"Your Majesty the Archbishop, do you mean that as long as the deal between me and the devil is not finalized, my soul will not be lost?"
As soon as Emperor Leopold's question came out, Cardinal de la Magala and Queen Therese both breathed a long sigh of relief... although they knew that someone's soul would not be saved. Go to hell. But that person is not the two of them. They are still loyal believers in God, and there is a high probability that they can keep the empire in America and live happily for the rest of their lives. After death, the soul can still ascend to heaven and find eternal peace.
"Of course!" Delamagala said with certainty, "Any deal only counts when it is finally reached... If it is not reached, there is no deal, and your soul will not be in any danger."
Emperor Leopold thought about it with his not very developed brain, and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he nodded heavily and said: "Okay, Archbishop, I will now appoint you as my chief negotiator to go to Texas and Those devil's followers negotiate! Remember, no deals can be made."
"Definitely, that's for sure." Dramagala thought for a while and then said to Leopold, "Your Majesty the Emperor, of course a deal that has not been reached is not a deal, it is just an intention. And the deal should also include substance. The exchange of interests on the Internet...such as the exchange of money and goods. If there is no actual exchange and just an agreement that does not involve the exchange of interests, it is not considered a transaction."
"What is an agreement that does not involve the exchange of benefits?" Leopold then asked, "Can you give me an analogy?"
"For example... a temporary armistice agreement that does not involve any territorial cession or compensation." De La Magala said, "This agreement is equivalent to the two parties finding a place to sit down before starting to bargain. This can’t be considered a deal, right?”
Queen Therese next to her also echoed: "His Royal Highness the Cardinal is right. For larger transactions, you need to sit down and discuss them carefully. First look at the goods, and then negotiate the price, and only then can they be reached. Put it in the middle of a war. When negotiating between the two countries, of course they should stop fighting first and then sit down and negotiate calmly. Even if the talks last for several years, it is possible. Moreover, the Merchant State, the Inca State, and the Aztec State are not the real devils. They are just followers of the devil. If you reach a temporary truce agreement with them, it is not a deal with the devil!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Emperor Leopold was completely reassured, "They are not devils... But to be on the safe side, I still can't reach any formal peace treaty with them, and I don't have any There are not enough chips to win a decent peace."
He solemnly said to de la Magarra: "Cardinal, I now officially appoint you and the Duke of Lorraine as the negotiating envoys of the Spanish Empire. You will immediately go to Texas to preside over the armistice negotiations with the Merchant State. Your task is not to reach an agreement For any peace treaty that can end the war, I need you to come to a temporary truce that can delay the war...the longer the better!
Even if a comprehensive armistice agreement with the Shang Fang, Inca, and Aztecs cannot be reached, we must find ways to cease the war with the Shang Fang and the Inca first. We now no longer have the strength to go to war with three American powers at the same time! "
De La Magarra did not immediately accept Emperor Leopold's order, but asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the current situation in Texas and northwest Mexico is very unfavorable to the empire... If we want If the war ceases, I’m afraid I have to give them some benefits.”
"Benefits?" Emperor Leopold immediately became alert, "Cardinal, what benefits do you want to give them?"
De La Magarra said: “Maybe we can make some concessions on the territorial dispute, maybe we can pay a little less compensation... Maybe we can arrange a marriage, we can arrange a mixed-race girl with noble blood, to Spain Marrying to Shang Fang Kingdom in the name of an imperial princess is just like Su Daji back then!"
It has to be said that this Drama Gala is still a businessman who knows how to use beauty traps to harm the whole country. Therefore, a marriage was added to the two conditions proposed by the merchant: cession of land and compensation.
With these three conditions, the armistice agreement should be concluded.
But Emperor Leopold refused.
"This, isn't this making a deal with the devil?" Leopold I frowned. He did not dare to take the issue of his soul lightly. He paused and then said: "And once we ask those devils If the believers cede land, pay gold and silver, and marry relatives, the Indians and half-breed Indians below will know that we suffered a disastrous defeat in Texas! How can we conceal the news of the defeat in the Colorado River Bend?"
After hearing Leopold's words, Dramagala was really dumbfounded. This emperor actually wanted to conceal the news of the defeat... If Spain really had such control over the people below, it wouldn't be where it is today.
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to look at Therese for help. The Queen of Spain immediately took up the topic and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Cardinal is pretending to discuss the cession of territory, compensation and marriage with the three countries of Shang, Inca and Aztec... Your Majesty, why not authorize His Royal Highness the Bishop? Go and talk, as long as you don’t approve it in the end, the deal won’t happen.”
Yes, it won't happen without approval.
If it is not approved, who can pay the compensation? How to cut the land? Princess...even less! So this transaction will not succeed.
Leopold nodded: "Cardinal, you must try your best to delay the negotiations, preferably for one or two years."
De La Magala said: "Your Majesty, if we want to talk for a year or two, we must bring the Ming Empire to the negotiating table... The Marquis of Mendoza should have arrived in the Ming Dynasty now. We can pretend to be peaceful first. The merchants, the Incas, and the Aztecs negotiated a draft peace agreement, plus a temporary armistice agreement, and then asked the Ming Dynasty to join the negotiations. The disputes between Spain and the Ming Empire were resolved together, and the Ming Empire was asked to act as Spain's The guarantor of permanent peace between the empire and the merchants, Aztecs, Incas and other countries. In this way, the merchants, Aztecs and Incas will not refuse."
Leopold was finally satisfied: "Okay! That's it!"
...
Maria Elizabeth Castle.
This is a bastion built in a hurry, located next to Maria Elizabeth Bay. The Duke of Lorraine and Lieutenant General Churchill led thousands of remnants from the Colorado River Bend battlefield to the Maria Elizabeth Colony. They immediately forcibly recruited strong men from the nearby Kalenkowa Indian tribe, plus thousands of British troops and The Spanish Royal Army (the troops left behind in Maria Elizabeth Colony) worked together for nearly two months, and finally completed the fortress-themed building before the arrival of the negotiating delegation led by Shang Fang Kingdom's chief peace negotiator and Dianke Cheng Li Guangzu. construction.
Although the Spanish Empire lost the Battle of the Colorado River Bend, with Fort Maria Elizabeth, they could gain a foothold in the Maria Elizabeth Bay area...With this stronghold, the Spanish Emperor's The envoy, Archbishop de la Magala, also has some capital.
On September 9, 1693 AD, the peace negotiators from both sides finally sat down and negotiated face to face in the drawing room of the Governor's Palace in the fortress of Maria Elizabeth.
Li Guangzu, a small Chaozhou native, put on a Mongolian-style "Inca suit" today. He also brought with him several Inca men who looked very cruel and full of flesh as his entourage. He also brought along a man who could speak "Business Language" Working with Spanish Indo-European Aztecs as deputy envoy and translator.
This Indo-European Aztec is also a relative of King Montezuma. His surname is Hua and his name is Hua Nijin. He was a descendant of a nephew of the unfortunate Montezuma II. Before King Montezuma raised his army, he had been a big landowner in the Mexica Valley. Later, he was implicated by King Montezuma, a rebel, and had to flee with his family to the Aztec Kingdom. Later, King Montezuma sent him to Xinchaoge to study abroad, where he learned the business language and became an official of the Dianke Temple of the Shang Dynasty. Now he has become a great man who can sit on the negotiating table on an equal footing with big figures like the Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop de la Magala.
I really want to think about cows!
After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Li Guangzu said to Hua Nijin in Chaozhou accent: "Deputy Ambassador Hua, please talk to them!"
Vanizin nodded, and then said in fluent Latin: "First of all, in order to show our sincerity in pursuing peace, we will transfer to you the records of the prisoners captured in the Battle of the River Bend after today's peace talks. The list... After careful counting, a total of 16,113 people were captured, including Cardinal Philip, and more than 7,000 people were killed!
In addition, we also seized your Christian holy relic, the Ronnusky gun!
Secondly, out of humanitarian considerations, we agree to pay a ransom in exchange for the captured personnel and the Ronnusky gun... Bishop Philip's letter should have mentioned this. Our quotation is four million silver dollars or equivalent gold and silver coins!
Third, these four million are the money to redeem the captives and the Holy Spear, not the compensation paid by your Spanish Empire to our Shangfang Kingdom, Yin Family Khan Tribe and Aztec Kingdom! If your Spanish Empire wants to truly achieve peace, you must pay compensation for the killing of tens of millions of Indians and hundreds of thousands of merchant savages!
Fourth, Texas has been the inherent territory of our merchants since ancient times... You must all withdraw from the land of Texas, and you must not retain any garrisons or colonies in Texas! "
Hearing this Hua Nijin mention that Texas is the inherent territory of the Shang Dynasty, Archbishop de la Magala became very angry and almost overturned the table, "You Shang Fang people actually said that Texas has been yours since ancient times... ...Do you know what the name Texas means?”
Nizin was stunned when he heard this. Although he was a mixed-race Indian and his paternal ancestor was the Aztec royal family, he didn't know the origin of the name Texas. Just when he was in a daze, Li Guangzu, a little man, smiled and replied in Chaozhou accent "Shang dialect": "Texas means the place where alliances will be held. Every few years, the Yin family of the Shang Dynasty will join the alliance in Texas." The tribes will make an alliance and accept tribute from each tribe on behalf of the King of Shang... This rule has been going on for a thousand years! Therefore, this land of alliance is really owned by our Shang side! If you are not convinced, feel free to send troops to grab it !”
As soon as Vanizin translated his words, it was Archbishop de la Magarra's turn to be stunned - of course he knew that the merchant envoy was talking nonsense. The Spanish did not explore Texas once or twice, but they never I’ve seen these people from the Yin family’s Khan tribe who look a lot like Mongolians...
But this little man is not talking nonsense without any basis, but his nonsense is well-founded. This "Texas" comes from the language of the Hasnai Indian tribe, which means "friend" or "ally". It is not too far-fetched for the Shang envoys to describe Texas as the "place of alliance."
And the last words he said are still the truth - if you don’t accept it, come and grab it!
If you can get it, where are the current negotiations?
But Spain is not without some leverage in Texas... at least there is a small colony of Maria Elizabeth.
In addition, Texas was actually a dispensable territory for the Spanish Empire. Mexico, the Grand Duchy of the Caribbean, and the gold and silver producing areas of northern South America were the foundation of the empire. As long as these territories are not lost, it is only a matter of time before the Spanish Empire becomes powerful!
Thinking of this, Archbishop de La Magala said to Li Guangzu: "Your Majesty, these requests you have made are of course negotiable... But before we start discussing these issues, can we first What about a temporary ceasefire?
In addition, before the peace talks officially begin, I also want to determine a few very critical situations. First of all, I want to make sure that your envoy represents the three parties of Shang, Inca and Aztec, but one or two of them?
Secondly, as we all know, the Ming Empire is an ally of Shang Fang, and there is no upper limit to the cooperation between Ming Dynasty and Shang Fang. So... can a seven-party meeting be held between the Spanish Empire, the Shang Kingdom, the Ming Empire, the Aztec Kingdom, the Incas, England and France? As it stands, it seems that only a seven-party talk can resolve peace issues in the Americas and the Pacific. "
Li Guangzu looked at Archbishop de La Magala and pondered for a moment. After Hua Nijin completely translated the archbishop's words into "Shang Yu", he finally said: "Archbishop, I can report your request to Shang Capital. ..... A talk involving seven or eight parties may really be considered. But what this seven-party or eight-party peace talk will solve is the order of the Pacific and the New World in the next one to two hundred years. This talk is inevitable It will be long-term and difficult. I think we can reach an enforceable agreement on the ransom of prisoners, the Holy Spear, Bishop Philip, and the territorial dispute in Texas before the start of the eight-party talks. And this agreement is also Sincerity for the peace of the Spanish Empire!”
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