As soon as Venn said this, Shi Kefa stood up and said in a loud voice: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who smuggle Fushou paste will be killed on the spot, and those who sell Fushou paste will be executed according to the criminal law, and all of them will be executed, and these people will smuggle and sell Fushou ointment, all of which exceed 50,000 taels, and it is not a pity to die!" What more do you want? Dream! It is you who will compensate for the summary! ”

Both sides are not satisfied with their respective attitudes, the Ming Empire considers itself a victim, and requires the Western countries to permanently terminate the Fushou paste trade, and at the same time compensate six million taels of silver, the Dutch withdraw from Yizhou, and the Western countries are not allowed to enter the South China Sea, and strictly abide by the rules of the Eastern World, that is, the Ming Empire is the boss of the Eastern World!

The four countries of the West are naturally not convinced, we have died so many people, and we still need to compensate, isn't this a dream?

Kluivert, on behalf of the envoy of the four countries, directly proposed that the four Western countries could prohibit smuggling trade, but the Ming Empire must open the trade of Fushou ointment, and at the same time, because of the forcible collection and destruction of Fushou ointment, it brought huge losses to the four Western countries, and asked the Ming Empire to compensate five million taels of silver, and at the same time, because of the execution of more than two hundred Western merchants, an additional one million taels of silver was compensated to the four Western countries, and the customs tariffs of the Ming Empire were reduced to thirty taxes and one!

This is really impossible to talk about, all parties are asking for compensation, so how can we talk about it?

The two sides eventually broke up, and for the next six or seven days, the two sides continued to argue at the negotiating table, but in the end, neither could convince the other.

At last, Kluivert finally became anxious, and exclaimed, "Master Overseer, since your country has no sincerity to solve the problem, then we will take our leave, and your country will be ready for war!" ”

"Please!"

Sun Chuanting was also not polite, stretched out his right hand, and put on a posture of sending off the guests, and the negotiations broke down completely!

It's just that the Westerners don't know, when they are sitting on the final effort with negotiations, the Ming Empire has begun to take full action, and the war is absolutely unavoidable, so it is natural to strike first, the Ming Empire's sea and land armies are frequently mobilized, and elite troops begin to move towards the south, batches of firearms and ammunition are transported to the south by sea and land, and the Tianxiong Army and the two fleets have completely entered a state of combat readiness, as long as Zhu Jie gives an order, it will set sail and rush to the South Seas!

Of course, the envoys of the four countries were not idle, and constantly sent their own men and horses, ready to send letters to their respective countries, after all, at the beginning, even the East India Company, the most powerful Western power, was only towards resolving disputes through negotiations, they did not think that just because of a little Fushou paste trade, it would lead the four countries to start a full-scale war with the Ming Empire, and things could always find a solution, the preparation for the war was insufficient, and if they did not send the letter back as soon as possible, once the war really started, The four Western countries will definitely suffer a great loss.

However, to the surprise of the envoys of the four countries, the envoys of the four countries sent four waves of people one after another to deliver letters from the flood and drought routes, but all of them did not succeed in leaving, and Huang Degong, who had just arrived, had already passed on the order to go and closely monitor the consulates of the four countries and not let anyone leave!

One of the people who came out to deliver the letter was arrested, and none of them escaped the net, and all of them were invited to drink tea in the Fuzhou prison. When the envoys of the four countries knew that they were leaving, they were all kept in the dark, and they thought that the news had been sent back!

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the four countries have boarded the ship at Mawei at noon today and returned home......"

Sun Chuanting bowed and said.

"Returning?"

Zhu Jie stood up and sneered: "That means there is going to be a war, Lao Cha, how are you preparing?" ”

Cha Xuan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the army is all ready, the first fleet, the second fleet, all the warships, all in place, fully loaded, ready to fight at any time!" Mufeng's Tianxiong army has all gathered at the mouth of the Songjiang River, and they can go south by boat at any time! ”

Zhu Jie nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Together with the war, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the West will be temporarily interrupted, all the trade routes will not be able to trade, and the Yanhuang Company and other trading companies can only endure for a while, and send a decree to the Yanhuang Company, all the retired warships they have acquired, all of them will be restored, and temporarily organized into the Coast Self-Defense Force, from now on, they will be responsible for coastal vigilance, from Tianjin Wei to Zhejiang, all the coastal defense will be handed over to them, once the war loss in front is too large, they will still fight!" ”

Cha Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, the minister has written it down, but these fleets are only responsible for protecting the safety of the caravan on weekdays, and they are all ordinary seamen, lacking generals and excellent naval officers, I am afraid that once they encounter a war, they will not play a big role......

"Easy!"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Immediately transfer a group of capable forces from the two fleets to supplement the past, and we must ensure that these warships can still exert their maximum combat power!" There is also the Dongying fleet, which issued an order to the Aoyama shogunate and Zhu Shunshui to mobilize the Dongying fleet to the southeast coast, act at the same time as the Coast Self-Defense Force, and appoint Admiral Shi Lang to supervise the military affairs of the Coastal Self-Defense Force. ”

Zheng Cai on the side said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has already transferred five thousand elites to Jilong Town in accordance with your will, should we take the city of Relanja and Chiji City first, and pull out the nail that the four Western countries arranged in our hinterland first?" ”

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "That's natural, but with just five thousand elite forces, the strength is not enough to take Chiji City and Relanza, at least not three or two months, it is impossible to succeed, I can't wait that long, the decree, the Second Fleet will attack as a whole, ready to take Tainan!" Zheng Cai, this battle, I will hand it over to you and Zheng Haotian to fight! I will give you a maximum of half a month to take down the city of Geranza and the Red Embedded City! Send a message to Qin Mufeng, and immediately arrange for a part of the Tianxiong Army to come to Fuzhou by boat and prepare for battle! ”

Cha Xuan's eyes changed slightly, the emperor did not let the first fleet move, but instead mobilized the second fleet to fight, this is the first battle of the second fleet, and he took on such a heavy responsibility, can it be done?

"Your Majesty, the Second Fleet is only afraid of lack of actual combat experience, so why don't you let the First Fleet come?"

"No, if you can't even take down the little Tainan, what's the use of the Second Fleet?"

Zhu Jie shouted in a deep voice.

Zheng Cai straightened his waist and said loudly: "Please rest assured, in half a month, if the second fleet can't take the Relanza and the Red Embedded City, the minister will come to see you!" ”

(End of chapter)