person in this huge empire, Duke Yue, Hou Xuanyan, was quite polite to them.

Hou Xuanyan is not a blind xenophobic and does not discriminate against the foreigners from the bottom of the box. Moreover, both sides now have common enemies. Although the Zheng family and the court have made peace, everyone knows that this is just a temporary solution. The hatred between the two sides is deeply rooted, and Zheng Zhilong hated Hou Xuanyan for taking over his lair and occupying Fuzhou. Zheng Zhilong took advantage of the situation and robbed the southwest and stirred up trouble in the southwest. Especially the half-year closure of the sea made the court's finances empty, and the first plan of the Northern Expedition had to be abandoned. This matter has exceeded Hou Xuanyan's bottom line, and Zheng Zhilong has long been a mortal in his heart.

"Karon, you occupied Dongfan Island and should have sent troops to attack. But our country is sympathetic and thinks that you leave your hometown on the sea, which is very pitiful. In addition, Dongfan Island is a place where you can take it. As long as you treat the people on the island well, our court will not pursue it." Hou Xuanyan said shamelessly, and said this as if it was sincere, and there was no hypocrisy at all.

Karon was overjoyed and secretly scolded the Ming officials for being pedantic and arrogant. Dongfan Island is such a good place, which is the only way for merchant ships. They even said no. He said respectfully, "Dignified Duke, your magnanimity and compassion will be moved by it even if you are the gods in heaven. This is a small gift we have brought, and I hope you can accept it with a smile." After clapping his hands, a group of thin slaves like monkeys from South China came in with boxes of spices and jewelry.

Hou Xuanyan didn't even watch it, and waved his hand to signal the soldiers to carry it to the treasury. Karon secretly was happy. It seemed that this duke was not only an arrogant person, but also very greedy. As long as he was greedy, he could use it for himself.

Seeing that the gift was carried away, Karon quickly struck while the iron was hot and said, "Duke, Zheng Yiguan of your country was a cruel and cruel pirate. I don't know why he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and is now constantly invading Dongfan Island. We pray that you can order him to stop his crimes and stop the invasion of Dongfan Island."

Hou Xuanyan frowned slightly and said, "Although that Zheng Yiguan is from our Ming Dynasty, he has always been rebellious. He and I have just fought in Fujian. The troops we dispatched from both sides have reached 300,000. Although I defeated him, I can't do anything to him."

Karon stood up excitedly and argued: "My Lord Duke, I have found out clearly. With your order, his six territories in Fujian will be completely destroyed. At that time, he will lose the foundation of land and will not be our opponent at all on the sea. I think we can unite and punish this greedy pirate together."

After hearing the translator's words, Hou Xuanyan suddenly chuckled and said, "Governor Karon, you are talking lightly. A group of savages invade my country in the north. If I start a war in the south, they will take the opportunity to attack me. At that time, I will be attacked by enemies from both sides. If I fail, I will be a sinner forever. You and I cannot afford this crime. You can't afford to pay for the entire Netherlands. Do you understand?"

Hou Xuanyan was willing to cooperate with the Dutch, but he knew very well that these people were also a group of black-hearted capitalists who could not spit out bones. If they were vicious, they would be even more fierce and cruel than the Qing Dynasty. The reason why they were willing to talk to him so respectfully was that they were not strong enough and could not use force against the Ming Dynasty.

When Karon saw him, he seemed to be really angry. Although he felt aggrieved, he didn't dare to say it again. After all, Dongfan Island is too important to them. Now the only person in the East can deal with the hateful Zheng Yiguan is the only person in front of him. East India Company has about 35 strongholds in Asia, and Japan ranks first for 40% of profits. Dongfan Island (that is, Taiwan) ranks second for 25% of profits. Every year, the wealth of the Netherlands is transported from Taiwan, China is 400,000 ruts, equivalent to four tons of gold. At that time, a Dutch governor said: "China and Taiwan are a good cow for the company."

Karon didn't want to lose this cow, nor did he want Zheng Yiguan to drink milk. He said in a nearly pleading tone: "We still hope you can consider that this pirate is our common enemy, and we must be unable to beat him if we rely on ourselves."

Hou Xuanyan took a sip of tea and said, "Of course I will consider it carefully. It is no small matter to attack Zheng Zhilong. I just signed an armistice agreement with him. We Han people are the most credible, especially me. My motto is an old saying by the Han people, "No one can stand without trust." Of course, if our navy can fight Zheng Zhilong's navy, I would be happy to help you, but I don't know if you are willing to help me and build my navy?"

Of course, Karon didn't want to. The happiest thing about them was that this huge empire had never attached great importance to their naval commands. Despite this, they had never tasted the sweetness of the Ming naval commanders. The dilapidated Ming naval commanders had defeated them and Franji people more than once. If this empire had a powerful naval commander, coupled with their population and strength, it would be impossible to imagine who could compete with them.

Seeing his evasive eyes, Hou Xuanyan pretended to be angry and said, "You don't help with such a request, why do you say that you will attack Zheng Zhilong together? I think I should negotiate with him thoroughly and let him be the Marshal of the Ming Dynasty and sweep the entire coast."

Karon sighed: "What do you want us to do?"
Chapter completed!