"It's good to rent. If I had known it was a lease, everyone wouldn't be so unhappy." Da Si Xian's tone became much more relaxed.
At the same time, I am also glad that I came back again.
Otherwise, it's hard to say what will happen to North Korea in the future if war really breaks out. He, the chief minister who caused the war, will definitely be attacked by the crowd in the court, and the end will definitely not be much good.
Zheng Chao said: "You can rest assured this time! Just sign it and send the things over as soon as possible, so that your king can return to his palace earlier."
"Okay, here's the note." Da Si Xian picked up the pen and was about to sign it. He didn't know what he saw, so he asked instead, "Why is there no rental time written on it? Since it is a lease, it must end one day. , it’s not good to rent it out endlessly.”
Zheng Chao lowered his head and glanced at the document in his hand. There was indeed no fixed number of years on it, and he said, "It doesn't matter. I'm asking someone to draw up a new one. For the time being, it will be twenty years."
Twenty years, in his opinion, is enough time for the Tiger Character Banner to resolve the Ming Dynasty and the Dai Jin Dynasty.
"So long!" Da Si Xian frowned.
If it's okay for two or three years, in twenty years' time, I'm afraid North Korea will have to replace one or two people. Even he himself can't guarantee that he will survive twenty years later.
Zheng Chao said: "If you think twenty years is too long, you might as well cede Ganghwa Island directly. From now on, Ganghwa Island will have nothing to do with you, North Korea."
"Just twenty years, twenty years is pretty good."
Leasing sounds better than ceding, so Da Si Xian decided to give in and not dwell on the issue of years.
Two new treaties were drawn up again, and one for each person was placed again.
This time Da Si Xian directly signed his own understanding on it and stamped his fingerprint with ink pad.
Each person took one copy and kept it for each other. Zheng Chao said: "Next, you complete the agreement in the contract, and my army will evacuate your Wang Jing."
"I'll prepare it when I get back next time, but the food in the treaty requires more food, so please give me more time to prepare it." Da Si Xian said politely.
Zheng Chao said: "Ten days, if we don't see the food within ten days, it will double."
"The time is too short. Such a large amount of food cannot be collected overnight. Ten days will definitely not be enough." Da Si Xian asked Zheng Chao for more grace with a grimace.
Zheng Chao said: "It's your problem that you can't find things. When the time comes, if you can't find things, they will naturally double. No matter how much you delay, they will double every ten days, and they will double again on the basis of doubling." .”
"I have agreed to lease Ganghwa Island to you, can't I be more lenient on other conditions?" Da Si Xian was unwilling to give up and wanted to persuade Zheng Chao to change his mind.
Zheng Chao said: "There is no room for negotiation about the things in the deed. As for the issue of food, I believe you can come up with it. The two classes of nobles control a lot of land. Such a small amount of food is not a problem for you."
North Korea is a good student of Ming Dynasty in many things, and even goes ahead of Ming Dynasty in land annexation.
Many people in the Ming Dynasty were tenant farmers, but many people in North Korea were serfs.
Seeing that Zheng Chao could not be persuaded, Da Si Xian had no choice but to leave the palace with the signed deed.
With this deed, it can be regarded as completing what the King of Joseon told him to do.
After leaving the palace, Park Sanshu, who had been waiting outside, immediately came up to him.
"How's it going? Has the other party changed his attitude?" Park Judge asked one after another.
Although he threatened Zheng Chao when he was in the palace and was not afraid of going to war with the Tiger Flag, in his heart he was most unwilling to see North Korea go to war with the Tiger Flag.
Because whether it is the Tiger Flag or Dajin, they are enemies of North Korea. The only Ming Dynasty that may be willing to help North Korea is far from quenching its thirst.
Da Si Xian handed the signed deed to Pu Bangshu.
The other party took it and opened it to watch.
The agreement in the deed was not complicated, and Pu Yanshu read it quickly.
He frowned and said, "You actually agreed to such an outrageous condition?"
"It's much better. At least Ganghwa Island is still my North Korean territory and has not been ceded to the other party." Da Si Xian said calmly.
Park Senshu said: "What is the difference between leasing for twenty years and ceding it to others? It also says that Ganghwa Island is autonomous and will not be subject to North Korea's control in the future. Isn't this a cession? It's just a different term."
"Cession means something that will become someone else's in the future, while leasing means lending something to someone else. Twenty years later, it will still be North Korea's territory." Da Si Xian said.
Park Sanshu said unhappily: "No matter what you say, it can't change the fact that Ganghwa Island will be managed by the other party in the future. What if the other party is unwilling to return it twenty years later?"
"Who knows what will happen twenty years from now," Da Si Xian said. "If I don't sign this contract, I'm afraid North Korea will go to war with the Tiger Flag. What do you think are the chances of winning? Even if North Korea wins in the end. No matter how much territory will be occupied by the Tiger Flag, I am afraid that by then it will not only be as big as Ganghwa Island, but also it will be permanently occupied by others."
Park Sanshu was stunned and speechless.
Da Si Xian continued: "It took me a lot of effort to make the man named Zheng change his mind and turn the cession into a lease. If you can do it better than what is written in the deed, you can go back and see that man now. I will never stop anyone named Zheng."
Park Judge's face turned blue and white.
He knew that even if he went to see Zheng Chao again, he would not do better than Da Si Xian, so he had no choice but to say: "It is up to the king to decide whether to accept the lease of Ganghwa Island or not."
"Stay one night in Wang Jing tonight and go back tomorrow." Da Sixian paced away.
Far away in Shengjing, Liaodong, Fan Wencheng finally returned under the protection of Ye Bilong.
The first thing he did when he returned to Shengjing was to go to the palace to see Huang Taiji.
"A slave is useless and failed to protect the Ming Dynasty's envoys."
When Fan Wencheng was brought to the main hall where Huang Taiji was, he immediately fell to his knees and began to blame himself with tears in his eyes.
Huang Taiji had received the news from Yi Bilong in advance.
When he saw Fan Wencheng kneeling in front of him, he wished he could have Fan Wencheng taken out and cut into pieces.
But he knew he couldn't do that for the time being.
No one is more familiar with the alliance with the Ming Dynasty than Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng cannot be entirely blamed for encountering the Tiger Character Banner's ambush.
Huang Taiji himself knew that whoever encountered Fan Wencheng's situation would have had similar results.
There is another important reason not to kill Fan Wencheng, which is because there are many more Han ministers and generals in Dajin. Once Fan Wencheng is killed, there is no guarantee that all these Han ministers and generals will not be in danger. This will affect the internal situation of Dajin. Stability is very detrimental.
"You have worked hard on this trip, and I can't blame you entirely for encountering the cavalry with the Tiger Flag. You have tried your best. Get up!" Huang Taiji raised his right hand.
Since he decided not to kill Fan Wencheng, he still showed trust in Fan Wencheng.
(End of chapter)
