In the Ming army barracks, Yang Chengzu's tent was brightly lit.
Yao Niang and other female family members who knew martial arts were holding weapons tightly and looking at the uninvited guest opposite with indifferent eyes.
Although this guest was wrapped tightly in black cloth, he could still tell from his eyes as bright as stars that he was a vixen.
She speaks Mandarin fluently, and she can still be sure that she is a foreigner.
No matter how many women there are in the family, there is always no foreigner.
Seeing her husband staring at her makes her feel unhappy.
Obviously, even the face is not visible, but even for women, Yaoniang and others have to admit that this way of wrapping attracts more attention than exposing the jade body.
Her husband's eyes also fell on the other party, not knowing what to see.
On the second day of the siege, negotiators arrived.
From every aspect, this was a good sign.
This battle might be over soon.
Regardless of their origins, these female members of the Yang family are used to enjoying the high status and privileges of the Yang family.
Naturally, they do not want to stay in a place like this for too long.
It would be good for everyone if they could withdraw their troops early.
However, as a messenger, this woman is not qualified.
Her attire is weird and her origins are rather sneaky, making it hard to put her mind down.
When negotiating something like this, the first thing is to be sincere.
If she doesn't even show her face, who can think she is reliable?
Furthermore, the conditions she proposed seemed a bit puzzling to even a few women.
"The Ming Dynasty trades freely with Portugal.
Portuguese ships can sail freely in the waters of the Ming Dynasty.
Merchants can freely enter and leave the Ming Dynasty cities.
Portugal and the Ming Dynasty can preach in each other's territory.
Portuguese transactions do not have to go through Yaxing."
Looking at the words thrown by this mysterious woman Yang Chengzu was quite dumbfounded by this treaty.
The content of this treaty had the meaning of an unequal treaty for later generations.
If you only look at the content of the treaty, it is difficult to imagine who won this naval battle.
The female envoy seemed to understand Yang Chengzu's emotions, "This treaty was drawn up before the war, so some of the terms are far from the objective facts.
The commander does not know its existence, and it represents the church's Will, I do not have the authority to modify the current situation.
There have been some changes, but I think this treaty is still appropriate.
You have indeed done a good job, but what is the point?
We have thousands of people in the fortress, as well as a large amount of food and water.
You need to besiege it for a year before we can You may make us surrender, but you can keep us under siege for a year.”
She seemed to be smiling, her face was covered, and her expression could not be seen.
She could only hear her continue: "According to my understanding of your country, you will reach the limit if you maintain the siege for two to three months at most.
It is huge.
The supply pressure will make you have to withdraw your troops hastily.
We are still the masters of this island, so you only need to agree to this condition.
If you do this, the whole island will be yours.
You can get medals in front of your Majesty the Emperor, and everyone can sit down and talk business.
Isn't it good?
I also want to tell you that the Governor-General of India will send out his warships and heroic musketeers at any time.
Come and save us.
Even if you want to sign this treaty, you will lose the chance."
Yang Chengzu looked at the mysterious visitor in front of him.
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He was not angry because of his arrogance.
On the contrary, he looked at him from top to bottom with an appreciative gaze.
Negotiation depends not only on the negotiator's eloquence, but also on one's own leverage.
What the Portuguese now own is nothing more than a castle.
How could they have the courage to talk to them like this?
He did not think that this woman was a blind and arrogant type.
On the contrary, the attitude she showed after entering the account was indeed to put herself in a low profile and show enough courtesy and humility.
To be able to enter the camp alone at this time, you must have extraordinary courage, and to surrender when the siege has just been formed, you must have enough wisdom.
Such a woman should not be the type who does not understand the overall situation.
But when it came to the terms of the treaty, they showed unusual tenacity, as if they really had big enough cards in their hands.
Whether it is a bluff or something real, there is no way to confirm for the time being.
Yang Chengzu didn't seem to care too much about this.
He just said with a half-smile: "How many fleets do you have to support the fleet?
How much support do you have?
How many troops do you have under the Governor of India?"
I don’t know, but what I can confirm is that the two of us here The Governor of Guangzhou definitely has more troops at his disposal than your Indian Governor.
Furthermore, if he can dispatch troops from India faster than we in Ming Dynasty can mobilize our own troops, I will chop off my head and give you a bench to sit on.
There is no need to bluff. , that damn governor of yours, even if he does send troops, he will only die. " "Maybe so, but you still can't take this island.
Even if you attack the castle with all the artillery fire you have, it won't help.
I don't think you will deny this.
You can't stay here for a year and go out.
With so many troops returning without success, I don’t think you want to bear this responsibility.”
"You are wrong.
In fact, we have taken back this island.
Tuenmen was originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it was shamelessly stolen by you.
Now as soon as the Japanese soldiers arrive, Tuenmen will be recovered immediately.
What's the point of occupying this castle?
You came all the way from Portugal to starve in the castle.
You came to Ming Dynasty to do business and make money.
But now that Tuen Mun is like this, you are still making a fool of yourself.
How about your island?
, do you still have ships now?
The army will come to scan you every half a month.
I wonder if any merchants are brave enough to come and do business.
I checked this island.
It is in the Ming Dynasty's book.
It is a desert island and cannot be collected.
It doesn't matter if you pay taxes, you're used to it.
Instead, you use this place to do business, and you get a lot of slack every year just for collecting transaction taxes.
We just turn this place into a deserted island, so that no one comes to do business, so you can take advantage of it.
What’s the use of a place where birds don’t poop?”
Seeing his anger, the woman was not afraid at all, but nodded approvingly, "Your Excellency is indeed a formidable opponent.
Not only can he win on the battlefield, but he can also reach consensus with us on core issues.
Just as you said. , this place can only be a desert island in your hands, but in our hands, it can become a gold mine.
Then why don’t we join forces to operate this place into a real gold mine and let it play its role.”
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"I like your attitude of joining forces.
We should indeed join forces and run this place into a gold mine.
But before all this, I have a premise, that is, who is the master and who is the slave?
We Ming people all understand one rule.
Leaving one's hometown means being cheap.
When one leaves one's hometown and flees for a living, one has to lower one's head and live a low life outside.
Follow the customs of the country.
But you are obviously from outside, but you want us to be equal to you, and you even want to use your rules to replace the rules of Ming Dynasty.
This attitude of us not believing in the Lord and refusing to die makes you very embarrassed.
If there is anything else we can unite with, if we want to unite, we should adopt a united attitude and then talk about it.”
The woman laughed and said, "Your Excellency's attitude is just like that of your empire.
You are arrogant and arrogant.
The actual territory of the Portuguese Empire is beyond your imagination.
Our troops are not what you see.
In fact, If two empires go to war, your country has no chance of winning.
I think cooperation should be done on an equal footing.
Maybe you will agree with me after looking at this."
She seemed to be touching something on her body.
Yaoniang picked up the slingshot warily, but what the man took out was a woman's dress.
He threw it at Yang Chengzu, "You should know this dress, right?"
That plain silk dress wasn't that special, but the fragrance on it was neither orchid nor musk, and Yang Chengzu was very familiar with it.
It belonged to Leng Feishuang.
The atmosphere in the big tent changed with the appearance of these clothes, and Yang Chengzu's whole person seemed to become ferocious in an instant
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