"Diana, are you alright?"

In the sailor's tent, Jiang Ning looked at Diana who was radiant in front of him, and he couldn't wait to check it all over his body, from the inside out.

"My lord, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored!"

Diana learned the military salute she had seen before, and hugged her fists with a serious expression.

But the next moment, she regained her smiling appearance, took off her helmet and threw herself into Jiang Ning's arms.

Her shiny black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, revealing a beautiful and lovely face.

"Don't worry, my dear lord, I don't have anything to do, Lord Bai and Miss Blue protect me very well.

I also saw the women and children, they were not bad-hearted, they had no evil deeds, and we had a good conversation. ”

Jiang Ning pinched Diana's pink face dotingly, and the tender touch like a shelled egg made him love it.

"Satisfied?"

Diana smiled and nodded, then blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Honey, what are you going to do with them?" ”

Jiang Ning already had an idea, and said slowly:

"First of all, carefully check the past experience, and if there is really nothing illegal except for smuggling some goods, then find a place to settle them down first.

In the future, I will definitely do business with Daming and Franco, and it is good to treat them as a model and release goodwill. ”

Diana hugged Jiang Ning's face excitedly, leaned her pink lips with the scent of musk lan, and kissed him fiercely.

She knew it was the best and best way she could come up.

After a long time, Diana let go of Jiang Ning, and her eyes were misty, "Thank you, dear." ”

"It's as simple as that? It's too insincere. ”

Jiang Ning licked his lips and sniffed the elegant fragrance of the girl's body.

This is also the most surprising thing for him.

She doesn't have the body odor that most white people have, but is fragrant and soft.

Diana looked at Jiang Ning stupidly and kissed him again.

Manraka country.

At this time, a lively banquet was being held in the palace.

The composition of the participants was complex.

There are Japanese pirates like Kurosaki Sawaichi, Franco pirates like Antonio, and Franc Captain Ricardo.

Yes, it was not pirates who captured Manchuria, controlled the Manraka Strait, and even attacked Guangdong before, but the Francois naval fleet.

He was under the command of Almeida, the first Governor of Franc in India.

It is for this reason that Kurosaki Sawaichi and Antonio will not hesitate to join them.

Otherwise, they are all pirates, and who can afford whom?

Suddenly, Ricardo stood up with his glass in his hand and said aloud:

"Gentlemen, in addition to enjoying the food, we need to do one more thing.

That is to discuss our next plan, which determines the safety of our lives. ”

Seeing that everyone was quiet, and all eyes were focused on himself, Ricardo nodded with satisfaction and smiled:

"You should all know that the Ming army is being mobilized to the south, and supplies are also being stepped up.

Obviously, we became their next target.

According to Mr. Antonio, the strength of the Ming army's naval fleet was not weak, but as strong as ours.

So now are we going to start a war, or are we going to negotiate with it in exchange for peace?

I would also like to invite you to come up with your own ideas. ”

As soon as the words fell, Bishop Eduardo stood up and said:

"Your Excellency Colonel, gentlemen, we all know that the Ming Dynasty is the number one power in the East, and even the number one power in the world.

Its territory is immensely vast, larger than our Portuguese mainland and the colonies.

Its army is more than a million, and it is the sum total of all the people of our kingdom.

And in such a powerful country, we do not discuss and negotiate, but think about how to attack, isn't it a big joke?

This would plunge Portugal into the flames of war! ”

Compared to these officers, Eduardo was a real peacemaker, and from the very beginning he did not have any offensive measures against the Ming and his vassals.

It's just that in order to open up the situation in the East, Almeida insisted on testing the attitude of the Ming Dynasty.

So he could only come with the army to investigate, and then report back to his homeland.

Antonio looked at Cardo flatteringly, and said to Eduardo:

"Your Excellency, it is true that the ships under my command were destroyed by the Ming army, but that was only our misestimation of the Ming army's sailors.

Before that, we all thought that the artillery of the Ming army was lagging behind, and the naval division was weak, didn't we? Just like Mr. Kurosaki said. ”

Kurosaki Sawaichi took over the conversation and said in a Francophone that was not fluent:

"Yes, before that, although the Ming army had many large ships, their artillery was very clumsy, and it was no match for Portuguese artillery.

But for some reason, it suddenly became sharper.

However, from what I know about the Ming Dynasty, they will not be able to build as many strong ships and cannons as our naval fleet in a short period of time. ”

"Ridiculous!"

Eduardo snorted coldly:

"We don't even have twenty ships in Manraka now, but the Ming army can pull out hundreds of thousands of troops in an instant.

Your Excellency, that's a tenth of the population of my Portugal. ”

Ricardo's eyes flashed with annoyance, and his fists clenched tightly under his wide sleeves, and said:

"If Your Excellency is worried about the soldiers, then I think you are too worried.

I can immediately conscript the natives of Mangara, as well as those mercenaries, and even ask the Governor of Almeida to send me a Portuguese army of five thousand men.

As long as there is enough time, 20,000 troops can be transferred from the mainland, which is enough to garrison Mangara. ”

Eduardo showed a hint of mockery, and was about to retort when a widow suddenly barged in and whispered a few words in Kurosakizawa's ear.

"Mr. Kurosaki, what's going on?"

Seeing Kurosaki Zeichi change color, Ricardo had a bad premonition.

"Your Excellency Colonel, the Portuguese smugglers in the Oyster Territory clashed with the Ming and fled to the East China Sea, but were quickly defeated and captured by the Ming army's sailors."

"What?"

Ricardo was stunned: "This is impossible, I have learned about them, they have not a lot of artillery on smuggling ships, and they are very strong. ”

"It's true, Your Excellency.

Although I don't know how the Ming army defeated them, according to the movements of the Ming army's sailors, from their departure to their return, it was just from sunrise to sunset. ”

Ricardo's expression froze.

The vast majority of people are different.

Eduardo stroked his palms and smiled:

"Very well gentlemen, this news is timely, and we need not worry about it.

There is no better way than to negotiate peace!

Otherwise we will all be sinners in Portugal! ”

Ricardo's fists tightened, tightened, and finally sat down in his chair.

Yamen, the governor of Fuzhou City.

Just when Jiang Ning was in full swing to prepare for war, suddenly a merchant must have asked to meet him.

With doubts in mind, he went to the hall where the guests were to be used.

"Grass people, Zhen Quan, see Lord Jiang.

I took the liberty to come to see my lord, and I really have 100,000 urgent things to tell. ”

A middle-aged businessman hurriedly bowed.

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

Jiang Ning stroked it and asked curiously.

"The grass people used to go to Nanyang to do business, and on the way back, they passed through the Manraka Strait, but they were suddenly detained by the red-haired Shengfan.

They claim to be the Franc Naval Fleet, and they want the grass people to bring you a message. ”

Jiang Ning's eyes froze.

Sure enough, it's the official army of the Franco.

"Go on."

Zhen Quan trembled and said:

"They said they didn't know the reason before, and they took the liberty of beating Manraka.

Now that he knew that the Ming Dynasty was going to send troops to take it back, he was extremely afraid, so he hoped to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty in Xiamen to negotiate the ownership of Manchuria. ”

A few days later.

On the beach side of Xiamen, Li Changhe, Gao Renshan, and a few officials stood on the bow of the boat, slowly sailing towards the shallow sea.

A short time later, a ship came in front of me.

The two ships collided.

The men and horses on each side of their respective ships looked at each other.

Zhen Quan, who temporarily acted as an interpreter, stood in the middle and nervously introduced the identities of both parties to each other.

Eduardo's old face was smiling, and he was about to speak, but he saw several bright men on the other side looking at one place in unison.

It was standing on the very edge, Jiro Matsuda under Kurosakizawa.

Gao Renshan snorted coldly and said unhappily: "How can there still be a wolf, it's really an eyesore!" ”

Eduardo listened to the translation and hurriedly said:

"My lord, Mr. Kurosaki has now joined our Portuguese naval fleet, and in order to ensure the fairness of the negotiations, he has also sent someone to participate."

Li Changhe waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, let's start as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, a few adults, please."

Eduardo gestured to the cabin on his side.

Gao Renshan followed Li Changhe to raise his feet, and when he passed by Matsuda Jiro, he suddenly hit him with his shoulder.

"Yaga!"

Jiro Matsuda was in pain and was about to pull out his sword.

Gao Renshan was eager to try, and his eyes were full of killing intent.

Seeing this, Edward immediately pressed Jiro Matsuda and said:

"Your Excellency, you are too rude, why do you still know so much etiquette when you have been bathing next to the Heavenly Empire for thousands of years."

As he spoke, he smiled at Li Changhe and the others again, and motioned for them to hurry into the cabin.

Jiro Matsuda gritted his teeth and had to endure it.