Rushing all the way to Nanjing, Bai Wenxuan did not see the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty, but was taken by Liu Wenxiu to visit the vicinity of Nanjing every day, from shops, restaurants to docks and warehouses, to the warehouse groups where materials were stored, and finally to the various weapons workshops of the Ming Dynasty.

Bai Wenxuan knew the intentions of the Ming Dynasty, which was to show his strength in all aspects, which made him afraid of the strength of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, so that he did not have enough confidence to negotiate again.

Wang Yan's intention was indeed achieved, and every time Bai Wenxuan went, his heart became more anxious, and he began to worry about the future of the entire Great Western Kingdom. The Ming Dynasty in his imagination is the desolate and depressed appearance of the north, but along the way, compared with the north and the south, the south of the Ming Dynasty is two appearances.

In this era, information is inconvenient, so he has such a stereotypical image.

Visit the ordnance workshop, where thousands of craftsmen worked together, a black and shiny new gun, brushed with oil, put into a long wooden box stuffed with straw, and then loaded into a carriage and pulled away, almost every quarter of an hour, a cart was transported from the workshop to the warehouse, so that Bai Wenxuan's shock reached a peak, making him start, drunk, and crazy.

Coming out of the inside, Bai Wenxuan couldn't calm down for a long time, he was going back to the pavilion to rest, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites came to summon him and said that the king of Chu was going to meet him, so he immediately got into the carriage and went to the palace of the king of Chu.

In the living room, Wang Yan talked with Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yuanjing for a while, and after a while, Bai Wenxuan was taken into the guest hall by the customs officer of the Ministry of Rites.

The petty official saluted, then introduced Bai Wenxuan, bowed and withdrew from the living room, and Bai Wenxuan bowed respectfully to Wang Yan, arched his hand to Zhang and Gu Erren, and then presented Sun Kewang's letter to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan stretched out his hand to let him take a seat, and then opened the letter without politeness, after reading the letter, he handed the letter to Gu and Zhang next to him, and said with a smile: "General Sun's letter, Gu has already read it, here is the final request, or can we talk about it again?" ”

As soon as Bai Wenxuan sat down, he stood up again, and said with a straight face: "I don't know what dissatisfaction Your Highness has with the conditions in my king's letter?" Our western kingdom and the Ming Dynasty have the same language and the same species, and our king inherits the will of the previous kings, and the Ming Dynasty shares the strong captives, and protects the mountains and rivers of the Han family. At the beginning of the Qing captives to the south, the first lord and His Royal Highness made a covenant, my western army of 200,000 soldiers out of Sichuan to resist the Qing Dynasty, bloody battle in Hanzhong, now my lord for the Ming Dynasty to pacify Yunnan cholera, this time Jin captives attacked Sichuan, my lord still abides by the covenant between the two sides of the year, did not do the danger of taking advantage of the people, but the army entered the south of Sichuan, for the Ming Dynasty to resist the Jin captive. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Wen picked out a yellow scroll, unfolded it to Wang Yan, and continued: "This is the covenant signed between His Highness and the Ancestor at the beginning, with His Highness's autograph and seal, His Highness will not deny his promise!" ”

How to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, Sun Kewang had an explanation before Bai Wenxuan set off, one is to talk slowly, the other is to get straight to the point, Sun Kewang chooses the latter, let Bai Wenxuan take out the original covenant directly, take the lead, and must sit on the relationship between the two parties.

When the Qing army attacked Huguang on a large scale, Wang Yan couldn't resist it, so he took the initiative to find Zhang Xianzhong and made an alliance.

At that time, the strategy of the imperial court also changed from the joint capture of the Pingkou to the joint resistance to the capture, Wang Yan, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi successively collected more than 200,000 Shun troops in Huguang, and the imperial court did not reject contacting Zhang Xianzhong, so after Wang Yan wrote the book, Longwu let him deal with it with full authority.

In order to determine the alliance relationship, Wang Yan and Zhang Xianzhong signed an alliance and stamped the official seal, which is also the reason why Zhang Xianzhong was defeated in Hanzhong and Sichuan was in crisis, and he would send people to Guangzhou to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan, Gu Yuanjing, and Zhang Huangyan glanced at each other, they didn't expect that Sun Kewang still kept this agreement, and he really couldn't help but admit it.

Wang Yan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then put it down, with this action, he already had a way to deal with it, so he said unhurriedly: "There is this covenant!" ”

Bai Wenxuan heard that Wang Yan did not deny it, and his face was immediately happy, as long as the Ming Dynasty recognized this alliance, then the two countries were in an alliance, and Sun Kewang could be the king with peace of mind and develop in Sichuan and Yunnan for a period of time.

If it is the hegemony of a big country, there may not be obvious harm if the treaty is broken, but if it is a competition for hegemony by several powers, and a country's reputation is too poor, then the damage to the country will be obvious.

Wang Yan saw that Bai Wenxuan's face was overjoyed, and he had something to say, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it, "General Bai listened to Gu's words. There is no doubt that this covenant is recognized by our dynasty, but according to the situation that our dynasty understands, when King Onishi was dying, he made a will that he hoped that the western army would return to our dynasty and that the generals would not do injustice. Our dynasty has sealed the covenant in accordance with the last wish of the king of the west, and treated the soldiers of the western army who surrendered to our dynasty in accordance with the last wish of the king of the west, Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo are all marquis, these situations, General Bai should be very clear. “

Wang Yan paused, looked at Bai Wenxuan and said: "If General Sun thinks that he has inherited the will of the King of the West, he should return to our dynasty, instead of thinking about separating the southwest, so he thinks that the conditions proposed by General Sun are a little inappropriate, and if he wants to establish a country in the southwest, it will be difficult for our dynasty to accept it!" ”

Bai Wenxuan suddenly said urgently: "My lord is the righteous son of the king of the west, and the Ming Dynasty also recognizes my great western kingdom, how can I not recognize it now?" ”

"General Bai, don't worry!" Gu Yuanjing, who was on the side, had already understood what Wang Yan meant, and said with a smile: "My dynasty respects the will of King Daxi, according to the will of King Daxi, after him, the Daxi army will surrender to our dynasty, so the country of Daxi has not existed since then." General Sun wants to divide the territory in the southwest, which is obviously against the will of the king of the west, and besides, the western army and our dynasty have been constantly rubbing in Guizhou before, deliberately provoking incidents, our dynasty naturally cannot admit it, and the alliance naturally does not exist! ”

The Ming Dynasty would have such a statement, and Sun Kewang expected it, so he sent Bai Wenxuan to negotiate, intending to sign a new alliance and try to make the Ming Dynasty recognize the status of the Great Western Kingdom and not regard it as a rogue.

Now that the Ming Dynasty clearly does not want to admit that he won the covenant at the beginning, then he will talk about it according to the previous covenant, and this matter will not be negotiated.

"Your Highness, even if the past covenant no longer exists, the relationship between the two sides that once reigned together is still there!" Bai Wenxuan was very passive, and after he was silent for a while, he decided to follow Sun Kewang's explanation and throw out the bottom line, "Besides, in the southwest, we have reached a reconciliation with Inspector He, and the Western Army and Jin Yu are fighting fiercely in southern Sichuan, and the two sides have the basis for another alliance, isn't it?" ”

The Western Army is now at odds with Haoge, and they must hold on to the Ming Dynasty, so Sun Kewang can't wait to renew the alliance with the Ming Dynasty.

Bai Wenxuan said, suddenly solemnly saluted Wang Yan, and then said: "Your Highness, my lord is willing to follow the example of North Korea, call the minister Nagong, and be the southwest domain of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Wang Yan, Zhang and Gu glanced at each other, but said slowly: "The southwest is very important, our dynasty will never allow the existence of separatist forces, nor will it set up a vassal state here, if General Sun is really sincere, our dynasty is willing to take the duke's reward, and is a hereditary duke, invite him to Nanjing to be an official, and other generals of the Western Army will also follow the example of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, and integrate into the Ming army sequence, and will not be treated differently!" This is the condition of my dynasty, I hope General Bai can consider it! ”

This is too far from Sun Kewang's conditions, Bai Wenxuan's heart is in a mess, and he doesn't know what to say for a while. At this time, Gu Yuanjing smiled and said: "General Bai has also worked hard, today is just His Royal Highness the King of Chu meeting with you, and the two sides are touching the bottom line, it is not a formal negotiation." The official thought that as long as both sides were sincere, they would definitely find a solution acceptable to both parties. It's not too early, that's all for today, let's talk about it another day, how about it? ”

Bai Wenxuan needed to digest it, he nodded indifferently, and then bowed and said goodbye, while Wang Yan asked Gu Yuanjing to send him outside the palace.