Chen Mu said that he asked Tang Juan to wait, so he really asked him to wait, and specially sent someone to call Tang Juan, who was drinking in the tavern, into the municipal yamen, but he didn't see him, and arranged it next door.

Whether it is negotiation or peace, Chen Mu has been invincible from the beginning.

He had an intimidating military might and possessed almost all the spices, silks, and porcelain in East Asia, and found himself two buyers, the Portuguese and the Spanish.

During the war between the Ming and Spain, the price of spices sold from Lisbon to Madrid rose by 30 percent, outpacing Venice's monopoly of the Ottoman trade in livant.

Even if King Philip of Spain was the uncle of King Sebastian of Portugal, the peace of the Ming Dynasty was not good news for Portugal.

In the past two years, Portugal has held a certain initiative in trade with the Ming, and even if the two Indian governors think that they have suffered a great loss, they should have a greater advantage in Macao, and the trade is completely free and not under the jurisdiction of the government.

Instead of doing what they did, Huang Cheng wanted iron, and they wanted to transport iron; Huang Cheng wants wood, and they want to transport wood; Huang Cheng asked for food, and they had to do everything they could to get food; Huang Cheng asked for cotton, and they planted cotton in Goa!

Now the situation is even worse, Chen Mu has found another coolie named Spain.

Even the coolies are competing!

"The Lion Kingdom and Aceh are garrisoned by me, and Johor is allowed to enter by our garrison."

Chen Mu flipped through the map brought by the Portuguese, the Lion Country was the pearl of the Indian Ocean later Sri Lanka, where Zheng He had been to several times, Johor was in the Malay Peninsula, and Aceh was in Sumatra, which meant that his garrison could completely hold the Strait of Malacca.

There is no doubt that these were three important places, and with the Ming Dynasty's expansion of the sea and the Ming-Western War entering into peace, the Portuguese Indian Viceroy was willing to make a slight concession in the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean, so as not to anger the Chen madman.

However, the treaty was not entirely in his favor, the Portuguese also had the right to enter Malacca and the Lion Kingdom to dock or reside, and most importantly, Malacca taxes had nothing to do with the Ming garrison, and they had to pay taxes to the Portuguese checkpoints when the Ming ships passed through Malacca.

The same is true of the Lion State, which has to pay a tax of 10,000 taels of silver or equivalent goods to Goa every year.

Chen Mu's brows furrowed, only others have always paid taxes to him, where is the reason why he pays taxes to others, he asked: "The Lion Country, Aceh, and Johor have all been destroyed by you?" ”

As he spoke, his eyes turned to the Jinyi Wei who was following beside him, and followed Wang Tianrui, who was born in the Wanquan Dusi on his side, to take out the information that the first emperor was ordered to go to Malacca to investigate in a very short time, and asked Chen Mu to take a look.

There are kings in Aceh and kings in Johor, but Portugal is still influential in these two countries, and the Lion Kingdom is absolute nonsense, the Portuguese tried to attack the port, but never succeeded.

Empty gloves white wolf!

"As far as I know, the Lion Kingdom, Aceh and Johor are all fine, you just get the customs defense and establish a trading station, if I don't care about your thoughts, if you want to garrison the army at all, you don't need a treaty at all, and you can take the customs defense by sending a fleet over."

Chen Mu raised his hand and nodded at the table and said, "The Spaniard next door knows better than you!" ”

"General, Ming's fleet has never left Malacca in the past, and my governor's willingness to garrison troops together is already very sincere, even if the general's troops are huge, he shouldn't bully us like this."

Obviously, now it was the turn of the Portuguese to argue with their reasoning, and the messenger said: "These taxes, more like rent, how can those lands be given to the general for nothing, this is a transaction." ”

"It's not about money!"

Chen Mu drew a few circles on the map and said: "Lion Country, Aceh, Johor, these are three countries, they are not controlled by Portugal, they have their own kings, it is as if I have a treaty in front of you now, as long as I give me a million taels of silver, I will give you Madrid, Spain to garrison, will you want it?" ”

"It is not fair that my army is not allowed to enter Goa, but your fleet can dock in the places under my control to trade, and I have to pay you taxes."

The envoy of the Indian governor wanted to say anything more, but was stopped by Chen Mu, and he said: "In this way, I will give you two agreements to see which one you can choose." ”

"First, within two years, the Lion Kingdom, Aceh, and Johor will be breached, and after full control, they will be handed over to Daming, and the local taxes and strait taxes will all belong to Daming, but within fifty years, I will give you three thousand taels of silver every year, and allow the Portuguese to enter the port to dock and trade."

"Second, the Portuguese withdrew from the Lion Country, Aceh, and Johor within half a year, and the local areas were protected by the suzerain, and the Portuguese ships were required to pay customs duties through the Strait of Malacca, and Goa and Haojing were agreed to be exclusive trade ports."

"No matter which one you choose, the treaty is also signed, and the Portuguese only have the right to trade in Haojing, not the right to reside, but I will not drive them out of the merchants, and those who have official guidance can continue to live."

Chen Mu spread his hands and said, "If you choose the first one, then Chen is looking forward to how brave your sergeant is." ”

"If the second one is chosen, the Ming will deliver 30,000 taels of cotton, silk, spices and porcelain from Malacca to Portugal at one time to Lisbon as a gift from the Viceroy of India to the King of Portugal."

As he spoke, he looked around and beckoned to the messenger of the Viceroy of India, who somehow walked with him to the windowsill and spoke as if he were talking to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

"Outside of the treaty, perhaps this winter, the gods will give you a blessed ship carrying five thousand taels of cargo, and the new Viceroy of India may be given three of the same ships, and our gods are sometimes very spiritual." Chen Mu raised his eyebrows, patted the messenger's back and walked back to the table, and said, "It's okay to believe it." ”

The messenger was a little confused, with his hands open in front of him as if he was holding something, but his face was sluggish for a while, this ...... Is this a bribe?

A fortune ship of 5,000 taels of cargo?

Three ships are 15,000 taels of cargo?

And for the Governor to give the king of Lisbon 30,000 taels of goods of fortune?

The 30,000 taels are nothing, but if it is handed over to a person, it is really a huge amount of money, and the messenger was smashed a little confused.

As an officer, he has a salary of considerable purchasing power of twenty taels of silver per year, and working in a trading hub makes his salary even higher than it actually is, even so, five thousand taels of silver for the goods of the Ming Kingdom, which is equivalent to his salary for a hundred years!

When he returned to the negotiations, the envoy could no longer maintain his normal thoughts, he licked his dry lips and asked Chen Mu: "General, general, cargo ship, can you go directly to Lisbon?" ”

"yes!"

Chen Mu smiled when he heard him mention the word cargo ship, pointed to the next door and said, "I am planning to negotiate with the King of Spain to lease a piece of land, like a mirror, if it can be successful, send it to Lisbon?" ”

He shook his head: "Not a problem. ”./14_14088/