What finally prompted Peter Nuiz to make up his mind to negotiate with the traversers was the sand boat formation that passed by the Sloten on the afternoon of the 25th. Because on the morning of the 26th, the four-man group arrived in a small boat.

After the Sloten, they accurately reported the quantity of raw silk and porcelain unloaded from the three sand ships.

In the face of the huge visible interests, Nuizi had to endure the huge discomfort caused by the change of host and guest on Damuan Island, and began to seriously evaluate the possibility of negotiating with the time-traveling forces.

In fact, apart from negotiating with these strange short-headed Akitos occupying Taiyuan Island, Nuizi could not do anything more threatening. After all, the Sloten had been parked off the coast of Taiyuan for three days.

Neither did they leave here and go straight to Batavia, nor did they rely on the pitiful more than 100 sailors on the ship to try to recapture the senior officials... The embarrassing situation was exposed - they couldn't be beaten again and again. If they left, how about going back?

explain?

Finally, on the morning of the 26th, Mr. van der Hagen, who had been working extremely hard for the past two days, rushing between the port and the open sea, and had almost transformed into a "traitor", returned to the port and announced a piece of good news: Chief Nuiz will be here today.

Arrive at Taiyuan Port at noon and start negotiations with the Chuanchuan people!

This is indeed good news. After all, the time travel force is still very weak and requires a lot of manpower and raw materials to grow. The Dutch can collect a lot of resources in Batavia. The important thing is that they have ships, many ships.

, and there is a lot of empty tonnage when heading north to Daming, which is urgently needed by travelers at the moment.

...

At noon of the same day, Mr. Peter Nuiz, the third/last chief of the Taiyuan Island, accompanied by the low-level businessman Mao Zheer, took a small boat driven by a group of four people and officially set foot on the port of Taiyuan Island and returned to

where he briefly ruled.

In this era, it was very common for both parties in maritime trade to send hostages to each other. Whether it was Zheng Zhilong or Dutch businessmen, including big businessmen such as Xu Xinsu, they all had the experience of serving as hostages; therefore, compared to losing the large merchant house

A huge disaster, Nuizi was not worried about his own safety. After all, he was just a senior employee of Voc and could be fired at any time.

When Nuyiz stepped onto the pier, he was greeted by Cai Feiming and two assistants who were waiting aside. The Dutchman and Cai Feiming, who had been prepared for it, shook hands briefly. The two sides greeted each other cordially in Dutch, as if they were meeting old friends.

Look.

Although he was mentally prepared, Nuizi was still curious about these strange people after meeting them in person: these three people were tall, with neat skin and short heads, just like Buddhists in South Asia. They

Wearing short tops and trousers of different colors but similar styles, and strange shiny black leather short boots.

"At least they are children of the nobility who are well-educated and have a sumptuous dinner." Nuizi secretly commented at this moment: the neat white teeth shown when smiling, generally tall stature, and some inadvertent small body etiquette, these Ming Dynasty

The aristocratic robbers and the Ming Dynasty coolies on the dock are completely two different people...

"Perhaps Van der Hagen's guess is correct: the guardian knights of an ancient dynasty trying to be restored." Mr. Nuiz secretly made an assessment of the traveling crowd at this moment.

Cai Feiming, who was greeting the guests to go to the store, naturally didn't expect the Dutch to have so many guesses; he was not interested in Nuizi's dress. Except for the rather showy pair of red suede shoes, the rest of his attire was uninteresting.

very common.

At the beginning of the 17th century, it was the era when the Netherlands, the earliest capitalist country, was prosperous. The entire country was prosperous; as the pace of production and life accelerated, frugality and convenience became recognized virtues.

The Dutch were the first to abandon the "raff", a wheel-like decoration around the neck, and the padding in the clothes was also cancelled, replaced by lightweight lace. All of this can be seen on Nuits today: gray

A thin denim jacket with lace sewn on the collar and cuffs, white stockings and the most popular boat-shaped wooden shoes in the Low Countries.

In the Netherlands, a country with a lot of rain, the land was wet, so the wood was hollowed out to make boat-shaped shoes with thick bottoms and upturned toes. These shoes were moisture-proof and durable, and after being filled with straw cotton inside, they could also keep out the cold. Until later generations

, wooden shoes are still the most famous specialty product in the Netherlands, as famous as windmills.

After walking across the trestle, Nuizi quickly saw the half-pound cannon installed on the northeast corner fort, which was unique to the Ming robbers and was called the "Devil's Cannon" by everyone.

This small cannon has a slender barrel and a unique square body. Under the midday sun, they reflect a blue metallic luster. From Nuiz's current angle, the brass color can be clearly seen

The slender cannonballs hung from the cannon like a bunch of tied mice.

In short, Nuiz, who was used to seeing large weapons, found it hard to imagine that such a slender cannon could kill 50 soldiers in an instant - it was more like a toy than some kind of murderous weapon.

There are two or three men in blue homespun jackets on the fort, holding black binoculars and keeping watch from the angle they are responsible for. In the gap between the stacked walls, a figure dressed in colorful clothes emerges from Nuizi.

It flashed before my eyes, as if I was sitting on a chair, and the next moment I couldn't see it anymore.

"If everything goes well, there will be a firepower display before you leave, Mr. Nuits." Cai Feiming said understandingly when he saw the Dutchman trying his best to observe the heavy machine gun.

"Is this some kind of threat?" Nuiz was a little unhappy after hearing this.

"Threats only occur before negotiations." Cai Feiming's face was still full of gentle smile: "The performance after everything is over is a small price that has to be paid to avoid real conflicts in the future; please believe me, this is

Well-intentioned. After all, lions don’t make friends with sheep, what do you think?”

"...Okay, unique Eastern thinking." Nuiz shrugged and muttered a few words.

The group of people soon arrived in front of the store.

When he arrived here, Mr. Nuizi, who had been focusing on other things along the way, suddenly realized that the dirty bamboo sheds outside the original distribution store were gone. Of course, the walls of the store made of rammed earth were still there.

Now, it looks a bit more shabby: two gaps of different colors have been hastily filled in, greatly reducing the defensive function of the wall.

Standing in front of the store door, taking off the boat-shaped hat on his head, Nuizi slowly turned around and took in the scene around him.

Some Ming coolies were transporting goods on small wooden carts. These carts were driven by a single person and had three or four wheels. Some of the goods on the carts were sent to the merchant house, and more of them were made of red bricks.
Chapter completed!