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It was precisely after Peter saw this that he could hold on to this point and repeatedly discussed with Yu Xiaotian the matter of retaining senior officials, but this time he did not dare to use a tough tone to threaten Yu Xiaotian, because Yu Xiaotian

Tian saw his thoughts and said abruptly:

"If Mr. Peter thinks that you have an irreplaceable role in the cadre, then you are wrong. I can drive you out of the cadre. All I need to do is extend an olive branch to the British. I think the British should be very happy. Come on."

The officers will take your place!"

Peter was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, but he still said tactfully: "Although the leader can indeed do this, the leader should not forget that we only control Malacca now! If the British ships want to take the Chinese

If the goods are shipped back to Europe, they will definitely go through Malacca!"

Yu Xiaotian suddenly laughed: "This is not what I care about. If the British see that they can get very generous returns here, I think they will find a way to solve this problem! That is the British and

This is between you two!" Yu Xiaotian said this with a rogue evil smile on his face.

After hearing what Yu Xiaotian said, Peter felt the urge to pounce on him and strangle him to death, because this guy named Yu was really such a bastard. If he did what he said, it would be like losing a bone.

, let the Dutch and the British fight against each other to earn this bone.

The British are still very weak in Asia. They only occupy a small area in a few places and build a small number of business houses. Their influence in Asia is not enough, and naturally they have not tasted much of the Ming Dynasty.

Sweetness of doing trade.

Today's trade with the Ming Dynasty is mainly shared by the Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese. Even if the British can intervene, they can only get some scraps.

Therefore, without sufficient profit promotion, the British will not mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources to invest in Asia for the time being.

But this does not mean that the British are not aware of the huge benefits that trading with the Ming Dynasty can bring. In fact, the British have already seen how much benefits they can get from trading with the Ming Dynasty. Over the years, they have been thinking of ways to

Can have a foothold in places close to China.

Many years ago, the British tried to seize Macau occupied by the Portuguese and sent a fleet to Macau to fight the Portuguese.

However, because the Portuguese made sufficient preparations in advance, built a strong enough fortress, and mobilized enough troops for defense, the British ultimately failed to capture Macau and had to return in defeat.

The British even sank two ships outside Macau. Later, the naval gun on one of the ships was salvaged by the Portuguese and sold to the Ming Dynasty government. This made the Ming Dynasty government begin to pay attention to the Hongyi cannon.

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The British have not given up this idea over the years and have been looking for a suitable place to establish a bridgehead for trade with China.

It is a pity that the territory in Nanyang has been basically divided up by the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. The British have never found a suitable foothold.

If Yu Xiaotian drives the Dutch away from the big officials now and invites the British to come and build a commercial building, the Queen of England will probably laugh out loud in her dreams. Then she will definitely find a way to mobilize more forces to join this fight.

During the feast, they were on an equal footing with the others who came first.

If the Dutch try to intercept the British merchant ship in Malacca, driven by huge interests, the British will not necessarily sit idly by and do nothing. They will definitely send a large number of ships to fight with them. Who will win by then?

Not necessarily.

Now Peter was really frightened by Yu Xiaotian. He no longer dared to put forward any threatening conditions to Yu Xiaotian. He could only beg Yu Xiaotian not to attack the senior officials, as long as Yu Xiaotian agreed to keep them in the palace.

If people are engaged in business, then the Dutch are willing to pay some price to satisfy Xiaotian's requirements.

Yu Xiaotian shook his head repeatedly and said: "I don't have much that you Dutch people can take out. What you can give me, I can also get from other places. In fact, you don't have much on hand to follow."

I do exchange stuff.

Apart from silver, I guess you won’t be able to bring out much that is useful to me!”

Although Yu Xiaotian's words seemed to be rejecting his request, Peter was not stupid. He immediately picked up some other meanings from Yu Xiaotian's words. There was something in Yu Xiaotian's words that seemed to remind him.

, if he can offer suitable conditions, then there seems to be some room for negotiation about letting them stay as senior members.

So he nodded quickly and said: "If the leader agrees, this time I can apply to the company to pay you some compensation as compensation for our presumptuous action. I hope you can retain our right to continue doing business in Da Yuan.

I don’t know if this is okay?”

Yu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and looked at Peter. He frowned and said nothing for a long time, as if he was hesitating or thinking about something.

Seeing Yu Xiaotian's hesitant look, Peter quickly struck while the iron was hot and said, "We can compensate you for thirty thousand silver coins! Are you satisfied?"

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "No! You just want 30,000 silver coins in exchange for the right of residence of a senior official, absolutely not!"

Peter frowned. Although he felt that Yu Xiaotian's appetite was too big, he was still a little happy in his heart. He said this, it seems that it can be solved with money. As long as money can solve it, then the matter will be easy to handle!

"fifty thousand……"

"no……"

"Eighty thousand..."

"no……"

"One hundred thousand..."

"No, it's still too little..."

Peter's face became greener and greener. He kept raising the price, but Yu Xiaotian always refused to agree. He always thought it was too little, so Peter's face became worse and worse.

In the end, Peter could only grit his teeth and said: "150,000! It can only be 150,000! The company will never agree to any more!"

"Two hundred thousand, but it's two! Not silver coins! Your silver coins can be converted into the two we commonly use for conversion! One or two less won't work!" Yu Xiaotian slapped the table and said.

At this moment, Yu Xiaotian was just like a profiteer, and the lion opened his mouth and said to Peter.

Looking at the color on Peter's face again, it turned green and white, almost turning into a palette. He gritted his teeth and stared at Yu Xiaotian, as if he might pounce on Yu Xiaotian at any time and bite Yu Xiaotian.

And Yu Xiaotian was like a fighting cock, staring into Peter's eyes without giving in.

The two of them stared at each other for a long time. In the end, Peter was defeated. He smiled bitterly, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay! Just as you said, two hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"The fineness of the silver must reach 90%, and if it is not fine enough, it must be replaced at a discount!" Yu Xiaotian still refused to give in, and then added a condition.

Peter's face shook a few more times, because the silver and silver coins in their hands now only contain about 70% silver, and the better ones only have 80%, and 90% is basically pure silver. If according to Yu Xiaotian

If the request was made, they would have to add at least another twenty thousand taels of silver.

But since he had already agreed on the two hundred thousand taels of silver, he could only grit his teeth and agree to the 20,000 taels of silver.

"If you are willing to pay me two hundred thousand taels of silver, it is not a loss-making business for you! Because every year, the goods you obtain after Danyuan Port are transferred back to Europe, and at least the profit you make is

It's far more than the money you paid!

Since I can blockade your Taiyuan Port, then I can allow more merchant ships to go to Taiyuan Port for trading. Based on this alone, the benefits you will gain every year in the future will be far more than this.

And if you don't agree and want to solve it by force, then it can't be solved with 200,000 taels of silver. You must send another fleet. If you lose, the loss will be far greater than the 200,000 taels of silver.

Much more.

Also, I'm afraid that the capital Heze has invested in Danyuan Port in the past two years is far more than two hundred thousand taels of silver! How can I say that you all made a profit this time! Haha!" Yu Xiaotian said proudly.

Peter thought about it. Even if they want to defeat Yu Xiaotian now, it is impossible without mobilizing enough warships. But if they continue to use force, after a battle, no matter they win or lose, the price paid will be the same.

Far more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.

It's okay to win the battle, because at least there will be war dividends to make up for the losses, but once the battle is lost, all the money will be lost.

This time Waite's fleet has a total of seven warships. Although the total value of these seven warships is less than 200,000 taels of silver, with the supplies on board as well as various artillery, weapons and ammunition, it is still far more than that.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver, if you add the one or two thousand sailors on the ship, this number will at least double again, because he knows better than anyone how difficult it is to train a qualified sailor.

A considerable number of the sailors on the ship brought by Waite this time are experienced sailors. These people cannot be bought with money. Once the losses are too great, it will not be possible to recruit so many for many years.

Sailors, this is also the reason why they don’t dare to lick their beards again in a short period of time.

However, after this battle, Waite's fleet was completely wiped out. The loss of sailors actually made them feel more painful than the loss of ships.

When this condition was negotiated, Peter finally breathed a long sigh of relief, but before he could relax a little, Yu Xiaotian threw out another additional condition.

"As long as you pay the compensation, you can continue to stay in Dazhan, but there is a statute of limitations. This limitation period is five years. It is equivalent to leasing Dazhan to you. After the expiration of five years, you will

You need to continue paying the rent to me! Otherwise, I have the right to take back the rent after it expires!"