Chapter 769 767 [Cromwell who is difficult to communicate]
Chapter 769 767 [Cromwell who has difficulty communicating]
"Bang!"
At the negotiation site, Zhang Ruifeng was so angry that he banged the table, pointed at Cromwell and cursed: "How dare you entertain me like this!"
Cromwell did not want to cause a stalemate, so he quickly explained: "Mr. Envoy, what I just said is just a proposal, and everything can be discussed slowly. If Mr. Envoy agrees, Britain will definitely get something in return, and feel free to put forward any conditions."
Zhang Ruifeng wanted to walk away, suppressing his anger and said: "Although Sulu, Brunei, and Palembang are all Chinese territories, they have their own customs. Especially in Sulu and Brunei, they have kings.
.They have not betrayed His Majesty the Emperor of China. Chinese officials cannot interfere. You'd better put away your bandit ideas!"
Green religion is widely believed in Sulu, Brunei, and Palembang. Now with the support of China, missionaries have been completely expelled and Christian churches have been demolished.
Cromwell actually wanted to obtain missionary rights in these three places through China.
In addition, Sulu and Brunei are also rich in pearls, spices and other commodities. These commodities were initially controlled by Spain, and then China and the Netherlands jointly monopolized trade.
As the naval war broke out between China and the Netherlands, the sultans of the two countries quickly made clear their attitudes, announcing that spices and pearls would only be sold to Chinese merchants.
Cromwell was so baffled that he wanted to gain trade rights between the two countries without doing anything.
As the negotiations went on, the Chinese envoys increasingly felt that this guy was a lunatic.
In terms of diplomatic negotiations, Cromwell has always been like this.
He asked for the annexation of the Commonwealth by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and then for the alliance between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. This has been said before and will not be repeated.
A few years ago, Portugal just wanted to establish diplomatic relations with Britain, but Cromwell threw out a bunch of conditions out of thin air, treating Portugal as a colony.
For example, let Portugal open ports around the world, allow British missionaries to preach and build churches in Portugal, etc. At that time, John IV was dumbfounded by hearing this, and even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. These harsh conditions were more stringent than the last.
Outrageous. Portugal is a Catholic country. What does it mean to allow British Protestants to come in? The Thirty Years of Religious War had just ended.
Cromwell was like an unreasonable child, and the other children did not offend him. They even said out of good intentions: "I think you are good, let's be friends." Cromwell replied: "It's okay to be friends.
You give me your toys and your lollipops, so that you can be friends with me."
King John IV went through this, and the Chinese mission is going through it again.
Cromwell said: "As long as it obtains trade rights in Brunei and Sulu, Britain will agree to form an offensive and defensive alliance with China to jointly prevent the expansion of Dutch colonial trade in Asia."
Zhang Ruifeng is a good-tempered person. He laughed out of anger at these words, and his anger disappeared instantly: "Your Excellency, Lord Protector, China does not owe Britain anything and does not need Britain's cooperation to suppress the Netherlands to death. I
Before going to sea, His Majesty the Emperor's instructions are to engage in equal dialogue and diplomacy with all countries. Since you are not sincere, let's not talk anymore. In addition, I advise you to let officials negotiate in the future. It is really unethical for you to do it yourself.
suitable."
Cromwell is really a diplomatic genius. As long as he participates in negotiations, he will offend everyone.
The Parliament was previously responsible for negotiating with the Netherlands. The negotiations were going well, but the Dutch were almost forced to compromise. Cromwell had to step forward and force the British and Dutch federations to make the Dutch negotiators so angry that they almost overturned the table.
.
Facts have proved that the armistice contract signed with the Netherlands after Cromwell personally negotiated it. Although Britain seemed to have won on the surface, many of the treaty contents were unoperable and had no practical significance at all. If the entire process was left to Parliament for negotiation, Britain would
Get more effective benefits.
This guy seems a bit narcissistic and a bit paranoid.
After leaving the negotiation table, Zhang Ruifeng strode out of the room and said to the people around him: "I have nothing to say to this guy. When Lord Fan comes back from the Mediterranean, we will immediately take a boat back to China. This is simply... unreasonable!"
In the next half month, Cromwell had several more talks in person.
Zhang Ruifeng always had a smile on his face. No matter how outrageous the other party's suggestions were, he always made an excuse to go back to China to ask Emperor Zhao for instructions. In short, I am too tired to talk to you.
Fan Chao finally came back with the fleet. He said: "I didn't see the Pope in Rome, but the Pope sent someone to send a message. He said that if China wants to establish diplomatic relations with the Papal States, missionaries must be allowed to preach freely, and Chinese believers are not allowed to worship Confucius anymore.
Ancestor made me so angry that I didn’t bother to wait any longer, so I visited a few small Italian countries.”
"What about those small countries?" Zhang Ruifeng asked.
Fan Chao replied: "Those small states were very polite and gave each other gifts. There were also several big families who sent their children to go with the ship, saying they wanted to visit China. Then they went to the Ottoman capital.
, we almost got into a fight, so I ran away with my troops when I saw that the situation was not going well."
"Fight with Osman?" Zhang Ruifeng was quite confused.
Fan Chao explained: "The Ottoman Empress Dowager who was in power was killed more than a year ago, leaving a mess. Do you know who killed the Ottoman Empress Dowager?"
"Who killed him?" Zhang Ruifeng asked.
Fan Chao couldn't laugh or cry: "She was killed by her daughter-in-law. The person who planned it was a black eunuch. Now, the Queen Mother killed the Queen Mother. After taking power, she only cared about having fun and raising dozens of pretty boys to make faces. Osman was so big.
The power of the country is controlled by a black eunuch. This black eunuch only knows how to make money. In the court, several big families compete for power with each other, and there are also sectarian disputes behind the scenes."
What is this all about?
The empress dowager who killed the empress dowager was a slave girl from Ukraine (Poland). The black eunuch who controlled the country was also a slave from Africa.
Two slaves became masters and joined forces to control the three-continent Ottoman Empire.
Fan Chao lamented: "I am so young and ferocious in appearance, yet I was seduced by the Queen Mother and wanted to sleep with me. I guess she has never seen a Chinese man before, so she is hungry and wants to try something new."
Pan Wei suddenly asked: "Sir, is the Queen Mother Osman beautiful?"
"A slave girl who is only in her twenties can be the Queen Mother. Do you think she is beautiful?" Fan Chao asked in return.
Pan Wei smiled tacitly.
"You are so ridiculous," Fan Chao said angrily, "I just entered the city and heard about the Queen Mother's romantic affairs. In more than a year of being in power, she had dozens of faces. Beauty is beautiful, but I am not.
I don’t dare to go to bed with her. What if I get Hualiu disease? If I really get the disease, I won’t die of shame when I go back. I’ll have to deal with it at my old age.”
Zhang Ruifeng asked: "Why did we almost start a fight?"
Fan Chao said: "I offended the Queen Mother because I didn't go to bed with her. The black eunuch was used to negotiate between the two countries. The black eunuch manager looked like a greedy and vicious person. Without saying a few words, he
He asked for money and gave him gifts for anything he wanted to talk about. I have been fighting for half my life, but I was blackmailed by a eunuch, and he was a black eunuch. I was so angry that I didn't bother to talk anymore."
"Unexpectedly, before I left, a noble minister came to my door. That minister, I don't know where he knew, I was angry in front of the eunuchs, and actually instigated me to help them carry out a coup. He said that he had soldiers, plus my soldiers
, as long as he is caught by surprise, he will definitely be able to break into the palace and kill the licentious queen mother and the greedy eunuch."
"I'm not stupid, so of course I won't agree. But the next morning, the general officer hired locally panicked and said that the situation was not good, and that the palace seemed to be mobilizing troops."
"The one who got in was definitely the mischief of that minister. When he hit a wall with me, he went to the Queen Mother to make false accusations and forced me to send troops to fight with the Queen Mother. I won, and they took advantage of the situation to make a coup. If I lost, they had
The merit of reporting.”
"Damn it, I don't want to fight. There is no point in winning or losing. Before the Queen Mother's army came to kill them, they immediately led their troops to leave, firing guns along the way and no one dared to stop them."
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Fan Chao's trip to the Ottoman Empire was so exciting.
Moreover, everyone looked at Fan Chao in a different light. In their eyes, apart from being able to fight, this lord was actually a gangster with a background as a water bandit.
Unexpectedly, this big boss was as careless as a hair and saw clearly the tricks of the rebel ministers.
Cai Yuncheng said with emotion: "Everywhere along the way, it has been said that the Ottomans were extremely powerful. Especially the European nobles were afraid of the Ottoman force. Who could have expected that this country would be usurped by two slaves. One was a foreign queen who caused trouble in the palace, and the other was in power.
A black eunuch is simply unimaginable and unbelievable!”
Lu Tianxiang commented: "With such a chaotic political situation, the Ottomans should stop contacting them. Even if they can reach an agreement with their queen mother, I'm afraid it will have no effect."
"It really doesn't work," Fan Chao said. "The Queen Mother only cares about enjoying herself and doesn't bother to contact the outside world. The black eunuchs only care about making money. They will use anyone who gives money and kill anyone who disobeys. In addition to making money and looking for beautiful men, they
The other decrees of the two could not leave the capital at all. The Ottoman provinces were all controlled by noble ministers, and I heard that they even attacked each other."
Lu Tianxiang asked: "Have the pasture seeds been harvested?"
"Took it." Fan Chao replied.
"Then let's set sail and return home." Lu Tianxiang said.
During this mission to various countries, another mission was to collect crops of economic value along the way.
In particular, forage grass needs to be introduced and improved. This is not unusual. Alfalfa in China was introduced by Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty. Alfalfa was not only used to raise livestock, but was also an important food ingredient in ancient China.
During this trip to the sea, I obtained ryegrass seeds in Persia and Europe.
On the fairway of the golf course, the lawn is ryegrass, which is also an extremely important pasture. Ryegrass from the Persian region is suitable for planting in the northwest provinces of China. Ryegrass from the European region is suitable for planting in the southern provinces of China.
In addition, the mission also collected some vegetable seeds.
For example, when the fleet sailed through the southwest corner of Africa and docked at a Portuguese colonial port, everyone wanted to eat vegetables. So, they explicitly requested a supply of vegetables. The Portuguese took the opportunity to rip off a lot of local fruits and vegetables at high prices. One of the vegetables was unheard of.
, Zhang Ruifeng quickly paid for the seeds.
Hundreds of years later, this thing was called iceberg in China. It is salt-alkali and drought-resistant and can grow on the seaside and in desert areas.
It's amazing that after discussion among the members of the envoy, they unanimously named this vegetable "ice vegetable". There are "ice beads" like things attached to its green branches and leaves. It is hard and cool to touch and tastes delicious.
It's icy and refreshing.
Moreover, ice vegetables have their own salt, so you don’t need to add salt when cooking.