When he heard these words, Zhu Yuqian's eyes lit up. But then they dimmed again, and he sighed: "It's a pity that I am not the center of the imperial court, so I can't say anything. Now I am not as good as you, the commander-in-chief."
, why talk about national affairs again? Ridiculous, ridiculous."
There is no pretense in saying this, it seems to come from the heart.
Ding Yunyi thought again that before he invited him to drink, he had to get the permission of two followers. Could it be that this person was actually a prison officer? But judging from the appearance of his followers, they were respectful to him and did not dare to neglect him at all.
What happened?
I thought about it for a while, but I couldn't figure it out.
"Third brother..."
While they were talking there, Qin Yun's voice sounded outside.
The two followers in front of Zhu Yu stopped Qin Yun. Qin Yun looked puzzled. This was his military camp. How could two strangers appear from nowhere and not let him enter his own place?
"Let him come in." It was Zhu Yuqian's majestic voice that made the two followers give way.
As soon as Qin Yun walked in, he saw a stranger chatting with Ding Yunyi. He was startled for a moment, and Ding Yunyi asked, "What's the matter?"
"Mr. Ding." Seeing the presence of outsiders, Qin Yun restored the title of "Mr. Ding": "Hongyi sent someone to ask for a meeting."
"Hongyi sent people to ask for an audience?" Ding Yunyi said it out in front of Zhu Yu.
"Yes, this is Paula Wockadek, the special envoy of Hans Putmans, the Red Barbarian Governor-General!"
"It turns out to be Putmans." Zhu Yuqian smiled contemptuously: "This man is arrogant and domineering. As a result, in the Battle of Liaoluowan, he was beaten by our Ming Dynasty Navy and lost his armor. Even his commander-in-chief's Wusha was also beaten.
Lost it. It was through this battle that Mr. Ding became famous, right?"
He said it casually, showing that he was very familiar with these things.
Ding Yunyi didn't know the purpose of the other party's visit, so he thought for a moment: "Ask him to wait outside, just say that the boss is discussing business matters and I don't have time to see him at the moment."
"yes."
Qin Yun agreed and was about to go out when he was stopped by Ding Yunyi: "Go find Hong Shoubei and tell him that there are guests tonight. Please ask Hong Shoubei to catch more fish."
Qin Yun blinked and immediately understood the meaning of Ding Yunyi's words.
Hong Tiaoyuan was cautious. When he heard that Hongyi was sending people, he must see him immediately. Ding Yunyi wanted to have people hold Hong Tiaoyuan back.
"Hong Tiaoyuan is more cautious than courageous." Zhu Yuqian actually saw Ding Yunyi's intention at a glance, and he was no stranger to Hong Tiaoyuan: "It would be good not to let him get involved.
But I wonder if I can ask General Ding to give instructions to Zhu to stay here?"
This person either did enough homework before coming to Penghu, or he is very concerned about places like Fujian and Taiwan. Ding Yunyi thought silently in his heart, but with a smile on his face: "Gentlemen, it's okay to just sit down."
Then he poured wine into the empty bowl: "You and I just drink, and let the Hongyi envoy wait outside slowly."
Zhu Yuqian toasted him with a bowl of wine: "The red barbarians are also abominable. Back then, the barbarian chief Song Ke commanded the fleet and left Penghu Fenggui. He came to the Taiwanese officials. He pretended to be pitiful and offered to borrow a large cowhide
That's fine, but the shameless Hongyi actually cut a piece of cowhide into very thin leather lines and connected them to enclose the land. This is a 'piece of cowhide'."
"One thought of benevolence will cause endless troubles." Ding Yunyi frowned tightly: "The Hongyi first occupied Kunyu, and they carried out large-scale construction and built the city of Orange. They actually changed it to a state in the Netherlands and named it 'Re
Lanzhe City' became the 'Governor-General's Palace' of the Netherlands in Taiwan. The inner city has been completed and the outer city is about to be completed. This will cause trouble for us to regain the governance power of Taiwan in the future!"
Zhu Yuqian sighed repeatedly: "The imperial court's focus is not on Taiwan right now. As long as those red barbarians are more peaceful, the imperial court will turn a blind eye and not distract energy at this time. But they never thought that they are raising tigers for trouble!"
Ding Yunyi suddenly became arrogant: "If I have a fleet, I will land on Taiwan and attack it, and I will definitely drive all the red barbarians out of Taiwan!"
"You are so magnificent, Mr. Ding. I respect you!" Zhu Yu raised his bowl in front of him and praised loudly.
The two of them drank the wine in the bowl and then refilled it, as if they would not stop until they were very drunk today.
Ding Yunyi put down his wine bowl and looked thoughtful: "The sooner we drive away the Hongyi, the better, otherwise a large amount of our Ming Dynasty wealth will continue to flow to the Hongyi. The goods exported by the Hongyi from Taiwan every year are worth millions of guilders.
....”
"What is a Dutch guilder?" Zhu Yuqian asked curiously.
"That is Taiwan's currency, which is the same as our Ming Dynasty's silver." Ding Yunyi explained, and then said: "They exported Taiwan's rice, sugar, deerskin and vines to Fusang and even Persia;
The metals, medicinal materials, spices, pepper, amber, tin, lead, cotton, and opium shipped from Batavia were transported to Fujian and other places via Taiwan; raw silk, porcelain, silk fabrics, gold and other goods from the mainland were then transported to
It was re-exported to Batavia or Western Europe via Taiwan. This was completely unequal trade. The Netherlands plundered countless goods and also imposed high taxes on merchants from Ming Dynasty, Japan, Southeast Asia and other places doing business in Taiwan.
Earning huge profits, the white money just fell into Hongyi's pocket."
"Hongyi is so rampant?" Zhu Yu's eyes showed anger.
"More than that." Ding Yunyi sneered: "In the areas ruled by the Red Barbarians, you have to pay rent for farming, apply for licenses for hunting and fishing, and pay a poll tax for the population. There is a man named Constantine No. among the Red Barbarians.
Bell, he called our people of the Ming Dynasty 'pigs' and 'barbarians', and he was murderous. He killed more than a hundred of our people of the Ming Dynasty with his own hands. How many unarmed Chinese people died in Hongyi
Under the knife and gun."
"How unreasonable!" Zhu Yuqian was furious and shouted: "I originally thought that the barbarians were occupying our Taiwan, but I was just greedy. Who would have thought that I would be so cruel? Do I really think that our Ming Dynasty has no one? Although I have no power, I still have no power.
I must risk my life to write a book and tell the Holy Spirit everything that happens in Taiwan!"
Although he was still covering up this sentence, his identity was completely exposed.
"Shangdashenglisten"? That means he can convey his opinions to the current emperor at any time?
Ding Yunyi did not show too much anger: "When you see the Hongyi envoy, gentlemen, you must not get angry. Just listen, don't speak, otherwise it will ruin my big event."
Zhu Yuqian was startled, then nodded: "I'm just an outsider, and of course I won't get involved in Mr. Ding's affairs."
Ding Yunyi laughed "haha" and poured all the wine in the bowl into his mouth: "Come here, bring me the Hongyi envoy!"