Shen Xi was noncommittal, and Zhang Lian was already thinking about whether this deal was cost-effective.

The silver quality of the Franco machine man is not very good, but the key is a big head, he has found someone to calculate earlier, a silver coin is almost five dollars of silver, that person sixty silver coins, a full thirty taels of silver, more than 200 people were caught on the ship, and they can be exchanged for more than 6,000 taels of silver.

The looted property on the ship does not need to be returned, at least seven or eight thousand taels of silver can be obtained, which is really a good deal with ten thousand profits!

But here's the problem...... Even if it is the prefect of Quanzhou, Zhang Lian does not have the power to dispose of these Fanbang people, not even Qincha Shen Xi, this silver is not easy to earn!

It is best to be a white wolf with empty gloves, pretend to accept it first, and when the Francophile carries the silver coin ashore, he deducts the silver and refuses to admit it......

Just when Zhang Lian was still pondering, Shen Xi had already spoken: "Sixty silver coins for one person, this price is fair and reasonable." ”

Zhang Lian was stunned for a moment, and looked at Shen Xi curiously, I treat you as an elm pimple, and the feelings are the silver I gave you, and you can't look at it, waiting to get the silver from the hands of the Franco?

While the Manraka were still translating to the envoys of the Buddha Rang Ji, Zhang Lian pulled Shen Xi aside and asked, "Lord Qincha doesn't really plan to let them ransom people, does he?" ”

"Why not?" Shen Xi spread his hands and asked.

Zhang Lian scolded secretly in his heart, but quickly explained: "The Francophile violated my border, and now although the person has taken it, according to the rules, it must be handed over to the imperial court to deal with." ”

Shen Xi smiled and said, "Don't forget, I'm an envoy and have the right to do this." ”

Zhang Lian doesn't understand it at all!

You were playing music with me before, it turned out to be a greedy ghost, as soon as you heard that the Francophile wanted to give money, you immediately agreed, it really disappointed the worship of the people outside about you!

When Shen Xi turned his head, the Portuguese had already seen a smile on their faces, they didn't expect that this trip to ransom people would go so smoothly.

"My lord, they said they wanted to redeem the ship as well." Manraka is humane.

Kick your nose in the face.

Shen Xiyi waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about the ransom first, if they don't have so many silver coins, what will they use to ransom the ship?" ”

They said...... If you don't have enough silver coins, you still have gold coins. ”

One sentence made Zhang Lian's heart burn, he always felt that something was wrong before, but now he remembered that when he counted the loot, he didn't find the gold coins.

When Francois first arrived, he bribed the local officials, but gave him a lot of gold coins. For the Ming people, the gold coin of the Franc machine is unexpectedly good, and that is the real treasure.

Zhang Lian began to suspect Zhang Lao Wu and the others, could it be that after they grabbed the gold coins, they hid them privately?

Zhang Lian said in his heart: "When you go back, you must interrogate them!" ”

Shen Xi asked at this time, "Where is the gold coin?" ”

The Manraka interpreted, "They say, 'The ship with the gold coins was not ...... by you We took it, and now we are in their hands. ”

Shen Xi was relieved that when he went to grab the boat last night, he missed a treasure boat from the other party. Of course, whether it's really another story, maybe it's just that the money for the Franc machine to redeem people and the ship is not enough, so it's made up here.

Shen Xi sighed: "In the minds of our Ming people, human life is priceless, since they have to measure human life in real money, then first calculate the price of our Ming Dynasty killing people in vain." How many people they have killed in my coastal areas, sixty silver coins for one life......"

At this point, Zhang Lian finally understood Shen Xi's intentions.

Shen Xi deliberately guided the Francophile to explain the price of the ransom clearly, in fact, it was to have a "settlement after the autumn", didn't you Franco kill a lot of people in my coastal area, first repay the debt, and then discuss the issue of ransom.

Zhang Lian was secretly happy in his heart: "It's still thoughtful that this kid thinks, so that he can get a large amount of compensation without handing over someone." Sixty silver coins for one person, there is no need to declare to the court, I will add five points with him. ”

When the people who were full of Raka told the Franc machine, the face of the Franc machine changed greatly.

Regardless of whether the deal was justified or not, they themselves did not know how many people had been killed in the coastal areas. But the Franco-Robot is very smart, and he doesn't even know how many people he has killed, so how do you know? Let's report a few people at random, pay a little money, and the most important thing is to redeem Almeida and the others.

"They said that they killed a few villagers on the coast, adding up to seven people, and gave you a total of four hundred and twenty silver coins according to the ransom price."

Zhang Lian hurriedly reminded beside him: "Lord Qincha, this killing of the villagers...... It's better not to report it to the imperial court, otherwise you and I will be held responsible, and say that those who are kidnapped by them will be compensated according to sixty silver coins, so you can see ......"

Shen Xi shook his head slightly: "There is no impermeable wall in this world, if you don't take the opportunity of the big victory to report to the imperial court, and wait until you are impeached by the imperial historian, can Governor Zhang be sure to protect himself?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Lian looked embarrassed.

Shen Xi said again: "Governor Zhang, please rest assured, I will definitely speak well for Governor Zhang in the last recital, and let the court know that the people of the Buddha Lang killed my people, because they were treacherous and have nothing to do with the local government." I will also describe in detail the deeds of Governor Zhang's brave killing of the enemy. ”

Zhang Lian nodded and said, "There is Lord Lao Qincha to say the item on his behalf." "I said this, but I was thinking in my heart, when I get the compensation money, you see if I admit it!

Shen Xi turned back to Franc Ji and said, "I think you can just talk about a few people, and you can play tricks?" Someone is coming, please come to the lobby of the people of the Ming Dynasty who were rescued from the ship! ”

Not long after, the people of the Ming Dynasty who were rescued from the Franc machine arrived at the main hall, and when they saw the Franc machine, they gritted their teeth one by one, hating to eat the flesh and blood of this group of devils.

"My lord, you have to make decisions for us, the villain is just a villager who does his job as a farmer, but unexpectedly, this group of thieves killed our village...... They are not people, and there are only six of the seventy-six people left in my village, and two of them did not come down in the other boat...... Woo, my poor baby, only nine years old......"

After the Franc machine man robbed everywhere, landed and burned, killed and plundered, basically every village would select a few young and strong people to be dragged to the ship as slaves. In this era, there may not be many people who are literate, but a village basically has the same surname, and how many people in the village are Menqing, let them say the total number and the number of people alive, and the number of dead can be completely calculated.

Someone on this end is crying, and someone over there has already pulled the abacus beads to calculate.

The translator of Manraga translated with a bitter face, and when the Franc machine man heard more and more numbers, his face showed a look of horror.

Why did you just promise to lose money to the people of the Ming Dynasty? It's good now, even if you sell all the ships, you can't afford to lose it!

After all the numbers were calculated, Shen Xi held the account book in his hand, and the numbers written in the Chinese characters looked a little awkward: "Well, there are six hundred and thirty-two people in total, and that is thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and twenty silver coins." Send us these coins first, and then we will talk about ransom. ”

The Franco machine man immediately shouted, and when the translator looked nervous when he heard it, Shen Xi guessed that it was a reprimand and curse.

Zhang Lian walked up to Shen Xi and whispered, "Lord Qincha, is the amount a little higher?" Why don't you give them a discount? Or how many silver coins do they have? ”

"In the end, now that the people have died, even if there is compensation, there is no bitter lord to receive it, right?"

Shen Xi said coldly: "Governor Zhang's words cannot be agreed with. The price of their ransom is sixty silver coins, and they treat them equally, and my people of the Ming Dynasty should naturally be worth this price, otherwise, wouldn't it mean that my people of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as the people of Fanbang? ”

Zhang Lian hurriedly said: "Lord Qincha, don't misunderstand, the lower officials have no such intentions. After speaking, Zhang Lian began to wipe cold sweat, if Emperor Hongzhi knew this, it would be strange if he didn't skin him.

After a little relief, Zhang Lian suddenly realized that this is the yamen of the Quanzhou prefect, it should be me who has the final say, how can this kid occupy the right to speak?

Zhang Lian was about to take the initiative, but saw Shen Xiyi wave his hand: "This official knows that you are just shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the Francophone people, and you can't be the master, so invite your governor here, and this official will discuss with him." ”

Following Shen Xi's orders, the officials escorted Almeida, the governor of the Franco, to the main hall.

Almeida saw that the fleet came to ransom people, and as negotiators, the three of them did not wear shackles and shackles, and their faces were somewhat relieved, which at least shows that the Ming Dynasty people knew the rules of negotiation!

But when the three of them said the conditions that Shen Xi had just proposed, Almeida's face was as pale as earth.

More than 30,000 silver coins, just compensation, even if nine boats are there, they have to smash the pot and sell iron to make it up, not to mention that now there are only three boats left.

"Mr. Governor, I wonder what you think?" Shen Xi looked at Almeida with a smile.

After listening to the translation of the Manraka people, Almeida was speechless, but Zhang Lian was muttering: "Lord Qincha is crazy, and he actually calls the Fanbang people 'sir'?" ”

After a while, Almeida seemed to realize the problem, and hurriedly said something, which was translated by the Manraka: "The governor said that he should be given a little time, and that if he returned to Manraka, there would be enough silver to compensate." ”

Shen Xi waved his hand: "You are all gone, if you don't come back, won't we lose our old capital?" In this way, you stay in my Daming, personally ask me to ask the Son of Heaven for the guilt, let me feel your sincerity for the Son of Heaven, and at the same time send your people back to get the silver coin, remember that not a single silver coin can be missing. ”

Shen Xi asked for the silver coins for compensation, and deliberately did not mention the issue of the disposal of Almeida and other Franc prisoners, because Shen Xi himself knew that he could not be the master on the issue of prisoners of war.

His current task is to escort Almeida and others to the capital as prisoners of war and trade envoys, so that his mission can be successfully completed.

As for whether to release people and whether to trade or not, it was up to the cabinet scholars and the officials of the six ministries to discuss, and the emperor made a decision, and it had nothing to do with him.

Almeida found it too difficult to get free from this ruthless teenager, but he was not willing to sit still.

He said a few words to the three envoys, to the effect that they should hurry up and raise the silver coins for reparation and ransom.

Shen Xi said: "It's okay to leave, but leave a little interest as collateral first." ”

The Franc machine was puzzled.

"Leave your gold coins and the goods on board as a tribute to my court, so that you may be able to exchange it for the mercy of my emperor." Shen Xi Road.

Almeida said a word, and at this time Zhang Lian also came over to remind him, and the two of them had similar meanings: "Didn't you get so much loot before, why bother asking for trouble?" ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "The loot is the loot, the tribute is the tribute, the two are not the same thing!" ”

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PS: The fourth update is here!

The Son of Heaven has worked hard, how about a wave of rewards and monthly ticket encouragement? Please! (To be continued.) )