Jiajing listened to Nils. After Rosen's answer, the whole person couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"This Nils. Lawson had previously encountered my Ming fleet near India. ”

"Based on the speed of sailing, the fleet should soon pass through the Strait of Malacca, and with the map I have drawn, they should be able to avoid a lot of detours!"

Jiajing thought so, and immediately came back to his senses and looked at Nils not far away. Rosen, nodded, and then spoke.

"Well, that's good, your news has helped me a lot!"

Jiajing's words, after being relayed by the translator, fell into Niels's ears word for word.

When Nils heard Jiajing's words, a hint of joy flashed on his face.

In his opinion, as long as he can tie up the interests of both sides, he may be able to complete the mission of expanding diplomacy for the Kingdom of Spain.

Thinking of this, I saw a look of worry flashing on Niels's face, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

Nils's expression naturally couldn't hide from everyone present, and Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw this situation.

"Hmph, you actually play this game with me, okay, I'll listen to what you want to say!"

After that, I saw Jiajing cough lightly, turned his gaze to Nils, and then asked.

"Do you have anything you want to say to me?"

Hearing this, Nils thought for a moment before speaking unhurriedly.

"His Majesty the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I wonder if you know the English Kingdom?"

When Niels's words fell, an official in charge of translation soon translated Niels's words as they were.

When Jiajing heard this, an inexplicable smile couldn't help but appear on his face, and he turned to speak.

"Of course I know about England, and not long ago, I talked to the merchants of England."

"I have heard from the English that the Kingdom of Spain has sealed off the seas and has not allowed ships from other nations to sail on the seas."

"Not only that, but you also heavily fund pirates and allow them to plunder at sea, and the English say that you intend to invade their country!"

"They call you the Kingdom of Spain, shameless invaders!"

Jiajing's words, after being relayed by a translator who knew the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty on the side, reached Niels's ears word for word.

When Nils heard Jiajing's words, the whole person immediately panicked, and then his face was gloomy, and he scolded secretly.

"Oh my God, how dare these damned Britons slander the Kingdom of Spain like this!"

After this, I saw Nils come back to his senses, look at Jiajing, and explain earnestly.

"Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, don't be deceived by those cunning British, they are the villains who secretly fund pirates!"

"Truth be told, the ships of our Kingdom of Spain are often plundered by those vile and shameless English pirates on their way back!"

"You control such a large and powerful empire, you probably won't listen to the lies of those British, right?"

After listening to the paraphrase of the translator on the side, Jiajing sneered and said to himself: "Hmph, you two countries are clearly the same hill, hurry up and fight, so that my Ming can make a lot of war money!" ”

After this, I saw Jiajing smiling and followed suit.

"This is natural, I have never believed in the words of one family, as you said not long ago, envoy, your Kingdom of Spain wants to take this opportunity to become friends with my Daming, why shouldn't I be Ming?"

In Jiajing's view, according to the current momentum, Spain will decline sooner or later.

It is better to take this opportunity to grab more benefits for the Ming Dynasty, and when the time is ripe, the Ming Dynasty can take over the title of the empire on which the sun never sets from Spain!

Jiajing's words, after being retold by the translator on the side, fell into Niels's ears word for word, and when Nils heard this, the whole person was comforted, and the hanging heart in his heart finally landed safely.

After this, Nils organized the language in his mind and continued.

"Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I was worried about this matter just now, what should I do if the merchant ships loaded with silk, tea, and porcelain are plundered by British pirates in the process of being transported to Europe?"

In Nils's opinion, the meaning of his expression was already very obvious: "In order to protect the merchant ships from plunder, you better hurry up and sign an alliance with our Kingdom of Spain!" ”

After listening to the translation of the official in charge of translation on the side, Jiajing nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, my Daming can protect the safety of merchant ships, if you are too busy to take care of yourself, you can also come to my Daming for help, at present, my Daming warship, escort once, only five thousand taels of silver!"

When Nils heard Jiajing's words, his face suddenly darkened, he didn't expect that things would actually develop in this direction.

Originally, I just wanted to take this opportunity to sign an alliance with the powerful country rich in silk, tea, and porcelain in front of me, but I was promoted by the other party for escort services.

Immediately afterwards, after thinking of his own fleet that was invincible all over the world, Nils decisively rejected Jiajing's proposal.

"His Majesty the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as you said earlier, our Kingdom of Spain also has the ability to protect the safety of merchant ships!"

Nils changed his words as he said this, and then continued to add.

"But it's because we both have the ability to do so that we should sign an alliance to avoid conflict, don't you think?"

Nils's words, after being repeated by a translator on the side, successfully aroused the dissatisfaction of several members of the cabinet, especially Xu Jie, whose face was full of resentment at this moment.

"It's just a barbarian, and you want to sit with me Daming, what kind of alliance are you talking about?"

Jiajing took in the expressions on the faces of Xu Jie and the others, chuckled, and immediately asked with interest.

"Oh, since your Kingdom of Spain wants to sign an alliance with my Daming, you might as well let me ask, what is the content of the covenant?"

Jiajing's words, after being relayed by the translator who knew the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty on the side, reached Niels's ears word for word.

When Nils heard this, his face was full of smiles, and he immediately answered without thinking.

"First of all, between the Ming Dynasty and Spain, whether it is a merchant ship or a warship, they have the right to freedom of navigation on the sea, and they must not interfere with it, and when the ships of the two sides meet at sea, they cannot attack each other!"

"Secondly, after one of the ships is unfortunately shipwrecked and stranded, if the other party's ship is present, it has the obligation to come to the rescue!"

"When the ships carrying goods from both sides arrive at each other's ports, there shall be no other charges other than the necessary taxes!"

"Finally, the ships of both sides will be able to obtain fresh water, food, medical supplies, etc., in each other's ports, and in addition, the missionaries must be allowed to preach ......"

Nils's words, after being relayed by officials who knew Rakshasa on the side, reached the ears of Yan Song and the others word for word.

Hearing this, Yan Song turned his gaze to Xu Jie on the side, and asked instead, "Elder Xu Ge, what do you think of the content of this covenant?" ”

When Xu Jie heard Yan Song's words, after thinking for a moment, he immediately responded: "Well, the content of this covenant, except for the part of the missionary, the rest is not much of a problem!" ”

After listening to the advice given by Xu Jie, Yan Song rarely expressed his agreement.

"Well, Elder Xu Ge has a point, I heard the officials on the main and guest side mention earlier that these countries are very keen to send missionaries to proselytize, and I heard that it is to spread the glory of Christianity, so as to go to heaven after death!"

Zhang Juzheng, who was on the side, couldn't help frowning when he heard Yan Song's words, and immediately asked.

"Heavenly Kingdom, the Heavenly Kingdom on their side is similar to the Netherworld on our side, right?"

When Yan Song heard this, after being stunned for a moment, he immediately gave a response with insufficient confidence.

"This ...... This, should ...... It should be about the same! ”

After that, I saw Yan Song turn his gaze to the direction where Jiajing was, and when he just wanted to say an admonition, he saw Jiajing take the first step to speak.

"There is nothing wrong with the rest of the terms, but I will not agree to send missionaries to carry out missions!"

Jiajing's voice was not loud, but it contained an unquestionable meaning.

Nils obviously did not anticipate this sudden change, and in his opinion, the terms he proposed were very friendly and fair.

If it weren't for the fact that this oriental country rich in silk, tea, porcelain and other luxury goods in front of you would be no less powerful than Spain.

According to the character of the overlord of the sea of the Kingdom of Spain, where can there be so much nonsense, and when he returns, he will directly ask His Majesty to send an invincible armada and come over to conquer it!

Facing Nils's puzzled eyes, Jiajing cleared his throat and continued.

"Don't worry, I'm not targeting anyone, but treating everyone equally, no matter who it is, I'm not allowed to preach in my Ming Dynasty!"

"There was once a group of Portuguese who stayed in the Haojing area of my Ming Dynasty on the grounds that their ships were damaged by wind and waves, and since then, they have settled here, and I am very open-minded and welcome their arrival!"

"Who knows, but on the pretext of preaching, they secretly supported the Japanese and sold artillery to them, so that they could endanger the southeast coastal areas of my Ming Dynasty, and not long ago, I ordered them all to be expelled from my Ming Dynasty!"

After listening to the paraphrase of the translator on the side, Nils also roughly understood the reason why Jiajing was so resistant to the missionary, but he was still a little unwilling and wanted to make amends.

After all, if such a populous, vast, and powerful nation could be brought back to the embrace of the Christian family.

Then after his death, the soul will surely ascend to heaven and listen to God's teachings in the closest place to God!

"Your Majesty, Supreme Emperor Ming, I can assure you that we, the Kingdom of Spain, are a friendly and generous country, and we will definitely not be like those Portuguese!"

Niels's words, after being relayed by officials who knew Rakshasa on the side, reached the ears of everyone in the cabinet word for word.

At this moment, when everyone heard Nils's words, they couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in their hearts.

Friendship refers to the massacre of local natives and their use as slaves in order to mine gold for themselves, but generosity is true, and Spain buys the most luxury goods such as silk, tea, and porcelain from the Ming every year.

Seeing that Nils was still about to admonish, a look of impatience appeared on Jiajing's face, and he spoke instead.

"Needless to say, I won't agree to sending missionaries over to preach anyway!"

"If you talk nonsense again, then there is no need to sign this covenant again!"

Seeing this, Nils knew that the emperor of the Ming Empire in front of him had made up his mind, and if he continued to insist, he would only be disgusted by him, and not only would he not get what he wanted, but he would pay more.

Nils nodded his head after thinking about this, his face full of apologies, and followed up with an explanation.

"Follow your will, Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

After listening to the relay of the official who knew Rakshasa on the side, Jiajing nodded and immediately commanded.

"In that case, let's do it first, I still have things to deal with next, you can leave!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, the cabinet members who were sitting not far away immediately got up from their seats and bowed to Jiajing.

Seeing this, Niels and his group of four people also quickly got up from their seats and saluted Jiajing with the etiquette taught to them by the officials of Honglu Temple earlier.

After this, Niels and his party of four, as well as members of the cabinet, left the Qianqing Palace one after another, and under the guidance of a eunuch, went to a separate room to discuss specific terms.

After all, the meeting between the two sides this time was only to confirm a general direction, and the next relevant details still need to be discussed in detail by the cabinet with this group of Rakshasa envoys.

After everyone left the Qianqing Palace one after another, I saw Jiajing slowly get up from the dragon chair, look at Lu Fang on the side, and then speak.

"Lu Fang, let's go, go out with me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Immediately, I saw Lu Fang follow Jiajing's steps step by step and walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and behind them, there were many eunuchs and palace maids who were responsible for serving.

The master and servant walked along the neat stone path under their feet, and soon came to a lake, and there was a small pavilion by the lake, where Jiajing stopped.

"Let's rest here for a while!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Jiajing's words fell, many eunuchs and palace maids soon stepped forward, spread soft cushions on the stone benches, and filled the table with all kinds of rare pastries, and the cyan teapot was still steaming.

(End of chapter)