Daming pirates

Yu Xiaotian looked at Peter, looked him up and down, nodded slightly and said: "I am also honored to see you here! But I have to correct one thing, this is Taiwan Island, not Formosa, but

You are just the governor of Taiyuan Port, not the governor of Formosa! Please pay attention to this! Because the island of Taiwan belongs to me, not to you Dutch people!"

After listening to what the interpreter said to him, Peter frowned and said: "But according to colonial custom, it was us Dutch who occupied Formosa first. This should not be the territory of your army! And we came here through

With the official consent of your country!”

"Mr. Peter, you are using strong words. If what you say is true, then you have no reason to stay here, because thousands of years ago, our Chinese ancestors have already set foot on this land, and you can only

They are considered latecomers! At best they can only be considered invaders!

Even if you don't admit it, before you came to Taiwan Island, I had already occupied Jilong Bay. According to your statement, then Taiwan Island should be regarded as my territory!

As for you saying that you have the official consent of Ming Dynasty, do you have a written agreement? Humph! It must be no! What’s more, I am not an official of Ming Dynasty, so please pay attention to your wording in the future! Even if it is Ming Dynasty official

Governor, I'm afraid it's only temporary!" Yu Xiaotian said coldly to Peter.

After Yu Xiaotian said this, Peter had nothing to argue with, because what Yu Xiaotian said was the truth, not to mention that in this world, strength is what matters. What would happen even if he, the Dutchman, came first? Shou

If you don't stay on your own turf, it's as if you didn't say anything.

In the past, the Spanish took the lead and occupied many colonies in the world. But with the rise of the Dutch and the decline of the Spanish, didn't they still seize a lot of territory from the Spanish?

So now, as the defeated party, he has no right to argue with Yu Xiaotian on this matter. Everything can only rely on strength.

Just like this, the first confrontation ended with the defeat of the Dutch under Peter's speechlessness. The two sides did not continue to struggle with this issue. To a certain extent, Peter's attitude had already acquiesced to the Sea Wolf.

control of the island of Taiwan.

In order to show goodwill, Peter had several boxes he brought with him carried to the hall, opened them and placed them in front of Yu Xiaotian.

These gifts are quite precious, including some ivory and rhinoceros horn decorations, some relatively beautiful jewelry, jade, and jade. There are also several extremely exquisite Western-style swords, including two valuable Damascus steel swords.

's sword.

These gifts are quite valuable, at least they represent the importance that the Dutch attach to filial piety.

Yu Xiaotian just glanced at this and asked someone to take it away. This also gave Peter some face.

Seeing that Yu Xiaotian accepted these gifts, Peter was slightly relieved. What he was most afraid of was that Yu Xiaotian would not accept these gifts that he had chosen. In that case, the subsequent negotiations would probably become very difficult.

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Yu Xiaotian didn't say any nonsense to Peter, and went straight to the topic and started negotiating with Peter, without even a basic banquet.

Under the leadership of Yu Xiaotian, Peter was taken to a conference room. There was a rather Western-style long table made of red rosewood wood in the conference room.

At Yu Xiaotian's suggestion, Peter and several of his subordinates, including a businessman from the company stationed in Danyuan Port, sat down on one side of the long table, while Yu Xiaotian brought several other Sea Wolf's

Important members sat across from them. There were only a few capable guards in the room, bringing them some tea. Everything seemed very simple, which surprised Peter.

Because most of the Chinese people he knows like to show off, and all kinds of messy etiquette are very cumbersome, but obviously Yu Xiaotian doesn't like that kind of red tape etiquette. This kind of negotiation method is more direct.

"For the Dutch side, this time you played a disgraceful role in the conflict between us and the authorities, and I am very angry about this!

It turns out that you and I have a cooperative relationship. You are in charge and I am here. It can be said that there is no conflict between the well and the river. However, this time you have brazenly joined the official military operation against us and tried to assist the Ming Dynasty official.

We are annihilating them. I feel very angry about this and cannot tolerate it.

Now that you are the defeated party, it should be easy for me to expel you from Da Yuan by force. However, I do not want to continue to cause more bloody conflicts, so I ask you to leave Da Yuan Port on your own and do not set foot on Taiwan Island again in the future.

, this is the first request I make to you today! Not a condition!"

After both parties sat down, Yu Xiaotian didn't even say a polite word, but directly made a request in a cold tone that the Dutch should leave the senior officials.

After hearing what Yu Xiaotian said, Peter's heart suddenly shrank, as if he was grabbed by something, making him feel a little breathless. Yu Xiaotian was too direct! Although he was on the way here,

I had expected that Yu Xiaotian might make such a request, but I didn't expect that he would make it so directly just after the negotiation started.

So his face became ugly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "As I said just now, we came here with the approval of your country's officials, so we built a port in Taiyuan Port.

Moreover, we also have an agreement with your country, which is the official request of your country, so we have this unpleasant experience with you this time!

Although we were defeated this time, for us, such losses are not very big. We still have thousands of warships in the country, and I believe that our strength can protect our Damiang Port.

But we also don’t want to continue this relationship, so we don’t want to continue to be enemies with you, but we will not give up in Taiyuan Port!

If you can give up this request, we can make some compensation to you for this matter, and we can continue to cooperate in the future!"

"Mr. Peter, you are using strong words. Don't forget that two years ago, you and the Ming Dynasty officials were still hostile. You occupied Penghu and had a fierce confrontation with the Ming Dynasty in Penghu. How can you and the Ming Dynasty now?"

Has it become an official partnership?

In addition, this time we have given in and withdrew from Nanri Island. Even the Ming Dynasty's army did not continue to send troops to attack my Tamsui City.

But your fleet acted alone and came to attack here. Is this just because you accepted Ming's invitation to help in the battle?

I am very clear about your plans in this matter. You have always regarded me as your potential enemy. Although you are doing business with me on the surface, in fact you are afraid that I will drive you out of Taiwan Island one day.

So this time you took advantage of the Ming Dynasty officials to ask you to help in the battle, and took the initiative to jump out, hoping to use the power of the Ming Dynasty officials to strangle me in one fell swoop and eliminate me as a potential threat.

So Waite saw that after occupying Nanri Island, the army was satisfied with the status quo and hesitated to move forward, so Waite had no choice but to go into battle naked and lead the fleet to me.

But I didn’t expect it! A fleet like yours would be so unbearable in front of me! It was actually annihilated by me!

Now you still want to threaten me with your force, okay! I admit that if all your Dutch warships come, I am indeed no match for you, but is this possible?

As far as I know, the relationship between the Netherlands and the British is not close! You may send a large fleet to the Far East, risking the loss of a large number of sailors and ships on the way, to deal with someone like me.

Pirates? Haha! Joke!

If you can't do it, just with the fleet of your Dutch East India Company, I'm sorry, I don't think you have the ability to defeat me! And you have other interests to protect. All the warships of the company are sent to fight me.

I’m afraid that’s not realistic either! Humph!

So I’m not afraid of you! If you think you can still use force to deal with me, then I, Yu Xiaotian, will be waiting here! Today’s negotiation ends here! You can take your people back!"

Yu Xiaotian's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Peter's heart hard and making him dizzy. Today he finally discovered that the young Chinese pirate leader in front of him was indeed difficult to deal with.

This person obviously knows the situation in Europe very well and knows exactly what the trump card is in their hands, so it is obviously impossible to continue to threaten him with force. The most important thing for him now is to keep Dazhuang Port first.

Since it was impossible to rely on force, he could only submit.

So Peter immediately softened up, his tone became less arrogant, and he began to discuss with Yu Xiaotian in a hard-to-understand manner what conditions would prevent them from being driven away from Taiyuan Port, as long as Yu Xiaotian allowed them to stay.

Sir, then everything else can be easily discussed.

Seeing that Peter had completely surrendered, Yu Xiaotian's expression became a little better. Besides, Peter was not a fuel-efficient person either. He could also see that they were still of some use to the Sea Wolf.

Nowadays, there is no harmony between the Sea Wolf and the Spaniards. Last year, the two sides fought fiercely at Jilong Bay, and the Dutch are in charge, and they are obviously also a force to contain the Spaniards.

If they are really driven back to Batavia, then because Batavia is far away from Taiwan Island and even the coast of China, many Chinese ships are not willing to take huge risks and go to Batavia to fight with them.

trading.

Therefore, most Chinese merchant ships and even Sea Wolf's own merchant ships have to go to Manila to trade with the Spanish banks. In that case, the Spanish banks will take the initiative in trade, which is not entirely in Yu Xiaotian's interests.