Chapter 326: Far East's intentions are revealed
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Hong Shulei would come over to chat with Fan Wencheng every day, but he didn't mention the matter of negotiation, which also made Fan Wencheng anxious. But he still looks calm and breezy on the surface.
Every day, he would put on his braids, put on a soft hat, and pretend to be a scholar, walking around the town www.biquge.info Biqu Pavilion and chatting with the people in the town. Every day he would stand at the station on the edge of town, watching the trains whizz past him.
Sometimes he would go to the docks and watch the steam-engine barges dock here. A group of laborers swarmed around to unload the supplies from the ship, load them onto a slippery farm truck, and send them to the various brigade headquarters around the town of Biquge www.biquge.info.
Although he didn't show anything, his heart had already set off a huge wave these days. Tong Guò chatted with the laborers in the town, and although it was only a few words, he learned a lot of information from it. There is also an iron dragon roaring back and forth from the www.biquge.info town of Biqu Pavilion every day, and Fan Wencheng can see a lot of clues from the things on the iron dragon.
A Liao citizen told him that the iron dragon had come out of Vladivostok and was heading to a place dozens of miles away. Some people also told him that there were hundreds of thousands of large iron ships in Vladivostok, more than 100 zhang long and more than 10 zhang high, and they could still fly on the sea without sails and oars. Although Fan Wencheng thought it was incredible, he believed what the other party said.
No matter what strange things are here, Fan Wencheng will not be surprised. The town of Biqu Pavilion www.biquge.info full of "suddenly" roaring iron beasts. On the wharf, there are flatbed boats more than ten zhang long, without sails and oars. There are also the occasional iron birds that fly through the air. All made Fan Wencheng feel that the Far East Company was much stronger than he imagined.
What frightened him the most was the astonishing order of the ordinary laborers around the town, walking in a uniform formation, which made people feel like the formation of a large army. But even the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not have such military might, and these people were just ordinary Liao people from the Dongjiang River a few years ago.
The faces of these people were filled with a positive feeling, even in the face of him, they talked the same eloquently, and their faces were more full of confidence. This made him feel a little dissatisfied in his heart, although he was also under the fence, but he was born as a scholar after all, and in front of these lowly civilians, he had an innate sense of superiority.
But in front of these civilians in the Far East, he didn't feel it at all, and this atmosphere of no humility made him feel very uncomfortable and frightened. He felt a silent power from these civilians in the Far East. This power is quietly accumulating in their bodies, and it can explode at any moment.
The longer he stayed here, the more uneasy Fan Wencheng's heart felt. What the Far East did also let him know that the Far East had a plan, and the plan was not small. Although the town of Biquge www.biquge.info is not large, he can see from the information he has learned in the past few days that the Far East Company has great ambitions.
Far East chose to settle here, developed with peace of mind for three years, immigrated more than 100,000 people, opened up dozens of miles of wasteland, and raised nearly 10,000 elite soldiers under its command. The harassment of the Jurchens who went ashore again and again was outrageously cruel. All indications show that the Far East's intentions have been revealed.
Fan Wencheng's heart was tormented, it seemed that the girl was really unreliable. Although he does not have the slightest psychological burden to be a traitor, it is even more nonsense to make him swear allegiance to the Jurchen. In the past few days, he has been thinking about how to negotiate with the Far East, and he is also thinking about his own way out.
The strength of the Far East has exceeded his imagination, and it is by no means comparable to the Later Jin, even the Ming Dynasty is vulnerable in front of the Far East. From the several wars between Daming and Houjin in recent years, it can be seen that this behemoth has shown exhaustion.
The two relatives who came with Fan Wencheng, although they spoke and acted like Han Chinese, they were authentic Tartars, they had lived in the Central Plains for several years, specializing in spying on the intelligence of the Ming Dynasty. This time, he came to the Far East with Fan Wencheng to spy on him.
They would go to Fan Wencheng's house every day to discuss countermeasures with Fan Wencheng.
"Fan Zhangjing, what do you mean by Far East? It's been a few days, and we haven't seen them come to talk with us. ”
"These short hairs are really elusive, and they are full of tricks. It's just that I don't know what their plans are in the future when they settle in the East China Sea? How do you think they chose to open up the wasteland in this place where rabbits don't? ”
Fan Wencheng smiled: "Since they brought us here, they will discuss with us sooner or later, this is not in a hurry." The Far East behaved differently, but judging from the situation in the past few days, they were from overseas, and they should have come to Daming to seek their roots. ”
One of the Tartars was stunned for a moment and said, "Then why do they still occupy the East China Sea to build a city and immigrants open up dozens of miles of wasteland?" ”
Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said: "The name of the company, the public, the wealth of several people, the secretary, and the meaning of operation." Accumulating disadvantages and being high, combining small and big, and merging and being public is the way to be the company. To put it bluntly, the company means to gather the wealth of many people and operate together. From their names, it can be seen that they occupy the remote place of Haidong, in fact, they just choose a place to settle down, in order to open up trade routes between the Ming Dynasty and overseas places. ”
The two Tartars were covered by Fan Wencheng's words, but they also roughly understood what he meant. A Tartar said excitedly: "Then according to Fan Zhangjing's meaning, the Far East does not mean to touch Liaodong?" ”
Fan Wencheng smiled and said: "The last time the Far East landed from Gaizhou, if it took advantage of the emptiness in southern Liaoning, pushed all the way to Liaoshen City, and captured Shenyang Liaoyang, I would like to ask if the Far East has this strength." ”
The two Tartars listened to Fan Wencheng's words, and they both nodded vigorously. Of course, they knew that the Far East had this strength, and there were nearly 5,000 elites and thousands of bannermen on the north and south roads, and they were wiped out in a few days, and this strength could no longer be described as strong. At that time, the Great Khan was in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty with heavy troops, and if the Far East wanted to occupy Liaodong, it would definitely be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
After defeating Shenyang, it would take at least a few months for the main forces of Houjin to retreat to Liaodong, and by that time, all the important places of Houjin in Liaodong had already been taken by the Far East one by one. At that time, even if the Great Khan returned to Liaodong with the main force of Houjin, I am afraid that he would be powerless to return to heaven.
Thinking of this, both Tartars let out a long sigh. It seems that these short-haired overseas people really don't mean to get involved in Liaodong. A Tartar suddenly thought of something, and then asked: "Then why did they invade our Houjin in the Far East several times, and their methods were cruel, as if they had bitter hatred." ”
Fan Wencheng thought for a moment and said with a smile: "There are more than 100,000 fugitives from Liaodong under the rule of the Far East, one is to loot and seek wealth, and the other is to come...... It is also for the return of the Liao people. ”
As soon as the two Tartars heard it, they understood that Jin had harmed the Liao people in Liaodong since then, and the Far East may also do this to calm the grievances in the hearts of the Liao people under their rule, so that the Liao people under their rule could do things for the Far East with peace of mind. This makes sense, then there is really something to talk about in the Far East this time.
In the past few days, the board of directors of the Far Eastern Company has held a meeting to discuss the proposal submitted by the Military Commission for peace talks with the Tatars, and the main topic is how to negotiate with the Tatars. The opinions of the committee members at the meeting were quite different, especially on Fan Wencheng, a big traitor, many members put forward their views, and some committee members even proposed that he should be tried in public in front of all the Liao people, and that he should be cut with a thousand knives.
The biggest disagreement was on how to grasp the issue of the Tatar talks, and the majority of the committee members did not advocate holding talks with the Tatars, and even if they were to negotiate, they should be tough, and they should not be allowed to negotiate terms or sign any traitorous treaty.
When the meeting was adjourned, they and Wang He and several other executive directors got together to study it, and then several executive directors of the Military Commission and the Nationalities Council went down to the committee members to do their work bitterly.
After a long day of meetings, everyone voted in a noisy environment, and finally came to a conclusion. In the end, everyone made a rational choice to support the negotiation plan proposed by the Military Commission, and Gao Jianguo and Li Ming's plan won the majority of the agreement.
The negotiators were also decided, and Li Xuanping, deputy director of the Propaganda Department, was in charge of negotiating with Fan Wencheng, who has rich experience in modern society, is good at communicating with people, and has experienced some heavy negotiations.
Li Ming and Hong Shulei participated in the negotiation process as Li Xuanping's deputies, and the negotiation venue was in the town of Biquge www.biquge.info. In the past few days, everyone has been preparing for the next negotiations. In fact, there was nothing to prepare, Li Xuanping just wanted to delay for a few days and disrupt the other party's position.
Finally, Fan Wencheng and the two Tartars came to the news they were waiting for, and Hong Shulei came to tell them and began negotiations the next day. Fan Wencheng felt relieved on the surface, but he was thinking about his own thoughts in his heart, and he could only see what the Far East meant in tomorrow's negotiations before making plans.
The next morning, Li Ming and Li Xuanping took the train to the town of Biquge www.biquge.info, and Hong Shulei greeted them on the platform.
"Two leaders, you are finally here, I'm really tired of staying here, I'll finish talking to them right away, I still have a big mess of things in Vladivostok."
Li Xuanping laughed and said: "I'm not a leader, Li Ming is in charge of this negotiation, I just operate according to his will in the negotiation." Lao Hong, you are visiting the wrong pier, haha......"
Hong Shulei also smiled and said, "Director Li, please give us instructions on the next step." After he finished speaking, he also made a lame military salute, which was very funny.
Li Ming smiled and said: "You can salute in front of me, but don't salute the army in front of Lao Gao, if he sees you like this, maybe he can really make you unable to get off the stage." Everyone should not take this negotiation seriously, it is nothing more than to fool the Tartars into letting down their guard, and it doesn't matter if they can't be fooled, our Military Commission can draw up a perfect plan and use reasonable tactics to make up for it. ”
Hong Shulei was a little embarrassed by Li Ming's words, and said with a smile: "Then I really can't salute in front of that black-faced god in the future." Lao Li, you also have to pay attention, these guys from the Military Commission, I can also make a few jokes with Li Ming. ”
Li Xuanping also hurriedly said: "Of course, Li Ming is also a member of the Standing Committee of our Ethnic Affairs Committee." Fortunately, it was Li Ming who came over this time, and I now see Gao Jianguo panicking, haha...... Li Ming, don't worry, our brothers will definitely obey your leadership. (The novel "Far East 1628" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be 100 lucky draw gifts for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )R1152