On February 3, 1655, after waiting boredly in The Hague for several days, Zheng Yong finally had the opportunity to meet with Speaker Devite, who was busy with trouble.●⌒,.

The meeting was chosen in De Witt's private residence. In addition to De Witt himself, Zheng Yong, and Van Boyningen, the main participants at the meeting also had four brothers from the Bickel family, Andris, Jacob, Young, and Conelis West India Company, who had just returned from Recife for a few days, were very colorful, which made Zheng Yong have a strong interest in this informal talk.

Of course, the participants were not limited to them. After Zheng Yong and his two confidant entourages arrived, Conelis, who had been in contact with East Coast people in the past two years, stood up and introduced the other industrialists they were doing one by one to the East Coast people. These industrialists were basically Republicans, such as Jacob Van Emden, Abraham Levi, who runs the timber farm, and Jacob Franco Drago, who runs a variety of small businesses. Of course, we can see from the names of the latter two that they are actually Jews, to be precise, Portuguese Jews who moved to United Provinces.

"Mr. Van Emden and Mr. Drago have their own tobacco processing enterprises. They also have small planting areas in Friesland and Groningen, but this is undoubtedly extremely insufficient." Conelis introduced to Zheng Yong softly, "When the Nautical Ordinance is strictly enforced, it is impossible for Virginia colonists to trade with us. Most of the commodities in the New World in North America have been monopolized by the British. Now we must find new sources of raw materials for production, otherwise, 4,000 tobacco industry workers in Amsterdam will be unemployed."

With Conelis's whisper, Zheng Yong finally got to know some of the businessmen with fresh faces. At this moment, the three people who had just been introduced by Conelis also came over and greeted Zheng Yong friendly with wine glasses. On the other side, Speaker Dewit also surrounded him and talked quietly. Today's meeting seemed to be a very relaxed but casual but also very private party. I, Zheng Yong, was introduced into the club of the Dutch rich man?

"The English in the New World are very happy to do business with us because we give much higher prices than those treacherous London merchants. And we can also sell many cheap Old World goods to them, and everyone takes their needs. This is the trade status that has been around for many years. But now this status has been broken. The British monopolize most of North America's trade and then drive away all foreign merchants. We can no longer import local cotton and dye it.

The material, tobacco and fur, it's so damn!" Mr. Van Emden seemed to have a deep prejudice against the British, and he only heard him say angrily: "A New England businessman once complained to me that he imported some hemp ropes from the French in Arcadia, but these ropes had to be transported to London first, and then shipped to Plymouth by British ships. This is really ridiculous. In fact, they are only a few dozen miles away from Arcadia! The English are indeed getting more and more excessive!"

"Last year, the English bastard named Sedgwick gathered 500 soldiers to attack the New Netherlands, and fortunately they changed their targets and went to fight the French in Arcadia." Jewish businessman Abraham Levi also interrupted at the right time. "Otherwise, the lumberyard I set up there would be a disaster. You know, I stored a whole hundred huge masts on the dock there. It was so lucky that the English did not attack, but for us, there was nothing to be happy about, because the threat of the English who were close to them always existed, and my lumberyard and poor workers must be threatened by the British day after day."

"Yes, the English are really annoying." Zheng Yong immediately echoed, "But when it comes to the ban on Virginia from exporting tobacco from Virginia, this problem is not difficult to solve. I think first, it can be imported from Caribbean islands. Secondly, if this is not possible, please allow me to introduce tobacco from New Courland. This tobacco is widely grown in the Congo River basin and is widely popular on the east coast because of its unique aroma. If you need to purchase a large amount of tobacco for reprocessing, then New Courland tobacco should be a good choice. Perhaps, this special tobacco will completely forget Virginia by gentlemen in United Province."

If Grand Duke Jacob was present at this time, he would probably have been grateful to Zheng Yong, because he was obviously selling her specialty products for New Courland, which was undoubtedly extremely important for the development of New Courland. And not only that. Zheng Yong quickly instigated the Duke of the Duke of the Duke that he could organize some empty ships to Wendao Port to receive the employment of the Kurlands because they had a lot of immigrants and materials to be transported. This undoubtedly solved a lot of trouble for Grand Duke Jacob. Since the end of the war with Britain, because the repair of the commercial network takes time and the sudden shrinkage of overseas market share, many Dutch merchant ships have actually suddenly been idle. At this time, hiring them to transport immigrants should be very cheap, which undoubtedly means a reduction in costs. After all, Grand Duke Jacob's funds are not very sufficient.

After getting familiar with these merchants who operated specialties in the New World, Zheng Yong quickly integrated into it and chatted with them for a long time. The merchants led by Van Emden expressed some interest in the East Coast people in the South New World to start trade, and agreed to find time to discuss the possibility of commercial cooperation separately. It was not until about 10 o'clock in the morning that Speaker Dewitt took Zheng Yong away, and then went to the reception room next to him to "chat" alone.

"Is the Envoy Mosan okay?" Speaker Dewitt was actually very young. At this time, he was wearing a silk-linen blended robe that Dutch merchants like to wear, with a warm smile on his face and asked Zheng Yong.

"Enter Motel Motel is very good. He has returned to the local area now. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have taken office as Minister of Foreign Affairs." Zheng Yong replied, "Enter Motel Motel is also very concerned about the beautiful past with the great UN Republic. He once wrote a letter to remind me to continue working hard and not relax, and to continue to maintain friendly relations with the UN Republic."

"Haha, you will have a chance." Speaker Dewit seemed to hear the subtle voice of Zheng Yong, and he only heard him say: "I just saw that you talked with Van Emden and Mr. Drago very happily, so I should have gained something. In fact, what I want to say is that there are still many opportunities for cooperation between your country and the United Province. For example, in Recife, New Netherlands, the Lieutenant Islands, Guinea and other places, if you have your country's help, I think the United Province will be even more like a fish in water. Of course, we will not treat you badly. We will continue to maintain necessary commercial cooperation. In short, this is a thing that is beneficial to everyone. For example, our country's merchants are now very disgusted with the cotton produced in Manchester. They told me that they cannot accept the fact that they continue to import British cotton and then distribute it in a rational and emotional way. Therefore, I think your country should be happy to fill the gap left by some British people."

"This is really the best news I have received today." Zheng Yong said happily as soon as he heard it, "To be honest, British cotton has made great progress in recent years. Before the outbreak of the war, they spent a lot of money to import quite a lot of textile machines from you, and then went back to conduct research. Therefore, their current textile technology is indeed incomparable. But what I want to say is that even though the British have made great efforts, the various textiles produced in the cotton and linen area centered on Manchester, a large rural area, have a certain gap in quality and price compared to our products. If merchants in your country are willing to represent our country's textiles and distribute them, it will definitely be a good business, and it will be good for you and us."

After discussing the textile business, Speaker Dewit casually mentioned some foods (such as spirits, cheese, refined flour, butter, ham, soybean oil, etc.), mechanical parts (Dutch craftsmen unanimously reported that the East Coast parts were durable and highly accurate, and they did not need to polish them after buying them). Zheng Yong promised them one by one. This means that even if many contracts that originally ended by the end of 1655 were not renewed, then the East Coast people don’t have to worry too much now, because many new contracts will be signed soon, which may be the Dutch “reward on merit” after the war. Because of their firm attitude and active actions during the war, the East Coast people won the favor of the Dutch capitalists in power, so the cooperative relationship between the two sides will be self-evidently deeper.

Perhaps, I should be grateful for the British-Dutch war? Zheng Yong is really feeling a little emotional now, because he is increasingly feeling that without this sudden two-year war, perhaps the East Coast people would have a chance to squeeze into the Dutch market? Now many people are talking about the rise of Britain as it is becoming more and more obvious. But how can we know that the East Coast people far away in the New World in the South have risen rapidly by this war?

Although Speaker Dewit is a big businessman and the spokesperson of the big bourgeoisie, he is not a business broker after all. Therefore, after briefly mentioning some business cooperation with Zheng Yong, he turned the topic to the diplomatic field. The two sides talked for a full two hours, and finally agreed that the United Provinces and the East Coast would send ambassadors to each other to establish formal, stable and friendly diplomatic relations, and at the same time, closely strengthened commercial cooperation. The local and some overseas colonial ports of both sides will also open to each other, which is so different.

As for Zheng Yong's prudent proposal to allow East Coast ships to pass through the Strait of Malacca, Speaker Dewit had a long case. In principle, he agreed to the request of East Coast people, but he obscurely warned East Coast people not to do business or colonize in India, the East Indies and its surrounding areas (except Persia). Finally, he also made it clear that East Coast people need to go and discuss in detail with the East Indies Company at this time, because they are direct parties and need to obtain the company's "understanding". (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!