Daming Military Empire

Chapter 432 I lost my fortune (Second update, thanks to T3485 for the big reward)

Early the next morning, the peace talks began, and representatives from both sides entered the conference room in two rows.

On the side of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, Zheng Zhilong, the King of Zhennan of the Ming Empire, is the leader, followed by the host, the Spanish Admiral Oquendo, and the Portuguese Prime Minister Shivela consciously ranked third, followed by the five translate.

Coincidentally, the leader of the anti-Habsburg alliance turned out to be Zheng Zhilong's old acquaintance, Gaston, Duke of Orleans in France.

Of course, the so-called acquaintance between them is not because they have a good relationship, but because Zheng Zhilong beat Gaston once!
That Gaston gritted his teeth, he really wanted to pounce on Zheng Zhilong, but he couldn't do it alone, Zheng Zhilong beat him like this, it's not too easy; he couldn't find anyone in groups, because this is the territory of Spain, In the end he had to resent and give up.

There are eight people on both sides. On the side of the Triple Alliance, there are **** and five translators; on the side of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, there are five representatives and three translators.

Of course, translators don't sit in the front row, so in the end, the situation on both sides of the conference table is three against five, and the Triple Alliance seems to be a bit weaker.

However, no matter who Zheng Zhilong is, he can overturn the representative of the Five Kingdoms by himself. In addition to the golden marshal uniform on his body, he sits directly in the middle and immediately overwhelms the audience.

The negotiator on the opposite side was really afraid of him. Needless to say, Gaston, although he was gnashing his teeth on the surface, he was still very afraid of Zheng Zhilong in his heart. It's a cruel person, and he still has lingering fears to this day.

It's so hard to die, the Dutch negotiator is Speke, who was blackmailed by Zheng Zhilong for 2000 million taels. He is also terrified when he thinks of the bloody mouth Zheng Zhilong opened when he asked for money.

The Earl of Stratford, the British negotiator, was better, because he hadn't dealt with Zheng Zhilong yet. As for the Swedish and Danish negotiators, they basically came to make soy sauce.

Speaking of which, this Gaston is an ignorant and ignorant banker, how could the Anti-Habsburg Alliance let him preside over the peace talks?
Naturally, no one does not know the nature of Gastonard, but this time the anti-Habsburg alliance is the party seeking peace. In the end, Gaston had to take the blame foolishly.

If you want to say that this guy is really a political idiot, he doesn't know any peace negotiation skills at all. As soon as the two sides sat down, he couldn't wait to say: "On behalf of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, I am sorry for your occupation of Calais and Dover." and Batavia, strongly protest the blockade of the Channel of Dover, please return Calais, Dover and Batavia immediately and unconditionally, lift the blockade of the Channel of Dover, and release all detained persons, supplies and ships."

Zheng Zhilong cast him a disdainful glance, and slowly tidied up the marshal uniform, and then said lightly: "Please pay attention to your wording, Batavia was originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Calais was originally the Habsburg dynasty. What is the occupation, we are taking back the territory. Dover can consider returning it to you, but you must first return the territory of Spain in the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands; as for the ships and goods we captured, why should we return them? , That is our spoils of war. As for all the prisoners, you can consider releasing them, but you must compensate the Ming Empire, Spain and Portugal with a total of [-] million taels of silver to make up for the losses caused by the war, otherwise, no discussion!"

When Gaston heard this, his lungs were about to explode, and he said angrily, "You pirate, why don't you go and grab it, [-] million taels of silver, thanks to your words!"

The so-called "excessive asking prices to pay back the money", if you are not satisfied, you can talk about it. This idiot is so arrogant after losing the war. Do you understand what peace talks are?

Zheng Zhilong scolded directly: "You idiot, do you understand etiquette? You are humiliating a prince of the Ming Empire, do you know that?"

Etiquette, you still have the nerve to talk about etiquette with me, why didn't you talk about etiquette when you hit someone?Gaston really wanted to rush forward and grab Zheng Zhilong's neck, strangling the bastard to death.

Fortunately, although Gaston does not understand peace talks, the other negotiators on the anti-Habsburg alliance side still know how to negotiate peace talks. Seeing this guy looking like he was about to throw the table and hit someone, Speke on the side quickly pressed his shoulders , full of apology and said to Zheng Zhilong: "I'm sorry, Your Highness Nicholas, His Highness Gaston may have drunk too much last night, but your request is indeed a bit too much. The seven northern provinces of the Netherlands are now our federal provinces. Territories of the United States, there is no such thing as restitution.”

Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyes, and said lightly: "If the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands are not good, you can consider ceding other places. If you really don't want to cede the land, can you use money to compensate? It doesn't need too much, and you can pay more. Two hundred million is enough, and our request is not too much, why is this idiot so excited?"

The other representatives of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance rolled their eyes collectively when they heard the news.

But, fortunately, none of these people are ignorant people like Gaston. They all know that it is impossible not to pay a little price as the defeated party, but the two to three hundred million taels is indeed a bit too exaggerated. In the end, After several days of difficult negotiations, the two sides finally signed the "Dunkirk Armistice Agreement", according to the agreement:
The United Kingdom and France paid 500 million taels of compensation to Spain to redeem the two ports of Dover and Calais;

The Netherlands compensated the Ming Empire with 3000 million taels to redeem the [-] captives in Batavia;
Sweden and Denmark compensated Portugal 500 million taels each to compensate for the loss of the war;
Calculated in this way, the total is 9000 million taels, but apart from the return of Dover and Calais and the release of all the prisoners, the two sides still haven't reached an agreement on other matters, so they can only discuss with fists in the future.

After receiving the money, Spain and Portugal demolished all the forts and bastions in Dover and Calais, returned the two ports to Britain and France, and lifted the blockade of the Strait of Dover. The Ming Empire also promised that the three Send all captives back to Europe within a month.

A peace talk ended in this way, the representatives of both parties went back to their respective homes, and Zheng Zhilong took 3000 million taels of compensation, and rushed back to claim credit.

It seems that the crisis in the Strait of Dover has been resolved, and Spain no longer threatens the strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance in the Nordic waters. However, after all the forts and bastions in Dover and Calais were demolished, those artillery were not destroyed. Shipped to Dunkirk to be packed!
The rebuilt Dunkirk has simply become a hedgehog-like artillery fortress. When necessary, Spain can use Dunkirk as a base to make waves in the Nordic waters again.

Of course, the anti-Habsburg alliance is not a vegetarian, they just endured it temporarily. Although they lost a lot this time, it was not enough to break their fighting spirit. The battle is far from over!

(End of this chapter)