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Zhou Mengchen sneered in his heart. Tens of thousands of taels are certainly a big deal. But if you think you are bribing him, Zhou Mengchen just like this, you will be too underestimating him.

Zhou Mengchen put the gift list aside and said, "Mr. Mao, what do you mean?"

Mao Haifeng said respectfully: "I was very happy when my adoptive father heard that Lord Zhou was in office. He loved to interact with heroes the most in his life. Lord Zhou was the greatest hero of the Ming Dynasty, and he was just a little polite to repay his admiration."

Zhou Mengchen signaled that the people around him would return the gift list to Mao Haifeng and said, "Take it back. I actually admire Master Wang, who started from scratch at sea. In just over ten years, I have had such a huge power, and I, Mr. Zhou, are also ashamed of myself. This gift list not only insulted me, but also insulted Master Wang."

Zhou Mengchen called Wang Zhi the east lord, which avoided Wang Zhi's identity as a pirate.

Doing so is also to make this negotiation successful.

Although Zhou Mengchen expected that this negotiation would end in a bad mood, he still had a slight hope that he could negotiate. Zhou Mengchen essentially did not object to surrender, but what he opposed was that kind of tolerant surrender.

Why did Hu Zongxian’s surrender turn into a lure and kill? It was because Hu Zongxian agreed to Wang Zhi too much and the court could not agree to it.

In the end, Hu Zongxian had no choice but to kill Wang Zhi. Of course, it is not ruled out that Hu Zongxian himself wanted to lure Wang Zhi. He just pretended to be passive.

Since Zhou Mengchen has ambitions for overseas development and Wang Zhi is the largest pirate on the sea, if Wang Zhi is really willing to surrender sincerely and become the pioneer of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Mengchen would not refuse to accept it. But the problem is that Zhou Mengchen requires the initiative in this relationship, rather than Wang Zhi's ability to break the contract at any time.

Mao Haifeng didn't understand Zhou Mengchen's thoughts. He heard Zhou Mengchen call Wang Zhi Wang Dongzhu, and also admired Wang Zhi. He suddenly thought that Zhou Mengchen was better than Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua.

You should know that all the Ming officials in the area where Mao Haifeng had contacted him before were always arrogant to Wang Zhi and never had any good looks.

He immediately said: "Caomin, I will definitely pass the words of my lord today to his adoptive father."

Zhou Mengchen didn't care about this, he said, "What's the point of Mr. Mao?"

Mao Haifeng said: "Prince Hu sent someone to call his adoptive father back to his country. Today, Master Wen took office. My adoptive father sent me here just to ask if the imperial court's meaning has changed?"

"Did the previous conditions still count?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "What conditions have been issued before?"

Mao Haifeng said: "It's just opening a sea-to-hailing market."

Zhou Mengchen said, "That's all?"

Mao Haifeng said: "That's right."

Zhou Mengchen said: "There is no problem for opening the sea and trading together, but the rest have changed."

Mao Haifeng was overjoyed when he heard this. For Wang Zhi, Kaihai Mutual Marketing is the core demand of Wang Zhi Group, because only Kaihai Mutual Marketing can Wang Zhi control Sino-Japanese trade and make a fortune.

You know, raising people also requires money. Wang Zhi has more than 1,300 boats, and his subordinates have more than tens of thousands of people. He says more than 100,000 yuan. Just think about it. What a big number to maintain the food, clothing and consumption of so many people.

It is true that Wang Zhi can still smuggle through Fujian. Because the scale of smuggling in Fujian is too large, so big that local officials dare not take care of it. If they don’t care, there may be no Japanese pirates. Once they take care of it, the Japanese pirates will come up.

Therefore, in Zhejiang, Nanzhili is relatively strict with the maritime blockade, but Fujian is useless. However, Zhou Mengchen turned a blind eye to this matter and regarded it as invisible to maintain the fragile balance between officials and the people.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is not strong enough now. Yu Dayou is essentially a Fujian army, and how many troops there are in Fujian, there are many on the books, but how many are actually combat-capable?

Zhou Mengchen didn't dare to think about it.

Therefore, before Zhou Mengchen rectified a war-capable army, Zhou Mengchen regarded it as invisible to the Fujian incident.

But even so, for a huge trading group like Wang Zhi, Fujian's share may not be enough. After all, Fujian's local maritime merchants are also top-notch. They may not be as large as Wang Zhi, but local people in the hometown may not buy Wang Zhi's account.

Therefore, restoring the original trade pattern is crucial to Wang Zhi. For this reason, Wang Zhi can agree to any conditions.

Mao Haifeng was extremely happy when he heard Zhou Mengchen agreeing to open the sea and trade, and immediately said: "Sir, even if we can open the sea and trade, we can agree to anything."

Zhou Mengchen said, "What can I really agree?"

Mao Haifeng said: "No false words."

Zhou Mengchen said: "I heard that Wang Zhi called himself King Hui on the sea. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Mao Haifeng was shocked and said, "Sir, you know that there is no such thing."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Isn't this really the case?"

Mao Haifeng said, "The villain guarantees his life."

Zhou Mengchen said: "What can your life guarantee for such a big deal?"

Mao Haifeng is not a fool, and when he said this, Mao Haifeng already understood a little, his tone was a little deeper, and he said, "Sir, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Wang Zhi's troops came ashore and abandoned their troops and surrendered. This is the only way to do it."

Mao Haifeng suddenly became angry when he heard this. If it was really what Zhou Mengchen said, then the entire group of Wang Zhi no longer exists. Why did Wang Zhi open the sea? Could it be that Wang Zhi would seek benefits for other sea merchants?

Mao Haifeng's original joy suddenly faded, but at this moment it showed the background of Mao Haifeng. In the Governor's Office, facing the legendary famous general Zhou Mengchen, who won many battles and repeatedly, Mao Haifeng was not showing any weakness at all and said, "My Lord Zhou, this is absolutely impossible."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Oh, I understand."

Zhou Mengchen immediately picked up the tea bowl and served tea to see the guests.

Mao Haifeng could not understand this meaning, but he ignored Zhou Mengchen's hint and said, "My lord think twice, my boss has spread his reputation in the East China Sea, with thousands of warships and tens of thousands of elite soldiers, which makes Japanese Daming dare to look down on him. He is willing to surrender to the court today, but he is just thinking about his hometown and avoiding the suffering of wars in the world. He has shown goodwill many times to stop the troops and solve the problems."

"But, sir, don't regard the kindness of my boss as a weak person. Today, sir, sir, promise not to use military force, and all the worlds are peaceful. Even if the unfilial people, we must take the sword and wear armor to get rid of it for the court. Otherwise, this will destroy the jade and silk and make peace in the smoke of war."

"Please think twice about it."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen smiled softly and said, "Well, Wang Zhi has adopted a son like you, which is worthy of his mission, but my conditions remain unchanged. Wang Zhi must surrender unconditionally. However, I can agree that if Wang Zhi does this, I will give Wang Zhi a chance to be a marquis, but the premise is that Wang Zhi must lead the crowd to surrender. After surrendering to the court, he must also disband the tribes and accept the arrangements used by the court. There is no other way."

"As for the war, warships, thousands of warships, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers," Zhou Mengchen smiled and said, "I have seen so many officials. I will see you off."

Zhou Mengchen gave the order, and a few people around him immediately came up and wanted to cross Mao Haifeng out.

Mao Haifeng naturally refused. He came to the peace talks this time. He was prepared to not reach an agreement. After all, many important negotiations can be completed at one time. It must be over and over again and again, and many times before he can succeed.

But I never expected that the negotiations were so straightforward.

Zhou Mengchen didn't want to talk about it at all.

Mao Haifeng knew the importance of this negotiation to the Wangzhi Group. If it could not be discussed, the Wangzhi Group must find another way out, but they could also see that the Ming Dynasty was still a giant and really wanted to make a living by looting. Can plundering support so many people? Not to mention it, just one thing is that Mao Haifeng has been on the battlefield and fought several battles with the Ming army. He obviously felt a trend that the Ming army is becoming more and more difficult to fight.

It doesn't matter how many times they win, and as long as they lose once, they will be gone. It doesn't matter how many times the Ming army is defeated. As long as the Ming court is there, they will definitely make a comeback. The foundations of both sides are here, and if they really fight, they won't have a good end.
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