This woman is indeed beautiful and has an excellent figure. She is worthy of being a woman serving the king.
However, Wang Kun felt that his wife was not inferior to this woman in terms of appearance, and as a member of the Renaissance, he was strict with himself and never went beyond the rules, nor did he dare to go beyond them.
Regarding this woman's dedicated service, Wang Kun never said anything. He just looked at King Champa and asked Champa to agree to his conditions. If he didn't agree to the conditions, there would be no need to discuss anything.
It is not enough to set up an agency. Ming merchants must be allowed to land and do business at any port. The ban on Ming merchants must be lifted, and they must not continue to interfere with the normal exchanges between Ming merchants and local Han people.
These requirements have not always been there, but have been increasing over the years based on actual conditions. The Srivijaya ruling class also found it very difficult to face the entry of Ming business forces and the infiltration of Hongwu political theory.
Firstly, they were afraid of Ming's powerful military power and did not dare to offend Ming. Secondly, they could not live without Ming's luxury goods and other practical commodities. Thirdly, they did not want their country to repeat the mistakes of occupying cities, so they were extremely conflicted.
Now this fragile balance that was finally achieved has been canceled at Wang Kun's request. Champa is really confused.
However, under Wang Kun's unpretentious and strong request, and under the threat of his request to leave Srivijaya and never come back, Champa was forced to agree to all his requests and let go of all the Ming merchants. limit.
In this way, Wang Kun nodded with satisfaction, changed his offensive, and agreed to set up an agency in Srivijaya.
There is no doubt that this great diplomatic victory greatly inspired the soldiers on the secret front of the Ming Dynasty. They have a more relaxed environment since then. Under the protection of the Ming Dynasty Agency, they can do more Many things.
At the same time, Wang Kun made a suggestion to King Champa, who had finally convinced himself to settle down.
There is an island near the sea in the southern part of the Pulau Chong area. It is the only way for merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty to arrive at Sriwijaya and go to other areas through Sriwijaya. It is sparsely populated and very desolate. The Kingdom of Sriwijaya does not seem to be very popular. care there.
If so, the Ming Dynasty made a proposal to the Srivijaya Kingdom, that is, to lease this island and give it to the Ming Dynasty for use. The Ming Dynasty hopes to build this island into a prosperous port, where the Ming Dynasty is destined to double the number of merchant ships and merchants. Provide a place to rest.
Champa was a little confused at the time. He didn't know what Ming Dynasty meant. He had never encountered the matter of leasing territory.
He knew that the Puluo Zhong area was on another island, not on the main island of Srivijaya, but during the expansion campaign, it became Srivijaya's sphere of influence.
The royal family has no interest in engaging in poverty alleviation or construction activities there, but taxes and offerings cannot be reduced, and they may also need to work hard during wars.
Apart from this, the royal family didn't have much thought about the poor aborigines who could only look at the monkeys baring their teeth.
Zhanba didn't know why Daming fell in love with that place and didn't want to agree, but he was worried that Wang Kun would fall out like before, so he had no choice but to ask Wang Kun about his true intentions.
"Such a thing has never happened before. I wonder what Ming's purpose is?"
Wang Kun just shook his head.
"It's a good piece of land that your country doesn't want to use, so why not lease it to the Ming Dynasty? I don't think the local tax revenue that can be provided to His Highness the King will be much, and it will be difficult to collect it, but the Ming Dynasty will come directly to Palembang to pay Pay the rental fee.”
"Give me money?"
Champa's eyes lit up: "I dare to ask the angel, how to give the Dharma specifically?"
When it comes to money, Champa's attitude is indeed different.
The so-called king's land in the world, if the Ming Dynasty wants to take it by force, it will naturally be an invasion, but if it gives money, the situation will be different.
If you give money to everything, it is a pure transaction, only success or failure, there are no other possibilities. Although Champa's views on the country are not so loose, if you give money, it is not non-negotiable.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not say buying, but... renting.
This is interesting.
Wang Kun smiled.
"There are two ways to give, one is to give cash, and the other is to deduct it from the payment for the goods ordered by Srivijaya from the Ming Dynasty. I wonder which method your Highness prefers?"
Champa was silent for a while and thought seriously.
After a while, he came to a conclusion.
He likes money.
Really get the money in your hands.
"If it's cash, how should I give it?"
"The Ming Dynasty is willing to sign an agreement with the Srivijaya Kingdom to discuss the specific amount and pay according to the annual fee. You can choose gold, silver, silk and satin, or copper coins. The Ming Dynasty can satisfy these three payment methods. Mainly It’s a matter of price for a year.”
Wang Kun said slowly: "Daming doesn't just want to rent it for one or two years, but wants to rent it for a long time, starting from ten or twenty years. If you agree, we can discuss the specific price."
Champa pondered for a while and asked about the area of land Daming wanted to rent. Then he thought for a while and tentatively quoted a price.
Wang Kun felt that the price was a bit high, so he wanted to lower the price, so he quoted a relatively low price.
Champa felt that this territory was conquered by my close ancestors in the north and south. It cost a lot of money and contained the will of the ancestors. You just want to rent it?
No, you have to pay more.
The two of them went back and forth for a while, and finally settled on a relatively reasonable price, and agreed to pay with Ming Dynasty copper coins.
When they were almost discussing this issue, Champa suddenly thought of an important point.
"If that place is leased to Ming Dynasty, will Ming Dynasty use it to garrison troops?"
"I'm afraid it is unavoidable. Your Highness the King must have heard about the fact that the Ming Dynasty Merchant Fleet was attacked by pirates in your waters, right?"
When Wang Kun said this, Champa felt a little aggrieved. He knew exactly who the pirates in his own waters were. Except for a few spontaneous thieves, most of them actually had some background. As a result, last time The people of the Ming Dynasty suffered a big loss.
With this matter as a precedent, he really had no reason to ask Wang Kun not to garrison troops.
However, the Ming Dynasty openly stationed troops in Srivijaya. If this matter spread, I am afraid it will cause some controversy within the ruling group. If it is only for commercial purposes, then the opposition may be much smaller.
"If the Ming Dynasty openly garrisoned troops, it might cause some criticism..."
Champa whispered: "Can this matter be discussed again?"
Wang Kun shook his head.
"Since His Majesty the King wants to complete this business, he should also be sincere in handling the problem, right?"
"Gene Era"
Champa was quite helpless. After thinking about it, he came up with a new idea.
"Can we arrange for the army to protect the safety of Ming merchants?"
"Then who will pay for the military garrison in your country? Will it be paid by Your Highness yourself, or by the Ming Dynasty?"
"Of course... the Ming Dynasty came out?"
"Then why didn't the Ming Dynasty use its own army? Wouldn't it be better to spend the same amount of money on its own army?"
Wang Kun spread his hands and kicked the ball back to Champa's feet. Champa was very confused about this.
