Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1263 After the voyage to the Western Ocean ([-])

Whether or not to sign the treaty, and how to sign it, should have been a matter for the foreign affairs department that came to negotiate.

But in this era, communication is extremely inconvenient, including this dispatch of troops, the fleet has already arrived in the Mediterranean Sea before all negotiations with France have been completed.

Another one is that the conditions proposed by Spain this time were unexpected.

The ancients said that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so the orders of the rulers outside the country will not be accepted.

This matter is a bit similar, but different. This is not a question of whether the emperor accepts or not, but that Dashun did not expect that Spain would produce a capable person, and actually put forward such a condition.

Although people in Dashun are no strangers to this, this so-called free trade zone plan within the empire looks very similar to the suzerain-vassal system in their view.

For example, can North Korea independently trade with the outside world?No, because Dashun refused.

Does North Korea have an emperor?No, because the emperor of Joseon is Emperor Dashun, and North Korea is just a kingdom.

This set of things, placed in the imperial free trade zone in Spain, including the Spanish federal empire model that was conceived later in history based on this economic system, is actually similar.

The economy is a very important thing, and the German reunification event in history certainly cannot avoid the German Customs Union.

If free trade and tariff unification within the Spanish colony can be achieved, it will certainly be good for Spain.

However, even if it is very easy for Dashun to understand this matter based on its suzerainty system, it is more in line with Dashun's traditional cognition.

But this situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

After all, this involves the Luzon issue.

The premise of signing this is to admit that Luzon is a land not expropriated.

So is Dashun interested in Luzon?It's hard to talk about these people who are negotiating, and it's hard to talk about it, and the responsibilities involved in the future are too great.

As for whether you are interested, from the point of view of inertia, first go to Nanyang, then take over Macau, then replace East Timor with Honolulu, and take over Benkulu to take India... Whether Dashun tolerates an external force in these places on the doorstep In Luzon, people who came to negotiate felt that it was not easy to talk about.

Is it possible for the imperial court to take Luzon backhand after solving the European problem?This, the imperial court did not say, so who can guarantee not to take it?Just like a few years ago, who would have thought that Dashun could directly send troops to India, and even send a fleet to Europe?
Who can tell?
At that time, after signing a treaty not to conquer Luzon, wouldn't the future be bleak when going back?
When he hesitated here, he hurriedly sent someone to Menorca Island to inform the Seventh Prince Li Yan who was here.

After all, the prince probably can bear this big pot, if it will be a big pot in the future.

Chen Qinghai and other officers with the rank of general and above, as well as people sent by the diplomatic department, discussed this issue in the main castle of Fort St. Philip.

Since they are all his own people, Chen Qinghai didn't hide anything, and said openly: "Speaking of Luzon's matter, now that I think about it, I'm afraid that Duke Xingguo allowed George Anson to supply supplies in Guangzhou, so he became murderous. .I guess the original intention of the Duke was to allow the British to occupy Luzon, and to fight together in the future, and to draw Spain as an ally."

"I never thought that a wise man will make a mistake if he is careful. Even the Duke of the country did not expect that the Spaniards have a dead tree and a spring, and Jenkins won the ear war. Luzon returned it again, which is difficult."

Li Yan also had a similar opinion, and said: "I think you can't have both. Xing Guogong wanted to have the best of both worlds. He overwhelmed Portugal and the United Kingdom on the opium case and the teaching case. Now I understand it." , He wants to force Britain to exert its strength in India and drive away our 'good' ally, 'good' instructor, the French."

"But if you scare them and let them go to India, then Luzon is naturally tasteless to the British and it's a pity to discard it, but it's just tasteless. It's normal to return it to Spain after a draw."

"At that time, the Duke was just betting that the British would violently attack Spain and not return Luzon. Then he would scare the British and let him go to India to prevent the opium case from happening again and drive away the tigers. It's just that the British were not very strong. Didn't win."

As the war started, some things gradually lowered their secrecy level, and military officials at the prince and lieutenant general level gradually understood Dashun's strategic games over the years.

This matter, in fact, has already been said to be inseparable.

In short, Liu Yu wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, but he messed up, and Lu Song made a mistake.

It can also be said that the situation changed because of Dashun's move to Nanyang, so Britain's interest in Luzon was greatly reduced-it originally wanted Luzon as a gateway to Nanyang and excluded the Dutch.But the Dutch were beaten away by Dashun, and Dashun reduced the price of spices with small profits but high sales to suppress Portugal's spice industry in South America, which made Nanyang's allure to Britain drop sharply.

If spices still have a shocking profit of 1600%, of course Luzon is very worthwhile.

However, in order to combat Portugal's spice industry in South America, Dashun gave up the method of burning spice trees in the Netherlands to artificially create scarcity. Instead, it frantically shipped spices to Europe to make small profits but quick sales of cabbage prices, let alone 1600% profits. I'm afraid that 160% is gone now, and the average profit margin of spices was almost 16% when it was the lowest.

Of course, Portugal's South American spice industry was basically killed by Dashun.Because of the lack of labor in South America, the labor cost is still much higher than that in Southeast Asia.

However, Dashun is a double profit.Because Nanyang spices are actually exchanged for handicrafts in the Songsu area with silver as a medium.The handicraft products themselves also have excess profits.

So of course Dashun could afford it, but the Dutch couldn’t do it back then, because he had to go to India to buy cloth and pay an 8% tax on currency exchange. Anyone who comes has to pay.

However, you can't have both the fish and the bear's paw. In the end, India got it, but Luzon got rid of it.

Now that the situation has become like this, the Luzon issue has become an issue that must be clarified in the cooperation between Dashun and Spain.

After a lot of discussion among the people, these people from the new school finally reached the final key point.

Li Yan also learned from Liu Yu when he was young, and his thinking mode has already quietly changed after being immersed in it.

He knew a few people who might be there, and they should understand what was going on, but it was hard to say.

They don't say it, they say it themselves.

"You guys actually understand that this matter, in essence, is still the enactment of the 'law of etiquette' for the future world."

"The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period? The Chinese Empire Free Trade Zone, the Spanish Free Trade Zone, the French Free Trade Zone, the English Free Trade Zone, and the Baltic Sea Free Trade Zone have divided this earth. Each plays its own game."

"It is also said... that the emperor intends to set up rituals, so as to achieve free trade around the world, dismantle Spain, dismantle France, dismantle England, Guyana, and Liberia, so that it is impossible to form a free trade zone. A small country has to participate in the new etiquette and law dominated by the country with the most developed industry and commerce?”

"Looking at it now, no matter which one we choose, it will be beneficial to us."

"Of course we have signed a treaty with Spain, which doesn't mean we can't choose the second option. If Spain wants to build their Spanish-speaking free trade zone, they have to find us. As for Luzon, it will never fly away."

The rest of them have been indoctrinated by Liu Yu for so long, so they can naturally distinguish between the concept of global trade and sphere of influence trade zone.

But they also have their own judgments on whether to be the Emperor of Rites or the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

But Li Yan changed the subject and said: "But the key to this matter is not the Luzon issue at all. Rather, Spain, a country, wants to use us to maintain the advantages they have accumulated over the past 300 years. Now he has It is shaky, but as long as we can really help them, it is really possible for them to complete the transformation of this suzerain-vassal system."

"It's just that once Spain takes the lead, other countries will learn from it."

"If you think about it this way, is it better to collect tariffs to make money? Or to monopolize trade products and do business on your own to make more money?"

"I'm afraid that at that time, all countries, except Britain, France, Spain, Austria and other countries will all follow the trade model, and their monarchs will control the profits from the trade between the East and the West to fill the treasury."

"But I have been thinking about the meaning of Xing Guogong for these years. He hopes to engage in free trade. At that time, there will be no restrictions on the ships going to sea. Even I think he will only use it as a temporary tool for the Western Trading Company, which is monopolized and used. Throw it away like a shoe."

"And if Spain takes the lead, in fact, we can only engage in this kind of monopoly and exclusive mouth-to-mouth docking trade."

"After all, after this battle is over, the three major geopolitical conflicts in Europe mentioned by the Duke will be temporarily resolved, and all countries will be busy with the aftermath."

"That is to say, there will be a new international etiquette order, and this international etiquette order must be participated in and led by this dynasty."

"If the treaty with Spain is signed now, it will be dead for a long time in the future, and it is basically the model of the free trade zone with each sphere of influence of the five hegemons. The world market and leading free trade that the Duke expects will be difficult. exist."

"Of course you don't have to sign."

"But if you don't sign it, I need to ask you: Are you confident that we will take Gibraltar under the premise that Spain does not participate in the war and does not block the isthmus?"

"If we can win, when the war will end is all in our hands. After a long delay, Spain will be broken, and Britain will also be broken, because our smuggling ships can criss-cross their colonies, within two years , the original trade lines of the colonies of the two countries will collapse.”

"Talk about it."

Everyone pondered for a while, and the strategy of the Privy Council was basically determined.

That is to use the threat of landing in France to tie down the main force of the British fleet.Taking advantage of the smuggling advantages of Dashun's cruise ships and abundant commodities, the British finances collapsed.

During this period, because Dashun's cruise ships can control the sea, Dashun can fight for as long as he wants. The trade will only be affected this year, and it will fully seize the share of the British East India Company starting next year.

Including tea, silk, cotton cloth, etc., the tea from the West Indies and North America will come from the merchant ships of Dashun instead of the auction tea after the East India Company paid heavy taxes in the London tea market.

So, what about Spain?
Theoretically, Dashun can also use the same method to deal with Spain, or to cheat Spain.

Even if Luzon's original plan to kill with a knife failed, taking a step back, Dashun hoped that Dashun would dominate the trade of the Spanish and Latin American colonies.

Whether it's paying tariffs or paying a huge monopoly fee to the Spanish royal family, it doesn't matter.

Even if you give the Spanish royal family 50 taels or even 100 million taels of silver a year, as long as the Spanish royal family says that Dashun's merchant ships can freely trade in the Spanish colonies, it will still make money.

If this can be achieved, Dashun can of course make arbitrary concessions in the direction of Luzon.

However, I didn't expect that there were also experts in Spain, who obviously wanted to use the power of Dashun to stabilize the old colonial system.

Anyway, at the time of the Pope's Meridian Treaty, apart from Luzon, Spain focused its energy on the Americas.

The awakening of Dashun is a disintegrating blow to the old colonial system east of the Cape of Good Hope.But the Americas, especially Latin America, have had the least impact.

The Count of Arlanda in Spain recognized the crisis of Spain's disintegration, so he insisted on this point, hoping to maintain the old colonial system through Dashun.

This is in Spain's best interest.

Dashun provides cheap goods, the Spanish government gets high income, and the local power of Spain uses the goods to complete the de-Americanization of the Americas.

To put it simply, the conflict between Dashun and Spain is not about trade.

It's a trade model.

Yes, at the handover of Luzon, Spanish merchant ships brought Chinese goods to the Latin American colonies?

Or, instead of handing over in Luzon, the cargo ship of Dashun, carrying Chinese goods, went to the colonies in Latin America?
This is no longer a question of "who will make the profit from the second-hand traffickers and the shipping" when Dashun first started to go to the sea.

But given Dashun's current productivity level, which one is more helpful to the development of Dashun's real industry, "Spain's one-port trade" or "free trade"?
That is to say, Li Yan's more abstract question of the post-war situation of being the emperor or the five hegemons.

As long as Dashun doesn't rely on the strength of Spain and takes Gibraltar down by itself, then there is nothing to talk about.

Fight for as long as you want, and keep smuggling during the fight.The initiative after the war is in Dashun's hands, and he will accept it as soon as it is good.

As long as Britain releases tariffs, bans the East India Company, bans navigation regulations, and essentially dismantles the economic cycle of the British colonies, then it can cooperate with the British West Indian merchants and dismantle the Spanish colonial economic system. .

Once these two are dismantled, France will actually be finished, and it will no longer be able to play the model of the free trade zone within the empire.

All of this, it would be nice if it could be achieved.

Of course very good.

but……

(End of this chapter)