Chapter 108: Negotiation
The two sides froze there for a while, and a Chinese word came out of the courtyard: "The king of the Qing capital has an order, and the Ming envoy will come to see you." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Sun Tianhao put away his hand, raised his leg and was about to enter the house, but was pulled by Xu Lang: "I am waiting for the envoys of the Heavenly Empire, how can I have the gift of an audience, and I also invite the king of Qingdu to come out of the palace to greet him." ”
Everyone laughed secretly in their hearts: "Before the two sides met, the diplomatic rhetoric began to be-for-tat." ”
After chattering in the courtyard for a while, a Vietnamese official came out and said in Chinese: "The king of Qingdu is not feeling well, so I will not be able to welcome him from afar, please forgive me." ”
Xu Lang wanted to say something, but was stopped by Jiang Beiming: "Okay, it's important to get down to business, don't do these verbal disputes." ”
Everyone raised their legs and entered the main room in the courtyard, and on the chair in the center of the room sat a dark fat man, and behind the fat man, two people stood on the left and right. The one on the left was dressed as a civilian official, and the one on the right was tall, with a sword at his waist, and was watching Jiang Beiming and the others.
The fat man sitting in the middle looked at the traverser who came in for a while, and asked, "The one who came is the messenger of the Ming Dynasty?" ”
After listening to the translation, Jiang Beiming did not answer his question, but arched his hand at the military general on the right: "The general is a soldier, and he is deeply skilled in the art of war, and the officer admires it." ”
Seeing that Jiang Beiming ignored him, the fat man frowned unconsciously, and his voice raised an octave: "The one who came is the messenger of the Ming Dynasty?" ”
"Hahahaha." Xu Lang suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "How can you ask about our identity?" ”
The fat man was furious, and shouted, "Ridiculous, why can't this king ask." ”
"King of Qingdu." Xu Lang suddenly pointed to the civil official standing on the left behind the fat man with his hand, "The method used by Cao Mengde in the past, does the King of Qingdu also want to follow suit?" ”
"Hahahaha." The civil official also laughed loudly, "He is worthy of being an envoy of the kingdom, good eyesight, Zheng Jie admires." ”
Seeing that the civil official behind him was not hiding his identity, the fat man who was sitting quickly got up and retreated to the side with his waist bowed. Zheng Jie bypassed the chair and sat down: "Come on, look at the seat." ”
Jiang Beiming arched his hand upwards at this time: "This official is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Jiang Beiming, a hundred households in Hainan." ”
Zheng Jie looked at Jiang Beiming and asked quietly: "As far as this king knows, the hundred households of the Ming Dynasty are only six-grade official positions, is there no one available in the Ming Dynasty?" ”
"Huh." Xu Lang laughed, "Didn't the king of Qingdu hear the truth that the minister of the kingdom is the king of the kingdom at the moment?" Come to see the king of Qingdu, six products and 100 households are enough. ”
Zheng Jie's face showed a slight displeasure: "This king has heard of the people of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and he is clever and eloquent, and when I saw it today, it was true." ”
Xu Lang replied: "I also heard that in the land of the Southern Barbarians, Yelang is arrogant, and when I saw the king of the Qing capital today, I knew that this was true." ”
"Presumptuous! How dare you be rude to the king? The military general behind Zheng Jian shouted loudly, and his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword.
"Haha, don't be impatient, hasn't the general forgotten the battle the day before yesterday?" Xu Lang also recognized this general at this time as the Vietnamese general who led the troops a few days ago, and snorted again in his nose, "The general of the defeated army, how can he speak bravely." ”
"You!" The general's face was purple by Xu Lang's anger, and he wanted to get angry but didn't dare to do it.
Zheng Jie's face calmed down at this time: "Since you are an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what you have to do here?" ”
"By the will of my emperor." Jiang Beiming arched his hand towards the north, "I heard that the king of the Qing capital and the rebel Ruan Fuyuan in the south are now in the middle of a battle, so we are ordered to marshal my Ming soldiers to come here to help the king of the Qing capital." ”
"Help me?" Zheng Jie didn't laugh angrily, "Even so, why are you fighting with our army?" ”
"You'll have to ask yourselves about that." Sun Tianhao preemptively said in the back, "When we get off the boat, you don't ask about it, you come up and fight, then how can we sit still and wait to die." ”
"Huh." Zheng Jie chuckled, and suddenly his face changed, "Huangkou Xiaoer, it's nonsense." This king has seen the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and when you are dressed like this, you can't get the holy decree, and you can't get the official documents, just a few words, do you want this king to believe it? Come! ”
With Zheng Jie's angry shout, dozens of Vietnamese people poured out from behind the screens on both sides of the room, armed with knives, guns, crossbows and arrows, and surrounded Jiang Beiming and others.
"Oops, Axeman." Xu Lang didn't know if it was real or pretended, and a blurted out joke actually made the traversers around him laugh.
Jiang Beiming's face did not change, and his heart did not beat: "Dare to ask what the intention of King Qingdu's move is, do you want to take me down?" ”
Zheng Jie didn't speak, and the official who could speak Chinese next to him said: "You and others pretended to be sent to the kingdom, violated my borders, and killed my sergeants, so what should you do if you take down your soldiers?" ”
"Improper how. But it depends on whether you have the ability to do it! ”
As soon as Jiang Beiming's words fell, the window lattices on the left and right sides of the room were smashed by something, and several 03 rifles and the muzzles of 95 planes reached in through the windows.
Jiang Beiming arched his hand upwards again: "King Qingdu, do you have to force us to do it?" ”
Zheng Jiedi was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Jiang Beiming meant, but the generals behind him were a little discolored, and whispered a few words in Zheng Jiedi's ear. Zheng Jie raised his head and looked at this military general very suspiciously, but did not say a word.
Xu Lang stood below and said with a smile: "King Qingdu, it seems that your general knows what is on the window better than you, ask him how those war elephants of yours died." ”
Zheng Jie finally put on a smiling face, waved his hand and repelled those knife and axe hands: "Jiang Baihu, it's all a misunderstanding." This king and your envoy are just joking, don't take it seriously. How can this king not believe in the identity of your envoy, come to someone, pass on the feast, this king will entertain the envoys of the kingdom well. ”
"Thank you King Qingdu for your kindness." After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, he took out a book from his clothes, "However, I think it's better to wait until we discuss the matter of eating." ”
"I wonder what your envoy wants to discuss?" Zheng Jie saw Jiang Beiming take out the fold, a little strange, this Ming military attache can still write?
Jiang Beiming handed the fold to the Vietnamese official next to him: "At the behest of my Emperor Ming, for this time you attacked my Ming officers and soldiers for no reason, causing our casualties and property damage, we uphold the holy will, and hereby convey it to the King of Qingdu." As for our requirements, they are all written on it, and the king of Qingdu will know it at a glance. ”
Zheng Jie took the fold from the official's hand, opened it and looked through it. Slowly, Zheng Jie's face became more and more ugly, and finally, Zheng Jie's face really couldn't hold back: "It's too much to deceive people." Daming is a state of etiquette, and kindness spreads far and wide, how can he make such an unreasonable request. Is this going to kill my Great Li Dynasty? ”
"The king of Qingdu misunderstood." Sun Tianhao knew that it was time to give the sweet jujube to eat, and just now he slapped Xu Lang and Jiang Beiming to beat, and this sweet jujube naturally belonged to him Sun Tianhao, "King Qingdu, we are helping you instead of harming you." ”
Sun Tianhao didn't know what Xu Lang and Jiang Beiming were like, so he could only fool in the vernacular, and then asked Yao Hanshi to translate it: "We ask for the opening of the port for trade, that's because whether you or we need each other's things, why not communicate with each other?" In terms of tariffs, let's discuss them in order to ensure the smooth flow of goods to the greatest extent. If there are more goods, then there will naturally be more taxes, and the king of Qingdu will have more silver, so what's wrong with this? Assign a piece of land to us, that is also for the convenience of communication between the two sides, and we can't come to you from all over the ocean to find you, or you travel through mountains and rivers to find us, which is too inconvenient. Besides, we are here to help you fight Ruan Fuyuan, and when Ruan Fuyuan is destroyed, this place will naturally be returned to you, this is also for the sake of both parties, King of Qingdu, don't you say? As for the 200,000 taels of silver, if the king of Qingdu thinks it is too high, it is best for you to set a price, ask for the price all over the sky, pay back the money on the spot, and both parties will get rich and be happy. ”
Yao Han racked his brains and finally translated Sun Tianhao's words. Zheng Jie's temper gradually stabilized, but he still said with a straight face: "Such a clause, this king must not agree." ”
"The King of Qingdu doesn't need to agree immediately." Jiang Beiming said, "We will limit it to ten days, and after ten days, I will come back to hear the answer of the king of the capital and leave." ”
After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, he didn't look back at the traverser, and walked out of the room with his head held high.
As soon as he got out of the room, Jiang Beiming ordered in a low voice: "Zhou Lei, the infantry company will open the road in front, Lin Zhaolong, and the marine company will be delayed." Pay close attention to the movements of the Vietnamese, and as soon as something is wrong, open fire. ”
The Vietnamese did not make any move, and the traversers did not dare to stop, and they hurried all the way, and finally rushed back to the barracks at midnight.
As soon as he entered the big tent, Sun Tianhao's feet were weak, and he fell to the ground with a thud: "But I'm scared to death, just come back, just come back." ”
"Look at your little bit of interest." Zhang Hai said with a smile, "Look at Brother Xu, that's what makes me calm." Brother Xu, what about Brother Xu? ”
As soon as Zhang Hai turned around, he saw that Xu Lang was already covered in cold sweat and collapsed on the ground.
"Your brother Xu is not good, a virtue." Cheng Yiyi smiled, "Xu Lang, why didn't you sweat a drop of sweat from the Vietnamese just now, pretending?" ”
"What's it for?" Xu Lang lay on the ground and waved his hands repeatedly, "That's called'Trembling, sweating dare not come out.'" ’”
"Sister Yiyi, why are you not afraid at all?" Zhang Hai asked.
"What am I afraid of, with you men here, you will definitely protect me, isn't it, Zhang Hai?"
"I have a question." Sun Tianhao sat up from the ground, "Beiming, Xu Lang, how do you know that the fat man sitting in the middle is not Zheng Jie?" ”
"Have you forgotten that I can pinch it?" Xu Lang replied while lying on the ground.
"Alright, no kidding." Jiang Beiming replied to Sun Tianhao, "We have interrogated the captives, and some captives have seen Zheng Jie and described his appearance, so we know who Zheng Jie is." ”
While everyone was talking, Han Wantao and others came to the big tent one after another. Jiang Beiming gave a brief introduction to today's negotiations, and then said: "Based on Zheng Jie's performance today, I feel that the terms we proposed are not completely impossible, and there are some things in them that can still attract him. THINK ABOUT IT, NOW THAT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARE AT WAR, ZHENG JIE MUST BE THE MOST SHORT OF MONEY TIME, EXCHANGE TRADE, AND NEGOTIATE TARIFFS WILL HAVE A CERTAIN TEMPTATION FOR HIM. ”
"I don't understand these things, you go and do it." Han Wantao asked, "I just want to know what we should do next?" ”
"I think so, I'll make a suggestion, and everyone will vote on it." Xu Lang said, "It is estimated that Zheng Jie will not take any action within ten days." Let's seize this opportunity to go back to Yulin Bay, report on the situation here, and let the committee get an idea. ”
The results of the vote of the time-travelers are out, and the current situation is no longer controllable by the time-travelers in Vietnam, and it must be reported to the committee, so that the committee or the time-traveling assembly can make an opinion. In the end, it was decided to send Zeng Guangxian and Xu Lang to lead the Yazhou to carry the wounded and the bodies back to Yulin Bay, and the committee's opinion must be brought back within eight days. The rest of the people continued to stay in the barracks and were ready to deal with Zheng Jie.
It's the second watch, Jiang Beiming can't sleep when he lies on the bed and tosses and turns. Xu Lang on the other side asked, "I said what's wrong with you, what about the pancakes." If you can't sleep or not, I'll have to take a boat back to Yulin Bay tomorrow morning. ”
Jiang Beiming suddenly sat up from the bed: "Xu Lang, I may be about to make a mistake." I'm in love with Yao Han. ”
Xu Lang stretched out his head from the quilt, and his eyes widened: "You're okay, right?" She's a GUA woman with a child, and you want to be a father. ”
"Is there any smoke?" Jiang Beiming simply got up from the bed.
"Don't you smoke?" Xu Lang said this, but he still took out the smoke and fire sickle from the side and threw it over, "I can tell you, this smoke is strong." ”
Jiang Beiming took the cigarette, lit it with a fire sickle and took two puffs, choking on snot and tears: "Anyway, I can't sleep, Xu Lang, let's talk." ”