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After Sun Chuanting received the decree, he did not hesitate and immediately sent someone to spread the message to Xiyi in Fuzhou City.

After hearing the news, Abigail, the Dutch representative, did not dare to neglect. He hurried to the governor's house and was led to the lobby to wait for Mr. Zhongcheng to come out.

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

This made Sun Chuanting very angry. These Westerners just didn't understand the rules. In this case, he decided to give them a try.

As a result, Aibi Ge was unlucky. He stood waiting in the lobby. I waited a moment, but no one was summoned. I waited a minute, but no one was summoned. After a long time, Tang Ruowang finally came. He came in a hurry, sweat dripping from his face.

When Abigail met, she realized that the representative from Portugal had not arrived. The two families had never dealt with each other, but now they were dragged down by Tang Ruowang. Although he was a missionary, they didn't look good on him and didn't speak to each other.

After waiting for a long time, Sun Chuanting finally came out of the back office and took his seat. He stared at the two ghost-like Xiyi people below with an expressionless face and said coldly: "Go back and tell your people, If you want to continue trading with the Ming Dynasty in the future, you must return with a full load of food every time you return from Nanyang. The emperor has decreed that this food is tax-free!"

Aibi Ge was stunned after hearing this. The Ming Kingdom had made this request before. For this reason, the fleet specially went to Nanyang to transport food. Although there were some misunderstandings in the middle, it finally ended successfully and I gained the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty. But this time, why did this gentleman threaten trade rights again?

In terms of their original intention, if they had the choice, they certainly did not want to transport food to the Ming Dynasty. After all, food is cheap. Although it can make some money if it is fully loaded, the sea is rough and dangerous, and it is easy to be dangerous. In addition, if it is loaded with goods such as spices, even if the Ming Dynasty collects taxes, it will be more profitable than food.

Although he was thinking this, when he saw Sun Chuanting's expressionless face and knew the authority of this gentleman in opening the sea, he also knew that this gentleman was called the cold-faced King of Hell. Thinking about it in his heart, he did not dare to If he didn't agree, he said, "Honorable Lord Zhongcheng, as you wish, food will definitely be shipped from this country."

At this point, he can make the decision. After all, even if he makes less money, it is better than not being able to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

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

Sun Chuanting sneered in his heart and said to himself: I'm sorry you don't dare to refuse!

He sat on the main seat, still with a cold face, and continued in a tone that left no room for doubt: "In addition, my Ming Dynasty will prepare some ships to trade with your fleet in the South Seas. Your fleet must protect my Ming Dynasty's ships. Safety. I know your power in Nanyang. Therefore, our Ming Dynasty ships must also be loaded with food. In this regard, you must also coordinate on the Nanyang side. Ladies, do you understand?"

Sun Chuanting was a feudal official and came from Shanxi, a disaster-stricken place. He was promoted because of the suppression of bandits. Naturally, he knew that the Ming Dynasty was short of food. The emperor's decree requires that as much food as possible be transported from Nanyang, even if conditions are met, it can be negotiated.

Although he agreed with this matter, he was a little dissatisfied. These Western barbarians came to the Ming Dynasty from thousands of miles away just to trade with the Ming Dynasty. Since you have something to ask for, why should you be polite to them? And he also saw that these Westerners were all profit-seeking goods, no different from greedy businessmen, and sometimes even became bandits. Do you deserve to be polite to such barbarians?

Therefore, after he made his request known, he prepared to withdraw from the court, not wanting to deal with these ghost-like Xi Yiduo, lest he lose his identity.

But who would have thought that after hearing this, Aibi Ge was overjoyed and quickly asked: "Honorable Lord Zhongcheng, as you wish, I will definitely report it to our Governor, and I will escort your country's ships to and from Nanyang." . As for the coordination in Nanyang, there is no problem, my country will definitely do its best! However, 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 ready to bargain to see if he could get the fleet to finally get what he wanted!

Tang Ruowang, who was next to him, heard that he was raising conditions, and his heart moved. He couldn't help but feel hopeful and wanted to bargain for his own affairs. Therefore, he also opened his mouth and said: "Master Zhongcheng, I am the plenipotentiary representative of the Portuguese." , can decide all trade matters for the Portuguese. I can persuade Macau that there is no escort fee, and I only need your country to agree to a small request!"

When Aibi Ge heard this, she couldn't help but glared at Tang Ruowang, what do you mean? Destroy my platform? But since Sun Chuanting was here, he couldn't question Tang Ruowang, so he had to hold it in for now.

After the two of them finished speaking, they both looked forward to the response of the border official of the Ming Dynasty. It was best to bargain and get what they wanted!

However, when Sun Chuanting heard that they were still raising conditions, he couldn't help but feel angry, but his face remained expressionless, and he snorted coldly: "Huh?"

He groaned loudly. Anyone who is familiar with him will know that he is seriously expressing his dissatisfaction!

However, when the two people below heard it, they thought it was Sun Chuanting who wanted to hear more detailed requests and responded to their words. Because of Tang Ruowang's troublesome words just now, Aibi Ge spoke first: "Actually, I don't care about any escort fees. I just need your country to agree to give me a place to station my fleet like them. That way. , it will also facilitate our trade, please honorable Lord Zhongcheng, please agree!"

At this point, he remembered something and quickly added: "Even if the fleet of my country is rented, the rent will be set by Lord Zhongcheng. As long as it is reasonable, there will be no problem for my country!"

In his opinion, this request shouldn't be too much. You have already requested our fleet to escort you, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to make one more request, right? Although this request was rejected when he made it before, he had other plans this time and was waiting for Sun Chuanting to bargain.

It's just a pity that the face of this Mingguo master always has the same expression, and no useful information can be obtained from the expression.

Seeing Sun Chuanting turn his eyes to him, Tang Ruowang also quickly stated his request: "Master 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 the Portuguese."

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