Lu Ming

Chapter 382
Zhang Dongdong, who was seated at the top, was a little surprised when he heard the person reporting his family name.He let out a prolonged "Oh" before he realized that the black dwarf in front of him was actually Liu Xiang himself.

In the previous report on Liu Xiang, the evaluation of this person was more of a "pirate attribute".That is to say, Liu Xiang is more inclined to be cunning, violent, untrustworthy and other behaviors that focus on short-term interests in dealing with people.

Liu Xiang's starting point and Zheng Zhilong's thinking are completely different.In history, in order to achieve strategic goals, Zheng Zhilong did not hesitate to take risks many times, including with the Dutch and the Ming court.

But Liu Xiang has never had this kind of thinking.Usually, when shopkeeper Liu goes ashore to meet his "good friends", it basically means that something is going to happen: in history, shopkeeper Liu not only kidnapped officials of the Ming Dynasty under the pretext of recruiting security, but also used the opportunity of visiting the Dutch to lead his troops to attack officials at night Shopkeeper. If the red-haired sentinel hadn't been vigilant, shopkeeper Liu would have almost succeeded.

Therefore, after combining the comprehensive evaluation of history, the people across the world have a clear understanding of Liu Xiang: this kind of person usually does not believe anyone, and is a standard Machiavellian.

Some time ago, the first contact between the two parties also explained this problem: as soon as the envoy heard that the cross-travelers wanted Liu Xiang to come for an interview in person, there was no further news.

However, the world is unpredictable, today shopkeeper Liu suddenly came to the door in person, and really caught the people in charge of the reception by surprise.

".It seems that despair really changes people so strongly. Even shopkeeper Liu has started to be put to death and reborn!" Zhang Dongdong, who was sitting at the top in an official robe, had already figured out the situation at this time, so he said "hohoho "Smiled, then opened his mouth and asked with great interest: "Shopkeeper Liu, have you figured it out today?"

"Don't dare. My lord is pressing harder and harder, Liu Xiang has nowhere to go, now I have to come to ask for advice and ask for a way out for my brothers."

After listening to Liu Xiang's mandarin with a strong Cantonese accent, Zhang Dongdong couldn't help smiling: It seems that this guy is still full of resentment.

Just as he opened his mouth to say something, Ma Yue, the deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau, who was sitting beside him, turned to whisper a few words.

After listening to the whisper, Zhang Dongdong nodded slightly, and then he immediately got up and said to Liu Xiang: "Shopkeeper Liu, don't worry, no matter what the outcome of the negotiation today, you can go back safely, I can guarantee this!"

After Zhang Dongdong finished speaking, he nodded slightly, and then left.

Since they didn't know that Liu Xiang was coming, the cross-travelers didn't take the messenger Yu Xianke seriously. Zhang Dongdong and the others originally planned to drive him away with one word: tell Liu Xiang to come in person.

As a result, Liu Xiang really came here, so Zhang Dongdong, as the nominal top decision-maker, is not suitable for the back-and-forth negotiation between you and me-the two sides are not at the same level.So Ma Yue, who reacted in time, quickly sent Zhang Dongdong out.

After that, everyone moved to a conference room with a relatively large area.Ma Yue took this opportunity to order someone to invite Sha Zhengming and Wang Bo over. After a lot of tossing, when everyone was present, the two parties sat on both sides of a long table and began to introduce themselves more formally. .

Coming with Liu Xiang were his military advisor Yu Xianke and his deputy military advisor Hu Shishi.And when shopkeeper Liu heard the titles of the three people opposite him, his originally uneasy mood settled down a lot: since the famous "monk general" Sha Zhengming himself is sitting here, at least the other party is still willing to talk, and It's not that he came to kill him.

Speaking of shopkeeper Liu's psychological changes in the past few days, it is also full of bitterness.

In fact, when the Fast Fleet visited Causeway Bay that day, shopkeeper Liu knew that the enemy was coming—a joke, Lamma Island and Hong Kong Island were within sight, how could the thousands of pirates entrenched around not see the string of hanging Bai Fan's old acquaintance?
After receiving the letter, shopkeeper Liu, who was on the verge of an enemy, immediately dispatched a number of sentinel boats and disguised fishing boats to hang far behind his old opponent.Then it didn't take long before the sound of rumbling guns, which foreshadowed an ominous omen, began to float in the sky over the Pearl River Estuary
At the same time that the fast fleet that was destroying the stability and unity of the Pearl River Estuary was leaving, shopkeeper Liu had already begun to interrogate Comrade Hullfish, a diving athlete who was soaked in water and had seaweed on his head.

The group-headed fish brought back by the disguised fishing boat broke the fluke mentality of everyone in the big tent with just a few words: it was indeed a "short-haired gunboat".Respect is directly proportional to strength. By this time, few pirates used the word "kun thief" to describe a certain army.

After spending the night with a lot of worries, from the next day, Liu Xiang received a steady stream of news from Guangzhou City.

Now Guangzhou has not experienced the kind of pirate extermination in Fujian that first suppressed the bandits, then dragged the net to strangle them, and finally created a triple attack of pirate extermination. Therefore, there are many related households in the city who are related to bandits, and shopkeeper Liu can receive them in time. First hand news.

Then when the news continued to gather, Liu Xiang knew that the one who should come was finally here: since these short-haired people want to do business in Guangzhou City University, they must first suppress the bandits and open up business routes. It's about to be staged.

But this time Liu Xiang didn't know where to retreat.Shopkeeper Liu is very confused now, is he really going to take his hands to Nanyang where there are savages everywhere?Or turn around and fight the shorthair to the death?
No matter which option is chosen, it belongs to the right of two evils and suicide.Liu Xiang is sure that a large number of his subordinates will leave him as soon as he speaks out, and the big gang will fall apart. In fact, those small shopkeepers still have a third way to go, which is to buy out their working years and make a living by themselves road.

In fact, someone is already planning to run away, Liu Xiang knows this very well.Countless confrontations along the coast of Fujian have broken the backs of the pirates. There is a gang of several thousand people, but no one can come up with an idea to defeat those strange ships.

At this time, shopkeeper Liu's last hope: the Macau envoy arrived.

When the fast fleet appeared at the Pearl River estuary, apart from Liu Xiang, the Franji entrenched in Macau were also facing an enemy: the bad political and business relations with the Xiamen General's Mansion made the Portuguese extremely sensitive to this fleet.

Afterwards, while Liu Xiang was collecting intelligence on Guangzhou, the Portuguese were actually also collecting intelligence.Then this pair of suffering brothers and sisters also came to the same conclusion: a certain force is going to enter Guangzhou on a large scale and never leave again.

Therefore, in just a few days, not only did the cross-travelers collude with the local aborigines in Guangzhou, but Macau and Lamma Island, which are located at the mouth of the Pearl River, were also closely connected, and envoys frequently went back and forth.

Just the day before the fast fleet set off from Guangzhou City to pick up the support fleet, the envoys from Macau brought two important pieces of news to Liu Xiang.

The first is bad news: Manila has made it clear that Liu Xiang is not allowed to lead his troops south to seek refuge.

There is no doubt about the Spaniard's statement: the Spaniards in this plane are now fighting with a certain force because of the slave trade, so they will definitely not allow Liu Xiang to seek refuge in the south.

Furthermore, the main force of the Spaniards at this moment is devoted to the sacred activity of purifying the heretics, so the big pie faces really don't know what is the use of taking in a pirate team that may rebel at any time?

In short, no matter what the benefits are, the effect of taking in Liu Xiang is greater than the harm of offending the people who travel through.So the Spaniards explicitly rejected Liu Xiang's idea.

The second message brought by the Portuguese envoy is: Thirty high-quality bronze cannons of various calibers produced by the best Macau Bucarao Cannon Foundry in East Asia are ready. Liu Xiang only needs to send someone to pull them out. You can equip and use them when you come back. The most important thing is that these artillery are completely free.

At the same time, the Macao envoy also brought the latest attitude of the Macao Parliament: the warships of Liu and Macao do not match in speed and firepower, so in possible future battles, the two sides will not fight together.

After that, the envoy also secretly told Liu Xiang the real reason why the two sides could not cooperate further: the Portuguese were afraid of the Ming country's offensive from the land. They must know that the Ming country has endless manpower, and those fortresses in Macau can block the Dutch and the British. Can't stop the Ming people.Therefore, the Portuguese can only secretly support Liu Xiang with a large amount of free arms, so that shopkeeper Liu can have the confidence to fight through the crowd.

While laughing loudly, Liu Xiang patted his chest, said that he must kill the transversal people, and sent the envoy out of the big tent in person.

After that, the boss locked himself in the back tent, and no one saw him.

The next day, the boss went out of the tent: he stood on the hill behind the big tent and witnessed the imperialist act of the fast fleet swaggering around Lamma Island, sinking many pirate ships, and killing and wounding many pirates.

So, under the pressure of "coming to betray relatives" and "looking around the world but having nowhere to go", Liu Xiang finally boarded a small boat and, accompanied by several cronies, embarked on the road to Guangzhou.

Although the people who traveled through the time did not know about the violent psychological activities that Liu Xiang experienced in just a few days, they understood everything at the moment when Chief Liu was sitting in the Tiandao Temple—it was not that he was desperate, and that shopkeeper Liu would not run away. Come
So Ma Yue and the others appeared on the negotiating table as victors at the moment, and what they said also carried the toughness and pride that victors should have:
"It's impossible to keep the series. Shopkeeper Liu, you should give up your heart. If you want to command thousands of troops again, the only way is to start again from the army, and then climb up step by step. The general will give you this opportunity .”

"It's even easier to be a rich man. We can count all the ships that you own privately as silver at the current price. These, together with your privately accumulated property, should be enough to buy the agency rights of one or two best-selling products. After getting familiar with the channels, I will buy upstream factories in the future, hehe, shopkeeper Liu, you can get rich in just one thought!"

"The General's Mansion protects the lives and property of all defectors. You have also planted many spies in Dayuan. You should know that those pirate shopkeepers who defected are living a good life now. You don't deny this, do you?"

Intense negotiations between the two sides lasted all night.

(End of this chapter)