Daming 1805

Chapter 238 "Ming Negotiation"

Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington Pier.

Delaware Governor Nathaniel Mitchell is panicking right now:
"How did the news leak out? Why did the content of the agreement spread everywhere before we met with Daming's representative?

"How does everyone know that Daming is going to build the first Thai-Western vassal state here?
"Britain, France, and the United States all agreed to transfer the Chesapeake Peninsula and Long Island to Ming Dynasty.

"And the gentlemen of Wilmington decided to leave Wilmington alone in America?
"This is really disgusting, how could it be so nonsense!"

Maryland Governor Robert Bowie had mixed feelings:
"It is clear that someone is deliberately spreading the news, and it is obviously 'exaggerated', and it can even be said to be misinterpreted.

"In the conditions of Daming's response, it didn't say anything about the Taixi vassal state, nor did it grant citizenship to the locals.

"The Taixi people who stay here will still be the second-class people in Dongyi Kingdom in the future, and they will be the fourth-class or even fifth-class people in Daming.

"They still cannot go to other vassal states of Ming Dynasty in the future, nor can they engage in finance, education, and art-related industries."

The representative sent by Napoleon, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, had an ugly expression:

"This must have been done by people from the West Factory, and the purpose should be to put pressure on the gentlemen in Wilmington through public opinion.

"So now it's up to Mr. Mitchell, whether you are willing to become Daming people."

Mitchell gritted his teeth and said:
"If we can become people of Ming Dynasty and officials of Ming Dynasty, of course we are willing.

"But if it's just the low-level vassal states of Ming Dynasty who don't know how many people, it's hard to accept.

"The key is that if you are not a citizen of the vassal state where you are, the assets you hold and the industries you engage in are restricted.

"If you join Dongyi Kingdom, how much of my assets, my manor, and my stocks can I keep?

"So what do I do now? What should we do next?"

Listening to Mitchell's complaints, Bowie subconsciously asked:
"Your Excellency Mitchell has a deep understanding of the rights of the citizens and nationals of the dependent countries of Ming Dynasty."

Mitchell rolled his eyes straight when he heard this, but of course it was impossible to tell the other party that this was his own special inquiry.

Among the lively crowd around him, Stangton stood inside the guardrail on the shore, looking at the water surface in the distance.

Looking at the Ming Fleet getting closer, my heart is full of longing, that is the most powerful fleet in the world.

From now on, in a sense, this fleet is also a force to protect its own safety.

Staunton felt that his mission this time was really worthwhile.

I can use this opportunity to directly obtain the status of a Dongyi country citizen, and I will have the opportunity to directly become a Dongyi citizen in the future.

After joining Xichang, I realized that only Xichang holds the channel to become a real Ming.

But those standards are still too high.

I am not an official employee trained by the West Factory since childhood, but a peripheral employee who joined later.

It is extremely difficult to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, let alone a citizen of the Ming Dynasty.

It's all right now, the higher-ups have issued a notice that the requirements for the outsiders of the West Factory to obtain the citizenship of Dongyi Kingdom have been lowered to the level of obtaining the citizenship of other vassal states.

The governor of Delaware may not have this opportunity.

Thinking of this in his heart, Stendon looked not far away at those high-level officials from Delaware and Maryland.

One's own identity is equal to or even surpasses theirs.

Hearing the discussions around him, the corners of Stangton's mouth turned up slightly.

The news spread by myself and my companions is certainly not fake news.

In the civil rights system of the Ming Dynasty, the nature of citizens is to be a candidate citizen.

Before a citizen is a minor, his rights are only at the national level, and he is a citizen after he becomes an adult.

The citizens of the feudal state are the preparatory citizens of the feudal state. The citizens of the vassal state are equivalent to the native citizens of Daming, and the native citizens are the prospective citizens of the native Ming.

In a broad sense, everyone in this system is a "Daming person".

Daming asked Britain, France and Canada to ask for the Chesapeake Peninsula and Long Island, which were used to resettle the Taixi people in the territory of Daming. It is absolutely no problem to say that Dongyi Kingdom is a vassal state of Taixi.

Even if the relevant secret agreement is made public in the future, there is no way for the relevant news to be identified as false.

In the lively and complicated atmosphere, the boat that Ruan Yuan and Mu Yongfu were on docked at the pier.

The accompanying staff from the West Factory had already exchanged the most detailed information with the staff from the West Factory on the shore.

The staff of the West Factory reported the relevant information to Mu Yongfu and the other two.

Both men now knew that West Factory's folk activities in Wilmington were very successful.

That's why there was such a lively scene on the pier before.

The vast majority of ordinary citizens and workers, as well as the vast majority of farm families, hope to join the vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

But the difficulty of this task lies in the officials and factory owners of Wilmington City itself, as well as the new nobles who have already obtained titles in the Kingdom of America.

Their appeal is to maintain their existing interests, otherwise they will definitely refuse to become citizens of the Ming Dynasty vassal state.

Ruan Yuan and Mu Yongfu got off the boat quite leisurely under the escort of the accompanying soldiers after they knew it well.

Although the local officials and nobles headed by Mitchell were in very complicated moods, they all had to smile and greeted them warmly.

Mitchell originally wanted to imitate Daming's reception method as much as possible, and first welcome Daming's representatives to the guest room for rest.

Then hold a banquet, meet in private during the meal, and explore each other's ideas and bottom line.

After basically negotiating, sign an official statement together and hold a formal handover ceremony.

But on the pier, under Daming's battleship, after the two sides introduced their identities to each other, Mu Yongfu said directly:
"We have important tasks ahead of us, so don't waste time by being polite, let's start handing over now."

Following Mu Yongfu's words, the Ming and Yin soldiers who lined up around immediately dispersed, took down the rifles on their shoulders, and surrounded the group of core bureaucrats on the pier.

Not far away, after other ships docked, groups of soldiers came down directly.

Bernadotte was taken aback and almost drew his gun.

But looking at the muzzles of the Ming soldiers around him, he finally forcibly held back any hostile movements.

Just asking in very serious language:

"Representative of Daming, what do you mean? What are you doing here?"

The officials headed by Mitchell panicked even more thoroughly.

Didn't you come here to negotiate? Didn't you want to discuss how to deal with the ownership of the two counties that do not belong to the peninsula, as well as the conditions and treatment of the corresponding personnel?
Why did you just take the gun?

Mu Yongfu smiled and said:
"We are carrying out our mission and starting to take over this town that already belongs to Ming Dynasty,

"If you are willing to sign a statement, then sign it. If you don't want to sign it, just leave the country."

Mitchell was a little confused at the time, suspecting that he did not understand the meaning of the other party, and immediately sought an explanation:

"What the hell is going on here? This Ming official and general, shouldn't we start negotiations? I have prepared a banquet, we can talk while eating..."

Ruan Yuan seemed to be very surprised and asked back:
"Negotiate what? Negotiate what? Negotiate what? What do we have to talk about?

"In the future, this city will belong to Daming, and you will definitely not be able to accept Daming's conditions, so I can only send you away.

"According to the requirements of the British and French courts, in order to prevent your funds from impacting other regions.

"When you go to the United States or other parts of Canada, you cannot bring more than basic living belongings.

"We have established a basic standard for this, which is a total value of one thousand Daming silver notes.

"This amount is enough for you to maintain a decent enough life anywhere in the world.

"Including cash, stocks, bonds, antiques, works of art, everything with a total value of more than [-] silver bills must be kept."

Local Delaware officials, businessmen, and new nobles headed by Mitchell were stunned when they heard this ultimatum-style announcement.

This is a typical clear negotiation.

It is completely consistent with the previous popular legends, and it is completely unreasonable.

They don't discuss the details of the problem with themselves at all.

Those areas located in Newcastle County outside the peninsula were directly and forcibly recognized by them as belonging to Daming.

Then we have to implement the strategy of "holding land and not people" here.

But this time it's not for everyone, but for those who can't accept Da Ming's conditions.

The focus is on the original wealthy class including myself.

Of course, a state of Delaware with a total of 10,000+ people is almost the size of a county in Daming.

The wealthiest class is not much richer.

The wealthiest small factory owners in Delaware may not even have a hundred thousand silver bills.

But there are still a group of people whose net worth far exceeds one thousand silver bills.

Doctors, lawyers, civil servants, farmers, factory owners, and businessmen may all have this net worth.

Some people even earn a thousand silver bills a year, but most of them will be spent, and the accumulated wealth is not much.

But it is definitely many times more than a thousand silver bills.

The standard of leaving with only one thousand silver bills is no different from leaving the house clean.

Mitchell and other officials, businessmen, and new nobles around him are very upset now.

When I came here, I really thought too much.

The news published in the newspapers last year, about the negotiation process of Prince Dashi, must have been deliberately fabricated.

It must be all fake news, I and my companions are not fooled.

Those damn journalists who have no integrity allowed themselves to miscalculate the situation of the negotiations.

The officials and soldiers of Ming Dynasty in front of me are normal and typical Ming people.

It is a complete and pure delusion to fantasize that in the future, all Ming people will be able to communicate with Taixi people in an orderly and reasonable manner like the Dashi Prince described in the newspaper.

What people like me have to face is always the traditional Ming-style negotiation.

(End of this chapter)