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Chapter 823 Fragile Trust

At noon, the Dutch envoy arrived in Min'an Town.The Dutch envoy, who was lingering on the deserted island, had long missed the delicious food of Daming. No, he immediately went to the largest restaurant in the town to satisfy his gluttony.

Not short of money, but also for the sake of safety, the Dutch envoy Abigail and his five guards all entered the private room for dinner.The accompanying Ming officials dined next door, each eating their own food.

Eating and eating, Aibige suddenly heard words like "Pirate" coming from the private room next door, and couldn't help becoming curious, and signaled his companion to cover, while he eavesdropped.

Among the Dutch, he is the only one who understands Ming Mandarin.Therefore, although his position was not high, he was sent as an envoy to communicate with the Governor's Mansion.

"Sun Zhongcheng is ruthless and merciless to any pirates. This time, in order to deal with Xu Xiang's gang of pirates, he even sent a civil servant with such a high degree of political participation, and two generals to Xu Xiang's lair, If you think about it, it's dangerous, if you can't escape, our Daming will suffer heavy losses!"

"That's right, when I heard it, I was also taken aback. It is said that Pirate Xu Xiang didn't even agree to appease, but just went to negotiate. So many adults were sent there. It's really scary!"

"..."

Ai Bige was taken aback when he heard that, and couldn't help but have a new understanding of the Fujian governor of the Ming Dynasty.You know, if it's just for negotiation, it's not too late to send a senior official after at least talking about sincerity first, right?It seems that this governor of Fujian is really not an ordinary person!

With that in mind, he continued to listen.

"However, what is even more unexpected is that while Sun Zhongcheng sent so many adults to negotiate, he had already expected that Pirate Xu Xiang would not be recruited, so he secretly sent troops to ambush him. As expected, he was caught and defeated Pirate Xu Xiang."

"Yes, this is a big victory! It is said that Sun Zhongcheng hated pirates to the bone, and more than half of those captured pirates had their heads chopped off and hung on the shore to frighten them!"

"This is not surprising. Think about it. After Sun Zhongcheng took office, how many bandits and pirates have he killed? It can even be said that Sun Zhongcheng is much more powerful than the previous Nan Zhongcheng. As long as those thieves can be caught, what means will be used?" Everyone is willing to use it!"

"..."

Hearing this, Aibige couldn't help but thump in his heart. They had suffered a big loss at the hands of the former governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi.Back then, Nan Juyi was also very cunning, he lied to the Netherlands that he wanted to negotiate and trade, but the delegation went ashore to negotiate with him, but he caught them all at the banquet, and the two warships he sent were also attacked. No one can escape back.

Sun Chuanting, the new governor of Fujian, actually hates pirates even more than Nan Juyi, and he is so unscrupulous. Could it be that he is still lying to himself this time?

Thinking of this, he immediately remembered that years ago, Sun Chuanting sent people to the door, saying that the Portuguese were transporting grain for them, and if the Netherlands did not transport grain, they would send heavy troops to destroy them; Hai, as long as the grain is brought in and the laws of the Ming Dynasty are obeyed, the trade can be done in an upright manner.Now that I think about it, this... isn't this coercion?
Thinking of this, Ai Bige suddenly lost her confidence for some reason, and felt a little bad.

"You don't know, Sun Zhongcheng actually planned to deal with these Hongyi a long time ago. It is said that the battle plan for Taiwan has already been drawn up, and we are just waiting for the return of Zheng's navy."

"Don't talk nonsense, be careful to be heard."

Aibige heard that the officials in the private room next door seemed to be coming to check, he quickly sat back in his seat, and pretended to eat and drink with his companions again.After waiting for a while, sure enough, someone from the government, that is, the accompanying official surnamed Kang, came over and asked when he could leave. Don't make Sun Zhongcheng wait in a hurry, otherwise everyone will be in trouble.

"Immediately, immediately!" Aibige quickly replied, "The food in your country is really delicious, we will start our journey when we are full."

Seeing the official surnamed Kang go back, Ai Bige gestured again to let his companion continue to cover, and he went to listen to the corner again.

"Those Hongyi are really a group of barbarians. They are just restaurants in the town. They just eat and drink. They are really useless. Don't worry about them. It seems that they will have a lot of time to eat."

"Hehe, how can our Ming Dynasty be compared to those barbarian countries, or how can we say that they came all the way to our place, thinking of robbing our Ming Dynasty, right?"

"..."

Aibige's face was gloomy, and he heard the jokes of the people in the government next door telling Dutch jokes. He could feel that these people in the government didn't look down on them at all.But in order to hear more useful information, he had no choice but to suppress his temper and continue listening.

"However, speaking of it, these Hongyi's military strength is really strong, which makes Sun Zhongcheng a little afraid, otherwise, he wouldn't have worked so hard!"

"What did you say? The fear is real. Otherwise, why didn't Hong Yi's warships dock?"

"Don't you know that Sun Zhongcheng's number one confidant, General Liu Can, who has just made great achievements, has led his elite to Changle. It looks like a war is going to happen. I don't know if it's true?"

"What, what else? I didn't meet you on the road!"

"Stupid, this road is the road for those Hongyi next door to go to Fuzhou, how could General Liu Can go this way!"

"What do you mean, shouldn't it be to deal with those Hong Yi?"

"I don't know, what did Sun Zhongcheng think, how do I know?"

"..."

Hearing this, Ai Bige couldn't listen anymore.Thinking of the dealings he had with the Ming Dynasty over the years, he was terrified.Could it be that Sun Chuanting, like the previous Nan Juyi, was also a person who broke his promise, and he clearly asked his side to help him transport food, and then turned his face ruthlessly?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible!

After listening for a while, he couldn't listen anymore, feeling that it would be in great danger for him to go to the governor's mansion.Not only himself, but also the fleet in Taiping Port are also in danger.He gritted his teeth and quickly made a decision.

I whispered to my companions, then pretended to be happy, and called Xiao Er again, asking them to add wine and food to the next door, to thank them for their company.Then he continued to escape, galloped on horseback, and returned to Taiping Harbor.

What he didn't know was that, almost at the same time, a ship approached the Dutchman's warship, and a Daming man boarded the ship to communicate with the Dutchman, and it took a long time before he left.Afterwards, these Dutch warships also took action, made a defensive posture, and approached Taiping Port. At the same time, they sent people to the grain ship to try to make the grain ship leave the port, but the Ming army watched and was stopped.

Because of the past history, the trust between the two parties is like a piece of thin paper, which will be broken if touched.

(End of this chapter)