"Bang!"

At the negotiation site, Zhang Ruifeng slapped the table angrily, pointed at Cromwell and scolded: "Shaft, dare to entertain me like this!" ”

Cromwell didn't want to make a fuss, so he hurriedly explained: "Mr. Messenger, what I just said is just a proposal, and everything can be discussed slowly. If Mr. Envoy agrees, Britain will certainly reciprocate, and any conditions will be put forward. ”

Zhang Ruifeng wanted to brush his sleeves away, suppressed his anger and said: "Sulu, Brunei, and Palembang, although they are all Chinese territories, they have their own customs. Especially in Sulu and Brunei, there are kings. They have not betrayed His Majesty the Emperor of China, Chinese officials cannot interfere arbitrarily, you better put away your bandit ideas! ”

Sulu, Brunei, and Palembang all have a common belief in the Green Religion, and now, with the support of China, they have completely expelled the missionaries and demolished the Christian churches completely.

Cromwell actually wanted to obtain missionary rights in these three places through China.

In addition, Sulu and Brunei are also rich in pearls, spices and other goods. These goods were initially controlled by Spain, after which China and the Netherlands jointly monopolized trade.

With the outbreak of naval war between China and the Dutch, the sultans of the two countries quickly made their way by declaring that spices and pearls were to be sold only to Chinese merchants.

Cromwell was simply inexplicable, and he didn't do anything to get the right to trade between the two countries.

As the negotiations dragged on, the Chinese envoys felt more and more that the goods were a psychopathy.

When it comes to diplomatic negotiations, Cromwell has always been like that.

He demanded the Anglo-Dutch union of the Commonwealth, and then the Anglo-Dutch alliance, which has already been said, and will not be repeated.

A few years earlier, Portugal just wanted to establish diplomatic relations with Britain, and Cromwell threw out a bunch of conditions out of thin air, simply treating Portugal as a colony.

For example, Portugal should open its ports around the world, allow British missionaries to preach and build churches in Portugal itself, and so on. At that time, Joao IV was stupid, and even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. These harsh conditions, one more outrageous than the other. Portugal is a Catholic country, what does it mean to allow British Protestants to come in? At that time, the Thirty Years' War of Religion had just been fought.

Cromwell was like an unreasonable child, and the other children did not provoke him, and even said out of kindness: "I think you are good, let's be friends." Cromwell replied, "It's okay to be friends, give me your toys and your lollipops, so that you can be friends with me." ”

João IV had gone through this, and the Chinese legation had now gone through it again.

Cromwell said: "As long as the right to trade in Brunei and Sulu was obtained, Britain agreed to enter into an offensive and defensive alliance with China to stop the expansion of Dutch colonial trade in Asia." ”

Zhang Ruifeng is a good-natured person, and he laughed angrily at these words, and his anger disappeared instantly: "Your Excellency the Protector, China does not owe anything to Britain, and it does not need Britain's cooperation to crush the Netherlands to death." Before I went to sea, His Majesty the Emperor's instructions were to engage in dialogue and diplomacy with all nations on an equal footing. Since Your Excellency is not sincere, then let's not talk about it anymore. In addition, I would like to advise Your Excellency that in the future negotiations should be conducted by officials, because it is really very inappropriate for you to do it yourself. ”

Cromwell is really a diplomatic genius, as long as he participates in negotiations, talks one offends the other.

Before, the parliament was responsible for negotiating with the Netherlands, and the negotiations were good, but the Dutch were about to compromise. Cromwell had to stand up and force the Anglo-Dutch Commonwealth, so that the Dutch negotiators were so angry that they almost overturned the table.

Facts have proved that although the armistice agreement signed with the Netherlands after Cromwell personally negotiated it, Britain won on the surface, many of the contents of the treaty could not be operated and had no practical meaning at all. If the whole process is left to Parliament, the UK will reap more effective benefits.

This thing seems to be a little narcissistic and a little paranoid.

Leaving the negotiation table, Zhang Ruifeng strode out of the room and said to the left and right: "There is nothing to say to this guy, when Lord Fan comes back from the Mediterranean, we will immediately take a boat back to China." It's ...... Outrageous! ”

In the next half month, Cromwell personally talked a few more times.

Zhang Ruifeng was always smiling, no matter how outrageous the other party's suggestion was, he would make an excuse to return to China to ask Emperor Zhao. In a word, I'm tired and too lazy to talk to you.

Fan Chao finally returned with the fleet, and he said, "I didn't see the Pope of Rome, but the Pope let people pass the word." If China wants to establish diplomatic relations with the Papal States, it must allow missionaries to preach freely, and Chinese Christians are no longer allowed to worship Confucius and worship their ancestors. I was so angry that I didn't bother to wait, and by the way, I visited several small Italian states. ”

"What about those little states?" Zhang Ruifeng asked.

Fan Chao replied: "Those small states are very polite, and they also exchange gifts with each other. There are also a few big families who send their children on the ship, saying that they want to go to China to have a look. Then I went to the Ottoman capital, and almost got into a fight, and when I saw that the situation was not good, I ran away with my troops. ”

"Fight the Ottomans?" Zhang Ruifeng was puzzled.

Fan Chao explained: "The Empress Dowager, who was in power in Osman's power, was killed more than a year ago, leaving behind a mess. Do you know who killed the Ottoman Empress Dowager? ”

"Who killed it?" Zhang Ruifeng asked.

Fan Chao couldn't cry or laugh: "Was she killed by her daughter-in-law, the one who planned it, or a black eunuch." Now, the Queen Mother killed the Queen Mother, and after taking power, she only knew pleasure, and raised dozens of little white faces as faces. The Ottomans were a huge country, and power was controlled by black eunuchs. This black eunuch is in charge, and he only knows how to make money. In the court, several major families compete with each other for power, and there are sectarian disputes behind them. ”

What is this?

The queen mother who killed the queen mother was born as a Ukrainian (Polish) slave girl. The chief black eunuch who held the power of the state was also born as a black African slave.

Two slaves, turned into masters, joined forces to control the Ottoman Empire, which spanned three continents.

Fan Chao sighed: "Lao Tzu is old, he looks fierce and vicious, and he was seduced by the queen mother and wanted to sleep with Lao Tzu." It is estimated that she has never seen a Chinese man, and she is hungry and wants to try it. ”

Pan Wei suddenly asked, "Sir, is the Ottoman Empress Dowager beautiful?" ”

"A slave girl, who can be the queen mother, is only in her twenties, do you say that she is beautiful?" Fan Chao asked rhetorically.

Pan Wei smiled tacitly.

"You laugh at the fart," Fan Chao said angrily, "Lao Tzu just entered the city, and he heard about the Queen Mother's affair." In more than a year in power, she has raised dozens of noodles. Beauty is beauty, but Lao Tzu doesn't dare to sleep with her, what if she gets flower willow disease? If you really get sick, you won't be ashamed to die when you go back, and you will be on that one footage. ”

Zhang Ruifeng asked, "Why did you almost fight?" ”

Fan Chao said: "Lao Tzu didn't sleep with her, so he offended the queen mother." The two countries negotiated with black eunuchs. The chief black eunuch looked like a greedy and ruthless man. Without saying a few words, he reached out and asked for money, and he had to give him a gift if he wanted to talk about anything. Lao Tzu has been fighting for half his life, and he was actually blackmailed by a eunuch, and he was especially a black eunuch. In a fit of rage, I didn't bother to talk about it anymore. ”

"Before he left, a noble minister came to the door. That minister, somehow, knew that I was angry in front of the eunuchs, and even instigated me to help them carry out a coup d'état. He said that he had soldiers, plus my soldiers, as long as he was surprised, he would definitely be able to enter the palace and slaughter the desolate queen mother and the greedy eunuch. ”

"Lao Tzu is not stupid, of course he will not agree. As a result, the next morning, the local commissioner panicked and said that the situation was not good, and that the palace seemed to be mobilizing troops. ”

"If the dog enters, it must be the minister who makes it bad. ran into a wall with me, so he went to the Queen Mother to make false accusations, forcing me to send troops to fight with the Queen Mother. I won, and they took advantage of the coup d'état. I lost, and they had the merit of reporting. ”

"Fuck it, Lao Tzu doesn't fight, it's not good to fight or win. Taking advantage of the fact that the Queen Mother's army did not kill, she immediately led the army to leave, and no one dared to stop her guns all the way. ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, and Fan Chao's trip to Osman this time was too exciting.

Moreover, everyone looked at Fan Chao differently. In their eyes, in addition to being able to fight, this lord is actually a big man from a water bandit.

Unexpectedly, this old man was careless and meticulous, and he saw the tricks of the rebel minister clearly.

Cai Yuncheng said with emotion: "Along the way, it is said that the Ottoman is extremely powerful. The European aristocracy, in particular, feared Ottoman force. Who would have expected that this country would be usurped by two slaves. A foreign queen mother who caused chaos in the palace, and a black eunuch who leaned towards the government and the opposition, it is unimaginable and incredible! ”

Lu Tianxiang commented: "With such a chaotic political situation, the Ottomans should not be in contact with it again. Even if you can talk to their queen mother, I'm afraid it won't help. ”

"It's really useless," Fan Chao said, "The Queen Mother only enjoys it, and she doesn't bother to touch the foreign court." The black eunuchs only make money, and whoever gives money will reuse whomever they want, and whoever disobeys will kill whomever they do. In addition to making money and looking for beautiful men, the other decrees of the two of them can't leave the capital at all. The Ottoman provinces, all controlled by the noble ministers, heard that they were fighting each other. ”

Lu Tianxiang asked, "Have you harvested the grass seeds?" ”

"Accepted." Fan Chao replied.

"Then set sail for home." Lu Tianxiang said.

Another mission of this mission is to collect crops with economic value along the way.

In particular, forage grass needs to be introduced and improved, which is not unusual, and Chinese alfalfa was introduced by Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty. Alfalfa was not only used to raise livestock, but was also an important ingredient in ancient China.

On this voyage, in Persia and Europe, the seeds of ryegrass were obtained.

The fairway of the golf course, the lawn is ryegrass, which is also an extremely important pasture. Ryegrass in the Persian region is suitable for cultivation in the northwestern provinces of China. Ryegrass in Europe is suitable for cultivation in the southern provinces of China.

In addition, the envoys collected some vegetable seeds.

For example, when the fleet sailed through the southwest corner of Africa and docked at a Portuguese colonial port, everyone was clamoring for vegetables. As a result, the Portuguese took the opportunity to extort money and sent a lot of local fruits and vegetables at high prices. One of the vegetables was unheard of, and Zhang Ruifeng hurriedly paid for the seeds.

A few hundred years later, it was called Bingcai in China. It is tolerant to salinity and drought, and can grow in seaside and desert areas.

It is very amazing that after the discussion of the members of the envoy group, they unanimously named this vegetable "ice cabbage". Its emerald green branches and leaves are attached to something that looks like "ice beads", which is hard and cold to touch with your hands, and it tastes cold and refreshing.

Moreover, ice cabbage comes with its own salt, so you don't need to put salt when stir-frying.

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