In the following time, several people discussed the direction of the meeting and the participants. Finally, Baron François said: "Hisser of the Dragon King, I have the last thing to see here, I hope you can agree!"

Liu Pei smiled and said, "It's for the captured people, right?"

Baron François said: "It's true! Lord Dragon King, I think we have no objection to being a treaty partner, so if you can release personnel before negotiation, it will give the negotiation a good start."

Liu Pei nodded and said, "No problem, I can release them. But their treatment is the same as that of the Netherlands. They can only take away low-value souvenirs, and other things belong to me."

Baron François said happily: "It should be! Thank you for your generosity!"

It was already a good luck for him to get these people caught back, so he didn't care about the money. Anyway, the contract was about to be signed, and with this perfect Eastern trade channel, the money he snatched away by Liu Pei would be able to earn back sooner or later.

Liu Pei stood up and saw the three people away, turned around and slumped in the chair, and the pale face of Mr. Cusno said: "Mr. Cusno, you don't have to worry. Now I invite you to participate in the entire negotiation as a witness. In addition, I will discuss with them the issue of ensuring the safety of the Portuguese route."

Kusno, who had already been desperate, immediately jumped up, held Liu Pei's hand and said, "Your Excellency Dragon King, you are such a generous and kind person! I will report your deeds to the king and let him enthrone you as a noble!"

Liu Pei pulled out his hand without a trace and patted his arm. In fact, he was wiping his hands on his clothes! Because his hands were covered with sweat! Liu Pei said: "I just wanted to increase the channel for product sales, so don't thank me too much. Go back and prepare for your civilian staff."

Two days later, each party brought some civilians to hold a formal meeting in the castle. Liu Peiyi came forward with Liu Dahai, the Spanish representative was Baron François, the Dutch representative was Governor Cohen, and the English representative was Colonel Clark. At the same time, Portugal participated in it as a representative of the Witness State.

After several days of negotiations, the group finally signed the treaty

!The full name of the treaty is the "Treaty of Trade Cooperation in Four Countries". Portugal exists and texts as a witness. Therefore, historians still habitually call this treaty the "Treaty of Five Countries".

The main content of the treaty is that, Article 1, the other three contracting countries recognize Liu Pei's entire occupation of Southeast Asia and have all rights.

Article 2: Liu Pei is responsible for funding the construction of a city on the Malay Peninsula, called Peace City, which is specially used to trade with the State party. The safety of the city and the safety of the transaction are responsible for Liu Pei. All persons who trade have the obligation to pay taxes to Liu Pei. Before the city is completed, the State party will go to Penghu for trade, and will be subject to self-restraint and supervised by Liu Pei. After the city is completed, the State party's ships will not cross the trade city and enter the Chinese waters.

Article 3: The quota for all Eastern products is distributed according to the proportion of your Netherlands, 50% of Spain, 30% of England and 20% of England. The trade volume in Portugal remains in the status quo and cannot be increased. However, the four contracting countries jointly ensure the safety of Portuguese merchant ships in Asia.

Article 4: The four contracting countries will maintain the existing participating countries. If there is a need to add other countries, the joint consent of the four countries is required.

Article 5: The settlement of all goods is based on the silver coins in Liu Pei’s hands as the standard settlement currency.

Article 6: After a party commits a crime in China, it must be handed over to Liu Pei's side for trial, but his party may participate in the audition.

Article 7: The four contracting countries jointly resist the colonial attacks of other countries on the direction of India, and at the same time, India's interests will be shared by the four countries. However, the new pioneers shall not harm the interests of the already possessed parties. Moreover, all countries are committed to maintaining the form of existing states in mainland India without changing the form and not allowing them to produce possible unification.

Article 8: The safety of the waterways around the Trade City is maintained by the four countries. However, Liu Pei is responsible for the entire bandit suppression fleet, and the other three countries pay for the combat costs. If they do not fight, they will not pay.

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Excerpted from the graduation thesis of students in the Department of History of Cambridge University in London - "Analysis of the Treaty of Modern Chinese History"

"The above is the general content of the treaty. This contract was later hailed as the top ten most notorious treaties in the historical world! The main reason is that no party in the four parties who signed the contract can represent the country's head!

Body! But they actually decided the future ownership of nearly a thousand countries, nationalities and tribes in an open manner!”

"We can see from the signatories that the closest official nature of the Netherlands East India Company was the Netherlands. Because the East India Company was very large at the time, it obtained the government's authorization to sign economic treaties to a certain extent. However, they were not qualified to sign treaties involving the sovereignty of other countries."

"Secondly, Baron Francois of the Kingdom of Spain. His appearance in the Far East was sent only because the Kingdom of Spain asked him to fill the gap in local combat power, and he did not receive any other authorization."

"As for Colonel Clark of the Kingdom of England, he was just the captain of an expedition team sent by the Kingdom of England, and he did not have any conditions for signing a contract! But this man's bold action earned him the title of viscount! From then on, Mr. Clark's official career was successful and his family was rich!"

"As for the biggest beneficiary of this treaty, the Red Eye Dragon King, the future Emperor of the Hua Empire, appeared as a pirate at that time!"

"But Eastern historical experts have embellished this issue with the excuse that Emperor Liu Pei was already the King of Ryukyu. They also said that it was the right thing for Emperor Liu Pei to tear down the agreement later. Because only Emperor Liu Pei is the signing party with all rights, and other signing parties are not qualified to sign the contract, so the agreement they signed is completely invalid. In short, this verbal battle has been entangled in the historical community for a long time and has no conclusion."

"In fact, in this agreement, the one who benefits the most is indeed Emperor Liu Pei. Because historians later analyzed the military strength of Emperor Liu Pei, Emperor Liu Pei was actually a strong man from the outside and did not have the strength to occupy Southeast Asia at all!"

"He just blows himself desperately like a pufferfish and scares away the enemy. Then he tries hard to develop and strengthen himself in Southeast Asia when the enemy retreats. Finally, after decades of repeated battles, he completely incorporates Southeast Asia into his rule."
Chapter completed!