Daming Military Empire

Chapter 106 Friendship Treaty
Shivela's ancestors were officers of the Knights of Avish, who were made earls for supporting Emperor Joao the Great. Since then, the Quirnino family has been among the ranks of the Portuguese nobles, witnessing the prosperity of Portugal in the Age of Discovery.

But now, Portugal has been annexed by Spain, and many colonies around the world have been invaded by the Dutch and the British. Portugal has fallen into dust, and the Kilnino family is no longer beautiful. How much he wants to find Portugal and the Kilnino family The glory of yesteryear.

Now, this opportunity is in front of us. As long as we win over the powerful Ming Empire, it is no longer a dream to restore the country and regain the lost land. How could Shivira give up such a good opportunity? After a short period of distraction, he immediately said firmly: " Your Majesty the Great Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the friendship between Ming Dynasty and Portugal has lasted for more than 100 years, we Portugal is honored to have your trust, as the first choice of foreign trade agent of Ming Dynasty, money is secondary to friendship, please offer you As long as we can do it in Portugal, we can accept it.”

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback when he heard the words, why did he feel that this guy was a bit of a traitor for glory!But after thinking about it carefully, he understood again that he clearly wanted to curry favor with him so as to get Da Ming's help.The fatty meat delivered to your door is not for nothing. He pretended to be shy and said: "Well, I want to open a glass factory and make glass myself."

Shivela replied without hesitation: "I have brought you skilled craftsmen, and they are ready to serve you at any time."

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be naive again and said: "I heard that Daming's products are sold in Europa, at least five times the profit, I only need two times, you take the big head, isn't it too much?"

Hua Ke, who did you listen to?Double the profit, so I don't want to pay three times the market price to buy from you!Well, as long as it is shipped back to Europa, the profit will indeed be more than five times. For the sake of Portugal and the Kiernino family, I will endure it. Shi Weila gritted his teeth and replied with a cramped face: "Well, it's not too much, but Points, according to the price you set."

Sure enough, if you don’t kill, you don’t kill. Originally, as long as you do these two things, Daming has already made a lot of money. Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and then continued to speak: "The mineral production capacity of all your territories cannot be sold to Daming first. We will settle at the market price. It won't make you suffer."

Huake, it won’t let us suffer. How much is the mineral energy worth? After a little processing into gold, silver, and bronze, the value will be doubled dozens of times. However, if the territory cannot be won, then a penny I can’t make any money, well, I’ll take this loss, Shivela replied with a twisted face: “No problem, no problem.”

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and there was nothing cheap to earn. He pretended to be generous and said: "That's all for my conditions, let's put forward your conditions."

Hearing this, Shivela breathed a sigh of relief, and asked expectantly: "Can Daming give us military support at an appropriate time?"

Sure enough, I want me to help you restore your country and take back your colonies, but this is exactly what Zhu Cijiong is looking forward to. If Daming intervenes in the world hegemony alone, the European powers will definitely attack together. After all, they are all in the same place no matter what. The so-called distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. The great powers belong to Europe. No matter which country is developed, it will drive the development of the European continent.Daming and them are not in the same place, no matter how prosperous Daming is, they won't get any benefit.

It’s different now, Ming joined in under the guise of helping Portugal, and that’s a conflict among the people. You can unite with great powers, and I can unite with other great powers, so that Daming doesn’t have to be an enemy of the whole world.

I thought so, but on the surface he couldn't express his enthusiasm, Zhu Cijiong pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Well, this, it may not be possible now, there are still some rebels in the north of Ming Dynasty, and the remaining 40 troops are all suppressed The rebels have gone, and they can’t get out for the time being.”

Shivira was even more excited when he heard that, he bought cakes, and there are more than 40 troops, which is really strong enough, I like it, he asked eagerly: "How long will it take?"

Zhu Cijiong bragged wildly: "Well, it takes about three years for the rebels in the west, five years for the rebels in the north, and three to five years for recruits to be trained. Let's count it as five years. After five years, I will How about drawing an army of 200 million, is it enough?"

200 million!That's enough, Shivela said excitedly: "Enough is enough, five years is not a problem, we have to prepare for five or six years, just right, just right."

Zhu Cijiong saw that his goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he said straightforwardly: "That's it, now Daming and Portugal are considered allies, and when I draw my hand, I will help you to teach the enemy a lesson, who dares To be an enemy of Portugal is to be an enemy of my Ming Dynasty, and I will wipe them all out!"

Is it that simple?You can't be kidding me!Shivela asked a little apprehensively: "This, this, His Majesty the Emperor, may I ask why you choose to be an ally with Portugal? The most powerful sea seems to be the Netherlands now."

Zhu Cijiong is so angry, I really want to cooperate with him, will he pee on me?Sending it up to be someone else's younger brother is almost the same. Will I, Daming, be someone else's younger brother? I want to be the boss, okay? Of course I can't say that, Zhu Cijiong pretended to be angry and said: "Holland, I don't like it very much, they didn't go through my If you agree, you will occupy my island of Taiwan. This is an act of robbers, do you know? When I am free, I will be the first to deal with them!"

dislike!Well, this reason is indeed very strong. A powerful country like Ming Dynasty is indeed qualified to dislike the Netherlands.

After getting rid of the only doubt in his mind, Shivela immediately asked eagerly: "Your Majesty, can you sign a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with Portugal?"

treaty?Zhu Cijiong was a little unhappy when he heard these two words. The Qing government signed too many unequal treaties with the big powers. The word treaty is simply an insult. Zhu Cijiong subconsciously turned his face straight and asked coldly: " Why sign a treaty?"

Shivera shuddered in fright, and stammered: "For, for, to witness our alliance."

Only then did Zhu Cijiong come to his senses, oh, this treaty is not that treaty, it is a treaty of equality, if you insist on unequal, it is also a bit unequal to Portugal.

So, he laughed and said shamelessly: "Hahahaha, I was just joking with you, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, is there a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance? Okay."

As he said, he pointed to Zhu Youjian, then pointed to Xu Guangqi, and introduced: "This is my uncle, the prince of the Ming Empire, the Prime Minister of the Ming Empire, and His Royal Highness Zhu Youjian, the Regent; this is my uncle." Teacher, Master Xu Guangqi, the chief assistant minister of the Ming Empire, let them sign this treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with you on behalf of me."

Zhu Youjian couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard the word minister. When did I become a minister? I'm the regent, okay?However, he prefers the word prime minister. Well, the prime minister of the cabinet is in charge of all affairs of the cabinet. The word prime minister is used well.

Shi Weila didn't know what Zhu Youjian was thinking. He was quite satisfied with these two people. One was the prime minister or the prince, and the other was the chief minister of the cabinet or the emperor's teacher. These two people were enough, let alone they It was also authorized by the emperor, proving that this treaty of friendship and mutual assistance was not just for fun, but was real and effective.He said excitedly: "Okay, okay, okay, then please trouble His Royal Highness and Lord Xu."

Zhu Cijiong didn’t need to worry about the rest. Xu Guangqi brought Zhu Youjian, Shi Weila and Zeng Dezhao to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. The two sides jointly drafted the most influential Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance between the Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire in the history of the Ming Empire. Two copies, one in Chinese written by Xu Guangqi, the Chief Assistant Minister of the Cabinet, supervised by the Prime Minister and Regent Zhu Youjian; one in Portuguese, written by the Governor of Portugal in Macau, Shivela, and Wailang Zeng Dezhao, a member of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty supervision.

After the drafting of the treaty was completed, after several deliberations, it was finally finalized after being reviewed by Emperor Chongzheng several times, and a grand signing ceremony was held the next day.Witnessed by Zhu Cijiong, the representatives of the two countries solemnly signed their names on the treaty.The full text of the treaty is as follows:
Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance between the Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire

Article [-]: The Portuguese Empire provided glass manufacturing technology to the Ming Empire free of charge, and assisted the Ming Empire in establishing glass manufacturing factories.

Article [-]: The Ming Empire designated the Portuguese Empire as the sole trade agent, with full authority to represent the sales of the Ming Empire’s products in the Europa region. Please refer to Attachment [-] for specific product prices.

Article [-]. The Ming Empire has the right of first repurchase of minerals in all overseas territories of the Portuguese Empire. See Annex [-] for specific mineral prices.

Article [-]: The Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire will become allies from now on. All acts of aggression against the homeland and overseas territories of the Ming Empire or the Portuguese Empire will be deemed as simultaneous declarations of war against both the Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire, and the two countries will send troops together Protect the interests of allies.

Representative of the Ming Empire
Prime Minister, Regent: Zhu Youjian
Chief Minister of the Cabinet, Minister of Rites: Xu Guangqi

representative of the portuguese empire

Governor of Macau: Shivela
In the fourth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, in [-] AD, June [-]th.

The only shortcoming of this treaty is that the representative of Portugal is a little bit weak. It is just a governor of Macau. Whether it can represent the entire Portuguese government has yet to be tested, but Zhu Cijiong is not worried about this. Who has the biggest fist these days? Whoever has the right to speak, if you Portugal dare not abide by the treaty, then the Ming Empire will tell you the consequences of not complying with the treaty with its fists.

However, Portugal has never violated this treaty, because they have indeed obtained countless benefits from it.

This treaty is also recognized by later historians as a symbol of the rise of the Ming Empire. Since the signing of this treaty, the Ming Empire has developed rapidly relying on the benefits obtained from overseas trade and the minerals purchased from various Portuguese territories, thus establishing the foundation for dominating the world. Cornerstone.

Many years later, the retired Prime Minister of the Portuguese Empire, Shivela, wrote in his memoirs: The greatest achievement in my life is the honor to sign the "Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance between the Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire" on behalf of the Portuguese Empire. I lose power and humiliate the country, I would like to ask, if there is no such treaty, can our Portugal stand on top of the world at the same time as the Ming Empire?Compared with the glory and territory we got, what is the little benefit given to our ally, the Ming Empire?
(End of this chapter)