Chapter 54: They are all acting
Two days later, in the side hall of the Ping'an Palace, Zhou Shixiong sat on the left of the main negotiator Zheng Du, and on the right of Zheng Du was Prince Li Weiyou. The three of them looked at Bamond opposite each other, and both of them were thinking, Red-haired ghost, your arrogant life is over. Only Zhou Shixiong was thinking, this guy is really red-haired, blood-red.
Bamond looked at the three people in front of him strangely and said to Yano beside him. Yano reposted in the common language of Jiaozhi, "May I ask two adults, why does this envoy appear here?"
Zhou Shixiong spent two days to learn the common word Jiaozhi and could directly talk to Yano. So, when Yano raised the first question, Zhou Shixiong took the initiative to take over, "Mr. Bamond, this official is the special envoy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire. This official has the right to represent His Majesty the Emperor. Li Chao is a vassal state of the Ming Empire, and as the sect leader, he has the right to supervise and safeguard their interests. Land lease is a very important event. Whether the contract between you is valid, the Ming Empire has the power to make decisions!"
Anyway, it's okay to fool Zhou Shixiong let go of it. As long as he can knock Bamond out, it's not a problem. Since Zheng Du and Li Weiyou had a briefing in advance, Li Weiyou made a very agree with Zhou Shixiong's unheard of reasons, and nodded while listening, as if what he said was true.
A long sentence tortured Yano half to death. Finally, Zhou Shixiong was a little human, and replaced the imperial envoy with a special envoy in advance. Otherwise, this word alone would be enough for Yano to explain. "Three respected lords, Mr. Bamond did not agree with the negotiations for joining the Ming Empire's special envoy, because at the beginning of the negotiations, the envoy did not participate. Therefore, Mr. Bamond believed that the envoy should not join temporarily."
It's okay, I know how to pick the wrong one, but my tone is very tactful, which is very different from the Western style that Zhou Shixiong imagined. Why is this happening? In his previous life, Zhou Shixiong was used to the current situation where the people of the whole country admired foreign countries and pretended to be foreigners. He could do whatever they wanted, and the Chinese could only suffer. He forgot that the current situation was the Ming Dynasty. Even the crumbling Ming Dynasty was not something that European countries dared to provoke at will.
The Flangjimen occupied Mamai Island and the Dutch occupied the northern part of Dongfan Island. The Ming Dynasty did not respond much, as if the Ming Dynasty was very weak. Wrong, the Ming Dynasty just had no navy, and the three major coastal defenses and guards all aimed at protecting the local area. Military ships could only sail along the coast, and of course they could not defeat pirates in the sea. Even so, no European country dared to enter the inland of the Ming Dynasty. Facing the super huge Eastern Empire, their awe were very reasonable.
Zhou Shixiong didn't understand why the Red-haired Ghost was so polite, but it had nothing to do with the negotiation. "Don't worry, Lord Bamond, this negotiation is still the business of both of you. I am just a listener."
Listening to this statement made Yano scratch his scalp for a while. Zhou Shixiong saw that he was pitiful and helped him, "Yano, listen to it and just listen to it and not say it."
After understanding that Zhou Shixiong was not involved in the negotiations, Bamond felt relieved and apologized to Zhou Shixiong with a smile. It was not until Yano, the translator, was impatient. The subsequent negotiations were very interesting. Zheng Du threw out the idea that Zhou Shixiong had given him, and Bamond was stunned on the spot.
"Mr. Zheng, the five ships of spices are already very high every year. Please don't be too greedy. The Lord said that greed is the original sin." Bamond even moved out the Lord, just to bargain for the price. Zhou Shixiong could not think of anything more blasphemous than doing this.
"Mr. Bamond, we have spices in the Li Dynasty. Although the types are not as many as Governor Preyra, this is one of the reasons for negotiations." Zheng Du responded to Bamond with ruthlessness and pointed out that we need spices, otherwise we would not talk to you.
"Sir Li, you have raised the price of the Five Ships spices. Do you want to regret it now?" Bamond turned his gun and asked for trouble for Li Weiyou.
"Mr. Bamond, no one has said that the five ships of spices are not enough until now. It just said that the price will be re-set in a few years. What are you worried about?" Li Weiyou's reaction was strange, as if he was willing to be Zheng Du's deputy, and he didn't think Zheng Du was a rebel at all.
"I have never heard of this request before. I need time to report to the Governor. Please forgive me. I have to stop the negotiation for the time being." Bamond was smart and pushed the problem to the boss. What should I do is the boss's business.
In the next few days, Zhou Shixiong asked Ma San to go to Zhanglai to build a wharf, and he learned foreign languages from general translations in another museum. Zheng Zai was very dedicated and found ten general translations in one breath. The language types almost included the major countries in Southeast Asia. Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands were the main three countries that colonized Southeast Asia. These three foreign languages were also the main money-making skills of general translations. Of course, not everyone is as awesome as Arno. They only master one or two foreign languages.
With the support of chips and robots, Zhou Shixiong truly learns foreign languages easily. As long as you learn the sentences and words of the translation, you can just listen to them once. Therefore, a better-level translation can teach Zhou Shixiong for two days, and a less-level translation will be laid off in one day. Zheng Zai sent off a laid-off translator and looked back at the figures in the study, feeling very depressed.
He witnessed Zhou Shixiong's time from not knowing a word to mastering a language was only two days. Whether it was Malay, La Li, or Yue, at most two days, Zhou Shixiong could easily talk to the general translator. Zheng Zai remembered the hard work of learning Chinese, and his eyes looked at Zhou Shixiong from surprise to horror, and defined Zhou Shixiong in his heart. This adult is not a human! Compared to him, he is not even a fool, at most an idiot.
Two days later, the negotiations started again, and Bamond opened his trump card straight to the point, "His Governor said that the rent can be increased to ten ships of spices for one year, and the lease period must be ninety-nine years, and no other conditions will be accepted."
"Mr. Bamond, please pay attention to your attitude. It is because the Governor wants to rent our land, not because we want to rent the land to the Governor. If this is the Governor's negotiation method, then there is no need to continue the negotiation!" Zheng Du fought back very hard. As an excellent ninja turtle, he knew when to tolerate and when to be strong. For example, when his brother did not give him power, he quickly got his ex-Han King.
"Mr. Zheng, without the protection of the Governor's fleet, the coastline of the Li Dynasty will no longer be peaceful." Bamond finally used a threatening move, which was in line with Zhou Shixiong's image as a Japanese man. Zhou Shixiong breathed with confidence.
"Mr. Bamond, you are threatening Li Chao. Please don't forget that the powerful fleet also needs to dock. The fleet without supply points is nothing." Li Weiyou's words are simply a philosophical saying. Zhou Shixiong looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that this prince was very informative!
"Mr. Li, what do you mean?" Bamond was also stunned by this philosophical saying, and expressed his confusion very politely.
"Mr. Bamond, your Governor is the Governor of Malay. If the Malays knew that the Governor used this method to threaten the neighboring countries, I wonder what would the Dutch think? "What would the Dutch think?" All the words said before were nonsense. Only the last sentence really scared Bamond. If you really force your Jiaozhi toward the East India Company of the Netherlands, your Governor will tear me to pieces, right?!
Zhou Shixiong watched coldly throughout the whole process and found that the negotiations of the ancients were not simple at all, and the use of Hezong Lianheng was superb. The Dutchman was also shot while lying down, and his shooting skills were so elegant that he died! Both sides used a huge weapon. Zhou Shixiong thought the negotiations could not go on, but who knew that the negotiations in the afternoon were going to be a turn. Bamond's rent returned to five cars for a year, and the other five cars were not collected back, and it was changed to tax.
Since it comes to taxes, opening up the market is of course a prerequisite. Jiading became the first open port in Jiaozhi, allowing ships under the Malay Governor to dock and trade. The changes were so fast that Zhou Shixiong was overwhelmed. Why did the murderous intent of the morning disappear in one lunch?
Although the case was not finalized that day, the fools saw what the result was. Zhou Shixiong was puzzled. What benefits did Palmond give to both sides to completely turn the situation around? Not long after returning to another hall, Yano brought people to a cart of gifts. There were strange overseas medicines, of course gold, silver and jewelry were indispensable. Is this Palmond's secret weapon?
"Mr. Bamond asked me to give these gifts to the envoy, thanking the envoy for their help. Lord Bamond heard that the envoy was going to do business in Shenglong Mansion, and hoped to cooperate with the envoy and have the right to buy the goods they needed." Yano took out a pampered scroll, which wrote a lot of chicken intestine texts, probably something like a contract.
Zhou Shixiong asked someone to translate this pamper scroll. It turned out to be a manual written in three languages. It listed the sources of goods controlled by Malay Governor Preyra. It seemed that Zhou Shixiong was asked to pick the goods he needed. It was very professional! Zhou Shixiong was filled with emotion. This kind of product introduction book was available at this time. No wonder the West eventually developed a commercial civilization.
The subsequent negotiations were easy to write, and the two sides quarreled within the scheduled structure, but no matter how they looked, they thought they were acting, so who did they show it? Zhou Shixiong didn't see what tricks these old foxes were playing, but they didn't care about it. Zhou Shixiong didn't plan to continue wasting his spirits, so he sent Ma San to send a sentence to Bamond. "Give me a cart of books and Yano, I won't care."
In order to let Bamond clearly know what he wanted to express, Zhou Shixiong asked a general translation of the text of Folangji to write this note, and asked Ma San to hand it over to Bamond himself. In the afternoon, Zhou Shixiong sat in the side hall with a dark face, as if everyone in the room owed him millions and refused to pay it back.
During the lunch break, Zhou Shixiong figured it out. Zheng Du and Li Weiyou used Zhou Shixiong as a shield, emphasizing that although Jiaozhi was weak, the backer behind him was quite large. The two knew that this was fake, but Bamond didn't know. In order to make Bamond believe that they had to act, Bamond thought they were acting for Zhou Shixiong, but in fact they were acting for Bamond. This was a mess, and everyone was acting on the stage, thinking that others were audiences.
Chapter completed!