Presidential Palace of Peru.

"President Pedro, after thinking about it last night, I think it is urgent to send troops to the southern mining area, and I propose to vote on the issue of sending troops, and if you agree to send troops as soon as possible, please raise your hand." After Trippa finished speaking, he first raised his right hand,

With Tripa's movements, Thomas and the others also raised their right hands.

More than half of the people who raised their approval, according to last night's agreement, Thomas did not give Pedro a chance to fight back, and cooperated, "President, most of the parliamentarians agreed to send troops as soon as possible, I hope you will comply with the will of the people and send troops to quell the rebellion." ”

"No, there are not enough regular Peruvian troops, and we must wait until enough soldiers are recruited to quell the rebellion." Pedro shook his head.

"Mr. President, after recruiting new recruits, it will take almost two or three months to send troops, and there will be two or three months, not to mention the strength of the rebels, and our mining resources in the south may be ruined by the rebels, so the sooner the troops are dispatched, the better."

"The big businessmen who have interests in the south are already very dissatisfied, and if the government does not send troops to reclaim the south as soon as possible, they are likely to unite against the government."

"Troops must be sent immediately to quell the rebellion, and the president should not hesitate any longer." ……

Tripa and Thomas joined most of the Peruvian congressmen to put pressure on Pedro.

"Everyone thinks that it is imperative to send troops, and I have no objection to it, but I will first make a request, Peru does not have many troops left, and it cannot be fully mobilized to encircle and suppress the rebels, and a part of the army must be left to maintain internal security."

"President, my troops are gone, and you're not going to throw the little army I have left into battle, are you?" Thomas spoke first, blocking the possibility of Pedro sending his troops into battle.

"General Thomas does not have many soldiers left, and it is really not suitable to continue the battle, so let's do it, the combat mission is carried out by my soldiers, and the soldiers of Francisco and the other generals follow behind as reserves. Is General Thomas satisfied with such an arrangement? ”

"Does the president have any other requirements?" Thomas didn't believe Pedro had such good intentions and asked.

"Sending troops to quell the chaos is what the Peruvian army should do, but my soldiers stay in the poor mountains and bad waters all the year round, and want to change to a better station, so after recovering the southern mining area, I want to send troops to the south, General Thomas is okay, right?"

The corners of Thomas's mouth twitched, and Pedro really didn't feel good and wanted to occupy his own territory. But were the Chinese rebels in the south so easy to deal with? According to Thomas's knowledge of the Chinese combat power, Pedro's army is most likely no match for the rebels, and as long as his army is defeated, he can unite with others to stage a coup d'état and remove him from power in one fell swoop.

After thinking about it for a while, he felt that he would not be able to give the south to Pedro in advance, so Thomas pretended to be "Okay, as long as I can recover the south, I promised to give the south to the president's troops." ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Pedro's mouth, you want to play tricks with me, you are still a little tender.

Pedro's expression changed quickly, and before others found out, he immediately put on a smug look: "The assembly of the army requires thorough preparation, so I decided to officially put down the chaos in a month." ”

Peruvian troops were scattered throughout the country, and it did take some time to assemble, so Thomas and the other legislators did not raise objections and immediately agreed.

After the decision to send troops was made, the Peruvian bigwigs quickly agreed on the details of the troops, a total of 50,000 troops, of which Pedro's subordinate Datini led 30,000 troops as the main force, Francisco and another Peruvian warlord each led 10,000 troops to follow Dadini, once the army in front of them was in danger, the two sides immediately supported.

Of course, mutual support was discussed at the meeting, but Dadini's troops were really in danger, and Francisco would only hide behind his back and laugh, and would never support Dadini's soldiers.

At the end of the meeting, after Thomas and the others left the presidential palace, Pedro summoned a cronie next to him and whispered two words to him, and the cronies left quickly.

Li Mingyuan and Pedro had many conditions for the transaction, the first was to ask Pedro to hand over 30,000 healthy Chinese laborers, the second was to provide ten large merchant ships carrying 500 people, and the third was to provide 20,000 pack horses.

Among the three conditions proposed by Li Mingyuan, the first and third are not difficult to complete.

There should still be more than 20,000 Chinese workers in Peru, and the insufficient Chinese workers can be imported from other countries in the Americas.

Although 20,000 pack horses is a lot, there are many horse farms in Peru that can be quickly assembled.

And ten large merchant ships are not easy to manage, Peruvian land merchant ships originally had a lot, but most of them were captured by the Chinese army in Balangca, and the remaining large merchant ships added up to only thirteen.

Pedro was reluctant to hand over ten merchant ships, but thinking of the huge benefits of recovering the southern mining area, Pedro gritted his teeth and ordered his cronies to gather the ten merchant ships that Li Mingyuan wanted.

After Lustuat and Pedro initially negotiated the deal, he did not rush to report to Li Mingyuan, because he had been instructed before he came that he could only confirm the final deal after seeing Pedro's sincerity, so Lustuat waited for news from him in a room not far from Pedro's residence.

"Sir, the president won't go back, will he? We've been waiting here for a day, and he hasn't heard back," Manuel asked, who was standing beside Lustuat.

After Lustuart was released by Li Mingyuan, he immediately released Manuel accompanied by a Chinese soldier.

Manuel thought he was going to die of exhaustion in the mines, but when Lustuath rescued him from the mines, Manuel felt that he had met the luckiest thing in the world.

Coupled with Lustart's fooling of him, Manuel became loyal to Lustat,

When Lustuat took him out on a mission, Manuel was very active, eager to rush ahead of everything and finish what Lustuat had to tell him ahead of schedule.

"Young people should be steady, and they can do great things." Rustuatt picked up a cup of tea and said calmly.

"The lesson of the chief is that the humble post will be corrected next time."

While the two were talking, the door to the room suddenly opened, and a sturdy Peruvian walked in.

"The merchant ship they want is ready, and the president asked you and me to check it out."

On the beach outside Lima, Pedro pointed to the ten merchant ships parked in the harbor and said, "All ten ships are here." Go back and tell the people behind you, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. When you hand over the territory you have occupied, the merchant ships and other supplies will be handed over to you. ”

"I will." Lustuatu nodded his head.