The person sent by Zheng Zhilong to negotiate is still an old acquaintance, Zheng Hongkui, and he and Zhao Shijie are old acquaintances, so the two naturally don't have to be so polite when they meet.

"Minister Zhao, you have to give me a good explanation this time, then Zheng Cai defected to my Zheng family, not only killed people, but also took away twenty boats, plus the loss of goods is not small."

"The commander told me not to worry, I can't be completely blamed for this matter, Zheng Cai submitted an application for political asylum like my country, and the army sent it directly to the Ministry of Defense, so the Ministry of Defense agreed to his request, and the Navy will stop you."

"Hmph, Minister Zhao deliberately shielded him this time, then Zheng Caice turned against the soldiers in my battalion, it is an internal matter of my Zheng family, and it doesn't seem good for Australia to intervene." Zheng Hongkui asked with a cold snort.

It's no wonder that Zheng Hongkui is angry, Zheng Cai's defection will indeed bring a lot of shock to the prestige of the Zheng family, if this matter is not handled well, there will be such things in the future.

"My lord is worried, how Zheng Cai obtained political asylum from the Australian Ministry of Defense actually has a lot to do with you."

As soon as Zhao Shijie said this, Zheng Hongkui's slightly angry black face obviously changed a little, and he looked at Zhao Shijie and already understood what he meant.

If it weren't for the Zheng family's attack on Dayuan Island and putting all the blame on Zheng Cai, Zheng Cai would not have easily rebelled, although he was wrong to have ambitions, but there was still a big step to go in putting it into practice, so to a large extent, it was Zheng Zhilong and the two brothers who promoted Zheng Cai's rebellion.

The other party was silent, and Zhao Shijie did not continue to chase the problem, after all, Australia can be said to be the biggest beneficiary of this incident, in fact, the Zheng family can also be said to have indirectly helped Australia.

Now that the matter has happened, it is not much use to come to the bottom of the matter, it is better to sit down and solve the matter.

Australia's intervention must mean that it does not want the two sides to collide again. And the Zheng family doesn't want friction with Australia, after all, several warships on the other side are there, and the strength obviously has no intention of reducing by half a point.

"Then Minister Zhao means how to solve this matter, Zheng Cai took people and the boat and left, and he must give an explanation to the Zheng family." Zheng Hongkui emphasized that this matter is a matter of face for the Zheng family. If you don't give an explanation, how can the Zheng family's generation get mixed up.

"This is natural, since I have come forward to mediate, I will inevitably give you an explanation, if you want to say that both of you are actually at fault, you can't unilaterally say that it's Zheng Cai's problem, I think you can both take a step back, what does Lord Zheng think."

Taking a step back is an important factor in Australia's development of a harmonious relationship between Zheng Cai and Zheng Zhilong Group. It is a fact that Zheng Zhilong framed Zheng Cai, and it is also a fact that Zheng Cai led people to lead the boat against a group of old subordinates, if the two things are compared, it can actually be said that they are countervailing.

However, Australia prepared a plan to use Zheng Cai to attract Zheng Zhilong to transfer his power to Annan, so this plan was first of all that Zheng Cai was responsible for laying down a piece of land in southern Annam as compensation to the Zheng family.

As for whether the Zheng family will want such a piece of land, even if they don't want it now, they will definitely be greedy when they see Zheng Cai doing something impressive from here.

"Since both sides are at fault. Then take a step back, and it is true that Zheng Cai has already received the support of the Australian military. There will be a military operation in Annam, which I can't solve, so I hope the Zheng family can understand, and of course in order to compensate for your losses, we will build a piece of territory in the north of Annam. ”

With the support of the Australian Ministry of Defense, Zheng Hongkui had a headache, and Zheng Cai really took refuge in the Australians. Otherwise, it is impossible to get the asylum of Australia, it is impossible to bring this guy back, if there is friction with Zheng Cai, it is against the Australian military, and the Zheng family will not do such a thing.

However, Annan's territory is not of great use to the Zheng family, it is dispensable, but it can be said that at least it has saved some face for the Zheng family.

Australians are deliberately partial. And this means that a military operation may be launched against Annan in the near future, and I don't know which of Annan's families is so unlucky to provoke the Australians.

Looking at Zheng Hongkui, whose eyes flickered, Zhao Shijie could judge that this guy should be thinking.

"It doesn't seem appropriate for Minister Zhao to use this to prevaricate my Zheng family, then Annan's territory is dispensable, and it is useless for my Zheng family at all."

Annan does not have any effect on the Zheng family now, but if Zheng Cai grows bigger, I believe that he will be able to attract Zheng Zhilong's attention, he is at most a local warlord in Daming, but when Zheng Cai establishes a country in Annan, I am afraid he will panic.

"So what does Master Zheng think you have to do to make you agree?" Zhao Shijie did not explain, but asked the other party rhetorically.

"At the very least, let Zheng Cai compensate us for all the goods we lost, and maybe the families of the dead brothers."

It's simple to ask for money, I'm afraid that you don't want money, Zhao Shijie is most worried that the other party doesn't want money, but repeatedly asks to hand over Zheng Cai.

Now it seems that the Zheng family is actually not stupid, and it seems impossible to know that it is impossible to hand over Zheng Cai to Australia, but it is absolutely possible to transfer their losses to the other party.

The Australians took 500,000 taels of silver from them, so let Zheng Cai compensate.

Zheng Hongkui knows that Zheng Cai has no shortage of money in his hands, and he has not saved it secretly over the years.

"Okay, I'll mention Zheng Cai and promise you, you can make a price." Zhao Shijie readily agreed, knowing that it would not work if he didn't have some meat, the Zheng family was the overlord of the East China Sea after all, and it would be too much to underestimate others if you wanted to appease someone who was useless.

If Zheng Cai knew that Zhao Shijie agreed so readily, he would definitely beat his chest, why would he be crazy to believe the nonsense of the Australians, listen to what they say about mediation, and let himself lose money This kind of thing can also be called mediation.

"Minister Zhao is really happy, I think it's the price we paid to Australia, the cause of this matter starts from here in the final analysis, then it ends here, as long as he Zheng Cai loses money, all these things will be written off at once, I guarantee that the well water will not violate the river water in the future."

The well water does not interfere with the river water, Zhao Shijie wants to laugh, this is unbearable to you, I am afraid that in the future, your Zheng family will have many places to find Zheng Cai to cooperate.

In the land of Annam, it is difficult to grow big without cooperation and relying on alone, so Zheng Cai can only develop slowly in the early stage of steady immigration, and it is not possible to lay down a large piece of territory at once, and it is also unrealistic. (To be continued......)