1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 58 The Dutch Friendship ([-])

"I want to ask you all." Cornett Ludwig asked with a smile: "Do you need help from our East India Company?"

Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian, ​​his simple nationalistic sentiments made him unwilling to have anything to do with this red-haired ghost.But seeing Qi Tian's unusual enthusiasm since the Dutchman boarded the boat, and he kept trying to find a relationship, he knew that he must have something in mind.

Now, the Dutchman asked them, very bluntly, if they needed help.This is obviously to win them over.

why?Because the Dutch need them to earn commercial benefits for the Dutch, as Liu Xiang did before, to do things that are inconvenient for the Dutch to do in Ming Dynasty, and to act as thugs for the Dutch to maintain their hegemony in the Far East!

"Of course! If we get help from your East India Company in our future development and growth, I think it will be of great significance to both of us." Qi Tian thought for a while, and agreed for Cao Xiong without hesitation. down.

When they are still very weak, it is very important for them to find a thick thigh to hug.Perhaps, this is insignificant and shameless in the eyes of others.If you are not careful, you will become a vassal of the Dutch, even the "Royal Association Army".

But at this time, do they have other options?If you want to trade, you want to go to Daming, you want to find technology and capital, and finally, if you want to immigrate from Daming, you can hardly avoid Batavia and the Dutch.

Connet Ludwig smiled when he heard this, and he looked at Cao Xiong again, knowing that he was the leader of this group of people.

Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian solemnly, then nodded to Cornett Ludwig, expressing his approval of Qi Tian's statement.

"Gentlemen!" Cornett Ludwig was very happy. If the company can really support an opponent that can rival Zheng Zhilong, and this opponent can seriously implement the company's business strategy, then this will save the company a lot. an arming expense.

After all, the price of recruiting German mercenaries from far away Europe is still expensive, not only needing to waste precious cabins, but also paying monthly wages.

Arming this band of pirates, perhaps, would certainly require an initial investment of money.But if they develop and grow a little bit, they can completely make it self-sufficient, and they can also obey the company's deployment to maintain and implement the company's strategy.

If there is champagne on board, Cornett Ludwig really wants to have a drink with these people in front of him, celebrate, and reach a strategic cooperation agreement with each other.Oh, of course, it can only be an oral strategic cooperation agreement now, because it needs the approval of the Indian Committee and the Governor-General before it can be implemented.

Cornett Ludwig left Cao Xiong's big ship with a full harvest.Yes, whether it is the inner spiritual aspect or the outer material aspect, it is a huge gain.

Under Qi Tian's suggestion, Cao Xiong gave him ten pearls from the royal family of Boni, which were round in color and crystal clear, making Mr. Ludwig deeply fascinated by them just by looking at them.

"Xiao Tian, ​​you are planning to seek skin from a tiger!" Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian and said seriously, "You can't take advantage of red-haired ghosts easily! Two years ago, before we joined Liu Xiang, the red-haired ghosts forced us to Liu Xiang led all the troops to fight Xiamen with them. Heh, in the end, Liu Xiang was almost wiped out. If he didn’t run fast, he would have confessed there. Last year, Liu Xiang was also catching piglets for the red-haired ghost in Shanwei (labor ) and sent hundreds of them to Batavia to farm.”

"Doing such immoral things for these red-haired and green-eyed aliens will be cast aside by future generations in the future!"

"Uncle, I understand what you mean." Qi Tian turned to Cao Xiong solemnly, "The Dutch plan to support us and help us. To put it bluntly, they just want to use us and want us to do things they can't do. , and even asked us to work hard for them."

"But can we refuse? As long as the Dutch send ships across this sea area, we won't be able to go to Daming. If we can't go to Daming, we won't be able to bring more people here. Without the population, we only rely on our existing The population simply cannot grow.”

"So, now we can only accept the friendship and help of the Dutch, in order to bring out more poor people from Ming Dynasty who can't get enough to eat. When interacting with the Dutch, it is necessary to pretend to be a snake. The Dutch We can do all the requirements, but sometimes we are a little less capable, can't do well, or can't fulfill their requirements at all! What do you say, uncle?"

"..." Cao Xiong stared blankly at Qi Tian, ​​doing things for others, how can there be such an excuse?

"Then..., then what if we fail to fulfill their request again and again?"

"Then we need to test the patience of the Dutch people!" Qi Tian sighed, "It is impossible to accept help from others without paying a price. You said that they have invested a lot in you, but you always mess things up for them Smash it. Maybe someone else will stop the loss in time, or liquidate it!"

"What do you call stop loss? What do you call liquidation?" Cao Xiong felt that this nephew, who had studied, was saying more and more words he didn't understand.

"As for the stop loss, even if the Dutch see that we are not working hard, they will completely abandon us and no longer give us any support or help. As for the liquidation, that is, the Dutch eat us up and dispose of the assets that can be realized. Make up for their losses."

"That is to say, once the Dutch see that we are useless or unable to be used, they may destroy us?"

"Correct!"

"Then we accepted the help from the Dutch, but we didn't want to work hard. How long do you think they can endure?"

"I can't bear it for a moment!"

"Huh? Then how do we deal with the Dutchman?"

"As long as we don't violate our own conscience, don't betray our own nation, and don't harm Daming's interests, we can do whatever else the Dutch ask for!"

"How can a group of barbarians who are only interested in profit not do something that goes against their conscience?"

"Yeah, that's really hard to tell!" Qi Tianwei sighed, "That's why, let's think about it before we do anything that involves Da Ming. It involves Nanyang Tubang, or other barbarians. , let's do what we can while worrying about our own safety!"

Cao Xiong nodded, deeply agreeing.But after thinking about it carefully, I was a little dazed. What the little brat said was as if he hadn't said anything.

"Five years!" Seeing that Cao Xiong was in a hurry, Qi Tian said hastily: "Let's strive to maintain a friendly and cooperative relationship with the Dutchman for at least five years. When we grow stronger and they can't help me, we can bridge with them." Return to the bridge, return to the road, and maintain their respective independent states."

"Five years? You say five years, can we compete against the Dutch?"

"Yes!" Qi Tian said with absolute certainty, but he still had no idea in his heart.

In five years, no matter what, he still has the ability to protect himself.If we can't beat the Dutch, then we'll just play in Australia.At such a long distance, he did not believe that the Dutch could land across the sea to attack them.

The cooperation with the Dutch was decided by Cao Xiong and Qi Tian under such a premise that there was neither sufficient discussion nor specific follow-up plans.

In later generations, some people say that this decision laid the foundation for the stable and rapid development of their weak group.Some people also said that their hasty decision made them always bear the suspicion of cooperating with foreign colonial forces and bowing their knees to compromise with the outside world.

Two days later, off the coast of Batavia.

"Gentlemen, if you are settled, please come to Batavia to find me. At that time, we can discuss the follow-up cooperation plan in detail. Believe me, this will be beneficial to both of us!" Connet Road David said with a smile.

"Okay, let's settle down and come to Batavia." Cao Xiong said.

After saying goodbye to each other, Cao Xiong and the other five ships turned to the west. A day later, they circled the southwest corner of Java Island, and then stuck to the coastline, sailing straight to the east.

Home is just ahead!
(End of this chapter)