Chapter 216: Negotiation

The Spaniards thought that Amos must have won, but they had seen Amos kill a wild bull with one punch, and the biological man who fought him could not be stronger than a cow, so they all cheered feverishly and shouted in unison: "Kill him!" Kill him! ”

However, a scene that shocked them happened, "Click! With the crisp sound, Amos, who was as strong as a mountain, fell to the ground, but Fa Zheng stood still like a mountain, slowly withdrew his fist, shook his head and said, "It's really not beaten!" ”

The cheers of the Spaniards stopped abruptly, and the scene became as quiet as death, Guo Zhiyuan saw that the fallen Amos was motionless, and thought that Fa Zheng had killed him, and he had to negotiate with the Spaniards next, and the dead man was not good after all, so he walked to Fa Zheng and lowered his voice and asked, "You killed him?" ”

Fa Zheng scratched his head and grinned: "No, he just fainted, otherwise he would have died of pain, but his hand must be useless......"

Guo Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and smiled at Acuña, whose face was gloomy and very ugly, and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, it seems that I am going to say regret again, but this warrior of yours just fainted, you better quickly arrange a doctor to treat him......

Acuña originally wanted to give Guo Zhiyuan a dismount through this duel, but he was slapped in the face, his face was naturally not good-looking, he snorted coldly, and turned around and left directly, the other Spaniards also felt bored and left one after another, only Felisa did not leave, just now when Guo Zhiyuan pointed a flintlock pistol at Thomas's head, Felisa felt very handsome and very manly, which is not seen in those men who pursue her and revolve around her like flies all day long, This made her take a keen interest in the young oriental man in front of her.

Guo Zhiyuan was a little blind when he saw Acuña leave like this, he came to negotiate, Acuña is gone, who should he talk to? Seeing that Felisa didn't leave, his eyes lit up, there was only one woman among the Spaniards who attended the welcome ceremony just now, and judging from Felisa's position, Felisa was standing behind Acuña, indicating that her relationship with Acuña must be very close, most of them were his daughters and other relatives, so he hurriedly walked over to Felisa, gave Felisa a chest salute again, and smiled: "Beautiful young lady, thank you very much for helping me translate just now, can I know your name?" ……”

"My name is Felisa!" Felisa looked at Guo Zhiyuan with interest and smiled sweetly.

"Felisa, your name is as beautiful as you are! I wonder if I have the honor to kiss your hand? ......" Guo Zhiyuan flattered.

Felisa saw that Guo Zhiyuan actually knew the hand kiss ceremony and became more and more curious, the hand kiss is a common etiquette for European aristocratic men to meet aristocratic women, to express respect and gratitude to the lady, who doesn't want to be praised for her beauty? He happily stretched out his slender hand to Guo Zhiyuan.

Guo Zhiyuan gently held Felisa's slender jade hand with both hands, symbolically kissed the back of her finger, and continued: "Felisa, I want to talk to His Excellency the Governor about something, I wonder if you can help me introduce me?" ……”

Felisa had a good impression of Guo Zhiyuan, and readily agreed: "You want to see my father?" Yes, I'll take you straight to his office! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan was overjoyed, Felisa was really Acuña's daughter, and her attitude towards herself was very kind, it seemed that she could use her help to complete her mission, and hurriedly said: "Thank you so much, can you wait for me a little?" I'll explain it to my men......"

Felisa nodded, and Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly walked back, but as soon as he walked over, Chu Wan'er shouted at him with an annoyed face: "Why did you kiss that Western vixen just now?!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Chu Wan'er a little speechlessly, this Chu Wan'er was jealous and didn't look at the occasion, so she had to patiently explain that this was a kind of etiquette for Westerners to meet, but Chu Wan'er didn't insist and said: "What bullshit etiquette?!" I think you're just hooked on that vixen! ……”

Sun Er on the side hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Daxi people do have this kind of etiquette, I have also seen it, my lord, you are really amazing, you can actually speak Western!" ……”

Chu Wan'er was no longer indomitable, snorted coldly and didn't speak anymore, Guo Zhiyuan told Zhang Cheng that they were waiting outside, not to clash with those Spanish guards, and after explaining, Guo Zhiyuan followed Felisa into the governor's palace, and under her guidance, he came to Acuña's office.

The reason why Acuña left without saying anything was because he found that Guo Zhiyuan was too different from the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty that he had seen, which made him feel that the information he had learned about Daming before might not be accurate, so his plan was completely disrupted, so he was ready to dry Guo Zhiyuan and them first, so that on the one hand, he could create a psychological advantage in negotiation, and on the other hand, he would have more time to collect information about Daming in order to make the right decision.

When Felisa brought Guo Zhiyuan here, Acuña was explaining to the attendant that he should find a place to settle Guo Zhiyuan and them first, and monitor them closely, but he didn't expect Felisa to bring Guo Zhiyuan directly, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he couldn't scold Felisa, and he couldn't turn Guo Zhiyuan away, so he had to nod to Guo Zhiyuan, and then leaned back in his chair, and said with an expressionless and arrogant face: "Messenger from the country of the East, say, what do you have to say to me......"

Guo Zhiyuan did not rush to answer Acuña's question, but looked around slowly, and then said without humility or arrogance: "I originally thought that Spain was a civilized country, and Spanish knights were very personable, it seems that I was wrong, I don't know how to receive envoys from other countries according to Spanish etiquette, but in my Ming Dynasty, even if it is an envoy from an enemy country, we will politely invite them to sit and talk......"

Acuña blushed when Guo Zhiyuan said this, rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly, waved his hand to the attendant on the side and ordered: "Go quickly, move a chair for the envoy from the country of the east!" ……”

The attendant quickly went to the next room to bring a chair and asked Guo Zhiyuan to sit down. Acuña ordered the attendant to give Guo Zhiyuan a glass of wine, and was ridiculed by Guo Zhiyuan just now, Acuña's attitude was not so arrogant, but it was still a little condescending: "I never receive outsiders in my office, and you are also the first person who can sit and talk in my office, so."

Please forgive my men for their negligence and negligence, you should be able to speak now......"

Guo Zhiyuan knew that it was impossible to change Acunia's arrogant attitude all at once, after all, the negotiation competition was the strength behind the two sides, Acuña had Spain's invincible armada behind him, but behind him was the weak Ming court, the strength was completely unequal, he could only rely on fraud, and the negotiation itself was also a kind of psychological warfare, asking for money on the spot, so he said unhurriedly: "Last year, your country slaughtered our country's businessmen in Manila for no reason, and my Emperor Ming His Majesty was very angry and prepared to raise troops to fight, and then it was my minister's advice, It is said that our dynasty is a state of etiquette, and it is not appropriate to start a war lightly, so His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered me to send an envoy to Manila, for the sake of the future peace and exchanges between my Ming Dynasty and Manila, to prevent the same unpleasant tragedy from happening again......"

"We demand: first, that your country apologize and compensate for the unprovoked massacre of our businessmen doing business in Manila last year......

"Second, immediately release all our businessmen who have been imprisoned by you, and allow our businessmen who remain in Manila to freely choose whether or not to return home with our fleet......"

"Thirdly, we must return the seized property of our businessmen who were killed and imprisoned last year and compensate them for the losses they have suffered......"

"Fourth, for the big in Manila last year. Slaughter. If the bones of the Chinese merchants who were killed in the murder can be found, their bones should be returned, and if the bones cannot be found, a funeral service should be held for them, so that they can rest in peace......"

"Fifth, it is necessary to punish the culprits who killed innocent people indiscriminately last year......

Acuña was furious when he heard this, and he stood up, pointed at Guo Zhiyuan and said sharply: "Arrogance! How dare you make such an arrogant and completely unreasonable request to me?! Even your Emperor Ming did not dare to make such an arrogant request in his letter to me! Don't think that I don't know the situation in your country, and with your strength you can't fight against the Armada of my Kingdom of Spain! ……”

Speaking of this, Acuña pointed to Guo Zhiyuan's two boats parked on the beach of the harbor outside the window, and said viciously: "Why do you ask us to agree to these arrogant conditions for you? Is it by the vague threat of force in your letter from the Ming Emperor? Or do you still have to rely on you to bring those two broken ships? Believe it or not, as long as I give the order now, in a few minutes, your two broken ships will be blown to pieces by our artillery! And you and your followers will be turned into corpses hanging from the cross! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan had already guessed that Acuña would react like this, and said with a smile: "It seems that His Excellency the Governor really doesn't know anything about our Ming Dynasty, if the strength of a big country is so easy for you to know, it means that the strength of this country is also limited, just like just now, His Excellency the Governor obviously miscalculated the strength of my retinue and the warrior under you, I believe that His Excellency the Governor can indeed let the two ships I brought be blown to pieces in a few minutes, But I wonder if Your Excellency the Governor believes that if you do this, it won't be long before our dynasty will send a thousand warships to turn the whole of Manila into a scorched earth? ……”