Indeed, Governor Yang doesn’t care about Liaodong now.

He is still a mess here now, with a big business of millions. More than 30 Portuguese merchant ships in Macau have been blocked. These ships are loaded with silver. The Dutch ships that have just been defeated also have one million silver Ducats. The most important thing is to squeeze out these, or how much they should be squeezed out.

Governor Yang then returned to Macau.

"Li Dan?"

Yang Xin looked at the old man in front of him.

"Governor, Li Dan, an abandoned overseas, has met the Governor."

The last pirate king of the Ming Dynasty bowed sensibly and said.

"Okay, if you can come, the past will be written off, but what you will do in the future depends on how you choose."

Yang Xin said.

Indeed, if Li Dan dares to come to see him directly, it would be a kind of surrender.

This old guy is a real sea hero. From Luzon to Japan, from the north to the South China Sea, almost everyone knows the name of Li Dan, and even the Americas is legendary that he owns a mountain of gold. People like him are indeed not good people, and it is not wrong for the Ming Dynasty to define them as pirates, but one thing must be understood. These people are the real sea pioneers of this era. They established one commercial stronghold after another in Nanyang and Japan, and there were tens of thousands of Chinese people in Hirado alone.

Hoi'an, Peking University, Batavia...

All commercial cities in Nanyang have their settlement areas.

This is not the case with Manila, which was massacred before, and even these people have arrived in Europe.

Although this person would not leave a name in history, in the records of Ming literati, there were indeed Ming merchants following European merchants.

These people are precious.

They took the colonial pace like European colonists.

Although in the eyes of the Ming officials and gentry, they were just a bunch of pirates.

"please!"

Governor Yang said.

As for the gifts brought by Li Dan...

Well, the gift was being taken to prison while cursing angrily.

Zhang Pu's future is the same as Zheng Zheng, but he is younger, so his life will be longer. However, compared with the ending that he was said to have been poisoned by his own side in history, this should be considered as Governor Yang doing good deeds.

Governor Yang was not interested in him anymore.

"The Governor's room is priceless."

Li Dan, who was invited to Yang Xin's reception room, looked inside with some surprise.

There is a huge glass mirror hanging on the wall. Although it is not as big as a table, it must be three feet high and one foot wide. Li Dan, who knows that the bigger the mirror, the more valuable it is, can be sure that such a mirror can be worth a ship of goods. On the table facing him is a self-tone clock, behind the glass below, a pendulum is constantly shaking, and two pointers in the dial above are constantly rotating. This is also different from the Western self-tone clock, the latter only has one needle, and the daily error is huge.

In addition, there is a model of a ship placed on the table.

This is a Spanish-style sailing ship, but there are slight differences. There are two layers of cannon doors on the side of the ship, and there are even very small cannons protruding inside, with a total of more than fifty cannons on a ship.

"The warship after the imperial court."

Governor Yang sat down behind the desk and said while signaling Li Dan to sit down.

Then he brought the tea with his sister, and it was a black tea with added sugar. Governor Yang currently insisted on drinking this way.

"Your era is over, and the court will no longer allow seas to continue like this without rules. Your Majesty is ambitious to restore the glory of the time of Chengzu. First of all, we must start with the rectification of the sea. At present, the North and South Navy have already had fifty cruisers, each of which can fight against the Dutch clutch.

But that's not enough.

Next year, four such warships will begin to be built.

If it goes well, we will probably see them sailing on the sea at this time of the year after tomorrow.

All use my giant cannon.

In the oceans of the east, no one can compete with them, nor can anyone compete with His Majesty the Emperor who owns them. Whoever has the strongest in the ocean can occupy the most, so His Majesty the Emperor wants everyone in this ocean to pay taxes to him, and those who do not pay taxes will send him to the bottom of the sea. But His Majesty the Emperor is not forbidden to others to make money. You can continue to do business. As long as you pay taxes, His Majesty the Emperor will not only not cut off your financial path, but will also support you in doing business even more.

The bigger your business, the more taxes your Majesty receives.

Therefore, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I announce to you that from this moment on all the Ming merchants who were previously listed as pirates will be pardoned. All of you are no longer pirates, you are all legal Ming merchants."

Yang Xin said.

Li Dan quickly got up, lay on the ground and bowed to the north to thank the emperor for his kindness.

"But first, the first thing is to not harass the coastal areas. Second, the customs trade that has been taxed at present must be paid, and taxes must be paid."

Yang Xin said.

“That’s nature.

But I want to ask the governor to report that the reason why smuggling has been repeatedly banned is actually the root cause of local officials' exploitation. We do not oppose paying taxes, but paying taxes will not solve the problem, because local officials will still try their best to exploit them. After paying taxes, we still have to spend a lot of money to manage these officials.

Otherwise we still can't do business.

Paying taxes in the end only makes us pay double the amount of silver.

But although smuggling is more dangerous, we only need to handle the officials, and we only pay one piece of money."

Li Dan stood up and said.

"I can help you solve this. The Jinyiwei will set up a special reporting station in Gegu in the future. You can report all such matters directly there. You can set up a place there first, and then set up similar items to customs in various places. As long as there is such a case, I will ask the Jinyiwei to investigate."

Yang Xin said.

Li Dan quickly saluted and thanked Governor Yang.

At this time, Gao Wenlu was brought in. After he saluted, Yang Xin signaled him to sit down, followed by Mashida Road. After the same saluted, he was allowed to sit down. Sparks quickly emerged from his and Gao Wenlu's eyes.

"Two, I don't care about your relationship, but on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you'd better not make me angry."

Yang Xin said.

He said it in French.

These people generally understand French.

Then Gao Wenlu and Masdalu also looked at each other with contempt.

"Mr. Masda Luye, I hope you can tell me honestly what is the purpose of staying in Macau with your thirty merchant ships during this period?"

Yang Xin said.

"Governor, we cannot accept your taxes, and you do not allow us to leave."

The latter said.

"Is that right? But I just heard a different explanation. You are here waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the Dutch to be deceived, and then fighting with me. At that time, you took advantage of our losses and took action against me or the Dutch, and used your armed merchant ships to kill us all, and even tried to contact Mr. Li to fight together. Is this true?"

Yang Xin said.

Of course, Li Chongwen's bones were not as hard as Wang Wenyan. He confessed immediately after being arrested.

"Governor General, this is purely accusation."

Masdalu also stood up and said.

"Mr. Li?"

Yang Xin looked at Li Dan.

"If you go back to the governor, their head-on Wang Mingqi had indeed arrived at Hirado, saying that they were entrusted to contact me and tried to bring me people over. After the Dutch and the governor fought against the governor, he would join forces to deal with the governor's navy. How could I do such a thing? Naturally, I refused.

Some of my subordinates were indeed bribed by them and tricked the Dutch into the north for them. Lao I had ordered my men to arrest him. After a few days, I sent him to the governor for the disposal. In addition, those who dared to be rude to the navy in Humen before would be arrested and handed over to the governor for the disposal. In addition, for the officers and soldiers who had been killed and injured in the Humen battle, Lao I was willing to apologize for 50,000 taels. This kind of thing would never happen again in the future. If there were any such old man arrested him and sent him to the governor for the disposal."

Li Dan quickly stood up and said.

"OK!"

Governor Yang said very simply.

As for the truth, everyone can know it.

Li Dan actually brought more than 30 pirate ships near the battlefield, but at this time he had changed his role and became a maritime merchant who came here to trade.

After all, the sea respects strength.

If Yang Xin's fleet defeats the Dutch, then these pirates will naturally not seek death.

Especially the short and heavy artillery of the cruisers, the huge power made these guys frightened. The Dutch plywood ships could not hold on. Their pike ships would probably sink in one shot. There was no hope for such a battle. Even if the Portuguese acted as agreed, they would lose so much that they could not bear it. There was no need to pay such a big price to avoid paying taxes.

"So Mr. Masdaluye, what else do you have to say?"

Yang Xin said in French.

Li Dan used Japanese language, and Mashidalu knew very little Chinese, and Gao Wenlu didn't understand at all, but both of them understood Japanese language, so they all understood what Li Dan said, Gao Wenlu immediately glared at Mashidalu...

"Governor General, I don't understand what you are talking about!"

Masdalu also said angrily.

"There is a language you will definitely understand."

Yang Xin sneered.

"Drag him out and behead him!"
To be continued...