Daming Military Empire

Chapter 617 War reparations, ridiculously high

As soon as the representatives of the European powers walked in, Zheng Zhilong immediately raised his eyebrows and almost laughed out loud. It wasn't that he wanted to laugh at the frightened expressions of the representatives from various countries, but mainly because he saw an old acquaintance.

This old acquaintance is Dutch negotiator Spike. Zheng Zhilong and Spike have dealt with each other more than once. This guy was there almost every peace talk before, and Zheng Zhilong got a lot of money from him every time. This guy came again this time, and it seems that there is hope for the compensation.

Why do you say that?Because the Netherlands is rich and powerful now, don’t look at the future generations of the Netherlands. They are in full swing at the moment, not only have a lot of ships, but also a lot of money. Bought in the Netherlands, they are really rich.

Therefore, they don't care much about money. As long as they can solve problems with money, they almost always choose to solve them with money.

More importantly, when the negotiators from various countries came in, Spike seemed to be at the forefront, and at this moment, this guy was also standing in the middle, which means that this negotiation is very likely to be led by Spike. Take charge!

Well, with such a local tyrant around, it's much easier to get money.

Although Zheng Zhilong was excited, he didn't show any abnormality. He was still sitting there like an old god. It seemed that he wanted to wait for all the negotiators of the European powers to come in before speaking. In fact, he wanted the negotiators of the European powers to take a look. That map on the wall.

Sure enough, someone soon noticed the map, and then all European negotiators secretly aimed at the map.

Seeing the terrified expressions on some people's faces, Zheng Zhilong knew that his goal had been achieved, and he could proceed to the next link.

He stood up with a smile, and said enthusiastically: "Speke, long time no see, everyone please sit down, please sit down."

Naturally, Spike had seen Zheng Zhilong a long time ago, but his feelings were completely opposite to Zheng Zhilong's, because Zheng Zhilong extorted a lot of money from him every time he talked about peace, and he was almost extorted from his psychological shadow. Therefore, after he saw Zheng Zhilong , I didn't feel the excitement of seeing old acquaintances at all, but kept drumming in my heart, this guy, how much money does he want to extort this time!

When Zheng Zhilong opened his mouth, he had already secretly glanced at the map on the wall. Naturally, he was in an extremely bad mood. All signs showed that the Ming Empire was determined to invade Europe this time, and wanted to get them back through peace talks. , difficult.

Why is he still in the same mood as Zheng Zhilong at the moment, but Zheng Zhilong has already called out his name, and he can't be too blunt. He thought quickly, and then responded with his hands on his chest: "So it is Your Highness Nicholas, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to it just now."

After that, he pretended to be very calm again, and called the negotiators and translators from various countries to sit down.

The representatives from all European countries sat down, but Zheng Zhilong did not sit down, he pointed his hand towards Lu Xiangsheng, and said loudly: "Let me introduce to you, this is the Grand Marshal of the Ming Empire Army, Tianxiong of the First Class Legion of the Ming Empire Army commander, Lu Xiangsheng."

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng stood up cooperatively, gave a standard military salute, and then sat back down.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Zhilong introduced: "This is Sun Chuanting, deputy marshal of the army of the Ming Empire, commander of the Qin Army of the first-class army of the Ming Empire."

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting also stood up in cooperation, gave a standard military salute, and then sat back down.

Zheng Zhilong continued to introduce one by one like this, it seems that this is a standard process of peace talks.

In fact, there is no standard process for peace talks at this moment, and there is generally no introduction to each other, because in most cases, the two sides in the peace talks are old opponents who have fought in wars. Naturally, important people in the enemy country know each other, so there is no need for introductions at all. .

Zheng Zhilong set a precedent this time, and introduced each general seriously. It seems to be out of good intentions, but in fact it is intimidation, blatant intimidation.

The representatives of the continental European countries were also baffled at the beginning, but they knew at a glance that these generals were here to accompany them, and they couldn't speak at all. What's the point of his introduction?

However, as I listened, the faces of the representatives of the peace talks of various countries changed. All of them turned out to be legion commanders, and the regular legions of the Ming Empire were all equipped with 10 people. 150 million troops were sent!

After Zheng Zhilong's introduction, he sat down with a smile on his face and looked at Spike opposite, as if he wanted to hear his introduction.

How could Speke have the intention to introduce negotiators from various countries at this moment, and if the king of Zhennan continues to do this, the negotiators from various countries will be scared to death, so he simply said directly: "His Royal Highness Nicholas, I represent the opposition The Habsburg Union formally lodged a protest against your country’s invasion of Tsarist Russia, and now ask your country to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from the entire Siberia region and release all Tsarist Russian prisoners.”

Zheng Zhilong heard Spike's protest, instead of being angry, he asked with a smile, "Siberia became the territory of Tsarist Russia?"

Spike was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help but look at the Tsarist Russian negotiators aside. This time, Tsarist Russia sent not the hot-mouthed general Kopylov, but Rozov's number one confidant Dmitry Franzbeko. Admiral Franzbekov, seeing Spike looking over, could only bite the bullet and say: "Siberia was originally our territory of Tsarist Russia."

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately put on a straight face, and said seriously: "Siberia was originally the territory of the Siberian Khanate. This king protested on behalf of the Siberian Khanate against your country's invasion of the Siberian Khanate. Now, please withdraw immediately and unconditionally." The entire Siberia region, retreat to the west of Ushan."

When Franzbekov heard this, his face flushed immediately. What Zheng Zhilong said was right. Siberia was originally the territory of the Siberian Khanate, and Tsarist Russia was the real invader.

Seeing Franzbekov's embarrassment, Speke quickly said in solidarity: "Your Highness Nicholas, no matter what, your country snatched Siberia from Tsarist Russia, and it should be returned to Tsarist Russia."

Zheng Zhilong shook his head solemnly and said: "This is not negotiable. In addition, the war caused by Tsarist Russia's invasion of Manjingwei caused serious damage to our Ming Empire. Now I formally request compensation on behalf of the Ming Empire."

After that, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and read seriously: "The Ming Empire's demands for compensation from Tsarist Russia are as follows,
First, Tsarist Russia must compensate the Ming Empire for the loss of food, supplies, weapons and ammunition caused by the transfer of the army and navy of the Ming Empire, totaling [-] million taels of silver;

Second, Tsarist Russia must compensate the Ming Empire for the losses caused by the casualties of the army and navy, totaling [-] million taels of silver;

Third, due to the invasion of Tsarist Russia, the death of Gongsun Chengzong, the first-class town of the Ming Empire, caused immeasurable losses to the Ming Empire. For the time being, Tsarist Russia is required to compensate [-] million taels of silver, and other aftermath matters need further negotiation.

In addition, due to the participation of the countries of the Habsburg Alliance, the Ming Empire mobilized more than one million troops. Therefore, all countries must compensate the Ming Empire for 5000 million taels of food, grass, supplies, and weapons and ammunition loss caused by the mobilization of the army and navy of the Ming Empire.

The total of the above items is 5000 million taels. "

As soon as Zheng Zhilong started to read, the representatives of various countries were already stunned.
When Zheng Zhilong read 5000 million taels, the whole venue heard the sound of breathing, 5000 million taels of silver, is it so outrageous!
(End of this chapter)