Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 559 Come, Fool Each Other

Lu Xiangsheng really didn't expect that the emperor would send someone to escort the food from New Liaoyang City.

He even didn't expect that Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen would be the ones escorting the food.

Aren't these two responsible for negotiating with others?

When he heard that Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen were escorting hundreds of carts of grain, he quickly ordered men to prepare horses and headed straight to the north of the camp.

There were more than [-] troops, and the battalion was tens of miles long. It took him nearly a quarter of an hour to gallop on horseback before he saw the long string of grain carts on the northern edge of the camp.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen were looking at the neat and orderly camp at this moment, admiring it again and again.

It's not that they haven't seen an army of more than [-] troops, but they didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng could organize the Indian tribal coalition army that had just practiced for a few months in such an orderly manner.

This Mr. Lu is really handsome.

The two were admiring there, when Lu Xiangsheng rode up to meet him, cupped his hands from a distance and said, "Oh, you two sons, you have worked hard all the way."

Zhang Zhiji hurriedly cupped his hands in return and said, "Wherever we are, we're just running errands. It's really hard for Mr. Lu to lead the army to fight."

Lu Xiangsheng said politely again: "You two sons, why don't you follow me back to the commander's account and let the matter of food transfer be handled by your subordinates."

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen naturally wished for it.

To be honest, it is indeed very troublesome to transfer grain by land. I don't know how many times to transfer 50 shi of grain.

Lu Xiangsheng directly ordered someone to pick up the food and grass, and after a few more confessions, he led the two of them back to the commander's tent.

He politely ordered someone to move a stool, asked the two to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked solemnly: "What is the emperor's will?"

Zhang Zhiji smiled slightly and said, "The emperor ordered us to talk to the Dutch, British and French first before fighting."

Uh, well, it looks like the emperor meant the same thing as last time in Batavia, he suddenly caught someone and beat him up while talking.

It can be done by surprise, but the place for negotiation must be chosen well, otherwise, once people become angry, the two princes will be in danger.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "My two sons, we don't have as many ships on the water as others for the time being, and it may be unsafe if they request to negotiate at sea."

You really have to be careful with this, fools don't dare to put themselves in it.

They also know that the emperor is very emotional, if they are taken hostage, the emperor will definitely have a headache.

They can't do such stupid things.

Xu Yunzhen nodded repeatedly and said: "Well, Mr. Lu is right, you have to let him come to the coalition camp to talk."

This, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, right?

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, "Will they come?"

Xu Yunzhen said confidently: "Master Lu, don't worry, these European barbarians feel that they can't do it when they ask for negotiations, so they want to play tricks and fool people. We made it clear that we won't go to sea. Even if they don't want to, they will come to the coalition camp to talk to us. .”

He was right in guessing that if these colonial robbers felt that they could easily trample each other to death, they would not talk to them at all, and just stepped on them.

The Dutch, British, and French thought of negotiating because they felt that they could not defeat Ming in a land war.

They are in a hurry right now, because the American colonies are too important to them.

If the Ming Empire snatched all their colonies in America, they would not have the capital to fight for world hegemony.

In this case, no matter what, they must strive for negotiations and try to make Daming limping.

About a month later, the Dutch sent Rear Admiral Tropp to investigate the situation.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen did not show up, but Lu Xiangsheng came forward to receive them.

The two sides pretended to be polite, and Tropp couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know if His Majesty the Emperor of your country has sent a negotiator."

Lu Xiangsheng still said expressionlessly: "The negotiator sent by our Emperor has not arrived yet."

This means that the emperor of the Ming Empire really sent negotiators.

Very good!
This time there is something to be fooled.

Tropp couldn't help asking: "When will the negotiator sent by His Majesty the Emperor arrive?"

Lu Xiangsheng pretended to be serious and said: "I can't be sure about this, but I must be sure of one thing. I invited the negotiators in the memorial, and I must ensure their safety. Therefore, if you want to negotiate, you must send people to my office. The big camp to negotiate."

Uh, this.

Tropp couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this.

They really want to talk at sea, because at the moment they are stronger than others at sea, but they are no match for them on land.

Question, this guy is afraid that something will happen to the negotiator sent by the emperor, what should he do?

He didn't think that Lu Xiangsheng wanted to play tricks, he thought it was quite normal.

After all, the negotiators sent by His Majesty the Ming Emperor can make decisions, and their status must be more noble than this one who cannot make decisions. It is normal for people to be afraid that something will happen to the distinguished negotiators.

This is troublesome, their status as negotiators is also very honorable!

His Excellency the Governor wants to go out and fool the Ming Empire in person, and there are also representatives sent by the British and French to participate in the negotiations.

What a joke, it's impossible for so many important people to negotiate in other people's barracks!
The problem, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has sent people to negotiate, this opportunity can't be missed.

Tropp thought about it for a while, and said honestly: "I can't make the decision, I have to go back and ask our Governor-General for instructions."

The governor of the Dutch West India Company, Peter Minuit, was a very shrewd figure, and this New Amsterdam was built under his auspices.

Relying on the defense of New Amsterdam and the warships of the Dutch Navy to deter the allied forces of the Ming Empire and the Indian tribes, he also came up with the strategy of forcing them to negotiate.

Now, people are actually afraid that something will happen to the negotiators, and they want to set the negotiation venue at the barracks of the coalition forces of the Ming Empire and the Indian tribes.

How to do?
Naturally, it was impossible for him to take people to their barracks to negotiate with them.

However, he still has to negotiate with others.

Because they can't fool the original colony back without negotiation.

If there is only one fortress like Amsterdam left in North America, and it is always threatened by the allied forces of the Ming Empire and Indian tribes, then the West India Company will not be able to develop at all.

This is not going to work, the West India Company may go bankrupt at any time!
He's the governor of the West India Company, and if the West India Company goes bankrupt, he's a shit.

So, you have to talk to people.

He racked his brains and finally came up with a solution.

The next day, Tropp came to the Ming army camp again.

After seeing Lu Xiangsheng, he said straightforwardly: "Our Excellency the governor said that negotiations can be held on land, but not in your barracks. We each take a step back and set up a camp on the coastline north of New Amsterdam to negotiate. "

This one.

Lu Xiangsheng simply ordered someone to fetch the map, spread it out between the two, and then asked, "Where is the exact location?"

Tropp pointed directly at a bay in the north of New Amsterdam and said: "We will build a temporary pier here, and the negotiation site will be set between this pier and your camp. At the same time, we will agree on the number of people participating in the negotiation and the number of guards. What do you think about bringing fewer people and avoiding conflicts as much as possible?"

This means that once they find something is wrong, they can retreat under the cover of the navy.

After all, the bombardment range of their artillery is about five miles away, and the edge of the coalition camp is also about five miles away from the coastline, and the location of the negotiation is set more than two miles away from the coast, which is quite advantageous for them.

As soon as they blocked the perimeter of the coalition camp with artillery, they could safely withdraw to the sea.

Can this work?

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "I have to think about this, and I will give you an answer tomorrow."

In fact, he just wanted to ask Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen for their opinions.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen didn't have any objections, the reason why they didn't go to negotiate at sea was only because they were worried that they would not be able to come back because of their embarrassment, and they didn't think about what to do to their negotiating representatives.

After all, they have to go through other people's negotiators to complete the task of fooling people.

If other people's negotiators are detained by them, whoever brings back the added news, how can they be fooled if they can't even receive the news?

Therefore, they didn't want to do anything to other negotiators at all, they just didn't want to be held hostage by others.

It is not a big problem if the negotiation site is set between the coastline and the coalition army camp. It is easy for others to withdraw, so it is easy for them to withdraw.

Okay.

Come on, fool each other!

(End of this chapter)