Daming pirates
Chapter 244 Unequal Treaties
After Peter heard this, he almost vomited blood and died on the spot. Two hundred thousand taels of silver only bought the big man's five-year lease, and he had to pay it again after five years. Peter ran away on the spot.
"You... Your Excellency, this is blackmail! You... you... how could you do this?" Peter jumped up and pointed at Yu Xiaotian and wanted to yell, but he squinted and saw several sea wolves staring at him with cold eyes.
The guard, although he was extremely angry, did not dare to curse.
Yu Xiaotian leaned back on the chair, showing the presence of an old god. He clapped his fingers with a bad smile on his face and said: "This is already quite reasonable, even quite cheap. Twenty
Ten thousand taels of silver, you obtained such a large piece of land to rent, and it only lasted for five years.
Yuan Gang will bring you at least several million taels of profit. It only pays 200,000 taels of silver as rent, which is actually very cheap. If you are not willing, I don't care. I think the British will be willing.
Come and rent a place on my site at a higher price!"
Peter's nose was so angry that if he wasn't in Tamsui City, he believed that he would draw his sword right away and have a duel with this damn guy. Unfortunately, he was in Tamsui City at the moment and he didn't dare to propose such a thing.
requirements, and look at the tall and powerful Yu Xiaotian.
With his body that seems to contain huge power, this Yu Xiaotian gives people a leopard-like feeling. Even if he is given a chance to duel with this guy, the possibility of him winning is estimated to be zero.
He might even be killed by Yu Xiaotian without being able to move even one move.
"Okay! I agree! But I also have a request, that is, we must enjoy exclusive rights. After we rent the senior officials, you are not allowed to let other forces rent places in Formosa to build ports!" Peter trembled.
After a long while, he finally had to agree to this condition, but he still insisted on making his request.
"Yes! But it does not include building a business store on my site! Of course, this is on the premise that we can cooperate happily. If you behave inappropriately towards us in the future, then this agreement will be void!" Yu Xiaotian immediately
He nodded and agreed to Peter's request, but still left himself a way out.
Peter was so angry that he almost didn't know what to do, and his whole body was trembling. In Yu Xiaotian's words, he only promised not to rent other places for port use, but he had the right to let other forces rent places and build
Although it is not as convenient as building a port to build a commercial building, it can still threaten their interests. However, he still knows that people have to bow their heads when they are under the roof. It is useless to say anything now.
"In addition, I have other additional conditions. You have heard clearly. Your leased land is limited to the current Taiyuan Port and is not allowed to expand beyond Taiyuan Port. I will send people to survey your current land and draw the boundaries. You
You can only move within your rented land. You are not allowed to leave your rented land without special permission. Otherwise, I can regard your actions as hostile actions. I have the right to deal with those who leave your rented land without permission.
Or attack!
Again! I can allow you to retain the projects you have built so far, but only to this extent. You are not allowed to build or expand your castle in the future, excluding repairs on the foundation, but you are not allowed to add new forts or build city walls.
!Except for dock facilities!" Yu Xiaotian dropped another bombshell before Peter could calm down.
Peter finally felt like he was about to faint. He swayed a few times in his chair, swallowed hard, and said with difficulty: "But we need to protect ourselves!"
"You don't have to worry about this! As long as we cooperate well, I can provide you with certain protection. Once a third party attacks you, I can send troops to protect you! So you don't need too much force! Because this is
My territory, I have the final say!
By the way, I almost forgot. From now on, my ships entering Taiyuan Port to trade with you will enjoy tax-free treatment. In addition, my people will enjoy immunity. Also, your ships passing through my territory will have to pay me three dollars every year.
A toll of one thousand taels of silver, otherwise, I cannot guarantee the safety of your ship’s navigation!”
Plop...Peter slipped out of the chair and fell to the ground.
The negotiations lasted for three full days. Peter, Yu Xiaotian, his subordinate Lin Yiyang, and the staff of the council conducted repeated negotiations to finalize every detail.
In addition to the previous issues regarding the status of Taiyuan Port, they also negotiated the issue of the Dutch warship captured by Sea Wolf.
In this regard, Yu Xiaotian still categorically rejected Peter's request to redeem those warships. His reasons were simple. First, these ships were the spoils of war and he had the right to keep them. In addition, these ships had been damaged.
, even if it was returned to Peter, they would not be able to sail back to Batavia, and it would definitely sink on the way, so there was no need to return it to them.
Peter proposed that they could pay some more maintenance fees and repair these ships in Tamsui City, but Yu Xiaotian also directly rejected Peter's request.
If Peter didn't have a boat, he could only continue to talk to Sea Wolf and ask for the ransom of their sailors and other captives, to which Yu Xiaotian immediately agreed.
However, the ransom offered by Yu Xiaotian was still an astronomical figure, and the price was nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver. Peter was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but there was nothing he could do.
Because these sailors are indeed too important to them. Now the Netherlands is expanding its territory all over the world. They now have the title of sea coachmen. Of course, the demand for sailors is also huge. If they don't redeem these sailors, these sailors will
Sailors in Xiaotian's hands can only be used as slaves and will be consumed sooner or later.
If he can't find a way to redeem these people in the short term, their company may not be able to recruit so many sailors in the long term.
Because once the sailors knew that they were not willing to redeem these people who were captured fighting for them, they would definitely not agree to work for them again.
As a result, they may have an embarrassing situation in the future where they have a ship but no one to operate it. This will put them in big trouble in the future, especially in Asia, which may cause them serious problems.
So no matter what they do, they have to redeem these sailors, at least to appease the sailors who are working for them now.
It was precisely because Yu Xiaotian understood this that he dared to open his mouth and extort so much money from the Dutch. Peter had no choice but to agree to Yu Xiaotian's conditions.
The negotiations progressed bit by bit under this extremely unfriendly situation. Yu Xiaotian proposed the general direction and asked Lin Yiyang and the people in the council to be responsible for negotiating with Peter, finalizing the details one by one, and finally gradually writing them down.
When he looked at the peace treaty, which was finally written in Chinese characters, Dutch and Spanish, Peter's eyelids jumped. After reading it from beginning to end, his heart felt as painful as swallowing a coptis.
If such a peace treaty were sent to the company headquarters and shown to the company's senior management, the gang would probably go berserk on the spot. When had the Dutch ever signed such a humiliating peace treaty with anyone?
As the founder of this peace treaty, he will definitely be written into the history of the company and even the Principality of the Netherlands in the future, becoming a shameful sinner.
But can he not sign it? Of course he can not sign it, because this peace contract involves too many issues, and he does not even have the power to sign it. If he signs it, it will be in vain.
Because such a contract must be sent back to the headquarters first and must be approved by the company's senior management before it can be signed and take effect. If the company does not recognize the contract, there is nothing he can do.
After all the terms were finalized, Peter was sent out of Freshwater and back to his ship, but this time as a gift from the negotiation, Waite was also handed back to Peter and brought back with him.
Of course, the peace treaty was also taken out of Tamsui City along with Peter, and what followed was a long waiting time. Even if one traveled back and forth at the fastest speed, it would take at least four months.
Before sending Peter away, Yu Xiaotian gave him five months to let his company decide whether to sign the peace contract. If they had not returned the signed peace contract when the five-month time limit was up,
Then it means that this negotiation has failed, and the Sea Wolf will use force to forcibly take back the chief executive and drive the Dutch out of the chief executive completely.
Peter agreed bitterly, and with the dejected Waite, he took a boat back to Damuan Port. Peter did not dare to neglect, and told Waite the details of the negotiations between him and Sea Wolf along the way.
And he personally wrote a long letter, explaining in detail why he would reach such a result this time.
After two days of rest, he put Waite and a businessman who was participating in the negotiations with Sea Wolf with him on the ship, and let the ship carry Waite, the businessman, and the peace treaty.
As well as Peter's letter, he rushed back to Batavia as quickly as possible and stated the matter to the company's senior management.
As for what the company's senior management decides, that is their business. Peter knows very well that his term as governor has come to an end. With such a result of negotiations, he will definitely not be able to be the governor again. When the company's ships come back again
By that time, he will probably leave here, and his replacement will probably come here with the ship.
This time, the huge earthquake along the coast of Fujian came to an end. Yu Xiaotian finally led his men on the fast track to hegemony, and truly became the maritime hegemon along the coast of Fujian.
(Special thanks to brothers wdj1972 and stdx for their rewards! Also, let me shout out, brothers, look at who in your hands still has a monthly pass, keep it!)
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