Ruan Youyi and Ruan Fulan walked down the slide, and were about to step forward to greet them with a few people who looked like pirate leaders who were standing at the door of the ancestral hall to greet them, but they saw these leaders wearing Ming Dynasty clothes and crowns, and directly stepped forward and surrounded the Ming envoys in front of them and walked into the ancestral hall, ignoring the two of them at all.

Ruan Youyi and Ruan Fulan glanced at each other, Ruan Fulan sighed first, and said to his companion helplessly: "Let's go in too, seeing that these people treat Liu Angel so enthusiastically, at least we come to negotiate this time, and there will be no threat to our lives." ”

Ruan Youyi smiled at Ruan Fulan, then dragged him into the ancestral hall, and carefully hinted that he should not talk too much to avoid finding fault with these pirates.

After crossing the high threshold and bypassing a blue-brick wall, the two of them saw a bright square patio. A moss-covered ditch separates the patio in an extreme way.

Ruan Youyi's gaze crossed the patio and saw a very spacious hall, on which there were two rows of chairs on the left and right, the envoys of the Ming Kingdom were already sitting on the top, and the leaders were sitting on the chairs on the left, and the empty chairs on the right were obviously reserved for them.

Led by a servant, they were taken to the empty seats on the right side of the hall. As soon as the two of them sat down, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, who was still talking to the pirate leaders, finally stopped talking.

He coughed lightly twice, and then introduced to the two sides: "The two on my left hand are the envoys sent by the lord of Quang Nam, one is the prince Ruan Fulan, and the other is the deputy envoy Ruan Youyi. On my right hand side are maritime merchants Yang Tiansheng, Liu Xiang and Shi Gongming.

Since everyone is already sitting here now, then I will also talk about the cause and effect, the cause of this incident is because Guangnan sent troops to attack the Saigon City established by Liu Xiang first, so Liu Chuandong gathered friends to come over to ask for justice.

As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, I should not have intervened in the dispute between you, but under the sincere plea of the lord of Quang Nam, and the concern about whether the people of the overseas vassal countries could live and work in peace and contentment, I risked being punished by the imperial court to facilitate today's meeting for you.

Therefore, before you begin consultations, I would like to make clear to both sides my position on behalf of Da Ming on this meeting.

First of all, although I personally hope that the two of you can stop the war and make peace, and calm the war. However, I have not been authorized by the Imperial Court and His Majesty to mediate your conflict between the two sides. Therefore, in this meeting, I will only testify on behalf of Daming, and I will not interfere with what kind of result you want to negotiate.

Second, although I will not interfere with what terms are negotiated between the two sides during the talks, once the two of you reach a result, I will witness the conclusion of the agreement on behalf of Daming, and I will inevitably ensure that the content of the agreement is implemented.

If you reach an agreement first, and then someone unilaterally tears up the agreement, I will regard it as a provocation to my Ming authority. Daming does not rule out the use of all means to ensure the implementation of the agreement reached by the two parties.

Finally, I have limited time. According to my agreement with the lord of Quang Nam, I will go to Saigon in three days to visit the captured Ming people, so if you fail to reach an agreement within three days, then I will consider this meeting a failure and will not witness the agreement between the two sides for you. Okay, that's all I have to say, and you can now move on to the negotiations. ”

After Ambassador Liu finished speaking, he took the tea cup on the square table and slowly tasted the tea. The two envoys of Guangnan on his left hand and the three maritime merchants on his right hand all fell silent for a moment.

However, this silence only lasted for a moment, and Liu Xiang, who was sitting first on Ambassador Liu's right hand, still broke the silence anxiously and said, "We recognize Angel Liu's words. But Lao Tzu is a bitter master, I think it is better to let Lao Tzu talk about the conditions for the strike, if you accept, we will be a pair of good, shake hands and make peace. If you don't accept it, then you will break up in two, and everyone will go back and lead Erlang to continue fighting. ”

Although the Gwangnam Kingdom was only a local separatist force, it was still a separatist force within an overseas feudal state, and it could not be compared with the great families of the Central Plains. But the Nguyen family is also a famous family in Vietnam, and as a prince, Nguyen Phuc Lan has also lived a life of fine clothes and food since he was a child.

In front of him, there had never been a rude and uncivilized pirate leader like Liu Xiang. Seeing Liu Xiang's eyes staring at him, and the way he spoke, Ruan Fulan subconsciously became angry in his heart.

Ruan Youyi, who was sitting next to him, looked at him with an incorrect expression, and hurriedly said to Liu Xiang: "Since Liu Chuandong wants to talk about his requirements first, we are naturally willing to listen to him, please speak." ”

Liu Xiang glanced at the two of them, and then said menacingly: "I rented a piece of land from Zhenla Kingdom, and built Saigon City in a good manner, and did not occupy any of your Guangnan Kingdom.

But you indiscriminately attacked the generals, robbed my Saigon City, not to mention, and captured many of the people I transported from Daming, killed many of my subordinates, and burned many of my ships.

Not to mention the rest, the city of Saigon, the people of the Ming Dynasty and my men, the ships and property, you will all return them to me. ”

Ruan Youyi glanced at the silent prince on the side, then shook his head and replied easily: "This Puriange is not completely belonging to the land of Zhenla, the sixth princess of our country is married to the former king of Zhenla Kingdom, Ji Zheta II, this Puliango is the place where Ji Zheta II promised to lend to our country to settle the displaced people.

After the death of Ji Zheta II, there is no new king in Chenla, and I really don't know from whom Your Excellency got this land, but do you have any documents to prove it?

And our people have been pioneering in Priango for a long time, but Your Excellency suddenly occupied the land to repair the city, which displaced many people. These people wept and cried in Chenla, and then they came back and pleaded with the lord of the country.

Our lord has sent troops to attack Saigon, not for no reason. However, since the Ming envoy is present today, our country is willing to exchange all the captured personnel in Saigon City, and ensure that the two sides will be bounded by the tributary of the Dong Nai River, and the two sides will not invade each other from now on. ”

Ruan Youyi's words suddenly blocked Liu Xiang's throat, making him not know how to continue. Seeing this, Yang Tiansheng interjected and said, "Paperwork or something, naturally there are them." However, when you attacked Saigon City that day, our Liu Shipowner was not able to carry it for a while, and was probably burned down.

However, as long as the country of Zhenla is still there, it is not difficult to make up a paperwork. As for the dragons in Zhenla now without a leader or something, you don't have to worry too much, and soon a new king will ascend the throne in Zhenla country. I am sure that the new King of Chenla will definitely admit that Saigon belongs to our Liu Chuandong.

As for you saying that the six princesses of your country begged for the land of Saigon from the previous generation of King Zhenla to settle the displaced people of your country or something, this previous king of Zhenla is no longer there, do we still have to go to the underworld to confront us?

You will have to give up all this land of Saigon, and not any tributaries..."

When Yang Tiansheng said that the spit was flying, Ruan Youyi interrupted him unhurriedly and said: "Okay, since Yang Chuandong said so, then our country will give up all the land of Saigon, and you will also withdraw from Hoi An, and from now on, the well water of both sides will not interfere with the river water, what do you think?" ”

Yang Tiansheng was also dumbfounded suddenly, Ruan Youyi's two concessions certainly allowed them to obtain the entire Saigon area, but it also made it difficult for them to put forward other compensation conditions. If they make another request, it seems that they will be a bit inch-inch, and spreading it will also damage their reputation. After all, they are not pirates now, but good officials.

When Yang Tiansheng and Liu Xiang were struggling and hesitating, Shi Gongming, who was the most aggressive, put down the tea cup he had been holding in his hand, and said to Ruan Fulan and Ruan Youyi easily: "Everyone should open the skylight and say brighten, except that you withdraw from the Saigon area."

You also have to compensate 500,000 yuan for the loss of Saigon City, 1 million Ming dollars for the cost of our troops this time, 200,000 Ming dollars for the bereavement of the dead and injured in this war, and 500,000 yuan for the maintenance costs and redemption costs after we occupied Hoi An City, totaling 2.2 million yuan.

In addition, the king of Champa has surrendered to us, and the army and officials of Quang Nam must also withdraw from Champang. ”

Without waiting for the Guangnan envoy on the other side to speak, Liu Xiang jumped up and said: "Yes, these are the conditions, if the negotiation is not proper, then we will continue to fight..."

Ruan Fulan's face turned red, and he finally couldn't help but get up and scolded angrily: "You guys are just too deceitful, if you want to continue fighting, then fight..."

Ruan Youyi stepped forward and grabbed him tightly, and whispered in his ear: "The prince is angry, and the negotiation is still handed over to the minister..."

Under Ruan Youyi's appeasement, Ruan Fulan finally sat down quietly, and in the subsequent negotiations, he did not make a sound.

The negotiations continued on this day, but no matter how Ruan Youyi quoted the scriptures and the mouth of the lotus, he could not change the demands of the three opposites.

That night, Ruan Youyi had to go to see the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, and said frankly to him: "Angel, Xia Bang is just a poor place overseas, if you follow the ideas of those three, even if Xia Bang is broken up and sold, I am afraid it will be difficult to make up such a large amount."

Our lord has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty, if our country dies out, let the Zheng family of the Northern Dynasty unify the Great Yue, then the Zheng family is ambitious, after the unification of the Great Yue will inevitably look north to the land of the Ming Dynasty, and then it will not be a big enemy for the Ming Dynasty?

I also ask the angels to help the state overcome this difficult time. ”

Looking at the box of pearls sent by Ruan Youyi, Ambassador Liu finally said with a heartbeat: "I can't help this matter, it is the Shi shipowner who is presiding over the negotiation, why don't I make an appointment to meet him for you, as long as you can convince him, this matter may have a turnaround..."

Since Ruan Youyi went out, Ruan Fulan has been restlessly walking in the courtyard where he lives, waiting for Ruan Youyi to bring back good news. Although the moonlight is like water tonight, it makes people feel very peaceful.

But Ruan Fulan never calmed his heart, but because of a few mosquitoes around him, he made himself impetuous.

Ruan Fulan waited until the middle of the moon before he heard the sound of footsteps from outside the courtyard, he hurriedly stood in the center of the courtyard with a lantern, and waited until Ruan Youyi entered the door, and then he couldn't wait to greet him and asked, "How is it?" ”