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Li Wei knelt down on his knees, raised his head and replied sincerely: "The villain didn't intend to hide it, but at the time the villain was ignorant and didn't know how to tell the story of Spain taking this route."

After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei thought to himself that this person is quite good at talking.Don't say that you conceal it, but just classify it as ignorance, which is completely different in nature.

"I didn't talk about Spain just now, so why did you know that I was asking about Spain?" Zhong Jinwei asked further.

Li Wei still maintained a sincere expression, and replied to Zhong Jinwei: "The villain's trip to North America, I deeply realized that the Spaniards may have a great impact on my Ming fleet. Therefore, when Lord Hou asked, the villain The first thing that came to mind was the Spaniard."

After hearing this reason, Zhong Jinwei nodded slightly, which made sense.

The reason why he asked this question was because he was the only person in charge of the voyage who survived.If he is unreliable, consider the authenticity of the information he provides.

Although there were still sailors in the returning fleet, those people did not participate in the core discussions.Only responsible for sailing, some things can not be very clear.

Of course, through them, they can also verify the authenticity of these things provided by Li Wei from the other side.

There is no need for Zhong Jinwei to worry about these things, and the factory guards will come forward.

Seeing Zhong Jinwei nodding, Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Did you meet any Spaniards during your trip?"

Hearing the emperor's question, Li Wei quickly bowed his head towards Chongzhen and replied, "Yes, the two bow ships are carrying supplies back to Mexico."

When Wen Tiren heard it, he was very concerned, and he also asked aloud: "What is their attitude?"

"Warned each other for a certain voyage, and finally they walked away."

Whether there is hostility or not, it is really hard to judge, Zhong Jinwei asked: "In your opinion, if I, Ming Dynasty, go to North America on a large scale, what attitude will the Spaniards have?"

"The villain dare not speak nonsense." Li Wei knew that this reply would affect Daming's vassal feudalism in North America, so he dared not answer directly.

Zhong Jinwei saw Li Wei's state of mind, and he said with relief: "It's okay, you are a person who knows the Spaniards well, and based on what you know, the court will judge whether it is right or wrong."

Emperor Chongzhen saw all these in his eyes, and he also said: "Just answer the truth."

With the promise of Zhongxing Hou and the emperor, Li Wei no longer has any psychological burden, so he expressed his speculation: "This encounter with the Spaniards, if it weren't for the officials of Ming Dynasty and the water camp on board, the villain would have guessed that the Spaniards They will plunder our fleet. These Westerners don’t think highly of us Ming people, they are profit-seeking people, relying on the strength of their ships and guns, they often do this on the sea.”

"The villain thought that they were returning with a full load of goods on board, and they couldn't figure out what the meaning of my Daming officials appearing on this route, so they didn't do anything. But if they figure out the purpose of my Daming in the future, I'm afraid they will Specially send a fleet to intercept it, even if it breaks face with Da Ming."

"However, in the short term, we probably won't officially tear ourselves apart with the officials of Da Ming, because they still want to do business with Da Ming. If the relationship with Da Ming becomes stalemate, and there are Dutchmen in the waters near our Da Ming, we won't have them." What happened, this is what they don't want to see."

"These are just speculations made by the villain based on the little information he knows about the Spaniards."

After hearing this, Yang He, Minister of the Ministry of War, raised his head slightly, and said in a proud tone: "There are no Dutchmen on the coast of Daming."

Li Wei heard the sound and looked over, seeing Yang He's expression, he couldn't help being secretly surprised. Could it be that the Dutch have already been expelled?

Li Wei didn't believe it, but judging by the words of this scarlet-robed official, it seemed to be true, and it was my Daming who did it.When did the Daming Navy become so powerful, you must know that the Dutch are even more powerful than Spain at sea!

No one gave him an explanation, but Zhong Jinwei turned his head and played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Li Wei's speculation is similar to what I estimated before. The Spaniards will not be affected in the short term, but in the long run, it must be a hostile relationship. .Even if they don’t come to make trouble for us, Da Ming, we will avenge the Indians and bring Central America under Da Ming’s control.”

Because of the strength of the Daming Navy, it is already predictable to rise above the ocean.As long as the Dutch warships are imitated, and Daming's own cannons cast by the iron cast cannon method are erected, no matter whether it is a ship or a cannon, it will overwhelm Spain.The only thing the Spaniards might have had an advantage was the familiarity of the sailors with the warships, but as time went on, this was not a problem.

Zhong Jinwei even thought that when the lucky boat with [-] materials was built, it would be like having a Ming aircraft carrier.

All the supplies can be loaded by Fuchuan, so that more warships can be freed.Imagine a few lucky boats with six thousand materials sailing on the sea, surrounded by imitation Dutch warships, sailing mightily to Mexico and Southeast Asia, this scene is very cool to think about.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei said those words based on this.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and expelled the forces of Westerners from America, which was the ultimate goal of the Ming vassal.

When he was about to speak, Zhong Jinwei suddenly showed the kind of smile that snatched the candy from the children's hands, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen first: "Your Majesty, you robbed the territory of the Westerners, oh no, it is to help the Indians liberate them from being invaded by the Westerners." In fact, it is a good way to quickly establish a North American vassal state."

Although the Chinese nation is very diligent and good at building homes from scratch, but they can rob ready-made towns, as long as they meet the requirements in terms of morality and strength, they will naturally not resist this approach.

After hearing what Zhong Jinwei said, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, even went out and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with Zhongxing Hou's idea. But since the imperial court is going to send sailors to fight it down, it can't be given to the vassal king, and Daming will directly control it." Wouldn't it be better!"

He always remembered that Hou Zhongxing said about the geographical value of Central America, as long as a canal connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean is dug, the money will flow in.

Anyway, digging canals is not new to Daming, and he has a lot of experience.

This topic has actually been mentioned before. At that time, in order to encourage the princes, they did not do this kind of thing where I eat meat and you drink soup.

But after all, the benefits are so great that the Minister of the Household Department brought up the matter again, wanting to eat this piece of fat.

Li Wei was stunned when he heard it. In the eyes of the Ming officials, the powerful Westerners seemed to be like fish on a knife board, and they could cut it as they wanted.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little moved when he heard this, and wanted to eat this piece of fat, but he was afraid that if he did this, the feudal kings would unite and make trouble, which would instead affect the national policy of feudal North America.

He hesitated for a while, and then said: "It's still early, all the ministers, let's discuss the construction of a large supply point first!"