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The home of Leonard, a member of the Portuguese City Council, is a small Western-style three-story building;

The architectural form is the 'Baroque' style popular in the late Renaissance in Europe:

There is a small chic fountain at the entrance, and the water sprays out from the fountain in the center, forming a circular water film in the air, which is scattered from the air and shines and fluoresces by the sun, which is very beautiful.

The building is surrounded by empty space and exquisite decoration, with living rooms, dining rooms, reception rooms, and several sets of toilets and other structures;

At this moment, in the Leonard reception room, three big businessmen with wealth and status in the trench mirror gathered together-

They are none other than the Portuguese City Council member Ryan Nader, City Council member Onya, and City Council member Maders;

The three of them are now worried, very worried, and even a little anxious:

"Three queen ships, more than a hundred artillery pieces, and an army of almost more than 500 people were defeated like this?!"

"It's unbelievable." Madhs was a little shocked.

"I heard that it was an ambush personally organized by the Ao Song merchant surnamed Zhang, and we all underestimated him!" Angya said.

He has always been obsessed with Zhang Yanzhi and his Australian Song goods, but unfortunately the helper he hired was killed by the British, which completely shattered his beautiful illusions.

"These don't matter anymore, what matters is how to deal with the aftermath now?"

"Does the Ming court know our role in it - we planned an operation to attack the city of Daming?" Leonard asks one of the most critical questions.

At this moment, because of the loss of the Neon and Manila routes. The volume of Portuguese trade in the entrenchment was drastically reduced;

And the Hongyi cannon that the Ming Dynasty urgently needed was already able to produce it itself, and there was no need to import it from the Portuguese for thousands of miles. The value of the trench mirror plummeted.

Now the call for the closure of the useless treaty port of the trench mirror within the Ming Dynasty has become louder and louder;

The Portuguese could only continue to bribe Zhu Jiang's Ming officials to curry favor with the Ming court. Hopefully, their privileges will be preserved.

If, Reynard is saying if-

At this sensitive moment, the Ming court knew the words of their offensive actions by the Portuguese;

The consequences will be severe!

The entrenchment mirror, the precious foothold of the Portuguese in Daming, may be lost forever!

"Does the Ming Imperial Court know, I don't know—"

"But I know very well that your own brother Ricardo has been taken captive;"

"But he didn't come back here, but secretly returned to Europe on a boat." Mads said as he stared at Leonard with a deep sense of irony.

"Licardo, this traitor, he must have betrayed our !!" Onya jumped up and scolded.

"Don't look at me like that! I really don't know! Leonard hurriedly waved his hand, trying to prove his innocence.

"The Ao-Song merchant surnamed Zhang must know about us!" Mads reminded.

"Maybe he's ready for the army. Get ready for the army that wiped out the Saxons to the Trench Mirror! "Angya is very excited.

The three people in the room were silent for a while, perhaps thinking of countermeasures, or regretting them

"For the sake of entrenching thousands of Portuguese citizens, the only way—" Leonard stood up, and he paused and said in an aggravated tone:

"The only way is to take the initiative to negotiate peace!!"

The operation to seize the supply of goods from the Ao-Song Dynasty with the help of the British attack on Pinghai City was a shameful failure, and everything was very unfavorable to the Portuguese in the trenches.

But who are they, Leonard?

They are Portuguese!

They are a bunch of unprincipled robbers!

When they encounter the natives who are easy to deal with, they will directly kill them and implement brutal colonial rule, such as India, Malacca, Brazil, etc.

Meet a strong country like the Ming Dynasty. Their invasion was beaten like dogs.

They used the despicable means of bribing eunuchs and officials to achieve their goals.

If they negotiate with Zhang Yanzhi and give up part of their interests to reach an understanding with the other party, and finally get the supply of Australian and Song goods!

All this will be reversed!!

Thinking of this, Mades and Onya also stood up:

"Okay. Man, we agreed. ”

"But because of your brother's shameful behavior, we want you to make this trip yourself."

"May the Lord bless—"

The other side. In Lijia Bay, outside Lijia Village, the waves are constantly crashing against the shore. The salty sea breeze blows on people's faces;

Behind him, there is a touch of green lighthouse mountain;

Now. It's a vast sea;

Between the mountains and the sea, there is a beautiful beach.

At this moment, Zhang Yanzhi didn't know that the Portuguese wanted to talk to him for peace;

But even if he knew, he would be disdainful, for to him, the Trench Mirror Portuguese were just a bunch of wretched creatures in decline.

He was walking on the beach with Xu Shanduo, and the two of them were talking and the other was listening;

Zhang Yanzhi is describing the 'Pinghai New Deal' formulated by himself, explaining the purpose and concept of the 'Pinghai New Deal';

From time to time, Xu Shanduo took a wooden stick to write his questions on the beach.

The time is almost up, Zhang Yanzhi plans to go to Aosong next, and then he will go back to modern times directly, so he wants to hand over Pinghai City to someone who can reassure him-

This person must first be loyal, and then he must have a certain ability, but at present, only Xu Shanduo meets these requirements.

Talented, he should have been arrogant, but Xu Shanduo is a special case-

One of his sons is willing to pretend to be a tooth man to exercise his eloquence, although it is useless;

Therefore, he is by no means a person with low eyes, and there is no problem in execution.

"I grant you the administrative power of Pinghai City."

"The battle of Pinghai Port has made Pinghai Port completely famous, and we can take the opportunity to expand our influence: let merchants know that we have Australian and Song goods in Pinghai Port, and everything is tax-free."

"Pinghai Port is still tinkering for the time being, and it will be transferred to Xingang after the construction of Lijiawan New Port."

"Xingang must speed up the construction speed-"

"Although I have to take a batch of people this time, there are more than 700 remaining captives plus Hongyi captives, which should be enough, right?"

[Not enough to hire homeless.] Xu Shanduo wrote on the beach.

"Very well, be careful to separate the outcasts from the captives and keep them secret."

[Understood!] ]

"In addition, we will continue to acquire land inside and outside Pinghai City to prepare for the construction of commercial and residential areas in the future."

"As for the Pinghai City Mediation Council, you can often call Fang Zuji and Zhu Changyuan to come over to help."

"Give him a chance to experience being a parent official early, Fang Zuji will like it."

"It is also necessary to establish the Pinghaiao Song Yi School and recruit the children of ordinary families."

- (To be continued.) )