Wilmington Wharf, Newcastle County, Delaware.

Delaware's Governor Nathaniel Mitchell is panicking right now:

"How did the news leak out? Why haven't we met with the representatives of Daming yet, and the content of the agreement has been spread everywhere?

"Why does everyone know that the Ming Dynasty is going to build the first Taixi vassal here?

Britain, France, and the United States all agreed to transfer the Chesapeake Peninsula and Long Island to the Ming Dynasty.

"And the gentlemen of Wilmington decided to leave Wilmington alone in the United States?

"This is really hateful, how can it be such nonsense!"

Maryland Gov. Robert Bowin has mixed feelings:

"Apparently someone is deliberately spreading the news, and it is clearly 'exaggerated', even misinterpreted.

In the conditions of Daming's response, he did not say anything about the Taixi Domain, nor did he give the local people the citizenship of the Domain.

"The Taixi people who stayed here will still be the second-class people of the Dongyi Kingdom in the future, and they will be the fourth-class or even fifth-class people in the Ming Dynasty.

"In the future, they still can't go to other vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't engage in finance, education, and art-related industries."

The representative sent by Napoleon, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, had an ugly expression:

"This must have been done by the people of the West Factory, and the purpose should be to put pressure on the gentlemen of Wilmington through public opinion.

"So now it's up to Mr. Mitchell to see if you're willing to become a Ming man."

Mitchell listened and directly gritted his teeth and said:

"If we can become a Ming person, we can become an official of the Ming Dynasty, of course we are willing.

"But if it's just a low-level feudal state under the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many people, it's hard to accept.

"The point is that if you are not a citizen of your vassal state, you are limited in the assets you can hold and the industry you can engage in.

"If I join Dongyi Kingdom, I don't know how much I can keep my assets, my estate, and my stocks?

"So what am I going to do now? What should we do next? ”

Listening to Mitchell's complaints, Bao Yin subconsciously asked:

"Your Excellency Mitchell has a deep understanding of the rights of citizens and nationals of the subject countries of the Ming Dynasty."

Mitchell rolled his eyes when he listened, of course it was impossible to tell the other party, this was specifically inquired by himself.

In the midst of the crowd around him, Staunton stood in the guardrail on the shore, looking out at the water in the distance.

Looking at the Daming fleet that is getting closer and closer, my heart is full of longing, which is the most powerful fleet in the world.

From now on, in a sense, this fleet is also a force to protect its own security.

Staunton felt that his mission was really worth it.

I can take advantage of this opportunity to directly obtain the status of a citizen of Dongyi, and I will have the opportunity to directly become a citizen of Dongyi in the future.

After joining the West Factory, I knew that only the West Factory had the channel to become a real Ming person.

But those standards are still too high.

I am not a formal person trained by the West Factory since childhood, but a peripheral person who joined later.

It is extremely difficult to become a citizen of the Ming Domain, let alone a citizen of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, the notice has come down from above, and the requirements for people on the periphery of the West Factory to obtain the citizenship of the Dongyi Kingdom have been lowered to the level of obtaining the citizenship of other feudal countries.

None of Delaware's governors have this opportunity.

Thinking of this, Staunton looked not far away, at the top of the two states of Delaware and Maryland.

His own identity is equal to theirs, or even surpasses theirs.

Listening to the surrounding discussions, the corners of Staunton's mouth turned up slightly.

The news spread by himself and his companions is certainly not fake news.

In the civil rights system of the Ming Dynasty, the nature of the citizen was originally a preparatory citizen.

Before a citizen reaches the age of a minor, his rights are only at the level of a citizen, and he is a citizen after he becomes an adult.

The citizens of the vassal state are the reserve citizens of the vassal state, and the citizens of the vassal state are equivalent to the local citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and the local citizens are the reserve citizens of the Ming Dynasty, so after becoming the citizens of the Ming vassal state, it is about the same as becoming the reserve citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

Broadly speaking, all people in this system are "Ming people".

The Ming Dynasty asked the British and French for the Chesapeake Peninsula and Long Island, which was used to settle the Taixi people in the Ming territory, and there was no problem at all in saying that the Dongyi Kingdom was a Taixi vassal state.

Even if the relevant secret agreement is made public in the future, there is no way for the relevant information to be found to be false.

In a lively and complicated atmosphere, the boat that Ruan Yuan and Mu Yongfu were riding docked onto the dock.

The accompanying personnel of the West Plant have completed the most detailed information exchange with the personnel of the West Plant on the shore.

The personnel of the West Factory reported the relevant news to Mu Yongfu and the others.

Both now know that Westmill's civic activities in Wilmington have been very successful.

That's why the dock has such a lively picture as before.

The vast majority of ordinary citizens and workers, as well as the vast majority of farm families, wanted to join the Ming vassal state.

But the difficulty of this mission lies with the officials and factory owners of Wilmington itself, as well as the new nobles who have already obtained knighthoods in the American Kingdom.

Their demands are concerned with maintaining their existing interests, otherwise they will definitely refuse to become nationals of the Ming vassal states.

After Ruan Yuan and Mu Yongfu knew what to expect, they also got off the boat quite leisurely under the escort of the accompanying soldiers.

The local officials and aristocrats led by Mitchell, although they were in a very complicated mood now, had to put on smiling faces and greeted them very warmly.

Mitchell originally wanted to imitate Daming's reception as much as possible, and first welcomed Daming's representative to the resting room.

Then hold a banquet, meet privately during the meal, and explore each other's thoughts and bottom lines.

After the basic negotiation, we will sign an official statement together and hold a formal handover ceremony.

But just on the dock, under Daming's warship, after the two sides introduced each other's identities, Mu Yongfu said directly:

"We have important tasks on our shoulders, so let's not waste time politely, let's start the handover now."

With Mu Yongfu's words, the surrounding Da Ming and Yin soldiers immediately dispersed, took down the rifles they were carrying on their shoulders, and surrounded all the core bureaucrats on the dock.

Not far away, after the other ships docked, they came down directly in groups of soldiers.

Bernadotte was startled and almost pulled out his gun.

But looking at the muzzles of the Ming soldiers around him, he finally forcibly resisted any hostile movements.

Just ask in very serious language:

"Representative of the Ming Dynasty, what do you mean? What are you doing here? ”

The officials led by Mitchell panicked even more thoroughly.

Isn't it here to negotiate, not to discuss how to deal with the ownership of the two counties that do not belong to the peninsula, as well as the conditions and treatment of the corresponding personnel?

Why did you just get a gun?

Mu Yongfu smiled and said:

"We are carrying out our mission to begin receiving this town, which already belongs to the Ming Dynasty,

"If you are willing to sign a statement, then sign it, if you don't want to sign it, then go straight out."

Mitchell was a little confused, suspecting that he didn't understand what the other party meant, and immediately sought an explanation:

"What the hell is going on? This official and general of the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't we start negotiations? The contemptible man has prepared a banquet, and we can eat and talk at the same time......"

Ruan Yuan seemed to be very surprised and asked rhetorically:

"What kind of judgment to talk about? What negotiations? What to negotiate? What do we have to talk about?

"In the future, this city will belong to Daming, and you will definitely not be able to accept Daming's conditions, so I can only send you away.

"In accordance with the requirements of the British and French courts, in order to prevent your funds from impacting other regions.

"You are not allowed to travel to the United States or other parts of Canada with more than you can afford to live on.

"We have set a basic standard for this, which is the total value of 1,000 Ming silver banknotes.

"This amount is enough for you to maintain a decent enough life anywhere in the world.

"Cash, stocks, bonds, antiques, works of art, and anything worth more than 1,000 silver bills must be left behind."

The local officials, businessmen, and new aristocrats in Delaware, led by Mitchell, were stunned when they heard this ultimatum-like announcement.

This is a classic Ming-style negotiation.

It's exactly the same as the previous popular legends, and it's completely unreasonable.

They don't go into the details of the problem with themselves at all.

Those areas located in Newcastle County, located off the peninsula, were directly forcibly identified by them as belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

And then there's also the "land to people" strategy here.

But this time it's not for everyone, but for those who can't accept Daming's conditions.

The focus is on the original wealthy class, including themselves.

Of course, a Delaware state with a total of more than 100,000 people is almost the size of a county in Daming.

The richest class is not much richer.

The wealthiest small factory owners in Delaware may not all have a net worth of 100,000 silver bills.

But there are still a group of people who are worth far more than 1,000 silver bills.

Doctors, lawyers, civil servants, farmers, factory owners, and businessmen may all have this net worth.

There are even people who can earn a thousand silver bills a year, but most of them will be spent, and the accumulated wealth is not much.

But it's definitely more than a thousand silver bills.

The standard of leaving with only 1,000 silver bills is no different from leaving the house cleanly.

Mitchell and the other officials, merchants, and new aristocrats around him were now very upset.

I really thought too much when I came by myself.

The news that appeared in the newspapers last year, about the negotiation process of Prince Daishi, must have been deliberately fabricated.

It must be all fake news, and neither I nor my companions have been deceived.

Those damn journalists who don't have any ethics allow themselves to misestimate the situation in the negotiations.

Now the Ming officials and soldiers in front of him are normal typical Ming people.

To imagine that all the Ming people in the future will be able to communicate with the Taixi people on an equal footing in an orderly and well-founded manner like the Prince of Dashi described in the newspaper is really a complete and pure delusion.

People like themselves always have to deal with traditional Ming-style negotiations.