Maria Elizabeth Castle, Governor's Palace.
The first day of negotiations has ended. The business delegation headed by Li Guangzu and Hua Nijin has left the castle and retreated to a camp about a Spanish mile away from the castle.
After seeing off the merchant delegation, Cardinal de La Magala, Duke Charles V of Lorraine, and Andre, the chief of the Kalenkawa Indian tribe, got together to discuss countermeasures.
The Indian Andre who converted to Catholicism has now been appointed as the deputy governor of Maria Elizabeth Colony, and has also been made a knight. He is a true nobleman of the Spanish Empire!
Although he was an Indian and witnessed the defeat of God's army at the hands of the devil (when he served as a guide in Churchill's army), he was still loyal to God and the Spanish Emperor. Not only is he loyal to God and the Spanish Emperor, but the entire Kalenkawa Indian tribe is as loyal to God and the Spanish Emperor as he is... The reason is also very simple, because the so-called Inca nomadic tribe is a more vicious colonizer than the Spanish. By!
"Your Majesty the Cardinal, those Incas are slaves of the God of Death. Every one of them is a demon, and corpses are everywhere wherever they go! And they never belonged to Texas... They used to live in the mountains to the west. Inside, they have never been to Texas, and the Shang Dynasty’s tribute was completely made up by them, it never happened!”
It was Andre who was gnashing his teeth and accusing the Inca demons, although what he said was basically true - except that the Inca demons had always lived in the Rocky Mountains, which was untrue.
But for de la Magarra, the Duke of Lorraine, these things were irrelevant.
The most important thing now is to buy more time for the Spanish Empire through peace talks so that the Spanish Emperor can form more troops.
After finally waiting for Andre to finish speaking, Bishop de la Magala turned his attention to the Duke of Lorraine: "Duke, in fact, the Viceroyalty of New Spain is the same as the Inca Khan... it has never really Texas was ruled, but some governors who were overjoyed with success mistakenly included Texas on the map of the governor's district. But before the construction of the Maria Elizabeth colony began, we had no colony, no settlement, nothing in Texas. In fact, there was no colony in Texas. There is no Texas colony, no Texas governor, just a wrong map."
After saying that, he looked at Andre again: "Andre, am I right?"
Andre nodded and agreed with the cardinal's statement, "You are right. Texas has always been a wild land. Occasionally, some white pirates come to trade with us Karenkawa people, and there are also some who believe in it." The priests of God will come to us. But further inland there will be no men from the Empire."
De La Magala shrugged and said: "Texas is just a wild land. There is no gold, no silver, only endless grasslands, woods and countless bison. But for the empire, those things are nothing. Value! This land was drawn on the map of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was a mistake...and the mistake must be corrected!"
The Duke of Lorraine already understood what the cardinal meant. He nodded and said: "You are right, that is a mistake...so we cannot cede the land of Texas to the devil's believers, because we have never Neither of them ever owned Texas. But we must keep the Maria Elizabeth Colony as a base to monitor the Incas in Texas!"
"It's just a small colony..." De La Magala smiled, "And this colony does not belong to the Spanish Emperor, but to Dame Maria Elizabeth. If the Inca Khan or If the Shang King is willing to marry this beautiful baroness, then of course this colony will be part of the dowry."
"Archbishop, this is impossible." Duke Lorraine reminded, "Princess Maria Elizabeth is the apple of His Majesty's eye, and she is only thirteen years old this year, and she is not beautiful either..."
De La Magala smiled and said: "Duke, I am talking about Dame Maria Elizabeth, not Her Royal Highness the Princess. We still don't know much about Shangfang Country, and no Westerner has even been to Shangfang Country. Shangdu, the capital of Shangdu. This is very detrimental to us... If there can be a beautiful and moving baroness who is extremely pious to God and is willing to dedicate herself to the cause of spreading the faith of God to become one of the wives of the King of Shangfang, Maybe it can help us understand the real situation in this country. This is very beneficial to our missionary work!"
The Duke of Lorraine frowned and said to himself: "This cardinal is really flexible... The matter of ceding land has become a map correction, and the matter of marriage has become a missionary. What about the compensation?" manage?"
Thinking of this, he asked the cardinal: "What about the remaining four million in compensation? In what name do you plan to pay it?"
"No, no, no... no compensation." Archbishop De La Magala shook his head repeatedly, "The envoy of Shang Fang Kingdom asked for ransom, not compensation."
"Does it make any difference?" asked the Duke of Lorraine.
"Of course!" De La Magala said solemnly, "Reparations are a matter between countries. The only one who can pay the compensation is His Majesty the Emperor's government. The ransom is the money extorted by the kidnappers from the hostages' families. This is not caused by The state paid for it.”
"Archbishop, do you want the families of the captured people to pay the ransom?" The Duke of Lorraine was surprised, "How is this possible?"
De La Magala smiled and said: "Duke, listen to me, as long as reasonable financial arrangements are made, this is possible. For example, His Majesty the Emperor can lend money to all the captives so that they can redeem themselves... .All prisoners, when they are released, are given an IOU, which they must sign, acknowledging the existence of the loan relationship. They are then each given a check equal to the amount of the IOU as part of their efforts to fight bonus. They only need to hand over the check to repay the IOU, thereby completing the process of borrowing and repaying debts. For the businessmen, they received the money. For the captured officers and soldiers, they got their freedom. And His Majesty the Emperor not only avoided making a deal with the devil, but also saved his face... No compensation was paid, and no ransom was paid, so no one was captured."
"No one was captured?" The Duke of Lorraine was dumbfounded. "Where have the more than 10,000 people gone these days?"
De La Magala said: "They completed their mission and retreated to the Inca-controlled area."
"Okay then," Duke Lorraine thought for a moment, then asked, "What about the Holy Spear? You can't let the Holy Spear redeem itself, right?"
"Holy Spear?" Archbishop de La Magala shook his head, "No, that is not the real Holy Spear, it is a fake spear, we were deceived! If that is the real Holy Spear, victory in the Battle of the River Bend It must be you, the Duke! Archbishop Philip will not be martyred for this...May God bless his soul."
"Martyrdom? But he is still alive." said the Duke of Lorraine. "He is the first one on the list of prisoners."
"No, he has been martyred!" said Archbishop de la Malaga. "It is impossible for the Holy See's chief exorcist and chief judge of the Inquisition to be caught by believers of the devil. He will definitely fight to the end until he is sacrificed. Out of life, the soul ascends to heaven!”
He turned back to Andre and said: "Andre Knight, if we can reach an agreement with them, I will assign you to go to the Inca camp to pick up the Spanish warriors who have retreated to safety... I hope you You can tell someone the good news that Archbishop Philip has ascended to heaven and may be canonized. You also need to tell him that the Holy See will hold a grand funeral for the martyred Bishop Philip, and the whole of Rome will shed tears for his heroic sacrifice! "
Well, it’s going to be a grand burial!
Andre didn't know whether he should help God's family deceive people like this, so he looked at the Duke of Lorraine, but the Duke of Lorraine nodded: "Yes! Cardinal Philip is dead! God will not allow a cardinal Those who are captured by the devil’s believers and given to the devil will definitely have their souls recalled.”
...
"What? Cardinal, what did you say?"
In the camp of the merchant delegation near Maria Elizabeth Colony, Cardinal de la Malaga and colonial deputy governor Andre were sitting at the negotiation table and told the merchant representative Li Guangzu the Spanish response one by one. and Huanijin.
And the first thing they said was to redeem people and spears - all captured Spanish officers and soldiers would be redeemed at their own expense! In addition, Archbishop Philip is dead, and the Holy Spear he holds is a fake. So no one will pay a ransom for Archbishop Philip and the False Holy Spear.
Hearing this answer, Li Guangzu started speaking in Latin, "Redeeming yourself? How can you redeem yourself? And Philip is not dead either!"
Cardinal de la Malaga said: "Mr. Envoy, you don't have to worry about how to ransom, you will definitely get the ransom... and you will also pay three million silver dollars or the corresponding pesos according to your quotation. But No one will pay the ransom for Philip and the Holy Spear!"
Li Guangzu's face darkened: "Phillip will die!"
Cardinal de la Malaga smiled: "He is dead! The Holy See will hold a grand funeral for him... If you are willing to hand over his body to us, we will be very grateful. "
The corpse...this is to kill Philip!
As for that "Thank you very much", everyone understands it!
Li Guangzu said in his heart: "This cardinal is really ruthless. He seems to be the only one who sent people to spread smallpox in Chaoge! But this money can't be earned..."
Cardinal de la Malaga is ruthless, but Philip is not bad either... He has already expressed his intention to join the Ming Dynasty (the devil)!
Seeing that Li Guangzu was speechless, de la Malaga added: "As for the ownership of Texas... In fact, this land does not belong to the Spanish Empire. We don't know who most of Texas belongs to. It was painted It was an error on the map of New Spain and must be corrected! But we do know who the colony of Maria Elizabeth belongs to."
"Oh? Who does it belong to?" Li Guangzu used "business language" again.
His words were translated into Latin.
Cardinal de la Malaga replied: "It belongs to Countess Maria Elisabeth... She is the most beautiful lady in Germany, and no one will have the heart to take away her territory. But your merchants If the king or the Inca Khan wanted to marry her, then the colony of Maria Elizabeth would naturally be part of the many dowries."
"You want to get married?" Li Guangzu immediately understood what the cardinal meant.
"No," the cardinal shook his head, "there is no marriage, only love. The beautiful baroness fell in love with the king of the New World!"
Well, cutting the land has turned into changing the map! The compensation turned into "self-redemption", and the marriage also had love...Li Guangzu didn't know how to refuse?
"So how are you going to compensate the Aztecs, and how are you going to demarcate the border with the Aztec Kingdom?" Huanijin raised the Aztec issue at this time - the Aztec Kingdom does not belong to the Shang Fang or the Yin family. core interests.
In fact, this country is just cannon fodder!
If the interests of Shang Fang and the Yin family are guaranteed, then who will care about cannon fodder?
But Shang Fang cannot give up on the Aztecs now! Even if the Shang Fang Kingdom gets everything it wants, the Aztecs must continue to exist for a while to contain the Spanish Empire.
"We hope that the Aztec Kingdom can retreat to the north of the Curia Castle... We hope that the Aztec Kingdom can exist as a buffer state between the Spanish Empire and the Merchant State." Cardinal de la Della Malaga said, "If you cannot persuade King Montezuma to retreat, then we hope to exclude the Aztec issue from this armistice agreement. We can discuss the Aztecs in the seven-party or eight-party talks convened by Ming Dynasty problem.
I believe that by then there will be a solution that satisfies all parties! "
Li Guangzu thought for a while and realized that it was not in the interests of Shangfang to immediately resolve the Aztec issue. Because without the Aztec-Spanish War, it would have been possible for the Spanish Empire to resume its efforts in Texas.
Moreover, the essence of Shang Fang and Yin Family is the same as that of the Spanish Empire...they are all colonists!
Therefore, a powerful Aztec state is not in the interests of the Shang side and the Yin family. Let this country and the Spanish Empire be involved in each other, and eventually be involved for decades, then the Shang Fang and the Yin family can really grow.
Thinking of this, Li Guangzu finally nodded: "Your Majesty the Cardinal, we can put aside the Aztec issue for the time being... In addition, I will report your reply to Xibohou in Tongbeicheng, if he can agree , then we can win temporary peace on both sides."
"There will be long-term peace in the future!" the cardinal smiled, "The Spanish Empire proposed to hold a meeting on the land of the Ming Dynasty composed of the Ming Dynasty, Spain, France, England, Portugal, Shangfang, Aztec, Inca... ...and maybe nine-party talks with the participation of the Holy See!”
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