Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2078, the relationship between Daming and the Spanish Empire
Here in Hong Kong in the southwest corner of England Island in Western Europe, in the Governor's Mansion of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Governor Tang Bohu is discussing something with Duke Brand, a minister sent by King Charles V of Spain.

"Governor, we need food in Spain, the more the better, and please, Governor, look at the friendly relationship between our Spanish Empire and the Ming Empire, and help us!"

Duke Brand came to Hong Kong to buy food.

Spain, like the whole of Europe, has experienced extremely bad years in the past two years. For two consecutive years, almost all the land has been harvested, which led to the great famine.

However, compared with places like England, France, and Italy, Spain has a relatively better life, because Spain still has a huge colony in West Africa,
Because of the increasingly fierce competition for colonies, the Spanish Empire also increased the development and plunder of colonies, which is different from the low-level colonial methods that only rely on some strongholds to plunder precious metals and ivory in history.

Now the Spanish Empire still learns more from the Ming people, learns the colonial methods of the Ming people, and migrates a large number of people to the colonies in West Africa to develop the colonies.

There are many advantages to this. First of all, it consolidates the rule of the Spanish Empire over these colonies. The existence of a large population makes these places firmly under the control of the Spanish Empire. It is difficult for Korea, Persia, Japan, etc. Take these colonies.

Secondly, a large number of people migrated to the past, which also increased the development of these places, allowing more land to be reclaimed to grow food, cash crops, etc. The benefits of this development are far greater than just plundering the gold from the colonies and silver.

Of course, the population of Spain itself is not very large, and in many cases there is no way to immigrate on a large scale like Daming, which has a lot of people and a little land.

Even if the population of the relocated part has passed, generally speaking, Spain is still sparsely populated. In order to expand its population, it has learned a lot of methods like the Ming Empire. One of the methods is to buy female slaves. Female slaves can not only Work, you can also have children, increase the population, there are many benefits.

Generally speaking, Spain's small life is not bad. In several European wars, Spain has been the winner. Not only has it kept its own colonies and interests, but it has also obtained a lot of benefits from England and France.

Now that there is a famine, other countries have to rely on selling people in exchange for food, but the Spanish Empire has the money to ask the Ming people to buy food on a large scale.

Of course, the Duke of Brand not only represents Spain this time, but also represents the Holy Roman Empire, because the current Spanish King Charles V is not only the King of Spain, but also the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, a Habsburg members of the family.

Therefore, the Duke of Brand also shouldered the task of raising food for the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, the Netherlands and other regions.

(The territory of the Holy Roman Empire is very wide, including later generations of Germany, northern Italy, Burgundy, European lowland countries, etc., with a large area. Later, with the rise of German national consciousness, it was renamed the German Roman Empire)

"Your Excellency, I need to send a telegram to our Son of Heaven on this matter, and let our Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire decide."

"However, this year we have a bumper harvest of grain in many places in Daming, and there is a large amount of sufficient grain. I don't think this matter should be a problem, but the price may be more expensive."

Tang Bohu smiled and said to Duke Brand in front of him.

Tang Bohu in history was conceited and full of economics, but because of the imperial examinations, he could only be a petty official and not an official, so he had no ambitions, but he was always depressed.

Later, even his original wife despised him for being worthless and left him. This dealt a huge blow to him, and finally died of illness when he was in his fifties.

But because of Liu Jin, a time traveler, Tang Bohu is living well up to now, the imperial examination is going well, and his official career is considered smooth. Tang Bohu has been the governor here in Hong Kong for many years.

It can only be said that sometimes people still want to live happily and smoothly, but if they are always depressed, it is difficult for people to live a long life.

Having been the governor of Hong Kong for many years, Tang Bohu naturally knows the situation in Europe very well, knowing that the whole of Europe is experiencing an unprecedented famine.

Shiploads of slaves are transported to Hong Kong every day, all of which are exchanged for bags of grain. These slaves can be bought at a good price when they are transported to the Golden Continent or Africa, and the profits are astonishing.

As for food, the price of this thing is very cheap now. There is a large amount of food on the Golden Continent, and the central Great Plains area of ​​​​Northern Golden Continent is a natural granary.

Although the people of Daming do not focus on developing here, with the promotion of mechanized farming, there is still a huge amount of arable land here, and only a very small number of farmers have cultivated a large amount of food, which not only meets the needs of Daming people in Huangjinzhou, but also There is a large amount of grain that can be exported to Europe.

In addition, in the vassal states and colonies in Africa, along with the continuous development, the attributes of the Ming people's land farming have been brought into play, and these places have also become important food-producing areas.

Especially South Africa, since South Africa got the Monomopata area, which is the Zimbabwe area that is most suitable for agricultural development in later generations of Africa.

After the South African colony acquired this land, they learned the farming methods of Liaodong, Hezhong, and black soil in the Ming Dynasty, and used mechanized farming on a large scale.

Combined with the superior natural conditions, this area quickly became a large granary. The South African colonies could not finish the food produced every year, and a large amount of food was exported to the surrounding states and colonies.

The output of grain is very large, but the population required is very small, and the production efficiency of mechanized farming is very high.

Therefore, the amount of grain in the hands of the people of Daming was so much that there was no place to sell it. If someone bought it, it was naturally a wish.

"That's really good news."

"This year we have experienced continuous rainfall throughout Europe, and the food production is very low. Coupled with last year's drought, the whole of Europe wants to fall into a major famine."

"Your Ming Empire is better. The land is vast and sparsely populated, the land is vast and fertile, and there is too much food to eat."

Duke Brand said with a smile.

He is proficient in Chinese and reads the newspapers from Daming every day. He also knows a lot about the situation in Daming. It has been reported in the newspapers that this year, Daming ushered in a bumper harvest of grain.

In Liaodong, Hezhong, and Heitu provinces in Daming, there is so much grain that no one buys it. In addition, the [-] provinces in Daming's native provinces have also had good weather this year, and grain production has increased significantly.

Although there was a severe drought like Europe last year, and the grain harvest in the northern region was almost wiped out, it had little impact on Daming. Even the plague, which made people's faces change, the people of Daming were able to quickly stabilize and control it. It wasn't affected too much.

This made Europeans have to lament the power of the Ming Empire and the richness of the Ming people.

"Your Spain is not bad. You also have vast colonies on the Gold Coast of West Africa. The land in many colonies is also very fertile. If the land can be developed and utilized, Spain will not worry about food."

Tang Bohu said with a smile.

The relationship between the Ming Empire and the Spanish Empire is very good. Although the original Spanish kings have passed away, the new king Charles V still chooses to maintain friendly relations and exchanges with the Ming Empire.

For this reason, Charles V has always pursued to encourage the import of foreign goods and the export of domestic raw materials. Although such a policy has severely hit the development of domestic industry and commerce.

But it allowed him to get the friendship from the Ming Empire and the support of the nobles in the Spanish Empire, because the feudal nobles in Spain liked products from the East, and they were very enthusiastic about growing cotton and raising sheep. In addition, the hind legs of Spain Milk, cheese, and wine are also favorite products of the Ming people, and they are also the main export commodities of the Spanish nobles.

These are undoubtedly the favorites of the Ming Empire.

The thriving Ming Empire needed a vast market and raw materials. The Spanish Empire catered to the development needs of the Ming Empire. Naturally, it has always been the most important friend and partner of the Ming Empire in Europe.

For this reason, in the past, when the Spanish kings were alive, the Spanish Empire even wanted to marry with the Ming Empire, but this was ruthlessly rejected by the Ming Empire.

The reason is that the Ming Empire has never had the tradition and habit of marrying foreign countries, even though this once made the Spaniards very depressed.

The nobles and ministers of the Spanish Empire have been looking forward to an heir who has the blood of the Eastern Ming Empire to lead them to unify Europe and accomplish an unprecedented feat.

After chatting with Duke Brand for more than an hour, Duke Brand got up and left.

Tang Bohu personally sent Duke Brand to the door, and watched him leave in a Mercedes-Benz.

"This time is a good opportunity to get a sum of money from the Spaniards and the Holy Roman Empire. Spain has not fought any major wars in these years. There must be a lot of money in this pocket. .”

Looking at the departing Duke Brand, Tang Bohu also thought in his heart.

"Ah~"

"Liu Gong has become the chief assistant of the cabinet again, and I don't know if there is a chance to be transferred back to Daming. I am a little tired of staying in Europe."

Tang Bohu sighed. He had been the governor of Hong Kong for many years, but he had never been promoted or transferred, which made him very depressed.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

"We found that there are a lot of stowaways coming to our Hong Kong!"

At this time, officials hurriedly came to report.

(End of this chapter)