Who is the strong one at the negotiating table?

Always the one who is needed!

For the Dutch, they needed various commodities such as porcelain, silk, and pig iron from the Ming Dynasty. Compared with their demand for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not need the Netherlands.

Because of this, even though he was unwilling to do so, Anthony Van Diemen still refused to make concessions. What's more, through the judgment he made when entering Dalian Port, he found that His Highness the Prince's army was stronger than Zheng Zhilong's army.

powerful.

He can't even defeat Zheng Zhilong, let alone the prince of Ming Dynasty!

In fact, from the beginning, Anthony Van Diemen and the others had not figured out the identity of the feudal state, King De, or Crown Prince. He even felt that the person in front of him was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the son of the king.

Relanja City?

It was just a place with only deerskin. What the East India Company needed was to enter the Ming Dynasty, really enter! After having this understanding, the talks naturally went very smoothly, and the first result was soon achieved - the East India Company agreed with the Ming Dynasty.

In order to avoid extraneous matters regarding the rule of senior officials, Van Diemen did not mention issues such as massacres or property at all. After all, war is war.

However, this does not mean that he has no other gains, that is, the Ming Dynasty will open trade to the Dutch East India Company. The first step is to allow the East India Company's merchant ships to freely enter and leave the Dalian commercial port, and to allow Dutch merchants to live and operate industry and commerce in the Dalian commercial port.

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Moreover, the Dutch East India Company and the Ming Dynasty Western Company - this company was established under Zhu Guoqiang's instructions. It is similar to the East India Company in various European countries. It specializes in trade with the West. The two companies have reached a commercial cooperation. The Dutch East India Company is responsible for selling the Western Company.

goods, the Dutch East India Company's ports were open to Western companies.

Reaching this agreement, and even authorizing the East India Company to sell the Western Company's goods, was not just for the free navigation of Ming ships in the South China Sea.

The reason why the East India Company's merchant ships were granted free navigation rights along the coast of the Ming Dynasty was to exchange for the free navigation rights of the Ming Dynasty merchant ships in the Nanyang waters, and also to end the "misunderstanding" caused by the Da Ming issue.

If you want to colonize Nanyang, the armed merchant ships of the East India Company are a crisis that you must face. Although Zhu Guoqiang is confident enough to defeat them in large numbers, there is no chance of winning if the battlefield is moved to the Nanyang waters. Moreover, in history,

After the Dutch were defeated by Zheng Chenggong, they continued to attack the Zheng family's merchant ships, forcing them to withdraw from Nanyang.

This kind of continuous small-scale conflicts at sea is extremely detrimental to the Ming Dynasty's overseas colonization, especially the colonial undertakings in the Mekong Delta and other places.

What does Ming Dynasty need now?

It’s colonization of Southeast Asia!

Under this premise, the best choice is to resolve the issues between both parties through negotiations with the Dutch East India Company. Moreover, the Netherlands is not the main opponent of the Ming Dynasty in its expansion in Southeast Asia. The Netherlands is nothing more than a "sea coachman";

As a small country, the Netherlands does not have much power to expand overseas.

Even now, the power of European countries in Asia is also negligible. Now is an important period for European countries to attack each other, and it is not yet time to carve up the world.

As for their sphere of influence in Asia, to put it bluntly, they only established some stronghold-style colonies, just like the Netherlands, which occupied a relatively large territory on the island of Java and established the city of Batavia. As for Portugal,

They occupied Goa and rented Macau. The focus of the Europeans is now... still in Europe!

According to the history that Zhu Guoqiang knows, after Cromwell came to power, Britain would launch successive wars against the Netherlands in order to defeat its growing commercial rival.

The Netherlands cannot pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty at all. As for the East Indies, it is not within the scope of Zhu Guoqiang's consideration now. At most, he only considers the rice on Java Island. This is also the reason why the Dutch are asked to open the port. That on Java Island

It is also an important rice producing area.

“Rice,”

Zhu Guoqiang said,

"Food is the first priority for the people. In recent years, famines have been constant in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the north. There is always a shortage of food. And the Java Island where Batavia is located is rich in rice. I heard people say that the rice of the local natives is too high.

Sheng, the price is low, so I hope our trade can start with rice first, our merchant ships can enter Batavia to buy rice, and Dutch merchant ships can also transport rice over."

"Rice?"

Because the Netherlands itself is a "carriage driver" and the Dutch merchant ships in Europe are engaged in grain trade, Van Diemen is certainly no stranger to this, but this distance is too far.

"Isn't this too far?"

Although the natives of Java and other parts of Southeast Asia are rich in rice, and the price of rice is very cheap, coupled with the cost of long-distance sea transportation, profits must be extremely limited.

"distance is not a problem."

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"As long as you transport the grain here, I'm willing to pay one to two and one stone to buy it. I'll buy as much as you have! How about it!"

The price Zhu Guoqiang offered was definitely a high price. Through Quina and others, he had already learned that purchasing rice in Batavia cost only two coins for one stone of rice. However, considering the cost of long-distance shipping, they shipped 10,000 stone of rice.

The profit was about four thousand taels, which was definitely considerable, but the Ming Dynasty needed the rice. Of course, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty also needed to enter Batavia and Java through the rice trade.

Just because the Ming Dynasty does not need the island of Java now does not mean that it will not be needed in the future. First, knock on the door of Batavia under the pretext of trade, and then slowly figure out the rest. When the Anglo-Dutch War happens in a few years, well, Java

The island has also been the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times!

At least 50% profit!

Almost instantly, not only Van Diemen was moved, but also other people involved in the negotiations. In fact, although the profits of the Eastern trade routes are amazing, the profits of a ship are also very limited. After all, it is impossible to

It is filled with huge profit-making products with considerable profits, and most of the products are ordinary products with average profits.

If it is a large ship with a carrying capacity of one thousand tons, the profit will be more than ten thousand taels!

In an instant, Kuiyi calculated the profits from the rice trade, and Van Diemen and others also made up their minds that this business was going to work.

"Your Highness the Prince,"

Like all cunning businessmen, Van Diemen did not agree straight away.

"I will seriously consider your proposal. However, because I have not engaged in similar trade, I cannot agree to you immediately. But please believe that after returning to Batavia, I will send someone to study the matter. As for

Regarding the price issue, I think we can only reach an agreement on the price after the first ship of rice arrives in Dalian."

I just want to raise the price!

Zhu Guoqiang, who knew it well, smiled and of course had no objection.

"In addition, I hope to further inspect Dalian to determine whether it is necessary for us to open a commercial store here."

Zhu Cixiang sneered in his heart.

What to wear?

Can you profiteers really put away a lot of money and not make money?

Perhaps the Chinese people of this era do not understand these Westerners, but in another world they have already thoroughly studied these so-called adventurers. What drives them to travel thousands of miles and shoulder the responsibilities

Come to the East with all kinds of risks?

To put it bluntly, it is driven by wealth.

The reason why they come here is to make money. For these people, as long as there is enough profit, they will even sell everything.

Besides, the condition I proposed was basically giving them money. How could they refuse?

Zhu Guoqiang laughed, knowing that they would not refuse to trade.

"You can visit as you like, and we will discuss this matter after you make a decision."

Decide.

I don't know when you made this decision, but my decision has been made.

The so-called rice is just a stepping stone. A stepping stone to open the door of Batavia.
Chapter completed!