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In the Peruvian presidential palace, Manuel stood tremblingly in front of Peruvian President Pedro, cautiously raised his head to peek at Pedro's expression,

Pedro looked at the report of the loss of the merchant ship for a few minutes, frowning, and seemed very dissatisfied with the loss of the fleet.

Manuel looked flustered, and after Pedro put away the report, he hurriedly explained, "This encounter with pirates was a premeditated ambush, and only the Spaniards in Cuba knew about the fleet before it set off, and it must have been the Spaniards who told the pirates the news of the fleet that caused the loss of the fleet." ”

In order to shirk the responsibility for the loss of the merchant ships, Manuel put the blame on the Spaniards and deliberately exaggerated the strength of the pirates.

The losses of the two merchant ships and the 800 Chinese laborers were not large, and the Peruvian side purchased nearly 10,000 Chinese laborers from Cuba this time, and in addition to the losses of 800 Chinese laborers, and counting some Chinese laborers with a slightly weaker physique, it would be enough to make up the number of 30,000 people.

Pedro motioned for Manuel to sit down and said, "I don't care about your responsibility for this loss, but you have to keep an eye on the deal with the rebels, and report it to me as soon as you find anything abnormal." ”

Manuel had expected Pedro to punish him, but when he heard only a warning from him, his nervousness suddenly eased a lot. He immediately said: "The lowly post must carefully observe the movements of the rebels and strive to atone the guilt." ”

Manuel is just an inconsequential little person, and Pedro focuses on Lustuat behind him,

After Rustuat regained his freedom, he used his previous connections to help the Chinese Independence Army organize a large number of material transactions, and also took the lead in the ransom of more than 2,000 Chinese laborers.

In view of Lustart's good performance, Li Mingyuan handed over the city of Moyando and his two thousand men to him,

Now Rustuart is the only regular Peruvian army in southern Peru, although there are still Chinese independent troops stationed in the city of Moyendo, and the right to tax is also in the hands of Chinese troops, but Rustuart still has a lot of power.

The Chinese Independence Army has not yet retreated, and Rustuat has used his own means to secretly infiltrate the cities of Mokgua and Tacna.

As soon as the Chinese Independence Army retreated, Lustuat could smoothly control the three coastal cities and become a major warlord in Peru.

Therefore, Pedro attaches great importance to Lustuat's attitude and hopes to bring Lustuatra to his side through this deal between the two parties.

"Manuel, go back and send a message to General Lustuart, and if he behaves well in this deal, I will promote him to the rank of general, and recognize his sphere of influence."

The Three Cities of Moyando was the sphere of influence that Li Mingyuan had promised to Lustuart, and Pedro knew about this condition from the negotiation request, so today Pedro clearly recognized Lustut's position as controlling the three coastal cities, and used this to win over Lustuatt to work for him.

Manuel naturally heard Pedro's intention to woo him, and said excitedly: "General Rustuat must be very happy to hear this news. ”

When entering the Peruvian capital, Lustuat specifically instructed Pedro to admit the fact that he controlled the three coastal cities,

In order to accomplish this, Lustuat took out the only remaining jewels and handed them to Manuel to pass on to Pedro.

However, before Manuel could meet Pedro, he was assigned to Cuba to transport Chinese laborers, and on the way back, he encountered pirates, which caused Pedro to fail to complete the task.

At this time, Manuel's heart was only left with the fear of punishment, and he was not sure of what Lustuat had told him.

Hearing Pedro take the initiative to recognize Lustut's status, Manuel's heart blossomed, and he hurriedly flattered: "General Rustuat admires Mr. President very much, and before he came, the general told me to pay a good visit to the president in place of the general. ”

Manuel kept saying good things, giving a look to his attendants, and then the attendants took out a small box.

Manuel took the box, respectfully held it in front of Pedro, and said: "The general heard that the president has studied jewelry, so he specially searched for a batch of jewelry to give to the president, hoping that the president will not dislike it." ”

Manuel also felt a little pain in his heart when he gave away this batch of jewels, although this batch of jewels was not his own, but it was a good thing that he could get things done without giving away the jewels.

Manuel was entangled in his heart whether to give away the jewels, and just as he was about to give up, he suddenly thought of Rustuat's explanation before leaving: it doesn't matter if there is a little jewel, after controlling the three coastal cities, the money is not a lot in his pocket, but if the money is not delivered, and Pedro is unhappy, it will be a big loss.

After figuring out the importance of the matter, Manuel took out the jewelry that he had prepared in advance.

As the president of a country, Pedro naturally has money, but collecting jewelry is indeed one of his few hobbies.

Hearing that Manuel had jewels offered, Pedro instantly became interested, took the wooden box in Manuel's hand, opened it and took out a colorful gemstone, held it up and looked at it carefully, with a satisfied look in his eyes.

"Manuel, convey my thanks to General Lustuart on my behalf, I love his gift." Putting down the gem in his hand, Pedro said happily.

"If the president likes it, General Lustuat is worried that you won't like these jewels!"

Manuel had a smile on his face, and he secretly admired Lustuat's methods. "The general is worthy of being a master who has been in the military and political circles for 20 years, and as soon as the jewelry is given, the president's attitude immediately changes, and it seems that I still have to learn from the general seriously."

"General Lustuat has a heart," Pedro praised Rustuat, and said with a smile on his face: "The materials and Chinese laborers used to trade with the rebels have been prepared, you should rush back as soon as possible to coordinate the transaction time with the rebels, and strive to recover the lost territory as soon as possible." ”

"Humble duty understands." Manuel bowed his head in reply, said goodbye to Pedro, and quickly left.

After Manuel left, the smile on Pedro's face quickly disappeared, and he stared at the glittering gems on the wooden box, and said to himself, "A batch of gems wants to buy me, that would be too much to underestimate me." ”

Rustuat's power was at the beginning, and Pedro didn't plan to deal with him now, but after sending away the plague god of the Chinese Independent Army, if Rustuat couldn't put himself in a correct position and honestly do things for Pedro, Pedro would not let him go.

Every political master is an excellent actor and chess player, and they are good at taking advantage of the complex situation in the political arena for their own benefit.

But for intrigues and tricks, Li Mingyuan prefers to crush the opponent with absolute strength and force the opponent to bow his head.

Pedro and Lustuat and others are all political veterans, and when it comes to playing with power, the two Li Mingyuan can't play any of them.

But as a result, Li Mingyuan's simple deployment annihilated the main force of the southern Peruvian army, making their intrigues useless, and they could only obediently negotiate peace with Li Mingyuan.