Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1493, Allies of Spain

On the island of Fernando in Guinea, West Africa (formerly known as Sao Tome Island), the governor of West Africa, Duke Colster, is meeting Dongfang Yue, a guest from Japan, in his governor's mansion.

"I heard that Luanda in your Japanese country was attacked by pirates?"

Korster took a leisurely sip of the high-quality tea from Daming, looked at the Japanese in front of him, and asked with a smile.

"Your Excellency, it is Fuyun City. Luanda was just the name taken by Portugal in the past. Now it belongs to our country. It is already called Fuyun City, just like this beautiful island in front of you. It was originally called Sao Tome Island, but now It's called Fernando Island."

Dongfangyue glanced at Duke Colster, knowing the other meaning in the other's words, and replied with a smile.

The meaning is very simple, if you are not willing to recognize our country's ownership of Fuyun City, our country is also unwilling to recognize your Spain's ownership of this island of Sao Tome.

In addition, the colonies were all taken from the Portuguese. No one is better than the other. They are all robbers. There is no need to say such things hypocritically here.

"Oh, yes, yes, it's called Fuyun City!"

Duke Colster smiled, thought for a while and said, "We in Spain have already found out the source of these pirates."

"The pirates who are raging in West Africa and North Africa are backed by England, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the Vikings in Northern Europe."

"Many of them were established by these countries directly with money, people, and support. Pirates were even regular troops before, so their combat effectiveness is very strong, their actions are very fast, and the large amount of property they robbed can also be digested quickly. , clean up."

"I've guessed a long time ago that ordinary pirates would have such strong organizational and military power to dare to attack a solid colonial stronghold, and there were not many clues afterwards."

When Dongfangyue heard this, she didn't feel the slightest surprise, as if she already knew about it.

"Your Wa country's colonial strongholds here in West Africa have been looted one after another. Could it be that you just let it go?"

Korster was a little surprised. Spain also used a lot of power to investigate the details of these pirates. Unexpectedly, these Japanese people, who are not too powerful in Europe, can actually Know.

But it doesn't matter, this time the other party came to find him, there must be something, and most of it is related to pirates.

The three colonies of Sunset City, Fuyun City (Luanda, seized from Portugal), and Fushui City (Lagos, seized from Portugal) in the Japanese kingdom seem to be missed by pirates, and they visit them every now and then.

Although the Japanese side also carried out strict defense, it would cause a lot of losses every time.

In addition, these pirates sometimes even stared at the Japanese ships to loot. One after another, the treasure ships were robbed cleanly, and even killed all the Japanese on board, and sent ships to the stronghold of the Japanese.

It can be said that the Japanese people now hate these pirates to the bone, and wish they could kill them all.

It has been several months. The Wa country originally planned to expand its colony in West Africa, but it was held back by these elusive pirates. There was no breakthrough, so that the immigrants here in the colony lived in fear. day.

"Of course it's impossible~"

"We must kill these pirates!"

Dongfang Yue said through gritted teeth.

"Good~"

"That's what I want from you."

"We Spain are also at odds with these pirates, we must wipe them out."

When Duke Colster heard this, he immediately followed suit.

The Japanese people were miserable by these pirates, and the Spaniards were even worse.

Spain has many colonial strongholds and colonies in West Africa. The Japanese people are better, and they can focus on defense for a few colonial strongholds.

But Spain, with its limited military strength and too many colonies and colonial strongholds, is always stretched when facing these pirates, so that the Duke of Colster has written back to the country, hoping to reduce some colonial strongholds. Focus on defense.

However, the Spanish domestic side did not agree with his proposal.

The establishment of a colonial stronghold is extremely difficult. A colonial stronghold often means the ownership of a colony. If you go ahead, the Ming people may occupy it later.

After that, it would be impossible to get it back, and it was impossible to spit out the meat in the mouth of the Daming people.

Therefore, the Spanish side will never agree to reduce the number of colonial strongholds at all, and even now they have to find ways to expand the number of colonial strongholds and seize more colonies.

As for the pirates, just wipe them out.

The meaning of the high-level officials in Spain also made Corster extremely distressed, because there were too many colonial strongholds, and the number of troops and warships in his hands was limited, so he couldn't take care of them at all.

If it is said that the Japanese are harassed by pirates every now and then and are irritated, then the Spaniards are not as simple as being harassed.

Instead, colonial strongholds are looted and breached by pirates every few days, and bad news will be received every few days, so that Korster is now facing tremendous pressure.

On the one hand, it is the pressure in Spain. The king asked him to find a way to deal with these pirates. On the other hand, here in the colonies, the governors of many colonial strongholds are like frightened birds. A large number of Spanish matadors dare not even stay in the colonies. wanted to go back to their native land.

On the one hand, the Duke of Colster seeks the support of Spain to send more troops and warships to West Africa. On the other hand, he is to investigate the details of these pirates and then uproot them to solve the problem in one fell swoop. Get rid of these nasty pirates.

He didn't intend to play endless hide-and-seek games with these pirates on the sea.

I can't afford it, and doubts about him in Spain have never stopped. If it weren't for the King of Spain's trust in him, coupled with his rich experience in combat command, it is estimated that he would have been replaced long ago.

After all, the position of Governor of West Africa is a real lucrative position. The governor of a random colony here can earn [-] taels of silver a year. The position of Governor of West Africa can easily earn millions of taels a year.

I don't know how many people in Spain are jealous of this position, and there are too many people who want to get themselves down.

In addition, the existence of these pirates has seriously damaged Korster's own interests.

He has a lot of land, plantations, gold mines, silver mines, etc., as well as his own merchant ships and companies. Using the power in his hands, he can easily obtain a lot of benefits.

But the existence of these pirates has seriously damaged the interests of the Duke of Colster, and in any case, these pirates must be eliminated.

He was naturally very happy to hear that the Japanese people gritted their teeth against these pirates, which meant that Spain and the Japanese had common interests in this matter.

"How about our two countries form an alliance and work together to eliminate these pirates?"

Duke Colster suggested with a smile.

"How to form an alliance?"

"And how to get rid of these pirates?"

Dongfangyue was very moved, but she still had to ask specific things.

"Conclude a military alliance and advance and retreat together~"

"As for the elimination of these pirates, of course we can't chase these pirates around at sea. That would be chasing after the end. We Spain are going to directly attack England, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands, attacking their homeland, and subduing them."

"Otherwise, even if we wiped out these pirates at sea, and they can send new pirates over in a steady stream, there will be endless, never ending."

Korster said very firmly that this is also something that Spain's top management is currently considering.

I clearly know the details of these pirates, and know that people from countries such as England, France, and Portugal are shamelessly playing such indecent methods.

How can Spain let it go so easily? Spain has won two consecutive wars, so naturally it doesn't mind continuing to fight a third war.

However, the successive wars over the years have also left Spain a little empty, and a lot of wealth has been spent on it. Although they win every time, they can still get war reparations.

However, whether it is England or France, they are all poor now, and the war reparations are also paid over many years. Compared with the huge investment, the one-time payment of war reparations is very small.

This is also the reason why Spain is extremely dependent on the colonies, because the income of the colonies can make Spain recover quickly.

If it goes to war with several countries again now, Spain will appear very powerless, and I am afraid that it will be a situation of winning but losing.

The result Spain wants is to be able to crush these countries one-sidedly, force these countries to sign an agreement at the lowest cost, and obtain the greatest benefits.

This is also a conclusion drawn by Spain after studying the previous foreign wars of the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can it fight stronger and stronger.

In addition, in Spain's two foreign wars, it was often alone and very powerless. It understood the importance of allies, and it would be very detrimental to Spain to start a war without finding allies.

A bad word, when the time comes to defeat, the benefits gained by Spain in the previous two wars may be lost, so it seems to be very cautious. Even if it knows that England, France, Portugal and other countries are using such means, it seems helpless and cannot be used. how are they.

But if you can find an ally, it will be different.

(End of this chapter)