Blood from Daming

Chapter 511 Negotiations
In the tug-of-war with the Dutch captives, Xue Yun took the position of only talking about the senior officials, sternly rejected the package of captive negotiations proposed by the Dutch governor Mattissenke, and kicked the ball to the Dutch side. On the three-masted battleship "Yangtze River", he frequently met with the leader of Pingpu Fan.

The leaders of more than [-] villages successively came to visit Xue Yun. Among them, the four largest branches, Xiaolong Club, Madou Club, Mujialiuwan Club, and Xingang Club, except Xingang Club, which surrendered, Madou Club , The Mujialiuwan Society had always been at odds with the Dutch, only the leader of the Xiaolong Society did not come to visit.

The leaders of the various villages who came to Xue Yun's "Yangtze River" to meet, saw the strength of the Xue family army of the Ming Dynasty, and most of them were convinced and expressed their willingness to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Xue Yun didn't care about mixing the Ming Dynasty with himself, because In Xue Yun's heart, he is the successor of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Xue Yun gave gifts such as silk, cloth, and porcelain according to the arrival and strength of the leaders of these villages. In exchange for iron utensils, etc., the leaders of each village were asked to contribute manpower to help Xue's army build the city.

The leaders of the villages were greedy for the property of the Xue family army, and ordered the young men in their villages to be sent to build the city. In less than half a month, they gathered two to three thousand Pingpu fans to build the city. Erwa is in the castle, and the city wall has been built on the west side facing the Dutch, and the other three walls have also reached a certain scale. I believe that the castle will definitely be repaired before the Chinese New Year.

Under strong pressure from the Dutch soldiers and immigrants, Mattisunk finally changed from the one-to-one exchange of captives to two-to-one, three-to-one, four-to-one, and finally to five-to-one after the chase. Xue Yun reluctantly agreed. The envoy of the Dutch, but Xue Yun suggested that the identity of the envoy must be convincing, otherwise nothing will be discussed.

In this way, Matty Sunk was dragged by Xue Yun for half a month. Matty Sunk was fed up with the pressure from the soldiers and immigrants in Promincia Castle. Matty Sunke reached a prisoner exchange agreement as soon as possible. In desperation, after many times of persuasion, Matty Sunke finally let Gao Wenlu take over this thankless job.

Gao Wenlu smiled wryly and went to the beach to see the commander of the Xue family army. The Xue family army officer who received Gao Wenlu accepted Gao Wenlu's post, and immediately reported to the Xue family army on the "Yangtze River". Now Xue Yun happened to be meeting a guest, and this guest was The leader of He Bin, one of the eighteen Zhi who came from Yaogang.

He Bin explained to Xue Yun that Shibazhi is willing to help Xue's army to deal with the Dutch, on the condition that Shibazhi and Xue's army divide the north and south Taiwan equally. If Xue's army agrees, Shibazhi can send troops to cooperate with Xue's army at any time to destroy Promincia Castle and Hejiang Inner Sea Dutchman.

How could Xue Yun believe He Bin's nonsense? It is estimated that Zheng Zhilong and his gang are not well prepared, because they are not in the same heart. Anyway, these pirates are all chasing towards Qin Muchu. If he is willing to fight on two fronts, let's fool each other, anyway. From this He Bin's mouth, and by the way, to win him over, Xue Yun believes that in this turbulent era, for a person like He Bin, it is not a question of whether he is willing to seek refuge, but whether you have enough capital for him to seek refuge , Xue Yun hopes that He Bin is a smart person.

Xue Yun still called himself by the surname of Yan, and after listening to He Bin's words, he pretended to ponder and said: "Boss He, our Xue's army is enough to deal with the Dutch, and we don't need to trouble you Shibazhi anymore, but Shibazhi and Xue's army will divide the northern and southern Taiwan equally. Brother can't decide what to do, you need to report it to my sister and then listen to the answer."

After hearing this General Yanrong's answer, He Bin's face suddenly turned ugly: "General, you mean that you don't want to live in peace with Shibazhi anymore."

Xue Yun said: "Boss He, you have misunderstood. We, the Dutchmen of Xue's army expedition, did not consider you Shibazhi at all. Now you Shibazhi proposed to divide the northern and southern Taiwan equally. I have done such an important thing. Lord, of course I have to report to the Xue family, but this general thinks that Taiwan Island is a deserted island, and everyone can have their own, and it is not impossible to divide the north and the south, and my Xue family army has no plans to live here for the rest of our lives."

Xue Yun began to fool He Bin, and He Bin noticed the flavor in General Yan's words and said, "The general means that Xue's army is not planning to live in Taiwan Island for a long time."

Xue Yun looked at He Bin and said: "Boss He, some things are not convenient for me to say, but what I can tell you is that the ultimate goal of the Xue family is not Taiwan Island."

He Bin's heart skipped a beat when he heard what Yanrong (Xue Yun) said. He thought that the Xue family's army might rebel, so be good. If the Xue family bothered him in Taiwan, wouldn't the fire at the city gate bring disaster to the fish? If things are done, we may not be allowed to occupy Shibazhi on the island of Taiwan.

He Bin sorted out his mood and said: "He already understands what General Yan means, and he will go back and explain to the brothers in detail, but I just hope that General Yan can persuade you to agree to Shibazhi's request, which is beneficial to both parties. "

Xue Yun knew that He Bin was being sloppy, so he pretended not to know, and agreed to He Bin's request, and agreed to accompany He Bin to visit the Xue Family Army's barracks. They drank together, and the two of them just had three rounds of drinking when a soldier handed over a post from Dutch negotiating envoy Gao Wenlu. After Xue Yun looked at it, he saw that He Bin was staring at the post in his hand, so Xue Yun went He handed over the greeting card from Dutchman Gao Wenlu to He Bin.

He Bin was overjoyed when he saw this, but he put off saying: "General Yan, this is the secret of your Xue family army. How can an outsider like He see it?"

Xue Yun said coolly: "This general regards you as a friend, so you can naturally see that Chief He doesn't need to see outsiders."

He Bin took the greeting card from Xue Yun. The Dutch wrote it in two languages, Dutch and Ming. It was all upside down, the Dutch who was so angry could be so shameless, He Bin believed that the Dutch would blush.

Seeing where He Bin was in a daze, Xue Yun secretly sneered. In the face of absolute strength, there is no need to play any tricks. As long as you show your strength, you will not be afraid of your nonsense. Xue Yun said: "Boss He, If you don't mind, why don't you and I meet Commander Gao Wenli of this castle in Promincia, the Netherlands."

He Bin was not sure whether this invitation was true or not. Now that Xue Yun put the words on his lips, He Bin naturally agreed, so Xue Yun ordered his soldiers to invite the Dutch commander Gao Wenlu to discuss matters on the "Yangtze River" battleship. , Then Xue Yun began to persuade He Bin to drink again, and the two of them came and went to eat and drink, but they didn't mention any official matters at all.

When the two were drunk, the Dutch commander Gao Wenlu came to the cabin where Xue Yun and He Bin were drinking. Gao Wenlu respectfully handed Xue Yun a package of things, and Xue Yun asked his soldiers to pick it up without looking at it. After passing by, He Bin's expression was very exciting. Xue Yun knew that it was for Li Ya, but with He Bin by his side, Xue Yun pretended to be vague and accepted it as a gift.

Gao Wenlu didn't know He Bin's identity. Judging by He Bin's clothes and appearance, he was probably a scholar who gave advice. Since he was eating with General Yan, he presumably was also a high-ranking member of the Xue family army, so he didn't have any worries and directly told Xue Yun about the Dutch side. Conditions: The Netherlands is willing to exchange five laborers for one captured Dutch soldier. In principle, until the captives on both sides are exhausted. In addition, I implore the Xue family army to give preferential treatment to the Dutch prisoners on Changtu Island. The Netherlands will consider ransom to redeem the Xue family army hostage in hand.

Listening to the conversation of the Dutch commander, He Bin felt that the Dutch were submitting the letter of surrender. What kind of negotiation posture is needed there, and it sounds like the Dutch were captured by the Xue family army and thousands of hostages were obtained with Shibazhi. The news is much more exaggerated, and now He Bin is wondering whether the Dutch East India Company will go bankrupt because of Xue's army's military strike.

Xue Yun said: "General Gao, you don't have to be polite, just sit down casually. I can answer your conditions immediately, but there is a prerequisite that, except for the 1000 Ming people in your fort, including those who are working as coolies All the people of Ming Dynasty who were sick or killed, you need to make compensation, and pay due wages to the laborers, if this condition is met, everything about the exchange of prisoners is OK.”

After hearing Yan Rong's words, He Bin didn't know whether it was Xue Jiajun who took the opportunity to blackmail, or whether he really wanted justice for the kidnapped Ming people, but seeing General Yan's attitude towards the Dutch made him relieve his anger, and he couldn't help feeling angry with Yan Rong and Xue Jiajun. Got a good impression.

But the Dutch commander Gao Wenlu couldn't take it anymore. Gao Wenlu protested to Xue Yun: "Your Excellency, you are making things difficult for no reason. This will destroy our friendly negotiations."

Xue Yun said: "Shouldn't the people of Ming Dynasty be compensated for being tortured to death by you Dutch people? Shouldn't the people of Ming Dynasty be rewarded for doing things to you Dutch people? General Gao, what you Dutch didn’t get on the battlefield, you won’t get on the negotiating table either.”

Gao Wenlu's face was very ugly. After a long time, Gao Wenlu said: "General Yan, as an opponent on the battlefield, I admire you very much. You are also respected at the negotiating table. It's just that the living environment of the Ming Dynasty people is very bad. We If it is dragged on, many people from the Ming Dynasty who are expected to survive will be buried in Taiwan, a foreign land, because of your stubbornness, General.”

Xue Yun smiled slightly and said: "General Gao, this general should correct me first, Taiwan is not a foreign country, but our own territory of Ming Dynasty, and the medical condition of our Xue family army is not good, if those prisoners have a headache, we will Xue Jiajun is also helpless."

(End of this chapter)