The first day of the third round of peace talks has ended.
When the representatives from the Thai and Western countries left the venue, there was no special change except that the atmosphere became slightly depressed.
After returning, they did not all gather together for a meeting. Instead, they each returned to their own residences to rest.
The British then contacted the Spanish, Portuguese, and French privately, and representatives of the four countries gathered separately.
The four countries are all colonial countries and all have vast colonies in Yinzhou.
After the representatives from the four countries took their seats, British Prime Minister Peter, as the organizer of the talks, first looked at the two representatives from Spain:
"Spain will not accept all the permanent peace treaties of Ming Dynasty, right?"
Prince Fernando’s servitude was not over yet, so he said very resolutely at this time:
"Impossible!"
Prime Minister Manuel’s expression was deep and solemn:
"But... Spain is already facing a direct threat from the Ming Dynasty's navy..."
Peter immediately said:
"But that's just a threat. The British navy has threatened the Spanish mainland for a long time, and the Spanish navy has also threatened the British mainland.
"But do we both have the ability to land directly on the other side's homeland and occupy it?"
Manuel said with a straight face:
"Give Gibraltar back first."
Peter immediately explained with a very helpless expression:
"Gibraltar was not forcibly landed and occupied by the British. It was obtained through transactions after the War of Spanish Succession.
"We still believe that we do not have the ability to occupy a large amount of Spanish land, let alone the ability to rule a large number of Spaniards.
"Daming thought the same way, so our homeland is relatively safe, and at most the coastline is harassed.
“If war breaks out again with Ming at the same time, Britain can return Gibraltar to Spain.
"But Spain must allow the British fleet to enter and exit the Mediterranean and fight the Ming fleet in the Mediterranean."
Peter's promise was surprising, but the terms of the promise were even more surprising.
The surrounding representatives were all waiting to look at Peter.
Spanish Prince Fernando asked directly:
"Has Britain decided to continue fighting the Ming Dynasty?"
Peter nodded directly and confidently:
"Yes."
There was a sound of surprise all around.
Although representatives from several countries participating in the meeting had some ideas in their hearts, none of them were so decisive.
Peter stood up directly, looked around at the representatives of the Thai and Western countries, and spoke in a deep and solemn tone:
"Everyone, do you really believe in the Ming Dynasty?
“Do you think the so-called permanent peace treaty can really bring peace?
“I don’t think so.
“There are so many ways to get land without going to war.
“Da Ming does keep his promises, but he only keeps clear promises.
"Are the rebels all over the Yinzhou colony really formed spontaneously? Is it possible that they were supported by the Ming Dynasty?
“Even if it is not supported by Ming Dynasty, can Ming Dynasty provide support in the future?
"Even if you compromise and leave only Mexico, will Ming Dynasty let you focus on countering the rebellion?
“If the Mexican rebels surrender to the Ming Dynasty, do you think the Ming Dynasty will intervene?
“So don’t have any illusions about Ming Dynasty.
“I have seen through Ming’s greed.
“The Ming Dynasty’s demands and demands for colonies were endless.
"They will definitely not stop at Nan Yin Continent forever. The entire Bei Yin Continent is also the target of Ming Dynasty.
“And the Ming Dynasty is different from the European countries. The Ming Dynasty’s colonies are not just raw material production areas and commodity markets.
"It is also a true 'colonial land'.
"According to the data I know so far, there are currently 420 million pure-blood Ming people and 140 million mixed-blood Ming people.
“The total number of the two combined has exceeded 560 million.
“Do you understand what this concept is?
“This shows that the people of Ming Dynasty have the ability to directly rule the entire world.
“The Ming Dynasty can turn all its colonies into the Ming Dynasty’s homeland.
"There is no doubt that Ming's goal is not only the Nanyinzhou he currently claims, but also that he will never allow Spain to keep Mexico forever.
“Da Ming’s goal is the entire world.
“If we Europeans don’t resist, our descendants will have no choice but to be imprisoned in Europa itself.
“All other lands in the entire world will be occupied by Ming Dynasty.
“Europa will lose everything then!
“By that time, the number of Ming people may exceed one billion, or even 1.5 billion.
“The more important thing is that we cannot guarantee that we will still be able to retain Europa itself by that time.
“So Europa has no future!
“So we must resist, we must continue to fight against Ming.
“For ourselves, for our descendants, and for the future of all of us Europeans.
"So we must keep fighting!"
Throughout the entire presentation process, Peter used his spontaneous and true emotions to actively guide the emotions of the audience.
Pitt does a great job of conveying an atmosphere of despair.
Amid the threat of the Ming Dynasty, the Europeans will always be trapped in their homeland in pain and lose all overseas resources and profits.
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The future of Europeans will be dark.
To avoid this future without a future, Europeans must keep fighting.
There was a moment of excitement in the small room.
"Yes, we must fight!"
"We cannot leave the whole world to Ming Dynasty!"
"For the glory of our family!"
"For our future as Europeans!"
But amidst the commotion, some people calmly asked questions.
Prince José of Portugal said in a sad tone:
"But we can no longer fight..."
Peter immediately picked up the conversation and continued to explain his detailed thoughts:
“We must fight, but the best time is not now, but twenty years from now.
“We will use these twenty years to restore order to our Europa and tap into all the power of our Europa.
"Twenty years later, we will fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty again.
"The worst outcome is to lose all the colonies.
"And that is obviously Ming's real goal. Even if we don't fight, Ming will find a way to seize the colony.
"So the result couldn't be worse!"
Prince Jose nodded silently and agreed with Peter's statement.
Then Talleyrand of France spoke again:
“Are we the four countries the only ones fighting against the Ming Dynasty?
“What about the Prussians, the Austrians, the Italians, and Lucia?
"If they side with the Ming Dynasty and fight us directly on the continent of Europa, then the Ming Dynasty can sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers."
Peter seems to have been prepared:
“If we can pull it over, of course we have to pull it over.
“European landlocked countries without colonies and countries without colonies bordering the Ming Dynasty are naturally potential allies of the Ming Dynasty.
"So in the subsequent development of the colony in Mozhou, we can be a little more modest with them and allow them to open up more colonies in Mozhou.
"We can work in unison and secretly force their development direction to move closer to the Ming Dynasty's colonial border.
"Let them create border friction and make their colonies the target of Ming's next war.
"Then when the next war comes, they will only be on our side."
Representatives from several other countries nodded and basically agreed with Peter's statement.
Just then, Manuel's secretary ran in and handed him a note.
Manuel was furious after seeing it:
"Da Ming has gone too far!"
The other representatives suddenly looked at Manuel with surprise.
Manuel passed the note on and explained the content directly:
“Prince Dashi of the Ming Dynasty sent someone a message saying that he missed some conditions at the meeting.
“If Spain wants to sign a twenty-year peace treaty, it must hand over the Lesser Andres Islands.
“They do not allow islands controlled by other countries outside the Ming Dynasty’s coastline.
"They also said that these conditions are non-negotiable. We can only accept them or not. If we don't accept them, we will be asked to leave directly."
Prince Fernando of Spain has already spoken out four Chinese characters through gritted teeth:
"It's too much!"
Everyone else had the same idea.
Upon seeing this, Talleyrand comforted him and said:
"Be patient, we must be patient now, continuing the war now is the worst situation for us.
"I suggest handing over these islands. We must buy these twenty years to prepare for future wars.
Peter also nodded:
"The most important ones, Texas and Cuba, will be fine if we don't hand them over, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will control the eastern coastline of Beiyinzhou, and we will be very passive."
Fernando gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and nodded very stiffly.
Several other representatives also nodded with sad expressions.
The four colonial powers in Europe and the West completely unified their thinking and decided to start preparing for the war twenty years in advance.
The four countries then continued to discuss more details.
Talleyrand first explained his views on the existing colonies:
“The land handed over by Spain and Portugal was already full of rebels.
“After Ming Dynasty took over these lands, its first task was to suppress the rebels in Nanyinzhou.
"If these rebels cannot be eradicated, then the Ming Dynasty will not be able to completely Nanyinzhou.
“Our interests are opposite to those of Ming Dynasty.
“When we take control of these lands, we suppress the rebels, and when we hand over the land, we support the rebels.
“Support can even start in advance when the land is handed over.
"The Ming Dynasty requires us to hand over the cities and strongholds under our control, but our soldiers can take the initiative to 'defeat'.
“Give some land and cities directly to the rebels.
“When these cities and lands are handed over, it’s also when we establish contact with the rebels.
“With the Ming Dynasty’s attitude towards the Taixi people, it would be difficult for those rebel leaders to gain status in the Ming Dynasty.
“And we can give them true nobility.
"By any means, if the rebellion in those lands can continue for twenty years, it will be very beneficial to our war."
Representatives from several other countries nodded their heads, while the Spanish nodded with gritted teeth.
Then Peter reminded another direction:
"Portugal should pay special attention to the fact that the land Portugal can leave behind is our last fortress in Nanyinzhou and a stronghold for subsequent counterattacks.
"In the next twenty years, this land must be built into a true, impregnable South Atlantic fortress.
“This kind of construction cannot be undertaken by Portugal on its own, and the other three countries should also fully support it.
“Ordinary people in the area either evacuated or became soldiers or people who served soldiers.
"In short, don't raise a person who is useless to the war!"
The Portuguese also nodded solemnly, recognizing this natural arrangement.
Representatives of the four countries discussed continuously for a whole day, and then jointly wrote a complete analysis report and sent it to the kings in the rear.
The kings of Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal all fell into a long silence after reading the report.
I asked you to go to peace talks, but you started preparing for future war!
But after carefully reading the analysis in the report, the kings had no choice but to accept this reality.
After thinking about it for a long time, the kings summoned the core royal family and ministers to carefully study the proposals of the representatives in front.
At the same time, communications personnel were arranged to exchange news with the kings of the other three countries at any time, and to ask the representatives in front for details at any time.
After five days of intensive debate, several general strategies were finally formed.
First, accept the twenty-year peace treaty and prepare for the war twenty years later.
Second, the goal of the war twenty years later is to truly draw the Ming Dynasty and seize the entire Yinzhou Continent.
Third, Portugal and Spain restored the Nanyinzhou colony, including the northern part of Nantianfu in the Ming Dynasty, and the Antilles were shared by Britain and Spain.
Fourth, Spain stopped colonial development in Beiyinzhou, and all the land north of Texas was developed by Britain and France.
Fifth, use the undeveloped land of Mexico to win over Prussia, Italy, Austria, and Lucia.
The goal of Spain and Portugal is to restore the original colonies of Nanyinzhou, which were developed for more than 200 years.
The goal of Britain and France is to expel the Ming Dynasty forces from the central and northern Atlantic Ocean and ensure that this sea area belongs to the Thai people.
By their own assessment, these goals are not too high.
The land area involved is very vast, but after all, it is a colony, not the mainland.
But they still all have a misunderstanding. They think that Ming can put down his airs and negotiate peace with them when he is at a disadvantage.
Because Daming has never lost before, they don’t know what will happen if Daming loses.
Two days later, Spain and Portugal formally notified Ming Dynasty that they would accept a twenty-year peace treaty.
They will not withdraw from the anti-Ming alliance, nor will they sign a separate peace treaty. Instead, they will wait for the completion of negotiations with other countries and jointly sign a peace treaty.
Zhu Jingyuan and the Ming officials were a little surprised, but they didn't take it to heart.
As for the Dutch, after receiving the permanent peace conditions, they decided to sign a contract with Ming alone without much thought.
The Dutch have recognized their status and no longer want to get involved in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty and the anti-Ming alliance.
My own strength will be of little use. If I am implicated in the defeat of a great power, my remaining overseas industries will be lost.
The day after Britain, France, Spain and Portugal responded, on June 23, the thirty-fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty officially signed a contract with the Dutch.
As usual, after signing a permanent peace treaty, they would withdraw from the anti-Ming alliance, and the Dutch directly followed suit.
After signing the contract, the Dutch, like Lucia, continued to stay in the Western Cape, waiting for the final meeting of the League of Nations and the development of the Mexican colony.
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