Since actively retracting back to Zhili, although Qian Dian Laogou has always believed that the Qing Dynasty is the center of the world and a well-deserved major power in the world, especially after he successively won Gurkha and North Korea, Qian Dian Laogou's confidence has become more sufficient.

However, for Portugal and Queen Maria I of Portugal, the Qing Dynasty was just a coward who could allow Portugal to continue to control Macau, that's all.

As for Qian Deaf Old Dog, he sent someone to contact Portugal on his own initiative, and said he could cooperate with Portugal to help alleviate the pressure on Portugal and reduce the compensation that Portugal is about to face...

Piano, the envoy sent by Maria I, expressed his doubts and resistance from the bottom of his heart - if you are so awesome, it can affect the decisions of the Ming court, why do you still have to retreat back to Zhili?

Instead of contacting people sent by Qiandian Laogou, it would be better to sell them directly to Daming, and maybe you can still pay a few taels of silver?

Then Piano found Liang Chen, the right assistant minister of the Honglu Temple. He first exposed the fact that Qian Dian Laogou sent someone to contact him, and then said that Portugal has always respected the Ming Dynasty.

Piano even cried and missed the things during the Tianqi period and the Chongzhen period. Even the Portuguese committed crimes in Macau and were captured by the Ming government to beat the board. Then he talked about the Jianlu's exploitation of the Portuguese after Jianlu went south.

In short, a small part of the reason why this situation occurs is that the Portuguese in Macau is ignorant, and a larger part of the reason is that Jianlu only has the intention of exploiting Macau but not managing it, which leads to misunderstandings in Macau, which leads to all this.

Piano said that if possible, Portugal is willing to compensate the Ming Dynasty for the military expenditures spent by these wars, and only hopes that the two countries can get along well in the future and strengthen cooperation from all aspects in the attitude of making money together.

In short, just waiting for such nonsense, Liang Chen, the left assistant minister of the Honglu Temple, was stunned.

Liang Chenzhi began to doubt his life—

Since Zhu Jinsong found a way to get a lot of books from Qian Dian Laogou, books like Qiqianxixi Shu and "The Work of Heaven" were naturally thrown to the Royal Academy, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Poor and Sour, and books about the Zongheng family have naturally become compulsory textbooks for officials of the Honglu Temple.

What's the result?

This is a slut, a master of learning, was stunned by a slut. If this is spread, wouldn’t it be a big deal to make Su Qin, Zhang Yi and the others live!

After a little trouble, Liang Chen said that military expenditures must be compensated, but the damaged buildings, goods and corresponding aftermath expenses in Macau should also be borne by Portugal.

In addition, in order to compensate for the feelings of the Ming Dynasty, Portugal had to set a piece of land next to the port in Portugal to build the base of the Ming West Sea Fleet.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty had no interest in Portugal's land, nor was it interested in the entire Europa. The reason for building a Western fleet in Portugal was entirely for the peace and development of Europa.

Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

Piano was also quite confused about Liang Chen's statement.

There is nothing unacceptable to let Portugal compensate the Ming Dynasty for military expenses. After all, Portugal was beaten and his skills were not as good as others, so there was nothing to say.

However, the buildings and goods that were blown up in Macau seem to have been blown up by your Ming Dynasty shells? Is this also considered Portugal?

Also, you came to Europa from all the way to bring warmth to Europa. Do you believe this kind of nonsense?

However, the two sides continued to argue until Liang Chen was impatient and remembered the ancestral skills of the Zongheng family: "Either you lose money or start a war. The three fleets of the Ming Empire welcome the Portuguese navy to fight at any time! Or, the three fleets of the Ming Empire can go to Portugal for a walk!"

Yes, the ancestral skill of the Zongheng family is a threat of force - when the two families negotiate, the people of the Zongheng family always like to use an ashtray to make gestures, and often threaten the other party's monarch: If you don't do what I want, I will use this ashtray to lift your front face!

Shi saw that the jade returned to Zhao, Cao Mo robbed Duke Huan, and Mao Sui lobbed the King of Chu to join forces to resist Qin.

It is not realistic to say that Liang Chen is such a weak scholar, hoping that he will threaten people with an ashtray like Lin Xiangru. After all, Piano is just an envoy rather than a king of a country, but Liang Chen can threaten the entire Portugal with the three major fleets of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the three major fleets of the Ming Dynasty did not even have a full troop - the South China Sea Fleet had more than twenty warships, the East China Sea Fleet and the North China Sea Fleet were basically five or six warships, and they usually had to rely on whaling ships to decorate the storefront.

but!

Piano didn't know what happened to the three major fleets of the Ming Dynasty. He only knew that the South China Sea Fleet first blocked the waters of Macau and then blocked the waters of Jiaozhi. Whether it was fighting Portugal's warships in Macau or the fleet of Jiaozhi, it was like playing.

The South China Sea Fleet is so awesome. The North China Sea Fleet, which is the same as the South China Sea Fleet, is probably not much different. Wouldn't the East China Sea Fleet, which is responsible for protecting Shandong, be even more awesome?

So, Piano was timid: "I can't make the decision to set aside a piece of land to build a naval base in the Ming Dynasty. I have to ask Her Majesty the Queen after returning to China. However, we Portugal are willing to compensate for the Macau affairs as much as possible - believe me, we Portuguese have always been sincere."

Liang Chen then snorted coldly and began to argue with Piano - I have to admit that it is not unreasonable that the straitors in the pre-Qin period always like to threaten the monarch with an ashtray.

The two sides finally agreed:

First: Portugal compensates the Ming Dynasty military expenditure of 10 million taels of silver, and all losses of Macao are about 20 million taels of silver. The total of the two is 30 million taels of silver, and 10 million taels of silver is paid annually and will be paid within three years. If there is any delay, the interest will be calculated at an annual interest of 8%.

Second: The Ming Dynasty leased 1,000 hectares of land in Porto and nearby Portugal, with an annual rent of 500 taels of silver, and the lease period was 99 years. The Ming Dynasty had the right to renew the contract unlimited priority.

Third: Portugal ceded Brazil's São Paulo State to the Ming Dynasty.

Through Piano's unremitting efforts, he finally won certain benefits for Portugal: the Ming Dynasty must station a fleet of no less than ten warships and an army of 3,000 people in Portugal. When Portugal clashes with other countries, the Ming army has the responsibility to protect the security of the Portuguese royal family and the Portuguese mainland. If this is not done, the above contract will be scrapped immediately.

Both sides expressed their satisfaction with this fresh "Ming-Portugal Treaty".

Liang Chen thought that within three years, the Ming Dynasty would definitely ensure the safety of Portugal. After all, it involved more than 30 million taels of silver. As for whether the country of Portugal will exist in three years, it might be another matter.

Piano was also very satisfied with the treaty. Piano didn't even plan to settle the compensation within three years - it would be better to delay him for decades or hundreds of years, which would be equivalent to spending money to hire a super bodyguard for Portugal.

After thinking about it, Piano made another proposal that made Liang Chen and even Zhu Jinsong stunned: "Her Majesty Queen Maria I of Portugal has a daughter named Maria Clementina."

"Your Highness the Princess was born in 1774. According to your calculations, Qian De was thirty-nine years old. He was about ten years younger than your Ming emperor. He has not yet gotten married, and he has no boyfriend."

"If possible, we hope that your Ming Emperor can marry His Highness Clementina. Her Majesty Maria I said that she will confer the title of Princess Clementina as the Grand Duke of Portugal, and the entire Porto area will become the fief of His Highness Clementina."

"This means that if the Ming emperor agrees, he will be crowned Prince of Portugal, and his descendants of Princess Clementina will be the next generation of Portugal kings, or the next generation of Portugal's granddaughter."

Liang Chen was completely confused.

As the left minister of the Honglu Temple, he was definitely a senior in the Ming Dynasty. Liang Chen knew a little about the plans of Zhu Jinsong and Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs - first cut flesh and blood from Portugal, and then find an opportunity to completely kill Portugal.

After all, the Portuguese people entrenched in Macau kept saying that they would rent 500 taels of rent to Macau. This kind of thing that hit the emperor's face was absolutely impossible for the entire Ming Dynasty to tolerate it.

But Liang Chen never expected that Queen Maria I of Portugal actually wanted to use the whole of Portugal as a dowry.

Liang Chen even doubted whether these Portuguese barbarians planned to take advantage of this matter to lose the military compensation of 30 million taels of silver?

After thinking about it, Liang Chen asked tentatively: "What if His Majesty the Emperor does not agree to be crowned Prince of Portugal?"

Piano, who had just smiled and discussed with Liang Chen, immediately changed his face: "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty may not agree to marry Princess Clementina, but if he agrees to marry Princess Clementina but does not agree to be crowned Prince of Portugal, then we Portugal will never agree to this marriage."

After Liang Chen reported this matter to Zhu Jinsong and Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs, Zeng Cheng and others were all confused and even had the same idea as Liang Chen.

If they weren't planning to lose 30 million taels of silver, what were these Portuguese barbarians looking for?

Could it be that these Portuguese barbarians felt that compensation of 30 million taels of silver was too much of a loss, so they wanted to regain their face through this matter. After all, if Zhu Jinsong married Maria I's daughter, he would be one generation lower than Maria I's.

Zhu Jinsong knew why - those countries in Europa did not care much about inheriting the throne by their sons or daughters. What they cared more about was whether the other party in the marriage accepted the title of their own country.

For the Portuguese, if Zhu Jinsong was willing to marry Clementina and crown him as Prince of Portugal, then the Ming emperors in the future could also serve as Prince of Portugal. It was actually no big deal to incorporate Portugal into the Ming Dynasty.

If there is no such "part-time job", it means colonial or complete conquest by force, which is a great insult to the local people - Julius Caesar and Augustus did not serve as Egyptian pharaohs after conquering Egypt one after another, and Alexander did not serve as Persian kings at the same time.

There was even an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that almost caused an uprising because he refused to be crowned as the Czech king.

After Zhu Jinsong explained all these things, Zeng Cheng and the big bosses' eyes lit up.

How cost-effective this is. I didn’t know how much military spending it would cost in the sea expedition. Now I just need to get a concubine in the harem to directly turn the entire Portugal into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is very reasonable and legal. In the future, I can also say the kind since ancient times...

Zeng Cheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you agree for the sake of the Ming Dynasty?"
Chapter completed!