"In order to compensate for the losses inflicted on the Songjiang army by the Luzonians, it is necessary to compensate 500,000 stone of grain and 10 tons of gold. Romance first △↗,"

"Punish the murderers who started the war against the Matsue Army, and hand over the remaining naval ships."

"In order to exchange goods and facilitate trade between the two countries, the Duchy of Luzon had to lease the city of Mindu Luocheng to the Songjiang Army as a trading area. The Matsue Army would pay a monthly loan fee of 5,000 gold coins, and the right to free trade, to keep the 'necessary' garrison to maintain law and order, and to collect taxes. ”

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Seeing the harsh conditions put forward by He Shixiang, fine beads of sweat kept oozing from the envoy's forehead, and the fingers holding the pen were trembling. Of course, he knew what would happen if he signed such a contract. However, He Shixiang's intimidation of him, as well as the powerful empire that boasted to the fullest, made the envoy really unable to have the courage to refuse.

What's more, there are traitors like Agno who do not hesitate to commit treason to the other party for the sake of glory and wealth!

If only the Songjiang army was there, the envoy might dare to fight. Perhaps losing money and handing over the sailors to participate in the warship can lead to guò, but at least try to get the city of Mindu back to Los Angeles. But the defection of Agno and the others made the envoy aware of the crisis they faced. These enemies from across the sea alone are terrifying enough, and the current enemies of the principality even have to add the former Northern Legion!

With local armies colluding with foreign enemies, the threat they can pose will be multiplied.

If they don't agree, these terrible enemies are afraid that they will really go south and attack Manila. Even the mere arrival under the walls of the royal capital would cause great turmoil throughout the Duchy of Luzon. Regardless of the final outcome, this result will trigger a terrible **, and there is a chance that his envoy, the envoy who handles the peace, will be pushed out to quell the public anger.

What happened to the scapegoat......

After hesitating for a moment, the envoy made a decision between the two options, and almost agreed to He Shixiang's request.

As long as you can stabilize these enemies for a while. Just let yourself be able to go back to the errand. After that, whoever likes to do it will do it!

So, in the case that He Shixiang, Shi Liang and even a group of Songjiang officers could not believe it, they obediently obtained a treaty that was unimaginably lenient. They can use this time to reorganize and train their local armies while squeezing the riches of the principality, while dividing them. Then, when the time is right, find a random reason to attack again.

Although this is different from the original plan No. 1, the effect is better.

Compared with the original radical effort to take Manila and defeat the local forces one by one, the progress of the current plan is slower. However, the advantage was that the Songjiang army paid less price, and the damage to the Duchy of Luzon was also smaller, so that there would be no large-scale war and destruction of local production.

As for the disadvantages of slowing down the occupation of the Duchy of Luzon, it is not without it, but in general the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. After all, the reason why Chen Wu is interested in Luzon Island. One is because of the territory and population, and the second is the rich resources and minerals on the island.

But now, after forcibly leasing the Mindu Luocheng, the Songjiang army actually has access to grain and minerals.

Not to mention anything else, Mindu Los Angeles alone, the original garrison of the Northern Army, has two huge granaries. The first is the military rations supplied to the army, about 60,000 stones; The other is an official warehouse for the civilian population, which is as much as 250,000 stones. In addition to this. The bulk of the real grain storage lies in the manors of the major leaders outside Minduluo City. These local nobles and chiefs. As little as thousands, as many as tens of thousands of stones, the total amount adds up to an astonishing amount!

Mo said that he occupied the entire island of Luzon, just the northern part of the Quezon Plain with Mindu Luocheng as the core, and the grain that could be obtained exceeded the existing transportation capacity of the Ninghai Division's fleet.

Not to mention minerals, judging by the current situation of the Songjiang Army. At most, the gold and jewels looted here can only be brought back, and the rest can only be expanded one after another when a large number of four-masted ocean-going ships built by Chen Wu are launched.

In this sense, slowing down the pace is actually in line with the current capabilities of the Matsue Army. Otherwise, even if you eat a big fat person in one bite, you won't be able to digest it quickly!

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If it is said. If the peace negotiation in the city of Mindu Luocheng was an unexpected joy for the Songjiang army, it would be an out-and-out disaster for the Duchy of Luzon.

The grain and gold that were compensated for were really nothing, and with the richness of the Duchy of Luzon, these things were not a drop in the bucket, at least they were far from hurting the muscles and bones. What really sparked controversy was none other than the latter two points.

Hand over the remaining fleet of sailors and lease Mindu Los Angeles!

In terms of strength alone, after two battles with the Ninghai Division, there were not many warships left in the Duchy of Luzon. Moreover, the Matsue Army specified that as long as the large ships were large, the small ships could be retained, and the losses to Luzon were even smaller. But what is fatal is a blow to the morale of the Luzon public.

The compensation for the defeat is not terrible, but the terrible thing is to hand over the warship and punish the murderers of the war against the Songjiang Army!

This is an act of self-destruction of the Great Wall!

Without warships, wouldn't the sea of the Duchy of Luzon be open to the enemy's reckless entry and exit? If the principality had agreed to punish the soldiers who went to war, what army would have dared to fight bravely in the future?

Not to mention the lease of Mindu Los Angeles, no matter how you look at it, it is a delaying tactic of the Imperials. When they digest the northern part of Mindu Los Angeles and the Quezon Plains, and continue to expand southward, the Duchy of Luzon will no longer have any possibility of reversal!

Suleiman V was not the kind of person who made a decision, and when he heard such fierce words from his courtiers, his original attitude could not help but waver. However, the treaties have already been signed, and the peace has been negotiated with the Imperials, so wouldn't it anger the other party if they go back on it?

If the other party is provoked to immediately attack the royal capital, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, with regard to the several articles of the peace agreement, Suleiman finally chose to adhere to and fulfill them. Not only did he order Shi Liang to hand over twelve ships with more than 500 materials, but he also randomly selected a few officers from the army who were not staunch emperors and handed them over. In this way, not only has an explanation for the people of the empire, but also uses the hand of the emperor ** to solve the wedge planted by several local powerful factions in an open and honest manner, and make room for his own people.

At the same time, he also strictly forbade the officials of the principality near the city of Mindu to take the initiative to provoke the Imperials, so as not to give them any excuse to resume the war.

Considering that the Matsue Army did have the possibility of turning its face and denying it, under the strong advice of some generals, Suleiman V made a decision to rebuild the Northern Army and ordered the recruitment and training of new soldiers immediately.

If this kind of development continues, the Duchy of Luzon may really be ashamed - provided that the Songjiang army can be content with the status quo and will not continue to expand its power.

But how is this possible?

After Suleiman V ignored the wishes of the naval commander Cagayan and other soldiers and forcibly ordered them to surrender their ships, the losses of the Ninghai division in previous naval battles were effectively replenished. Although the styles and speeds of the warships of the two sides are not completely identical, Ninghai is a fleet that has been put together in a short period of time, so naturally it will not mind having another batch of ships. And the change of hands of these warships directly led nearly a thousand sailors of the Duchy of Luzon to lose their warships in service and were kicked out of the sailors.

Relying on the connections of Agno and other high-ranking officers, Ninghai Shishun recruited most of them. After promising that they would only need to run the transport, and that they would not need to participate in a possible battle against Luzon, these former enemies were forced to make a living and became part of the Ninghai Division!

At one point, Cagayan tried to stop and sabotage, but in the end he had no choice but to let him go.

As for the new Luzon garrison division, the speed of reorganization and expansion was earlier and faster than that of the naval division. After weeding out more than 1,000 wounded soldiers and unqualified soldiers, the Songjiang Army recruited a group of new recruits in the Quezon area, bringing the total number to 13,000.

With the original Northern Army and the Medan Army as the basis for the surrender of troops, plus a large number of officers transferred from the Songjiang Army, and strict training, it will not be long before this Luzon garrison division will form a barely usable combat force.

There is no hope for a big battle, and it is no problem to act as cannon fodder against the army of the Principality of Luzon.

After the initial opening of the situation on the Luzon side, the Ninghai division began to return for the second time.

Unlike the last time, which was almost completely empty, this time, Master Ninghai can be said to have returned with a full load. Including ten tons of gold compensated by the Principality of Luzon, gold and jewelry looted from Mindu Luocheng, and the first batch of grain of up to 100,000 stones, arrived at Quanzhou Port on the second day of the Shangyuan Festival in the new year.

And this is already March of the year 676 of the continental calendar!

On the day the huge fleet entered the port, the top brass of the Songjiang Army, including Chen Wu, all attended the ceremony to welcome their victory. And the boxes of gold and bags of Luzon rice carried down from the ship dazzled the eyes of all Songjiang civil and military officials. At this moment, all the officials who had previously taken great risks to Chen Wu on the expedition across the sea to Luzon, whether they dared to write against it or only had a small complaint in their hearts, all changed their minds.

Gold! Grain!

In feudal times, nothing could bring great power to a regime more than these two. What made them even more ecstatic was that the cargo of this ship was only a small part of the rich Luzon Island, and the direct price paid by the Songjiang army for this was very small!

Chen Wu used an alluring golden luster to make the imperial people who loved the mainland more intuitively feel the benefits that the ocean and a powerful sailor could bring.

With the import of this batch of grain, the food crisis that had originally arisen due to the grain trade and the brewing industry was quickly resolved. Frankly speaking, hundreds of thousands of stone grains are not worth mentioning compared to the three counties, and there is no way to make the trend of declining grain stocks in the three counties of Songjiang be reversed and rebounded immediately, but its significance is huge, enough to stabilize people's hearts!

Everyone knows that if there is a first wave, there will be a second wave, and with continuous investment, the fleet of the Songjiang Army will only get bigger and bigger! (To be continued.) )