Chapter 54 Negotiations, there is always good news in negotiations

Every action of the generals of the border villages must be in line with the political direction of the imperial court.

For now, for the Lantian Imperial Court, it is imperative to quickly improve the living standards of the people, so that the people can quickly enjoy the benefits brought by the new dynasty that can be seen and experienced in person, which is the focus of all work.

Expansion was not necessary, unless it would help the dynasty achieve its goal of improving the living standards of the people.

More than enough is too much!

When the expansion of the territory has become a burden for the people, and it does not help the national defense, it is just a pure expansion of the territory, such a campaign is meaningless and seems extremely stupid.

In many cases, the amount of territory depends on the need, which depends on the present and the future, which requires a certain vision and mind.

Yun Zhao himself has a deep experience of this, and he has heard many legends when he was a civil servant, saying that in difficult times, the country is preparing to move some famous colleges and universities in the capital into Longzhong to protect them in order to prepare for war...... As a result, it was rejected by the officials of the time...... The excuse is that there is not enough food to feed these universities...... Then, there is no then.

He also heard that Jiuzhaigou, a famous tourist destination, was originally the jurisdiction of Longzhong, but because he disliked the poverty of that place at that time, he was forced to Sichuan by powerful Longzhong officials, and then ......

In many cases, vision determines the future, and Yun Zhao has this vision, or in other words, the people in the current world are not as long-term as him.

Therefore, after Yun Zhao tried his best to open up for a while, he immediately stopped this unrestrained development, and for now, the land opened up by the generals was enough for the people of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.

You must know that for every hundred miles away, the cost of governance will increase by more than 10%.

As for the train that Yun Zhao poured great effort into, the telegram ...... It's not a problem yet, and the horse's hooves are still the fastest way to deliver messages.

War rags on West Island!

The soldiers of the Yun Clan, who had always been afraid of war, finally slowly entered the state, and after annihilating the 3,126 men of the 9th Infantry Regiment in Fairfax of the United Kingdom from the commander of the regiment, Colonel Owen Javier, their self-confidence was significantly improved.

After the commander of Lai Guorao's fleet replenished the ammunition to the Moire Legion again, he took away another batch of gold, and then left Moire on the island that had been severely ravaged by artillery, and hid it again in the vast sea.

Han Xiufen's grand fleet still hasn't arrived.

In other words, she had forgotten the Yun clan soldiers who were guarding this island, and even if Liu Mingliang kept reminding her, he had no way to wake up Han Xiufen, the person who was pretending to be asleep.

So, the Dutch, the French, and the Spaniards began to unite to attack the island, which was full of treasures.

Such behavior was allowed, according to the custom of the sea, they robbed what the British did not want, and as for the Ming people, because of the reason of undeclared war, they were a pirate at this time.

The Portuguese warship suddenly disappeared from the Indian Ocean, and Lai was very surprised by this, and when he hurried to the east coast of India to attack the Portuguese camp, he found that it had become a pile of ruins.

The bodies of the Portuguese were hung by the local natives from coconut palms by the sea, and the stench was terrible......

Rumors of Ming warships attacking the British-ruled island of West and the Portuguese fleet, and shamelessly murdering Portuguese territory, are spreading across the sea.

Baron Nelson took advantage of the fear of the rest of the European countries to the Ming Dynasty and easily formed the European Union in India.

By January of the sixth year of China, Han Xiufen's fleet still did not come out of the Strait of Malacca, and Lai Guorao's first fleet frequently began to harass the European warships besieging West Island.

War, at this moment, formed a terrible stalemate.

During the three months of continuous war, not a single European could stay alive to spend the night on West Island, and this is the record of the moire.

The island could not be attacked, the naval battle could not be taken advantage of, and Count Raymond returned alive from the Ming fleet, under his proposal, negotiations became the main topic.

Zhang Chuanli participated in the negotiations, but he didn't say a word during the whole process, and the person who helped him speak was Rennes.

Everyone deliberately ignored the island of West, and also deliberately ignored the Portuguese.

A huge map of India drawn by an Englishman is clearly divided by lines of four colors, these lines are horizontal and vertical, like cutting a cake, how comfortable to look at.

After the negotiation ended, Zhang Chuanli also found that the huge amount of linen hoarded in the Ming Dynasty had been sold empty on the negotiation table.

The linen cloth that could not be sold in Daming was turned into cotton, spices, precious wood, and precious seafood in this negotiation.

According to Zhang Chuanli's calculations, six times the profit can be harvested.

However, in this negotiation, only Ming porcelain, silk, paper, and Chinese patent medicine were also tied together and could only be sold through these companies.

After these things were negotiated, Han Xiufen finally came, everyone sat down and drank a drink, everyone looked happy, not at all like they had fought each other.

What surprised Zhang Chuanli the most was that after abandoning their previous suspicions, this group unanimously believed that Ottoman the Great had become everyone's new enemy.

"We always need a common enemy so that we can put aside our differences and end up as one. The advantage of this war is that it lifted our Ming from the position of the enemy and lifted the Ottoman Empire up.

As time slowly passes, people will forget the terrible wars we once had and will only covet the riches of the Ottoman Empire.

Establish an enemy for yourself first, this is the habit of Europeans, and if there is no clear enemy, they will be restless. ”

Han Xiufen explained to Zhang Chuanli.

Leonie said: "My father said that this time the negotiation seems to have lost a lot of my Daming, but in his opinion, if I can maintain the current situation for more than ten years."

The communication and trade between the East and the West will become a reality.

And the Ottoman Empire will also fall into the quagmire, and when we take control of India, it will be time for the Ottoman Empire to enter the sunset.

This was of great significance to the Ming Dynasty, knowing that the main reason why trade between the East and the West could not be expanded was that the official pirates of the Ottoman Empire controlled the Arabian Sea. ”

Zhang Chuanli sighed and said: "Your Majesty has already used this method when he ruled the world, eat one, clip one with chopsticks, and look at another ...... with your eyes."

West Island looks clean, but the beach stinks.

The Dutch, French, and Spaniards have buried the bodies of their fallen soldiers at sea, but these days, there have been so many decomposing corpses on this beach that it is difficult to get a fresh taste.

Moire triumphantly greeted the Governor General of Malacca, Han Xiufen, ashore, and he deliberately piled up the captured weapons for Han Xiufen to display.

He really hopes to get a good evaluation from Han Xiufen, so that he can complete the training mission in Nanyang.

It's just that Han Xiufen didn't pay attention to him, and he didn't even have the interest to look at him, and he knew at a glance that it was an old Nanyang soldier who walked out of the military column, and after handing over a notebook to Han Xiufen, he turned around and left, and did not enter the queue again.

"The Punishment Division, or the Secret Spy Division?"

Moire asked Lao Zhou with a grin.

Lao Zhou's face was grim, he gritted his teeth and stood out of the queue and said loudly: "General Qiyu, all the battles are commanded by me Zhou Qiliang, if there is anything inappropriate, please punish the general." ”

After listening to Lao Zhou's words, Yunwen said depressedly to Yun Zhen, who was standing beside him: "This old dog wants to steal the credit?" ”

Yun Zhen said in a low voice: "Go back and clean him up, don't make noise now, so as not to be laughed at by General Han." ”

Han Xiufen didn't seem to hear what Lao Zhou said loudly, but looked at the notebook handed in by the old Nanyang man seriously.

After reading the book, he said to Lao Zhou: "When will Daming have a house slave again?" ”

Lao Zhou trembled at Han Xiufen's eagle-sharp gaze, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "My life was saved by the minister." ”

Han Xiufen sneered and said, "He saved your life, and you treat Yun Yang as the master?" ”

Lao Zhou puffed up his chest and said: "The subordinates have no knowledge, they only know that the grace of saving lives can only be repaid by the grass ring." ”

Han Xiufen looked at Lao Zhou and said, "Yun Yang actually dares to raise a private army, what's the matter, is he ready to rebel?" If you drag it down, you will be severely punished with forty military sticks, expelled from the barracks, and if you dare to enter the barracks as a civilian, you will be severely punished! ”

Lao Zhou said in a trembling voice: "General Kai'en, his subordinates were ordered by the minister to escort Colonel Yunwen, and they did not enter the barracks without authorization. ”

Seeing that Lao Zhou had been dragged away by the military judge, Yunwen came to Han Xiufen's side and said, "Aunt Han, this old dog works weekdays, so you can spare him for the sake of your little nephew." ”

Han Xiufen looked at Yunwen with a smile and said, "Has your father ever told you about me?" ”

Yunwen smiled: "That's natural, my father always said that Aunt Han is the unparalleled commander of my Ming Dynasty, and she is the person he admires the most in his life." ”

Han Xiufen smiled: "This lie is intimate." Speaking of which, I haven't seen your father for almost three years, and the last time we met was at a meeting where he, the head of the war department, was preparing to reduce the allocation of our navy.

I told him at the time, don't let me get caught, and if you do, Hugh will be half friendly with me. ”

Han Xiufen had a smile on her face, her teeth were very white, but her eyes were cold, looking at the cloud pattern was like looking at a lamb to be slaughtered, the cloud pattern turned around and ran, but there was a huge force on his back, making his body fly.

gnawed a mouthful of sand and was about to ask for mercy, but heard Han Xiufen say in a cold slag voice: "As the chief officer of the army, you made twenty-seven mistakes in a row, three of which were fatal, resulting in the innocent death of sixteen of your comrades in the army.

Moire, don't say that your useless father is here today, even if your supreme uncle comes, you don't want me to spare you! ”