Chapter 130: Negotiation

King Wulu waved his hand and asked the guards around him to leave, leaving only one interpreter, and his tone changed to a normal tone, and said, "Why are you here to do so?" ”

He Xi said: "Wrong, I was invited by your country." I'm just representing respect for Majapahit's strength. I would like to come here. If there is nothing to do with the lord, I can retire now. The scenery is nice, but that's about it. ”

"If there is nothing to do with the lord of the country. Then I'll take my leave. ”

The situation is stronger than people, and King Wulu has a lot of ideas and means, but in the face of strength, he can't use it at all.

As an island country, if King Wulu does not solve the problem of the Ming army's sailors, many things will not be easy to do. Even the great armies are not massively assembled. Otherwise the coastline is empty. The Ming army could transport the troops of the Western King ashore at any time.

That's the hard part.

He Xi could hang his appetite at will, but he couldn't.

When King Wulu thought of this, he was a little tired. Said; "What conditions do you need to be willing to give up the king of the west? Support me. ”

He Xi said; "Wrong again. When Majapahit killed my Ming crew and plundered my Ming ships, he should have known that there is today. Now I'm here to listen to Your Highness, what conditions do you want to use to make Daming forgive. Only then can we talk about other things. ”

King Wulu opened his mouth, he wanted to say, I only knew about this matter after listening to you.

After all, the political system of Majapahit made King Wulu not too strict in managing the private armies of the nobles. This kind of thing, many nobles do not admit it. King Wulu can't check it either. It's just that he vaguely did this thing, maybe it was done by someone from the West King's side. Or the one who did this thing, and now he has defected to the king of the west.

After all, many times, only the ignorant have courage. If Fang Guan was in a port directly controlled by King Wulu, it would have been difficult for such a thing to happen.

It's just that King Wulu felt that when he said it, he felt weak, so he directly acquiesced. said: "This is not my intention. Even if the royal majesty is not strict, so let's do it, and all the crew members will pay one hundred silver coins each. One shipload of spices per ship. And he was willing to write to the Ming court to ask for guilt. What do you think? ”

He Xi said: "It depends on how the imperial court does it. ”

In He Xi's opinion, this thing is mostly done. As mentioned above, Javanese silver coins, less than one tael, a hundred silver coins, probably between fifty taels and sixty taels, more or less. For an ordinary soldier, this is already quite a good compensation.

In Java, this money can be sold for several slaves.

In Daming, you can take out fifty or sixty taels, which is enough for one person to start a family and buy a house. Although He Xi felt that it was not enough, it was very likely that the imperial court would pass. All in all reasonable. Not to mention a boatload of spices. The value of a shipload of spices is not low. The imperial court can also compensate the soldiers from this.

This is not the key to the negotiation, He Xi left an opening. Focus on what matters most.

King Wulu said: "I know that the right to operate spices, Java is a port. As for the money, what the king of the West gave you, I doubled. Moreover, the West King proposed that it was all empty words, not to mention anything else, all the islands east of Java are under my control, so why should the West King give the right to operate the spices. As for the port, the king of the west didn't let you attack Sulu Boyi, I gave it to you. ”

"Handover right away."

He Xi heard it, and immediately felt cheating.

Oh my God, that's a lot of money. It's almost unbelievable.

Even He Xi was so excited for a moment.

However, the army of the Ming Dynasty is not a mercenary, and it is not the money that is given to whoever gives it. Daming's army has to contribute to Daming's political intentions, and at the same time, there can be no moral stain, and there can't be an agreement with the coconut king here, and the other side will turn to deal with the coconut king.

Even if there are some private targets, they must be justified.

This is used to deal with the countries of the South Seas. It was to deal with the Ming court.

There are some things in China for thousands of years, and it is difficult to say whether it is a burden or wealth. Not to mention anything else, if He Xi made perfidy and capricious things on behalf of Daming, after going back, it would be a stain for a lifetime. For subject countries, morality has always taken precedence. Everything else can be put away.

He Xi said: "My lord, Daming didn't come to Nanyang for money. ”

The corners of King Wulu's mouth hooked slightly.

It seems to be a mockery.

For some people, Lu Zhongheng seems to have never seen the world, and he is greedy for money beyond his return. Maybe others don't know yet. But King Wulu wanted to know, and he knew. No matter how you say it, it is also the former overlord of the South Seas.

There are still some information channels, and secrets may not be available. But public information is available.

When He Xi said this, King Wulu naturally felt extremely ridiculous. However, he naturally knew that many times, some scenes still had to be spoken, so he didn't say anything, signaling He Xi to continue.

He Xi was still not thick-skinned enough, slightly embarrassed, and said; "The Ming Dynasty is here for peace in the South Seas, and I intend to convene a meeting of the countries of the South Seas in the old port early next year to discuss the solution of all problems, and the contradictions between Majapahit and the Coconut Kingdom can be concluded at that time. Daming adheres to fairness and justice, and will never interfere in the affairs of the subject country for no reason. ”

King Wulu said; "Coconut Country?"

He Xi gritted his teeth and said; "Coconut Country."

King Wulu leaned back slightly and said, "What a coconut country." ”

King Wulu knows very well how much meaning is contained in He Xi's sentence, in a word, Da Ming does not want money, but wants hegemony. To Java, the former overlord of the South Seas, respectfully send Daming to the position of overlord.

For a while, King Wulu almost had the urge to kill He Xi.

Yes, and now Java itself is divided. But in the surrounding islands, there are many Javanese interests, whether they are subject countries or other interests, such as spices in the Spice Islands. This is also controlled by Java.

The reason why all these things have not been lost. That's the surrounding country, and it's not clear what happens in Java. At the same time, it is not known in what direction the situation in Java will develop, as mentioned earlier, the situation in the South Seas has been very chaotic. For Java, although the whole island has been unified, it is not the first time that there has been an internal counterinsurgency war.

Will the rebellion be put down quickly, or will it be protracted?

This is uncertain, and the peripheral forces of Java do not dare to rebel easily.

But King Wulu knew that this battle must be protracted. Because this battle is not only an internal problem in Java, with the addition of Daming. This is a complicated matter. Yes, the Ming Dynasty did not have many troops in Nanyang, but it was very elite. Especially the water division. They may not be able to decide who to win, but they can decide who not to win.

What's more, the terrible materials of the Ming Dynasty.

As far as ordnance is concerned, just a batch of weapons that the Ming army has redressed has greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Western King. After all, Nanyang lacks armor, at most leather armor, and sharper swords can pierce it. Originally, there weren't many of these kinds of leather armor. Therefore, in the Ming army, swords are actually already auxiliary weapons. It is the spears, firearms, bows and crossbows that really determine the victory.

But in the South Seas, the sword is a decisive weapon.

A little superior performance on this side will make a big difference.

Therefore, King Wulu understood. The heyday of Majapahit is gone. If God had given him a few years, he might have been able to clean up the situation. But during this period of time, he was not completely good before, so he insisted on presiding over the situation.

Heaven is running out of time for him.

And can Dongwang clean up this situation?

No.

King Wulu was so angry that he didn't know who to send it to. I sighed softly in my heart.

"I can admit the coconut country. But everything has a premise. The premise is that the king of the west retreats to West Java and the two sides demarcate the border. Each side is on the side. King Wulu said.

He knew his words, and directly divided the island of Java by nearly a third. The complete and unified Majapahit era disappeared into history. But he had no other choice.

He Xi was overjoyed, his face showed confidence, and said, "There is no problem. I'll go and talk to the coconut king. Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to shake hands and make peace. ”