The negotiations ended temporarily at noon. In other words, they broke up on bad terms.
Regarding all the conditions put forward by Helena, Wang Hong and Liu Tan only gave one sentence after listening to them: You are not allowed to have your spring and autumn dreams!
When Franji was still trying to argue and explain, Wang Hong and Liu Tan had already left in a hurry, and they did not look back despite Campbell and Athol's shouting.
Helena asked instead: "When will the afternoon meeting start?"
Wang Hong said: "To be determined." Then he and Liu Tan got off the boat and left.
Everyone in the Franco Kingdom was furious, but they had no choice but to hold emergency consultations to discuss how to continue the negotiations.
They discussed and discussed, but there was no good solution. In the end, both Campbell and Athol put the blame on Helena, blaming her for not having any effect. After blaming her for not communicating with Duke Daming in advance,
So he threw out these conditions without authorization, causing the other party to walk away.
Helena did not make any excuses and only said one thing to them: You have shown me what shamelessness is.
In the late afternoon, Athol and Campbell accompanied Helena to the castle to meet Zhang Yanling. This was the result of their discussion. They wanted Helena to meet Zhang Yanling, and through Zhang Yanling, they pressured Wang Hong and Liu Tan to continue participating in the negotiations.
They felt that as long as Helena spoke to Zhang Yanling in person, Zhang Yanling would give her face and agree to her request. But because they were worried that Helena would tell her what she was being coerced, they had to go along.
As a result, they came up short.
They were told that tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, an important festival of the Ming Dynasty. The Duke and Miss Catherine went to the streets to buy food and drink to prepare for tomorrow's festival.
He also asked if the two negotiators Wang Hong and Liu Tan were there and invited them to go to negotiate. He was also told that the two generals had gone out of the city with their troops and horses to practice and would not return until dark.
Athol and Campbell looked at each other, stamped their feet and cursed. These guys from the Ming Empire were so rude, they actually left people like themselves here. It was simply unreasonable.
The two discussed in private and felt that there was something wrong with the previous domestic judgment. First, Miss Helena could not influence the conclusion of favorable terms of the negotiation. Second, the domestic judgment that the Ming Dynasty would be eager to reach this agreement was wrong.
, the other party probably doesn’t care about the agreement between the two countries.
Athol and Campbell decided to make some gestures to test the situation. Otherwise, being passive would not be an option.
So Athol asked Helena to tell the Ming officers guarding the castle that in view of the Ming Dynasty's negative attitude towards the negotiations between the two parties and the lack of strong desire to reach a reconciliation between the two parties, the Franconian delegation decided to return home immediately and terminate the negotiations. This triggered
All the consequences must be borne by the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty still wants to negotiate, they can only go to Lisbon, the capital of the Franco Kingdom, for negotiations.
The purpose of this was naturally to test the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty people and verify their true attitude towards negotiations.
Helena has been in a state of dissociation, doing whatever they say. Helena only thinks about one thing: the relationship between the Duke and Catherine is extraordinary. She used to agree with this, but
Now I don't know why, but I feel inexplicably sad. It would be great if I could play with them without any worries.
After returning to the pier, they stopped for half an hour, and when they estimated that the news had been reported to the ears of the Duke of Ming Dynasty, the two French sailboats began to slowly weigh anchor and prepare to leave.
The two Folan motor boats made a lot of noise, blowing their horns and shouting loudly to raise their sails, as if they were afraid that the people on the pier would not know about it. This pretentiousness did attract a group of people stationed on the pier.
The Ming Dynasty patrol troopers and horses came to the attention of the team, and they ran over to ask.
"Are you leaving the port? Have you reported it to the Duke and the others?" the leading officer asked loudly.
Assol stood on the deck and said indignantly: "We can come and go freely, and there is no need to report to your Duke. You Ming Dynasty people are not negotiating in good faith, so we don't need to negotiate anymore. We will return home and cancel the negotiation."
After Athol finished speaking, he waited expectantly for the other party's reaction. In the end, the officer just yelled: "Okay, I wish you a safe journey."
Assol stared at him with bulging eyes, feeling very annoyed. But since it was just a show, he had to keep doing it, so he ordered the ship to set sail.
The two sailboats left the port at an extremely slow speed and sailed out of the port at an extremely slow speed. They wished they were slower than a turtle crawling, just to delay as much time as possible and give the people of the Ming Dynasty time to come and save them.
However, the dock was empty. A few cargo ships were loading and unloading goods, and a group of Ming Dynasty soldiers lined up and patrolled the dock. No one had looked at them since they left the shore.
Athol and Campbell were going crazy. No matter how slow the speed of the ship was, it would eventually get further and further away from the shore. Soon it left the port. Facing the vast sea outside the port, looking at the setting sun on the sea, watching
The scene behind them was empty and there was no sign of stopping. Athol and Campbell looked sad, messy in the evening breeze.
"Do you really want to leave?" Athol asked.
"The agreement has not been reached, and we are going back like this. How can we explain it? His Majesty the King said when seeing him off that this is an extremely beneficial opportunity for our country of Franconia. Although the East has suffered a setback, it is completely possible to use this agreement to win over European countries.
We must make up for our losses. There is no room for failure. We cannot leave," Campbell said.
"But we have already let go. If we don't leave, wouldn't it be embarrassing? If we talk to them later, wouldn't they be even more arrogant?" Athol smacked his lips.
Campbell looked at Helena, who was sitting in the cabin with her chin on her back, looking at the sunset, and whispered: "She announced that she was leaving, not us. If it's embarrassing, it's her who's embarrassed. I think we have to use a honey trap. Yes.
Let Helena and the Duke be alone. The Duke of Ming Dynasty is a lecherous guy, and maybe Helena's cold attitude made him feel unhappy. We have to allow them to be alone."
"But... Helena may not be of the same mind as us. What if she doesn't obey the control?" Athol said.
"How could she not care about her family's life and death? If she really didn't care about this, we would have lost control of her long ago. This is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If she wants to treason, can we stop her? Why not let her be confused?
Duke of the Ming Dynasty, make it clear to her. The agreement must be reached, with additional conditions...at least one or two. Let's not speak harshly, and don't drive her crazy. Once a woman goes crazy, she can do anything. This is
I speak from experience," Campbell said.
Athol nodded and said: "I agree. For the sake of God, this matter should be over as soon as possible. I don't want to stay here for a day anymore. These Ming Dynasty people are too difficult to deal with."
The two entered the cabin and whispered to Helena for a long time. Helena listened and looked at them laughing, making the two of them blush, as if their hypocrisy had been seen through.
"Aren't you two gentlemen slapping yourselves? Hey, what's the trouble? People in the Ming Dynasty are soft but not hard. We are a defeated country and we are here to seek peace. We still can't let go and think we are superior. Isn't that right?
Humiliating yourself? How ridiculous." Helena sneered mercilessly.
Campbell and Athol held back their anger and remained silent.
"You make up your own reasons, I don't care. You can leave as you please and come back as you wish. Anyway, I'm just at your mercy. Lest you accuse me of not cooperating and threaten the lives of my mother and family members." Helena
Got up and went back to the cabin.
Campbell and Athol glared at each other, and finally ordered the ship to turn around and enter the harbor.
Entering the port again and docking. The patrol soldiers on the pier came over again. The officer raised his face and asked loudly toward the ship: "Didn't we leave as promised? Why are you back again? Did you leave something behind?"
Assol replied angrily: "We found signs of an approaching storm on the sea, so it is not suitable to set sail. We want to leave, but the storm is too dangerous."
"storm?"
The officers and soldiers on the dock looked at the sky. The sun was about to set, and the stars had already appeared in the sky. It was an extremely clear weather. The wind was not strong and it was blowing slightly. It was an extremely suitable weather for sailing. There was no sign of an approaching storm.
"These Francois are all lunatics. They are clearly looking for a way out for themselves, but they insist on saying there is a storm? It's really funny."
"No, if you fall down, you still have to do the horse pose. You want to save face."
"They think we are afraid of them leaving. They think that Ming Dynasty is only interested in negotiating peace with them. Don't they know that we don't care at all. The domestic fleet is on the way. When the time comes, we will attack their country and destroy them. Talking about peace is nothing."
"Shut up, can you say such things? If they hear you, you are on guard. Shut up."
"What are you afraid of? They are so arrogant that they won't believe it. Besides, they can't hear it from so far away."
Campbell and Athol's expressions changed dramatically, and they almost sat down on the ground. They could understand Ming's language, but they just pretended not to understand for the sake of pretending. Only when they heard the soldiers talking when they left, they realized
It turned out that he had fallen into the conspiracy of a Ming Dynasty man.