"Mr. Tabora, look up for a long time." Zheng Zhilong clasped his fists in his hands and saluted Tabola. He was not the first to enter the city. Zheng Zhilong was a little depressed, but in front of the prisoners, his mood was much better. Unfortunately, Tabola couldn't listen. Understand Chinese, after translation, the unique context of Chinese is completely destroyed.
"You are the commander of the Ming Navy, Zheng Zhilong?" Tabola's mood was terrible. If he didn't want to come to the East to buy luxury goods in person, he would not be trapped in Manila. Now he is still tied up. There are countless silver in America. , Why come to this far east in person
"Mr. Tabora, you are wrong. I am not Daming's navy commander. I am just the commander of Daming's South China Sea Fleet." Zheng Zhilong corrected Tabola's mistake. Before the formal negotiation, Zheng Zhilong did not deceive his opponent.
"South China Sea Fleet?" Tabola didn't understand, "Does Daming have other fleets?"
"Mr. Tabora, you are right. In addition to the South China Sea Fleet, Daming also has the North Sea Fleet." Zheng Zhilong simply revealed the assets of the Daming Navy to Tabora.
"The North Sea Fleet? Is it the same size as the South China Sea Fleet?" Tabola saw the hundreds of ships in the South China Sea Fleet and already admitted in his heart the decline of the Spanish Navy. If Daming had an equally powerful North Sea Fleet, then Spain What else to fight with Daming, Daming can only be a friend of Spain, don't be an enemy of Spain.
"To be precise, the North Sea Fleet was formed earlier than the South China Sea Fleet, and its scale is larger." Zheng Zhilong is telling the truth. At this moment, he is proud that Daming has two such fleets in the naval battle between Taiwan and Southern Ryukyu. The South China Sea Fleet not only did not lose the quality of the ships, but the number was several times that of Xiyi. He fought an asymmetric war, and he felt that it was impossible to win.
"Bigger? You're not lying to me?" As soon as Tabola's words were spoken, he felt that he had asked a stupid question. In the past, Spain had an invincible fleet consisting of hundreds of ships. Land, population, and supporting two navies like the South China Sea Fleet should not be a problem.
"Lied to you? Is it necessary?" Zheng Zhilong laughed. Now the Spanish army has been wiped out, and you have become a prisoner. If it is for profit, I can threaten you. Is it necessary to deceive? "Mr. Tabora, I treat each other with sincerity."
Tabola fell into deep thought. No one knew what he was thinking. He looked at Zheng Zhilong dumbly for a long time before he burst out: "Mr. Zheng, maybe we can cooperate."
"Cooperation? This is a good idea. However, now that Mr. Tabora is my captive, he can't even guarantee his own life. What is Mr. Tabora going to cooperate with me?" Zheng Zhilong also hopes to cooperate, but before the cooperation negotiation , He must first blow Tabola's confidence.
"I am the governor of Manila, and all the Spaniards here will listen to me." Tabola felt that this was his only capital.
"Mr. Tapola, now they will only listen to me." Since they want to cooperate, Zheng Zhilong reduces Tapola's capital as much as possible, "Do you think my fleet, my soldiers, can't completely eliminate them?"
"You can eliminate them, but you will spend a lot of time, and your soldiers and fleet will also have losses." Tabola is desperately expanding his capital.
"I have time, and Daming can bear this loss, but... cooperation is the best, Mr. Tabora, talk about the way you cooperate." Zheng Zhilong asked Tabora to show his cards first, or according to Tabora, Infer his real hole cards.
"The entire Southern Ryukyu Islands can give you. We only need a small piece of land near Manila." Tabola finally mustered up his courage and offered Zheng Zhilong his offer.
"It's absolutely impossible. What we want is the entire Southern Ryukyu Islands, a complete Southern Ryukyu Islands. One piece less will not work." Zheng Zhilong flatly refused, knowing that Tapola's card was a false card, and the purpose was to negotiate later. To win a favorable position, if Zheng Zhilong does not agree to his request, then he also refuses. Then no one doubts Zheng Zhilong's sincerity.
Tabola thought for a while, and an unhappy expression appeared in his eyes: "Then give us a piece of land for business, and we will pay taxes according to law."
"This should be okay, but I can't be the master. I have to wait for our majesty's ruling." Zheng Zhilong knows that Tabola is talking about trade. Whether it is his own understanding or Li Tong's opinion, trade is the future development of Southern Ryukyu. Basically, without Xiyi’s help, Daming’s silk, porcelain, and tea could not be sold to Xiyi for the time being. Southern Ryukyu is a dead place.
"You have to persuade your majesty." Tabola is not worried that Daming will not set up a trade zone. Now that the huge profits of maritime trade can't stop its temptation, since Daming has entered Southeast Asia, there is no reason to give up overseas trade. The worry is that Daming is cooperating with the Netherlands and Portugal.
Spain has only one southern Ryukyu archipelago in the South China Sea, and it is temporarily unable to open up a new stronghold in the South China Sea. If it completely loses its stronghold in Southern Ryukyu, then Spain will have to withdraw from the hugely profitable Eastern trade.
"Then look at the benefits Mr. Tabora gave to Daming. To be honest, just paying taxes in accordance with the law, I am afraid that our majesty will not be moved."
"..." Tabola could not give any guarantee for the time being.
"Since Tabora doesn't have the conditions to make us tempted, I'll talk about this later." Zheng Zhilong changed the subject: "What else does Mr. Tabora want?"
"The gold and silver in Manila must be returned to us. It was originally our property. Returning to us can show Mr. Li's sincerity in cooperating with us." Tabola wanted to impress Zheng Zhilong. The Southern Ryukyu Islands were lost. It doesn't matter, anyway. Now Spain's domestic eyes are all on the Americas, but the gold and silver are lost, and he can't explain to the domestic shareholders.
"Yours? But, it is now our trophies and compensation for the losses of the Daming South China Sea Fleet." Zheng Zhilong gives full play to the pirate's true qualities, how can he let it spit out the fat he has received
"That's because you invaded our Formosa (Taiwan), otherwise, this unpleasant war would not happen between Spain and Daming.
I was very happy. Zheng Zhilong secretly chuckled, "Taiwan was originally Da Ming’s land. You invaded Taiwan, killed my compatriots, and seized my property, but we just reclaimed our land. You have not compensated for the losses in the Taiwan war. This time I'm committing crimes against the South China Sea Fleet again, you said, how do we count our losses?"
Tabola was lost in thought again. The Spanish colonies overseas had never considered the demands of the local indigenous people. Today, Zheng Zhilong’s question was unable to answer for a while.
The blue pupils gradually became muddy. In his mind, Formosa is so close to Daming, and the inhabitants of the island are Han Chinese. It should belong to Daming. If Formosa belongs to Daming, then the responsibility of these two wars , Which should be the responsibility of Spain.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong’s request for compensation is not strong. Zheng Zhilong should have just taken a fancy to the gold and silver of the Manila Governor’s Mansion. "Mr. Zheng, since we want to cooperate, let alone the problem of who compensates for whom, the responsibility of the war, just Let the historians comment, and now talk about your requirements."
"My request is very simple. First, all the Spaniards in the Southern Ryukyu Islands surrendered and the Spanish troops withdrew from the Southern Ryukyu Islands. Second, the ransom of one thousand taels of silver per person for all captured personnel was redeemed by the Spanish government. "Zheng Zhilong will never vomit the benefits he has received. What he cares most now is whether he can get the ransom, which is a lot of silver.
"No, no, they have surrendered unconditionally. Mr. Zheng should release them unconditionally."
"Unconditional release? Mr. Tabora, can those who have been defeated still arrogantly demand the release of the other party?" Zheng Zhilong decided to scare Tabora. "Mr. Tabora probably doesn't know that the Easterners have a tradition of killing and surrendering. "
"Kill surrender? No, they have surrendered and should be protected." Tabola has also seen the killing of indigenous people. In his eyes, he has already unconsciously revealed the plea, "Da Ming is not a rogue country, and it must not be done like this. thing."
"Da Ming is indeed not a rogue country, but Da Ming also has his own dignity... Mr. Tabora remember? How many innocent Han Chinese massacred in Southern Ryukyu more than 20 years ago?"
"This..." Tabola obviously knows that period of history, "It was a conspiracy by the Han to overthrow our Spanish rule, we just..."
"The conspiracy, that is, has not yet been implemented. You just suspected that you killed tens of thousands of Han Chinese. Today, the Spaniards used muskets to oppose Daming's entry into Southern Ryukyu. Mr. Tabola, you said, how many Spaniards I am going to kill, Can you safely enter Southern Ryukyu?"
"Mr. Zheng, this is a long time ago."
"Yes, it’s been a long time. Many Spaniards have forgotten it, but we Han people have not forgotten, so today we came to Nanyang... Mr. Tabola, if I slaughtered all Spanish prisoners today, in twenty or thirty years, then It was also a long time ago."
"you… "
"Mr. Tabola, Ming is not a rogue country, so I just ask the Spanish government to pay a ransom. If the Spanish government is willing to give up its people, then we will not feed these prisoners in vain... They are not even qualified to be soldiers, I really do I don’t know what they mean to Daming."
"But..." Tabola hesitated, "I really can't replace the government. I can only convey this ransom on my behalf."
"Well, this matter, I'll talk about it later," Zheng Zhilong estimated that Tabola could not be the master, that was several million taels of silver. "Now Mr. Tabola can recruit other Spanish troops in the Southern Ryukyu Islands, right? If Mr. Tabora refuses to surrender, then we will surrender them with flintlocks. Moreover, the Spaniards who have been captured, I guarantee that none of them will survive."
Tabola nodded and agreed with Zheng Zhilong's opinion. This should be one of the few agreements between the two of them.
The ships of the South China Sea Fleet, carrying Tabora, passed through Mindoro, Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao in turn. The few Spanish soldiers on the island all surrendered to the Ming army, and the southern part of Manila. A gold mine on the island was also taken over by the Ming army.
At the southern tip of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, near the northeast of Borneo (now Kalimantan), there is a group of small islands called the Sulu Islands. There is a Sulu country on the Sulu Islands. The Spanish army is conquering the Sulu country. Sulu was a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and captured all Spanish soldiers in combat.