There was a dilemma left and right, Saeed hesitated for a while, but still agreed to Zhu Changrun's request, and said: "Your Excellency Prince Hui, see if you want to assign a ship to go over, and I will also go with you, in case they put forward any conditions, we can also discuss together." ”

Said considered that he could not prevent the Ming Royal Dragon Fleet from breaking through, if the war failed, he would be a scapegoat, and it would be difficult to escape death, if he and Zhu Changrun passed together, at most he would be killed, if the negotiation was successful, it would be a great achievement, the lesser of two evils, it might be worth taking a risk.

Zhu Changrun did not hesitate, and agreed to Said's request, so that they could discuss together. Then Zhu Changrun's flagship took Said through the battlefield and came to the city of Muscat, where Said ordered his army to stop attacking, and the resisting Portuguese also stopped counterattacking, and the battlefield was quiet.

Zhu Changrun took a few people from Mao Bijiang, Chen Zhenhui and Said to the city of Muscat, and asked the guards to shout in Portuguese to the city wall: "Portuguese brothers in the city, we are the subordinates of Prince Hui of the Ming Empire, seeing you fighting with the army of the Yariba Dynasty, Prince Hui hopes to mediate the dispute between you, please send someone out to contact you, okay?" Now the Aryba army will not attack. ”

Hearing someone shouting in Portuguese, the soldiers at the head of the city quickly sent someone to inform the governor of Muscat City, after all, the Portuguese have also been here for a long time, and a governor has been set up here to be in charge of Portuguese affairs throughout the Persian Gulf, and the governor is called Fernand Santos, a middle-aged colonel soldier in his forties.

Colonel Fernand, who had received the soldier's report, had been pardoned, and it was already difficult for him to be here, for there were still 3,000 soldiers in the city to fight, and the rest of the more than 2,000 were family members, but the city was breached, and they were faced with slaughter, which had been done elsewhere. Originally, the caravans could still come and go freely, and constantly send them some supplies, but since the migration of Portugal to South America, there are fewer and fewer merchant ships coming and going here, and their lives have become sad, if Ariba's army continues to attack, he may really not be able to hold on, and when he heard that Prince Hui of the Ming Empire has arrived, he also hopes to stop this war.

Soon Colonel Fernand came out of the city with a team of guards, in order not to misunderstand, he took two guards and walked towards Fernand, although he himself was very dangerous, but he couldn't let King Hui go by himself, not to mention that he had studied Portuguese at the Military Academy, and he was very fluent.

As he approached, he found a scene that surprised him, the man who followed Colonel Fernand was one of his teachers, who had taught him Portuguese. So instead of greeting Fernand, he first saluted his cheap teacher, a standard Ming bow etiquette, and greeted the teacher: "Hello, Mr. Joao! Greetings to you, may God bless you! ”

Seeing Mao Bijiang saluting himself, Priest João was dumbfounded, as if in a dream, and said in a daze: "Mao Bijiang, God has really appeared?" How do you know I'm here, and you're here to save me? ”

Mao Bijiang said with a smile: "Teacher Joao, I didn't come to save you, but His Majesty sent me to follow Prince Hui and came here unintentionally. Lord Hui wants to regulate the war between you, and I am afraid that there will be a misunderstanding, so I will come ahead of him. I'm glad to see you, we'll talk later, shall I talk to your governor first? ”

At this time, Colonel Fernand, who was standing aside with some dreams, hurriedly walked over, stretched out his right hand to Mao Bijiang, and said: "In Lower Fernande Santos, with the rank of colonel, and currently the governor of Macaste City, thank Your Excellency King Hui for coming to mediate, may God bless him!" ”

Mao Bijiang shook Colonel Fernand's hand and said, "Mr. Governor, you're welcome. The Ming Empire and the Kingdom of Portugal are friends, we are willing to share difficulties with you, and if you have any requirements, you will talk to His Excellency King Hui, I believe that His Excellency King Hui will not treat you badly. ”

The Portuguese have reached the point of running out of ammunition and food, and the army of the Yariba Dynasty is also exhausted, and both sides have reached the point where they can't fight. Since both sides have the sincerity to negotiate, then the negotiations on this war will be easily resolved, and it is now time for both sides to make demands.

Although both sides are not very confident, but the bottom line is very stubborn, Said's request is that the Portuguese leave as soon as possible, can take all their property, and even let themselves bear part of the freight, which is more suitable than more people to die. And Governor Fernand thinks that this place was discovered by himself, that it belongs to Portuguese territory, and when he came, this is still ownerless land, and he can't say that if you say it's yours, I'll give it to you, do you have proof that this place is yours?

No one on the two sides will give in on this bottom line, and Zhu Changrun wants to reconcile but has no way to solve this problem. Chen Zhenhui spoke at this time, and Chen Zhenhui said: "Actually, I think neither of you will care about this big fart, but I just feel that I can't get by by giving up face, and it's not easy to explain in China." Well, I'll offer you a compromise. First of all, Portugal, Viceroy Fernand, this place is insignificant to the Kingdom of Portugal compared to the vast land of South America, and the Kingdom of Portugal is unlikely to make a big deal about it, so you can just give up the ownership of the land in this place, and then you can rent this place and continue to do business here. Ariba Dynasty, Mr. Said, you also take a step back, you can take the ownership of this land without blood, this is also a great achievement for you, and then you can lease this piece of land to Governor Fernand, as for the lease term is set at ninety-nine years, when the expiration of the two sides will negotiate the repossession of the issue, anyway, none of us can see it, let the descendants discuss. ”

Fernand and Said were dumbfounded, could this be done, I knew that we could discuss it like this, why spend a huge price to fight, isn't it a matter of face? Chen Zhenhui said it extremely appropriately, it was to the point, and no one could refute it.

Since Chen Zhenhui has spoken thoroughly, the two sides will no longer be embarrassed, and then it will be much easier to talk about it, as for the transaction tax issue, this is a more sensitive issue, and the two sides can formulate a unified tariff and collect it separately.

The result of the negotiation was that both parties were happy, and naturally someone reported the matter to Imam Nasir bin Murashed Yariba, who was very happy with this solution, and asked Saeed to keep Zhu Changrun, the prince of Hui, and his party to come and talk in person.

The Aripa dynasty was an emerging nation, which is also a miracle on the Arabian Peninsula. Imam Nasir bin Murashed Yariba struggled for several years, and finally established the Yariba Dynasty five years ago, I don't know if it is because of the great desert here, or the sparsely populated and harsh environment, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents, and there was still such a large area under the nose that was not occupied, and it still existed for more than a hundred years.

Imam Nasir bin Murashed Yariba is very grateful to Zhu Changrun for his mediation, but Chen Zhenhui told him that in the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire also gave the Portuguese a place to dry their clothes, and the biggest advantage of this is that it can strengthen exchanges between the two sides, mutual benefit, the world is full of wonders, only by communicating with each other can more benefits be generated, and this form will be used in many places in the future.

Since there is no need to fight, and you can make friends and do business happily, the three bigwigs will immediately start the next step of cooperation, the reason why Zhu Changrun wants to wait for this imam, is to understand the current form of the Persian Gulf region, only by knowing oneself and knowing the other, can one not be defeated in a hundred battles, this sentence is not only applicable to military warfare, it can be used flexibly in anything, Zhu Changrun is to understand the various forces in this large region through this matter, and prepare for the next move.