Governor Matsolco was dubious about what Wei Qingmu said.

The reason why I half-believe it is because the Dutch East India Company played a big role in Ming Dynasty’s foreign trade and colonial development activities!

Now the Dutch East India Company has more than 200 merchant ships with a carrying capacity of more than 300 tons running the Central European route. Not to mention the value of the goods exported through them every year, but as much as 50,000 tons of Java rice are transported through them to the Ming Dynasty.

There were also many merchant ships from other countries that would stop at Batavia Port on their way from Europe to China, and then load one to two hundred tons of rice to offset the Ming Dynasty's tariffs.

Therefore, the rice transported from Batavia to Daming every year should be more than 100,000 tons, and most of this rice is produced by Chinese merchant farms around Batavia.

If Batavia is destroyed by the war and the East India Company's merchant ships withdraw from East Asia, then the amount of rice imported by the Ming Dynasty every year will be reduced by 100,000 tons. This amount accounts for about 10% of the Ming Dynasty's annual grain import.

Of course, one hundred thousand tons of rice cannot defeat today's Celestial Empire. Although the population of the Ming Dynasty has not grown slowly over the years, it is likely to be close to 180 million. However, with the gradual recovery of grain production in the Central Plains and Northeast China,

Supply is still relatively loose.

But the Dutch East India Company now also uses about 100 merchant ships on the trans-Pacific route!

This share is quite high, not 10%, but nearly one-third!

Without them, Ming Dynasty's immigrants and goods exported to the Americas would have been reduced by at least one-third. This impact would be a bit big.

In addition, if these armed merchant ships and other warships of the Dutch East India Company don't get out of the way, but turn to piracy and attack Ming merchant ships everywhere in the Pacific, then Ming's food imports and the number of immigrants to the Americas will probably be faced with a huge crisis.

dropped significantly.

But the Dutch East India Company was not a country after all! It could not support a long-term war that was impossible to obtain revenue and was also costly.

The Dutch East India Company was a company that made money for shareholders. Its purpose was not to rule Batavia and the Strait of Malacca for the Dutch Republic, but to make money for shareholders in Amsterdam.

The two main sources of profit for the Dutch East India Company were the China-Europe trade and the spice trade.

Once these two major sources of profit were lost, the continued existence of the Dutch East India Company would be a problem, let alone long-term maritime privateering operations.

Moreover, losing Batavia and the Spice Islands does not mean that the Dutch East India Company can no longer make profits for shareholders, which in turn depends on the will of the Emperor of Heaven!

So Amsterdam's shareholders are likely to compromise after the company's defeat

And this is why Matt Solko is "semi-doubtful" about Wei Qingmu's words.

However, no matter how dubious he was, Matsolko could not resolutely close the door to compromise with the Chinese Empire, but he could not kneel down to the Chinese Empire right away. If he did not work hard, the shareholders of Amsterdam would not be willing to accept it.

The governor of Batavia was equally unwilling!

"Mr. Consul," Matsolko said thoughtfully, "our East India Company's dominant position in the Strait of Malacca is the result of decades of continuous efforts. For this position, I don't know how many of the company's predecessors died in foreign countries.

It’s a foreign country. As the current governor of Batavia, I have the responsibility to protect the company’s status in Malacca and do my best!”

Wei Qingmu smiled and nodded: "You have been working hard, haven't you? The emperor of our dynasty appreciates your perseverance for the benefit of the company very much. So he looks forward to working with you in the Strait of Malacca in the future.

After becoming a golden waterway that everyone can navigate freely, we can continue to cooperate.

If the shareholders in Amsterdam have misunderstandings about your achievements in Batavia, His Majesty the Emperor hopes to hire you as his advisor. The Emperor of Heaven is willing to pay you double the salary the East India Company will give you!"

This is quite interesting. Before the war even started, they started poaching players at high prices, and directly poached the opponent's coach.

"Mr. Consul," Matsolko's face had darkened, "what are you talking about? Are you trying to persuade a gentleman who believes in God to betray the company he works for?"

"Of course not!" Wei Qingmu also had a serious look on his face, "My Ming Dynasty is a country of noble gentlemen. We read the books of sages and follow the principles of heaven. How could we do such shameful things? Besides, with your status as governor,

With talent and talents, if His Majesty really wants to win over you, why should he give a Marquis an additional one million taels of silver?"

Isn't that right! Matt Solko nodded in agreement: There are not so many benefits, how could I rebel? It is wrong for me to rebel. I am a respected Dutch gentleman!

Wei Qingmu added: "Since you are a gentleman, and I, the Ming Emperor, am a gentleman, then this time it is a battle between gentlemen and gentlemen. Do you agree?"

Of course Matt Solko agreed. He nodded: "Yes, this is the struggle between gentlemen and gentlemen!"

"Then should there be some rules in the fight between gentlemen and gentlemen?" Wei Qingmu asked again.

"What rules?"

"For example, freedom of trade, protection of the safety of expatriates on both sides, and let's work together to find a way to maintain the normal operation of the intercontinental exchange system!" Wei Qingmu said, "Another example is maintaining peace and tranquility in Batavia. Emperor Ming said: Ming Dynasty to Batavia

Davia has no ambitions and will not occupy Batavia even if it wins sea and land victories.

The city of Batavia belongs to the Dutch East India Company forever!"

Zhu Cixi really never thought about snatching Batavia away from the Dutch East India Company. He didn't want to take advantage of others!

In fact, what Emperor Zhu wanted was the Dutch East India Company itself. If Louis XIV really quickly captured the Spanish Netherlands after the death of Philip IV and threatened the Dutch Republic, then secretly control the Dutch East India Company,

And it was very necessary to provide certain support to the Dutch Republic through the Dutch East India Company.

The Netherlands and the Spanish Netherlands are both very fat territories! If France is unified, how will the Spanish Succession War be fought?

If Spain were to let France annex it, the United States of New Zealand would be in really big trouble!

"That's all?" Matsolko rolled his eyes and considered it over and over in his mind.

This Wei Qingmu should not falsely preach the imperial edict.

It is also possible that the Ming Dynasty does not plan to attack Java Island for the time being. The situation in the Strait of Malacca is very complicated!

Even if the Ming Dynasty could quickly conquer it by force, it would still take a lot of time to completely consume it.

Before digesting the Strait of Malacca, the Ming Empire should have been dormant for a while and retained Batavia and the Spice Islands, thus forcing the Dutch East India Company to surrender and compromise.

Wei Qingmu looked at Matt Solko who was deep in thought, and then asked, "If you have any other conditions, just ask them!"

At this time, Matt Solko suddenly showed a very gentlemanly smile, "Mr. Consul, I really thought of a point. Since we Dutch are gentlemen, and you Chinese are gentlemen, then we might as well have a gentleman-gentleman fight.

Battle, through a battle between gentlemen and gentlemen, determine the ownership of the Strait of Malacca!"

"A battle between gentlemen and gentlemen?" Wei Qingmu asked, "How to fight?"

Matt Solko said with a smile: "Of course we will agree on a time and place, and then both sides will bring out their strongest lineups and fighting spirit for a decisive battle!"

Why does it sound like a gang fight in Batavia?

Wei Qingmu thought for a while and asked: "Where does the governor want to start the war? Is it on the Malacca Peninsula?"
Chapter completed!