Daming Military Empire

Chapter 212
The focus of both parties in the peace talks this time is on the more than 2 captured soldiers. Daming wants to demand compensation from 2 prisoners, but the Netherlands really cannot afford to lose. More than [-] soldiers are not many. One-eighth of the strength, as long as there is a little hope, the Netherlands will find a way to go back.

Since the two sides have the same goal and the Netherlands has a lot of money, the two sides quickly reached an agreement on the issue of more than 2 soldiers. The Dutch East India Company will send 2000 million taels of silver to Dongfan’s Nandaying Naval Base within two months. Daming will also escort all the captives there to wait for the Dutch to redeem them.

It stands to reason that the two sides have reached an agreement on the focus of attention, and this peace talk should have come to a successful conclusion. In fact, it is not the case. After the war between the two countries, it is not enough to pay the money to redeem the captives. The relationship between the two parties must be discussed.

For the Ming Empire, according to Zhu Cijiong's opinion, it is best for the two sides not to invade each other and live in peace.

Zheng Zhilong is quite puzzled by this point. With the current speed of development of Ming Dynasty, within five years, it will definitely march towards Nanyang, and the Netherlands is the current overlord of Nanyang. If the two sides do not invade each other, how will the interests of Nanyang be distributed? Time to sit down and negotiate again?

How did he know the strength of the Netherlands? Now the Netherlands is fighting against Spain. After fighting Spain, they will fight against England. The Netherlands has fought back and forth with the three major powers for nearly 200 years, and has won more than lost. In the end, if it weren't for the joint efforts of Britain and France to deal with it, the Netherlands might really dominate the world.In the face of such a powerful maritime power, it is best not to fight to the death with it. Anyway, Britain and France will take care of it in the end, so why does Ming Dynasty bother.

The Netherlands has even more ideas. First of all, they don’t want to fight with Daming. The reason why the Far East is called the Far East is because it is too far away from the European continent. If you want to fight with such a powerful country at such a long distance, it is simply courting death. ; Then they still want to continue to do business in Dongying and even Ming Dynasty. Such two large markets account for more than one-third of the total trade volume of the Dutch East India Company. It is not that they can give up just by giving up; Redeem all 1 super battleships. Although there are more than [-] ships in the Netherlands, most of them are armed merchant ships. There are not many super battleships. One-tenth of the combat power, it would be best to redeem it back.

As the peace talks continued, Spike first raised the issue of redeeming the super battleship. Anyway, he had already opened the door for the ransom of the soldiers. He was not afraid of Zheng Zhilong's jokes, and directly proposed: "We also want to redeem the warships of the Eastern Second Fleet. , 10 taels a piece, how about it?"

10 taels is indeed a lot. When it comes to cost, how much is the wood and iron ore worth? 1 taels are worth it. It’s just that it takes time to build it, but what Daming lacks is time.Now that Daming has refurbished fifty Dutch super battleships, equipped them with the most advanced sub-mother howitzers, and incorporated them into the Beiyang Navy, how could it be possible for the Netherlands to redeem them again? Zheng Zhilong shook his head without hesitation and said: " This is impossible, if the two countries go to war, it would be nice if the captives are released, and the weapons are also redeemed, do you think it is possible?"

Spike knew it was not that simple, so he said calmly, "20 taels."

Zheng Zhilong is so angry, is this a problem that money can solve?He replied angrily, "Don't talk about it."

Spike didn't even blink his eyes, and continued to increase the price: "30 taels."

Nima, can't understand Dutch or what?Zheng Zhilong replied word by word: "I say no."

Unmoved, Spike continued to raise the price: "50 taels."

Why can't this guy understand people's words?Zheng Zhilong replied seriously: "I said, this question is out of the question."

Spike had become determined after eating it. He stared at Zheng Zhilong and said with the same seriousness: "Buy it now, 100 million taels."

One ship costs 100 million taels, and 5000 ships cost [-] million taels. To be honest, Zheng Zhilong is a little moved, but does he dare to agree?If he dared to promise, the emperor would probably be able to win his Zhennan King. He shook his head firmly and said, "It's not about money. We don't sell warships."

Spike was also a little angry, and he threatened coldly: "You are forcing us to go to war. The battleship was originally ours, and now we have paid to redeem it. The concession we made is already big enough. There is only war."

war?Zheng Zhilong is really not afraid of this, he asked lightly: "You have also seen our coastal defense line, how many warships do you think can be captured?"

Spike's eyelids twitched, and he said bravely: "In front of two hundred super battleships, no matter how strong the defense line is, it is useless."

Zheng Zhilong curled his lips, and said with a sneer, "Two hundred super battleships, that's a lot. Only you in the Netherlands have them, and we, Ming Dynasty, don't have them?"

Spike gritted his teeth and continued to threaten: "We're going to be in a hurry. It's not impossible to get together [-] super battleships. Can you stop it?"

Zheng Zhilong had already prepared a draft for this question, and he sneered: "So what if you gather [-] super battleships? Do you dare to come to the Far East? I guarantee that your battleships will go to your home as soon as they leave the Spanish Empire in Europe."

Spike's eyes were clearly flustered, he pretended to be calm, and asked coldly, "What do you mean?"

What's the meaning?I have prepared the trump card for a long time. I want to give you some meaning. Zheng Zhilong waved his hand, and a general on the far left walked over respectfully holding a sandalwood box.Zheng Zhilong took the sandalwood box, slowly opened the lid, turned around, pushed towards Spike, and said triumphantly, "I'm not interested, but the Spanish Empire is very interesting to you."

Spike looked down and saw that it was a contract, with both Chinese characters and Spanish. The Netherlands was originally a territory of Spain, so he naturally knew the Spanish.This is the offensive and defensive alliance contract signed by the Ming Empire and the Spanish Empire, mainly for their Netherlands:

What if the fleet of the Dutch Navy attacks Manila, the Spanish colonial headquarters in the Far East, the Ming Empire is obliged to send a navy to assist the Spanish Army in defense;
What if the Netherlands sends a main fleet of more than [-] battleships to leave Europe to trouble Ming Dynasty, Spain is obliged to send a combined navy and army to attack the Netherlands;
Why is it that the Dutch merchant ships are resolutely not allowed to enter the waters under the jurisdiction of both sides, and the merchant ships are resolutely not sent to the Dutch colonies to buy and sell goods.

It turned out that the Ming Empire had been prepared for a long time, and it seemed that there was no need to think about the markets of Ming and Dongying. Speke felt a burst of frustration. He slowly pushed back the contract and said weakly: "Forget about the battleship issue, the last question , Our Federation of Provinces hopes to sign an armistice agreement with the Ming Empire, in the Far East, oh no, to maintain peace around the world, and no longer start wars lightly."

This is exactly what the emperor hoped, and Zheng Zhilong will naturally not object, but he still knows the skills of negotiation, and he can't be too impatient, or he will be led by the nose easily, so he replied in an official tone: " Our Ming Empire is peace-loving, if you hadn’t occupied our east for more than ten years, we wouldn’t start a war lightly, we are very interested in your peace proposal, how many years do you want to maintain peace?”

Peace-loving, you still build so many warships?Liar!However, the official words are so high-sounding, Spike doesn't really care, he said directly: "Of course we hope for permanent peace, but this is a bit unlikely, at least ten years, what do you think?"

Ten years is enough time. With the current development speed of Ming Dynasty, it will be able to completely surpass the Dutch Navy within five years, so Zheng Zhilong nodded happily: "Okay, then ten years, within ten years, our two countries will be in the world. We do not invade each other, but you cannot attack our allies in the Far East, after all, we have signed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Spanish Empire, if you attack them in the Far East, we will have to join the war.”

After the Second Far East Fleet was wiped out, the strength of the Netherlands in the Far East has been greatly reduced. It is a bit reluctant to protect itself. There is still the idea of ​​fighting Spain. Spike just wants to quickly end this humiliating negotiation. He nodded quickly and said: "You can rest assured about this, we will not lightly start a war in the Far East."

The two parties negotiated the details of the treaty together, and the final agreement was as follows:

Article 2000. The Dutch East India Company paid [-] million taels of silver war indemnity, and the Ming Empire released all the prisoners. Two months later, the two sides handed over at the Dongfan Nandaying Navy Base;

Article [-]. The Netherlands withdraws from the Ming and Dongying markets. Without the permission of the Ming Empire, any Dutch ship is not allowed to sail into the southeast waters;
Article [-]: The Netherlands and the Ming Empire have ceased war for ten years worldwide, and the two sides promise not to initiate wars. At the same time, the Netherlands is not allowed to attack the allies of the Ming Empire in the Far East.

The entire treaty was completely biased towards Ming's side, and it was simply an unequal treaty for the Netherlands.After the defeat of the Manchu Qing government in the later generations, many unequal treaties were signed. This is how the big powers bully the weak. No matter who is right, they will lose money if they lose. This is the reason.

Based on this gangster logic, Spike didn't feel that the contract was unreasonable. He signed his name very readily. Of course, Zheng Zhilong signed it more readily than him. 2000 million taels, just talking about it, can you Are you happy?
Since the place where the treaty was signed was Macau, the treaty signed by the two parties was named the "Macau Treaty". The signing of the "Macau Treaty" officially established the status of the great powers of the Ming Empire. Since then, another heavyweight role has appeared on the stage of the great powers , The Ming Empire joined the ranks of the great powers with a tough attitude, and became a great power among the great powers as soon as it made a move!
(End of this chapter)