Daming Military Empire

Chapter 528 Persia finally surrendered

Taqi didn't blame Sultan for interrupting, but nodded approvingly: "Yes, His Royal Highness Zhennan King, now you Ming Empire and Ottoman Empire are invading our Persian Safavid Empire, please withdraw your troops immediately."

Zheng Zhilong didn't know what was tricky about it, he only thought that the two of them were making peace, withdrawing troops?Just playing lip service is like the withdrawal of troops from the Ming and Ottoman Empires, that is a dream!
He said solemnly: "We are defending and counterattacking. You understand the defensive counterattack. You must compensate for all losses caused in the process."

Taqi was so angry, did you guys defend and counterattack like this, without saying hello, just rushed up and beat my 20 army of the Persian Empire to half, and even ran for hundreds of miles, hitting Farah Under the city, this is called defense?This is called counterattack?

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he wished he could lift the table and scold people. However, the situation was stronger than people. The Ming Empire was not something that the Persian Empire could provoke. Adding the Ottoman Empire, they could not afford to provoke them.

He had no choice but to suppress his anger, and explained helplessly: "His Royal Highness Zhennan King, we don't want to go to war with the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire. This is a complete misunderstanding."

Misunderstand?If Daming can't mobilize troops and call allies, then you are going to fight in Delhi. Zheng Zhilong curled his lips and said stiffly: "In any case, you have caused huge damage to our Daming Empire and the Ottoman Empire." losses, no compensation for losses, and we will never retreat."

Taqi also knew that they had already hit the door of the house, and it was impossible for them to retreat without giving some benefits, so he had no choice but to say: "His Royal Highness Zhennan Wang, this is really a misunderstanding, but since the misunderstanding has already been caused , we are willing to make appropriate concessions to eliminate this misunderstanding."

concession?Zheng Zhilong couldn't understand what a concession was. Could it be that the translation had misunderstood it? Is this a euphemism for compensation?

He tentatively said: "This misunderstanding is very deep, and it is difficult to eliminate it. How much compromise are you willing to make?"

Hearing the strange words, he gritted his teeth and begged for justice: "Didn't the Ming Empire always want to build a railway that would pass through our Persian Empire and reach the Ottoman Empire? Now we agree to the railway to cross the border. You can build it as you like, and we will never interfere. That's okay. Bar?"

If I had agreed earlier, nothing would have happened, now it is too late!

After delaying for so long, they even sent troops to attack Kandahar in vain. Now that they have made such a small concession, they want the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire to retreat. That is a dream.

Zheng Zhilong shook his head slowly and said: "No, no, no, in view of the performance of your Persian Empire, our Ming Empire can no longer trust you. In order to ensure the safety of the railway line, you must allocate the land within a hundred miles along the railway line to the Ming Empire. and the Ottoman Empire, to be governed by ourselves."

Hearing the anecdote, he stared at Zheng Zhilong dumbfounded. Isn't this blatantly letting the Persian Empire cede the land?

It would be fine if there was a little land, but the distance from Kandahar to the border of the Ottoman Empire was more than [-] miles. How much land is that!
Wanting the Persian Empire to cede so much land is simply a dream, he shook his head resolutely and said: "That's impossible!"

impossible?Zheng Zhilong didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and continued to threaten: "Also, do you want those [-] to [-] captives? It's been so many days, but we have consumed a lot of food. If you want it, convert the food they consumed. Make money, compensate us, and then pay some money to redeem them, otherwise, we will kill them, but we will not bury them!"

Hearing the rumor, his face changed, that was 6 to [-] thousand people, if he didn't pay to redeem them, and let the Ming Empire kill them all, the families of those soldiers would have to seek revenge from him madly!
These 6 or [-] people must not be killed by the Ming Empire, otherwise he will not only fail to be the prime minister, but even lose his life.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "His Royal Highness Zhennan Wang, tell me, how much does it cost?"

Hehehehe, saying it scares you to death, Zheng Zhilong said solemnly: "There is a precedent for this. Last time, the Netherlands redeemed 1 captives from our Ming Empire. Our asking price is 2 taels, and [-] people are two." One hundred million taels of silver."

When Taqi heard this, his eyes almost popped out of fright, 1 taels, 6 taels is [-] taels of silver, it’s not that much money to sell the Persian Empire!

Zheng Zhilong admired Taqi's expression with evil taste, and then continued: "Finally, after negotiation, the Netherlands paid a total of 2000 million taels of ransom, which is 1000 taels of ransom. Let's do this, we don't need to negotiate, just press the ransom." The price given by the Netherlands is 6 million taels for 6000 people, and the money is handed over to the person.”

Even the Persian Empire couldn't get 6000 million taels. Ta Qi said in a tone of despair, "His Royal Highness Zhennan King, we really can't get 6000 million taels."

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "You can't get 6000 million taels?"

It wasn't that he deliberately humiliated Taqi, let alone 6000 million taels, he could get it together. He really couldn't figure out why he couldn't get 6000 million taels for such a large territory as the Persian Empire.

After hearing the rumors, I was so ashamed that I didn't know what to say. The Ming Empire was indeed rich, but their Persian Empire was not Ming!
Of course, Zheng Zhilong's main purpose was not to make the Persian Empire pay compensation. The emperor didn't ask him to extort money. He thought about it, pretended to be sympathetic and said: "If you don't have money, you can use the land to pay for it. We will suffer a little and add another hundred." As long as you give up the land within two hundred miles along the railway line, how about we not only retreat, but also return all the prisoners to you?"

One hundred miles is not enough to return two hundred miles, Taqi shook his head resolutely again and said: "His Royal Highness Zhennan King, that is impossible."

Zheng Zhilong narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and said in a gloomy voice: "Since we can't reach an agreement, let's forget it. Please come back, Mr. Prime Minister. See you in Isfahan!"

Hearing the rumor, he was stunned on the spot. This meant that he wanted to hit Isfahan directly and destroy the Persian Empire!

Whoever can bear the crime of subjugation is willing to bear it.

However, thinking of the terrifying artillery and lineup of the Ming Empire, Ta Qi knew that if the Ming Empire did not count casualties, it would only be a matter of time before the Persian Empire would be destroyed.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. The disaster of destroying the country was right in front of him. One bad move would really end the Persian Empire.

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to lower his face, and said in an almost pleading tone: "His Royal Highness, two hundred miles is too much, can it be less?"

Finally admitting it, Zheng Zhilong felt complacent. He pretended to be compassionate, and sighed: "Well, let's go for a hundred miles, no less, otherwise I won't be able to explain to His Majesty the Emperor."

What else can Ta Qi say, it’s not that the Persian Empire has never done it before. Even Abbas the Great had to cut the land for survival and development. That was just facing the Ottoman Empire. This time, the Ottoman Empire plus one A more powerful Ming Empire.

In the end, he had no choice but to nod his head. It is not terrible to cede land, but subjugation is terrible!
(End of this chapter)