September 1641

Looking at the rainy weather outside the house for several days, Xin'an County Ling Wang Xiang's mood was like that weather, and it had never been sunny.

He didn't know what to do with the letter sent by the foreign state of Australia, and the meaning of the letter was obvious that he wanted to dock at a place for unloading and loading ships in the concession under his jurisdiction.

Originally, how could he choose this kind of request from the state for a county order, even the prefect could not make a decision, and it had to be sent to the imperial court to be discussed by the cabinet ministers and approved by the emperor before the decision.

But I don't know what method this Australian used, he actually bought the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture, and the prefect issued an order to let him deal with the Xin'an County Order.

Although he was given full authority to deal with it, the prefect only brought an edict, and there were no paper documents, etc., if something happened to him, he could be said to be completely unaware of the fact that the court would blame him in the future. And as a person with full authority, I am afraid that I will have to put my mind on the ground.

It is said that the official level crushes people to death, and now Wang Xiang is deeply aware that his county order came by filling the vacancy, and basically spent all the family's savings, and how can it be annoying to let himself encounter such a tricky thing in less than half a year after taking office.

If you want to say it, it's also strange that this state of Australia doesn't know how to advance and retreat, and actually wants to learn from the Hongmaoyi concession Macao.

Annoying, annoying, master, how do you tell me how to deal with this matter? Wang Xiang asked the old man who was about fifty years old sitting in the hall with a depressed face.

This matter is not easy to deal with, if the adult plays directly, it must go through the prefect, if this matter is not handled well, the adult will not be able to please it no matter where it is, if it is done according to the prefect's will, the court will investigate it in the future, and the adult will definitely bear the brunt.

Seeing that the master also had a helpless expression, Wang Xiang knew that he was afraid that he couldn't think of any way.

Refuse, Wang Xiang doesn't seem to dare yet, I heard that the Australian ship is strong, and just one ship can compete with hundreds of ships of all sizes of the Zheng family, such a powerful role is that the Zheng family does not dare to offend, how dare he.

In fact, there is not much disgust for Wang Xiang's perception of Australia, and even gives him a very generous feeling, whether it is to give himself a set of glass crystal cups or that palm-sized mirror, it can show that Australians are absolutely rich, but why do you want to come to our Daming to do business if you are so not bad.

This Ming population is large, but a little less, the world is still poor haha, how can so many people buy your mirror, but recently I seem to have heard that Australians began to sell cloth, that kind of cloth seems to be much better than the local Ming Dynasty, and it is much stronger, wear-resistant, wear for a long time, and has been loved by many people.

The Australians were also generous, and directly sent themselves ten horses of various Australian cloths, although this gift was received, but this matter was even more difficult to do, and they were blamed for being stunned by the glass cup at that time.

"Master, you have come up with an idea, it's been five days, if you don't do it at this time, I'm afraid the prefect and the Australians will not be able to explain." The Australians have been staying at the inn in the city and waiting, in case they are not satisfied with the introduction of troops, we will bear the brunt. ”

Wang Xiang looked at the master who looked depressed and said, urging him to hurry up and find a way.

The master was also very helpless, "Master, if we don't agree, we can also learn from the prefect's method, only give the Australians an edict, and don't leave any substantive documents, you see." ”

Well, yes, yes. A smile appeared on Wang Xianling's face, although this method was a little inappropriate, it was one thing for the Australians to agree or not, but it was better than others, even if the court blamed it in the future, at least it would not be dead.

Wang Xianling patted his thigh and decided the master's opinion so happily, and the depressed look on his face for a few days was also reduced a lot.

It's just that his wishful thinking is a bit too taken for granted, and the Australians will not agree.

Sure enough, when the master sent him to the inn to negotiate with the Australian representatives, the Australians shook their heads on the spot and said that they should not, and this verbal agreement would bring them a lot of trouble in the future, and there was no suitable reason to fight.

Zhao Shijie and others have some opinions on the Guangzhou prefect to pass the matter off to Xin'an County itself, and now the Xin'an County Decree still wants to use this method to agree.

What's more, the county order is not for a lifetime, if this Wang county order is transferred or promoted to another place, what if a new one comes to let the Australians go, and at that time Australia has invested so much money on Hong Kong Island, who will recover the money.

It's not proper, it's not proper, Master Zhou, Wang County's order is not sincere, Zhao Shijie shook his head vigorously, he was quite dissatisfied with Master Zhou's proposal, and Master Zhou himself could see that several Australians present showed a trace of anger on their faces, although they tried their best to suppress it and did not send it out, but the murderous aura in their eyes scared him a lot, these people were not ordinary representatives but really killed people in the town.

Of course, these people are not real representatives, but the military sent them to protect Zhao Shijie and others, on the one hand, to protect, and on the other hand, to negotiate without achieving direct deterrence by force.

Now that he has been so prevaricated one after another, how can he not be angry, the gift has been received, but he has not done anything, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

Master Zhou sat at the coffee table and fidgeted a little, obviously he couldn't talk about it, and there was no need for him to stay, so he got up and gave his hand: "Zhou will leave first, let's think about this matter, how about Lord Zhao please take on it for a few more days." ”

Zhao Shijie didn't speak, he was really disgusted by this kind of delaying tactic, didn't he just want himself and others to retreat?

It seems that there has not been much progress in the negotiations so far, so Zhao Shijie did not speak, but glanced at several people from the military. He frowned slightly, touched his nose with his hand and said nothing.

He Shuwen couldn't bear to be angry for a long time, and now that he was instructed, he stood up first, walked in front of Master Zhou, sneered, and stretched out a slap on his shoulder, and suddenly Master Zhou felt a huge pressure pressing down with his shoulder, making him feel like he was about to break.

"Master Zhou, you are so prevaricating, I have no one in Australia, if so, we don't need to talk about it, let's see you on the battlefield."

"No, no, Special Envoy He misunderstood, it's just such a big thing, it needs to be carefully considered, Lord Zhao, you say yes." Master Zhou didn't dare to say that this state came to attack, and now it is at a time when the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, and he can't afford to have a war.

"Master Zhou, you bring a message to Wang County's order, we are waiting for three days, if there is no reply after three days, we will leave for China, and you will see the consequences when the time comes," Zhao Shijie released the deadline, if he really disagreed, he could only agree to the military's plan.

"Okay, good," Master Zhou nodded in agreement, but in his heart he had already turned over the river and the sea, what is this called, when will it be the turn of Daming to threaten a small country, although he thinks so in his heart, but he still has a smile on his face, so that people can't see any dissatisfaction.