Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 327

Van der Laan began to feel a little uneasy in his heart. Seeing that Liu Kongzhao did not mention the purchase of the ship again, he was a little worried that Liu Kongzhao really did not plan to buy it again.

These Dutch people have already heard about the fact that Frangji's merchant ships made fortunes in Macau, Ningbo, Songjiang Prefecture and other places.

It can be said that Van der Laan is indeed very interested in Liu Kongzhao, an aristocratic official from the Ming Empire.

Van der Laan also hopes to have business cooperation with Liu Kongzhao, and knows that this empire has a huge market.

But now that Liu Kongzhao no longer mentioned the matter of buying a boat, Van der Laan had no choice but to try his best to show his friendship to Liu Kongzhao, and began to prepare a rich lunch for Liu Kongzhao, and took out the red wine he had treasured for a long time.

"What's this, steak? It's quite unique to cut it with a knife. You Westerners are fighting like a war!"

"It's a bit extravagant to use this glass as a wine glass. Our Duke Wei is also working on this thing. I don't know if he has succeeded in it."

"Is this a potato? My Emperor Ming recently asked local officials to promote this stuff, but he didn't fry it like you do; what, it's only used by nobles in your country! It's strange, His Majesty said this It has no nutrition, and is only suitable for the low-level people to wrap their stomachs in adversity and make ordinary dishes."

"Is this called milk? In China, there is Poria cream that is similar to this, but it is a nourishing thing."

Liu Kongzhao imitated Van der Laan's behavior and began to eat. While eating, he asked Van der Laan about the Western food.

Van der Laan also patiently explained them one by one.

After dinner, Liu Kongzhao continued to follow Fan der Laan to visit his command room. Van der Laan was still very active in introducing Liu Kongzhao's various products in his cabin, hoping to interest this noble official from the Ming Empire.

"This telescope is not bad. I have long heard that your boat-building and mirror-making skills are unique. I saw it today and it is well-deserved. I can buy some of this thing for hunting and use it for hunting. Let me quote a price; er, there is also this thing, an instrument for navigation. , you can buy a batch."

Liu Kongzhao saw and asked a lot about Van der Laan's flagship, and finally went back to the wine table with Van der Laan.

Van der Laan finally couldn't help asking Liu Kongzhao: "Your Excellency, regarding the order of warships and other equipment, please give me a clear answer."

"Okay, my lord will not give you a hand. You need five first-class warships, but each one should not exceed 30 yuan. In addition, you need five second-class warships and ten third-class warships. The price you quoted just now They are all too high. As long as you are willing to lower the price, I am willing to use 300 million silver dollars to buy you ten second-class warships and twenty third-class warships. In addition, you have to give me a hundred sets of binoculars and How about fifty sets of nautical instruments?"

Liu Kongzhao directly showed his cards.

And Vanderland became a little annoyed: "Your Excellency, you are robbing, how can you talk about business like this!"

"The lord has already backed down a lot. I know you are businessmen, and you all want to make more money, but Mr. Van der Laan, even if we do business, we have to take a long-term view. You can't just do business once, you have to do it all the time. Go on; you can also see that the Zheng family has too much power in the sea, not only affecting you, but also our majesty, so my Daming Navy will definitely continue to grow, and it will have to continue to be controlled by your Western Fans. Buying warships or something, you are not willing to give up profits and become partners with us. Naturally, Francois and England are willing. I heard that the Netherlands has been challenged by these two countries. If you lose the trade of the Ming Empire and let Francois, England and other countries benefit, and who loses, I don't need to say it clearly."

When Liu Kongzhao said this, Fan der Laan also understood a little bit, and after thinking that if he didn't back down, he might lose the opportunity to cooperate with the high-level officials of the Ming Empire, he nodded and agreed to Liu Kongzhao's conditions.

"That's right, Van der Laan is straightforward, then this matter is settled, we will discuss a contract now, how long will it take for these five first-class warships to be built, how long will it take to deliver them, and how will the payment be collected? The other ten second-class warships And when will the delivery of the [-] third-level battleships be delivered, etc."

Liu Kongzhao couldn't help but slapped the table and laughed, and took the initiative to pour wine for Fan der Laan: "Mr. Fan der Laan, I want to say something to you from the bottom of my heart today. You are the most intelligent Westerner I have ever met. The robot is much more straightforward. No matter what, I, Liu, already regard you as a friend, and let me tell you the truth, I am the only one who decides the navy of the Ming Empire. There will be many opportunities for us to cooperate in the future, and not only Warships and other things can also cooperate.”

As he said that, Liu Kongzhao grabbed Van der Laan's shoulder: "Do you know what my identity is in China?"

Van der Laan was indeed taking advantage of Liu Kongzhao's status as an aristocrat of the Ming Dynasty to further cooperate with Daming, so he also asked: "What is the status of Your Excellency, Earl, please tell me clearly."

"You should all know that my Chinese emperor's surname is Zhu, right? But you don't know that my Chinese Zhu family's world was conquered by my Liu family with the help of their Zhu family. Half of the country here belongs to our Liu family. You can It is said that what this Lord decides can represent the decision of my Chinese Ming court!"

Liu Kongzhao said with a drunken look.

At the same time, Liu Kongzhao also squinted around and looked around, thinking that there should be no Jin Yiwei's eyeliner on this Western Fan's warship, maybe he can brag about it, so as to shock Fan der Lan, so that the Zheng family's attack on Dongfan The red-haired fan got more benefits from this red-haired fan Vanderland before.

As Liu Kongzhao expected, after hearing that Liu Kongzhao had such a high status in the Ming Empire, Van der Laan became even more curious: "Is what your Excellency said true?"

"Don't believe me, my ancestor is Liu Bowen. Have you heard of Liu Bowen? You can speak Fengyang official dialect. You haven't heard of this person since you've been here for so long. I am Liu Kongzhao, and the Earl of Sincerity I'm taking now is The merits earned by the ancestor Liu Bowen!"

Liu Kongzhao took out the jade pendant handed down from his family while he was drunk.

"Uh, uh, uh, I know, I know, this Liu Bowen is the god of wisdom here, I didn't expect you to be a descendant of a famous family, now I believe it, it is our honor to cooperate with you, I don't know if you are true Interested in continuing to cooperate with us?"

Van der Laan had indeed heard of Liu Bowen. After all, people like Liu Bowen were more famous in folklore than Emperor Zhu.

But it was also because of this that he, who knew only a little about the history and national conditions of Ming Dynasty, began to believe Liu Kongzhao's bragging words.

　Thank you book friend Mu Yu Changqing for the reward of 100 book coins. Some time ago, because I was too busy with work, I seldom interacted with book friends, and it seemed a little cold. I am really sorry, and I will strengthen the interaction in the future.

　　
　
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