Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 604
"The Japanese envoy has entered Liaodong to discuss the matter of the martial arts competition!"

When Dorgon and Daishan heard this, they couldn't help but glanced at each other.None of them expected that the Wa Kingdom would be so anxious to compete?
When the two of them were thinking about it, they heard the yellow mantle go on to say: "The envoy of the Japanese country requested that we can no longer remove anything in North Korea, including people, before the end of the competition!"

When Dorgon heard it, he immediately understood.Wa country is anxious about North Korea's population and supplies, so it wants to take back North Korea's population and supplies through a contest.

After thinking about this, Dorgon immediately ordered: "Immediately pass the decree, except for Prince Heshuo Zheng who is guarding Haizhou and cannot leave, the rest of Baylor and above will rush back to Shengjing immediately."

After a pause, he thought for a while, and immediately ordered: "Also, pass an order to North Korea to let them move the population and materials close to Liaodong back to Liaodong at an accelerated pace!"

"Cha!" Huang MaGua immediately agreed after hearing this, and left in a hurry.

Zheng Zhilong, who was eating melons by the side, was puzzled when he heard it, what kind of martial arts competition?what's going on?
Judging by the way they are coping here, it seems that it is still a big deal!
When he was thinking about it, he heard Dorgon say to him: "These Japanese people are really unreasonable. When we formed the alliance, we said that we only gave North Korea to them, but we didn't say that North Korea's population and supplies Give it to them too, right?"

The purpose of giving orders in front of Zheng Zhilong just now was to appear close to Zheng Zhilong, otherwise, Zheng Zhilong would definitely be sent away first.

When Zheng Zhilong heard Dorgon's words, he immediately understood what was going on, so he said like a good old man: "Ah, we just formed an alliance, so why are you going to have a martial arts competition? Don't hurt your temper, Friendship first, competition second!"

Although he said this, his heart is like a mirror.Once the weight of the lottery is very heavy, what friendship comes first must be profit first!
But it is true, Jianlu is so poor here, he must really want the young and strong population of North Korea, as well as those food and grass supplies.

As for the Japanese country, Zheng Zhilong just happened to understand it too.Like Jianlu, the materials of the Wa Kingdom were also scarce. During the Shimabara Rebellion a few years ago, many people resisted the Tokugawa shogunate because they could not survive under natural disasters.If you want to say how much food and materials there are in Japan today, it may not be there.

Now, if Wa country wants to accept such a big North Korea, they must want everything on the land of North Korea.Using North Korea's young and strong as slaves will allow Wa to gain a foothold in North Korea more quickly, and it will also allow the Tokugawa shogunate to gain the greatest support.

Of course, with Daming as a strong enemy, they may not fight to the death, but they will definitely do it if they try their best to reap the benefits.

Dorgon's response just now proved this point.

He was thinking, but when Dorgon heard his words, he said, "Don't worry, although it's a martial arts competition, it won't hurt your peace!"

"Then His Highness's will just now?" Zheng Zhilong pretended to be confused and socialized freely.

Dorgon just smiled when he heard this, and said indifferently: "Once I discuss with the Japanese envoy and come to a conclusion, I will naturally pass the decree and come according to the agreement. But now, there is no agreement, so I am not breaking the rules, right?" ?”

This statement is actually a bit preposterous.

Zheng Zhilong was sensitively aware of something immediately, and tried to ask: "The power of the imperial court is still very strong now. Over there in Japan, the muskets are powerful, so the navy will not talk about it. We cannot do without them. Once there is a deadlock Well, isn't that..."

The words were not finished, but the meaning was obvious.

After hearing this, Dorgon immediately laughed, and after taking a look at Daishan, he said to Zheng Zhilong: "You are our most trusted ally, so I will not hide it from you. It has also formed an alliance with the Tsarist Russian Empire. And the most powerful thing in the Tsarist Russian Empire happens to be firearms. Moreover, the firearms of the Tsarist Russian Empire are a little more powerful than that of the Japanese country."

Speaking of this, he pretended to be friendly and added: "We are true allies, so I just took this opportunity to inform you of this matter!"

From Dorgon's point of view, the conflict of interests between Daqing and Zheng Zhilong is the smallest.And the country of Wa will become a neighboring country in the future. Once the Ming country is dealt with, there may be conflicts in the future.Therefore, the Qing side had to form an alliance with the Japanese side, but also to guard against it.

Zheng Zhilong was very surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect this to happen!
However, he was also puzzled. After listening to Dorgon, he said that the Tsarist Russian Empire seemed to be a very powerful country, especially good at firearms.

But the key point is that Zheng Zhilong has traveled all over the world, and has dealt with Xiyi a lot, but he has never heard of any powerful country called the Tsarist Russian Empire.

So, he asked this question suspiciously: "I have dealt with many countries, and I can even speak the language of many countries, but I have never heard of this Tsarist Russian Empire. I don't know this Tsarist Russian Empire. Where is it?"

Logically speaking, it should be on the edge of the Qing Empire.However, he had never heard of the Tsarist Russian Empire on the Liaodong side of the Ming Dynasty!Isn't there no one else except the Mongols?
He naturally didn't know that he was also active in the southeast coast of Daming, so most of the people he dealt with were from the southeast side of Daming.

Not to mention the countries of Southeast Asia, including Xiyi, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, etc., have dealt with each other.However, Tsarist Russia has never been there, and it is not yet a powerful country in Europe, so how could he know!
Seeing Zheng Zhilong's shocked look, Dorgon was very happy, this is the effect he wanted.

What he said just now, even if the alliance has not been accomplished at all, it still needs to be approved by the emperor of the Tsarist Russian Empire, but he said it first, just to tell Zheng Zhilong that the Qing Dynasty has a lot of ability, thousands Don't underestimate the Qing Empire!
At this time, when he heard Zheng Zhilong's question, he ordered a man in a yellow jacket to take a short musket, and said to Zheng Zhilong, "I just happened to have an envoy from the Tsarist Russian Empire send you a fine musket here." Take it as a gift.”

After saying this, he took another deep look at the exquisite short musket, then handed it to the yellow jacket and ordered it to be given to Zheng Zhilong.

To be honest, Dorgon was actually a bit reluctant.

This short musket does not need to be ignited with fire, it is a self-generating firecracker that can be fired as long as the trigger is pulled.Ever since the Tsarist gave it to him, he couldn't put it down.

But now, for the future of the Qing Empire and to win over this pirate king, they had no choice but to part with each other.

However, he didn't know that the short-handled flintlock gun he regarded as his heart and soul was nothing unusual to Zheng Zhilong.

All the Xiyi he had dealt with had been given to him, and this was one of them.

There is another point, that is, he has seen Jin Yiwei equipped with short-handled flintlock guns at the court.Of course, not as elegant as the flintlock musket that was given as a gift, but in terms of practicality, it is absolutely the same.

But at this time, he pretended to be an old hat, and looked very pleasantly surprised, and said a little embarrassedly: "Such an exquisite musket, how can I take away the beauty of others!"

No matter what, since Dorgon looks a little distressed, we should cooperate with him!

Dorgon, on the other hand, seemed very generous, and resolutely gave the short-handled flintlock gun to Zheng Zhilong, which not only interrupted Zheng Zhilong's questioning about the Tsarist Empire, but also let Zheng Zhilong know that the firearms of the Tsarist Empire were indeed powerful.

In this way, with Zheng Zhilong as a third-party ally, he can be more proactive when negotiating with the Japanese envoy.

After giving away the muskets, Dorgon arranged for Zheng Zhilong to rest on the pretext that Zheng Zhilong had worked hard all the way to prevent Zheng Zhilong from asking after receiving the gift.

But before leaving, he told Zheng Zhilong that there are still some deals that have not been negotiated, and the talks will continue in the next few days.If Zheng Zhilong is not in a hurry to go back, he might as well be a witness to the negotiations between the Qing Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom.

Zheng Zhilong immediately agreed to this.Although he heard the unexpected news about the Tsarist Russian Empire, he still needs to find out more about Jianlu. Naturally, it is best to stay a few more days.

From the next day, Daishan and Hong Chengchou came to talk to Zheng Zhilong.Of course, most of them were discussed at the welcome banquet, and the rest are some specific terms, types of items, and so on.

Hong Chengchou and Zheng Zhilong are fellow villagers, and Daishan was a little bit in the way when they were talking. Later, Hong Chengchou simply let Hong Chengchou talk directly.

At noon on the third day Zheng Zhilong arrived in Shenyang, the conversation was almost over.Zheng Zhilong asked Hong Chengchou who was about to go back: "How is that set of drinking utensils still usable?"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou quickly thanked him, saying that the wine set is really good, and it seems that the taste of rice wine used to taste it is better than his previous impression, and he is really very grateful to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong laughed immediately after hearing this, and even said that Hong Chengchou was satisfied.

But at the same time, he was also a little puzzled, Hong Chengchou should have used it, but there was no sign of poisoning!
Of course, he definitely didn't want Hong Chengchou to show signs of poisoning as soon as he used it, so he would have to escape quickly.

Now that there is no sign of poisoning, he is going to wander around the capital of Jianlu to inquire and see if there is any news?
As a result, before he had time to go out, a man in a yellow jacket came to visit, saying that he was invited from the palace.

In the past few days, Dorgon has not shown up, and he is probably busy with the affairs of the Wa Kingdom.At this time, someone was sent to look for him. Could it be that the Japanese envoy has come and asked him to be a witness?
Thinking of this, he followed the yellow jacket.In the end, he was wrong!

(End of this chapter)