Chapter 150: Peace Discussion

Just when Mu Youwei was regrouping and preparing to fight the Portuguese again, Zhu Houhuang was also receiving an important guest.

Although Wei Sheng was dying, when facing the survival of the family, he also mustered up the courage, and when he knew that their Wei family was inseparable from King Yong, he went to meet Zhu Houhuang in person.

Zhu Houhuang was naturally warmly welcomed.

"Your Highness's courtesy, the grass people dare not take it, only a clumsy plan to offer." Wei Sheng and Zhu Houhuang exchanged pleasantries, and said as soon as they opened their mouths.

"Please also ask the elders for advice." Zhu Houhuang said respectfully.

Wei Sheng said: "The grass people don't dare to teach the two words, but the grass people have been running on the sea for decades, and they do have some words, I want to say to His Royal Highness, the Franc machine people, since they occupied Malacca, the grass people have dealt with them. I really don't know much about them, and on the surface, I value the contract, but in fact, I value the strength more. With the grass people's understanding of the Francophone people, their fleet could not stay on the coast of Fujian for a long time. Therefore, even if they leave him alone, they will not have a safe place to stay, and they will leave here because of supplies and other problems. Therefore, His Highness does not need to rush to eliminate the Franco. Speaking of this, Wei Sheng glanced up at Zhu Houhuang. found that Zhu Houhuang did not look angry. I breathed a long sigh of relief in my heart.

"With the meaning of the elder, how to deal with the Francophile?" Zhu Houhuang felt very helpless about this battle that came ahead of schedule. He expected that the conflict with the Westerners would be a few years later, and within a few years, he would open up all of Taiwan and build up a fleet with strong ships and guns, and then move south. Capture Malacca, the choke point. While operating Southeast Asia, it competes with Westerners for the Indian Ocean. This is the Nanyang Protectorate he planned for Zhengde.

It's just that everything in the world can not go well, and before he was ready, he encountered a surprise attack by the Portuguese. made Zhu Houhuang very distressed.

Wei Sheng said: "With the power of the Ming Dynasty, the enemy of a small vassal country is naturally victorious. However, it will inevitably be delayed for a long time, and I am afraid that the government will once again implement the policy of banning the sea. This is something that His Highness does not want. Yi people value profit over righteousness, as long as he is allowed to pay heavy profit, he can naturally be used by me, and now, there is no peace. ”

Yang Shen didn't want to negotiate peace, although he was the long history of King Yong, Zhu Houhuang personally promised the King of Yong, but the thinking is still the traditional scholar thinking, the Yongguo and the Ming Dynasty as a whole, the Buddha Lang machine man attacked the Ming Dynasty King, such a crime must be dealt with solemnly, and must not be spared.

And Zhu Houhuang doesn't know if he has paid attention, in his heart, he has already made some cuts with Daming, at least, Zhu Houhuang does not want Daming to interfere in the internal affairs of Yongguo, so now Yongguo can't fight, although he asked Fujian for help, but in fact, he hopes to defeat the Buddha Langji independently, rather than with the help of the power of Daming. And don't look at the fact that there are not many Franco-ships, in the Far East it is far more than the radiation of the power of the Portuguese. But if you want to get rid of the Franco, it will take a lot of means.

The peace discussion, although Zhu Houhuang was moved and uncomfortable, felt that he couldn't get over his face, but it had to be included in Zhu Houhuang's realistic considerations.

Zhu Houhuang didn't speak, but he didn't speak, which was a kind of expression in itself.

Wei Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. The Wei family didn't want to leak their strength, as a hidden maritime giant, but it was too weak compared to Da Ming's strength. When the Wei family was exposed, it was when the Wei family had to move out of Zhangzhou.

But the homeland is hard to leave. Wei Sheng was half of his body in the ground, how could he be willing to leave, he meditated for half the night, and finally decided to match the bridge between King Yong and the Buddha Lang Jiren. Solve this problem without the use of force.

Zhu Houhuang let out a sigh of relief and said, "What are the conditions for negotiating peace with the Franc machine?" Don't even think about the compensation for land cution. Even if Lone died, he didn't dare to lose Taizu's face. ”

"If Your Highness can trust the grass people, and the grass people are willing to be His Highness's messenger and go to see the Buddha Lang Jiren, it will definitely satisfy His Highness." Wei Sheng said.

Isn't it money? Although the Wei family is not a rich country, it is not inferior to three or five hundred thousand taels, which is richer than Zhu Houhuang. In the Age of Discovery, the route from Fujian and Guangdong to Lisbon was simply a river flowing with gold. The Wei family and Zhu Houhuang are both involved in this golden river, and the depth of the Wei family's participation is far above Zhu Houhuang, how can he be short of money?

If he could solve this matter with silver alone, he would be willing to throw silver into it.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Since this is the case, please sir." ”

Without further ado, Wei Sheng, regardless of his old age and decrepitude, immediately went to find the Franco.

During this period of time, the Franc machine people were swimming in the sea, sometimes looking for some desert islands to stay temporarily, but they still stubbornly blocked the channel from Dayuan to Penghu. It's not difficult to find them.

"Mr. Wei, it's been a long time, I'm so happy to see you." Francesca laughed and greeted Wei Sheng in a stilted voice.

Wei Sheng said: "It's been a long time, I haven't seen you." ”

Wei Sheng had already handed over his career at sea to his son, and he hadn't run to the South Seas for a long time. It's been a long time.

"Today, what goods did your Wei family bring us?" Francesca laughed.

Wei Sheng said: "I have brought you the most important gift --- peace. ”

Don't look down on the businessman's discipline. A large part of the reason why the Francophiles were able to run rampant between the Taiwan Strait was because of the support of these merchants, who provided the Francophiles with supplies other than artillery and gunpowder for the sake of silver. It's not that they don't want to buy firearms, it's just that they can't.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty had no discipline at all, not to mention that later generations were also the eight great imperial merchants who declared themselves. Even the Battle of Korea during the Wanli period. A large part of the steel used by Japan was bought from Jiangnan, and they did not seem to see any need for anything to do with the battle ahead and their business.

Francesca's eyes shrank, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "You, who are you representing, is it King Yong, or Da Ming?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Yong." Wei Sheng said.

Francesca's face became serious, but her heart was overjoyed. In fact, they were almost to the point where they had to leave, and the amount of gunpowder and shells limited the time they could continue to fight.

At this time, the news that the peace talks of Yongguo can be reached is excellent news for them.

Just when Wei Sheng and Francesca had a preliminary exchange, Zhu Houhuang and Yang Shen also had a disagreement.

"Your Highness, it's just a feudal country, do you want Your Highness to bend your knees and sue for peace?" Yang Shen said: "Your Highness didn't say that even though the Francophile is a big country, there are less than 10,000 naval soldiers and less than 100 ships in Malacca. His Royal Highness can write to ask the emperor to send troops from the south to destroy a small country, but in the snap of a finger, even if His Royal Highness does not want to work the people and lose money, he only needs to spend time with the Franc machine, look at a small country, how many days does it consume? In this way, they will naturally come to sue for peace, why should His Highness be so condescending? ”

"Master Yang, if you go on like this, Yongguo can't support it?" Zhu Houhuang said: "Now all the financial income of my Yongguo is at sea, and the Francophone is so noisy, sailing in the South Seas, even Penghu Port, there is almost no income. In this way, what should be done about the development of the entire Dongyong? ”

In this case, it is impossible for Zhu Houhuang to endanger his career because of the battle of will. These are the lesser of two options.

But Yang Shen didn't think so, he felt that Zhu Houhuang, as the Prince of Daming, represented not only himself, but also the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Shen remembered that if Zhu Houhuang made any mistakes, he would bear the charge of losing his relatives, not only his political career would be over, but also his father. Thinking of it again, the Buddha Lang Ji ignored the meaning of the Ming Dynasty and destroyed the Manchurian Canada. It can be regarded as a national hatred and family feud, and they surged together in an instant.

He would never forgive the Francophiles.

It's just that Zhu Houhuang said this, and Yang Shen didn't say much, and said: "Your Highness said so, and the minister didn't dare not listen to it, but if the Buddha Lang Jiren is insatiable, please ask His Highness to take back his life." ”

"That's nature, and loneliness allows them to blackmail." Zhu Houhuang said.