"Mr. Zheng, you must be clear that you are not qualified to speak of conditions at all, and 300,000 taels of silver is what you must pay for the war. Otherwise, we will only meet at sea. Wang Tiezhu said coldly, without any scruples about Zheng Zhilong, and even called him Mr. directly.

At a round table in the conference room of the Sea Blue, representatives of the Zheng family sat opposite those of Australia, and the two sides began to discuss the issue of post-armistice reparations.

As the defeated party, Australia demanded that Zheng Zhilong must arrive on the Hailan for negotiations, and Zheng Zhilong was also bold when he arrived, and took the Zheng family and his generals on the ship.

After getting on the boat, the Zheng family was politely brought to the conference room, and then the Australian took out a contract written in capital Chinese characters and handed it to everyone, which listed more than a dozen treaties, and the first compensation issue alone was somewhat unacceptable to Zheng Zhilong.

Thirty taels of silver, three hundred thousand taels, although the Zheng family has some money by collecting flag order fees, but after all, there are 100,000 soldiers along the Baitiao ships, all of which require money, and it is really a little reluctant to take out 300,000 taels at once.

Zheng Zhilong, who is also a businessman and a thief, knows that negotiation is the same as doing business, since the price is offered, you can bargain on the ground, which is a common thing in business, but he didn't expect that he just proposed 300,000 taels, and before he started to bargain, the commander of the other party's sailors had already shouted, and he seemed to be very unhappy about the negotiation.

Seeing that because of Wang Tiehammer's words, the meeting fell into silence instantly, Liu Yun stood up with a smile: "Lord Zheng, the negotiation has been going on for an hour, I think let's drink some tea and eat some snacks to rest for a while, what do you think." ”

Liu Yun's tone of voice was very polite, and Zheng Zhilong nodded and said yes.

Under the leadership of Liu Yun, the Zheng family came to the restaurant and sat down.

"Master Zheng, whether you drink tea or drinks, fruit juice is also fine."

"Drink tea, juice," Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen spoke at the same time, which made Zheng Zhilong a little embarrassed and glared at his son Zheng Sen.

Liu Yun smiled and called the waiter, after ordering something good.

"Lord Zheng, in fact, 300,000 taels of silver is not much, if you don't agree, you also see that our navy generals will definitely go to war again, for this truce, the army is already very dissatisfied, if there is an unpleasant quarrel over the issue of compensation, it will be difficult for me to mediate."

"Hmph, you Australians are colluding, Ambassador Liu is talking like this, is it a bit of a red face?" A representative of the Zheng family's negotiations said disdainfully.

For the behavior of Australians today, it is clear that they are singing red faces and white faces, and they want to implement the compensation.

"This adult, say so and so, then I Liu has nothing to say, I think Zheng Gongzi has some understanding of my internal affairs in Australia, you explain to him, I won't accompany him much."

When Liu Yun walked out of the restaurant, everyone in the Zheng family looked at Zheng Sen. Obviously, he was a little puzzled by what Liu Yun had just said.

"Father, uncles, what this Lord Liu means is that the Australian court is a little different from our Ming Dynasty, there is an elected emperor in this court, he is the nominal supreme leader of the country, and this army needs to obtain the consent and authorization of the parliament to fight the war, without the consent of the parliament, it is not possible to use troops abroad, but there is a law in Australia, the army is fighting outside, and the generals can decide whether to continue the war or stop the war according to the actual situation, which is equivalent to giving the generals the right to command the war abroad."

"There is such a law, the army can not listen to the orders of the imperial court when they are outside, so it is said that this Ambassador Liu is a member of the imperial court, but General Wang is a member of the army."

"Yes, Uncle Wang is right, from within the army, they definitely don't want to stop there, and continuing to fight means that they can not only get more military spending, but also get more compensation."

"The compensation money is not allocated by the imperial court, and the army can still withhold it privately, isn't this kind of practice afraid of rebellion within the army?"

"Hehe, this Australian court naturally has a way to deal with it, there are two armies in Australia, they are not subordinate to each other, and their responsibilities are also different, the court is deliberately letting them contain each other, so no one dares to rebel, if one party rebels, it will be immediately suppressed by the other party."

"As for the generals of the two armies united, it is almost impossible, the Australian military system is very different from my Ming Dynasty, in addition to the regular sequence of troops belonging to the imperial court, there are also militia units and police forces that are not in the establishment, these are not subordinate to each other, but they all have a certain combat power."

After listening to Zheng Sen's explanation, everyone in the Zheng family didn't think that one of the Australians was singing red face and the other was white-faced.

"Sen'er, how to choose according to your opinion, agree or not."

"Father, according to the child, if you want to make changes to the treaty, you must befriend Mr. Liu, and it is much easier to negotiate with the Australian court than with the Australian military."

"So according to you, we still have to find the guy surnamed Liu," Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Yes, Father."

"Okay, it's up to you to talk to Mr. Liu," Zheng Zhilong called the service staff and asked him to inform Liu Yun to come over and talk.

At this time, Liu Yun was drinking a little wine with Wang Tiezhu and others in another lounge: "Old Liu, can you work this strategy?" The Zheng family will agree so honestly, is 300,000 taels a bit much. You Nanzhe raised his glass and saluted, and Liu Yun asked.

"Many, you ask Brother Wang if it's too much, if he thinks it's too much, I'll just go and inform the Zheng family to accompany him casually."

"Haha, not much, not much, I still want to rely on this money to build a naval base in the Far East." Wang Tiehammer replied excitedly.

"Minister Liu, Lord Zheng Zhilong, please go over and continue to talk." The waiter knocked on the door, and then said to Liu Yun.

"Okay, I see, you go over and tell him I'm coming over in a few minutes with something, and let him wait in the dining room first." After sending the waiter, Liu Yun continued to talk with everyone.

"This time, we must put some blood from the Zheng family, otherwise I'm sorry, we came all the way here, it seems that they are afraid, I will talk to them in the past, you continue."

When I came to the restaurant, the Zheng family's attitude towards Liu Yun really changed, Zheng Zhilong looked at Liu Yun with a sad face, Ambassador Liu didn't hide it from you, 300,000 taels of silver is indeed a bit much, and Quanzhou and Xiamen are opened as a treaty port, this Zheng can't be the master, and he needs to ask the imperial court.

"Lord Zheng, you and I are talking about these words, we don't know you for a day or two, 300,000 taels are definitely taken out, you must agree to these three conditions, otherwise the military will never give up. As for other issues of compensation, they could still be negotiated. ”

"Mr. Liu, hey!" Zheng Zhilong spoke but didn't know what to say, so he had to look at Zheng Sen.

"Mr. Liu, this time it was my Zheng family who did something wrong, you see that our two families did not have a big enmity before, why don't we each take a step back." Zheng Sen arched his hand.

"Well," Liu Yun pondered for a while and looked at Zheng Sen, "Zheng Gongzi, you and I are more compatible, I will give you a face, try to persuade that the compensation will be lower, as for the other two conditions, you must agree." ”

"Okay, since Ambassador Liu is so righteous, Zheng has thanked him."

Zheng Zhilong also knew that it would not work without bleeding this time, and he could save a little bit, and the next negotiations were very smooth, for the protection of Australian merchant ships and the recruitment of displaced people, Zheng Jiadu Australia made concessions, and finally after the negotiation, the two sides signed a treaty on the Hailan, known as the Quanzhou Treaty.