Xinfa Island is Newfoundland, and the name of the name, both English and French, originally means "newly discovered land".

Xinfa Island itself has no resources, and the environment can be regarded as quite harsh, only the nearby sea is rich in cod, which is loved by the Taixi people.

If this island was somewhere else, the French might have given it to Daming directly.

However, he was located in the North Atlantic, northeast of the continent of North Yinzhou, just outside the important outlet of the French colony.

At the same time, it is also the closest island to mainland Taixi in mainland Yinzhou except for Greenland in the far north.

Therefore, it is impossible to give this island to Daming.

In the end, you still have to choose the reparation.

10 million Ming gold banknotes is 500 million Ming silver banknotes.

According to the silver content of the silver banknotes, it is equivalent to 335 million taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty.

According to the approximate purchasing power, it is equivalent to 50 billion yuan in modern times.

In direct gold terms, it is equivalent to 1,724 million francs.

That's about 29 percent of the historical Franco-Prussian War reparations, less than 30 percent.

For France, a usurious imperialist, it is not a lot, and it can be solved directly by issuing a single creditor's right.

But the Ming did not occupy mainland France like Prussia, so why did France pay huge reparations?

The amount of compensation to be paid by the British will be doubled again, why should the British pay this compensation?

Therefore, after Zhu Jingyuan directly announced it, and at the same time explicitly refused to bargain, the representatives of Britain and France also replied very strongly:

"It can't be."

"We can't accept all the conditions."

Zhu Jingyuan was about to open his mouth to pull them along, and even threatened to continue the war again.

However, Zhu Jianfeng, who has been an audience for a long time, suddenly popped out a sentence with an expressionless face:

"Then get out of here."

Zhu Jingyuan was obviously stunned for a moment.

Although he has been quite domineering recently, he has always been a reasonable tone and posture.

It's just that the truth I said was a little tougher.

I really haven't done anything like just telling people to get out.

Because it is true that I have a basic sincerity, I want to establish a short-term and relatively stable world order.

And his ninth uncle ...... may not be sincere at all, and there is no bottom line, he may just bully people how to come.

In the face of Zhu Jianfeng's straightforward foul language, the four main representatives of Britain and France stood up directly.

The ordinary representatives of Britain and France, as well as the accompanying staff, also stood up.

It is impossible for them, who represent a regional power, to accept such an insult calmly.

The Prince of Wales wanted to reply to Zhu Jianfeng directly, but was stopped by Prime Minister Pitt beside him.

Pete didn't pay attention to Zhu Jianfeng, but went directly to Zhu Jingyuan, he already knew that Zhu Jingyuan was the real decision-maker.

So Pete questioned this Zhu Jingyuan very loudly and said:

"His Royal Highness the Great Food King! Does Daming have the sincerity of peace talks!

"Does the words of His Royal Highness the Prince represent the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards our alliance!

"If Da Ming can't give us the most basic respect, then we can really only leave!"

When Zhu Jingyuan pondered the language and thought about how to respond, his ninth uncle Zhu Jianfeng also stood up.

Zhu Jianfeng stretched out a palm to Zhu Jingyuan, meaning that you don't speak now, let your uncle come first.

Zhu Jingyuan simply shut up and let his ninth uncle go, anyway, the worst price is to continue the war......

Zhu Jianfeng took a deep breath, looked at the representatives of Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal with disgust, and seemed to be quite unhappy and said:

"Sincerity? You ask us if Da Ming has sincerity?

"At the end of the peace talks and the signing of the formal peace treaty, we will officially give a promise that we will never occupy your Tessy territory.

"Isn't this sincerity enough?

"If you feel that this sincerity is not enough, it means that you do not have any sincerity, and I suggest that the Ming royal family and the imperial court directly abandon this promise.

"I don't think the Ming Dynasty should be entangled with you in Yinzhou, we should try to directly capture Taixi proper.

"I've heard at the military aircraft about a punitive war plan that destroys and doesn't occupy.

"I've also heard of a plan to vacate cages for birds, which is to drive all the local people away, leaving no one behind.

"Anyway, we have people in the Ming Dynasty.

"We can't rule over 300 million Tessies, but we can compress your living space.

"I, Da Ming, am willing to make a promise to keep the living space of your local people forever, do you think this is not sincere enough?

"Is it Daming's sincerity that gives you the courage to go crazy here?"

Zhu Jianfeng paused for a moment when he said this, staring at the representatives of the various countries in Taixi, as if waiting for the other party to pout.

Zhu Jingyuan also suddenly realized that there was indeed a problem with his previous promise, and there were many details that had not yet been fully determined.

It is impossible to say that the other party does not negotiate a permanent peace with him, and he has to give a permanent promise not to occupy the Tessie mainland.

Zhu Jingyuan was supposed to wait until the end of the peace talks to make an "appropriate" interpretation of the pledge based on the content of the peace agreement signed by the countries.

Now that some countries have signed permanent peace treaties and some countries have decided to sign a 20-year peace treaty, differences have emerged.

Then we can interpret it a little now, so that these two countries can know the difference in treatment as soon as possible.

So Zhu Jingyuan took this opportunity to interject a few words:

"It does not occupy the mainland of Tessie, and is only valid for countries that have signed a permanent peace treaty.

"Not occupying Taixi does not mean that we will not use other means to exterminate countries that do not sign a permanent peace treaty with the Ming Dynasty.

"Not occupying the Tessie mainland does not mean that it will not take the land of the Tessie continent and trade it to the Tessie country that has signed a permanent peace treaty.

"If you don't occupy the Taixi mainland, the final interpretation of this promise belongs to Daming."

When Zhu Jianfeng heard this, he immediately followed:

"The Spaniards, the Portuguese, you all hear clearly, native guarantees are only valid for countries that have signed permanent peace treaties.

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"Because of your refusal to cede Texas and the Great Antilles, the difficulty of allowing the Ming Dynasty to cross the sea from South Yinzhou to the east coast of North Yinzhou has skyrocketed.

"In my opinion, this difficulty is far greater than going from the northern part of Mozhou to the Western Sahara, and then crossing the Great Qin Sea to the Taixi continent.

"So as the Ming Sect, I will make a proposal after I go back, asking the Ming Imperial Court to revise the future combat strategy."

Now all the countries of Tessie have the expression of a dog.

We don't give you Cuba and Texas, which makes it more difficult for you to attack Yinzhou, and it is actually the reason why you go to attack the mainland?

Originally, they all thought that Zhu Jingyuan was tough and domineering, but now they suddenly realized that Zhu Jingyuan's attitude was still red-faced.

Because Zhu Jingyuan is at least reasonable.

And this Zhu Jianfeng is the one who sings white-faced, he is really arrogant to the point of barbarism, and even completely unreasonable, just like when he was strong.

The Spaniards and the Portuguese were also confused.

His participation in the colonial war alliance organized by the British was planned on the basis that the Ming would not seize their homeland.

Think of it as a colonial war.

Now that the Ming Dynasty does not give them local promises, and even wants to "keep the land but not the people", what is the point of this alliance?

Spanish Prime Minister Manuel asked in disbelief:

"You Daming can't go back on your word!"

Zhu Jianfeng smiled directly:

"What do you mean by going back on your word? You are secretly preparing to retake the colonies that were ceded to the Ming Dynasty, which is called rebellion.

"You are planning to fight the Ming again in twenty years, but you ask us to keep our promise and never occupy your homeland?

"Do you think I'm a fool?

"Do you think that if we have not torn up formal agreements and commitments, we will never tear them up?

"Do you want to bully me as an honest man?"

"What is the structure of your Xiyi's brain?"

The faces of the representatives of Spain and Portugal were completely blackened.

The originally determined French also began to panic, France also has a coastline in the Daqin Sea, and it is not much more difficult to cross the sea to France than Spain.

Zhu Jingyuan, who was observing the scene from the side, also suddenly thought of a saying that he had heard in later generations.

Due to the difference in the way of thinking between the East and the West, the promise of the East never to be the first to use a weapon of mass murder is considered to have a first-mover advantage in the West.

They specifically build war plans based on this commitment, designing a combat plan that maximizes the destructive power possible in a single strike.

For them, as long as the opponent makes any concessions, they will perceive the opponent as weak and will further strive for benefits.

Once they have an absolute advantage, they may completely destroy the matter.

Historically, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang in the Qing Dynasty, was captured by the British and locked in a cage to be sent to Tianzhu for exhibition.

Ye Mingchen originally thought that he was going to sacrifice a prisoner to the British king, but he didn't expect to drag himself to the exhibition, and after understanding what was going on, he died of hunger strike.

Ye Mingchen's case is not an isolated case.

Until the twentieth century, the "human zoo" was still popular in the Tessie countries.

Indigenous people from all over the world are brought back to their home countries and kept in gardens or cages like animals for visitors to visit and feed.

In 1904, the United States imported 1,300 indigenous people from different tribes in the Philippines for the exhibition in preparation for the St. Louis World's Fair.

In 1931, the Paris World's Fair, also known as the Colonial Expo, transported a large number of indigenous people of different ethnicities from its colonies around the world for various displays and performances.

The Japanese, who have always wanted to become Ttessi, have also learned from the fine traditions of the Ttessi people, and have exhibited with the Takayama people, the Nanyang islanders, and the Ayinu people.

Until the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, indigenous children were kept in enclosures for visitors to visit.

The "Ethnographic Exposition" has always been a reserved item of the "World Exposition", otherwise why is it called the "World" Exposition?

Although the people of the Central Empire also naturally discriminate and look down on barbarians, they also regard each other as human beings after all.

The Tessi countries treated the indigenous people of other regions as animals.

They watch the performance of indigenous humans as if they were watching animal performances.

That's the difference on the bottom line of behavior.

Zhu Jingyuan stressed at the meeting before that the humility of the Ming Dynasty should not be regarded as weakness.

However, such empty warnings are obviously not enough to change the nature of the representatives of the Tessie countries, and their clarification is still not thorough enough.

And he, the ninth uncle, still really understands the Taixi people and really knows how to deal with them.

So Zhu Jingyuan also added:

"I support Uncle Nine's plan, but if Portugal and Spain accept a peace treaty for 20 years, it will be implemented in 20 years.

"Uncle Nine can be in charge of this matter, and formulate a perfect battle plan for the direct capture of Yin Bilia (the peninsula where Spain and Portugal are located) and Gaul (the Roman province of mainland France) twenty years later."

Zhu Jianfeng smiled and nodded:

"Isn't the twenty-year peace treaty between Spain and Portugal not yet signed, nor has the French and the British signed it?

"So we should immediately work out a plan for landing on the Spanish and French coastlines, and further on the British coast.

"If the other side signs a 20-year peace treaty, we will make a detailed long-term complete combat plan."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded very cooperatively:

"Yes, Uncle Nine has thought about it thoroughly, and he can do multiple pre-plans, divided into two directions: urgent and safe, including a 20-year long-term plan."

The uncle and nephew sang and harmonized here, discussing how to capture each other's homeland in front of each other.

France's Talleyrand resisted the impulse and mentally calculated how to deal with the current situation.

Prime Minister Pitt of the United Kingdom spoke directly:

"What the hell does Daming have to do to stop!"

The smile on Zhu Jianfeng's face disappeared instantly, and he turned his face to look at Pete:

"What about Daming, my nephew has already told you many times.

"In view of the fact that you Xiyi have a relatively limited brain, I will repeat it to you now and give you a careful interpretation.

"What is Xinfa Island? A colony, a barren land.

"The stupid French would rather be landed on the mainland from the Great Qin Sea by the Ming Dynasty, but also for the safety of the coastline of the Yinzhou colony and the territorial security of the British.

"What are Texas and the Antilles, two colonies.

"The stupid Spaniards would rather risk being attacked by the Ming than to keep the two colonies at the instigation of the British, and reject the Ming promise of permanent peace.

"What is west of the Honey River in Yinzhou? A piece of borderland, a colony that you haven't gotten your hands on yet.

"The stupid Spanish, British, and French renounced a real peace treaty with the Ming for the sake of this land that they did not actually occupy.

"What Florida and North Insea are, are colonies.

"Stupid Xiyi, in order to monopolize the coastline on the east coast of Yinzhou, would rather take the risk of being attacked by the Ming Dynasty on the coastline of Taixi.

"Stupid Xiyi, you don't want to be threatened by other countries on the coastline and borderline, why don't you destroy all your neighbors first, and create a new Roman Empire to wrestle with the Ming Dynasty!

"We Ming people can't understand why you have left so many countries in your homeland, but you are still worried that the Ming is your neighbor.

"Our Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, and we are reasonable in what we say and do.

"Daming has been neighbors with Lucia for a hundred years, and it was Lucia who started the war the most, have you forgotten this?

"In fact, from the perspective of a bystander, I always think that the British are the biggest threat to peace on the Taixi continent, and they are also the only competitor of the Ming Dynasty to control the sea.

"I don't remember a large-scale war in Tessie, it was not mixed in by the British, it is obviously not a country in your Tessie continent.

"I suspect that you Xiyi have swill in your head."

The representatives of the Taixi countries are not fools, and the representatives of the Taixi countries know all these things that Zhu Jianfeng said.

It's just that the promise that the Ming will not land on the Taixi mainland, and the realistic judgment that the Ming cannot rule over tens of millions of Taixi people, coupled with the superstition of the local defense, makes the perception that "it's just a colonial war anyway" have been repeatedly strengthened.

The representatives of Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal all had reason to believe that Zhu Jingyuan had always regarded the war between the two sides as a colonial war, and Zhu Jingyuan did not have the idea of directly landing on the mainland of the Taixi countries.

Otherwise, Zhu Jingyuan would not have thrown out the promise of not occupying Taixi himself early.

But this Zhu Jianfeng doesn't talk about martial arts!

Zhu Jianfeng's irritability made them realize the threat of their homeland and the difference in weight between their homeland and the colony.

Also brought them to their attention again to a problem.

The problem of the British.

The Anti-Ming League was organized by the British.

The British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese alliances were also facilitated and led by the British.

Spain's refusal to surrender Texas and the Antilles was also instigated by the British.

The construction of Portugal's southern Yinzhou territory as an anti-Ming base was also proposed by the British.

The British used all their strength to agitate all the Tessie countries to make enemies of the Ming in any direction.

Because the British are the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

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