Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 687 Lobbying
"I know Your Excellency the Governor has something to say, but it doesn't matter whether you want to punish me or do something, please listen to me first!" Ming is safe?"

Anthony was a little confused by what he said, and he was a mouthful when they met!
Subconsciously, he immediately replied: "Ming is very nice, what's the matter?"

As soon as Kui was worried, he was afraid that Batavia would retaliate against the Ming people. In that case, not only would the chance of reconciliation with the Ming Empire be lost, even Batavia would be gone.

Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily, "That's good, that's good!"

"What's that good?" Anthony came back to his senses at this time, and asked angrily, "tell me clearly, what's going on, and, aren't you being escorted to the capital of Ming Dynasty for trial? Running back again?"

Kuiyi was relieved at this time, and regardless of Anthony's face, he quickly said to him: "The Emperor Ming pardoned us and brought a decree, asking us if the Netherlands would like to be a vassal state of the Ming Empire. But even if we Yes, there are prerequisites, but fortunately, the Ming people in Batavia are fine..."

"exactly!"

"That's right, that's right..."

"..."

The officers of Zeelandia City, who came off the boat one after another, all stood behind Kui Yi, and kept echoing.

Anthony heard that one head was bigger than the other, and he immediately told them to shut up, then pointed to Kui Yi, and asked with that surprised expression: "What did you just say, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants us to be their vassal state?"

After listening so much, he heard such a key point.

"That's right!" As soon as Kui heard this, he quickly explained, "Your Excellency, you don't know that the Ming Empire has changed its national policy and no longer banned the sea. Instead, it wants to fully liberalize foreign trade. As long as the Netherlands can become the The vassal state of the empire is eligible to do business with the Ming Empire. Then, it must be a lot of money!"

"Yes, yes, the Ming Empire is too rich, as long as we can earn a little bit, we will send it away!"

"Really, all our European countries combined are not as prosperous as the Ming Empire!"

"It's really the first time in my life that I've seen such a big city. Oh, my God, it's really unbelievable that there is such a big city in the world!"

"..."

There are hundreds of military officers in Zeelandia City behind Kui Yi. After hearing Kui Yi’s words, those around Kui Yi immediately echoed, which caused those behind him to also quickly echo, feeling that they were in the Ming Dynasty. experience.

As a result, the wharf immediately became a mess, busier than the vegetable market in later generations.

It's not over yet, surrounding them are the Dutch from Batavia, who came to watch. When they heard what they said, they were all very curious and asked questions quickly.

"What's going on, what did you see?"

"God, can you stop being so exaggerated?"

"..."

When I heard someone questioning them here, I immediately explained it.

Chaos, just one word!

Anthony was angry, let out a lion's roar, and finally silenced the scene, and then he pointed and said: "You, come to my office, and explain to me carefully!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the other officers in Zeelandia City, thought for a while, and quickly couldn't deal with all of them, so he shouted coldly: "Others, all go to the military camp in the city and wait for my further orders!"

After all, the responsibility for the loss of Dongfan must be investigated no matter what, otherwise there is no way to explain it to the shareholders.

As soon as Kui heard this, he turned around and shouted to the group of people behind him: "All listen to His Excellency the Governor, remember, all listen to the Governor!"

While speaking, he even winked.

When the group of subordinates behind him saw it, they all understood and agreed.

So Anthony took Kui Yi away, while the other officers of Zeelandia City went to the military camp in the city.

Seeing that His Excellency the Governor was walking away, they started talking to fellow villagers in Batavia one by one.

"I really don't know if I don't go. Only after I go will I know how rich the Ming Empire is!"

"Let me tell you, if we in the Netherlands can do business with the Ming Empire, at least all of us will definitely get rich!"

"..."

The Dutch on the Batavia side were originally from the city of Zeelandia and were released by the Ming army.There are also some from Batavia, but they are more or less related to the officers of Zeelandia.

All of them, with curiosity, gathered around the Zeelandia officers who had been released one by one, asking about the situation of the Ming Empire.

At this point, Governor Anthony of Batavia has not figured out the matter yet, and news about the Ming Empire is already spreading in the city.

Back at the Governor's Mansion, Anthony saw that Kui Yi didn't feel guilty at all, and was very angry in his heart. He pointed at him and shouted: "You lost the city of Zeelandia, wait to go to jail, and accept the trial!"

But who knows, when Kui heard this, he still didn't have the attitude of pleading guilty. Instead, he said to Anthony: "Actually, I thought it was a good thing to lose the city of Zeelandia. To be honest, not only was I not guilty, but I was meritorious. The shareholders' meeting should reward me!"

"Hehe!" Anthony laughed angrily at his words, "Okay, tell me, let me see how you turned black and white, and said that your crime of losing the city and land was meritorious service!"

In the past few months from the capital to Batavia, Kui discussed the countermeasures with his subordinates early in the morning, and immediately asked Anthony in a calm manner: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, Governor, what is the purpose of the establishment of Zeelandia City?"

He didn't really wait for Anthony to answer, so he quickly answered by himself: "The purpose of building Zeelandia City is mainly to do business with the Ming Empire and the Wa Kingdom. Fundamentally speaking, it is to make money. In fact, even if we build Bada here Via has only one purpose, and that is to make money!"

Anthony couldn't refute this, he just sat down angrily and listened to Kui Yi talking there.

"This time we went to the capital of the Ming Empire, and we really saw the prosperity of the Ming Empire!" Kui Yi said with a very serious expression, "I dare to swear to God, the prosperity of the Ming Empire is definitely the best in the world. First. All the wealth in Europe may not be as large as that of the Ming Empire! Their capital is bigger than three Paris, the people are rich, and the streets are full of shops with a wide variety of goods. I paid special attention to it. , Many products are not available in ours, and some of our expensive ones are very cheap here in Daming..."

In the month after the Chinese New Year, Emperor Chongzhen actually wanted them to see the prosperity of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Kui Yi and others visited many places in the capital and saw what it was like to have a population of millions in this era. of!How prosperous Daming is!
Anthony has never been to Daming, and Kui Yi knows how to impress Anthony, so Anthony is very surprised by his examples, and even the analysis of some commodity profits can make Anthony secretly click his tongue.

That's it, Anthony hasn't even brought out his trump card yet!
Seeing that Anthony's anger had gone for a long time, and his face was full of shock, he went on to say: "The most important thing is, Your Excellency Governor, the Ming Empire also has a magical thing called a steam train. Can pull a lot of stuff..."

"It's impossible, it's absolutely impossible!" Anthony shook his head after listening to Kui's introduction of a pair of steam trains, "There can't be such a car in the world!"

What a joke, there must be a limit to exaggeration, okay?
Kui knew at once that he would not believe it, because he knew very well that if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it if someone told him these things.

Therefore, he asked Anthony, "Your Excellency, you must have heard that there is an iron-clad steam warship in the Ming Empire, right? It is an iron-clad smoking warship!"

Hearing this, Anthony nodded, and he knew this.Not only did people who came back from Zeelandia say so, but people who inquired about the situation in Manila also said so.

As soon as Kui saw him nodding, he continued: "The iron-clad smoking warship can sail quickly without wind, thanks to the steam engine on the ship. And the steam train is actually driven by the steam engine. By the way, there is another very important things!"

Speaking of this, he said with a very serious expression: "When we left Tianjin Port of the Ming Empire, we happened to see a fleet of the Ming Empire, all of which were composed of iron-clad smoking warships. There were at least sixty or seventy ships, and one of them was It is still a very large battleship, it is simply a giant!"

After listening to his words, Anthony froze as soon as he imagined in his mind.

Kui Yi ignored him, and continued to say to him: "The prosperity of the Ming Empire allowed them to own a lot of warships, whether it was the old ones or this new type of iron-clad smoking warships. They can easily assemble more than a thousand ships Your Excellency Governor, think about it, with such a huge military force, at least around the Ming Empire, who can fight against it?"

Speaking of this, after seeing Anthony's face, he immediately continued: "The alliance with the Qing Empire was the most misguided move. Because the Qing Empire was actually a rebellion of the Ming Empire, we formed an alliance with them, It offended the Ming Empire. This time, I guess, the Ming Empire did not want the Portuguese family to monopolize the maritime trade, so they gave us a chance. If we disagree, not only will the Portuguese family monopolize the maritime trade, but also the Ming Empire The empire will still send troops to attack us, and our Batavia will definitely not be able to defend it, and the Nanyang side has nothing to do with us from now on!"

After hearing this, Anthony didn't speak immediately, but just lowered his head, thinking about the news brought by Kui Yi.

For him, if he could do business with the Ming Empire, then he would definitely agree with it.However, the prerequisite for doing business is to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, which is embarrassing!
(End of this chapter)