"Lawrence, my old friend, I hope you can go to Tamsui on my behalf, negotiate with those Ming people, and find out their true intentions." Cuarón called his old friend Lawrence Dao.

Lawrence, a merchant in a black robe, thought for a moment and said, "Based on the descriptions of Major Kileo and Captain Taylor, I judge that they may have met the Tiance Army in the starting point city of the Ming Kingdom. This time, I came from Manila to buy goods from the north, and since they have arrived in Taiwan, I can meet them and negotiate on your behalf by the way. ”

Cuarón's eyes lit up and he said, "Lawrence, do you know about them?" Can you tell me about it? ”

Lawrence spread his hands and said, "Unfortunately, I have only met Mr. Schauzin, the former Dutch commercial representative. We are mainly talking about the commodities of the starting point city, as for the situation of the Tiance army in the starting point city, Mr. Schozin just said that the firepower is very strong, and he is not very clear about the details. I only know that their leader is called Wang Yue, and he is currently serving as the squire of the Ming State Military Department and the governor of Yingtian. ”

"Okay!" Caron said helplessly, "I will send Colonel Anthony to Tamsui with you to protect your journey." ”

When Lawrence and Colonel Anthony arrived at the mouth of the Tamsui River on a Spanish sailing ship, it had been cordoned off by two maritime surveillance warships to prevent the entry of unknown ships.

After discovering the sailboat, two maritime surveillance warships immediately met it. The sea surveillance battleship was windless and automatic, the shape was strange, and the speed was very fast and aggressive, and the frightened Spaniards immediately raised the white flag, and the gun window had been closed in advance.

After a simple communication, the Tiance Navy only allowed the negotiators to enter Tamsui on the maritime surveillance warship, and the Spanish sailing ship waited on the spot.

Captain Anthony, who came from a naval background and was curious about the huge, peculiar maritime surveillance warship, immediately agreed to the request.

Boarding the Maritime Surveillance Ship in a small boat, Lawrence and Anthony were completely dumbfounded, only to realize that the strange ship turned out to be an iron ship.

Under the watchful eye of the soldiers of the Tiance Army, the sea surveillance warship sailed towards the Tamsui River.

In the harbor of the Tamsui estuary, other maritime surveillance and coast guard warships are docked, as well as supply ships. Dockyard landing ships and ro-ro ships docked up to 30 kilometers down the river, and further upstream there would be no passage for large ships, so supplies were unloaded here and transferred by wooden freighters to the resettlement point.

The freshwater rivers in this plane have more water than in another, so 1,200-ton wooden motorized cargo ships can go directly to the settlement point.

Lawrence and Colonel Anthony were stunned by the sight along the way, the mountain-like figure of the supply ship seemed to be a huge shadow cast into their hearts, if that giant ship was also all steel, what kind of concept would it be? Behind this, the steel production and the technological level of the manufacturing industry are beyond the reach of Spain.

Along the way, the two of them didn't talk much, because their eyes were not enough to see, and at most they used their eyes to make eye contact with the shock in their hearts, just the speed of the strange ship they were on, which was an experience they had never experienced.

The Europeans of this era, when facing the Ming people, still have a certain sense of superiority. I think this side is relatively backward, similar to the natives. In this regard, it is probably that the Portuguese have a more practical understanding. Even in the late Ming Dynasty, when the Portuguese broke the law in the Ming Dynasty, the officials would rush into Macao to arrest people. In the minds of the Ming people, this is the Heavenly Empire, and the others are all Fanbang. It's an interesting gap.

Portugal was still very well-behaved in Daming, which also made Daming officials unable to find an excuse to drive them away. The Portuguese mercenaries in history were still very hard working in the battle for the Ming army. Only Europeans who have seen some cities of the Ming Dynasty in this era will realize that Europe in this era is rural compared to the Ming Dynasty.

Lawrence and Colonel Anthony previously knew that they belonged to the general standard of Europeans.

But they were completely confused now, and this state lasted until they boarded the dock landing ship and saw Wang Yue, thinking that everything was so unreal as if they were in a dream.

The place where Wang Yue met them was not in the reception room, but in the office. When they were introduced, Wang Yue sat on a large sofa with his full-time translator, Miss Lisa, next to him.

"Report to the commander, the negotiators of the Spaniards have brought!" With the report of the orderly, the two seemed to wake up from a dream.

The two of them came with an interpreter, Lin Zequan, a native of Fujian.

Lawrence muttered something to Lin Zequan, and Lin Zequan said in a polite tone: "Lawrence, the personal representative of Mr. Cuarón, the governor of the Kingdom of Spain in Taiwan, and Admiral Anthony have seen this gentleman, I don't know what to call him?" ”

Wang Yue didn't speak, and motioned for Lisa to introduce. Lisa smiled elegantly and introduced in Chinese and Spanish respectively: "This is Lord Wang Yue Wang Sihua, the Zuo Shilang of the Ming Imperial Court's Military Department, the Governor of Yingtian, and the Commander of the Tiance Army. ”

Lin Zequan didn't expect Wang Yue to be such a big official, so he knelt down as soon as his legs were weak and said, "The grass people have seen Lord Wang." ”

"Get up!" Wang Yue opened his mouth and said: "I don't talk nonsense with them, they only need to agree to two conditions." One, to give us those who attacked our army; Second, the Spaniards were ordered to leave the island of Taiwan within 10 days, otherwise our army would launch an attack on Keelung. ”

Lawrence had more contact with Chinese, in fact, he understood Chinese, Wang Yue's voice fell, he said to Wang Yue in stiff Chinese: "Lord Wang, can you talk about it?" On behalf of Governor Karon, I apologize for the misunderstanding the other day. ”

Wang Yue smiled and said, "This Governor Karon's shelf is not small, and he didn't even come." As a member of the imperial court, this official is already very face-saving to be able to meet you, and there is no room for negotiation in this matter. ”

"Lord Wang Sihua, I'm sorry!" Lawrence saluted, "Governor Caron didn't know that you were in charge of this place, so he just sent us. ”

Wang Yue said lightly: "Even if Caron comes by himself, this is the result, please go back." ”

Colonel Anthony finally figured out what they were talking about through Lin Zequan, so he hurriedly said: "No, no, no, no, Taiwan is the first thing we discovered and occupied, and according to convention, Taiwan is already our territory. ”

"Smack!" A loud noise came, startling everyone, and it turned out to be the sound of Wang Yue, who had thick eyebrows upside down, slamming the table.

Wang Yue stood up and said angrily: "Taiwan is our territory, and it is an indisputable fact that our people discovered it more than a thousand years ago and opened up a life here. Whoever dares to refute will speak with a cannon and send off a guest! ”