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Chapter 914 Looking forward to bargaining
After Sun Chuanting received the decree, without any hesitation, he immediately sent someone to pass it on to Xiyi in Fuzhou City.

After hearing the news, Ai Bige, the representative of the Netherlands, did not dare to neglect, hurried to the governor's mansion, was led to the lobby, and waited for Mr. Zhongcheng to come out.

The representative of the Portuguese was the missionary Tang Ruowang. For some reason, he did not arrive immediately.

This made Sun Chuanting very annoyed, these Xiyi just didn't understand the rules, so he decided to let them hang out.

So, Ai Bige was out of luck, he stood and waited in the lobby.Wait left, no summons, wait right, still no one.After a long time, Tang Ruowang finally came.He came in a bit of a hurry, with sweat dripping from his face.

After seeing Aibige, he realized that the representative from Portugal had not arrived.The two of them had always been at loggerheads, and at this time Tang Ruowang was dragging him down. Even though he was a missionary, he didn't give him a good look and didn't speak to each other.

After waiting for a long time, Sun Chuanting finally turned out from the back office. After taking the seat of honor, he stared blankly at the two ghost-like Xiyi below, and said coldly: "Go back and tell your people, If you want to continue to trade with Daming in the future, every time you return from Nanyang, you must return with a full load of food. The emperor has ordered that this food is tax-free!"

Aibige was taken aback when he heard this. Before that, the Ming Kingdom had made this request. For this reason, the fleet specially went to Nanyang to transport food.Although there were some misunderstandings in the middle, at any rate, it ended satisfactorily and gained the right to trade with the Ming country.But this time, why did the lord threaten the trading rights again?
As far as their original intention is concerned, if they have a choice, they certainly don't want to transport grain to the Ming Dynasty.After all, food is cheap, and if it is fully loaded, although it can earn some money, the sea is rough and it is easy to be dangerous. In addition, if it is loaded with spices and other goods, even if the Ming Dynasty collects taxes, it is more profitable than food.

Even though he thought so, seeing Sun Chuanting's expressionless face, he knew the authority of this lord in opening the sea, and he also knew that this lord had the title of cold-faced Hades. If he refused, he opened his mouth and said: "Honorable Lord Zhongcheng, as you wish, the country will definitely bring food."

In this regard, he can make the decision. After all, even if he earns less, it is better than not being able to trade with Ming.

Tang Ruowang, the representative of the Portuguese, was similar, and agreed to Sun Chuanting's request immediately.For him, in Macau, he doesn't care much if he earns more and earns less.

Sun Chuanting sneered in his heart, and said to himself: Forgive me, you dare not refuse!

He sat on the main seat, still with a cold face, and continued in an unquestionable tone: "Also, I will prepare some sea ships with your fleet to trade in Southeast Asia. Your fleet must protect the safety of my Ming ships. Safe. I know your influence in Nanyang, so our Daming ships must be fully loaded with food in Nanyang, and you should coordinate with Nanyang on this point. Wait, do you understand?"

Sun Chuanting, as a great official in frontiers, came from the disaster-stricken place of Shanxi, and he was promoted because of the extermination of bandits. Naturally, he knew that the current Ming Dynasty had a lot of food.According to the emperor's will, as much grain as possible should be brought from Nanyang, even if there are conditions, it is easy to discuss.

Although he agreed with this matter, he was a little bit disapproving.These western barbarians came to Daming from thousands of miles just to trade with Daming.Since you have to ask for something, why should you be polite to them?And he also saw that these Xiyi were profit-seeking goods, no different from greedy businessmen, and sometimes even became robbers.Is it worth being polite to such barbarians?

Therefore, after he made his request, he was ready to withdraw, not wanting to deal with these ghost-like Xiyi so as not to lose his identity.

But who knows, after Aibige heard this, he was overjoyed, and he quickly asked: "Honorable Lord Zhongcheng, as you wish, I will definitely report to our governor, and I will escort your country's ships to and from Nanyang. As for the coordination with Nanyang, there is no problem, and the country will definitely do its best! But, may I ask, how is the escort fee negotiated?"

He knows what is most urgently needed for the Dutch fleet at present?Therefore, he was going to bargain to see if he could make the fleet finally get his wish!
Tang Ruowang next to him heard that he was making a condition, his heart moved, and he couldn't help feeling hopeful, and wanted to bargain for his own affairs, so he also opened his mouth and said: "Lord Zhongcheng, I am the plenipotentiary representative of the Portuguese. , can decide all the trade matters of the Portuguese. I can persuade Macau that there is no escort fee, as long as your country agrees to a small request!"

When Aibige heard this, he couldn't help but glared at Tang Ruo, what do you mean?Dismantle my desk?But Sun Chuanting was here, he couldn't question Tang Ruowang, so he had to hold back.

The two of them, after speaking, were looking forward to the response from the great border official of the Ming Dynasty, and it was best to bargain for a price so that they could get their wish!
However, when Sun Chuanting heard that they still had to raise conditions, he couldn't help feeling angry, but his face was still expressionless, and he snorted coldly: "Huh?"

With this heavy snort, anyone who is familiar with him will know that he is seriously expressing his dissatisfaction!
However, after listening to the two people below, they thought that Sun Chuanting wanted to hear more detailed requests, and responded to their words.Because of Tang Ruowang's dismantling words just now, Ai Bige spoke first: "Actually, the country doesn't care about escort fees. All you need is for your country to agree with the country to give the country's fleet a place to station like them. In this way , it is also convenient for our trade, and please respectable Mr. Zhongcheng agree!"

Speaking of this, he remembered something, and quickly added: "Even if the fleet of the country is rented, the rent will be set by Mr. Zhongcheng. As long as it is reasonable, there will be absolutely no problem with the country!"

In his opinion, this request should not be too much. You have asked our fleet to escort, so it should be fine for me to make one more request, right?Although this request was rejected in advance, he still had other plans this time, just waiting for Sun Chuanting to bargain.

It's just a pity that the face of this lord of the Ming Dynasty has always been that expression, and no useful information can be obtained from the expression.

Seeing Sun Chuanting turning his eyes to himself, Tang Ruowang also quickly expressed his request: "Lord Zhongcheng, as long as your country allows us to continue preaching, this small request does not require any payment from your country. The ships will be under the protection of my Portuguese."

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(End of this chapter)