In the following time, several people discussed a series of things such as the direction of the meeting and the participants. At the end, Baron François said: "Your Excellency the Dragon King, I have one last thing to see here, I hope you can agree!" ”

Liu Pei smiled and said, "It's for the sake of the captured people, right?" ”

Baron François said: "It is true! I don't think we have any objections to becoming treaty partners, so if you can release the people before the negotiations, it will be a good start to the negotiations. ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "No problem, I can release them." However, they are treated the same as the Dutch people, and they can only take low-value souvenirs, and the rest belongs to me. ”

Baron François was overjoyed and said, "Yes! Thank you for your generosity! ”

He was lucky enough to get these people back, so he didn't worry about the money. Anyway, the treaty is about to be signed, and with this perfect eastern trade route, the money that was scraped away by Liu Pei will be able to earn it back sooner or later.

Liu Pei got up and saw off the three people, turned around and said to Mr. Kusno, who had been slumped in his chair with a pale face: "You don't have to worry, Mr. Kusno, now I invite you to participate in the whole negotiation as a witness." In addition, I will discuss with them the issue of ensuring the safety of the Portuguese route. ”

Kusno, who was already in despair, immediately jumped up, held Liu Pei's hand and said, "Your Excellency the Dragon King, you are really a generous and kind person! I will report your deeds to the king, and let him canonize you as a nobleman!" ”

Liu Pei withdrew his hand without a trace and patted his arm. In fact he was wiping his hands on his clothes! Because the hands of the eyes are all sweat! Liu Pei said: "I'm just trying to increase a channel for product sales, so don't thank me too much." Go back and prepare your civilian staff. ”

Two days later, each of the Quartet held an official meeting in the castle with a number of civil servants. Liu Pei was represented by Liu Dahai, the Spanish representative was Baron François, and the Dutch representative was Governor Cohen. The English representative was Colonel Clark. At the same time, Portugal participated as a representative of the Witnesses.

After several days of negotiations, the treaty was finally signed

！ The full name of the treaty is the Four-Power Trade Cooperation Treaty. Portugal exists as a Witnesses in the text. Therefore, historians still habitually refer to this treaty as the "Five-Power Treaty".

The main content of the treaty is that, in the first article, the other signatories recognize Liu Pei's full occupation of Southeast Asia and have all the rights.

Second, Liu Pei was responsible for the construction of a city on the Malay Peninsula, called the City of Peace, for trade with the signatories. The security of the city and the security of transactions are the responsibility of Liu Pei. All people who trade have an obligation to pay taxes to Liu Pei. Before the city is built, the signatories will travel to Penghu to trade, during which time they will self-restrain their behavior and be supervised by Liu Pei. After the completion of the city's construction, the ships of the Contracting Parties will not be allowed to cross the trading city into Chinese waters.

Thirdly, the quota for all Oriental products is allocated according to the proportion of 50% for your Dutchland, 30% for Spain, and 20% for England. Portugal's trade turnover remains at the status quo and must not be increased. However, the four signatories jointly guaranteed the safety of Portuguese merchant ships in the Asian region.

Fourth, the four Contracting Parties will maintain their existing participating States. If there is a need to add other countries, the mutual consent of the four countries is required.

Fifth, the settlement of all goods is based on the silver coins in Liu Pei's hand as the standard settlement currency.

Article 6: After a member of a State Party commits a crime in China, he or she must be tried by Liu Pei's side, but the State Party may participate in the hearing.

Article 7: The four Contracting States will jointly defend themselves against colonial attacks by other countries in the direction of India, and at the same time, India's interests will be shared by the four countries. However, the new developer shall not harm the interests of the party already in possession. and that the nations are committed to maintaining the existing form of the Indian continent as it is not changing, and not to make it possible to unify it.

Article 8 The security of the shipping lanes around the Trade City shall be maintained by the four countries. However, Liu Pei was responsible for the entire bandit suppression fleet, and the other three countries paid for the battle. Don't fight, don't pay.

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Excerpt from the graduation thesis of the history students of the University of Cambridge, London - "Analysis of Treaties in Modern Chinese History"

That is the general outline of the treaty. This contract was later hailed in history as the first of the ten most notorious treaties! The main reason is that none of the four parties that signed the contract can represent the lord of the country

Body! But they actually decided the future of nearly a thousand countries, princely states and tribes! ”

"As can be seen from the signatories, the closest thing to an official character is the Dutch East India Company. Because the East India Company was large at the time, it was authorized by the government to sign economic treaties to a certain extent. However, they are not qualified to sign treaties that involve the sovereignty of other countries. ”

"Secondly, Baron François of the Kingdom of Spain. He appeared in the Far East only because the Kingdom of Spain had asked him to fill the gap in the local fighting forces, and was not authorized by any other means. ”

"As for Colonel Clark of the English Kingdom, he is simply the captain of an expedition sent by the English Kingdom, and he does not have any conditions for signing a contract at all! But this man's bold actions earned him the title of a viscount! Since then, Mr. Clark has prospered in official fortune and has a lot of money! ”

"As for the biggest beneficiary of this treaty, the Red-Eyed Dragon King. That is, the future emperor of the Chinese Empire, who appeared as a pirate at that time! ”

However, historians in the East have whitewashed the issue on the pretext that Emperor Liu Pei was already the king of the Ryukyus in the first place. And said that it was the right thing for Emperor Liu Pei to tear up the agreement later. Because only Liu Pei is the signatory with all the rights, and the other signatories are not qualified to sign, the agreement they signed is completely invalid. In short, this war of words has been entangled in the historical circles for a long time, and there is no conclusive conclusion. ”

"In fact, in this agreement, the biggest benefit is indeed Emperor Liu Pei. Because historians have analyzed the strength of Emperor Liu Pei in the later period, at that time, Emperor Liu Pei was actually completely a foreign power, and he did not have the strength to occupy Southeast Asia at all! ”

"He's just blowing himself up like a puffer fish and scaring away the enemy. Then he took advantage of the enemy's retreat to desperately develop and strengthen himself in Southeast Asia. In the end, after decades of repeated warfare, Southeast Asia was completely brought under its rule. ”

Even so, everyone admits that Emperor Liu Pei chose the most appropriate time and obtained the greatest benefits at the least cost! I have to say that Emperor Liu Pei is still very strategic! ”