The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 62 Negotiations ([-])

Zhu Hongyu was not annoyed, and said in a very calm tone.

"The relationship between you and me is equal, harmonious and friendly!"

"Although there were disputes before, these small disputes cannot affect our friendly bilateral relations."

"We should look forward. The purpose of this negotiation is to enable both of you and us to conduct business and exchange needs. It is for future development, not for settlement of old scores."

"Negotiation is a matter of seeking common ground while reserving differences."

Zhu Hongyu's words were very polite, but the meaning was also very clear.

Negotiations are possible, but it is impossible for him to make compensation!

The fine tradition of not ceding land, not paying compensation, and not paying tribute for 300 years in the Ming Dynasty cannot be broken here.

Sanchez also knew that it was impossible to ask the Liberation Army to compensate, so he changed the topic just now, and he said.

"I was wondering if you would be willing to sell some ironware to our tribe?"

For the indigenous tribes, ironware is what they need most at present.

In their daily production and life, whether it is hunting, gathering, farming, or other things, they need a lot of iron tools.

However, due to technical constraints, these indigenous tribes are barely able to smelt copper, let alone smelt iron.

If you want ironware, you can only buy it from outside.

And because of the bad relationship between them and the Spaniards, coupled with the fact that the Spaniards intend to control the force of the natives, they will not sell ironware to the native tribes at all.

Even if it's just iron farm tools!
This has also led to the fact that ironware is a sought-after hard currency among the indigenous people!

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Of course it's not a problem!"

He wanted to do business with the aborigines and use the strength of the aborigines to develop the Liberation Army, so he had to be able to produce something that the other party needed.

Now the Liberation Army lacks everything, but because of the emergence of small blast furnaces, there is no shortage of iron.

If Zhu Hongyu doesn't sell iron, what else can he sell?
Sell ​​ass?

In fact, as long as the natives could afford the price, Zhu Hongyu even dared to sell guns and cannons to the natives in order to create trouble for the Spaniards.

A hint of surprise flashed across Sanchez's face, but then he frowned, knowing that Zhu Hongyu was going to make an offer.

"Speaking!"

Zhu Hongyu smiled slightly and said.

"Since the iron mines and coal mines are within your territory, they are your property."

When Sanchez heard this, he thought that Zhu Hongyu wanted iron ore and coal, so he nodded and said.

"Our tribe's latte and coal mines are useless. If you need them, they can be mined by you, as long as we provide our tribe with a certain amount of iron."

Zhu Hongyu shook his head and said.

"No, no, that's not what I meant!"

"The mine is yours, we will not snatch it!"

"It's fine if you want iron, not to mention just iron farm tools, even guns, cannons, knives and other iron weapons, I can also sell them to you."

"However, various materials must be exchanged, iron ore, coal, grain, sulfur, volcanic ash, saltpeter, wood..."

"As long as the supplies we need, you can exchange them for iron."

"Of course, if there are no supplies, you can exchange the heads of the Spaniards!"

Zhu Hongyu's calculation was very shrewd.

He is not going to continue with the mining business.

Since the aborigines said that the mine belonged to them, it should be returned to them.

However, if the aboriginals want ironware, they can only exchange it with ore.

Zhu Hongyu thought about this very clearly, instead of the Restoration Army opening mines, smelting iron, and then using iron tools in exchange for mineral ownership from the aborigines.

It would be better to simply return the minerals to the aborigines, let the aborigines open the mines themselves, and send the ore to the recovery army.

Then the Liberation Army used ore to smelt iron, and a small part of the iron that was finally smelted was given to the aborigines.

Inside and outside, what the Liberation Army lost was only nominal ownership of minerals, but it was able to save a lot of strong labor.

What the Liberation Army lacks most now is strong labor. With so much strong labor saved, no matter where it is invested, it can solve the urgent need.

Not bad at all!
Sanchez took a deep breath and asked.

"Are you really willing to sell us cannons?"

"Aren't you afraid that we will turn our backs and attack you with cannons?"

Zhu Hongyu shrugged and said indifferently.

"I can sell you one cannon, and I can make two, three, or even more cannons myself."

"Tell me, why should I be afraid?"

The Restoration Army captured five light guns from the Spaniards last time.

Four of them were deployed on the completed simple fort, and the remaining one was sent to the weapon workshop for research.

As for the craftsmen in the weapons workshop of the Restoration Army, there are not a few who can cast cannons.

You know, the Spaniards are planning to use these craftsmen to build a new artillery factory.

After this period of research, these craftsmen have thoroughly understood the iron film casting method given by Zhu Hongyu.

Now the weapons workshop is already preparing to cast iron film, and then start casting cannons.

The iron film casting method does have various defects. The quality of the artillery cast by this casting method is not good, the life is limited, it is relatively heavy, and the inner wall of the gun bore is not smooth enough.

But his advantages are equally obvious!
That's productivity!
The production efficiency of the iron-film cannon casting method absolutely surpasses any cannon casting method in this era.

It's not that Zhu Hongyu doesn't know a better way to cast cannons, but in terms of practicality, it is still necessary to cast cannons with iron film.

Zhu Hongyu doesn't care about the quality and lifespan of the artillery now.

All he wanted was speed, for the weapon workshop to cast cannons as quickly as possible.

It's heavy, it's used in the fort anyway.

Life is short, so let's deal with the crisis in front of us first and then talk about other things!

Therefore, as long as the aborigines can afford the price and can bring him a large amount of various supplies that the Liberation Army urgently needs, Zhu Hongyu really doesn't mind selling them a few cannons.

Sanchez took a deep breath, got up from his seat, and said.

"I think coming to negotiate with you this time may be the most correct choice I have made in my life."

Zhu Hongyu smiled without saying a word.

In his heart, he was slandering, the natives were not very smart, and they didn't even know that they were led into a ditch by themselves.

The reason why the natives are a great threat is because they are familiar with the environment, flexible in stature, and quick to turn.

Although they can't fight head-on, they can drill into the woods if they can't fight.

As long as they get into the woods, no one can do anything to them.

In the complicated environment of the tropical rainforest, the blowing arrows and dog-leg knives used by the indigenous people are much more agile than guns and artillery.

However, when the aborigines started to use muskets and cannons, they started to queue up and shoot...

Heavy logistical pressure will drag down their transfer speed.

Should the natives who have lost the advantage of transferring be feared?

It goes without saying!

Therefore, Zhu Hongyu really felt nothing about selling the artillery to the natives.

As long as he dared to buy, Zhu Hongyu would dare to sell!

The negotiations between the two parties went very smoothly, and Zhu Hongyu's goal was achieved. He found a coolie who brought his own dry food to mine for himself, saving a lot of labor for the recovery army.

The purpose of the indigenous tribes was also achieved. They took back the minerals and got a stable source of iron.

Even the Liberation Army is willing to sell them guns and artillery!

(End of this chapter)