Fang Yuegong had to admit that these Western foreign countries were all thinking beautifully, one only wanted to monopolize the trade route with the Ming Dynasty, and the other wanted the Ming Dynasty to trade with him.

"I am afraid that my Emperor Ming Dynasty is willing to do this, and you can't defend your trade rights. Do you think other Western countries can agree? Or, you can apply for the Ming Navy to protect your trade rights and interests, but you can pay the silver for protection, and you will get 50% of the trade profit anyway."

Fang Yuegong replied with a smile.

After hearing this, Abukui had to give up this fantasy and said, "Okay, we give up this request. Fang Ting. Thank you for your reminder and for giving us an opportunity to cooperate. We recognize Goa as the territory of the Ming Dynasty and is sacred and inviolable. We are willing to send troops to our partners to recover Goa, and obey your country's trade regulations in the future."

"You will become the pride of the Netherlands and also become my friend of the Celestial Empire."

Fang Yuegong replied.

Next, the Netherlands really signed a trade agreement with the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty emphasized that Goa was an inseparable part of the Ming Dynasty.

The Netherlands will assist the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa based on agreement and morality.

As for how Goa became an integral part of the Ming Dynasty, the civil servants of Hanlin Academy and Chongwen Temple have found an explanation by looking through the piles of old papers.

The reason was nothing more than that when Zheng He went to the West, he used his personal charm and the cultural charm of the Celestial Kingdom to make the natives here take the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and as early as the Yongle period, he came to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute.

Even the officials of the Hanlin Academy actually found relevant files in Wenhua Palace.

The Netherlands assisted the Ming Dynasty in regaining Goa, which was just an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to show its sincerity.

After the event was completed, the Ming Dynasty would allow the Netherlands to trade in Goa, Haojing, Taiwan, and other places in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Japan, Ryukyu and North Korea, but they would need to obey the Ming Dynasty's trade regulations and pay tariffs and protection fees in the corresponding places.

As for whether the Netherlands can do these trades only by the Dutch, it can only rely on the Dutch's own strength.

The Ming Dynasty only recognized the Netherlands as the first country to be able to trade legally in the Ming Dynasty.

Next, a large number of Dutch merchant ships began to appear in Songjiang, Haojing, and Ningbo.

Because there were no Portuguese ships, these Dutch merchant ships also made a lot of money, and even if they had to pay the taxes and fees, they made a lot of money.

The Dutch therefore found that it was really good to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty.

Some Dutch merchants directly borrowed money from the Ming Bank to buy Ming ships and hired Ming sailors to trade because they did not have enough ships. Even so, they still made a lot of money.

In this way.

Trade in the places such as Haojing, Songjiang, Ningbo, Taiwan and Nagasaki began to resume, and was not affected by the capture of a large number of Western fans as slaves before the Ming Dynasty.

Because of profit, Dutch merchants seemed to have forgotten that their compatriots were still slaves in the Ming Dynasty and only focused on being the maritime coachman of the Ming Dynasty.

Through the Jinyiwei's meticulous work, the Ming Dynasty told Croner, the Governor of Manila, Spain, to Croner, who was in Manila, who had made a fortune by abandoning hatred and cooperating with the Ming Dynasty.

"What did you say, Mr. Lin? The Dutch actually chose to turn a blind eye to the atrocities of the Ming Dynasty, and humbly cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, and even assisted it in attacking Goa? Then he gained the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty and made a lot of money?"

Croner was originally angry that his Spanish in Taiwan were captured and enslaved by the Ming Dynasty, and learned about the Dutch from his partner Lin He, a Fujian native of Daming.

"Yes, Your Excellency, now the Dutch merchant ships are the most and only of the foreign merchant ships to the Ming Dynasty. Except for the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, no one competes for profit. They are now ready to deal with your Manila after assisting the Ming Dynasty to recover Goa to achieve the entire waters east of Goa. They are the only foreign merchant ships."

Lin He said.

"This is really a terrible thing. These shameless Dutch people only have money in their eyes and do not save their own people. Don't they know that some of them were captured by Ming Kingdom as slaves?"

As Croner said, he asked loudly.

"They know naturally, but in their opinion it doesn't matter, what matters is their interests."

Lin He replied.

"No! I, Spain, cannot lose the opportunity to trade with the Ming Kingdom. I must immediately convince the members of the Governor's Office and the King, that we must understand the behavior of the Ming Kingdom. After all, we did not comply with the Ming Kingdom's orders first. We also need to recognize that Goa is the territory of the Ming Kingdom and be willing to express our friendship to the Ming Kingdom. Mr. Lin, can you help me contact your Emperor or an important official, and hope that the Ming Kingdom can give us Spain a chance to perform."

Croner replied.

"But as far as I know, your country has annexed Portugal. If you also attack Goa, wouldn't you worry about Portugal's request for independence?"

Lin He asked again.

"This is naturally nothing compared to being able to trade with the Ming Kingdom. It is our honor to be able to fight for a great empire like the Ming Kingdom."

Croner replied,

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"Tell Fujian Governor Xu Ruke that it is my will, allowing Spain to show its sincerity and then gain opportunities for trade. However, it is necessary for his Governor Croner to enter Beijing and submit their troops to me. The same goes for the Netherlands. Don't just send one or two warships as if you have the opportunity to get a chance with the Ming Dynasty!"

After Zhu Youxiao learned that Spain was also interested in fighting against Goa for the Ming Dynasty.

He planned to summon the governors of Spain and the Netherlands to Beijing and use the strategy of killing three soldiers to force these Westerners to take the initiative to give up more benefits to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao asked Spain, the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty to send troops to Goa, not entirely to reduce the cost of sending troops, maintain trade between the Ming Dynasty and Europe, and to take this opportunity to show off the Ming Dynasty's martial ethics and let Western foreign countries such as Spain and the Netherlands know how terrible the strength of the Ming Empire was.

Shortly after the Spring Festival of the eighth year of the Apocalypse, Governor of Manila, Spain, and Governor of Eurasia, Abukui, of Batavia, Netherlands, both began to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty by orders.

As soon as they arrived at the waters near Ningbo, they were shocked by the large warships on the Ming Dynasty.

"My God, when did the Ming Kingdom have such a large warship? There should be hundreds of giant cannons on it!"

"This is a powerful and unimaginable empire, and it is wise for me to not choose to be an enemy."

Kroner and Abukui were both very impressed and began to be afraid of the power of the Ming navy. They used various indirect methods to inquire about the power of the Ming navy from Fang Yuegong who accompanied them to Beijing. However, after they learned that they were only a battalion of the navy stationed in Ningbo and there were six battalions in the Ming Dynasty, they couldn't help but feel even more shocked.

When they got ashore, they were once again shocked by the current wealth of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the cheap cloth and silk in China and the high income of the scholars and the people, almost every family in Ningbo city has worn silk and brocade, and even many carriages, houses and street trees are wrapped in brocade.
Chapter completed!