Chapter 361: A Piece of the Pie

"Do you understand?" The Governor of Malacca slowly lowered the clairvoyant.

Tomei gritted her teeth, he understood, how could he not understand?

The relationship between Dongyong and Franc is very complicated, and there is hostility on one side, so naturally there is no need to talk about it. On one side are trading partners.

Even though there are people in Daming who smuggle with the Francophone people, the amount of smuggling cannot be compared with the large-scale shipments of Dongyong. Malacca earns money from the Dongyong trade every year, which is almost the main financial support for them.

Once the war with Dongyong starts, let's not talk about whether it can be won. will face a collapse in trade volume. Such a situation is something that the nobles in the country of Francois absolutely do not want to see.

If the Governor of Malacca had been in office for several more years in the East, he might have taken advantage of Dongyong's efforts to occupy Dongyong and then use Dongyong's channels to acquire Chinese goods on a large scale. It can make up for the loss of the severance of trade between the Franc machine and Dongyong.

But the Governor of Malacca was about to leave, and he would not have done such a thankless task.

Ancient and modern, both at home and abroad, the high-sounding truth is always unable to withstand the selfishness of practical interests.

Tomei took a few deep breaths and said, "Then my lord, how are you going to talk to King Yong?" ”

The Governor of Malacca suddenly asked, "Is there a merchant house in this country of Annam?" ”

Tomei thought for a while and said: "It seems that there is not, even if there is a share of trade that it occupies, it is not much, I remember, several nearby countries, that is, Siam, Chenla have our country's merchants. ”

Malacca said: "So, let's cooperate with His Royal Highness King Yong?" ”

"Cooperation?" Zhu Houhuang frowned, full of doubts, he didn't know what he had to cooperate with Fu Langji. He asked, "Cooperate with what?" ”

Tomei said: "Your Highness wants to deal with Annanguo, and we can help Your Highness." However, we also need to be paid enough afterwards. ”

At this moment, Zhu Houhuang was talking to Tomei.

For the sake of safety, the envoy sent by Xu Dong was not high, but he was just a messenger, and he naturally couldn't talk about major issues.

Tomei simply came over on her own.

Zhu Houhuang faced Tomei, his mind wandered, and asked, "Then what kind of reward do you need?" ”

"We need the power of free trade in Hai Phong, Thang Long, Da Nang, Luzon, and have the power to build business barns in these four places," Tomei said. And the spoils of war are to be divided in half with us. ”

Zhu Houhuang suddenly felt as if he was an accomplice of imperialism, but why did he feel a little excited.

Zhu Houhuang didn't want to meet with the Franc Machine, not because Zhu Houhuang had a good impression of the Franc Machine, but because his strength was insufficient.

Zhu Houhuang firmly believes that his strength will be like blowing up a balloon, rapidly inflating, and now it seems that the Francophile who is in the way will eventually become his stepping stone. But the timing is not right, and patience is needed before that.

Therefore, it is also an acceptable result for Zhu Houhuang to reach cooperation with Franc Jiren now. It's just that Zhu Houhuang won't agree directly, he waved his hand and let Xu Dong get on.

In such a negotiation role, Zhu Houhuang did not have a special person around him, if Xu Song was here, it would naturally be Xu Song's job, but Xu Song was not there, so he had to let Xu Dong, who was born as a businessman, go to talk.

Zhu Houhuang secretly told Xu Dong and said: "Luzon, the interests of Da Nang must not be given to the Franco, but the coastal defense area can be given to the Franco. However, if you speak in advance, after our army supports the king of Yue, he will leave, and as for what benefits he wants, he will have to find a way to get it himself. The share of the spoils of war is to press me underground. Press hard. ”

Zhu Houhuang was secretly distressed in his heart, he was short of money now, and then he gave a batch to Franc Ji, it was like wanting to cut meat.

Xu Dong agreed, and he fought with Tomi for a whole day, and then the spoils sharing agreement was decided, what did they do to Annan, Zhu Houhuang acquiesced, even if they stopped in Shenglong Mansion, Zhu Houhuang didn't care. As for the spoils of war, thirty percent of them were given to the Franc man.

It's not that Zhu Houhuang underestimated the Franc machine.

Annan is different from ordinary countries, he has the genes of Chinese culture in his bones, so he is not as easy to conquer as those small countries in Nanyang. Even if the Franco-Annam firearms and warships are all on the upper hand, but the Franco-Motorists have manpower after all, they feel that they can't conquer Annam, and if Annan is so easy to conquer, there will be no Sino-French war at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

What happened to the Franc machine man who stayed alone, Zhu Houhuang didn't know. However, even if the Franco-robot stood cheap, he would contain the troops in Annan, and greatly offended Annan. I can't say that Zhu Houhuang can win over a country that deals with Franco.

But the agreement was reached. But Zhu Houhuang was not at ease.

He called Xu Dong and Wei Ruizhou over together, and said: "The wolf ambition of the Franc machine man has never had any credit at all, so you must have one more mind, don't be sold and return the money to the number of people, remember that no matter what, maintain enough force to prevent the Franc machine man from changing his hexagram." ”

Xu Dong's feeling is deeper, he has a deep understanding of the impermanence of the world. He lacked trust in the Buddha and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, the minister will never make His Highness hopeful." ”

Wei Ruizhou's family does business with the Franc machine, and he still trusts the business reputation of the Franc machine. But at this moment, he also learned what to say and what not to say, and he finally shut up when he opened his mouth.

Meanwhile.

The Governor of Malacca, who also got an agreement from both sides, just glanced at it and said, "Do you have any opinion on this agreement?" ”

"You can believe it, but you can't do it wholeheartedly." Tomei said: "I think my lord, if you have the ability to kill the Yongguo fleet, you will definitely do it without hesitation, your lordship, and the same is true for the Yongguo side." We must be vigilant at all times, otherwise we will be attacked by Yongguo. ”

The Governor of Malacca said, "I am leaving the East, and this matter will be left to you." ”

Tomei said: "Don't worry, I will definitely let the Yongguo people not go through the flaws." Tomei didn't say the second half of the sentence, and if he had the opportunity, he would have shot at the Yongguo fleet mercilessly.

Both fleets were out of range to deal with the artillery, and they were heading north.

It didn't take long for Haiphong to be in sight.

Haiphong is the gateway to Thang Long, and it is also the biggest obstacle for them to attack Thang Long against the current. Haiphong is not only the gateway to Thang Long, but also the station of the Annam Naval Division, where the largest naval division of Annam is stationed.

Before he came to Haiphong, Xu Dong proposed to Zhu Houhuang to lure the snake out of the hole.

If the Annan Navy Division was a shrunken turtle in Haiphong, Xu Dong would have no way to deal with them for a while, so Xu Dong wanted to send a small fleet to harass Haiphong and lure the Annan Navy Division in Haiphong. Then it will be much easier to destroy the Annan naval division first, and then take advantage of the great victory to attack the coastal defense.

Zhu Houhuang nodded in agreement.

However, even after Zhu Houhuang agreed, this matter could not be carried out immediately, because now the Francophile was also in the same camp.

As the liaison of the Franc Robot in the Yongguo fleet, after Xu Dong directly negotiated with him, Tomei was reasonable and agreed. He even proposed that the Franc machine ship be dispatched to be the bait.

When the two sides began to act, for the sake of insurance, Zhu Houhuang did not participate in the battle, but hid near a desert island with the transport fleet, and also left Wei Ruizhou's troops to protect.

Zhu Houhuang waited for a whole day, and when it was almost dark, Xu Dong finally came back, Xu Dong met Zhu Houhuang and said, "Fortunately, I am not dishonored." Then a human head was presented.

Zhu Houhuang glanced at the human head and found that it was still an acquaintance, wasn't it the last time he saw it in Haiphong, the person surnamed Mo?

But the last time I saw it, it would be a person, but now there is only a human head.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Okay, Second Brother Xu, I've solved the big trouble in Gu's heart." ”

Xu Dong said: "The minister has cleared the obstacles for His Highness. Your Highness can go ashore. ”

Zhu Houhuang immediately arranged for Wei Ruizhou to set off the fleet in the direction of coastal defense, and without the protection of the Annan naval division, Zhu Houhuang could land wherever he wanted in Annan.

"However, Lone's meaning, after going ashore, don't rush to attack the city first, Lone must salute first and then soldier." Zhu Houhuang said to Xu Dong.