Macau's development has been seriously detached from the historical trajectory, originally in the Ming Dynasty Macao was only a small colonial stronghold, but now Macau has developed into a port city of considerable scale.

No way, Schwila is too rich, since he became the agent of Daming's Western trade, the silver does not come too quickly, and with the money, he naturally wants to build his nest beautifully, so what friendship road, Schwila road was built by him one by one.

His partner Daming Western trade was richer than him, and under his deliberate persuasion, Zheng Zhilong finally agreed to establish a branch in Macau, mainly for the distribution of goods. That guy, Daming Western trade is terrible, there are countless factories in the southeast, there are hundreds of thousands of employees, the Dutch East India Company is inferior in front of it, and the assets are simply scary, so what Western Road, Business Road, Jinling Street, and Craftsman Street have sprung up one after another.

In the afternoon of this day, Zheng Zhilong finally arrived in Macao after taking the Dutch negotiating delegation along the southeast defense line, and Schwera was naturally waiting at the port. The greeting team was a bit huge, with a thousand guards led by Svera, a large number of representatives of Portuguese merchants, treasurers at all levels of Ming Western commerce, and thousands of soldiers and horses from a cantonment guard.

Speke couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw this welcoming posture, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Why are there troops of the Ming Empire everywhere, this is the stronghold of Portugal, why are most of the people who come to greet them dressed as Ming soldiers?" ”

As soon as Zheng Zhilong got off the treasure ship, the welcoming team knelt down in a large area and shouted in unison: "See the prince." ”

Speke felt that something was wrong, and the people of the Ming Empire knelt down, why did this Portuguese kneel on one knee? This is the prince of the Ming Empire, not the prince of Portugal and Spain!

Zheng Zhilong nodded with satisfaction, raised his hands weakly, and said loudly: "No courtesy, flat body." ”

Everyone thanked in unison and stood up neatly, and at this time, Shi Vera ran up and said enthusiastically: "Your Royal Highness Nikolai, welcome to Macao, do you think my small place is okay?" ”

Zheng Zhilong actually saw the whole picture of Macao on the treasure ship, he has seen a lot of port cities in Nanyang, Macau is newly built and has a lot of financial support, so it looks very good, he smiled and praised: "Well, it's already a bit large, I'll let them work harder, this is the Ming Dynasty's treaty port, it can't be smaller than those small places in Manila and Batavia." ”

Shi Weila was overjoyed when he heard this, this is the king of Zhennan of Daming, he said that he wants to develop, that can definitely develop, what is the concept of more than Manila and Batavia, he has not thought about this problem, he just wants to build a house quickly, and then build a few streets out, that is all money, although the tax belongs to the Ming Dynasty but the rent is collected by him, building a street a month can probably increase the income of 10,000 taels of silver, if you can, he wants to build 10,000 streets!

Speke saw Svera's flattering appearance, and his heart was cold, this Portugal is clearly biased towards the Ming Empire, what neutrality, what a third party, shit!

Schweila and Zheng Zhilong exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and finally remembered that there was a Dutch negotiating delegation next to him, so he remembered his responsibilities as the host, and led Speke and others to the Governor's Mansion to rest, as for Zheng Zhilong, he didn't have to worry about it at all, and the branch of Daming Western Commerce and Trade was much more magnificent than his Governor's Palace.

There is also a team of Jinyi Wei generals waiting for Zheng Zhilong in the branch of Daming Western Commerce, they are Zhu Cijiong's personal guards, and they have come to send Zheng Zhilong a new military uniform. In Zhu Cijiong's words, the uniforms of the Ming civil officials are too kind, and the negotiation is about momentum, and wearing a neat new-style military uniform is called momentum.

Well, what the emperor said was right, Zheng Zhilong awkwardly put on the new military uniform with the assistance of a group of Jinyi generals, and looked in the mirror, not to mention, this new military uniform is really majestic, and when you put it on and stand there, it gives people a feeling of iron and blood.

Zhu Cijiong has invested in it, the buttons on the officer's uniform, the sun, moon and stars on the epaulettes, and the dragon-shaped badge on the military hat are all cast in silver, and Zheng Zhilong's body is even more incredible, all of them are cast in gold, shining, and it is difficult to think of without momentum.

Early the next morning, the peace talks finally began in the large conference room of the Governor-General Schwila's Palace. When Zheng Zhilong and his entourage appeared in the Governor's Mansion in neat new-style military uniforms, everyone in the entire Governor's Mansion was shocked, and Speke gasped, the dark black material, the shining golden light, this momentum was really a bit scary; Shi Villa is saliva is flowing out, this collar, this cloak, this leather boots, it's so cool, he has already thought about it, how to go to the capital to find His Majesty the Emperor after the peace talks to ask for a few sets.

Schvela is a meeting room arranged according to the custom of the great powers, with a large conference table in the middle and a row of chairs on each side, and it is as simple as that.

Zheng Zhilong and Speke led the negotiation delegations of the two countries to sit at both ends of the conference table, on the side of the Ming Empire, in the center was Zheng Zhilong, the southern king of Daming Town, on the left hand was Nan Juyi, the governor of the southeast of the southeast, on the right hand was Zheng Zhihu, the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, and on both sides were the chief soldiers and generals of the Nanyang Naval Division. On the Dutch side, in the middle sat the negotiator, and he didn't bother to introduce the others, and Zheng Zhilong didn't bother to ask.

This is the first time Daming has negotiated with foreigners, to be honest, Zheng Zhilong has no experience at all, he doesn't know how to speak, and directly asks people for 200 million taels of silver compensation? The Dutch are probably going crazy!

Zheng Zhilong looked left and right, well, except for Nan Juyi, everyone else is not bad, if they fight, they shouldn't suffer any losses.

Of course, Speke didn't know that Zheng Zhilong was thinking about fighting, he saw that Zheng Zhilong kept looking left and right and didn't look at him, he finally couldn't help coughing, and said directly: "We, the United Provincial Republic, demand that the Ming Empire immediately and unconditionally release our soldiers, return all warships, and return the castle of Geranza, and at the same time issue an official statement to apologize to our country." ”

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this, he plucked his ears hard, and asked in surprise, "What did you say?" ”

Speke said solemnly again: "We, the United Provincial Republic, demand that the Ming Empire immediately and unconditionally release our soldiers, return all warships, and return the castle of Geranza, and at the same time issue an official statement to apologize to our country. ”

Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyes, looked at Speke like a monster, and said unceremoniously: "Apologize? You have to make it clear that Dongfan is the land of the Ming Dynasty, you are the invaders, and it is you who should apologize. ”

When Speke heard this, his old face turned red, and he quibbled: "Dongfan is the land of the Ming Dynasty, but we were occupied by the Dongying people before we went, and we snatched it from the Dongying people, how can it be regarded as aggression?" ”

Zheng Zhilong coughed in a choked voice, and said angrily: "We won't discuss this issue, now that our Ming Empire has defeated your Second Fleet in the East, it is impossible to unconditionally release the prisoners, and it is even more impossible to return all the warships, and it is simply a joke to return the castle of Geranza, as for the apology, our Ming Empire is asking you to make an official statement on your aggression and apologize to our country." ”

The fortresses and forts he saw along the way had already knocked Speke to death, and besides, he had to make concessions as a representative of the defeated country, and he had never heard that he could win the enemy with his mouth alone, and it was just a waste of time to quibble, he stared at Zheng Zhilong and said coldly: "Then let's talk about the release of our soldiers first, what are your conditions?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zheng Zhilong became energetic, he suppressed his excitement, and said in a calmest tone as much as possible: "The conditions are very simple, you pay the ransom, we will release people, 10,000 taels of silver per person, isn't it expensive?" ”

If it is one or two people, of course, it is not expensive, the problem is that the Ming Empire captured more than 20,000 people at a time, it is more than 200 million taels of silver!

Speke calculated a little, and immediately found out that it was angry, two hundred million taels of silver, is it possible? I have never seen such an offer, isn't this a clear trick on him, he couldn't help but be furious, slapped the table, stood up and pointed at Zheng Zhilong's nose and scolded: "Two hundred million taels of silver!" Why don't you grab it? You pirate, do you think you're playing kidnapping? Our soldiers of the United Provincial Republic are not your meat tickets! ”

Nima, what Zheng Zhilong hates most is that others expose his old bottom, and they also point to his nose to expose it! He suddenly became angry, slapped the table harder, stood up and pointed at Speke's nose and scolded, "Who is the pirate?" Do you have less to rob? From Batavia all the way to Dongfan, which piece of land is the territory of your United Provincial Republic? Running to other people's land to grab things, and calling others pirates, do you still want to be embarrassed? ”

Speke was choked and coughed violently, and after a while, he stopped coughing, pointed at Zheng Zhilong and said in a trembling voice: "You, you, you white-eyed wolf, you shouldn't have cultivated you in the first place, I should have asked Song Ke to throw you into the sea to feed the fish." ”

Zheng Zhilong snorted coldly: "Hmph, throw me into the sea to feed the fish?" Just by Song Ke? Does he have the ability? I didn't throw him in the sea to feed the fish, so it didn't matter! ”

Speke was stunned when he heard this, he finally remembered the comparison of the strength of the two sides, now the navy of the Ming Empire itself is not necessarily worse than the Netherlands, coupled with their strict coastal defense, it is impossible for the Netherlands to retaliate.

He sat down dejectedly and said coldly: "It is impossible for one person to have ten thousand taels, the request of two hundred million taels of silver is too exaggerated, one hundred taels for one person, two million taels of silver, I can call the shots for this, and I will give it to you immediately." ”

Zheng Zhilong saw that Spie had softened, so he sat down proudly, and said slowly: "It's impossible to have one hundred taels per person, we have spent more than half a year just raising them, at least one thousand taels per person, otherwise don't talk about it." ”

Twenty million taels is basically the limit that the Netherlands can accept, Speke has lost his strength at the moment, and he is too lazy to dwell on this issue, as long as he can redeem people, the Netherlands really can't afford to lose more than 20,000 people.

After thinking about it for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty million taels is twenty million taels, when will you release people?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that the Dutch were really willing to lose money, and it was still 20 million taels, which was not a small amount, he was a little excited and said: "Pay the money with one hand, hand over the person, as long as the money arrives, we will release the person immediately." ”

Speke nodded and said helplessly, "Okay, I'll ask them to send the silver over as soon as possible." ”

This is 20 million taels of silver, although Zheng Zhilong is very rich, but in the face of 20 million taels of silver, he can't do nothing, the excitement in his heart is inevitable, this is what he obtained through negotiation, and the task delivered by the emperor is overfulfilled.

Beat people up violently, and let people lose money, he did it when he was a pirate, but he didn't expect it to be like this between countries, in this world, everywhere he speaks with his fists!