Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

If there is a difference, there are, at least compared to the last time someone rushed out to fight the Suez Canal Squadron, this time there was only one ship parked in the port with its sails lowered.

It is obvious what it means for a ship to lower its sails at sea, especially when facing an armed fleet, lowering its sails basically means waiting for death!

Faced with this situation, Jiang Haijun was a little confused, and said to Liu Wenbing, "Master Hou?"

Liu Wenbing pondered for a long while before he opened his mouth and said, "Send someone over there to see what those barbarians want to do?"

Albin Macaulay thought he was going to die—when he was sent here by Cromwell, he had already told his family that he might not be able to go back, and told them not to be sad, he was very sad May return to the arms of the Lord early.

But when Macaulay was picked up by a small boat to Liu Wenbing's flagship, his uneasy heart immediately settled down.

He was not afraid of any conditions put forward by the Ming Empire, he was just a messenger, no matter how embarrassing the conditions put forward by the Ming Empire, it was up to Cromwell to decide.

Before the final negotiation results come out, I will probably be safe, right?

After bowing to Liu Wenbing who was among the crowd, Macaulay said directly, "Your Excellency the Great General, I don't know what angered you to bombard the port of England?"

Before Liu Wenbing could speak, Liu Xiaoyao said directly, "Correct your mistake first. This is the Marquis of our Ming Empire, not a general. As for the general, it is His Excellency Jiang Haijun next to him."

After bowing and apologizing again with a smile, Macaulay went on to say, "Once again, I am sorry for my recklessness. I wonder if His Excellency the Marquis can tell me the reason?"

Liu Wenbing nodded with a smile and said: "It's very simple, did you arrest three Ming people? Now, hand them over and bear all the expenses that Daming sent troops to rescue them this time. gone."

Macaulay said with a confused face: "Your Excellency the Marquis, it is because of these three people? Little Ellis? And those two businessmen from the Ming Empire?"

Seeing Liu Wenbing nod his head and admit it, Macaulay's face showed a look of anger: "As far as I know, little Ellis is a Dutchman, not a citizen of the Ming Empire at all?

For our mistaken arrest of two businessmen from your country, I only express my apologies on my own behalf, and Lord Cromwell must also feel sorry.

I can first promise you that we can release the two businessmen from your country immediately.

As for little Ellis, because he is not a citizen of your country, and because he did not produce any evidence to prove his identity from the beginning, so sorry, we cannot release him! "

Liu Wenbing laughed and said, "Who said he didn't have proof? Old Ellis has already applied for Daming's household registration for him, but he just didn't have time to tell him.

He is now a legal citizen of the Ming Empire, and the naval fleet of the Ming Empire is obliged to protect the safety of the overseas Ming people. "

Macaulay said angrily: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Marquis, he didn't reveal anything about the identity of the people of Ming Dynasty before, so your statement cannot be established!"

Liu Wenbing's face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Then, please go back, you continue to detain little Ellis, and we continue to bombard your port.

If you feel unconvinced, you can kill little Ellis now, including those two Ming merchants, if you have the authority to make the decision.

However, this Marquis would like to remind you in advance that if their lives are threatened, the navy fleet of the Ming Empire will not rule out using any means to find justice for them! "

Macaulay asked sullenly, "Is your country declaring war on the British Empire?"

Liu Wenbing laughed loudly and said, "If you think so, then this Marquis tells you, yes, this is a declaration of war. The war has already begun from the moment you start detaining the people of Ming Dynasty!"

PS: Happy New Year to the readers of Spicy Chicken! 2019, a new year, a new journey, thank you, thank you, and hope that we will walk together in the future!

Chapter 774 The contract is for tearing up

In the end, Macaulay had no choice but to go back—in fact, it was meaningless for Macaulay to continue to stay on the flagship where Liu Wenbing was.

Liu Wenbing's attitude is so tough, either release him and compensate the military expenses, accept Ming's conditions, or prepare the army to fight, England can choose at sea or on land.

Liu Wenbing said that for the sake of fairness, the number of troops and warships dispatched by Ming Dynasty will never be one more than that of England, nor will there be one more ship, and only the exact same number of troops and warships will be dispatched.

Jiang Haijun on the side even said, otherwise Daming would stop mobilizing troops, and just let his squadron play with them—the same number of soldiers and warships, isn't this bullying?

Regarding Liu Wenbing's nonsense, Macaulay thought he was not a fool, so naturally he couldn't be fooled.

It's not that they haven't fought before. They have fought several times on the continent of Africa. If they had fought, would the situation like today still exist?

Besides, Macaulay did not get such a big authorization from Cromwell.

If Liu Wenbing's request is only to release him, then there is no problem, Macaulay can agree now, even if he releases little Ellis together, there is no problem for England to admit that he is dumb.

But Liu Wenbing's request was not just as simple as releasing people, but also included compensation for military expenses and other conditions for England to agree to Ming Dynasty.

It was these two items that gave Macaulay the most headaches, because these two items were not specific conditions at all, they could only be regarded as a framework at best.

For example, the issue of military expenditures, how much military expenditures should be compensated?Is the settlement unit French francs or gold and silver in Ming Dynasty?

For example, other conditions, how many conditions are included?One or two?Or ten and eight?What if there are other conditions that England cannot accept?

Cromwell, who was rewarded, also had a headache for these two conditions: "Apart from this, did they say anything else?"

Macaulay bowed and said: "No, that's what the Marquis who led them said. But from my personal point of view, I suggest delaying it and talking to them slowly, and at the same time dragging Charles I in."

After oh, Cromwell asked, "What's the reason?"

There was a bit of bitterness on Macaulay's face, and he said, "Because of their warships. They have six warships in their party. Except for South Cape Town, now we have no way of knowing how many ports they shelled, such as Edinburgh." Were they also bombarded by them?

Because we don't know how many ports they bombarded, and we have no way of knowing how much they cost in francs for one shell, so we have no way of judging how much military expenses they claim for compensation.

As for the last condition, to agree to the other conditions proposed by the Ming Empire, we have no way to agree to them now, because the people in the country will not agree.

If we agree to the other conditions proposed by the Ming Empire, the people in the country will think that we are greedy for life and afraid of death, and we are selling out the interests of England.

The people who originally supported us are likely to fall to Charles I, and the situation will become very passive at that time. "

After nodding his head, Cromwell suddenly turned his attention to Lambert: "Lambert, what's going on in France? Is there any new progress recently?"

Lambert bowed and said, "I'm sorry, but there is no good news from France. I guess those noble gentlemen are still discussing it?"

Cromwell hummed and said: "If, I mean, if we are now in a war with the Ming Empire, how sure are we that we can drag those people from France into the water? And how likely are we to drag other countries along?"

Lambert shook his head and said, "Maybe I'm going to disappoint you, Your Excellency. Except for France, where we deliberately spread the news, no one from the remaining countries will stand by us.

After all, the whole of Europe is now in chaos, and all the countries are busy fighting wars, and the arms of these countries are purchased from the European agent of the Ming Empire, the East India Company.

For example, the Holy Roman Empire, it is said that they have formulated a new policy, that is, any Ming citizen who comes to the territory of the Holy Roman Empire will automatically have the status of a citizen.

Another example is the Netherlands. Now more than [-]% of the ammunition in the entire Netherlands comes from the Ming Empire, and the East India Company fell to the Ming Empire early on. Otherwise, the Ming Empire would not have come to stand for them this time.

Perhaps, only Spain, which has suffered a great loss at the hands of the Ming Empire, can stand with us to fight against the evil Ming Empire? "

Fairfax sneered and said, "Spain? They can't stand with us, those cowards, cowards who want to bury their heads in their crotches!

They don't even have the courage to open up new territory, now let them stand with us against the Ming Empire?How could they have the guts?"

Lambert said: "Who knows? What I'm talking about is only possible. In fact, the only people who are most likely to be dragged into the water by us are the French. As for other countries, I don't hold much hope." .”

After hesitating for a while, Lambert continued: "Besides, I've been thinking about another question during this time."

Cromwell asked curiously: "What's the problem? Why don't you say it out, let's think about it together?"