Li Luoyou listened expressionlessly as these conditions were harsh, but more relaxed than he expected. [No pop-up novel website] This condition is the same as the conditions he used when negotiating with the Australians in the past: harsh, meticulous, paying attention to details, and being precise. Full of strong self-confidence based on one's own strength.
Xu Tianqi then pointed out that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were repatriated to their hometowns were counted and repatriated one by one according to the roster of the Ming army.
Li Luoyou had to raise an objection: Not to mention soldiers, whether they are combat soldiers, miscellaneous soldiers, or even officers' personal servants, they are all included in the pay roll. However, there are still many people in the army who are not on the roll, including those recruited temporarily. Husbands accompanying the army, servants of civil and military officials, etc.
"This can be used to identify those who are indeed brought from the mainland and who are willing to return to Guangdong. If they are from Qiongzhou Prefecture or are unwilling to return to the mainland, they can stay."
Xu Tianqi stated the principle of voluntary repatriation, and Li Luoyou expressed his intention. Whether the unregistered personnel can go back is not a matter that the big bosses in Guangdong care about.
Finally, there is the issue of the disposal of prisoners. Of course the Senate was unwilling to release the captives - they were a great labor force, but they had no interest in entertaining the captured civil and military officials for a long time. Therefore, Guangdong was allowed to redeem people, whether it was the government or the captives' family members. Their worth is graded according to their official positions. In addition to the price, each prisoner also had to pay one penny a day for food and accommodation according to the number of days he stayed in the Lingao prisoner-of-war camp.
Li Luoyou nodded in agreement: The government will not pay this money, but these officials always have some money at home, so paying the ransom is not a problem.
In this way, the issue of how to deal with He Rubin's remaining troops in Qiongshan and Haikou has been finalized, and the entire plan can be implemented only after Li Fengjie agrees. Li Luoyou sent a confidential letter to Guangzhou with the specific contents of the peace talks. The result is that there will be no suspense. Li Fengjie has no choice. Only by agreeing to these conditions can he rescue the remaining defeated generals from the disaster.
The talks have graduated, and both parties secretly breathed a sigh of relief. For the Crossing Group, the blockade war without fighting in Qiongshan was also an energy-consuming thing. Now the matter has a definite ending, and it has achieved what they most hoped for. Something peaceful.
Since Li Luoyou is a businessman, many things are separated from the officialdom, making it inconvenient to travel around. Li Luoyou had discussed with Li Fengjie before leaving, and asked Lu Yizhong to be his contact person. Lu Yizhong was very familiar with Guangdong officialdom and knew his way around many people. Moreover, after he was captured, he was afraid of death and was forced to write a letter of peace talks. After Wang Zunde's death, his staff members scattered, but Li Xijue was recruited by Li Fengjie and entered the governor's court. Therefore, Li Fengjie also knew that Lu Yizhong had written a letter asking for peace. A person who has lost his support and has a stain on his history, unless he is willing to retire, will have no choice but to be at their mercy.
"1. Will Mr. Lu be the liaison? Mr. Fujun is really wise." Xu Tianyi laughed and agreed.
Li Luoyou also laughed a few times with "haha", feeling very contemptuous of these staff and officials. The two then conducted preliminary discussions on the next step of in-depth cooperation. Li Luoyou's enthusiasm for making guns and cannons for the Ming Dynasty and refreshing armaments has faded a lot - many of the Hongyi cannons manufactured by his factory in Foshan for Guangdong were not transported to Liaodong: some were lost in the Battle of Qiongzhou, and some were lost in the Battle of Qiongzhou. During the Pearl River Estuary Crusade, the remaining troops were obtained by Xiong Wencan and equipped with Zheng Zhilong in Fujian.
This made him very disappointed. In addition, in the second battle of the Australians in Guangdong, the power of the Australian cannons was far greater than that of the Hongyi cannons. This made Li Luoyou very disappointed and almost wanted to give up.
Unexpectedly, there was another new order from Shandong—this time it was a request from Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai. The Catholic governor was training a new army in Denglai and appointed many Portuguese as instructors. Sun Yuanhua organized his own people in Shandong to cast Hongyi cannons under the guidance of the Portuguese. However, because coal was used as fuel in the smelting of pig iron in the north, the pig iron contained sulfur and was brittle, which was far inferior to the cannons cast in the south. Therefore, Guangdong was asked to provide more artillery. Of course Li Luoyou is not willing to give up on making money. What's more, Shandong was an important window for him to manage trade with the Qing Dynasty, and Sun Yuanhua was a church member. Regardless of interests or reasons, you have to agree.
Li Luoyou once again made a request to purchase Australian cannons or production equipment. Xu Tianyi only responded vaguely and was unwilling to express his opinion. The opinions of the Senate on the sale of arms have never been unified. Seeing that the other party was unwilling to continue, Li Luoyou couldn't help but sigh, knowing that there was no hope in the matter.
Xu Tianqi caught the Liaodong trade issue in her words and expressed that the Crossing Group was very interested in participating in the Liaodong trade and hoped to get help from Li Luoyou.
I originally thought that Li Luoyou would agree wholeheartedly, but I didn't expect that he would look embarrassed and unwilling to continue for a long time. Xu Tianyi asked again and again, and Fang slowly said:
"I have no choice but to trade with Jian slaves," he said. "It's not like you can't make money by doing business here, so why do you need to trade with Jian slaves?"
"When we do business, of course the more business partners the better."
Li Luoyu tried to persuade them to give up the idea. First, the distance is long and the transportation of goods is inconvenient. There are risks on the road. The Ming Dynasty imposed a trade embargo on the Manchus, and trading with the Manchus was illegal smuggling. Normal trade has to deal with layers of government records, not to mention such illegal business, whether it is Li Luoyou's trade from Shandong to Liaodong, or Shanxi merchants' trade with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties through the Mongols in Zhangjiakou, the Ming Dynasty's Many officials make a lot of money.
"How do you know the hardships involved?" Li Luo couldn't help but exaggerate the hardships involved, such as experiencing rough seas while sailing on the sea. When transporting on Route 6, soldiers who encounter bandits often lose both people and goods. As for buying and selling goods, they were still subject to picky, extortion and deductions from Manchu officials.
Xu Tianqi did not refute, he knew that Li Luoyou did not want them to interfere in the trade with Liaodong - this was not only because of the attempt to monopolize profits, but also because of the fear that the Australians would "capitalize the enemy". The Australians did not have his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, so they would definitely sell whatever they could to make money. By then, everything such as grain, ironware, and even gunpowder and cannons might be sold to the Manchus.
"I heard that the shoes contain food." Xu Tianqi suddenly asked.
"1It's true." Li Luoyou thought, could it be that they want to traffic grain to the Tatars? The Tatars are willing to pay one stone, ten taels or even twenty taels to buy grain, which is a hugely profitable thing. For this reason, Shanxi merchants spent large sums of money to buy grain in the Central Plains, where grain was originally hidden, and sell it to the Manchus. Australians also want to do this? They could buy grain from Guangdong and then go to Liaodong to resell and make a huge fortune. For this reason, he quickly added, "However, the officers and soldiers in Denglai area are conducting strict inspections, and grains of rice are not allowed to cross the sea."
"Haha", Xu Tianqi laughed, "Shop Manager Li! We understand your thoughts very well! However, you should always know the plight of the people whose shoes were captured."
How could he not know this? Li Luoyou traveled across Liaodong in order to redeem people, and he had a clear understanding of the living conditions of the Han people who were taken as slaves. Not to mention the various hardships they endured, many people could not even eat enough and were completely half-starved and half-full.
"It's so miserable." Li Luo breathed out.
"I heard that the Manchus also traded women and children to Mongolia for cattle and sheep, and a half-year-old child was exchanged for a sheep. I don't think you, Mr. Li, don't know that?"
"1 indeed heard of it."
"When we do business with the Manchu Qing, what we need is not their gold and silver but their people. It's the people of the Ming Dynasty who were abused and trafficked in shoes!" Xu Tianqi said with a righteous look, "You think this business can't be done?"
"What? Are you going to Liaodong to redeem the people?" Li Luoyou was shocked and stood up. Suddenly he felt dizzy and fell back into the chair. The waiter beside him, Su Ye, quickly took out the medicinal wine and gave him a few sips, which finally calmed him down.
He calmed down and thought that the Australians were really generous with his wealth and had never thought of such a thing. He is not a do-gooder after all. This kind of thing can't be done even if all the family wealth is spent. Australians are so fussy about everything they sell, so why are they so generous all of a sudden? The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Seeing the doubtful look on his face, Xu Tianqi explained: What they want is the people kidnapped by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. All the people traded will be transported to Qiongzhou for resettlement.
I see! Li Luoyou thought to himself, Qiongzhou was vast and sparsely populated. They had to farm land, open factories, and train their own troops. They needed people everywhere. No wonder the idea came to the Qing Dynasty.
No matter what, it is much better for those poor people to fall into the hands of Australians than to stay in the hands of shoes. Thinking of this, Li Luoyou's original attitude relaxed. At the moment, he promised to help establish contacts between the Australians and Manchu officials in Liaodong trade.
Xu Tianqi thought to herself that this trick really works. Whether it only accepts population as a means of payment is another matter. The wealth of gold and silver treasures seized by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties from the pass. According to the predictions of the financial department, Liaodong should be experiencing inflation at this time, and the depreciation of silver was severe. It would be a good thing to buy gold and silver at this time.
In addition to the population, Xu Tianqi also proposed to purchase horses, cattle and sheep from the Manchu-controlled areas. Especially horses. This is Lingao's urgently needed goods.
"As for horses, you can actually buy them from the Mongols as long as you follow the route of Guan Ning's army." Li Luoyou said, "But a small amount is fine if it is inconvenient to transport. If a large group of horses goes all the way south, I'm afraid they will be killed on the way. Stopped. Besides, it is also difficult to supply the horses with food and fodder along the road."
