Chapter 523: The Struggle for Sea Power (15)
There was silence in the main hall, involving Zheng Zhibao, and a group of rude pirates didn't dare to say more.
A flash of melancholy flashed in Zheng Zhilong's eyes, "It's okay for the fifth child to be fine, what do you Luzon want to talk about?" ”
Jiang Baolin smiled, "Simple, our request, from now on, the Zheng family will give up all their strongholds on the island of Taiwan and transfer all of them to my Luzon General's Mansion." ”
"At the same time, the maritime trade involving Japan, North Korea, and the South China Sea on the southeast coast must be handled by my family, and the Zheng family and other maritime merchants must all trade with the trade certificates issued by our family."
"Bastard, you're wishful thinking."
"Lao Tzu fought with you"
As soon as the Luzon army's request came out, everyone in the Zheng family almost wanted to draw their knives and cut people.
Li Laosan and the others pulled out their waist knives on the spot, threatening Jiang Baolin with a murderous face.
If the Zheng family agreed to this condition, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving up all the profits of the sea trade to Luzon.
Zheng Zhilong was also so angry that he coughed lightly, and only after a long time did he look at Jiang Baolin with a disgusted expression.
"This is impossible, my Zheng family has so many people to feed, if this is the case, then I don't have to be the chief soldier, if your family insists, please go back, and my younger brother doesn't have to care."
Jiang Baolin smiled disappreciatively, this condition was originally put forward by You Degao and others at a sky-high price, and it was naturally a follow-up price reduction.
Now that the Zheng family still retains more than half of its strength, no one will agree to this condition.
"Zheng Zongbing, don't worry, you have to pay attention to three in and three out of business, so what do you think?"
"Release our captured soldiers, and your family will admit the occupation of the chicken coop, and allow your family to do business in the Taiwan Strait in the future."
"Hahaha, Zheng Zongbing said that he was laughing", Jiang Baolin was laughed by Zheng Zhilong's condition, and only looked at him with tears and laughter after a few seconds.
"In the battle of Keelung City, your strength has been greatly damaged, my family is free to come and go in this strait, where do you still need your family's permission, Zheng Zongbing must not gain an inch."
"It's you who I can see", Zheng Zhilong's eyes widened angrily, "Although our army was defeated a few days ago, behind me is the Ming Dynasty, how dare you and other small states offend my Tianwei." ”
"Hahaha, the chief soldier doesn't need to scare me, I know the affairs of the Ming court in Luzon better than anyone else, dare to ask the chief soldier, is your court still sending a soldier to Fujian right now."
Jiang Baolin followed up and stabbed him, "Besides, is the Ming court really willing to watch your family control the southeast, if the imperial court soldiers and horses come, I'm afraid this Fujian will also change the sky." ”
Zheng Zhilong and the others all changed their faces.
Jiang Baolin immediately struck while the iron was hot, "You and I don't need to test anymore, I know the Zheng family very well, but your Zheng family has no idea about my family." ”
"The general army knows that in the city of Qianzhou in Luzon, my family's 20,000 troops are already waiting for the day, and they plan to go north to Taiwan to support, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be peace talks, but I want the Zheng family to withdraw from the southeast."
"Too much deception!"
Zheng Zhilong's face was even more unsightly, as Jiang Baolin said, Lu Song knew a lot about the Zheng family, but the Zheng family was unprepared, how could they be undefeated.
Thinking of the Luzon fleet parked in the open sea, Zheng Zhilong finally suppressed the fury in his heart and talked to Jiang Baolin again.
Jiang Baolin has already obtained the full authorization of You Degao and others, and with Zheng Zhibao and others in hand, he is full of confidence to talk.
If it weren't for the fact that Luzon's current strength was not enough, I was afraid that You Degao and others would plan to directly destroy the Zheng family, where would they still be so ink.
I heard that the Dutch in Tainan have also been preparing to make a move in recent months, so the Luzon peace talks are really in mind.
Two hours later, accompanied by a group of fierce eyes, Jiang Baolin successfully returned to the Sun Wu.
"At present, this is what has been negotiated, the Zheng family will cede all the strongholds on the island of Taiwan to us, and at the same time give up control of the coastal trade between the two Guangzhous, and Japan and North Korea can also let us trade on our own."
"On the other hand, our army released Zheng Zhibao and all the prisoners of the Zheng family, and promised not to set foot in the trade of the southeast coast, especially Zhejiang."
In the captain's room of the Sun Wu, Jiang Baolin reported the results of his peace talks to all the naval officers at a glance.
After listening to the introduction, You Degao stood up with excitement on his face and slapped Jiang Baolin on the shoulder.
"Hahaha, well done, in this way, our army's strategic goals will be fully achieved, and you have to make a great contribution."
In the captain's room, all the naval officers cheered happily.
Only Mao Yuanyi was a little incomprehensible, "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, half of the Ming Dynasty's sea trade and Thailand are from the southeast coast, and we now have the advantage of strength, but we can't control the southeast trade, and the big head is still earned by the Zheng family, what's so happy about this?" ”
"Hahaha, the general soldier doesn't know anything."
You Degao touched his chin triumphantly and explained: "My Luzon is different from other families, they need to go to the southeast to buy goods, but my family doesn't use it. ”
"The opening of the sea route this time is to be able to trade directly with Japan and North Korea, and on the other hand, to open up the passage from Huguang to Liangguang, so that a large number of materials can be exported to my family."
Zhao Jingyong stretched out two fingers and showed off leisurely: "Can the chief soldier know my family's annual output of goods?" ”
Mao Yuanyi looked at it quietly with a deferential expression.
"By January this year, my family can produce 35 million taels worth of goods in the mainland alone, and now although Luzon is newly built, it also produces about 2 million taels of goods a year, do you need to buy other goods?"
"Hiss"
Mao Yuanyi gasped, "Three, thirty-five million taels, so much!" ”
Although Luzon is isolated overseas, it still maintains regular communication with Liujiacun every year, and Zhao Jingyong, as a high-level member of the Liu family, also knows a little about these economic data.
But in fact, don't look at the value of the goods produced by the Liu family as high as 35 million taels, the production efficiency is not higher than the sky.
You must know that at present, the Liu family has controlled six or seven prefectures and counties in Sichuan, Huguang, Shaanxi and other places, and in the past two years, many displaced people have been collected, and the actual actual population is as high as more than 1.2 million.
Converted, the per capita output of the Liu family is 29.2 taels of silver, which is only 2.6 times higher than the per capita output of about 11 taels in the Ming Dynasty.
But this is still the result of Liu Ximing's efforts to improve production technology.
But when did Mao Yuanyi hear such detailed economic data and such a strong impact, it suddenly made him a little excited.
This Luzon is really the right place.
Ignoring Mao Yuanyi's inquisitive eyes, You Degao grinned, "That's it, speaking of which, the Zheng family is not a loser, as long as the southeast coast is still in their hands, the Zheng family can maintain." ”
"Besides, the Penghu Islands are still in their hands, and they can also explain the past to the imperial court, as for the future, hehe."
"Hehe", Zhao Jingyong and the others laughed treacherously.
Mao Yuanyi's face suddenly felt a little unswerving, and Zhao Jingyong hurriedly explained with a smile:
"Don't think that we are planning to tear up the agreement, but according to the judgment of my second brother, the Ming Dynasty is estimated to not last for a few years, and when the time comes, his Zheng family, as the general soldier of the Ming Kingdom, will not attack him from my family, but that he wants to serve."
Mao Yuanyi's face improved a little at this time, and she nodded in understanding.
It is funny to say that at this time, the Chinese scholars still paid attention to some faith among themselves, but this was not necessarily the case in foreign affairs.
For example, the Battle of Liaoluo Bay ten years ago was caused by the Fujian governor Nan Juyi who lured the Dutch ashore to kill.
At this point in enforcing the contract, the Chinese are much worse than the European white skins.
In view of this, when Liu Ximing was still in Luzon, he deliberately emphasized the foreign strategy of "keeping promises and honoring promises"; of course the war should be fought, but what has been negotiated must be observed.
It is for this reason that with the determination of the peace treaty between Liu and Zheng, the Luzon side strongly demanded that a ceremony be held for the signing of the peace treaty.
On 22 September, represented by Zheng Zhilong's second brother, Zheng Zhilin, the Luzon Naval Governor You Degao formally signed a peace treaty with him on Quanzhou Bay.
The three-month battle between Liu and Zheng came to an end.
With the intervention of the Military Intelligence Agency, the news quickly spread throughout Fujian and the Liangguang region, and a group of spectators, including the Dutch, were all shocked.