Chapter 432: Three Bottom Lines

The solemn and majestic soldiers made Rhodes feel a little uneasy.

And the first sentence of the young King Qi caused a cold sweat on Rhode's back. He didn't know much about the Great Yu Kingdom, and he didn't understand what purpose the King Qi said this sentence for. revenge? Or is it just a test?

After being silent for a while, Rhode said cautiously: "Dear His Royal Highness King Qi, I think the war with the King of Chu was not initiated by us, but because the King of Chu wanted to monopolize the maritime trade for a long time."

At this time, everyone was outside the Dengzhou government office. Xiao Ming sneered and said, "Ambassador Rhodes, let's talk in the house. I know very well about you Dutch people."

Rhode was startled, he followed Xiao Ming into the palace.

When everyone was seated, the officer served tea, Xiao Ming took a sip and said, "You have a total of twelve warships in East Asia, Ryukyu and Nagasaki are your two supply points in this area. On Ryukyu Island, you built two warships. There are castles, one is at the southern end of Ryukyu Island, the other is at the northern end of Ryukyu Island. There are 10,000 garrisoned real Dutch soldiers and more than 3,000 people. The rest are local natives of Ryukyu Island, including the Japanese pirates you hired, of course. ?"

Xiao Ming didn't say a word, the more cold sweat on Rhodes' body, he looked at Xiao Ming in disbelief and said, "Are you investigating us?"

"Yes, this king is investigating you, just as you are investigating this king." Xiao Ming said calmly.

Rhode opened his mouth in surprise. His thoughts were a little confused now. Facing the King of Qi, he couldn't be as calm as the King of Chu, because the young vassal king in front of him seemed to have seen through him.

"Let's talk about the purpose of your trip."

Seeing Rhode's shocked expression, Xiao Ming changed the subject, his goal had been achieved, just to deter Rhode.

After swallowing, Rhode said: "Dear His Royal Highness King Qi, we are here to establish a long-term foreign trade relationship with His Royal Highness and seek partners."

"Foreign trade relations? Partners?" Xiao Ming sneered. He said, "Bombarding our merchant ships in the Great Yu Kingdom and occupying our coastal shipping routes. Is this your foreign trade relations?"

When Rhode heard the words, he didn't know how to explain it. Originally, they were looking at the Great Yu country with the eyes of the Native Americans, and they never put this seemingly strong but actually very weak country in their eyes.

But now things have taken an unexpected turn, and there is clearly a very strong force in the north of the country.

If it were as close as America, he wouldn't be so worried, because the homeland army would provide them with support, but now they were thousands of miles away, so their people with the same weapons became dangerous.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, I think this is a misunderstanding. We only attacked King Chu's merchant ships, not other merchant ships..."

"I know you colonists very well!" Before Rhodes could explain, Xiao Ming interrupted Rhodes because Rhodes was obviously lying.

Staring sharply at Rhodes, Xiao Ming continued: "In North America you slaughter the local indigenous people, in Africa you buy and sell black slaves, in South Asia you loot spices and various raw materials, your hands are covered in blood, and now you point the butcher knife at After the king's country, you know that my country is in a weak and fragmented state, so you want to impose your trade hegemony on my country."

"You...you...how do you know about America and Africa!"

Rhodes can no longer be described as surprised, the flintlock gun has subverted their understanding of this King Qi, and now the knowledge of this King Qi shocked him even more.

He had spoken to a lot of people from the Great Yu Kingdom, and no one knew about things outside the Great Yu Kingdom. To him, it was a closed country, but now this King Qi completely broke his cognition.

"This king not only knows America and Africa, but also where you are in the Netherlands? Between France and the United Kingdom, your Dutch life must be unsatisfactory." There was a hint of mockery at the corner of Xiao Ming's mouth.

No matter how the Dutch were in Europe, the current Dutch were colonists to him.

Rhodes' psychological defense has completely collapsed, and the unknown is terrifying, and now he is facing an unknown.

"Respected His Royal Highness King Qi, please believe in our sincerity. We did come with the original intention of establishing trade relations." Rhode said with difficulty.

In the age of great voyages, no war is just. At this time, we rely on fists to speak. Just as the Dutch colonized Ryukyu and occupied trade routes, they were all supported by force.

As the so-called truth is only within the range of artillery, the winner is qualified to formulate the rules of the game, and for Xiao Ming, it is time for him to formulate the trade rules in the East Asian region, so he said: "It is OK to establish trade, but the first First, you must hand over Ryukyu Island to this king. Second, the trade routes in East Asia belong to this king. Third, Dengzhou will be your only trade point. If you agree to these three items, this king will agree to establish a relationship with you. trade."

"how can that be!"

Rhodes suddenly stood up from his chair because of his anger, and the Dutch have always made rules for these indigenous countries. When will it be the natives' turn to make rules.

What's more, this rule will completely turn the Dutch from a trade protagonist into a vassal, which they cannot tolerate.

"Nothing is impossible. East Asia is our territory, and the rules here should be made by us. You Dutch are just outsiders, and you should obey the rules. Moreover, Ryukyu belongs to the country of Dayu. Yu country's territory, this is already an act of aggression, and this king has the right to ask you to return the Ryukyu Island."

"His Royal Highness King Qi, your request is too much. We will not agree to any of these three items, especially Ryukyu. This is not your land. Now it belongs to the Netherlands." Rhode said angrily.

"Ryukyu belongs to the Great Yu Kingdom!"

Xiao Ming's expression turned cold. He had lost patience with this group of robbers. It seemed that the Dutch had not realized what would happen to them.

"I don't think we have anything to talk about." Rhode stood up at this time.

"As you wish." Xiao Ming said firmly, because this is also his bottom line, he must take back Ryukyu, and he must take back the trade route.

With a cold snort, Rhode got up and walked out, followed by the accompanying people.

"His Royal Highness, these barbarians have always been fearful but not virtuous. No matter how much they say, it is not as effective as a war. Moreover, the Dutch and the Japanese made peace, which is very unfavorable to us. The Japanese outside the city walls are all armed with muskets." Ben looked serious at this time.

Xiao Ming nodded. In contemporary times, the Japanese country in the sixteenth century was once a world-class gun-making center. Data shows that the Japanese country at that time once produced 300,000 muskets.

Although subjectively he does not want to see the Japanese country, objectively Xiao Ming has to admit that the Japanese country is a strong opponent and should not be underestimated. Because of this, he wants to cut off the exchanges between the Dutch and the Japanese country to prevent more Western technology from flooding into the Japanese country. .