217 Negotiations
The more he looked at the fledgling defense of Little Manila, the more gloomy Shagaru's face became. Obviously, Yang Changfan is really working hard to run here, just like the motherland runs Malacca.
Yang Changfan greeted him with a smile: "Is Sagaru interested here?" ”
Shagaru shook hands awkwardly and glanced around: "We have no plans to come to Manila, and it seems that the shipowner has no intention of following the agreement. ”
"Where, please talk slowly." Yang Changfan waved his hand and invited Shajia Road into the city.
"No need." Sagaru's voice was cold, and he didn't plan to continue the role of Mr. Yes, outside of the East China Sea, he had never played Mr. Yes, "I understand, the owner of the ship doesn't respect the agreement at all, so we won't respect it either." ”
Yang Changfan frowned: "Do you mean to suspend all our contacts?" ”
"That's what you mean, owner."
Yang Changfan squinted and said: "You think too much, I'm just protecting the shipping route between Manila and Dongfan." If you continue to adopt such an attitude, I don't mind blocking the shipping routes between the East China Sea and the South China Sea. ”
After hearing the translation, Sha Jialu was inevitably annoyed, pointed at Yang Changfan and said, "Your father has never talked to me like this!" ”
Beside him, Zhao Guangtou saw the situation and drew his knife.
Yang Changfan held down: "Abide by the rules, don't cut it." ”
"Hmph." Zhao Guangtou put away the knife and threatened, "Be careful with your mouth." ”
Yang Changfan opened his arms and said kindly: "Shajialu, we have been cooperating for a long time, and we also believe in you, if you are willing to talk, let's come in and talk slowly, if you are not willing to talk, once your ship touches the East China Sea in the future, we will not just expel you." ”
Sagaru hated itchy.
Whether it is a war or a peace, Yang Changfan does not give people pleasure. He has dealt with many Chinese and is very good at taking advantage of such a character of Chinese, and this is the first time that he has been disgusted by such a character.
The East China Sea is definitely an important area of benefit for the country, but it is not the foundation. The country can send a fleet to suppress the Hui Palace, but it will never be the most powerful fleet, and there are still too many important battlefields outside.
"I'll trust you one more time, one last time." Sagaru said with a calm face, "Don't try to provoke me again. ”
"Of course not, please."
The group took their seats in the simple conference hall. The people of Nanyang did not know that the fate of Nanyang in the coming years would depend on this negotiation.
To a certain extent, force is a means of diplomacy, force serves diplomacy, diplomacy needs to use force, and the relationship between the two is the end and the means. Usually war is the ultimate means to achieve diplomatic goals, and occasionally in the case of disparity in force, force is the most efficient and direct means of diplomacy.
Portugal's military diplomacy swept through Africa and Asia, and it was finally forced to abandon this method in the East China Sea, only because in the face of the fleets of the Ming Dynasty and the Hui Palace, the military means were no longer so efficient.
The same is true for the Hui Palace, where force has become the most inefficient means between the two sides.
After taking his seat, Sha Jialu was the first to speak: "Please explain your purpose directly, we choose to accept it or not." ”
"Okay." After Yang Changfan personally delivered the local fruit tea, he said lightly, "Our idea is very simple, conspire with Nanyang." ”
After hearing the translation, Sagaru wanted to leave the scene, but when he thought of the East China Sea and the upcoming lose-lose situation, he still held back his anger and asked, "How to conspire?" ”
"The two countries do not invade each other and share shipping routes and ports."
“……”
"Rest assured, we will not go to the Indian Ocean, as far as Malacca, the route between India, Africa, and Europe is still unique to you, and we just want to fight for the right to trade between the South China Sea and the East China Sea."
"Ship owner, the current situation is something that our country has only achieved after many years of operation."
"I know that we are not just eating and not pulling, we are not only the beneficiaries in Nanyang, but also the defenders, you and I are allies, advancing and retreating together, and crowding out any group that tries to encroach on our interests."
Hearing this, Sagaru sneered, "Do you want to squeeze out those pirates who paddle and wield harpoons?" ”
"Believe it or not, Sagarus, I would prefer an alliance with you to Spain."
Hearing this, Sagaru's eyebrows tightened again.
The affairs of Spain should be unheard of by the people of the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
Yang Changfan turned to the translator: "Help me translate, Pope Meridian." ”
The translator was embarrassed.
Yang Changfan further explained: "The Pope drew the dividing line between Portugal and Spain. ”
After hearing this, Sha Jialu once again showed a surprised silence, Yang Changfan's cognition was too unreasonable, how could a person in the East China Sea know so much about the situation in Europe?
As a professional, Yang Changfan does know too much about this history.
The two countries of the Villa Peninsula have become the leaders of the Age of Discovery, and the relationship between the two countries is equivalent to a pair of brothers who love and kill each other. Under the mediation of the pope, the two sides established the theory of the papal meridian on the world map, and today, after several adjustments and negotiations, the papal meridian is divided into two along the longitude, from top to bottom, almost with Brazil in South America as the boundary.
To the west of the Papal Meridian, Spain monopolized the Americas.
To the east, the Afro-Asian seas became Portuguese territory.
But the earth is round, with a line can not be divided into two, so on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, that is, the current South Ocean waters, Portugal and Spain, one east and one west, circled the earth and collided again, and the collision site is also the Philippines in the West, Luzon in the East, the core, that is, the place where the negotiations are now, Manila.
Shagaru had to answer solemnly: "Since the owner of the ship knows the Pope's meridian, he should naturally know that the Pope has already explained that Manila belongs to our country according to the ownership." ”
"But in my opinion, your country does not have enough energy and manpower to control Manila, and Manila has limited interests for your country, do you really believe that Spain will let this go?"
"The Pacific shipping lanes are unstable and fraught with risk, shipowners." Sagaru had to talk from a higher angle, if Yang Changfan knew the Pope's meridian, then he must also know the things of the New World, although the earth is round was proposed very early, but it was Magellan who really walked around, and he successfully opened the route from South America to Southeast Asia, Mexico to the Philippines.
For Spain, for humanity, Magellan was great.
But in the eyes of the Portuguese, this was not good, and Spain's sphere of influence thus broke through the Americas and had an Asian springboard in the Philippines. (To be continued.) )