Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 870 Opening of Treaty Ports
The Duke of Richelieu was leading people to discuss secretly on their own ship, while Zhang Zhiji rushed to the Emperor to report the progress of the negotiation to Taichang.

Taichang listened carefully to his introduction, and then asked: "Have you not bargained on the specific amount of compensation?"

Zhang Zhiji thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said: "No, Your Majesty, they kept saying they couldn't afford it.

After Weichen proposed to them the method of installment payment and loan compensation, they said they would discuss it privately.

During this process, they have not bargained over the specific amount of compensation. "

Taichang nodded slightly when he heard the words, and then asked the school: "Why do you think they don't bargain on the amount of compensation?"

This one.

Zhang Zhiji thought about it carefully, and then said cautiously: "I think that they may think that the amount of compensation is not important.

As for why they don't think the amount of compensation is important, it may be that they don't want to pay at all.

Or, they think that it doesn't matter how much they lose, and they will definitely get it back in the future. "

Yes, Not Bad.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then taught: "Your analysis is very good.

However, they do not want to pay that it is impossible.

Do they dare not pay for the current situation?

They should think that it doesn't matter how much they lose, and they will definitely be able to get it back in the future.

Why do you think they can get the compensation money back?
These are all details. When negotiating, you have to pay attention to infer people's real thoughts from the details. "

This is really puzzling.

Zhang Zhiji thought about it carefully, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this humble minister is a bit confused.

They think that if they can get back the compensation money, they must be sure to beat us.

Question, how could they beat us? "

You kid can't figure it out.

Taichang analyzed in detail: "If they want to defeat us, they must first have a large fleet that is strong enough to defeat our navy.

The Netherlands has been almost destroyed by us, and all the shipyards here have been dismantled by us. They rely on the Netherlands to build warships, which requires a lot of investment and takes a lot of time.

Therefore, they will not build warships in the Netherlands in all likelihood.

It is very likely that they will build warships in Britain or France, or two or even three countries will build ironclad warships at the same time. "

This one.

Zhang Zhiji asked carefully again: "Your Majesty, where did they get the money?

Although we can lend them 5000 million taels a year, they still have to scrape together nearly 2000 million taels. This is almost their limit, and they have no money to build warships.

Besides, there is still land to be cut next.

We will definitely cut off most of their overseas colonies. They don't even have the resources, so how can they build a large number of ironclad warships? "

This is a famous saying related to future generations.

Taichang carefully taught: "They have no money or resources, and Spain is rich.

As long as they can convince Spain to side with them, there will be enough money and resources to build ironclad warships.

There is a very important sentence, you must remember it.

In the exchanges between countries, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

You can't have any illusions about any country, including our current allies and even dependent countries. In the face of interests, they may turn against us at any time! "

Will Spain turn against Daming?

This is very possible!

The emperor is already secretly preparing for a turnaround, and Spain must also be secretly preparing for a turnaround.

There can only be one overlord in this world, and there will definitely be a final showdown between Daming and Spain!

Zhang Zhiji pondered for a while, and then solemnly took the lead and said: "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then confessed: "They should not be entangled with the issue of compensation, and the next step is the negotiation of land cession.

You go to discuss with Oquendo first and tell him that we can give the Netherlands to Spain in exchange for Lisbon.

You tell him that we don't want to occupy Lisbon permanently, we just want to lease a piece of land to facilitate the operation of Daming Bank.

After all, the Daming Bank has to lend 5000 million taels to the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance every year. If there is no safe and reliable place to store silver taels, it will definitely not work.

What we agreed with the anti-Habsburg coalition is to borrow for 100 years, and we will use the concession in Lisbon for 100 years, and we will return them after 100 years. "

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiji couldn't help being surprised and said: "Your Majesty, wouldn't it be a big loss for us.

Why can the Netherlands change Lisbon's 100-year concession?
How about we trade the Netherlands for Portugal? "

You don't understand this.

Taichang shook his head again and again and said: "As you have seen, the Netherlands is the center of the entire European continent.

If we want to occupy the Netherlands, we must send a large number of warships and a large number of garrisons.

The Netherlands is equivalent to being abolished by us, and it is of little value.

There is absolutely no need for us to waste a large number of warships and troops for this.

Lisbon is different.

It is equivalent to the frontier of the European continent, and with the Azores as a transit base, our defense is also simple.

As for Portugal as a whole, it is completely unnecessary.

Portugal will definitely be ours in the end. As long as Spain dares to turn its face, we will immediately help De Sierra restore the country.

Now, there is absolutely no need for us to startle the snake and let the King of Spain know our real purpose. "

It turned out to be the case.

Zhang Zhiji nodded repeatedly and said: "The emperor is wise, I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, thought about it carefully, and then reminded: "Also, don't forget about the opening of the treaty ports, but you can fool around any important port cities near the coastlines of the anti-Habsburg alliance countries. Fudge as much as you want."

Zhang Zhiji hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, the emperor, I will remember it."

Just remember it.

Taichang waved his hand slightly and said: "Okay, go back and have a good discussion with Oquendo, and prepare to continue the negotiation."

Zhang Zhiji hastily bowed his hands and bid farewell.

Looking at his back, Taichang couldn't help but sigh slightly.

It seems that a tough battle is inevitable.

This gang of colonial bandits is very sophisticated, and it would be impossible for them to bite dogs to death.

There is no other way but to do it hard and get them all down!
Ocundo didn't know that the Ming Empire, an ally, would soon become an enemy.

At the moment, he still has a good impression of the Ming Empire. At least, they really did their best in this battle, and they fought beautifully.

He led the army to fight bloody battles, and finally reached the vicinity of Paris.

However, the Ming Empire brought down the overlord of the sea, the Netherlands, in ten days, and the anti-Habsburg alliance was so frightened that it surrendered!
What else is there to say about such an ally?

He also had a very good impression of Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen, the two little dukes.

Because not only did they not put on the aristocratic airs in front of him, but they also helped him formulate a negotiation strategy, and even during the negotiation, they relied solely on these two little dukes to fight the old fox Richelieu, and he didn't need to use his brains.

These two little dukes are simply wonderful, many times better than their little dukes in Europe.

Although he is an admiral of the Spanish navy and has fought for the country for decades, he only has the honorary title of an earl. The real nobles look down on him at all.

The two young dukes were very polite to him, including the generals of the Ming army, all of them had at least the title of earl, and they were real nobles, the hereditary ones, they were also very polite to him.

At this moment, he really regarded these people as allies and friends, even Xu Yunzhen said that there is no need to wait for Zhang Zhiji, they can just start eating, but he has always insisted on waiting for Zhang Zhiji to come back before starting the meal.

Zhang Zhiji ran back and saw that these people were still waiting for him eagerly, without moving their chopsticks, he couldn't help but wondered: "Why don't you guys open the meal? Didn't I say it, don't wait for me."

Xu Yunzhen said helplessly: "It's General Oquindo who insisted on waiting for you to come back before serving the meal."

Alas, this old man is too sincere.

However, it's okay, the more honest a person is, the easier it is to fool.

Hearing the words, Zhang Zhiji pretended to be touched, and repeatedly cupped his hands to Ocundo: "Oh, old general, I don't know what to say."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand again and said, "Come here, serve the wine."

Uh, what's the matter with you guy?
At this critical juncture of the negotiation, you actually want to drink!
Xu Yunzhen quickly reminded: "This is not good, we have a heavy responsibility."

But Zhang Zhiji said with a smile: "You don't understand this, we can still pretend to be crazy with wine!
What's the point of drinking a few glasses with our capacity for alcohol? "

Well, it's a good trick to pretend to be crazy with alcohol.

When Xu Yunzhen heard this, she nodded slightly, and immediately filled a glass of the tribute wine brought by the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

Zhang Zhiji immediately raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's have a toast first.

Anyway, there is no war at the moment, so this is not considered prohibited.

Look at your drinking capacity, just don't get drunk. "

Well, anyway, the emperor has said it all, and the two princes are in charge of the negotiations. If they say drink, then drink.

Zhang Yuanfang, Qin Yiming and other leading generals raised their wine glasses without hesitation.

Seeing this, Ocundo quickly raised his glass to touch them, and then imitated them and drained the wine in the glass.

Zhang Zhiji then greeted again: "Come, come, everyone, don't be too polite, eat, eat."

After that, he picked up a deliciously grilled steak and put it in Seokundo's bowl, then said with a smile: "Old General, try this and see if it suits your taste.

Our emperor said that you prefer roasted and stewed food, so we ordered people to cook roasted and stewed food. "

This is indeed a table full of dishes, either baked or stewed.

No matter beef, mutton, chicken, fish, seafood, etc. are the same.

Originally, Oquindo thought that the eating habits of the Ming Empire were similar to theirs, but unexpectedly, they made them specially for him.

He couldn't help being moved: "Oh, you don't have to cook so many dishes for me alone!

In fact, I also want to taste the taste of your Ming Empire. "

Zhang Zhiji nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, you can taste these first and see which ones you like. For the next meal, we will make these roasted and stewed dishes, and we will cook the rest according to our Do it in the way of Ming Dynasty.”

Upon hearing this, Oquendo quickly picked up the steak and took a bite.

Oops, this taste is simply too good.

Immediately afterwards, he tried other dishes one by one.

As a result, everything was delicious, a peerless deliciousness that he had never tasted before!

These are all made by the imperial chef, so the taste is naturally unspeakable.

Oquindo was full of praise, and Zhang Zhiji, Xu Yunzhen and others also enjoyed their food, but the anti-Habsburg alliance was different.

They are also eating lunch, and the food seems to be very rich, but everyone is absent-minded, and everything they eat tastes like chewing wax.

There is no way, they are a defeated country this time, and they are waiting for someone to cut their flesh. They really don't want to enjoy this food.

(End of this chapter)