Invincible urban management

79. Negotiation is to speak with cannons!

On a certain day in early October 1519, in the city of Cholula, which had just experienced a tragic massacre, Wen Desi, the Duke of the Great Ming Dynasty, Yang Wenli, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and Cai Wenli, the Deputy Commander of Jinyiwei, Rong, the Commander of the Expeditionary Force of the Kingdom of Spain and the Governor of Mexico, His Excellency Hernan Cortez, had a "fruitful" initial meeting in a "warm and friendly" atmosphere.

In fact, the official identities of both parties to the negotiations were faked.

Wen Desi's "Daming Duke of Donghai", Cai Rong's "Deputy Commander of Jinyiwei" and Professor Yang's "Daming Minister of Rites" are of course Xibei products that have never been registered in the Ministry of Officials of Beijing in this era , but at this time, Hernan Cortez was only a criminal and wanted criminal in the Kingdom of Spain. He was charged with murdering civil servants and embezzling state assets-he used a revoked power of attorney to arrest Cuban Governor Diego His Excellency Velazquez spent a huge amount of public funds to form an expedition fleet for himself, not only drove away the supervising army sent by the governor, but also killed a secretary of the governor's mansion.

The only difference is that all the traversers know Cortez's actual identity, but Cortez really regards the traversers as the legendary "Seresians"...Of course, his cognition In fact, it is true, but it is only 500 years behind in time.

In short, after the two sides exchanged false greetings and greeted each other about the health of Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty and King Carlos of the Kingdom of Spain, they began to enter into substantive topics... and then, as expected, a heated conflict broke out.

Although he was at an absolute disadvantage on the scene, Cortez was still aggressive at the negotiating table. As soon as he opened his mouth, he aggressively accused the Chinese of "barbaric atrocities" and even attacked the "peace-loving" Spanish expeditionary force for no reason. If it is sincere, the murderers must be punished immediately, compensation must be paid, and the Spanish cannon stolen by them must be returned.Only in this way can "the friendship and forgiveness of the Kingdom of Spain" be obtained.

Well, what cannot be obtained on the battlefield must be snatched from the negotiating table... Western colonists from ancient times to the present have indeed followed the same routine.

On the other hand, the traversers pointed out that you European barbarians who dared to offend the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were to blame for being beaten to death!In addition to those unlucky ones who have already died, Cortez, as the leader, must also take responsibility, bow his head to apologize, and make "reasonable compensation", otherwise he will suffer "the thunder and anger of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty"!

——Being bullied and being beaten up by foreigners is really not too much in the modern history of China. Who wouldn't follow the example?

When he heard that he had become a barbarian, Cortez jumped three feet high in anger, and said that he represented the great Spanish kingdom, and the Chinese offended him because they were talking to "the world's largest The country" is the enemy! In the future, he must die without a place to bury him!

Although the travelers knew that this guy, as a wanted criminal, could not represent the Kingdom of Spain at all, they did not expose it on the spot, but calmly pointed out the following facts: You said Spain is the largest country in the world?King Carlos is the most powerful king in the world?So where do you put the king of France, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the pope of Italy, and the sultan of Ottoman Turkey?

In order to further enhance her persuasiveness, Senior Ma Tong also took out a pre-prepared map of Europe in 1500 AD (copy and print from the Internet), and shook it in front of Cortez... I have to say, before conquering the Americas , Spain is really not a first-class power.

Seeing that his previous set of blackmail methods among the Indians, which seemed to be unable to deceive the "Ceresian diplomats" who seemed to know everything, Cortes was deeply frustrated for a while.

But this daring gambler, faced with such a desperate situation, still refused to admit defeat. Seeing that he couldn't make sense, and couldn't fight for his strength, he started messing around and playing hooligans. Let Senior Ma Tong not know how to translate it...

——If it's a soft girl, some people might think it's cute to play Tsundere, but you are a middle-aged bearded man, what are you doing Tsundere?

Travelers are also becoming more and more impatient, thinking that if this over-the-top Spanish wanted criminal refuses to go on the road, he can simply turn his expedition team into roast pigs—although there is no bazooka launcher. She's individual soldiers can explode bombs, but it's no problem to get dozens of barrels of gasoline.

As for how to overthrow the Aztec Empire in the future, and turn Mexico into a resource exporter of China in a different time and space...then think of other ways!

When the two sides were at a stalemate, Wang Qiu secretly flipped through the history books describing Cortez's conquest of Central America, and saw that this guy fired a cannon at Veracruz Port to scare the envoys of the Aztec Empire and make them all A record of lying on the ground in fright.

So, he ordered to release the largest special sky cannon, the casing was as big as a washing machine, and the sound was comparable to the directional blasting of skyscrapers... As a result, this time it was finally the Spanish commander's turn to be scared. to the ground.

And this meeting with guns and sticks came to an end in the sound of thunderous salutes.

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In the dim twilight, Cortes, exhausted all over his body, slowly climbed up the pyramid and walked into the gate of the Feathered Serpent Temple.

As soon as he entered the gate, he was surrounded by Spanish commanders who were waiting anxiously.

"...My Commander-in-Chief, you have finally finished talking with the Chinese!"

Deputy Commander Alvarado couldn't wait to greet her, "...Why did you let Marina come back just halfway through the conversation? You don't understand the language of the indigenous Mexicans, let alone the Chinese, and there is no translator. But how do you negotiate? Could it be sign language?"

"...It's all right, dear Alvarado. The Chinese on the opposite side can speak Spanish and Latin, although the accent and diction are weird..."

Cortez waved his hand weakly, and took out a scroll wrapped in bright yellow satin, "...this is a copy of the imperial edict of the Chinese emperor, with a Latin translation attached. Uh, I know you can't read, So let Mr. Preacher read it to you!"

The missionary in black rushed forward, unfolded the scroll under the flickering candlelight and everyone's gaze, cleared his throat and began to recite:

"...Well, in the name of the highest heaven, as the son of destiny favored by all gods (I am the fate of Haotian), the great Emperor Siris hereby promulgates a decree, canonizing Wen De, an overseas Chinese, as the Duke of Hope Port, As well as the governor of the Mexican colony, his territory will be protected by His Majesty the Emperor from now on; and the royal ceremonial officer (Minister of Rites) Yang Wenli and the deputy commander of the Guards (Deputy Commander of Jinyiwei) Cai Rong are authorized to be imperial envoys to preside over the canonization of the duke At the same time, it is responsible for patrolling the various vassal states in the Mexican region, and rewarding, canonizing and protecting any state that admires the majesty of the emperor and is willing to be loyal to the emperor according to the situation (those who are admired from outside but internalized, should be rewarded in accordance with the weather) This is my order); any enemy who dares to offend the majesty of the emperor will be severely punished like thunder (everyone who is lawless and recalcitrant shall be punished by thunder)..."