Volume 17 Chapter 84 War Reparations Are Outrageously High
As soon as the representatives of the European continental powers walked in, Zheng Zhilong immediately raised his eyebrows and almost laughed out loud, not that he wanted to laugh when he saw the representatives of various countries looking frightened, but mainly because he saw an old acquaintance.
This old acquaintance is the Dutch negotiator Speke, Zheng Zhilong and Speke have dealt with each other more than once, almost every time this guy has been in peace talks before, and every time Zheng Zhilong has stolen a lot of money from him, this time this guy is here again, it seems that there is hope for compensation.
Why? Because now the Netherlands is rich, don't look at the Netherlands in the future, it doesn't look good, now they are in full swing, not only have more ships, but also have a lot of money, the European continent's commercial center is now in the Netherlands, and most of the warships and artillery of the European continent are also bought from the Netherlands, they are really rich.
Therefore, they don't care much about money, as long as they can solve problems with money, they almost always choose to solve them with money.
What's more, when the negotiators from various countries came in, Speke seemed to be at the front, and at this time, this guy was also standing in the middle, that is, it is very likely that Speke would be in charge of this negotiation!
Well, with such a local tyrant, it's much easier to get money.
Although Zheng Zhilong was excited, he didn't show anything unusual, he was still sitting there with the old god, as if he wanted to wait for all the negotiators of the European powers to come in before speaking, in fact, he wanted the negotiators of the European powers to look at the map on the wall first.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for someone to notice the map, and then all the continental negotiators secretly looked at it.
Seeing the frightened expressions on some people's faces, Zheng Zhilong knew that his goal had been achieved, and he could move on to the next link.
He stood up with a smile and said enthusiastically: "Speke, long time no see, come and come, everyone please sit, please sit." “
Speke naturally saw Zheng Zhilong a long time ago, but his feelings with Zheng Zhilong were completely opposite, because every time he talked about peace, he was defrauded by Zheng Zhilong of a lot of money, and he was simply falsely accused of psychological shadows, so after he saw Zheng Zhilong, he didn't feel the excitement of seeing his old acquaintance at all, but kept playing the drum in his heart, this guy, how much money do you want to pay this time!
When Zheng Zhilong spoke, he had already secretly glanced at the map on the wall, and his mood was naturally extremely bad, all kinds of signs showed that the Ming Empire was determined to enter the European continent this time, and it was difficult to let them go back through peace talks.
What mood did he have at this time that was close to Zheng Zhilong, but Zheng Zhilong had called out his name, and he couldn't show too much anger, he thought about it quickly, and then responded with his hand on his chest: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Nikolai, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to it just now." “
After that, he pretended to be very calm and beckoned the negotiators and interpreters of various countries to sit down.
The representatives of the European continent all sat down, but Zheng Zhilong did not sit down, he put his hand to Lu Xiangsheng, and said loudly: "Let me introduce to you, this is the generalissimo of the Ming Empire, the commander of the Tianxiong Army of the first-class army of the Ming Empire, Lu Xiangsheng." “
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he stood up very cooperatively, gave a standard military salute, and then sat back on his butt.
Immediately afterwards, Zheng Zhilong introduced: "This is the deputy marshal of the Ming Empire, the commander of the Qin Army of the first-class army of the Ming Empire, Sun Chuanting. “
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he also cooperated to stand up, gave a standard military salute, and then sat back on his butt.
Zheng Zhilong introduced them one by one, and it seemed that this was the same as the standard process of negotiation.
In fact, there is no standard process for peace talks at this time, and there is generally no introduction to each other, because in most cases, both sides of the peace talks are old opponents who have fought in wars, and important figures in the enemy country naturally know each other, so there is no need to introduce them at all.
Zheng Zhilong set a precedent this time, and seriously introduced each general, seemingly out of good intentions, but in fact it was intimidation, naked intimidation.
The representatives of the European continent were also inexplicable at the beginning, and at a glance, they knew that these generals were all here to accompany them, and they couldn't speak at all.
However, listening to it, the faces of the representatives of the peace talks of various countries have changed, all of them are the commanders of the legions, and the regular legions of the Ming Empire are all configured with 100,000 people, that is to say, the Ming Empire has sent a total of 1.5 million troops this time!
After Zheng Zhilong's introduction, he sat down with a smile on his face, looking at Speke opposite, as if he wanted to listen to his introduction.
Speke didn't have any intention to introduce the negotiators of various countries at this time, and then let this king of Zhennan continue to do this, I am afraid that the negotiators of various countries will be stupid, he simply said directly: "Your Highness Nicholas, on behalf of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, I formally protest against your invasion of Tsarist Russia, and now ask your country to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from the entire Siberian region and release all Tsarist Russian prisoners." “
When Zheng Zhilong heard Spyke's protest, instead of getting angry, he asked with a smile: "When did Siberia become the territory of Tsarist Russia?" “
Speke was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at the Tsarist Russian negotiators on the side, this time the Tsarist Russia sent no longer the mouth cannon general Kopelov, but Rozov's number one confidant Dmitry. General Franzbekov, Franzbekov saw Speike coming, and could only bite the bullet and say: "Siberia was originally the territory of our Tsarist Russia. “
When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately turned on a blank face and said solemnly: "Siberia was originally the territory of the Siberian Khanate, and this king protested on behalf of the Siberian Khanate to protest against your country's invasion of the Siberian Khanate. “
When Franz Bekov heard this, his face immediately turned red, Zheng Zhilong was not wrong at all, this Siberia was originally the territory of the Siberian Khanate, and their Tsarist Russia was the real invader.
Seeing Franz Bekov's embarrassed appearance, Speke hurriedly expressed his support: "Your Highness Nikolai, no matter what, your country has robbed Siberia from Tsarist Russia, and it should be returned to Tsarist Russia." “
Zheng Zhilong shook his head solemnly and said: "This is not negotiable, in addition, due to the war caused by the invasion of Manjingwei by Tsarist Russia, it has caused serious harm to our Ming Empire, and now I formally request compensation on behalf of the Ming Empire." “
After saying that, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and read it seriously: "The Ming Empire's indemnity requirements for Tsarist Russia are as follows,
First, Tsarist Russia must compensate the Ming Empire's army and navy for the loss of grain, grass, weapons and ammunition, totaling 100 million taels of silver;
Second, Tsarist Russia must compensate the Ming Empire for the losses caused by the casualties of the army and navy, totaling 100 million taels of silver;
Third, due to the invasion of Tsarist Russia, the Ming Empire's first-class Zhenguo Gongsun Chengzong was killed, which caused immeasurable losses to the Ming Empire, and temporarily demanded that Tsarist Russia compensate 100 million taels of silver, and other aftermath matters need to be further negotiated.
In addition, due to the participation of the countries of the Habsburg Alliance, the Ming Empire mobilized more than one million troops, so each country must compensate the Ming Empire's army and navy for the loss of grain, grass, weapons and ammunition of 50 million taels each.
The above items add up to 550 million taels. “
As soon as Zheng Zhilong started to read, the representatives of various countries were already dumbfounded, this is too exaggerated, the compensation is 110 million, and there is more than one!
When Zheng Zhilong read 550 million taels, the whole venue remembered the sound of inhaling cool air, 550 million taels of silver, don't you want to be so outrageous!