"Congratulations, Lord Raphael, you will be free soon." Li Mingxun put a letter in front of Raphael and said with a smile.

Raphael took the letter and found that the new Philippine governor Fahado, sent by the Governor of New Spain, wrote gorgeous and luxurious words, and the language was extremely exaggerated. Most of the long letters praised Lee Myung-hoon's greatness and respect for Tenglong Trading Company, without any concealing his love for Chinese raw silk and porcelain. In the end, Fahado proposed to hold a friendly negotiation to resolve the unfortunate situation brought to both sides by the current war. Fahado only put forward a necessary condition in the letter, which was to ask Raphael to be redeemed immediately and meet him during the talks, the price was 20,000 taels of silver. And with the letter, a deposit of 10,000 taels was sent.

"If I hadn't known that Fahado was only two years older than you, I almost thought he was your father. Why is this priest so enthusiastic about you? Do you have any special relationship with him?" Li Mingxun asked with a smile, and even looked at Raphael with some malicious intentions. If Raphael replied that the two had a secret 'philosophical' relationship, Li Mingxun would not be surprised.

Raphael shook his head: "If we really have any special relationship, we should be considered rivals in love. I have pursued the current wife of His Excellency Fahado, that's all."

Li Mingxun smiled, then Fahado is an interesting person. Li Mingxun snapped his fingers and said, "I think the ransom of 20,000 taels will fall on you recently, right? For a man, it is a very fulfilling thing to make his lover owe life-saving grace and a large debt."

Raphael nodded, Li Mingxun kicked the box next to him and said, "Okay, Lord Raphael, as Fahador's rival, you should know him deeply. Let me introduce it. If I can be satisfied, this ten thousand taels of silver will be enough."

Raphael said without hesitation: "This is actually nothing to say about the leak. Fajardo is a well-known figure in New Spain, and he is very famous."

According to Raphael's introduction, Fajado is very famous in the Governor General of New Spain. His reputation comes from wisdom, romanticism and character, but these are just embellishments. Fajado is most famous for his relationship with the powerful and powerful in New Spain. His relationship with the Catholic Church is very bad, and he has a lot of disputes over smuggling and trade. However, Fajado has a deep connection with the Governor General of New Spain. Many people rumored that he was the illegitimate son of the Governor General, which also led to him having a deep background in the Governor General and in the country.

After hearing this, Li Mingxun was a little confused: "Why did such a person with a deep background and a bright future come to the Philippines Governor's District? I was very confused. Could Fahado be confident that he could turn the tide?"

Raphael shook his head: "Although the information sent by the schooner trade last year is far less dangerous than today's situation, at that time, we expected the navy to be at a disadvantage. You will control a larger territory in Luzon and even Manila. It is impossible for the New Spain Governor-General to send fleets and soldiers to reinforce. I think Hado may have provoked someone, after all, he is too romantic and has a lot of conflict with the church."

Lee Mingxun nodded and said, "Of course there is another possibility. This Governor Fajado has gained great autonomy, giving him confidence that he can feed me to achieve the goal of peace."

Raphael lowered his head, he didn't want it to be.

"Where do you think I set up the negotiation location appropriately, which can not only ensure my safety, but also make Fahado willing to come." Li Mingxun asked.

Raphael asked bluntly: "You don't have to think too much about safety. Fahado is an extremely selfish person. He will not take risks for negotiations. You can choose the location at will, even here!"

At the end, Raphael knocked on the table and added: "Your Excellency, I'm very presumptuous to say that Fahado is also a very smart person. He should see that although you have the upper hand, you want to resolve the dispute faster than him."

Li Mingxun nodded. He naturally did not want the war to continue. First, the community would invest more resources on the mainland, and secondly, he would not want to mortgage all the industries in Luzon to those foreign merchants. Now, in order to repay the war bonds, he would have to sell one-third of the industries on Luzon Island.

"Okay, please follow me to my flagship. Let's go to Cebu and negotiate on the ship." Lee Mingxun said.

Raphael had long wanted to see the real battleship. After bowing and bowing, he followed Li Mingxun to the flagship.

Five days later, off the seashore of Cebu Island.

Fahado only brought three people to the Qinglong, servant, translator and clerk. When he saw Li Mingxun, he gave him a big hug. It seemed that the two of them were old friends who had not seen each other for many years. Li Mingxun was a little at a loss for a moment, and the prepared etiquette and procedures were interrupted directly.

After entering the command room, chairs were placed on both sides of the long table, with paper and pen on the table, and translators, recorders or other staff standing on both sides. Fahado took a look and shouted in disappointment: "No, Mr. Mingxun, this is completely wrong!"

"Why is it wrong?" Li Mingxun asked casually. He had a feeling in his heart that Fahado didn't seem to be here to negotiate. His every move was like a naughty child who came to visit with a rich relative's family, willful and curious.

"It's totally wrong. I heard in America that you Chinese like to talk about things at the dining table, and you Chinese have unique food in the world. Why do you have only a cold negotiating table and a serious clerk here? What about the food? What about the wine?" Fahado waved his arms exaggeratedly and protested to the greatest extent.

Lee Mingxun frowned and said, "After the negotiations are over, there will be a celebration banquet."

Fahado immediately said, "Don't do this. Just eat first and then negotiate. If the negotiation is successful, there will be a banquet. If it is not successful, wouldn't it be nothing? And if there is a dispute in the negotiation, what's the mood to enjoy the food? God, I have to tell you a secret. For the banquet, I only drank a glass of oatmeal this morning. Did you hear my stomach wailing?"

"This is not like a governor!" Lin Qian muttered.

Simmons also complained: "Aren't we enemies of life and death?"

"Okay, the banquet, um... have dinner first!" Li Mingxun chose to compromise helplessly.

The paper and pen were removed, and the tablecloth was spread. Plates of delicious dishes were served. The roasted wild duck was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The tofu clam soup was light and refreshing. The fresh squid was delicious. The palace shrimp balls were crispy and juicy. The steamed lobster was soft and tender and fragrant......

When the first dish was served, Fahado couldn't stand it anymore. He used his knife and fork in his hand, knocking on some exquisite porcelain from time to time, and kept tiptoing, hoping that the dishes would be served soon. After finally finishing the dish, Fahado shouted: "I'm going to start..."

Before he finished speaking, two shrimp balls were stuffed into his mouth, and then they were eating and drinking like wind and clouds. Li Mingxun was stunned and saw that he was hungry. His ears were full of Fahado's praise for oriental dishes. After filling his stomach at the beginning, he called the chef to ask how his favorite dishes were made and what seasonings were used, and then asked the servant to record them. It seemed as if he was recording the terms of the negotiation agreement, which was shocking.

The meal was in the afternoon, but the negotiations still could not proceed. The reason was very simple. Governor Fahado could not stand up and needed to rest. It was not until the evening that Governor Fahado reappeared at the negotiating table. The first sentence was to ask: "What has dinner prepared for us? I hope that the roasted wild duck will still appear!"

"Your Excellency, let's get to the point. Our negotiations today are related to the lives of many people!" Li Mingxun could no longer hold it back and said.

Fahado nodded slightly and said, "Okay, it's time to negotiate. The first thing is to exchange and redemption of prisoners."

Both sides got to the point. Li Mingxun discovered that although Fahado was still cynical, he seemed very calm during negotiations. Every condition had to be discussed and argued, and in the end both sides had to compromise.

Regarding prisoners, the community has the upper hand. In previous wars, the community has captured more than 4,000 Spanish soldiers. One third of the sailors were white or Mestiso, and most of them were Moroes. The Spanish captured about 300 prisoners of the community, mainly the frigates that were sunk in the naval battle of breaking the diplomatic relations and the anti-breach diplomatic relations. They informed the sailors of the ship, and were also spies.

After the prisoner exchange, the club still had a large number of prisoners in their hands to carry out forced labor in the labor camp. If they wanted to redeem all of these soldiers, they would need about 1.3 million taels of silver according to the club's standards. Fajado had no financial resources and no intention. For the priests among the prisoners, the officers would redeem all of them. In addition, they were willing to provide ransoms for the white soldiers and the officers and non-commissioned officers of Mestiso. As for the large number of soldiers, Fajado did not provide ransoms, but just wanted to establish a communication agency to give the families of these soldiers the opportunity to redeem themselves.

Surprisingly, Fahado did not require the church to operate as an intermediary. Generally speaking, the church intervened in the exchange and redemption of prisoners, but Fahado did not mention it. The community did not care about this process. As long as the ransom is in place, the prisoner's ransom is in total forty-two thousand taels.

The issue of prisoners is just a good start. After all, in this era, whether the negotiations are successful or not, prisoners must be resolved. This is the common norm in civilized countries, and only barbarians will kill prisoners.

Entering the formal negotiation, the first issue raised by the society was the Manila massacre that occurred at the end of the 12th year of Chongzhen to the early 13th year of Chongzhen. The society had many requirements, requiring the Spaniards to admit the mistakes of the massacre, apologize, compensate and hand over all the war criminals. Farhado naturally would not fully agree. The two sides discussed this issue for a long time. The final compromise was that Farhado admitted the mistakes of the massacre on behalf of the Philippine Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor's Governor, and the other was the senior official of Neihu Province who formulated the Kalamba plan and instigated the massacre.

(The essence of the Manila massacre in 1639 was that the surge in the number of Chinese in Manila and the gathering aroused the vigilance of the Spaniards. Senior officials from Neihu Province formulated the Kalamba plan to turn the Chinese craftsmen and merchants gathered in Manila into contract slaves on the plantation, and the farmers triggered the resistance of the Chinese.)

Of course, the club also made compromises. For the sake of the Spanish Kingdom, these two people only handed over their bodies to ensure that the club would not openly punish Spanish nobles, and the club must promise that there would be no phenomena such as insulting corpses.

In addition, Fajado asked the association to impose a relaxed policy on misdemeanors involved in, suspected of participating in the Manila Holocaust, those sentenced to ten to thirty years of labor reform can be redeemed by their relatives.

Since the blood feud of the Holocaust can be resolved, only interests remain. In the following negotiations, Li Mingxun finally understood why Fahado was so calm, because he only represented and was willing to negotiate on behalf of the Philippines Governor's District, but he did not consider the interests of the five major churches more, and was even willing to do the interests of the governor's district and the five major churches.

First, Fajado recognized the community's occupation and domination of Luzon. All the Spaniards on Luzon were evacuated. The real estate in Luzon, including land, mines, and real estate, was the ransom of all Spaniards. Except for the towns and war criminals that had been controlled, all Spaniards (not much) could leave with their own private property, but slaves were not included.

From Legaspi to Batangas, the clubs cannot station battleships and cruisers. Similarly, Spanish large-tonnage ships cannot reach this position.

As for the religious issues that the association is concerned about, especially the indigenous people who believe in Catholicism, Fajado's attitude is very open. Those indigenous people are legal property of the association if they are contract slaves, and if they are free, they are the people under the rule of the association. They have no relationship with the governor's district. Their religious beliefs should be managed by the Religious Affairs Bureau of the Association. The Philippine Governor will not oppose the religious policies of the association, nor will they support the church or other forces to oppose this policy.

Simply put, Fajado believes that it is your own internal affairs and has nothing to do with me. If you catch a Spanish priest causing trouble in Luzon, you can deal with it according to your law. As long as you know the Governor's District and the redemption treatment is fine.

Fajado made only one request, that is, to price the Moroes, and the church could redeem them for the trip to the Philippines Governor's District.

"Okay, yours, our dispute has been resolved. The most dullest stage has passed. Let's talk about cooperation now. You need silver from the Americas, and we like Chinese goods. Trade is the eternal subject between us, right?" Fahado said happily. After signing the agreement for the first phase of negotiation, he said: "In fact, I want to have a Chinese-style negotiation. Well... it's time to have dinner, let's have a conversation while eating!"
Chapter completed!