Chapter 115: Sun Chuanting's Negotiation and Wisdom The Arabian Peninsula Returns to the Ming Dynasty

When the Ottoman negotiators saw Sun Chuanting like this, they actually knew that this was to give various gestures, and he would not come so far and leave easily. However, the negotiation is actually a comparison of strength between the two sides, and Sun Chuanting has a strong military strength behind him, and if he really goes like this, he will not suffer!

So this matter still needs to be conceded by the Ottoman Empire.

"Oops! Lord Sun's court is angry! Since Master Sun has come so far here, let's talk about the thoughts of both sides! Regarding this misunderstanding, our Majesty said that for the sake of the relationship between our two countries, we will give you an explanation! ”

"I don't see any sincerity in your words, do you?" Sun Chuanting turned around and said, "I think so, you still have to discuss with your Majesty the Sultan, what do you want, and whether you have the sincerity to talk about it!" I don't have time to spend here with you! ”

After speaking, Sun Chuanting strode away.

The representatives of the Ottoman Empire really didn't expect that Sun Chuanting would really stop talking. But Sun Chuanting insisted on leaving, and he had no choice but to run out to see Sun Chuanting upside down.

Sun Chuanting told him, "I'll give you a day to think about it, or I'll leave!" ”

Although the representatives of the Ottoman Empire felt that it was impossible for Sun Chuanting to really stop talking, they were also worried that they would really not talk about it. If the matter is not resolved through negotiation, it will have to be resolved by force, and in the end it will have to be discussed. It may be more passive to talk after the fight.

When the Ottoman negotiators reported this to the Sultan, the Sultan was furious: "Oops! I said you should stop talking about it. If we can't beat people, we have to bow our heads! We need time to recuperate, and we need their firearms. Otherwise, our empire will lose even more! ”

"However, I am afraid that as soon as we admit our mistake, they will then demand a large amount of compensation. Haven't we already suffered a loss? ”

"The compensation that the Ming Dynasty wants, if you don't admit your mistake, people can not want it?" The Sultan said, "We don't have any money to pay them anyway, so they can give as much as they want." It's better to satisfy them and get some more arms! ”

"Your Majesty, are you confused? We can't give people the money we pay for, so what do we use to buy arms? ”

"Huh! That's if you're paying attention! The Sultan said, "The firearms they sell us are all replaced by their army." Leaving it there is useless waste. Sold to us, but became a treasure. ”

"What does that mean? We still don't have any money, do we? "The negotiators still don't understand.

"We want to help them turn waste into treasure. We want their weapons, but we don't have any money for them, we can owe them and promise to give them some every year! Got it? ”

"Oh! Your Majesty is wise! I know what to do? ”

"Finish talking early, rest assured early! I don't want to wait a day! The Sultan was troubled when he thought about it.

The negotiator felt that he had to ease the relationship with Sun Chuanting first, and then wanted to invite Sun Chuanting to dinner in the evening. But Sun Chuanting refused on the pretext that he was a little tired and needed to rest. The negotiator felt that this would not work, and immediately thought of inviting the chief shopkeeper of the Yaogang branch to come out for dinner and ask him to come forward and say good things.

This usually has a good relationship with the big shopkeeper, and the big shopkeeper also takes care of him in business in Istanbul, which is actually giving him a lot of benefits in disguise. When the two are together, they can talk casually.

Hearing that Sun Chuanting angrily rejected his invitation, the big shopkeeper said: "This is natural, our Lord Sun is also a high-ranking official, this time we came to solve the affairs of our fleet, it is an important mission, how can we always come out to eat with you?" ”

"Yes! But we really want to get this matter done with you as soon as possible, and we don't want this matter to affect the relations between our two countries! ”

"I've heard a little about the negotiations, you originally fired at us first, but you insisted at the negotiation table that our ship was not hit by shells, and both sides fired at the sea. Not only was Master Sun angry. He sent a telegram to his family to report the incident, and the adults in the family were also very angry. In this case, how can Master Sun eat with you? ”

When this person heard this, Sun Chuanting had already reported this matter to the Ming Dynasty, and the matter was so serious that he was frightened into a cold sweat, "Hey, I was afraid that you would open your mouth and ask for compensation, so I said this." You know, our empire doesn't have much silver now, and if we pay compensation, our empire won't be able to support it! ”

"Then you shouldn't come nonsense, our Lord Sun is the most reasonable!"

The Ottoman representative said, "No, I learned from the last negotiation." His reasoning has cost us a lot of land! However, it is not possible to say this in the presence of the chief treasurer, "Alas! Our majesty also scolded me, saying that if we are wrong, we should admit our mistakes, and we should not be so unreasonable. So please bring a message back to Lord Sun, I admit my mistake! ”

"Oops! I don't think it's easy to meet Master Sun, you know there is so much difference between us! The treasurer deliberately embarrassed and said, "However, I will do my best!" ”

"Please!" When he heard the big shopkeeper's promise, he knew in his heart that he would definitely be able to turn it on to Sun Chuanting.

Relaxed, the one tentatively asked the big shopkeeper: "I still have a big business, do you want to do it?" ”

"You're not kidding! I'm here to do business! Is there a business that is not interested? Not to mention big business! ”

"We still want to buy two thousand muskets and ammunition, are you interested?"

"Of course, but can you come up with so much silver now? You're going to war again? ”

"Alas! We fought a war with the Russian Empire, which consumed a lot, and although we also captured some Russian Imperial muskets, we almost ran out of ammunition. On our side of North Africa, there is some uncertainty, and the Europeans in the west also think that we have lost the war and are eyeing us! We need to be armed, not to mention two thousand muskets. More is better! ”

"The silver?" The big treasurer was more worried about the silver.

"Huh! In fact, we all know that the muskets you sell us are all replaced by your army, and they are waste in your treasury, and they need to be carefully kept. It's good for both of us. You say, don't you? ”

"No, no, there is no need to say anything about it, we will not do this business. Besides, our muskets are not for sale. Our fleet passed through Portugal this time, and at once sold them thousands of muskets. There are still a lot of merchants out there who want to sell me devilish muskets at a high price, and we can't figure out who they will sell them to, so we don't dare to give them to them!"

"Yes, yes! Arms can't be sold! "This man knew that if this musket was to be proliferated, it would have too much impact on the Ottoman Empire.

"You see, our two countries have been working together for so long, you have to think of a way to help us. Is this also the credit of your big treasurer? ”

"I can't do that! However, you can talk to him about this when you see us, and maybe he will be able to do it? ”

"Then, please bring this matter to Lord Sun at the same time!" In fact, the negotiator just wanted the big shopkeeper to reveal this to Sun Chuanting in advance.

Both the chief shopkeeper and the negotiator knew that today's meal was a formality, and in fact it was also a negotiation.

After listening to the report of the big shopkeeper, Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Okay! I'm thinking about how I can complete the mission that the command center has given me, and now it's all there! ”

Where could the big shopkeeper understand Sun Chuanting's words, he knew that there were some things that he should not ask, and he didn't dare to ask.

When he sat down again, Sun Chuanting was not polite, "You let the big shopkeeper pass me the word, I know." If you had done this earlier, it would have been all easier! ”

"Master Sun, blame me for this! Last time I went to negotiate with you to get us to cut off such a large piece of land, I didn't dare to see anyone when I came back, and this time I was really scared! ”

"It's no wonder that you, the negotiator, are the ones you compensated us for the losses you gave us, in fact, we would rather ask you to compensate for the silver, but you can't compensate, we want that place. As a result, we got that place, and you still have a ghost behind your back, so we have to kill! ”

"Oh, Lord Sun, we can't give you the place to go to the ghost again, don't get me wrong!" Negotiators, of course, will not admit that they have made petty moves.

"Forget it, let's figure it out. Since your majesty is very sincere, let me tell me, how much silver are you going to compensate us this time? ”

"Oh, Lord Sun, this time your warship did not suffer any losses, and we lost so many ships and so many castle forts, it seems unreasonable for us to compensate for the losses, right?"

"As a result of your provocative behavior, our troops have had to fight back. You are responsible for your losses caused by your provocations, and you must be responsible for the losses caused by our return strikes. And your bad deeds must be punished appropriately! Sun Chuanting's words were very firm.

The negotiators of the Ottoman Empire already knew from the mouth of the big shopkeeper yesterday that Sun Chuanting had already sent a telegram with the Ming Dynasty, and it was estimated that he was ready to negotiate without success, and he knew that he had no bargaining weight except crying poor, and besides, His Majesty the Sultan's request was to end this matter as soon as possible. The representative simply said, "Lord Sun, I think we all know the matter, and you also know the current situation of our Ottoman Empire, you see, according to your losses, as well as the punishment of our unreasonable officers and soldiers, can you make a condition?" ”

"Okay!" Sun Chuanting glanced at the representative and said, "If you are so sincere this time, I will not embarrass you." You know that we started from the Aegean Sea, and there were so many shells wasted along the way, and they were almost all made of gold and silver. Considering your ability to bear, we don't want more this time, so you can give five million taels of silver! ”

"Huh! Five million taels of silver? We can't get 50,000 taels of silver! ”

"Then you're not going to compensate?"

"We just want to pay compensation and we don't have any money. Do you want to cut our land again? This time, we won't say yes! The negotiator said.

"This is our plan, and you can also talk about your plan. You fired at our fleet for no reason, causing huge losses, and if you don't compensate, we can't agree to the Ming Dynasty! I know you can't be the master, you can go back and talk to your sultan, and I'll wait for your reply in the evening!" "Sun Chuanting knew that such a big thing needed to be digested by the Ottoman Empire.

The negotiator went back and told the Sultan, and after Sun Chuanting asked for five million taels of silver, the Sultan sneered and said, "Hmph! I don't want much, it's kind of saving face for us! ”

"What can I do?"

"It's nothing, they know how much they want we can't afford to give, they don't want silver, it's our land!"

"This time, I didn't promise them land!"

"If we don't give them land, what can we give them?"

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"What if we call a meeting to discuss this right away? Introduce the situation to them and let each of them come up with an idea. Absolutely not allowed, they do not speak. When we gave the land to the Ming Dynasty, they began to oppose it! "The Sultan knows that this responsibility must not be borne by himself.

Just as the Sultan predicted, at the beginning, everyone was angry and resolutely disagreed to give the Ming Dynasty land again, but when the Sultan asked them to say their own methods, everyone stopped talking!

The Sultan ordered a person to express his opinion one by one, but in the end there was no good way, and the unanimous opinion reached was to give the Ming Dynasty some land. The Sultan gave them the reason that we now need a strong man to break his wrist and need time to recuperate.

In the evening, negotiations began again. Sun Chuanting glanced at the negotiator and was eighty percent sure in his heart.

After everyone was done, the Ottoman negotiator said: "Lord Sun, I will just say it directly, our Majesty has said that all the conditions are up to you." We all respect! ”

Sun Chuanting felt a little embarrassed in his heart when he said this, he knew that the meaning of the people was very clear, we can't beat you, everything will be decided by you. Is this still a negotiation?

However, Sun Chuanting was not polite, and said: "In this way, the five million taels of silver we want, plus the two thousand muskets and some ammunition you want!" How about we swap it for a piece of land that isn't very important to you? ”

As he spoke, he asked someone to bring the map.

The representatives of the Ottoman Empire were nervous in their hearts, and he didn't know where Sun Chuanting said that they were not important.

Sun Chuanting pointed to the Arabian Peninsula and said, "We are going here."

A smile flashed on the face of the Ottoman representative, but it did not escape Sun Chuanting's eyes. The representative of the Ottoman Empire said that the Ming Dynasty was really interesting, that the Arabian Peninsula was not small, but a large part of it was a desert, where there was drought and little rain, and there was not even a decent river. The people in those places were difficult to manage, and the Ottoman Empire could only manage some areas near the coast.

Sun Chuanting said: "We know that this is a dispensable place for you. However, after we occupy the two river basins, we will not be able to build in the Persian Gulf without taking this peninsula. So, it's still a little bit useful for us here. ”

The representative of the Ottoman Empire, regardless of Sun Chuanting's reason, hid his heartbeat, picked up a pen, and divided the Arabian Peninsula to the two river basins on the map, meaning to the Ming Dynasty. But Sun Chuanting was not satisfied, picked up the pen, and crossed the Nile River again, saying: "We need the bay here in the Red Sea to build a port!" This place must be given to us. "Sun Chuanting won't tell them that the kiln people will dig a canal here!

The representative of the Ottoman Empire shook his head helplessly and said: "In this way, the road passage between our Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean will be cut off by you!" ”

"It's not here, we can change places!" Sun Chuanting said scarelessly.

"Forget it, our majesty said, no matter where you want, we will agree!"

"Yes! We can see Your Majesty's sincerity, so we are not embarrassed to ask you too much. Although the area of this place is large, the place where you can stay is very small! ”

"Alright, let's sign the agreement!" The representatives of the Ottoman Empire were really afraid that Sun Chuanting would change his mind at this time.

The final agreement was that this land was exchanged for five million taels of silver to compensate the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty would also give the Ottoman Empire 2,000 muskets, as well as 200,000 shotguns and solid bullets, **2 million!

This result was not expected even by the Ottoman sultans. At the beginning, when Sun Chuanting discussed this matter with his family, Zhang Zhimu agreed to this matter, and Sun Chuanting did not expect it. So far, he doesn't know what the reason is, but Zhang Zhimu told him that if we take Lihere, we will dig up the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in the future.

But these arms amounted to five million three hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver. That's a lot of money. With the addition of five million taels of silver, that is more than 10 million taels of silver.

When the Ottoman representative went back to tell the Sultan about this, when he gave him a pen to settle the account, the Sultan shook his head and asked, "Is this true?" That hellish place, where rabbits don't, can be worth so much silver? ”

"It's true, I'm afraid that they will change their minds, so I signed the agreement with them immediately!" said the Ottoman negotiator.

The Sultan glanced at the agreement and said, "Needless to say, I have paid five million taels of compensation, and it is worth it even if I exchange these weapons!" We didn't lose anything this time! In our time of crisis for the Ottoman Empire, Allah has appeared! Helped us again! ”

"Is it possible, what kind of trap is there? They are so shrewd! "The negotiators are a little weak-hearted!

"No matter what else we do, as long as we get these firearms, we make a lot of money! Such a hellish place, give it all to them! "The Sultan was so beautiful that he wanted to hum and sing. How did he know that he had given a piece of treasure land to the Ming Dynasty?