López and Raphael glanced at each other, and Raphael replied, "Your Highness, please speak!" ”

Li Zhi said: "There are two conditions, first, Macau must be handed back to me Daming. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the territory of my Ming Dynasty, no matter what the reason, the Europeans cannot illegally occupy it. ”

López was stunned for a moment, and arched his hand and said, "Your Royal Highness, we only occupy a very small peninsula in Macau, and store goods on it. At the beginning, the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty promised us that we could occupy a place the size of a cowhide, and we cut a piece of cowhide into a long thin strip to cover the narrowest part of the peninsula, which was originally a no-man's land..."

Raphael stopped the chattering López and said, "Your Royal Highness, if Macau is recovered, can we Portuguese still import raw silk in Daming?" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Yes, completely." The raw silk of our Jianghuai province is of high quality, and Portuguese sailing ships are welcome to come to Jianghuai province to sell raw silk and porcelain. In Jianghuai Province, Shandong Province, Tianjin Town, or even any part of Liaodong Province, Portuguese sailing ships were free to moor, replenish, trade, and also buy rental warehouses. ”

"Of course, Portuguese goods sold to my town and nine provinces are subject to customs duties."

Hearing Li Zhi's words, López was stunned.

According to Li Zhi's words, if free trade can be carried out in the north of the Ming Dynasty, then Macao will lose its strategic significance. In terms of territorial area alone, Macao is extremely small. Since raw silk can be purchased in one town and nine provinces, it is nothing to lose Macao, a trade port...

Moreover, the north ruled by Li Zhi had all kinds of novelty goods, and the trade value was much greater than that of the south.

Raphael nodded and said, "Your Highness, we will definitely convey your request to our king." It is not surprising that our king would have agreed to the relinquishment of Macau. ”

Li Zhi looked at this rather organized young man and said with a smile: "Okay, there is another one, which is a treaty for military support." Once I sell weapons to Portugal, then when I am at war with England and the Netherlands, as long as I give instructions from one town and nine provinces, Portugal must send troops to support or respond! ”

Raphael was stunned and asked loudly: "Your Royal Highness, as you said, Portugal must support the county king. Will the county king support Portugal when it asks for help? ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "It depends on the situation and the arrangement of the outnumbered troops." ”

Raphael's face turned red and he said loudly: "This is a completely unequal agreement!" This is to put Portugal in the status of a client state! ”

Li Zhi looked at Raphael and did not speak.

Seeing that Li Zhi was silent, Raphael was a little breathless, and asked, "Your Highness, why did you impose such an unfair treaty on Portugal?" ”

Li Zhi said slowly: "Between countries, there is no such thing as fairness. It's just a matter of taking advantage of the situation. Now that Portugal is under siege by Britain and the Netherlands, with Spain on the sidelines, it is not surprising that Portugal has been annexed. At this juncture, it is the greatest fairness that my towns and nine provinces can help. ”

"Let me ask, is it the widow who sits idly by and watches your country perish? Or will Portugal be tasked with doing something to keep the country fair? ”

Raphael's face turned white and he was speechless for a moment.

Li Zhi looked at the young man and didn't speak.

It seems that after a silent tug-of-war, Raphael was finally defeated and said: "Your Royal Highness, let the King of Portugal decide this matter." ”

Li Zhi nodded and stopped talking.

Raphael arched his hand and said, "If the king of the county has no other request, we will return home by sailing ship and report to the king the conditions of the king of the county." ”

Li Zhi smiled, waved his hand and said, "Don't take your sailboat, that sailboat runs so slowly, and when it comes to Europe, it will drive back, maybe Portugal has been annexed by the Netherlands." The widow sent a ship to you, so that you could bring the news back as soon as possible. ”

Raphael's face turned red when he heard this.

However, the situation that Li Zhi said is the truth, if he returns to China by sailing boat, and then comes back by sailboat, it will take at least half a year. It would take more than a year to send weapons to Europe, and it was a question of whether Portugal would exist or not.

López was speechless and stood to the side with a red face.

Raphael arched his hand and said, "Then please ask His Royal Highness the County King to arrange it." ”

A naval officer stepped up and guided the two to the docks to gather the ships.

Seeing the two Portuguese leaving, Cui Changwu arched his hand and asked, "Your Highness, this envoy of the Francois is very dissatisfied with our conditions. The treaty signed in this way may not make these Francois grateful to Dade. Five years later, Francois will turn against us. ”

Li Zhi sat back on his throne and said: "The white people are afraid of power but not virtue, as long as Portugal gets rid of the situation of being besieged, it will definitely turn against us." ”

"Then why did the prince save Portugal?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I'm not saving Portugal, I'm fighting the Netherlands and the United Kingdom." Britain and Holland suffered little losses from the war with us, but they learned a lot of our new techniques, and it was likely that they would annex their neighbors and become stronger. Europe is too far away for our forces to be projected into Europe to restrain these barbarians, so let the Portuguese teach the Yingyi and Hongyi a lesson on our behalf. ”

"We can force Portugal by signing a treaty that makes it necessary for Portugal to send troops as we want. In order to get new weapons to save the country, Portugal could only fight with Britain and the Netherlands every day. Let Europe be turned upside down, and no one side can gain the upper hand, and we can reduce resistance in Asia and occupy high-quality colonies as quickly as possible. ”

"It's not five years, three years is enough."

Cui Changwu thought for a while, and arched his hand and said: "The prince is wise and martial, and his subordinates admire him." After a pause, Cui Changwu said: "It's just that Raphael seems to be a smart person, and now that he has successfully made it to our town and nine provinces, he has the merit of being born." He will definitely take power in Portugal in the future. ”

Li Zhi looked at the Portuguese envoy who was far away, pondered for a moment, and smiled.

……

López and Raphael walked out of the palace, it was getting late, and the street lights on the "Tianjin Avenue" outside the palace were all lit up. The first batch of light bulbs, Li Zhi, was installed outside the palace for demonstration. At this time, the lights on "Tianjin Avenue" were bright, and many Tianjin people came to see the lights.

Merchants have also seen business opportunities these days, and under the street lamps are full of cart vendors carrying all kinds of goods, which looks like a bustling bazaar.

López stood under the street lamp and looked at it for a while, his eyes were round like copper coins, and he said: "Raphael, come and see, this street lamp actually doesn't use fire, it shines by itself." It's so bright! ”

Raphael went up to look at it for a while and sighed.

López asked, "Clever Raphael, why are you so frustrated, are you worried that the king will not agree to the conditions of the king of Tianjin?" ”

Raphael shook his head and said, "Now that Portugal is at risk of annihilation, there is no doubt that the king will agree to all the conditions of the king of Tianjin. ”

"Raphael, then why are you sighing?"

Raphael's face was gloomy, and he said slowly: "There is no horse to run here, there is no sail to sail here, and now there is no fire to light on its own." Tianjin Wang's career is really terrible. ”

"My concern is that we white people are still fighting each other, are we killing ourselves? What worries me is that our Portugal's request for help from Li Zhi this time is to lure the wolf into the house, which will eventually have devastating consequences for Europe. ”