It is said that after Fan Mendi was returned by Zheng Zhilong's yin and yang weirdness, he gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, and finally retreated helplessly, as for the combined fleet on the other side of Xingcheng Port, it was impossible to come to converge through the sea area of Xingcheng Port.

Fortunately, the Ming Empire did not block the entire Strait of Malacca, far away from the Star City Port, some waterways and reefs were densely packed with small boats, and the Ming Empire did not care at all, Fan Mendi asked people to set up small sailboats, chose a relatively hidden small waterway, passed through the sea near the Star City Port, and ran to inform Fander to immediately lead the combined fleet to detour south of Sumatra Island to Batavia.

Vander received the order, only felt a tingling on his scalp, that channel is not easy to walk, the possibility of encountering a storm at sea is too great, of course, he would rather face the storm at sea than fight with the powerful Ming Navy in front of him, in the end, he still gave the order to turn around the fleet and make a detour south of Sumatra.

This channel was a truly dangerous channel under the conditions of the time, and although Fandel led the fleet cautiously along the coast, it was grounded by a small storm and destroyed more than a dozen medium-sized warships, and in the process of exploring the way, more than a dozen medium-sized warships were also hit by the reef and sank. Nearly a hundred percent of the battleships were lost, and after more than a month of arduous sailing, the combined fleet arrived in Batavia, but fortunately, the super battleships were better protected, not a single one was lost, and the personnel on the stranded and sunken battleships were rescued in time, and there were no casualties.

Although Fan Mendi had been mentally prepared, but in the face of the loss of twenty warships, he was still angry, and he roared in his heart: "Ming Empire, now it's your turn to be uncomfortable!" ”

Now, Batavia has assembled one hundred and forty super battleships, more than 500 medium-sized warships of various types, which is stronger than any fleet of the Ming Empire, as long as you don't go to the Xingcheng Port Defense Line and the Southeast Defense Line, you will be bored, and go anywhere else, the Ming Empire can't do anything about them, the sea is so vast, Fan Mendi is fully confident that the Ming Empire will not be at peace with this combined fleet.

Where to go first to make the Ming Empire uncomfortable? Fan Mendi stared at the Nanyang chart for a long time, and found that this place is really difficult to find, the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty is too far away, and the important places of the Ming Dynasty built forts and fortresses, can not get any cheap, if you go to the Southeast Peninsula, the Ming Empire will not necessarily pay attention to him, anyway, it is a colony, the Ming Empire should not care much, at least he thinks so.

Thinking about it, he really couldn't think of a proper place, in the end, he still decided to negotiate with the Ming Empire first, anyway, their ultimate goal is to curb the expansion of the Ming Empire, if through negotiations, threats and intimidation can scare the Ming Empire, it is naturally the best, if not, it is not too late to organize a fleet to stir up trouble.

Now that he has enough power in his hands to threaten the Ming Empire, he will naturally not run to Xingcheng Port to be angry, he sent a clipper to Xingcheng Port, informed the Ming Empire, and immediately sent envoys to Bangka Island between Batavia and Xingcheng Port to negotiate, otherwise he will bear the consequences!

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had already been instructed by Zhu Cijiong, if the powers wanted to negotiate, then they would have a good war with them, and finally they could make appropriate concessions, anyway, the Southeast Peninsula had already arrived, and the others did not need to worry, and they would talk about it when they had a big fight with Spain.

For Fan Mendi's request, Zheng Zhilong did not object, Bangka Island he knows, although it is a very large island, but the resources are relatively scarce, even the local aborigines do not pay much attention, after the rule of the Three Buddhas and Manchu Jia, it seems to have become a borderless land, only some indigenous people are left on the island to fish for a living, it is a good neutral place, very suitable for negotiation, so, he very readily accepted the invitation to negotiate, and made an appointment with Fan Mendi, ten days later, Bangka Island will meet.

The reason why Fan Mendi chose Bangka Island was actually a helpless move, he knew that if the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to Batavia, the Ming Dynasty would not agree to it nine times out of ten, and he was unwilling to go to Xingcheng Port, so he had to choose a borderless land in the middle to negotiate, he thought that when the time came, he would just find an empty space on the island and set up a negotiation table, anyway, the negotiation location was not the point, and the Ming Empire would make concessions.

When he led the combined fleet to Bangka Island, he was really taken aback, not to mention the South Sea Naval Division and the North Sea Fleet led by Zheng Zhilong, the battleships were densely packed with more than them, but the super battleships were almost the same, and the two sides were barely evenly matched, and what surprised him was that a glittering huge building appeared on the coast of Bangka Island!

In fact, this was built by Zheng Zhilong, he knew that there was no decent house on Bangka Island, and let him negotiate with people in the open air, which was really a loss of the majesty of the king of Zhennan, so he sent people to build a negotiation place on the island, that is, a bungalow, with cement as a frame, doors, windows and roofs are glass and wooden frames, so that it is simple to build, as soon as the frame is poured, some beams are put in the middle, and then a nail is built, and it is completed.

It's simple, but the exterior is surprisingly gorgeous, and the glass reflects endless light in the sun's rays, which is a miracle in this era!

Fan Mendi walked into the negotiation hall depressed, it still felt like the home of the Ming Empire, because the layout of this hall was the same as the conference room of the Nanyang Governor's Palace, and at this time, on the opposite side of the negotiation table, it was still all Chongzheng clothes, majestic and murderous.

If the two sides are evenly matched, the momentum of the negotiation is very important, Fan Mendi feels that the negotiation has not yet begun, this momentum is faintly suppressed by the Ming Empire, how can this work, so, he took the representatives of various countries to sit down, immediately said strongly: "On behalf of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, I strongly protest against the Ming Empire's aggression against our ally Donghu, and now we formally warn the Ming Empire to immediately stop all military operations against Donghu." “

He thought that Zheng Zhilong would strongly oppose it, but he never thought that Zheng Zhilong would smile and nod and said, "No problem!" “

Fan Mendi couldn't believe his ears, when did the Ming Empire speak so well, he doubted: "Really? You don't want to fool us, do you? “

Zheng Zhilong still smiled and said, "Why should I play with you, in fact, the Ming Empire has long stopped its military operations against Donghu. “

As if he had been greatly insulted, Fan Mendi said sharply: "Impossible, don't think you can deceive us. I still want to delay time, it is a dream, please stop all military operations against Donghu immediately. “

Zheng Zhilong spread his hands helplessly and said: "Really, the king of Donghu has already returned to the Ming Dynasty, why do we still fight!" “

Van Mendi exclaimed: "This is impossible! “

Zheng Zhilong said proudly: "That's the truth, nothing is impossible." “

Fan Mendi was annoyed and angry, pointed at Zheng Zhilong and said, "You guys are naked aggression!" “

Zheng Zhilong's face turned pale, he took out a map from his arms, unfolded it, pushed it in front of Fan Mendi, and said coldly: "What kind of invasion, since the establishment of our Ming Empire, Donghu is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, we are just suppressing domestic rebellions, and it is not your turn to point fingers!" “

Fan Mendi looked at the map, the drawing was the same as the real thing, he really didn't know what was going on, but this time the translators of the generals were mostly Nanyang, so he asked left and right, and these translators nodded one after another, it's really like this!

Fan Mendi was directly dumbfounded, what else is there to say, this southeast peninsula was originally the territory of the Ming Empire, no matter how wide you manage, you can't manage it to other people's countries! He thought for a long time, and could only say out of nothing: "Then please stop all aggression of the Ming Empire, the Mughal Empire is also our ally, if you continue to expand westward, then we will have to unite to wage war against the Ming Empire!" “

Zheng Zhilong said in surprise: "Our Ming Empire has never said that it will invade other countries, what do you mean by this?" “

Van Mendi was skeptical: "Really? “

Zheng Zhilong nodded firmly: "Of course it's true." “

Fan Mendi was simply choked and speechless, and punched the cotton, which felt really uncomfortable, he thought about it again, and continued to make unreasonable demands: "We ask the Ming Empire to remove the blockade of the Strait of Malacca and let our fleet pass freely." “

Zheng Zhilong immediately nodded and said: "No problem, His Majesty the Emperor has already said that some time ago was a special period, so the Strait of Malacca should be blocked, and now that the special period has passed, there is no need to blockade it." “

When Fan Mendi heard this, he almost didn't have a mouthful of blood spurting out, and after a long time, their twenty warships were lost in vain, and they never thought of blocking the Strait of Malacca for a long time!

When it came to this level of negotiation, Fan Mendi felt that it was impossible to continue, the Ming Empire seemed to have done nothing except to recover the territory of the Southeast Peninsula, and there was no excuse for being unreasonable, lacking it, Fan Mendi really couldn't find any excuse to make things difficult, so he had to continue to demand unreasonably: "Then we sign a contract, and your Ming Empire must promise not to expand outward." “

Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong immediately nodded and said, "Okay." “

So, in the incomprehensible gaze of Fan Mendi and the representatives of the great powers, Zheng Zhilong very readily signed the so-called contract on behalf of the Ming Empire that the so-called Ming Empire would no longer expand.

This kind of contract is really ridiculous, Zheng Zhilong laughed secretly in his heart: "Only you idiots would believe in this kind of contract!" “

There's a saying, "Contracts are meant to be torn up." With the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, this contract can be torn up at any time, what is the difference between signing it and not signing it!

So, when will the Ming Empire tear up this contract? At the end of this volume, please see the breakdown of the next volume.