"Adult ......"

When Luo Xin had just returned to the main ship of the Daming Water Division, Yu Dayou hurriedly asked, "Who is the other party?" ”

"It's a long story, I'll talk to those vassal merchants first."

Luo Xin summoned the merchants of the vassal kingdom to the main ship of the Great Ming Naval Division, and then told them that this transaction was at the price that had been set before. As soon as those feudal merchants heard this, they knew that the Great Ming Sailor could not defeat those pirates, and their faces were a little uneasy. This time, because of the Xu Mansion, they were able to purchase the goods at a very low price.

But, what about next time?

It is impossible for the Ming to always trade at that extremely low price. Everyone is a businessman and understands this. Wouldn't that be the end of the trade and the way of making money?

Seeing the expressions of the merchants of the vassal kingdoms, Luo Xin smiled and said, "You can go back with peace of mind, the next time you come, all problems will be solved, and no one will intercept you." ”

"Really?"

"I swear by my honor."

When the merchants of the vassal kingdom heard this, their hearts were relaxed. They still believe in Luo Xin's reputation very much. They have dealt with Luo Xin for a long time, and they know what Luo Xin said, and they have never broken their promises. At that moment, they all said goodbye to Luo Xin, returned to their boats, and then sailed towards the opposite side.

And the pirates on the other side are also very particular, they did what they talked about, and they didn't take a little more of their goods. But there were so many merchants in the vassal kingdom that it took two hours to finish everything. A sea ship came out from the Huaxia fleet on the opposite side, not the main ship, and the person in charge of the ship was not Jiang Wu, but a civilian official named Wen Liangyu, who was a criminal who Luo Xin bought back with money. At this time, Wen Liangyu, as the envoy of Huaxia, followed Luo Xin back to Daming, and there were some generals and sailors who came with the ship.

The next day at noon.

Luo Xin and the others returned to Daming, and Wen Liangyu and the others stayed on the ship, and they had no intention of going to Beijing with Luo Xin. I was really afraid that when I arrived in Jingshi, someone recognized Wen Liangyu. Luo Xin pretended to invite a few times, and then unloaded a cannon from the opponent's sea ship, returned to the capital with a box of cannonballs.

Half a month later.

Luo Xin returned to Jingshi and went to Yuxi Palace to meet Emperor Jiajing on the same day. Emperor Jiajing obviously had aged a lot. There is an abnormal flush on the face, which is the appearance of erysipelas.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin and Liu Shouyou with some fatigue and said, "I watched the recital of the two of you. Luo Xin, we really can't beat those pirates? ”

"Your Majesty, they are not pirates."

"I know, Huaxia Kingdom! Luo Xin, you can't beat them with your ability? ”

"I can't beat it!" Luo Xin smiled bitterly: "The Daming Sailor has always been very weak, even if it was Xu Hai and the others at the beginning, if it wasn't for them swelling ashore and staying at sea, we wouldn't have been able to exterminate them at all." What's more, this Huaxia country's sailor is more than ten times stronger than the original Four Seas. Our Daming Sailor has no power to fight back at all. I'm afraid that if you look at your face, you will be wiped out. ”

"Smack!" Emperor Jiajing patted the imperial book case and shouted: "Hu Zongxian, does he eat white rice?" I gave him a lot of money every year, and he trained a group of vulnerable sailors for me? ”

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood Hu Butang."

"Huh?" Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin unkindly.

"The ships of Huaxia Kingdom are full of a kind of artillery, this kind of artillery is light in weight, long range, and powerful, our ship is not within the range of bows and arrows, and the opponent's round of artillery sank our ship."

"There is such a sharp weapon?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister brought back one."

"Go, call Gao Gong and Xu Jie."

Soon, Gao Gong and Xu Jie came to Yuxi Palace, and then Emperor Jiajing drove to the West School. When he saw the power of artillery in the West School Field, and then heard Luo Xin say that there were dozens of such cannons on every ship in Huaxia Kingdom, Emperor Jiajing's face turned green. Even if he hadn't seen a naval battle, if you thought about it, the ship on his side was not yet within range, and a volley of shells had already been fired from the opposite side, sinking his ship.

How can this battle be fought?

But......

The conditions put forward by that Huaxia State were also too harsh, they did not pay tariffs, and they did not restrict what they could buy.

It's not just about money, it's also too face-giving.

Now, however, the problem is at hand. If you don't agree to the conditions, Daming can continue to trade and collect tariffs. It's just that the tariffs of Huaxia are not collected, which has no fundamental impact on the finances of the Ming Dynasty, but only loses face.

The other disagrees, but if you can't beat them, you won't want to trade with the merchants of the vassal kingdom in the future, and if there is no trade, of course, there will be no tariffs.

"Xu Qing, what do you say?" Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie really didn't dare to come up with any ideas now, he knew that the most important thing for him now was to keep a low profile. And he really doesn't know how to solve this problem, which is a tricky problem. Since it was Luo Xin who went to the southeast, he would hand it over to him, and if he made a mistake, he would be able to attack him, so Xu Jie said very simply:

"The minister thinks that it is better to let Lord Luo go and talk to the envoy of Huaxia Kingdom."

"Where's Gao Qing?" Emperor Jiajing looked at the high arch again.

Gao Gong thought for a while and said: "We really don't have the capital to negotiate now, but we still have to talk, even if we fight for interests a little." I think it would be better to form a larger delegation from the court and go to the southeast to talk to the envoys of the Huaxia Kingdom. ”

Emperor Jiajing sat there pondering, Gao Gong thought for a while, and said, "However, we can't afford to delay. Presumably, it won't be long before the next wave of vassal merchants arrives, if it hasn't been talked about by then......"

Emperor Jiajing frowned, he was afraid of trouble all his life, and even more so in his old age. If he delayed his taxes because of this, how could he calm down and cultivate?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help glaring at Xu Jie, and secretly said in his heart, if it weren't for the Xu family, where would there be so much trouble?

However, the problem still has to be solved, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have passed through their hearts one by one, and they really can't think of a more suitable one for negotiation than Luo Xin. However, it is still on the Xu steps and the high arch:

"Gao Qing, Xu Qing, who do you two think is suitable for this important task?"

Gao Gong also kept thinking about it, but he didn't figure it out, and when he saw Emperor Jiajing asking, he said:

"Do you want Hu Zongxian?"

"No way!" Emperor Jiajing shook his head directly and said, "If he could solve it, he would have solved it a long time ago." ”

"That ......" Gao Gong didn't know what to say for a while.

"Xu Qing."

"Minister...... I don't think it's bothering the two masters, Lord Luo is the person who knows the southeast best. ”

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