Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 396 Compensation
After the Ming army settled the red-haired soldiers in the governor's mansion, they escorted a missionary to Li Dingguo.

"Report to the general, a missionary was arrested, the governor of Taiwan, Anthony, was missing, and all the others were shot dead."

Li Dingguo looked at the missionary, who was the bishop whose ear was pierced by Liu Wenxiu in front of him. This person did not panic when he saw Li Dingguo, but put his hands together and said:

"Sinful people, you are too reckless, God will punish you."

Li Dingguo smiled coldly:
"It's a pity, I'm not interested in your God, in the hearts of our Ming army, we only have the people of Ming Dynasty and the Holy Lord of Ming Dynasty.

God is not bullshit in our eyes. Since you are so superstitious about God, why doesn’t he come to protect you and tell Ben Dudu where Anthony is, I don’t want to say it again. "

But the bishop didn't take Li Dingguo's words to heart at all. They had a high status in the West, and even the president would not offend them.

"God will punish you, no one can kill the holy bishop if..."

This guy was still chattering there, Li Dingguo no longer had the patience to talk to him, so he waved his hand:

"Nimma, so long-winded, send him to see God!"

"Yes"

Two Ming soldiers came over, grabbed the bishop and left, ready to take him out and shoot him.

"You can't do this, I said, I said, Anthony is in the underground chamber..."

This guy didn't expect that the Ming army would dare to kill him. When he saw that the Ming army was really going to kill him, he suddenly knelt down on the ground and confessed to Anthony, the governor of Taiwan.

"Pfft..."

Liu Wenxiu couldn't help laughing out loud.

Li Dingguo also wanted to laugh, but as the commander of the first army, he still held back. It seems that in the face of strength, any belief is empty talk.

"Third brother, take him to condolences to Anthony, the former governor of Taiwan."

"Yes"

The missionary led the way, and a group of people came to the underground chamber. The bishop pointed to the big iron door:

"Governor Anthony is inside."

This is where Anthony kept his gold, silver and jewels. In a moment of desperation, he left the bishop and hid in the secret room.

In fact, what he did was similar to courting death. Even if the Ming army could not find him for the time being, Taiwan had already been taken back by the Ming army. You will have to get out of the secret room one day, and you will be arrested just the same.

"kick the door"

Li Dingguo yelled twice, and the two Ming soldiers immediately kicked at the iron gate, but the iron gate didn't even move, Li Dingguo couldn't help frowning.

"Come here, use a grenade to blow open the door to Ben Dudu."

"Yes, please step back, Commander."

Li Dingguo and others retreated some distance, and the Ming army began to blast the iron gate with grenades.

"Boom bang bang..."

Explosions sounded one after another, and gravel and sand flew all over the place. The big iron gate had little resistance and was quickly blown down.

As the smoke and dust dispersed, the eyes gradually became clear, and the three Dragon Banner fighters drew their revolvers and entered the secret room first.

The secret room was lit with an oil lamp, and it wasn't very dim. There was only one person sitting on top of a pile of gold and silver, looking at the three people who came in with a dejected expression.

The Dragon Banner fighters immediately ordered loudly:

"Hold your head with your hands and don't move, or you will kill on the spot."

That man was Antony, the governor of the Netherlands in Taiwan. He had everything to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, but he was very timid and was frightened by the explosion.

Hearing the voice of the Dragon Banner warrior, he put his hands on his head very cooperatively and dared not move.

After confirming the safety, the Dragon Banner fighters allowed Li Dingguo and others to enter the secret room.

As soon as he entered the secret room, Li Dingguo's eyes were attracted by the pile of gold and silver on the ground. He felt that there were several million taels.

Li Dingguo checked the situation in the secret room, he didn't stay in the secret room for a long time, turned around and walked out of the secret room.

"Check out the gold and silver, and take Anthony out."

Li Dingguo went directly to the governor's office, sat on the large sofa, it was so comfortable, and secretly admired that the red-haired ghost really enjoyed it.

If Li Dingguo knew that Anthony often studied black and white beauties on this sofa, I really don't know if he would still sit there.

Soon Anthony was taken to the governor's office, which was his home field yesterday, but now it was completely reversed, and the owner no longer had a dime relationship with the Dutch.

Seeing Li Dingguo, Anthony bowed slightly:
"Are you the chief general of Ming Dynasty? We have signed an agreement with Ming Dynasty, allowing us Dutch to temporarily live in Taiwan and do business here. Why do you want to attack Taiwan again?"

Li Dingguo snorted coldly:
"Kneel down and talk."

Anthony has never kneeled before anyone since he was so old, but Li Dingguo actually asked him to kneel down and talk, which made Netherlands feel ashamed.

"Your Excellency, the Dutch do not have this rule and never kneel down. Please forgive me, General."

"Snapped……"

Li Dingguo slammed the table and shouted:
Just because you haven't kneeled before, doesn't mean you won't in the future. Kneeling is a kind of repentance for those Ming people who were killed by you.

Come and break his legs, I will see you kneeling and tell you that from today onwards, your knees will never be straight in front of me, Daming. "

The two Dragon Banner soldiers walked up to Anthony. Without saying a word, they raised the butt of their guns and threatened to break Anthony's legs. The old bastard didn't dare to say any more, and fell to his knees in front of Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo waved his hand and told the Dragon Banner Special Forces member to back down. He had already knelt down. There was no need to break his legs. This person cannot be killed yet.

"The emperor of Ming Dynasty has a decree. Given that the Netherlands has occupied Taiwan for many years and killed and suppressed our people in Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands must compensate Daming Silver with 1000 million taels. Otherwise, Ming Dynasty will expel all Dutch people in Daming, stop all business dealings with you, and Send troops to attack Batavia and drive you out of Asia."

Li Dingguo's words were like thunder, Anthony fainted on the spot, and it took a long time to wake up faintly.

This is not a joke, he did not know how to explain to the king that he lost Taiwan, and now he has to pay so much silver.

How could Anthony be in charge, this guy had a dead heart at the time.

The trade volume between the Netherlands and Daming was huge, and raw silk, tea, porcelain, and cotton cloth of Daming were their main trade commodities.

They can make huge profits from the trade of these commodities every year. Once Daming closes their trade with them, the loss of the Netherlands is immeasurable.

"Your Excellency's request is too high. We really can't make the decision. You should discuss it with Batavia. I really can't do anything. Let you kill me."

Li Dingguo smiled coldly:
"Anthony, you have to figure this out before you speak. We are not discussing with you. This is an ultimatum, the first and the last."

When Li Dingguo was interrogating Anthony, Zheng Chenggong had also defeated some indigenous and minority soldiers on Taiwan Island who had defected to the Netherlands.

Now the entire Taiwan has returned to the hands of Ming Dynasty after 38 years of leaving Ming Dynasty. After regaining Taiwan, the strength of Ming Dynasty will radiate from Taiwan to Nanyang.

In the future, regardless of sending troops to Luzon or Malacca, Taiwan will be the rear base of the Ming Navy, which is much more convenient than going to sea from the Ming mainland.

(End of this chapter)