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Chapter 910 The Lobbyist
"Back to the head of the family, his movements are preparing the army for war." The man reported, "The people on the shore also said that we hindered the opening of the sea. Once Zheng Yiguan made a move, he would definitely attack us!"

Xu Xiang was furious when he heard this, and shouted sharply: "His mother Zheng Yiguan, how can I be afraid of him, if I want to fight, I will fight!"

He said this in a stern voice, revealing the bottomlessness of his heart.

"Boss, we can unite with other people to kill Zheng Yiguan!" Seeing this, the man suggested again, "The shore said, it's a bit difficult to rely on our family alone?"

When Xu Xiang heard this, she was a little surprised. The ferocious aura she showed just now disappeared, and she asked eagerly, "Oh, who should we join?"

Five days later, at the Dutch station in Taiwan, there was a person who said he had an important visit, and was finally brought before Hans Putmans, Governor of the Netherlands.

"My lord, we can provide you with the lake silk, silk, porcelain, etc. you want, and the price is lower than that in Fuzhou, how about it?" The man said straight to the point when they met.

Putmans didn't answer right away, but looked at this person for a long time, then suddenly pointed at him, and shouted in surprise: "You...you are the one who provoked dissension last time and was wanted by the Ming Kingdom?"

"It's right here!" The visitor was recognized without panic at all, and he still said calmly, "Don't you think about the door-to-door deal?"

Obviously, this person knows these Hong Yi very well, he doesn't talk nonsense, he only talks about benefits.

After hearing this, Putmans did not take any further action, and began to think about what the man said just now.

Although the Ming Dynasty opened the sea and allowed me to trade here, the price is not low, and taxes are also charged.Especially recently, Aibige, who is resident in Fuzhou, just sent someone back to report that the Ming Dynasty collected taxes on land, and now the prices of the things he bought there have further increased.

Thinking of this, his heart moved, and he didn't even mention whether he was wanted or not, and asked directly: "How much can you give, and how much lower is the price?"

"Let's just say it straight!" the man said bluntly, "I'm Xu Xiang, the head of Xu Da's family, and the seafood that our big head robbed, and the seafood smuggled out of the shore, are not sold. Japan, Nanyang, but directly sold to you. In this way, not only the price, but also the quantity will definitely satisfy you, how about it?"

In fact, in the past, some people on the shore would take the initiative to smuggle to Taiwan and sell the goods to the Dutch.But since the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, Sun Chuanting took office and strengthened the inspection on land, and Xu Xiang became the overlord of the sea through annexation, which greatly reduced the number of smugglers.After hearing this person's proposal now, Putmans was immediately moved.

However, he is also a cunning and cunning person, knowing that this person must have a purpose for offering such a good condition, so after thinking about it, he asked directly: "Don't do business that makes money, but give up the profit to Let's talk, what else do you want?"

"Let's join forces and get rid of Zheng Yiguan!" The man said with a bit of hatred, "The strength of our master Xu is already on the same level as Zheng Yiguan. But in order to be safe, we would rather earn less than earn less. Get rid of Zheng Yiguan. In this way, the sea of ​​Ming Dynasty will be our world, and all the ships of Ming Dynasty will be controlled by us! Among them, the huge profits will belong to us!"

"Oh?" Putmans listened, rolled his eyes and thought for a while, and then asked with concern: "Then how will the profits be divided in the future?"

"We are the head of the family to collect taxes, and then order those sea ships to sell the goods to you. In this way, both of us will make money."

After hearing this, Putmans shook his head and said: "This is not good. If you collect taxes, it will definitely be expensive for them to sell to us. It is the same for us to buy and sell directly in Fuzhou for such a risky thing. No, no. !"

"Those cargoes that came out of the Ming Dynasty after paying taxes, although the price is similar, you can still make money if you sell them." The man clicked on the key point, "But those cargoes that didn't pay taxes , as long as we can control the sea, we will sell it to you, and the price will be much lower!"

After listening to Putmans, he didn't say anything more, obviously he was weighing in his heart, after a while, he still shook his head and said: "No, we are serious businessmen, and we are here to do business in the East. thing, we don't do it!"

"..." The man was speechless at first, and then stared at Putmans and suddenly burst into laughter. The sound of "haha" that seemed very funny even spread out of the living room, making the Dutch soldiers standing guard outside couldn't help it. Turning to look at the living room, I don't know what the hell is talking about inside, is it so funny?
After hearing this, Putmans blushed slightly, and then let the man smile as if nothing had happened.

After a while, the man seemed to be crying tears from laughter. After wiping it away without any trace, he said to Putmans with a mocking look on his face: "One family doesn't speak two different languages. We know exactly what to do."

Having said that, he suddenly became serious again, and said to Putmans again: "Don't have illusions about the imperial court bag! Let me tell you, once we lose the battle, I mean if we may lose, Zheng The power of an official will definitely increase, and by then, the imperial court will be able to free up their hands, do you think that you can always occupy this place?"

Upon hearing this, Putmans was taken aback.To be honest, he has been worrying about this matter all the time. Aibige had already heard rumors during the negotiation with Ming officials in Fuzhou that this Taiwan was Ming's Taiwan, and he was not allowed to continue to occupy it like this.

He was still thinking about it, and then he heard this person say again: "In the past, the imperial court was only focused on building captives in the north and guarding against the grasslands. Moreover, the imperial court had no money and domestic disasters continued, so it didn't care about the southeast coast at all. But now, the imperial court The opening of the sea has been announced, and the imperial court has just issued a decree, saying that the sea tax collected from the opening of the sea will be used for various purposes. Such a matter is of great importance, and the imperial court will definitely devote all its energy to the southeast coast. At that time, you These outsiders, including Frangji, will be targeted by the imperial court!"

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and immediately added: "The imperial court has won successive battles in Liaodong. It seems that the time for Jianlu to be wiped out is not far away. By then, a million troops will go south. To put it bluntly, Zheng Yi The official has such a big background, do we still have a share in the sea?"

Hearing these things he had never heard of before, Putmans suddenly remembered the matter of Aibige's negotiation with Ming Guo before, and he had to say that what this person said was really not to scare people.

　Thanks to fugudoku, anniexie for the reward!
　　
　
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