After hearing that someone came to report his home, Zhang Dongdong, who was sitting at the top, was really a little surprised. He first let out a long "oh" sound, and then reacted that the black dwarf in front of him was actually Liu Xiang himself.

In the previous report about Liu Xiang, the evaluation of this person was a little more "pirate attribute". In other words, Liu Xiang is more inclined to cunning, violence, trustlessness and other behaviors that focus on short-term interests.

Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong's starting point when thinking about problems is completely different. In history, in order to achieve strategic goals, Zheng Zhilong did not hesitate to risk his life many times, including the Dutch and the Ming court.

But Liu Xiang has never had this kind of thinking. Usually when Shopkeeper Liu personally goes ashore to contact a "good friend", it basically means that he is going to do something, and in history, Shopkeeper Liu not only kidnapped Ming officials under the pretext of Zhao'an, but also took advantage of the opportunity to visit the Dutch, and led troops to sneak attack the Dayuan Merchant House at night, if it weren't for the red-haired sentinel's vigilance, he was almost succeeded by Shopkeeper Liu.

Therefore, after a comprehensive evaluation of history, the traversal crowd has a clear understanding of Liu Xiang, and this kind of person usually does not believe in anyone, and is a standard Machiavellian.

Some time ago, the first contact between the two sides also illustrated this problem, and as soon as the envoy heard that Liu Xiang wanted to come for an interview in person, there was no more news.

However, the world is impermanent, and today Shopkeeper Liu suddenly came to the door in person, and he really caught the traversers in charge of the reception off guard.

"It seems that despair is really strong about changing people, and even Shopkeeper Liu has begun to die and be born!" Dressed in an official robe, Zhang Dongdong, who was sitting at the top, had already figured out the situation at this time, so he smiled "hoa", and then opened his mouth with interest and asked, "Shopkeeper Liu, have you figured it out today?" ”

"Don't dare. The adults are pressing step by step, and Liu Xiang has nowhere to go, so now he has to come to the door to ask for advice and find a way to live for the brothers. ”

After listening to Liu Xiang's official words with a strong Cantonese accent, Zhang Dongdong couldn't help but smile, it seems that this product is still resentful.

Just as he opened his mouth to say something, Ma Yue, the deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau who was sitting next to him, came over and whispered a few words.

After listening to the whisper, Zhang Dongdong nodded slightly, and then he immediately got up and said to Liu Xiang, "Shopkeeper Liu, don't worry, no matter what results can be negotiated today, you can go back safely, I can guarantee this!" ”

After Zhang Dongdong finished speaking, he bowed slightly, and then went out and left.

Since they didn't know that Liu Xiang was coming just now, they didn't take the messenger of Yu Xianke seriously, and Zhang Dongdong and the others originally planned to call Liu Xiang to come in person.

As a result, Liu Xiang is really here now, so Zhang Dongdong, as the nominal top decision-maker, is not suitable for the tug-of-war negotiations between you and me - the two sides are not equal in level. So Ma Yue, who reacted in time, hurriedly sent Zhang Dongdong out.

After that, everyone moved to a larger conference room. Ma Yue took this opportunity to invite Sha Zhengming and Wang Bo over, and after tossing and turning, everyone arrived, and then the two sides sat on both sides of a long table and began to introduce themselves more formally.

Along with Liu Xiang were his military advisor Yu Xianke and deputy military advisor Hu Shishi. And when Shopkeeper Liu heard the titles of the three opposite, his original nervous mood was also a lot more settled, since the famous "monk general" Sha Zhengming himself was sitting here, at least the other party was still willing to talk, instead of tricking him into a knife.

Speaking of the psychological changes of Shopkeeper Liu in the past few days, it is also a bitter stomach.

In fact, when the fast fleet traveled to Causeway Bay that day, Shopkeeper Lau knew that the enemy was coming—joke, Lamma Island and Hong Kong Island were within sight, how could the thousands of pirates entrenched in the surrounding area not see that string of old acquaintances with white sails?

After receiving the letter, Shopkeeper Liu, who was on the verge of a great enemy, immediately sent a number of sentry boats and camouflage fishing boats to hang far behind the old opponent. Then, not long after, the rumbling of cannons, a sign of bad omen, began to waft in the sky of the Pearl River estuary

At the same time that the fast fleet that had destroyed the excellent situation of stability and unity at the mouth of the Pearl River was leaving, Shopkeeper Liu had already begun to interrogate Comrade Tuantouyu, a diving athlete who was soaked and had seagrass on his head.

The tuantou fish that was picked up by the camouflage fishing boat only used a few words to break the luck psychology of everyone in the big tent, and it was indeed a "short-haired gunboat". Respect is directly proportional to strength, and by this time, pirates had rarely used the word "thief" to describe an army.

After spending the night in a heavy heart, from the next day, Liu Xiang received a steady stream of news from the city of Guangzhou.

At present, Guangzhou has not experienced the kind of Fujian that first suppressed bandits, then pulled the net to strangle, and finally created a triple attack of pirate extermination that everyone shouted and beat in public opinion, so there are many related households of bandits in the city, and Shopkeeper Liu can receive first-hand news in time.

Then when the news continued to be summarized, Liu Xiang knew that it was time to come after all, since these short-haired people were going to do business in Guangzhou City, they must first suppress the bandits, and the set of opening up the trade route Fujian was about to be staged again.

However, this time, Liu Xiang didn't know where to retreat. Shopkeeper Liu is very confused now, do you really want to take his men to Nanyang, where there are savages? Or a U-turn and a fight to the death with shorthair?

Either option is suicide with two evils. Liu Xiang was sure that a large number of his subordinates would leave him as soon as he spoke, and the big gang was falling apart, and those little shopkeepers actually had a third way to go, that is, to buy out their seniority and make a living for themselves.

In fact, there are already people planning to run away, which Liu Xiang knows very well. Numerous encounters along the coast of Fujian have broken the backbone of the pirates, and a gang of thousands of people has not been able to come up with the idea of defeating those strange ships.

At this time, Shopkeeper Liu's last hope for the Macao envoy arrived.

When the fast fleet appeared at the mouth of the Pearl River, in addition to Liu Xiang, the Francois entrenched in Macao were also like the great enemy, and the bad political and business relations between the Xiamen General's Mansion made the Portuguese extremely sensitive to this fleet.

After that, while Liu Xiang was collecting information on Guangzhou, in fact, the Portuguese were also collecting intelligence. Then this pair of brothers and sisters also came to the same conclusion: a certain force was going to enter Guangzhou in a big way and never leave again.

As a result, in just a few days, not only did they mingle with the local aborigines in Guangzhou, but also Macao and Lamma Island, which are located at the mouth of the Pearl River, were also closely connected, and the envoys frequently returned to each other.

The day before the fast fleet set out from Guangzhou to receive the support fleet, the envoy from Macao brought Liu Xiang two important pieces of news.

The first is the bad news, and the Manila side has made it clear that it will not allow Liu Xiang to lead people to take refuge in the south.

There is no doubt that the Spaniards of this plane will definitely not allow Liu Xiang to take refuge in the south because of the slave trade, and now they are fighting with a certain force.

Besides, the Spaniards were now focusing on the sacred activity of purifying the infidels, so the big pie-faces really didn't know what was the use of taking in a team of pirates who might rebel at any time?

In short, no matter what the benefits are, the effect of taking in Liu Xiang is greater than the disadvantages of offending the traversal. So the Spaniards categorically rejected Liu Xiang's idea.

The second piece of news brought by the Portuguese envoy was that thirty high-quality bronze cannons of various calibers produced by the best Macao Bugarao Cannon Foundry in East Asia had been prepared, and Liu Xiang only needed to send someone to pull them back to equip and use them, and most importantly, these cannons were completely free.

At the same time, the Macao envoy also brought the latest attitude of the Macau Parliament, because the speed and firepower of the two warships did not match, so in the future possible battles, the two sides will not fight together.

After this, the envoy also secretly told Liu Xiang the real reason why the two sides could not cooperate further, the Portuguese were afraid of the Ming offensive launched from the land, you must know that the Ming had endless manpower, and those forts in Macao could block the Dutch and the British, but not the Ming people. Therefore, the Portuguese could only secretly support Liu Xiang with a large amount of free arms, so that Liu's shopkeeper would have the confidence to fight through the fire.

Liu Xiang laughed, patted his chest, said cruel words that he must kill the people, and personally sent the messenger out of the big tent.

After that, the boss put himself in the back tent and saw no one.

The next day, the boss stood on the hill behind the tent and witnessed the imperialist act of the fast fleet around Lamma Island, sinking many pirate ships and killing and wounding many pirates.

So under the pressure of "imminent betrayal of relatives and separation" and "looking at the world but having nowhere to go", Liu Xiang finally boarded a small boat and, accompanied by several cronies, embarked on the road to Guangzhou City.

Liu Xiang experienced these intense psychological activities in just a few days, although he didn't know it, but when Liu Da Gang Leader sat in Tiandao Temple, he understood everything - it was not that he was desperate, and Shopkeeper Liu would not come

Therefore, Ma Yue appeared at the negotiating table as a victor at this moment, and his words also carried the toughness and pride that a victor should have

"It's impossible to keep the trilogy, shopkeeper Liu, you will die of this heart. If you want to take charge of the army again, the only way is for you to start over from the army and climb up step by step, and the general will give you this opportunity. ”

"It's even easier for the rich. If you own a ship with shares, we will give you silver at the current price. Coupled with your private accumulation of property, the agency right to buy one or two best-selling goods should be enough to buy upstream factories in the future. ”

"The General's Mansion protects the safety of the lives and property of all defectors. You have also planted a lot of spies in the big office, you should know that those pirate treasurers who surrendered to Cheng are living a good life now, you don't deny this, right? ”

Heated negotiations between the two sides continued throughout the night.