On the second day of September, the Manila Governor's Office, in a hurry, finally completed the inventory of the Chinese corpses in Manila before the time specified by Zhu Cihong.

The final count showed that 1,456 Chinese were killed and 2,832 were disabled in the ongoing uprising.

Inside Fort Santiago, Zhu Cihong looked at the data sent by the Spaniards and obviously didn't believe it.

According to the estimates of the Jinyi Guard installed in the Governor's Palace, this data must be at least doubled!

Zhu Cixi handed the Chinese book to Zhu Cijiong beside him and said, "King Ding, Shu appointed you as the minister of the Chin Cha, and the plenipotentiary representative of Daming to negotiate with Spain." ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhu Cijiong responded, but he was still a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, what do you want to talk to them about?" ”

Zhu Cihong found a place near the window and sat down, "What are you talking about?" Naturally, it's about reparations, my Ming people, who were killed in their Spanish colonies, shouldn't they be asked for compensation? ”

"Indemnification....... Your Majesty, aren't we going to take Manila? ”

Zhu Cijiong was even more puzzled, according to what he knew about his own brother, could he let go of this opportunity?

Several ministers around him were also puzzled, didn't they understand what His Majesty the Emperor's intentions were, purely to make money? Not quite like that!

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "We are not robbers, I am a civilized country, how can we bully the weak and snatch other people's territory at will!" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Cijiong glanced at Zhu Cijiong seriously, as if he wanted to find out that this was a fake emperor, and it was definitely not my eldest brother Emperor Tianwu!

He asked tentatively, "What does Your Majesty mean....... How can they be compensated? ”

Zhu Cihong stretched out a finger and said in a deep voice: "For every Chinese victim, Spain must compensate 10,000 Daming silver yuan as a pension!" ”

He continued: "For every injured Chinese, Spain must compensate for the medical expenses of treatment, as well as at least 1,000 silver yuan in compensation, and the disabled Chinese will be multiplied fivefold, and at least 5,000 silver yuan in compensation!" ”

"Chinese woman, Spain still has to compensate for mental damages, so let's set 5,000 silver yuan."

"And all the property lost by the Chinese in the riots, Spain must compensate in full, and not a single copper plate is missing."

After Zhu Cihong said this, the ministers of civil and military affairs and the palace maids and eunuchs around him were completely dumbfounded.

Dingwang Zhu Cijiong was the first to react, isn't this just a money grab?

Tens of millions of silver yuan, or even hundreds of millions of silver yuan, that is, hundreds of millions of taels of silver, can the Spanish Governor's Palace come up with?

Even if it's Spain, it's almost bankrupt!

I only heard this fierce Tianwu Emperor say again: "When negotiating, give them time to give an ultimatum, one less copper plate, it means a declaration of war!" This is my bottom line! ”

Only then did King Zhu Cijiong know that the person in front of him was definitely his eldest brother, Emperor Tianwu!

In the meaningful eyes of everyone, I only heard Zhu Cihong sigh and said: "Don't say that I don't give them a chance, I have always paid attention to the rules, loved peace, and everything I did was forced to ...... helplessly."

The next day, formal negotiations between the city of Manila, the Ming and Spain began.

Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, who was instructed by Emperor Tianwu, opened his mouth at the negotiation table and offered a series of compensation conditions.

If it weren't for the rehearsal a few times in advance, Zhu Cijiong would have been a little embarrassed to open his mouth to say these conditions.

Sure enough, several Spanish officials at the negotiating table were stunned, as if they had a gun barrel in their mouths.

Governor Salctor said gloomily: "Your Royal Highness, don't be joking! ”

"Who was kidding you?"

Zhu Cijiong said seriously: "My Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty said, this is the bottom line of my Ming Dynasty, you must accept it unconditionally, and the compensation for a copper plate cannot be less!" Otherwise, it would be a declaration of war on my Ming Empire! ”

The corners of Salctor's mouth twitched violently a few times, and he closed his mouth for the time being, thinking about how to deal with it next.

A Spanish official who was good at mathematics said: "Your Excellency the Governor, I have preliminarily calculated that we will compensate the Ming Dynasty with a total of at least 60 million silver dollars, which is equivalent to Spanish silver coins......"

His voice grew smaller and quieter, apparently startled by the flurry of numbers.

Governor Salctor took the case and said angrily: "You are blackmail! It's just naked blackmail! ”

Zhu Cijiong could naturally understand his mood at the moment, and he sighed: "Your Excellency the Governor, my Emperor Ming loves the people like a son, and the Manila under your jurisdiction has killed and injured so many Ming people at once, he is very heartbroken!" ”

He continued: "You must know that the value of the people, in the eyes of my Ming Emperor, is priceless! We measure it with this cheesy money, the Son of Heaven has made great concessions, and I hope that His Excellency the Governor will think about it and understand us! ”

Salctor sat down, shook his beard up and down, and said angrily, "Ben Du does not understand! You are blackmail! ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "Of course, if His Excellency the Governor has any magic tricks to bring the dead back to life, you can also use it to resurrect those Chinese who died tragically, so that your country will not have to compensate for a single silver coin, and everyone will be happy!" What do you think? ”

"It's ridiculous!"

Salctor, who had just sat down, brushed his sleeves away on the spot, unwilling to stay here and be humiliated.

Zhu Cijiong spread his hands as a Western devil and said to the remaining Spanish officials: "Your governor's temper is too bad to negotiate. ”

One of the foreign devil officials reluctantly said: "Your demands are really unacceptable, and the compensation is too much.......

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said: "In terms of money, it is a small problem, if you don't have enough funds, you can also consider replacing it with a colony, such as this Manila City, we can convert gold and silver to you according to the number of acres, such as one acre of land....... Equivalent to my Ming silver ......"

The faces of the Spanish officials were quite ugly, and one of them left the table, obviously not supporting the idea of the Ming prince demolishing the colony.

Another Spanish official said with a gloomy face: "You are so unreasonable! ”

Zhu Cijiong's patience was very good, and he still kept smiling, he said: "To be honest, if I am arrogant and unreasonable, and directly send troops to forcibly occupy the entire Luzon, or the entire Nanyang, why sit down and talk to you!" ”

"We have been very restrained, these are reasonable demands, after all, one person commits a crime against another person, there is a price, and so is the state."

As he spoke, Zhu Cijiong's face changed, and he sneered: "You Spain don't want to play hegemonism and bully me Daming, right?" If so, I will be with you to the end! ”

Without waiting for the last Spanish official to leave the table, Zhu Cijiong had already stood up and said solemnly: "Give you two days to think about it, at nine o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, if your country does not agree to the compensation conditions, it can only be regarded as a declaration of war against our Ming Dynasty!" ”

"When the time comes, my Ming army will come to take Manila by itself, as well as the compensation money that you have hidden in the treasure house!"

After speaking, he ignored the bewildered faces of the Spanish officials and left the table with a group of Ming officials.