Prince Kled pondered for a long time and sighed: "Mr. Zhang, we can't refute your words, and we don't want to refute it. However, you should also understand that there are some things that we cannot choose. Our country of Ceylon is small and weak, and we are on this isolated island.
It was already difficult. We were surrounded by powerful enemies. For some reason, we had constant disputes and it was difficult to settle down. Later, the Francois came, and we were even more difficult to defeat with their warships, cannons and guns. Poor me, the country of Ceylon
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There are some things we have no choice about. We, the country of Ceylon, did make the wrong choice this time, but do we have any other choice? If we don’t assist the Francois in their fight, they will
Will you spare us? We, the Kingdom of Ceylon, do have grudges against your Ming Dynasty, but what we want more is to live a stable life without threats. At least, we, the Kingdom of Ceylon, have not sent a fleet to your country to massacre your people.
Bar?"
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "You do, but you don't have the strength. If I had given you such strength and ability, I guess you would have conquered all over the place."
Prince Kled said: "That's all, I won't argue with Mr. Zhang about these things. The current situation is that the matter has come to this, and we beg you to be merciful and give us a way to survive. No matter what kind of grudges there are, you will also kill them now.
So many of us destroyed our sacred relics, the Tooth Relic, and killed our king. It’s time to settle this grudge. Do we have to put this
Are you going to kill all the people in this city? Many of them have lost their relatives and their homes. Their ancestors have lived here for generations and depend on the sea for their livelihood. There is no foundation in other places. If you want to drive them out of here, it will be equivalent to forcing them out.
They are on the road to death. I ask Mr. Zhang to show mercy and not to drive them away. We can discuss other conditions."
Zhang Yanling said in surprise: "What did you say? Have we ever destroyed your Buddha's tooth? Have we ever killed your king?"
Mahame loudly said: "At this time, you are still pretending to be confused. Your cannons aimed at our Tooth Relic Pagoda and destroyed our Tooth Relic Pagoda. When the Tooth Relic Pagoda collapsed, I, the Lord of Ceylon, was on the tower, along with
The Buddha's tooth fell to pieces together. Don't you dare to admit what you have done?"
Zhang Yanling turned around and looked at Chen Shiyi in astonishment. Chen Shiyi scratched his head and said: "Oh, when we bombarded the city yesterday, a tower in front of the palace was indeed destroyed by us. I also scolded them for not having the foresight and the palace hall.
Boom, but it hit a broken tower. Could it be that that is their bullshit Tooth Relic Tower?"
"What broken tower? That is the Tooth Tower that enshrines the sacred relic of our country, the Tooth Relic of the Buddha in Ceylon. Even if you are strong in force and can show off your power, you cannot insult our faith. Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated." Mahame said sternly.
Prince Kled also said solemnly: "Yes, the Buddha's tooth in our country of Ceylon is a sacred object. If you destroy it, you will destroy it, but you cannot humiliate us. We, the country of Ceylon, will fight to the end regardless of life and death for our faith."
Chen Shiyi cursed angrily: "What's the name of the ghost? Fight to the end? Then come over here. I will kill none of you, and no one will survive."
Zhang Yanling stretched out his hand to stop Chen Shiyi, frowned and thought, and soon understood. The shelling of Colombo City that started yesterday accidentally destroyed the Ceylonese people's Tooth Relic Pagoda. The king of Ceylon was on the tower at the time. As a result, there were many consequences.
All purchases of the Buddha's tooth will be reimbursed.
After this, the people of Ceylon gathered together and began to attack the dock. Last night, they also carried out a night attack with no fear of death. I am afraid that the trigger of all the subsequent events was exactly the same.
It was thought to be the result of the collapse of the Tower of Tooth and the death of their king.
Of course, the Ceylonese people had colluded with the Folangji people. Even if these things had not happened, they would have launched an attack. But the degree may not be so fierce and crazy. After killing their king and destroying their Buddha tooth, they
He became even more crazy and irrational.
"Prince Kled, Prime Minister Mahame. I didn't expect that such a thing would happen. It is really regrettable. We have no intention of destroying your sacred objects. We are not interested in your sacred objects. This matter is a conspiracy."
It's really weird. We have no intention of offending your beliefs, and we are not here to offend you. We don't want to see something like this happen," Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
"Is it enough to shirk all the regrets?" Mahame said solemnly.
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "I'm not shirking responsibility, and there's no need to do so. It was a misunderstanding, and we have explained it clearly. Other than that, I don't need to express any apology to you. Maybe you should think about it,
Is this a divine punishment?
What? It was your actions that led to all these shipments. Our artillery was not very accurate, but it hit your Tooth Relic Tower from a few miles away. This may be God's will. This is
Your Buddha is blaming you and punishing you."
Both Mahame and Kled have changed their colors. As a country that fervently believes in a branch of Theravada Buddhism, they have always regarded themselves as the most orthodox and pure branch of Buddhism. The rest of Buddhism has changed.
Yes, heretics who have abandoned their doctrines, only they are orthodox. If this is said to be a divine punishment, doesn’t it mean that they were abandoned by Buddha. Then the foundation of faith will collapse, not only for individuals, but for the entire country of Ceylon.
Everyone will fall into collapse and madness.
"Mr. Zhang, if you keep uttering blasphemous words, then we have nothing to talk about. Although I, the Ceylonese, are not as powerful as you, but even if you occupy the Colombo Port and drive away our people, I believe you
I will never find peace. I
We will continue to harass you and take our lives in exchange for yours. Even if our blood stains the entire country of Ceylon, you will never be able to conquer this place. You will never expect to live in peace for a long time." Prince Kled stood up.
He touched his chest, stroked his beard and said loudly.
"Oh, this old guy is getting into trouble."
"I'm afraid you are crazy if you dare to threaten us at this time."
The Ming soldiers on the big ship started shouting and cursing.
Zhang Yanling waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Prince Kled, you came here today without sincerity. We have nothing to talk about. Why do you pretend to be so indignant? You can't do anything here.
Lord, Francois is your master. Your master didn't come forward, but he sent you to negotiate terms with us. Isn't it a joke? I have reason to believe that you are just delaying the war and have other plans. Two people
If we don't kill the envoys, I will not embarrass you. You can go ahead. I can tell you clearly that our army will land ashore tomorrow morning. I put my words here. If we are attacked by you, I will give the order.
Massacre the city, leaving no chickens or dogs behind. I advise you to discuss a countermeasure with Mr. Fo Lang tonight. If you are sincere, let Mr. Fo Lang come forward and bring you to talk to me. After tonight,
You won't have any chance."
Prince Kled smiled bitterly and said: "Folangji people? These bandits have run away long ago. Munilia, this bandit, used my Ceylonese as a shield and deceived us and said that he would fight side by side with us. As a result, at noon today, they
people bring
The property and family members plundered from us have already fled. I sent people to stop them, but they actually killed the officials and soldiers I sent to dissuade them. The Francois are a group of shameless people. It is better to count on a dog than to count on them."
When Zhang Yanling heard this, he was shocked and angry, and immediately burst into laughter.
"So that's it. It turns out that you were abandoned by the Folangji people. You felt that you couldn't compete with us, so you came to negotiate with us. Hahahaha. You Ceylonese people are really soft, flexible and strong. I admire you, I admire you.
tight."
Prince Kled blushed and said: "Whatever you say, in short, we don't want to continue fighting. We hope to turn the war into friendship and end all this. I think Mr. Zhang is not an unreasonable person. I hope that there will be a relationship between us."
It can calm down this dispute that has caused too many deaths. If you are willing, we might as well sit down and talk in detail."
Zhang Yanling kept laughing. She said in a deep voice: "Okay, no one wants to fight, so let's have a good talk. However, before that, we have to confirm whether what you said is true. I will send a team of soldiers ashore.
Let’s see if the Folangji people have left as you said. How do you know you are not lying, deceiving, and setting up a trick and trap?”
Mahame shouted: "You actually doubt our integrity. We are the people of Buddha..."
Zhang Yanling waved her hand to interrupt and scolded: "Come on, do you still have integrity? In the eyes of our Ming Empire, the integrity of your country of Ceylon has long been lost. Don't blaspheme this word."
Mahame's face turned red and she just snorted without saying anything else.
Prince Kled sighed and said: "Forget it, just do as Mr. Zhang said. You just send people ashore to have a look. We express our sincerity and hope that you can also show goodwill. I have a request. I hope Mr. Zhang can
promise."
"Huh, you didn't ask for it first, so you have to ask for it instead." Zhang Yanling sneered.
Klie said solemnly: "Our request is not high, we just hope that we can ask Mr. Zhang to allow our people to retrieve the ashes of their relatives for burial and to comfort their grief a little. Mr. Zhang, is this too much?
"
Only then did Zhang Yanling understand that the group of women and children holding earthen pots gathered in the distance actually wanted to collect the ashes of their deceased relatives and bury them. Of course, Zhang Yanling would not refuse this request. Originally, she had planned to go ashore after
The ashes of those burned corpses washed into the sea. It would be best if they were collected and buried.