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Chapter 394 Negotiations

Li Junhua was angry, but he didn't expect this level. After thinking about it carefully, with Li Junwei's rampant nature, he might have written a letter to the Supreme Emperor long ago. Li Junhua was even more angry when he thought about it. Isn't this a secret complaint?

"According to my opinion, the third brother wrote so many letters, and he was probably not afraid of you seeing them, and he even let you see them. It seems that he was determined to attack various Kazakhstan tribes... I think it's not a bad thing, so what if the emperor agrees?" While Li Junhua was sitting there and pinching his forehead to ponder, the queen brought a cup of tea and comforted her with warm words.

Li Junhua sighed and said, "What we see and know are all good things, but no one knows what else there is inside. Chen Ping also sent the secret letter and specifically talked about this matter. He couldn't figure out what the third brother had in it. He just felt that the third brother wanted to fight Kazakhstan and take action next spring, which was to transfer the troops from the General Dingbian Mansion. If the troops in the Western Front were given a place to move, they would not move to the river, but I always felt that it was not that simple."

"You, why are you suspicious? Regal is the elder brother's younger brother and your brother. The elder brother loves him, but you don't love him. And he will still go back to Shenjing. It won't embarrass you, let the empire be damaged, otherwise how can you explain when you come back?" the queen said gently.

Li Junhua said: "I am also worried about him. How old is he? If he thinks carefully and does not do it well, how can I protect him if he does something bad? "

"Maybe there is nothing inside, just to hold back the troops of General Dingbian's Mansion."

Li Junhua shook his head: "No, the third brother told Chen Ping on purpose. He still had ideas, just not tell Chen Ping, let him guess. After all, he just asked me to guess wherever I go. His mind has seven or eight tricks, and he has a thought since he was a child."

"Then just ask your father, what did Xu Junwei tell the truth to your father?"

Li Junhua thought about it and asked intentionally, but felt embarrassed. The queen shook her head slightly: "You are still trying to save face. If you don't want to ask your father, just write a letter to ask the regency. If you ask in person, he will never hide it from you."

"At this point, this is all that can be done." Li Junhua shook his head helplessly.

Goa.

Since the unlimited pirate war began, the war in Goa only had a small climax. Aurangzeb tried to break through the nest of Goa at all costs to win the front battlefield and to get the best of his turn against the pirates appearing everywhere. However, the Mughal army was bleeding in the fortification group.

The Mughals tried to use tunnels to break the depth of the Allied Fortifications, but they were destroyed by the listening urns and anti-tunnel tactics that were densely spread on the front. Of course, the Mughals still had an advantage after all. This advantage lies in religion. The army of the Bijapur Sultanate was all Tianfang scholars and was the same as the Mughals, but they were helping the pagans to fight. Aurangzeb keenly caught this point, and the heavy money and religious propaganda made some of the Sultans turn against each other and bombed two frontier gunpowder depots. However, they were too greedy and wanted to take action against the main ammunition depots stationed by the Imperial Marines, which were discovered.

This move led to a change in the battlefield situation. In the end, the Imperial Rocket Battalion covered the chaotic battlefield without discrimination, and sent the Maratian cavalry as a reserve team to the battlefield to control the situation. However, a large number of Bijapur soldiers died, and the gunpowder airflow from the rockets was not distinguished from our enemies. The Maratian cavalry was not ruthless to treat their current allies' past enemies, which annoyed Aldishu II. Since then, the Sultan has never entered Goa City to participate in military discussions, but has not withdrawn from the alliance, and has launched a unilateral ceasefire with the Mughal army on the flanks he is responsible for.

"That idiot Aldisha, I know that this is a plan, but I still fall for it." Shivaji slammed Aldisha II in the lobby, who was not present, but Lin Junhong was a little more alert to this guy.

It was Lin Junhong who ordered rockets to cover the battlefield. This was nothing wrong, but Shivaji misled Lin Junhong with intelligence errors, making Lin Junhong think that the ordinary army under Aldisha was fighting on that battlefield. But in fact, a large number of Sultan's personal troops were mixed with bullets and bombing was being carried out. The rockets and Maratian cavalry caused Aldisha's knights to suffer a lot, and the entire Bijapur Sultanate was injured by this.

Juan and Smith were happy to see this scene. Now, the Allies had the upper hand. When Goa was in danger, Western colonists could only protect their interests in the subcontinent by relying on the empire. However, the times changed. If the war could end with the victory of the Allies, then they had to think about the post-war things. If the two important allies of the Bijapur and the Marathi Alliance maintained close relationship with the empire, the interests of Western colonists would be greatly damaged.

No one wants to see the empire dominant, and even Portugal, the empire's closest and most traditional ally, would not want to see this situation.

Juan said, "His Highness Junhong, the Mughals sent an envoy. Do you want to see him?"

"What are they going to do?" Lin Junhong asked.

Juan smiled and said, "The peace talks are said to be proposed by their emperor Aurangzeb, but as far as I know, the Sultan of Bijapur, His Highness Aldisha wants to withdraw from the war, and Aurangzeb wants to be related to him. Aldisha dares not lead the army directly. He is worried that after we decide the victory with the Mughals, the winner will take revenge on him."

"Peace talks, a good choice, what do you think?" Lin Junhong said to everyone with a smile.

Juan nodded in agreement, Sir Smith had already applauded excitedly, and representatives of the East India Company of the four countries, the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Sweden, also nodded in agreement. The greatest interest of these four countries in the subcontinent is the right to trade. Even the Netherlands, under the joint target of the Empire and Portugal and Britain, has no decent strongholds in the subcontinent. The tyrannical Aurangzeb, who originally threatened their trade rights, is now increasingly widespread piracy.

More importantly, all the representative forces bear the cost of war in order to safeguard their original interests after the war. For example, Portugal and Britain provided troops, and the four East India companies also bear part of the military expenditure. Although the share is not high, they do not have much energy. The Swedish East India company even began to lend to the Imperial Bank in Penang.

But at this time, Shivaji stood up: "No, no, no, no, your noble highness and delegates, please listen to me that we can win this war, and we can get more, more than expected before the station. As long as we defeat the Mughal army in front of Goa, the Mughals will have to kneel down and beg for mercy, and more wealth and land wave to us. Do you want to give up? Don't you want to gain wider trading power, and don't you want to have your own stronghold on this land?"

However, Shivaji's speech did not receive much response. Almost everyone had desire in their eyes, but the flame of desire was extinguished by Lin Junhong's light cough. Shivaji was a great leader, which was undoubtedly, but he was really unaware of the situation of all parties in the subcontinent.

The expansion and colonization of all parties in the subcontinent are influenced by local forces, which is not wrong, but the times have changed. The Indian Ocean is no longer the free trading country before. This ocean has a new hegemon. Only forces that have been approved by the overlord can participate in the trade and expansion of the subcontinent. Without the consent of the empire, nothing is useful. The trade ship cannot even pass the Cape of Good Hope. How can we talk about trade?

Even if he defeated the Mughal Empire, even if he destroyed this country, he was not the one who cut the cake. Shivaji's promise was meaningless and the prospect he portrayed was just a beautiful wish.

Lin Junhong said with a smile: "I think it's time to end the war. Of course, it depends on the conditions given by the Mughals."

"I suggest that His Highness Junhong be our negotiator." Sir Smith, the representative of the British East India Company, was the first to make a statement.

"Agree." All the allies at sea, including Juan, expressed their support.

Lin Junhong straightened his back and asked, "His Royal Highness Shivaji, what do you mean?"

"Our interests may not be the same. Your Highness, King Cheng, I cannot hand over the fate of millions of Marathi people to you. Although you are a great young man, none of my fellow countrymen have heard of your name." Shivaji did not explicitly refuse, but his words were already very clear.

Lin Junhong smiled and said, "Of course, what you said makes sense. You can accompany me to negotiate with the Mughals or contact them on your own. But it is important to remind you that if I reach an agreement with the Mughals, then we have the right to unilaterally withdraw from this war, and the same power is owned by you and His Highness Aldisha."

"You can't do this!" Shivaji said angrily.

Lin Junhong shook his head: "Of course I can, I believe that the people here think so. As you said, millions of Marathis do not know me, so they cannot give their destiny to me. I can say the same thing to you, the respected His Highness Shivaji, ten million people of the empire, six million British people, twenty million French people, four million.five million Swedes, two million Dutch people, and seven hundred thousand Danes do not know your noble Highness, nor do they want to tie you to the same chariot with you. We gather for the common interests, and we can naturally separate our goals."

After being blocked by the same words, Shivaji left speechlessly and angrily.

The others asked Lin Junhong one after another. Lin Junhong thought for a while and said, "His Excellency Juan, do you have a beautiful private garden on the south bank, right? How is it? Has it been destroyed?"

"No, everything is there, facing the white sand beach and the blue sea, and there are also young and beautiful female slaves." Juan said with a smile.

"Can you borrow it as a negotiation location?" Lin Junhong asked.

Juan smiled: "That's really my honor. I'll send someone to arrange this."

Lin Junhong said: "Please invite His Highness Aldisha for me. I want to negotiate with him. I will write an invitation letter with myself. If you and all gentlemen don't mind, please sign with me."

The faces of the crowd changed slightly. Now it is time to ask for help, so it is hard to refuse such a small request.

Two days later, under the palm trees on the White Sand Beach, Lin Junhong met Aldisha II. After seeing him, Lin Junhong expressed his apology directly and said, "Your Highness, you should be clear that if I knew that your knights were also on that battlefield, they would never allow rockets to cover and shoot. I had no intention of using this war to weaken Bijapur's strength. In the past few decades, you and your father have been our sincere friends.

Whether you believe it or not, it was Shivaji who misled me. Of course, I also have the responsibility to order it without waiting for the information from our headquarters to summarize. Your Highness, please give me a chance to make up for my mistakes."

"I believe that the empire will not weaken us with the help of war, but things have happened. In fact, we were the ones who were most injured in this war. One-third of my guards died in that damn battlefield!" Aldisha II said angrily, and then said: "Damn Shivaji, I knew it was him, this bastard. His life was either fighting the Mughals or hitting us. This pagan was always unable to get along with the Tianfang Sect!"

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry that this happened." Lin Junhong apologized again.

Aldisha II said: "I even suspect that after the war, the Marathi cavalry would go south to attack us, and destroying Bijapur has always been the target of his Shivaji. Your Highness, if you want to make up for your mistake, please help me remove the threat from Marathi, which is my first request."

"Yes! I suggest building a fortress on the border between Bijapur and Marathi, and I will send soldiers to garrison it. For ten years, I promise that the Marathi people will not dare to go south. What?" Lin Junhong asked sincerely.

Aldisha II widened his eyes: "Seriously?"

"Although I'm unintentional, I did hurt you. This is the fact. I am willing to pay these prices." Lin Junhong said seriously.

"Okay, it seems that you are really sincere, but my second condition is to truce the Mughals as soon as possible." Aldishu said again.

Lin Junhong smiled: "Have you seen this beach? In another half an hour, the messenger of the Mughal Emperor will arrive here. I have received the authorization of all the sea allies. Shivaji does not want to negotiate, but I rejected him. He will go and seek more benefits with the Mughals. We poor people who want to escape from the quagmire of war can unite and discuss the terms carefully with the Mughals.
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