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Text 343 [Dutch Messenger] (addition for Penguin)

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    Nanjing.

    When the Dutch envoy Matthies came here, he had the urge to prostrate and kneel down in an instant.

    On the 20-meter-high city wall, there are three-story towers built. The height of the building is nearly 30 meters, which makes Matheis feel small as a mortal.

    Miracle, this is a miracle left by God in the world!

    Matais has been to Guangzhou and Fuzhou, and he is still staying in Hangzhou this time.  The above three cities are not as shocking as Nanjing City. Matthies never even dreamed that such a city could appear in the world.

    The embassy was brought into the city, shoulder to shoulder with the crowd, making them feel like boats in the sea.

    The population of this city is probably larger than the entire Netherlands, right?

    After being arranged to stay for a few days, Matais was finally allowed to meet Zhao Han.

    "Great King," Matthias saluted respectfully, "On behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Dutch East India Company Batavia, I have come to negotiate with you, hoping to properly resolve the dispute between the two parties."

    Zhao Han asked blankly: "I heard that you took my horse off?"

    Matheis replied: "Your Majesty's war horses have been properly transported to Batavia, and are taken care of by very professional horse breeders. When I left Batavia, only 41 horses died. God will bless them.  "

    "Tell me, why are you willing to pay me back." Zhao Han was too lazy to go around the corner.

    Matais laughed and said, "After deducting the deposit you paid to the Dutchman, each horse will charge 60 taels of silver."

    For the second batch of horse breeds, Zhao Han paid a deposit of 10,000 taels of silver in advance.

    As a result, it was robbed by the Dutch when it was transported halfway.

    If the Dutch could transport the horse breeds to Shanghai and charge only 60 taels of silver for each horse, Zhao Han would have paid much less for the horses.

    This is the initiative of the Netherlands to release goodwill, obviously wanting to exchange for some benefits.

    Zhao Han asked: "Does Malacca belong to the Netherlands?"

    "It's coming soon," Matthies said, "The Netherlands has blocked the Strait of Malacca, and has invaded the outer city of Malacca, and is surrounding and bombarding the castle of Malacca."

    Why did the Netherlands seize the Indian colonial stronghold? This time it recruited thousands of mercenaries, including Swedish mercenaries, German and Swiss mercenaries.

    Portugal has colonized the East for more than a hundred years and has made too many enemies.

    Also as a colonist, the Netherlands is allies everywhere.  Sumatra, Java, Ceylon, Malayathe countries in these places are willing to help the Netherlands fight and work together to overthrow the brutal Portuguese rule.

    Take Malacca as an example. The Netherlands first attacked Ceylon, and the Portuguese defenders in Malacca immediately rushed to support.

    So there are only one or two defenders left in Malacca.

    A funny situation happened.

    The Portuguese castle, which was defended by more than 100 people, was bombarded by the Dutch for two months.  The mercenaries didn't work either, they couldn't stand the tropical climate, and half of them got sick from beating them.  The Kingdom of Johor also sent 2,000 soldiers to assist in the battle, but they still couldn't eat the castle.

    In the end, the Portuguese themselves surrendered because they ran out of food.

    If there is enough food in stock, these more than 100 Portuguese will probably be able to stick to Malacca for several years

    Matheis said: "Your Majesty, the ports of Guangzhou and Fuzhou, please open to the Dutch fleet."

    If you say open, then open, I don't want to lose face?

    Zhao Han replied: "Ten taels of silver per horse is considered as the freight for you, and it will be shipped to Fuzhou and handed over to Zheng Zhilong. If more than 50 horses die, the Dutch will not be able to land in any port in China in the future!"

    "Of course, great king, if too many horses die, we will re-ship them to make up for them." Matthias was very happy.

    It doesn't matter how much money the war horse has. The main purpose of the Dutch is to do business with China in person.

    Zhao Han doesn't care about this, who is not doing business with?

    If the Dutch occupy Malacca and buy horses from the Dutch in the future, the price will definitely be much cheaper.

    Moreover, the Dutch can fight naval battles and can compete with Zheng Zhilong!

    That guy Zheng Zhilong has been pretending to be deaf and dumb.  Except for selling the six warships to Zhao Han at a low price, the other warships were not willing to hand over, as if they had to wait until Zhao Han proclaimed himself emperor before making a statement.

    Zhao Han said again: "I want ten Dutch shipbuilders, and as long as they are excellent, don't use ordinary goods to fool me. If the shipbuilders' skills are too bad, I will ban trade with the Netherlands at any time."

    Matais immediately agreed: "There is no problem, we will meet His Majesty's request."

    The Netherlands has nothing else, and there are too many shipbuilders to involve.

    Today's global maritimenbsp; Changping warehouses are used for relief during disasters, and can also be opened to release grain to stabilize rice prices.

    "Then it's settled like this, and we will change it later if there are problems." Zhao Han accepted the proposal.

    The territory expanded to several provinces, and with the feedback from local officials, Zhao Han discovered more and more problems.  The previous policy could be implemented in one or two provinces, but it would be unrealistic in a few more provinces.

    "Is there enough food to fight this year?" Zhao Han reconfirmed.

    Fei Chun said with a smile: "It's definitely enough, but it's best to stop entering the army within three months."

    Pang Chun said: "JAC can be taken in two months."

    Li Banghua said: "There are mainly three enemies in the prefectures and counties of the Jianghuai River. One is Luo Rucai from the direction of Lu'an, the second is the Cao thief from Xuzhou, and the third is the salt thief from Rugao. Wars are easy to fight. After the battle, the Cao army  He and Yanhu have to be resettled, they were all forced by the government to rebel."

    Zhao Han said: "Except for Luo Rucai, if the other enemy generals are willing to surrender and hand over all their property, they will all be treated as civilians and they will be given land."

    "Who knows if all the property has been handed over?" Chen Maosheng asked.

    Zhao Han said with a smile: "Escort his whole family to other prefectures and counties to divide the land and settle down. How much silver taels can he bring with him? He has kept a few hundred taels privately, and I don't bother to pursue it. If he hides too much, he will beheaded immediately!"

    Pang Chunlai sighed: "Let's see if they are willing to surrender. Surrendering is the best, so as not to cause more killings, but also save a lot of rations."
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