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Chapter 633 A weak country has no diplomacy

"How much difference is there?" Huang Nanping definitely didn't know what Ruan Xiangjiang was thinking, and was stunned when he heard this.

"The difference is about 2000..." Ruan Xiangjiang's hands were shaking a little when he answered. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was a smiling tiger, and the generals under him were definitely not much better.

Especially Commander Huang, who is said to have been a pirate leader in the past. If he is in a hurry, it will be very troublesome even if he messes around.

"Master Ruan, you are making things very difficult for me. The military orders are overwhelming. If I can't bring back enough mercenaries next month, I will definitely be punished by His Majesty, or I may lose my head!"

Upon hearing such a big difference, Huang Nanping's face immediately darkened, and his tone was full of complaints and threats, but he did not get angry.

After so many years in the Navy, the biggest change is not how much knowledge I have gained or how high my official position has been, but my temper. Even if he is angry inside, he will not show it too much on the surface.

Because it is a foul in the Navy to beat and scold subordinates. If you talk about something and be reasonable, losing your temper will serve no purpose other than being looked down upon.

"Commander Huang, there is a reason for the incident. Please be tolerant for a month or two, and we will make up for it as soon as we can defeat Li's offensive!"

Seeing that Huang Nanping was not angry, Ruan Xiangjiang's hands stopped shaking, but he felt a little weak in his heart. A hot-tempered and outspoken person is not scary, but a smiling tiger is difficult to deal with. He's obviously a pirate, why are he pretending to be polite?

"Hehehe... Lord Ruan has a good plan, but it's a pity that His Majesty's Governor of Nanyang has taken office, and now Huang can no longer decide the affairs of the Luzon Special Administrative Region.

Ruan Guozhu, the Zuo Governor, should be no stranger to him. Before he was appointed as the Governor of Nanyang, he was the Zuo Bu's envoy to Guangdong. If you have any ideas, you can take a boat to Manila and explain it clearly to him. Don't use me as a microphone. "

After saying this, Huang Nanping roughly understood that he thought the employment fee was too low and wanted to bargain. Are you annoyed? Speaking from the bottom of my heart, I am not annoyed, but a little sympathetic. The majestic leader of a country cannot even protect his own people and has to listen to the instructions of other countries. It is sad and pitiful.

Can you sympathize? No. Regarding the issue of aggression, everyone from the emperor to the general staff has made it clear that it is not called invasion but salvation.

If Ming Dynasty does not save other countries today, other countries may take the opportunity to save Ming Dynasty in the future. On the issue of saving or being saved, there is no second opinion among the navy.

"What Commander Huang said is that Ruan Mou and Zuo Guangdou did have a relationship several times. It's just that the country is small and the people are insignificant. I hope Commander Huang will be considerate." When he heard that Zuo Guangdou had become the Governor of Nanyang, Ruan Xiangjiang My heart felt completely cold.

Compared with the previous Yuan Yingtai, this one is much more resolute and arrests many people in order to promote the New Deal and the farm. He was so cruel to his own people, how could he show mercy to Annan?
"Oops...it's a bit difficult..." Huang Nanping grinned and rubbed the top of his head with a sad look on his face.

"... Ruan is willing to provide an additional hundred giant shipbuilding logs every year, and hopes that the commander will speak kindly to Governor Zuo." Seeing this face, Ruan Xiangjiang felt as if he was in the mirror, asking for some benefits!
If you were an official before the Ming Dynasty, there would be nothing difficult to do. It's nothing more than getting some gold, silver, jewelry, Annan beauties, etc. It only costs a small amount of money to feed the person in charge, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the national interests.

But this trick didn't work now. One of the Ming Dynasty naval officials stationed in Da Nang could drool on their clothes looking at the gold, silver, jewelry and beauties, but no one dared to take it.

Their emperor could tolerate him spending money to find women outside the base, and even getting married and having children, but he could not bear to accept bribes to harm the public and enrich his private life, and he would hang every one he caught. To this day, there are still five mummies hanging at the entrance of the Da Nang Naval Base. One of them is a pirate buddy of the commander, and he still cannot tolerate it.

Just because he took money and beautiful women from the locals, he secretly set up a small home in the city, then turned a blind eye when accepting the wood, and put in dozens of shipbuilding materials with holes inside, and then he was here It has been dancing in the wind for more than two years.

I also thought about imitating the Ming Emperor and personally building a team that would not tolerate corruption, but after careful analysis I had to give up.

The Han people have a saying that is best to lead by example. He lacks everything except that he cannot be as ruthless as the Ming Emperor. He is not only ruthless to outsiders, but also ruthless to himself.

He has been on the throne for more than ten years without drafting a draft to enrich his harem, and he can also take the lead in reducing his salary. It is said that he only eats three or four dishes for each meal. He does not even repair the burnt main hall in the Forbidden City, but sleeps in the small courtyard next to it every day. Office here.

It's not impossible for the royal family and relatives to get rich as they get promoted, but they must advance based on their ability, and move down if things don't work.

Even the empress's brother could only go to Fujian to be a commander in the capital, and he had not been promoted for three years. My uncle smuggled some goods and killed him whenever he asked. He also had to ransack the house and make everyone do hard labor.

Ruan's ability to live in a corner of Annan relies on ethnic ties. If he doesn't even use his family members and has to go to the private sector to choose capable people, he will be hacked to death by his tribe before the new team can be assembled.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I really want the giant tree, but it's a pity that I don't have the right position to do my job. This matter falls under the control of the staff department.

Lord Ruan, we are old acquaintances. Let me make it clear. It is not impossible to exchange three Luzon natives for one Annan soldier. But if you calculate it this way, even if Governor Zuo agrees, the emperor will not be able to get through.

It's not as good as this. The exchange is still two to one. In fact, I will give you three to one. One of the natives of Luzon must be hired as a laborer by the Chinese businessmen who are establishing plantations here.

In this way, Governor Zuo can express his feelings to the emperor, and it will not be a loss for him. No matter who they work for, they are ultimately your subjects, Lord Ruan, and this will not change. "

One hundred giant trees are indeed quite tempting. Less than half of these giant trees come from Annam, and most of them come from Siam. They are all big guys that can be held together by three or four people and are more than 20 paces long. A Qin-class warship can be built with about 30 legs.

If it were up to me to make the decision, the deal would definitely be negotiated. There are plenty of natives in Luzon. If you don't want to catch them on Luzon Island, you can send a boat to the southern island to catch them, which won't take much effort.

But in addition to a letter to Ruan Xiangjiang, the emperor also wrote a letter to himself. It was stated that more Annan mercenaries must be needed, and the exchange ratio could be raised to a maximum of four to one.

However, the extra natives cannot be handed over to the Ruan family, but must be used as slaves to cultivate plantations for Chinese businessmen.

Only through this incident, Huang Nanping would not dare to betray the Ming Emperor for the rest of his life. He was thousands of miles away, but his eyes seemed to be on Annan and Luzon, and he took care of all the big and small things. This did not delay Yujia's personal expedition to Liaodong, and defeated one hundred thousand Jurchen elites in one battle.

(End of this chapter)