When he arrived at Kunning Palace, Zhu Youxiao found that Liang Concubine and Chun Concubine were also here, and they were all here to visit the queen, so he stayed at Kunning Palace for dinner at noon.

This year, Zhu Youxiao is already sixteen years old, Empress Zhang Yan is seventeen years old, and Liang Fei is eighteen years old, and all three are already adults. Only Concubine Chun is thirteen years old, and it will take another year to be considered adults. However, it is still too young, and Zhu Youxiao plans to wait until Concubine Chun is sixteen years old.

Looking at the three beautiful wives in front of me, and they are all beautiful with different styles, Zhu Youxiao was actually very satisfied, so he had no other ideas and his life began to be very enjoyable.

"If this was the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, that day would be even more comfortable." Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think, but this was just a luxury.

Those who should be busy still have to work hard. The Ming Dynasty has reached a storm and cannot spare time to enjoy such a wonderful little day.

After lunch with the queen and the others, a report was sent from the commander-in-chief.

"Emperor, Penghu victory, Penghu victory."

Zhu Youxiao was shocked when he heard the eunuch's shout. He quickly took the report and read it carefully.

"Haha, OK! OK!" After reading the report, Zhu Youxiao immediately slapped his thighs several times. The queen and Liangfei also surrounded him and asked Zhu Youxiao: "Master, what kind of victory have you won?"

"I won the battle, and the Denglai Navy defeated the Dutch in Penghu. I originally thought it would be fine to defeat the Dutch, but I didn't expect it to be so great. The Dutch in the entire Penghu were wiped out by my Denglai Navy, and I also captured three express ships and six gunboats. Now my Ming Navy is really good at it." Zhu Youxiao said excitedly.

"Dutch? Are the red hairs mentioned by the emperor's brother? These red hairs are also boring. They came to our Ming Dynasty from thousands of miles to send more than a thousand troops to harass our Ming Dynasty's seafront." Concubine Chun pouted and commented. Her expression was so cute that she immediately made Zhu Youxiao laugh.

"Haha! My beloved concubine said it well, these red hairs are just a pity. If I don't teach them a lesson, they will have to ride on our Ming Dynasty and make waves." Zhu Youxiao smiled and then said to Yang Guang: "It seems that it will be impossible to see the big pendulum clock in the afternoon. Send someone to notify the commander's meeting in the afternoon."

"Yes, the emperor." Yang Guang ran to make arrangements diligently.

In the afternoon, the Commander-in-Chief held another meeting, which was mainly about discussing the disposal of these Dutch people. Since these Dutch people were captured, they naturally could not be let go easily.

"According to the practice of the Red Barbarians, you should pay the ransom to redeem prisoners of war. Just ask the Dutch for a ransom! Of course, the main thing is to bring back the Penghu people who were kidnapped by the Dutch and ask the Dutch to compensate for military expenses. If they are unwilling to pay, don't think about trading with us." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Who thinks it's better for him to negotiate?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"The commander-in-chief sent someone to the palace, and one will be sent in the palace, and the royal trading company will also send someone to it. If the Dutch can accept our conditions this time, the sea trade is still very important. If the court has enough money next year, we will count on the sea trade." Zhu Youxiao instructed.

"Yes, your Majesty."

"In addition, the captured gunboats will be sent to the shipyard and let the shipyard imitate them directly. Then let the navy practice the operation of soft sail gunboats at sea. Try to learn how to use gunboats as soon as possible." Zhu Youxiao handed over something again.

"By the way, Sun Yiguo mentioned in the memorial of the victory. Penghu has a lot of wind and waves, and it is not suitable for loading and unloading goods for large merchant ships. I'm afraid it is inappropriate to do business with the Dutch in Penghu. In addition, the Dutch asked us to prohibit transactions with the Spanish in the Ming Dynasty. This condition was obviously a bit too much." Sun Chuanting then asked Zhu Youxiao for advice.

"I trade with whoever I want to trade with. It's not a small East India Company's turn to make trouble. However, since the Dutch are mortal enemies with the Spaniards, they can agree to the Dutch's request. The Spaniards massacred tens of thousands of overseas people in Luzon. I will settle the accounts with the Spaniards in the future." Zhu Youxiao came to his senses and said, "If you don't say it, I almost forgot. The Dutch can do business with me, Daming, so they must ensure the rights and interests of the overseas people in Batavia."

"In addition! The Dutch did not allow us to trade with the Spanish, and our Ming Dynasty also did not allow them to trade with Japan. These are the conditions that the Dutch had to agree. If the Dutch agreed, let them enter Macau and trade in Macau!" What was Zhu Youxiao's idea? It was naturally very clear, that was the market for marine trade!

The profits of trade with Japan these days should be relatively rich. There are still many precious metals in Japan, and large-scale copper ore resources have just been discovered, and they are in the stage of expanding copper ore mining. If you can monopolize trade with Japan at this time, the profits will naturally be extremely rich.

Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao heard that the Dutch did not allow the Ming Dynasty to trade with the Spanish, he was immediately inspired and opened his mind.

If the Dutch dared to demand the Ming Dynasty in this way, the Ming Dynasty could naturally demand the Dutch in this way.

Currently, those who have trade relations with Japan are the Dutch and the Li Dan, who is both business and thief in Fujian. However, Li Dan’s power is not all the final word for Li Dan. It is just that this is a pirate alliance, but Li Dan has the highest prestige among them.

There were actually quite a few sea ships in the Ming Dynasty, but why was only Fujian in direct trade with Japan?

First, it was a way. Nowadays, Japan did not trade with all maritime merchants. Secondly, it was force. The pirates in Fujian could snatch serious maritime merchant ships at sea. Others naturally couldn't bear it, so they could only let Li Dan and his group of pirates unite to monopolize trade with Japan. However, later the Dutch emerged, and these Dutchmen had gunboats, and Li Dan and other pirates were not very able to deal with these Dutch people, so the Dutch also determined trade relations with the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan at this time.

As long as the Ming Dynasty cut off the trade between the Dutch and Japan at this time, and then clean up the pirates in Fujian and open up trade with Japan, this monopoly business would be very easy to do.

"The conditions are a bit harsh, but I don't know if the Dutch agreed." Zhu Youxiao said: "But it doesn't matter if they don't agree. Just bet just to be tough. Although we don't have many ships at the moment, this is in the waters of our Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty is the real overlord."

Zhu Youxiao was indeed not worried at all. The Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese all came from across the ocean, and the power they could draw was very limited. After all, the pirates in Fujian were not the case after Zheng Zhilong was recruited. Neither these Europeans nor local pirates could use much manpower and material resources.
Chapter completed!