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Chapter 99 The Dutch Protest (Part 2)

After reading the Dutch's protest letter, Shang Yi felt very funny, but the Dutch realized that it was too late. As soon as he had gained a foothold in Taiwan, it was impossible to drive him away from Taiwan. Moreover, he had reached an agreement on maritime trade with Zheng Zhilong, and the role of the Dutch had been greatly reduced.

In fact, if the Qing army was about to invade the south, Shang Yi would not want to create more opponents for him, and he would have driven the Dutch away from Taiwan. Therefore, Shang Yi did not want to tear the face with the Dutch for the time being. Moreover, Shang Yi also estimated that the Dutch would not easily turn against him, because the Dutch also needed to trade with him.

However, I would like to express my wish for the Dutch envoy for a few days. Shang Yi first wrote the story of the war in Shandong into a memorial and sent it to Nanjing together with the captives, spoils, etc. He then ordered extensive publicity in Zhejiang, and the news that the Qing army was about to invade the south was focused on exaggerating the brutality and bloodthirstyness of the Qing army, dispelling some people's fantasies about the Qing army, and calling on the Zhejiang army and civilians to work together to prepare to attack the Qing army.

It took three or four days like this that Shang Yi began to recruit the Dutch envoy Dekoman.

Because after waiting in Hangzhou for more than ten days, De Koman had already been a little annoyed. After meeting, he went straight to the point and said: "Governor General, we believe that your immigration to Taiwan has harmed our interests in Taiwan. Therefore, on behalf of the East India Company of the United Republic of the Netherlands, I solemnly protested to the Governor General. I hope you will stop this practice immediately and give necessary compensation for the losses we have caused, so as to ensure that similar things will never happen again."

In fact, Shang Yi's current official position is the governor, not the governor. However, foreigners seem to be in fact a matter of one thing, it is a local official, and Europe does not have any official position corresponding to the governor. Therefore, Shang Yi did not correct it, but just smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Dekoman, the immigration matter is our China's internal affairs. Your East India Company of the United Republic of the Netherlands has no right to interfere. Moreover, the agreement we signed at the beginning did not prohibit this. Why do you ask me to stop this work?"

Dekoman said: "Although the agreement does not prohibit this, your practice has seriously damaged the interests of our East India Company of the United Republic of the Netherlands in Taiwan and must therefore be terminated."

Shang Yi sneered: "Okay, Taiwan has always been China's territory. Your East India Company of the United Republic of the Netherlands has set up a member in Taiwan without the permission of the Chinese government. Has it also infringed on China's interests? Then on behalf of the Chinese government, I also ask you to terminate this and infringe on China's interests immediately and leave Taiwan immediately."

Decomman was speechless and couldn't speak for a long time. After a while, he said: "Your Excellency, you are just the governor of Zhejiang and have no right to order us to leave Taiwan."

Shang Yi nodded and smiled, "Mr. Dekoman, you are right, so please wait a few more days, up to three days. I will report to our emperor and ask him to formally order you to leave Taiwan immediately, that's all."

De Koman couldn't help but feel a little scared. He didn't know how powerful Shang Yi was in China, but it seemed that Jeremy wouldn't be small. If he could really persuade the emperor and formally issued an order to expel the Dutch in Taiwan, it would be difficult to deal with. And after he went back, he might even be put into court. Therefore, he hurriedly said: "Governor General, you must not do this."

In fact, Shang Yi just scared the Dutch, and of course he would not really ask for an order. Seeing that Dekoman surrendered, he also borrowed the ladder to descend the wall and said, "Okay, I will not do this as a complaint. In fact, I have always respected the agreement between us very much. I hope you can also respect it and not make unreasonable trouble."

After he said this, De Koman was excited again and said, "Governor General, it was too unfair to us to sign this agreement at the beginning. Therefore, we asked all the previous agreements to be invalidated, renegotiated, and re-signed, and to write the prohibition of immigration to Taiwan."

Shang Yi was also a little angry and said, "Okay, I can agree. All the previous agreements will be invalidated. We will renegotiate and sign. You will go back and tell De Laodian immediately and ask him to send someone to negotiate. In addition, your shopping mall in Ningbo will be closed immediately, and you will take all the staff in the shopping mall back."

Decoman couldn't help but be stunned and said, "You can't close our store, it's against the will of your agreement."

Shang Yi sneered: "Why can't it? Isn't the agreement invalid? Therefore, I did not violate the agreement. The store must be closed until the new agreement is re-signed, and then decide whether to re-open according to the treaty."

Decoman had nothing to say this time, and he also understood that Shang Yi had a lot of good cards in his hand and had no capital to play with him.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Shang Yi said again: "Mr. Dekoman, now you can open a shopping mall in China's territory. You can enjoy preferential tariff treatment within my region. Compared with the past, you have gained great benefits, but don't think that you can take all the benefits. There is an old saying in China that goes to the point of being more and more, and your approach is very appropriate. Therefore, go back and tell Mr. De Laodian, hoping that he can understand this."

What else can Dekoman say now, so he nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Then Governor, since you can immigrate to Taiwan, we can also immigrate to Taiwan. You do not object to this."

Shang Yi looked at him, laughed, and said, "Of course, as long as it does not violate our agreement, I also welcome you to immigrate to Taiwan more. The more the better. Let's all develop Taiwan together."

Decoman nodded, then stood up and said goodbye in disappointment.

After he left, Shang Yi also knew that his honeymoon period between him and the Dutch had ended. Although the two sides would not break up in a short period of time, the friction and conflicts in private will definitely increase. Even if the Dutch did not come forward, they would incite the indigenous people of Taiwan and the immigrant Batavian indigenous people to hate the Han people and act as their own minions.

Therefore, Shang Yi immediately ordered Shen Shouchong, who was stationed in Taiwan, to tell him the result of the Dutch protests, and to make him be vigilant and careful. He organized militia teams in every village, and intensified training during the slack season to prevent the Dutch's small actions, and to resolutely give back to all provocative behaviors, whether the Dutch or the natives, to let them know that the Chinese are not easy to bully. At the same time, he also sent a batch of weapons and ammunition, as well as weapons and helmets seized from the Qing army to Taiwan to strengthen Taiwan's military preparations.

After dealing with all these things, Shang Yi also called Yalisandra to ask about Li Huamei's situation, because at this time, his pirate team should have begun to be officially formed, which is an important pawn to deal with the Dutch.

From the beginning of the boat, Li Huamei was always in charge of Yali Sandra. Yali Sandra didn't know what method he used and did not tie her up. She actually made Li Huamei live with her very honestly without any intention of resisting or escaping. Moreover, Yali Sandra also took Li Huamei to travel around Hangzhou every day, of course, she was also indispensable to going to church and attended two weeks. If it were someone who didn't know, she would think the two were good.

Now Hangzhou people are familiar with Alisandra. They all know that this is the governor’s foreign lady. Because of their gratitude to Shang Yi, they love the house and the U, and respect Alisandra very much. In the church of the foreign monk, Alisandra is even given as a guest, respecting the queen, and Li Huamei, and are also treated as a VIP.

Shang Yi also found it very strange. Once he asked Alisandra what method he used to make Li Huamei so honest.

Alisandra said, "The solution is very simple. I just told her, what's the use of escaping even if she escapes. Without subordinates and ships, it's impossible to escape back. And you won't kill them. On the contrary, you will also recruit their pirate team, and soon negotiate terms with her and then release them. And she also told her that if she doesn't accept the conditions, and does not visit and agree, and when she reaches the sea, she will be free. In this way, of course she won't run away."

Shang Yi couldn't help but feel a little amused when he heard this. It seemed that Alisandra had some clues, but it was also very good. Moreover, during this period, Alisandra had drawn a lot of useful information from Li Huamei's mouth, because Li Huamei not only knows Spanish, but also Portuguese, and is indeed a Catholic, whose name is Christine. Alisandra's Chinese has also made great progress, and basic communication is no problem, so there is no obstacle to communication between the two.

Li Huamei turned out to be an orphan, whose parents died, and were adopted by Li Qikui and became Li Qikui's adopted daughter. In this way, the one with the surname Li Qikui, and when she grew up, she became Li Qikui's capable assistant. After Li Qikui's defeat, the remaining troops were mainly Li Huamei and joined forces with the remaining troops of Liu Xiang, Yang Liu, Yang Qi and others to form a pirate force, but their momentum was far less than Shibazhi back then.

However, in fact, there are three forces within the pirates. One is Liu Hu, a distant nephew of Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang's remaining troops obey his orders. The other is Yang Liu and Yang Qi's subordinate Xie Shan. Among the three forces, Li Huamei's strength is stronger than the other two, so they are the leader discussed in the name of Li Huamei. However, when Li Huamei and Shang Yi met by chance and were defeated by Shang Yi, their strength was greatly damaged. Therefore, the other two forces were also ready to move and hope to replace them. Of course, the two parties have the hope to achieve the goal of completely integrating the three forces into one through marriage with Li Huamei.

Finally, Alisandra said, "I have said a lot of good things about you. I see that she is a little moved by your opinion, but whether she can convince her to get her to your bed depends on your ability."
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