In these years, whoever has a big fist will make sense, whoever has a big fist will be wide, this is indeed the truth, the competition between countries is to put it bluntly, it is bigger than whose fist, what other rules, truths, etc. are fake, as long as your fist is big enough, rules, let it hell with it, reason, who will reason with you!

Although this principle is this principle, few people say it directly, and everyone generally only uses actions to express it, like Zhang Bin said it so clearly, Fairfax and Jockman really haven't encountered it.

They looked at each other awkwardly, they didn't know how to talk, although what people said was very vulgar, but it was true, hundreds of super warships were parked in the port outside, and now, the fist of the Ming Empire was really scary, they couldn't do it!

What to do?

The captives must be rescued, and they don't want to give up the huge interests of the Portuguese overseas colonies, and they also know the intentions of the Ming Empire, which is to let them stand aside, and the interests of the Portuguese overseas colonies have no share in them.

This Wei Guogong of the Ming Empire is really a headache!

Zhang Bin looked at the two of them frowning and pondering, and he didn't say anything, anyway, time is there, anyway, the initiative is in his own hands, he is not in a hurry at all.

Both sides did not speak, and the negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse, but Zhang Bin was not in a hurry, and it was impossible for Fairfax and Jockman not to be in a hurry, after all, the Ming Empire had captured their little Duke Cromwell, and almost all the warships and employees of the Dutch East India Company were stuck in the Far East by the Ming Empire, and they had to find a way to solve these problems.

However, their solution seems to be wrong, because they don't want to give in to the Ming Empire, and they even want to make the Ming Empire soft through threats!

Everyone was silent for a while, and Fairfax finally couldn't help but grit his teeth and said: "Your Royal Highness, your Ming Empire's fist is indeed very big, but it is not big and boundless, you should know that we have formed an alliance with the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Sweden, Russia and other countries, no matter how big your Ming Empire's fist is, it is not as big as all our allies combined, right?" ”

Hey, you're still threatening me with this loose alliance of interests, I'm afraid you haven't woken up.

Zhang Bin said lightly: "Of course I know this, but it seems that you didn't form an alliance to deal with our Ming Empire, your enemies Spain and the Holy Roman Empire don't seem to have small fists, right?" ”

When Jockman heard this, he couldn't help but say proudly: "Your Royal Highness, you may not know it, our anti-Habsburg coalition has invaded northern Spain and controlled Catalonia, the Spanish army has been defeated by us, and it is only a matter of time before they surrender, maybe tomorrow, maybe next month, in short, it won't be long before our war with Spain and the Holy Roman Empire will end." ”

Fairfax nodded very cooperatively, and looked at Zhang Bin with the same smug expression, which means, we will clean up Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and clean up your Ming Empire, and ask you if you are afraid.

Zhang Bin said disdainfully: "You may not know yet, our Ming Empire has formed an alliance with Spain, and besides, the army of our Ming Empire has arrived in Zaragoza, and His Majesty King Philip IV is recruiting troops and preparing for a counterattack." ”

"Ahh When Fairfax and Jockman heard this, their faces couldn't help but change greatly, the Ming Empire and Spain formed an alliance, and all the countries of their anti-Habsburg alliance together may not have done it!

Is this true?

Neither of them wants to believe that this is true, if this is the case, then they have little hope, a single Ming Empire or just the Habsburg Dynasty, they have to go all out to do it, if the two are combined, it is simply terrifying!

Fairfax couldn't help but doubt: "Your Royal Highness, what you say is really hard to believe, you have all formed an alliance with Portugal, will Spain still form an alliance with you, Portugal has defected from Spain." ”

Zhang Bin pouted and said: "You all said, Spain can't hold on, in this kind of crisis, will they still consider the problem of Portugal?" ”

That's right, Spain is about to be defeated, what does Portugal matter, Fairfax and Chackman looked at each other in fear, and frowned again.

If you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears!

Zhang Bin suddenly said loudly: "Take the Spanish contract." ”

In the shocked eyes of Fairfax and Jockman, an official of the Ming Empire walked in from the outside with a scroll in his hand and respectfully handed the scroll into Zhang Bin's hands.

Zhang Bin directly put the scroll in front of Qiao Kman, and said lightly: "You should know Spanish, right?" ”

The Netherlands used to be a Spanish dependency, and Jockman naturally knew Spanish, so he nervously opened the scroll and looked closely, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He even knew the signature and seal of King Philip IV of Spain, because Spain had signed an armistice with the Netherlands, and he was also involved in it, and he had met Philip IV!

This seemed to be true, he slowly restored the scroll to its original state, pushed it back to Zhang Bin, and then said solemnly: "Your Royal Highness, we need to discuss, or today's negotiation will end here, and we will continue tomorrow." ”

Zhang Bin nodded lightly and said, "Yes, you can discuss." ”

The first day of negotiations ended in this way, Fairfax and Jockman ran back to their accommodation and closed the door for a long time, and the next morning, the negotiations reopened, and the two of them did not have the light breeze at the beginning, and they both had a faint look of loss on their faces, and it seemed that they had confessed.

At this time, Zhang Bin became polite, he smiled kindly: "Two, don't be so depressed, isn't it good for everyone to get along in harmony, war only brings death and pain, our Ming Empire doesn't like to fight and kill people, everyone is harmonious and makes money, how good, you say yes?" ”

Fairfax and Jockman were relatively speechless, His Royal Highness the Duke is so thick-skinned, your Ming Empire doesn't like to fight and kill what are you doing sending so many troops to the European continent, are you here to travel!

However, they didn't bother to quarrel with Zhang Bin, their fists were not as big as their families, and no matter how powerful their mouths were, they could only reluctantly accept the reality and accept the "reconciliation opinions" of the Ming Empire.

The next negotiations were relatively easy, Fairfax and Jockman had already conceded, and Zhang Bin did not make any excessive demands.

As for the British, Zhang Bin only demanded that they sign a non-aggression pact with Portugal, promising not to use troops against Portugal mainland and overseas colonies in the future.

For the Netherlands, Zhang Bin only asked them to sign a non-aggression pact with Portugal, promising not to use troops against Portugal and overseas colonies in the future, and at the same time to withdraw the troops that invaded Portuguese colonies such as Brazil, the Gold Coast, and Cape Verde, and not to send fleets to the Far East in the future, he even promised that the East India Company could also do business in the Far East, as long as they didn't come nonsense, the Ming Empire would even protect their merchant ships!