"Your Excellency, please be seated."

Zhang Weixian gave a gesture, waiting for the other party to sit down first, and then he sat down, at this time, Xu Guangqi stood beside him and chatted with the Spanish deputy envoy.

On the way here, Dias saw the magnificent Forbidden City and those mighty forbidden warriors, and he felt a little shocked in his heart.

Originally, according to the meaning of King Philip IV of Spain, the first idea was to come over to see if he could directly conquer the Ming Dynasty by force and turn the Ming Dynasty into a Spanish colony.

With such a colony, Spain's colonial empire will surely rise again!

However, it turned out that such an idea was unrealistic, and it was now after a deeper understanding that Dias realized how naïve the king's previous ideas were.

The Ming Dynasty is not only "somewhat powerful" as stated in the letter of the Bishop Kinniko, this is an Eastern Empire, and they have just defeated the fleet of the Dutch East India Company in Penghu!

You must know that the fleet is dominated by galleys, and there are also powerful Galen warships, equipped with the most advanced cannons in the world today, and their strength is not weak at all!

Since they were able to defeat the Dutch fleet, it would not be difficult to defeat the Spanish navy, which had already suffered heavy setbacks.

For now, it seemed that it was better to listen to what the other party wanted, and he believed that as long as the bid was not too excessive, the king would nod and agree.

After all, life in Spain is not easy now, and the sooner they can open up the sea route to the East, the sooner they can alleviate their stretched financial situation!

Thinking of this, Dias wore a standard aristocratic smirk on his face and said:

"In your Oriental words, let's get straight to the point, what conditions do you have in your country, please list them one by one, and we can discuss them."

Zhang Weixian laughed and said:

"Since your envoy is so quick to talk, my father will not hide it, and the trade between the two countries will be beneficial to both Daming and you Spain."

The word Spain, Zhang Weixian also heard Xu Guangqi say on the road, and when he arrived here, he learned and sold now, and just yesterday, he also called this group of Spanish missions in the mansion Yiren.

After speaking, he glanced at Xu Guangqi.

The latter took out a copy of the terms prepared overnight from his sleeve and respectfully handed it to Dias, and the Spaniards in the mission hurriedly approached, but they were taken aback.

They were amazed not by anything else, but by the fact that it was written in Spanish!

Dias stared at Xu Guangqi in amazement, and did not react for a while, it seemed that not only they were interested in the East, but the East was also interested in them.

If he wasn't interested, Dias wouldn't have learned the language and culture of the Han Chinese, and his courtiers wouldn't have learned Spanish.

In this way, Dias is a little more determined about the idea of returning home with a full load this time.

As long as the other side has what the other side needs, then there is room for bargaining in this negotiation, and it is the best choice for the two countries to take what they need.

Xu Guangqi handed over a lot of terms, a cursory glance, there must be dozens of articles, this is not a glance to read, you have to study carefully.

Dias stood up politely and saluted, "Please wait a moment, envoy, and we will discuss it carefully." ”

Zhang Weixian cocked Erlang's legs, looking unconcerned, "oh", and said, "Your envoy is free, what my lord has is kung fu." ”

Hearing the answer, Dias led the Spaniard envoy to the other side, and quickly pointed at the terms of the article.

Zhang Weixian glanced at the corner of his eyes and said:

"Xu Shilang, can you hear what they are saying?"

Xu Guangqi shook his head and said with a smile: "The distance is too far, I can't hear clearly, grandpa doesn't have to worry, the Spaniards are not doing well recently, as long as we don't mention it too much, they should be okay with it." ”

Zhang Weixian nodded and sneered:

"I'm not worried, although Da Ming is also in trouble now, but there are not as many as theirs, Your Majesty handed over this mission to my father, of course, I want to slaughter these people."

Xu Guangqi smiled and nodded, noncommittal.

In fact, he studied Western language and culture, not because he was interested, and he didn't care about the interests of these Spaniards at all.

Now what he is thinking about is how to win more benefits for Daming in this trade agreement, which is not a trivial matter.

Dias is indeed a little dissatisfied, but not to the point where he can't accept it completely.

As with the previous contents, there are three main types of content.

The first is the issue of trade and mutual assistance between the two countries, the second is the issue of the Spaniards continuing to lease the Ho Jing, and the third is the question of who will lead the agreement in this agreement.

Trade and mutual aid issues.

The agreement stipulated that the term of trade between the Ming Dynasty and Spain was five years, and the scope of the agreement covered any region ruled by the Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, and King Philip IV of Spain, including the nominally ruled Northern Netherlands.

In fact, what Dias values most is this article, that is, "if you want to continue trade after five years, you need to send another mission to sign the agreement, and no country can take the initiative to invalidate it during this period." ”

This is equivalent to a guarantee given by the Ming Dynasty, such an Eastern Empire, what he says will not count, right?

During the five-year trade period, all kinds of goods in the country of the two sides can be freely traded and sold, but there must be a representative group other than the imperial court, that is, they cannot buy and sell indiscriminately, so that not only can they not get benefits, but they will add to the chaos.

In other words, Spain had to select a merchant group responsible for trading with the Ming Dynasty, and all merchants who traded with it had to join this merchant group, which was bound by the state.

The Ming Dynasty also has a corresponding non-governmental organization, and the Ming Dynasty will deal with this matter, and once the agreement is signed, the two merchant groups will be responsible for contacting and trading.

And during the period of trade between the two sides, they are obliged to protect the safety of the other party's merchant group in the territory, and in case of accidents, the state pays.

With regard to the terms of trade, Dias raised his hands in favour of it.

In fact, in his opinion, Spain and the Ming Dynasty trade, the most profitable Spain, not the Ming Dynasty, as long as it can trade, the requirements are not too excessive.

Loan issues.

Da Ming proposed to stipulate a specific boundary, that is, to draw a circle, I don't care where you Spaniards go, but you can only live in this circle permanently.

Any Spaniard, nobles or commoners, officials or soldiers, who went to Ho Jing, had to obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, if the Spaniards and Portuguese committed an offence in Haojing, or committed a traitor, the local patrol yamen had the right to interrogate the person according to this agreement.

However, considering the different cultures of the two sides, there will always be conflicts, and the Ming Dynasty will also set up a new yamen, which will be responsible for interrogating foreigners who have committed crimes and have been arrested.

In addition, Spain must come up with a one-time silver payment as the price of a five-year lease of the mirror.

Zhu Youxiao's preliminary price is 100,000 taels per year, and 500,000 taels of silver for five years, which can be negotiated, and Daming can also provide loans, but the loan is usurious, and the Spaniards need to decide what to do.

For this, Dias and others have a lot of complaints, but they can still reluctantly accept it.

After all, this is understandable, he obtained temporary residency diplomatically, and he did not open the other party's country with a strong ship and a sharp cannon.

And they are really a little weak-hearted, along the way, Daming doesn't look like internal and external troubles at all, I heard that he just won a big victory and recovered a lot of territory.

In the present situation in the West, it is Spain, not the Ming Dynasty, that urgently needs trade.

If the two sides break up here, Da Ming can directly slap his ass and leave, and in the end, it can only be themselves who are uncomfortable.

As for the last one, on the issue of who will lead the signing of the agreement between the two sides, Daming has a tough attitude, and the agreement must be written that the signing will be led by Daming.

In a word, this is not negotiable, if it doesn't work, get out of here!

To put it bluntly, the signing of this agreement was made by you Spain who crossed the sea thousands of miles to find us, not me who begged you to sign, so we have the final right to interpret!