Chapter 193: Negotiation, digging a pit
Walking into the pavilion, the two sat down as the guest of honor.
The bastard picked up a bowl of wine and said, "Please!" ββ" Zheng Zhilong laughed and drank it all, and then Zheng Zhilong threw off his arms to dry the mutton and vegetables on the table, and ate the dried vegetables for more than a month, with a musty smell in his mouth.
The bastard watched him feast, didn't say a word, didn't listen to pour him wine, and after he was full, Zheng Zhilong wiped his mouth and said: "This meal can be regarded as clearing our previous relationship, now let's talk about business." β
"I know that you are an owl and the annunciation is not a good thing, what does your master mean to let you come."
"Okay, I'm just here to ask, why haven't you paid tribute to the court for so many years."
Hearing this, the corners of the bastard's mouth trembled violently, this is to be clearly shameless, has he done this thing as a bastard? Besides, it was the old yellow calendar many years ago, and I didn't see you pay tribute when you were a pirate.
Seeing that the bastard was silent, Zheng Zhilong continued: "The emperor has also considered your difficulties, so you can not blame the past, but the relationship between relatives will have to be erected in the future, so you see what special products you are going to prepare for the emperor, I am afraid that you will work hard, I will personally help you pull, of course, I am here in person, generally you don't take it out, you are all your own people, you can't fool each other." β
The bastard held back his anger and said: "Boss Zheng, don't talk in front of the Ming people, you, what do you want, if you can reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, it will also be good for me, but if the price is too high, I'm afraid I can't afford to give it to you." β
"Don't worry, I don't want a little meat on your body, just see it there, it's that harbor, the place where a lot of rotten wood floats, I want it, and it will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty within ten kilometers of this."
The bastard doesn't even need to look at it to know that he is his own dock, and the so-called rotten wood is a big ship under his own, which clearly looks down on people.
"Smack! - "With a loud bang, the bastard slammed into the case, and the atmosphere in the field instantly became tense.
"Hey, hey, heyβwhat are you doing so close? And you, don't think I don't know about carrying bamboo leaves in my sleeves. Zheng Zhilong's face did not change and scolded the approaching bastard's subordinates.
At this time, Yan Yingyuan, who had been watching the movement on the shore with a telescope on the battleship, immediately raised the battle flag when he saw that the enemy was about to make a move, reminding other warships to prepare for battle, and the whistle of the battleship on the sea instantly resounded across the sea.
Zheng Zhilong frowned, and instructed the guard: "Tell the boat not to move, I and the bastard brother, I believe he will make a wise choice." β
Waiting for the ships at sea to be disarmed, the bastard slowly sat down again, staring at Zheng Zhilong for a long time before he spoke: "What do you want this place to do?" β
"We are brothers, and I just told you that my Ming Dynasty is going to build a naval base here, provide ocean-going supplies, and provide a safe place for my Ming merchants to settle down and trade."
"You are cutting off everyone's financial route again, this is the main road of marine transportation, you want to dominate here, those red hairs will not agree."
"If you don't agree, you'll beat him, it's not like you haven't beaten him."
"Humph! I'm not the only force here, and it's not easy for you to cross the river with a raptor. β
"Haha! You don't have to worry about that. β
Looking at the confident Zheng Zhilong, the bastard couldn't figure out his hole cards for a while, and he muttered for a moment before saying, "I'll go back and discuss, and I'll give you an answer in two hours." β
"I knew you were a happy person, go ahead, I'll wait for your answer."
The bastard waved his hand and left with his subordinates, and Zheng Zhilong sat in the grass pavilion and didn't go anywhere.
"Chief, you shouldn't agree to talk to him, with the thousand brothers in our hands, I'm afraid that he will do something to the army, this sea is our bottom, and when you get to the sea, the dragon has to be coiled for me."
"That's it, chief, what does this Ming army want to do by building a military base here, do you want to enslave us or rule us."
"That's it, let's write a letter to the group of red-haired people who are rampant and domineering on the western sea, and ask them to clean up the Ming army and see which of them has a hard fist."
"Don't make any noise." The bastard waved his hand and said: "I know what you have in mind, but eggs can't touch stones, don't we still have a military port on the other side, just give this military port to them, and then we don't trade with him, I see how long they can stay here." β
"The leader must not, if you really do this, I am afraid that it will be eroded by it when the time comes."
"You think I want to do this, don't you see the ironclad warship on the surface of the Ming army? and those weapons of his subordinates, none of them are easy to deal with, he Zheng Zhilong dared to go ashore not because of an old friend, but because of the force value of the army behind him, hum! Since he is the first year of junior high school, don't blame me for being fifteen, we are like this, we must not offend him, give him the port, and then contact the Dutch, let them clean up the Ming army, if we win, then we will drink soup, and if we lose, we will return to the Ming army. β
"Second brother, you go and write a letter to the red hair."
"The third and fifth, you organize the brothers to withdraw, we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, anyway, both sides can't afford to offend, then we'll see them dry up, let's do it again when it's almost over."
"Good! O great wisdom of the great masters, applause!! β
Soon the bastard came to the beach again, and Zheng Zhilong smiled: "How is the discussion?" β
"I'm afraid of you, I'll give it to you here."
"Okay, don't worry, except for my range, my Ming army won't take a dime."
"A word is a certainty, and a statement is made." The bastard is not a brainless person, so he should make a note so as not to be blackmailed by the Ming army all the time.
After the two sides set up a note, Zheng Zhilong asked, "How long do you want to clean up the time?" β
"It's not that much trouble, just let your subordinates take over the docks in an hour."
Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised by the bastard's neatness, but he was not afraid of the other party's tricks