Chapter 184 Banquet

After Xiao Tianjian and Zheng Zhilong exchanged greetings for a while, they issued an order to give a banquet. It was undoubtedly an honor for Zheng Zhilong to receive the banquet from Xiao Tianjian. However, he was still a little worried that Xiao Tianjian's banquet would be a Hongmen banquet. After the banquet was held, Zheng Zhilong and all his subordinates were careful. Yi didn't dare to let go of eating and drinking. The wine just touched his lips, and he didn't dare to pick up the dishes and send them to his mouth.

Xiao Tianjian drank wine and looked at Zheng Zhilong and others nervous. He was a little unhappy. He put the wine cup on the Chaolong case and said to Zheng Zhilong, "Zheng Aiqing, why are you so nervous? Do you think I will have a grand banquet for you here? Or do you think I will poison you in the wine and vegetables I gave you for the banquet?

In this case, someone, send me this pot of wine, and bring Zheng Aiqing's wine pot to me! So Zheng Aiqing, don't you know how to rest assured?"

While talking, a bodyguard immediately sent the wine pot in front of Xiao Tianjian to Zheng Zhilong. He changed Zheng Zhilong's wine pot and took it to Xiao Tianjian's table and filled Xiao Tianjian with a cup. Xiao Tianjian raised his hand and drank it all.

Zheng Zhilong and others were so scared that they quickly walked around the table and knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"That's all! The reason why I gave you a banquet today is that I think Zheng Aiqing is a hero! I just want to chat with Zheng Aiqing, but you are too cramped! If I have bad intentions towards you, how can I use such means? This is Nanjing. If I want to kill you, I can order to drag you out and kill you. How can I give you a feast?

Get up, I'm sorry to wait for your innocence! It's time to eat and drink. Don't be so cramped and sweep away my interest again! Between you and me, let's talk about the things on the sea. You have lived by the sea for a long time and have been acting on the sea all year round. I am also quite curious about the things on the sea. Today, you might as well talk more about this to me!" Xiao Tianjian was so scared when he saw them that he put away his anger again.

Zheng Zhilong and others think so. This is Nanjing City. Xiao Tianjian is the king of a country at present. If you want to be unfavorable to them, you don't have to use this kind of dirty means. At worst, it's enough to push them out to kill them. They don't have the ability to resist here.

Instead of making Xiao Tianjian unhappy like this, it's better to let go and do what's good. So Zheng Zhilong and others sat down after thanking En, and then let go of their hands and feet to eat and drink.

With this wine, the atmosphere in the hall is much more harmonious. Xiao Tianjian then drank and asked Zheng Zhilong all kinds of things about the sea, including not only the situation of European countries in the Nanyang area, but also the goods of maritime trade. Naturally, there are some things about Taiwan. And he also asked about the naval battle in Luowan.

And Zheng Zhilong saw that Xiao Tianjian did not stand up the emperor's airs and talked and laughed with them, so he did not dare to say anything. He asked and answered Xiao Tianjian's words and satisfied Xiao Tianjian's curiosity as much as possible.

When it comes to the naval battle of Luowan, after listening to Zheng Zhilong's detailed explanation of the naval battle, Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "Well fought! If the Dutch want to rely on strong guns, they also want to bully us Chinese. They have found the wrong partner! It's really gratifying that you can defeat the big ship of the Red-haired Man with a small boat! With this matter alone, you have made contributions to the Chinese people, which is a famous move! After going back to the history museum, you must write it down and record the detailed record of the naval battle and pass it on to future generations! How dare Westerners regard us as empty in China?

After listening to it, Zheng Zhilong and others were very happy. At least in terms of dealing with foreigners, they could see that Xiao Tianjian didn't like these foreign devils on the sea of China very much, and Xiao Tianjian's attitude was also very obvious, that is, they were not allowed to continue to China continues to be arrogant on the sea.

Then Xiao Tianjian asked about the current situation on Taiwan Island, and Zheng Zhilong immediately answered truthfully, telling Xiao Tianjian about the current Dutch business in Taiwan.

Xiao Tianjian put down his wine glass, and his face suddenly sank. He said, "Taiwan Island has been the land of China since ancient times, but now it is occupied by the Dutch. This is the shame of my China!" Although China's development of Taiwan is insufficient, and previous dynasties have not attached importance to Taiwan, I will not sit back and watch Taiwan be occupied by the Dutch!

You are the pillars of my future sea. You should make suggestions for this matter and work together to find a way to take back the island of Taiwan!

I don't object to trading with foreigners. I am rich in Chinese products. Through maritime trade, it is a move to enrich the people and strengthen the country. I will not oppose trading with them, but these foreigners want to cove our Chinese land, but they can't do it! In addition, the Nanyang countries are also the vassals of our China. The colonization of foreigners is an invasion of our dynasty. Why can they cross the gunboats far away to the sea of our country, but our dynasty can only trade with them at their doorstep? On this vast sea, is it possible that we Chinese can only be imprisoned in this small Nanyang area?

Although Zheng Aiqing has been on the sea for a long time, I think your vision is not big enough. You should know that the world is so big that we can't just keep our eyes on this Nanyang area. They are everywhere in the world. In the future, our Chinese sea ships will also go to all over the world to show our China. National prestige!

In the future, don't just focus on the maritime trade in the Nanyang area. In that way, most of the interests will be usurped by those foreigners, while the merchants in our dynasty can only make small profits, but just make wedding clothes for their foreigners!

They can come to us. Why can't we go to them in the future? At present, although we also have a lot of sea ships, most of them can't be compared with those big ships of foreigners. In the future, I will learn more foreign shipbuilding methods. For my use, I also need to build big ships that can sail back and forth on various oceans, and compete with them on the sea, so that Westerners can no longer despise my vast China!

At present, you people are most familiar with the sea. I want to go abroad in the future. On the ocean of Yang Fan, you still need to work harder! As long as we monarchs and ministers are willing to control each other, there is nothing in the world that we can't do!"

After listening to this, Zheng Zhilong and others were secretly shocked, but at the same time they were very happy. What Xiao Tianjian said today was to completely clear his attitude and would no longer imitate Daming's execution of the sea ban. This is naturally good news for those of them who beg for food at sea.

And they also heard Xiao Tianjian's ambition from Xiao Tianjian's words. The new emperor not only wants to dominate the land, but also has the intention to create a huge sea master in the future to compete with Westerners on the sea. In this way, why worry that the Zheng family will not have a chance in the future?

So Zheng Zhilong quickly took the lead and got up and said yes. Xiao Tianjian waved his hand to let them sit down, and then said, "I know that you have a grudge against me this time. Don't deny this. After all, for many years, your Zheng family has been the master of the Nanyang Sea. Now that I ask you to hand over your sailors, it will definitely affect the interests of your Zheng family and make you lose control of the coastal area!

But you should remember that since my dynasty is established and the country will always be greater than my family, I will not allow anyone to support private soldiers and divide one side by themselves! Even your Zheng family can't do it! Zheng Aiqing, you should keep this in mind for me!

But now that I have taken back your sailors, it does not mean that you are prohibited from continuing to do business at sea in the future. I don't care about your Zheng family's profit from sea trade. On the contrary, the more you make profits, the happier I will be! But the premise is that we must do business under the system and law of our dynasty. We must no longer use all kinds of means to steal the interests of others and even the country at sea as before. As long as we do this, I will protect your interests, not only to protect your interests, but also to support you. Some sea merchants!

I have decided that once the Yongli chaos in the south is calmed down, I will choose several places to open ports and trade along the coast. Whether it is your Zheng family or other merchants, you can go to the sea at these ports, including those red-haired people, and you should also follow the rules set by our dynasty and berthing in these commercial ports.

In addition, I will immediately set up a customs to deal with maritime trade. As long as I pay taxes in accordance with the requirements of the customs, the maritime merchants will not be hindered. On the contrary, they will be protected by our maritime division!

In the future, no matter how far you are, as long as your interests are violated, it will be my responsibility to stand up for you and protect your interests from infringement! You can rest assured about this. Don't think that if you hand over the sailor, you will no longer be able to gain a foothold at sea! As long as we build a strong enough navy in the future, the interests of you sea merchants can be protected!"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he suddenly felt a strong sense of loss. Although the emperor has sealed him and his relatives and his subordinates in court today, this is only a title and does not grant them any real position. Now Xiao Tianjian's words have repeatedly pointed out that they are sea merchants, which also shows that Xiao Tianjian did not intend to give them real power in the future, but just treated them as sea merchants, which made it a little difficult for Zheng Zhilong and his men, who wanted to win an official and half position in the Dazhong Dynasty, a little difficult to accept, but they did not dare to say anything more for a while.

Moreover, Xiao Tianjian proposed to set up a customs. The term customs is not strange to them. In Chinese history, what is similar to customs is the city's department, but with the ban on the sea in the Ming Dynasty, the city's department has been abandoned. Over the years, the Zheng family has been rampant on the sea, all in the sea. Uphang merchants' ships have to pay their Zheng family to pay for the road to pass safely on the sea. Even the Red-haired ships are the same. In order to obtain the purpose of free movement at sea, the Dutch also need to pay a large amount of tolls to their Zheng's family in order to travel along the coast of China and even to the sea of Ryukyu. OK.

For this reason, the Zheng family has made a lot of money by collecting these tolls over the years. However, now the Greater China and the DPRK are going to open ports to trade and set up customs. The good days of the Zheng family in the past have come to an end. Through this surrender, the Greater China and North Korea It has weakened more than half of the maritime power of the Zheng family, and in the future, this benefit can only be taken away by the court.

This makes the Zheng family a little uncomfortable, but they feel a little helpless. However, at least the background of the Zheng family has not been copied by the Dazhong Dynasty. They can continue to make money through maritime trade in the future. This is also a blessing in misfortune. It is better than waiting for the Dazhong army to defeat Quanzhou and take the old of the Zheng family. After copying the bottom, it is much stronger to destroy the Zheng family.