Lin Youde and Tran Mo landed on the island with an earnest look on Nguyen Phuc Anh, the future founding emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam, is really in an embarrassing situation at the moment, and when he meets important guests, he doesn't even have a relatively neat dress, and there are still some folds on the robe that symbolizes the king's grandson, and if you look carefully, you can find a hole in the hem. 》，

Ruan Fuying saluted Lin Youde and Chen Mo very solemnly, "I have seen two Tang Dynasty envoys here. ”

Although Ruan Phuc Anh's uncle is King Ding, and his ancestor is King Wu, he does not have any titles of his own, of course, these princes do not have special legal effect if they are not recognized by the Central Plains Dynasty. In the political circle of East Asia, all the countries around China want to gain legitimacy, and it is one thing to be recognized by the people, and it is another thing to be enthroned by the Central Plains Dynasty.

So Ruan Fuying is nothing except for the identity of a prince and grandson. It is precisely for this reason that Ruan Phuc Anh can't be dragged in front of the two Tang officials at all.

After the two sides met, Chen Mo asked curiously, "Does the little prince know about our Datang?" ”

Ruan Fuying nodded, and an expression of admiration and fascination actually appeared on his face, and said: "I once heard the boatman who sailed the ship say that the Tang merchant ships have visited Guangzhou from time to time in recent years, transporting all kinds of rare things. I had seen the Dutch East India Company before, saying that the Tang Dynasty had set up a government in West Borneo, and the Dutch were in awe and did not dare to offend, and they admired it very much. ”

Chen Mo and Lin Youde glanced at each other, they didn't expect this Ruan Fuying to know so many things, but this also explained why Ruan Fuying heard that it was the ship of the Tang Dynasty. Immediately untie the jade pendant. I hope to befriend Datang officials.

With his heels, he can figure out why this guy is so deferential. His family was slaughtered at this time, and he was like a lost dog, and this person's personality is typical of being able to sell anything for profit, so it is not surprising that he would ask the Tang people for something.

Then Nguyen Phuc Anh began to recount his tragic experience, including the almost extinction of his own Ruan family, how brutal the rebellion of the Tay Son Dynasty was, and how the people of Annam were suffering. This kind of thing, Lin Youde and Chen Mo both know. Just listen to it.

In the end, Ruan Fuying even knelt down and kowtowed: "I heard about the country of benevolence and virtue in the country of Tang etiquette and the tragic situation of Annam, how can the country of righteous people not be indignant and excited?" In the lower space, there is the heart of serving the country and saving the people, but suffering from no soldiers and no food in his hands, looking at the thief and helpless, imploring the Tang Dynasty to borrow troops to destroy the thieves in the West Mountain, Annan is willing to be a friendly and brotherly state with the Tang Dynasty forever, and obey the instructions of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Chen Mo pretended to help Ruan Fuying up. He said: "After all, my Datang territory is 20,000 miles away, although in Nanyang, my Datang has the territory of Borneo. However, the people in the territory are small and the soldiers are small, and it may not be of great use to the crisis in Annam. ”

Ruan Fuying was not discouraged and said: "The Tang Dynasty soldiers, even if it is three or five hundred elites, it is enough to teach the traitors to have some prestige in Jiading Mansion, and the people are looking forward to the return of my Ruan family, as long as I ascend to the heights, everyone will be able to respond, if I can get the help of the Tang Dynasty and fund the next batch of weapons, gold and silver, I will be able to organize a righteous army, defeat the thieves of the West Mountain, and restore my Annan mountains and rivers!" ”

Chen Mo didn't have much interest in hanging Ruan Fuying, he said very bluntly: "It's not impossible to assist the little prince to restore the country, it's just that I drove 20,000 miles of troops from the Tang Dynasty, and I sent people and money to the little prince, and I spent a lot of time, I don't know what the little prince can have in exchange?" ”

Ruan Fuying was happy at first, people should be able to fight for it, so how high is it, Ruan Fuying said: "If Annan succeeds in recovering the country and becomes the monarch by luck, he will be returned ten times the gold and silver supported by the Tang Dynasty." ”

Chen Mo shook his head: "This seems to be said in passing, and this attraction is not enough for us." ”

Ruan Fuying thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "In the next country, we can open the borders of Annan and give Datang exclusive trade privileges, and not trade with other countries in the West." ”

Chen Mo smiled again and shook his head: "I'm afraid I don't understand very much, my Datang is different from those countries in Europe, we promote trade freedom, and we also think that competition is beneficial, the exclusivity clause doesn't mean much to us, you can trade with Westerners freely, but Datang goods are tariff-free, you can write it down." ”

Ruan Phuc Ying thought about it, this tariff exemption does not seem to be a big problem, a country's tax exemption is a normal policy, if only tax exemption as a condition, then even to the domestic is an explanation, because this is not an unequal clause.

However, it is obvious that just the tariff exemption is not enough, and he finally made a ruthless decision and said: "I am willing to pay for the two places of Kunlun Island in Hoi An, and thank Datang for his kindness." ”

Even the land cutting has been used, which shows that Ruan Phuc Anh is really a politician who is full of discipline. However, Chen Mo and Lin Youde have already calculated better, what trade ports or small islands Vietnam has ceded to Datang really don't have much use. If it is a place like Hong Kong Island in Shanghai, it is of immeasurable value, and it is remarkable to be a trade distribution center alone. Because these two places are backed by the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, they can play a role in the entire huge Chinese trade. But Vietnam is still too small, and there is no need for Datang to expend too much energy here.

Chen Mo said: "Your land in Vietnam, we don't want it." Okay, I'll make it clear, what Datang can provide you with is a thousand well-equipped Borneo Chinese soldiers, don't worry, the role they can play on the battlefield is at the level of Dinghai Shenpin. Datang can also provide you with 10 ships of 1000 materials, 6 ships of 1500 materials, and 4 ships of 2000 materials, so that you can have a sailor to attack coastal enemies. In addition, Datang can also provide you with a military expenditure of 200,000 Datang silver dollars. ”

Ruan Fuying was almost speechless with excitement at this time, the scale of this support was far beyond his imagination, a thousand well-trained Tang Army soldiers, if used properly, could win a lot of battles. Although he had already expected that the Tang people would never obey their commands, as long as they could fight, everything was negotiable.

The provision of large ships made Nguyen Phuc Anh even more overjoyed. Vietnam didn't have any decent sailors, so in this civil war, they all begged Chinese pirates to be their mercenaries to help them transport troops and attack their opponents. Twenty large ships were enough for him to build up the strongest naval division, and even the Cantonese naval division of the Qing court did not have such a scale, and he was able to divide his troops from the sea, appear behind the enemy, and take the enemy by surprise.

As for the 200,000 silver dollar fund, it is even more in the snow. Although he was able to quickly pull together a group of disgruntled bureaucratic and aristocratic armies whose interests had been encroached upon by the rebels, he could not do anything without money, and with this money, he was able to stabilize the morale of the army with his military salaries, and he could also win over some of the less reliable generals in the rebel army.

However, Ruan Fuying was also a little trembling, and he asked carefully: "So what do the Tang Angels want to get from Annan?" ”

Chen Mo smiled slightly and said, "It's mainly two parts, and there are some other details, I can give you more details, let's talk about the main ones first." The first large, in terms of commerce and trade, all Datang goods are exempt from customs duties and other imported sundries for an indefinite period of time, and at the same time, all the lawful acts of the Tang people in Annam need to be protected from being infringed upon by the locals. Datang needs to obtain a license to invest in the operation of plantations and mining activities in Vietnam, and at the same time, in terms of operating taxes, the Annam government must also give certain exemptions, which can be discussed in detail. If a Tang person commits a crime in Annam, there cannot be a separate trial by Annan, but a joint court composed of Datang and Annan must conduct the trial, and the punishment of the Tang people cannot be executed in Annam. Well, in simple terms, that's extraterritoriality. ”

Ruan Phuc Ying listened to it for a long time, although he felt that it hurt the dignity of a country a little, but it was not a land reparation, and Annan was not completely without the authority to manage, so he felt that this was not difficult to accept.

Chen Mo said: "Second, for the restoration of the Annan Ruan clan, Datang has invested a lot of financial, human and material resources, of course, these are not paid in vain, considering your post-war reconstruction, we will not let you repay it in currency, but this does not mean that you do not need to repay." Datang accepts to reimburse us for costs in the form of a labor population. After the war, the Annan court needed to provide 200,000 people to the Tang Dynasty, and these populations were mainly young women, supplemented by young and middle-aged male laborers. ”

Nguyen Phuc Anh was shocked, after all, Vietnam is not a country with a population of more than 100 million, the whole of Vietnam continues to experience secession and war, and now the population is more than 4 million, and if the Tang people take away 200,000 people, that is to say, nearly 5% of the population is gone, and the people who are taken away are mainly young women, which will hit the population even harder.

Immediately, a strategist next to him said to Ruan Fuying: "My lord, although this condition is harsh, but everything is focused on the great cause, if there is no help from the Tang people, will you stay on the island for the rest of your life?" Earlier, you proposed to cede Hoi An Kunlun Island, and the population of these two places combined amounted to more than 100,000, and in the end you also lost the land. Now it is only 200,000 people, and under the disaster of war, there are countless daughters who have lost their fathers and families, and it is not impossible to give them to the Tang people. There are also bandits in the West Mountain, if the adults sit firmly in the world, naturally they can't let them continue to stay, the bandits who were originally going to be killed, it is better to give them to the Tang people, their relatives and the like, are also counted as sinners, and they are all expelled together, let the Tang people take them away, what is left in this world are all people loyal to the adults, isn't it beautiful? ”

After Ruan Fuying heard this, his eyes gradually became firm. (To be continued......)