Lu Ming

Chapter 87 Negotiations ([-])

When Cai Feiming first heard Van der Hagen's tough question, he couldn't help being a little stunned.The next moment he chuckled: the information he just gave, the Dutch probably thought something wrong somewhere. "Fan, are there any idiots in this world who return the stolen bride? As far as you know."

"Dear Cai, you must know that you attacked here when the officers were at their weakest, and you got what you shouldn't have. You know the strength of the East India Company, you must know it, right? Now it is Best chance to make amends!"

"Weak." After listening to Cai Feiming, he first showed a smile that couldn't be laughed at, and then said to him in a tone of throwing away his wallet: "No hurry, let's review first: on June 6 this year, the first time a new officer took office. Mr. Peter Nuiz, the third-term commander, went to Japan as soon as he took office because he wanted to save the increasingly severe trade relationship between the Netherlands and Japan, and he has not returned since then, right?"

After seeing Van der Hagen nodding, Cai Feiming continued: "That is to say, after that, the temporary commander of the high-ranking officer was temporarily taken over by the second commander, Mr. De Weiss, who had already stepped down. Here is the problem: when When we came to occupy the chief officer half a month ago, you were the interim chief, and Mr. Weiss has already been invited by Yu, the highest military chief of Fujian, to take a fleet to eliminate one officer, right?"

"What does this mean?" Van der Hagen thought he had found the crux of the problem: "You occupy this place, you have all the documents and letters, and you know everything."

"Oh, poor Fan, you are always caught in your own funny guesses, let me tell you something that is not recorded in the documents." Cai Feiming said in a slightly pitying tone: "You and the others are working. Mr. Weiss, whom those scumbags miss so much, has returned to Batavia, and I am sorry to disappoint you, he will not come back."

"It's impossible! You're lying!" Van der Hagen cried.

"Six days ago, Mr. Weiss led the Dutch fleet to fight with a pirate regiment on Copper Mountain Island and was attacked by fireboats. Mr. Weiss escaped and sailed directly to Batavia. The speedboat Owerk was burned. , the West Capel and the other four ships were captured by an official." Cai Feiming said here, his hands spread out: "Look, the information sources of the Kunlun people are far faster and more extensive than you think. Don't forget We are ancient aristocrats with huge, unknown channels in the Ming Kingdom."

After thinking dully for a while, Van der Hagen said with a bit of frustration: "Even so, Batavia's anger will come sooner or later."

Cai Feiming approached his body slowly, stared at Van der Hagen face-to-face and said, "You should know by now that we didn't come here casually, right?"

Van der Hagen was able to refute, but in the end he nodded: "Maybe all Ming people will help you because of your identities. There are many Ming people."

"So, we waited for Mr. Weiss to leave with the main force, and then came to the chief like a thief? Now, are you still holding this stupid idea, dear Fan?"

Van der Hagen was speechless.At this moment, the scene of the day when the big man fell suddenly appeared in his head-a half-pounder gun that spit terrifying flames, could kill 50 soldiers in an instant, and a shell that exploded hugely when it touched the wall. Kunlun people are generally equipped with short-barreled guns and long guns that can be fired continuously.
Van der Hagen opened his mouth several times, but said nothing.

"You finally see the essence of the problem." Cai Feiming showed that helpless expression after throwing away his wallet again: "In the original plan, we were fighting against Mr. Weiss and his fleet. But because of some damn delays , the fleet finally arrived after the delay, Mr. Weiss, who should have been sitting in front of me, was replaced by you, and his fleet was in the hands of the first officer!"

Cai Feiming became more and more angry: "Do you think we are here to steal the purse? You are wrong! We lost our purse, and Weiss' fleet was all lost! Seven boats, and those sailors!"

Cai Feiming pointed at the red hair in front of him: "Now, you can go back, Mr. Van der Hagen, this is the end of today's communication. Besides, if you can't face reality and still live in those funny fantasies and don't want to wake up, Then we'll change someone, or simply stop the communication between the two sides, and wait until Nuiz comes back next month."

The first exchange between the two parties was so unhappy.

Cai Feiming walked out of the big office with a depressed face, mumbling something all the way up the wall steps to the fort in the northeast corner of the business hall.This fort is tightly stuck to the waterway entrance and the commercial terminal of the Taijiang Inland Sea, and has a wide field of vision.

The old-fashioned Dutch artillery in the prismatic turret has long been gone, replaced by the M2 heavy machine gun group.Due to the good vision, some senior executives of the company are often found here - such as CEO Xia.

"Why, we didn't talk well?" Hearing the footsteps behind him, Xia Xianze, who was looking at the Taijiang Inland Sea with his binoculars, looked back and saw that Cai Feiming's face was not very good, and it was estimated that the conversation might not go well.

"When I meet a madman, this guy thinks that we should return the captives and pay compensation."

"Haha, that day at the entrance of the business hall, so many people died in unison, but they couldn't make him understand the situation?" Xia Xianze was also very puzzled after hearing this.

"Who knows?" Cai Feiming said angrily: "This is a horse boy. Probably this guy has never had the chance to think about complicated issues. If it doesn't work, he will pull it down and wait for Nuiz to come."

Xia Xianze didn't answer, but raised the telescope and looked at it for a while, then handed it to Cai Feiming: "Look at it, the Navy's first Western-style training ship."

"Isn't this the Dutch speedboat? What is it called?" Cai Feiming raised the binoculars and glanced at it and said.
"Wilden." It was now called "The Wind."

The Weldon was an Yacht ship - the Dutch translation is "speedboat".This type of ship has a pointed head and a square tail, and there is no forecastle. It is characterized by high speed and low cost.

Unlike those flute-shaped ships that comically changed their shape to a small mouth and a big belly in order to pay less deck tax, the Ahart ship is shallow and fast, suitable for service ships and expedition ships. The Mayflower is one of them. A typical three-masted Ahart ship.

A group of Ming sailors are driving the renamed "Chengfeng" in the inland sea of ​​Taijiang River. The sailors can clearly be seen on the fort climbing agilely between the sail booms, but their movements of retracting and unwinding the soft sails are still unreliable. Very clumsy.

(End of this chapter)