Liu Hong's eyes lit up instantly, and he said in his heart Look at others, just say if you want it, how do you know if you don't say it? What's so embarrassing!

In fact, it was quite difficult to cross the Cape of Good Hope with this huge fleet across the Indian Ocean and then from the Atlantic to the North Sea.

Time is still a trivial matter, the most obvious problem is replenishment, with the current fleet of oil stocks, the fleet at most runs to the Cape of Good Hope, and then runs out of fuel.

It is as difficult to transport diesel fuel from the Ming mainland to Europa as it is to transport supplies from Beijing to Moscow, in addition to diesel, ammunition, guns, artillery, and Dutch food, the route is also a problem.

The current scope of activity of the Daming Sailor is only in the South Sea, and the Cape of Good Hope route has never been there, and it is not clear where there are many storms and reefs.

The Europa people will not easily put such a large fleet to reach the North Sea in the hinterland of Europa, even if Liu Hongji's reason is high-sounding, even if Liu Hongjian is not afraid of going to war with many countries at the same time.

It's just that all the problems boil down to one point, or the cost of war, with the current strength of the fleet, maybe it will be a protracted tug-of-war, compared to the land area of the Netherlands itself, isn't it fragrant to develop the Americas or Australia?

But there is no doubt that the Dutch state must be destroyed, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Europa people, the result is the same, everyone does not want the Dutch state to rise again.

With Bart on the ground, the other Europa envoys immediately began to follow suit, basically saying that the Dutch had plundered their merchant ships, played tricks in the colonies, and so on.

Liu Hong gradually saw that everyone was basically unified and stood up.

"Stop, the Dutch must be the worst offender, and the existence of the Dutch state is a disgrace to the Europas, there is no doubt about it.

But there is one question that this king wants to ask clearly, is your opinion the opinion of the country behind you? Or can you guarantee to convince your royal family to go to war? ”

Liu Hong's buttocks ached, he got up and picked up the teapot and began to pour tea for the governors, if things went well, maybe the fleet would soon be able to return to Daming, he was in a good mood.

"There is no big problem on the English side, I will personally go back and explain the benefits to His Majesty Charles I, and His Majesty will agree." Nigel was the first to say.

After the rise of England, the most feared thing is the emergence of a strong country in Europa, in fact, England has been working on this matter for hundreds of years, and the specific measures are that whoever is strong will fight whom, and whoever is strong will sanction whom.

"Why does this king believe you? Is it just your simple word? Liu Hong smiled slightly, and his words were gentle and questioning.

"I am the nephew of His Majesty the King, Your Highness." Nigel's expression seemed a little embarrassed after speaking.

"Oh, I see, this king understands." Liu Hong gradually said in a long voice, saying in his heart that he could become a major general and serve as a governor in his twenties.

"Little Francois is fine, Your Highness." Aldous followed.

"Oh, Your Highness, I am the nephew of His Majesty Philip IV." When Aldous saw Liu Hong gradually looking at him, he would rush to answer.

Liu Hongjian also nodded, and said in his heart that as long as you look like a pig's head, it is estimated that the Habsburg family is not handsome.

"Your Highness, there is no problem with Austria, if you know what Austria has experienced in the past thirty years, you will believe it." Lumfeld, the Governor of Austria, said sincerely.

The Thirty Years' War destroyed the hegemony of the Habsburgs, Spain declined, the Holy Roman Empire was completely divided, the Italian states, Switzerland, and the Netherlands became independent, and the emperor of Austria was hollowed out.

The governors present here either say who they are relatives or talk about the unresolved contradictions of the Thirty Years' War, and in short, they all swear that they can push the royal family to wage war.

Liu Hong gradually sat on the main seat and listened to their assurances one by one, but remained silent until someone couldn't help but open his mouth anymore.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" Herman asked, waving his hand to stop the commotion.

Since you have made up your mind to carve up the Netherlands, you must first get the guarantee of the Ming Empire, that is, the fleet of the Ming Empire cannot go to Europa and cannot interfere in this partition.

"Well, this king believes in your assurances, but there is still a problem, the Dutch kingdom has been prosperous for decades, and as far as this king knows, the wealth plundered by the Dutch kingdom is immeasurable, and it took great effort for the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Dutch fleet.

Now it's time to go to the Netherlands to harvest the fruits, but the king is returning with a fleet, how can the king explain to the emperor and his majesty? Liu Hong gradually pretended to be very embarrassed.

How else can he explain, even if he goes back and tells Xiao Zhu that he won't fight, he is tired, what can Xiao Zhu say?

But it should still be pretended, and it should be said that in fact, on many issues of diplomacy, even in later generations, there are not many high-end.

"This ......" The envoys of the countries were embarrassed again.

Yes, what the young prince in front of him said is not unreasonable, let them pick the fruit, what is the Ming Empire?

There was not a single mediocre person sitting here, and everyone looked at each other and immediately knew that this young man wanted a piece of the pie.

If you don't send troops and want to get a piece of the pie, how can it be so cheap? Wrong! Aren't they sitting here to stop the Ming Empire's fleet from advancing into Europa proper?

It's a contradiction, what's the point? Everyone looked at each other, and no one said why, and in the end, Liu Hong gradually took the initiative to speak.

"Otherwise, how about you all have money to contribute and no money to land?" Liu Hong gradually closed the coffin and said.

The problem is actually very simple, all the contradictions boil down to the origin of gold and silver, the Dutch are like this, the other countries of Europa are also like this, and the same is true of the Ming Dynasty.

Since they don't want the Ming fleet to get involved in Europa, then they can only pool the money to make up the Ming share first, and then unite to carve up the Netherlands.

It's just that this matter makes the governors of all the countries here feel very uncomfortable, Malacca is gone, and the property of the Netherlands has not yet been obtained, but they still have to pay first, who doesn't feel guilty?

But the governors of all countries understood that perhaps this was the best solution, so the governors of all countries in the cabin began to discuss again, asking how much the Ming wanted and how much they could give.

The noisy discussion lasted for an hour, so that Liu Hongjian was hungry, and ordered the cook to cook, because Liu Hongjian was in a good mood, the governors were honored to eat authentic Daming dishes on the Invincible.

After they were full of wine and food, everyone began to bargain again, and finally finalized the compensation given by the countries to the Ming Dynasty, which was equivalent to the unit of measurement of Daqing silver, which was 3.8 million taels.

The nations could directly pay for silver, or in the exchange of goods for silver, and the Ming fleet would stop attacking the Dutch after taking over the port city of Malacca and receiving the full amount of compensation.

"What a pleasant negotiation, and you should all be proud of it, because together we defused a war!

Come on, let's toast to peace! Liu Hongjian took the lead in holding the wine glass.

The governors of all countries also happily raised their glasses, and the resolution of a war was indeed worth celebrating, but they all knew that it would be difficult for the Europa people to gain a foothold in the South Seas in the future.

"Oh, this king remembers something, such an important negotiation, don't you think we should sign a treaty?" Liu Hong gradually put down the wine glass and said.

Liu Hongjian originally thought that these Europa people would take the initiative, but after waiting for a while, they didn't say anything, which made Liu Hongjian a little anxious.

Although the treaty is to bind both sides, it is more to bind the weak, and the really strong will not be bound by a treaty at all, but the governors of Europa present obviously do not have this consciousness.

"Yes, Your Highness, there is no evidence, we should indeed sign the treaty." Barth, the Prussian governor in Nanyang, stood up and spoke bluntly.

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