open sea

Chapter 453 The Strongest

The signing of the two treaties was not easy. Although they were both plenipotentiary envoys, both the governor and the king had given the bottom line before departure.

As long as the Portuguese is the governor of India, as long as it can avoid conflict with the Ming Dynasty, all lands except Goa can be equally divided and controlled by Chen Mu. The Portuguese will get the most of the customs, and Chen Mu will take the less, [-] or [-] points, and share the military affairs equally Sign the covenant.

Originally, the Governor of India wanted to take advantage of the advantages of the Iberian Peninsula, together with the Governor of Spain and Mexico, to send troops to persecute Chen Mu, but he did not expect that Spain would lose much faster than he imagined. Naturally, this plan was out of the question.

Spain can’t talk about the bottom line. Their bottom line is that they will only pay [-] tons of silver this year, and the goods will be sent to Mexico as a result of the treaty, and there must be raw silk in the goods. After two years of delivery, it is already closing down.

But none of them could have imagined that Chen Mu would make all kinds of requests. Even if it was full power, they couldn't guarantee that Chen Mu's request was within their purview.

Fortunately, Portugal said that the fleet can return with Chen Mu's suggestion, and they can know if the matter is successful next time they come over, but it is not so easy to go back to Spain.

In the end, Tang Juan almost warned him not to get involved in the Potosí silver mine, but Chen Mu lightly retorted: "What do I want the silver mine for? I sincerely want to lease a piece of land in Seville and open the Trade routes allow cultural exchanges.”

"Being friends is better than being enemies, isn't it?"

Tang Juan's eyes widened, "My friend, won't you sell me raw silk?"

"If you don't sell raw silk, the Son of Heaven will not allow raw silk to flow out."

Chen Mu didn't blush at all when he said this, because the customs of the Ming Dynasty did not allow the sale of raw silk, regardless of Haojing or Yuegang, even smuggling.

In the past, it was only the local navy who interrogated the smugglers, and sometimes they were not in charge of the navy, but now it is different. The first checkpoint is the officials sent by Zhang Juzheng, and the second line of defense is the navy. For overseas transportation, there are also warships from the Nanyang Army Government checking the sea.

The Banner Army of the Nanyang Army has its own standards of rewards and punishments. If someone hides illegally, the flag army of the same ship will report and verify that the goods will be rewarded with 15 taels.

Under the triple insurance, it cannot be said that there are absolutely no seas, but there are very few.

"But don't worry your king. How much does a bolt of silk and satin sell for? This trade route has been opened up, and there is no need to go back and forth. I will do it all, and you don't have to work hard in Mexico. My merchants will directly pay [-]% of the market price." Sell ​​it to the king, and he will find someone to sell it to."

Chen Mu's eyes widened, he raised his forehead vigorously, tried his best to increase the credibility of his spoken words and even showed his forehead lines, he said: "Let me analyze for you, what is the current situation, Spain is very rich, but the royal family Heavily in debt, he can only hand over the power of taxation and mining to others."

"The royal family doesn't pay taxes, it's a vicious circle."

"If the goods are directly delivered to the king and sold by the king's cronies, the money earned belongs to the king. Only when the king has money can he recruit more troops, build more warships, and defend your territory, right? "

"Look at me, Ming. I've been sitting here doing nothing and making money. I'm losing money when I go to sea! Our officials are particularly opposed to my going to sea."

Chen Mu pursed his lips, making up nonsense and making up a set of nonsense, seeing that Xu Wei beside him couldn't stand it, so he hurried out and asked someone to serve tea.

The moment he walked out of the room, Xu Wei heard Chen Mu patted his breastplate and said proudly: "But I am a man with a vision, do you know a vision? I have a long-term vision! Don't care about how many taels of 10 taels of silver. Gains and losses, what do I care about? I care about cultural exchanges!"

Cultural... exchange?
Tang Juan blinked, not knowing what Chen Mu was talking about.

"Although you were defeated in the battle, I think Spain is a very respectable opponent. Ming and Spain should understand each other."

The proud nobles of the Iberian Peninsula nodded after hearing the praise from the enemy. As for what Chen Mu said is not important, you see, he said that we are respectable opponents!
"Only if you understand me and I understand you, you can sit down and talk when you have different opinions. You don't need to fight or die. Daming and Spain are so far away, and there is no conflict of fundamental interests."

"Lend me a piece of land, think about it, what's the use of putting those lands there? But we can open a window and teach you my excellent things, literature, poetry, when you speak Chinese well enough, You can also learn more in-depth knowledge, and your excellent arts and crafts will also be passed on to me, all you need is a piece of land that is not vast, what is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.”

"Trade makes us more prosperous, learning makes our country stronger, which is ten times better than war!"

Chen Mu had the fanatical expression on his face that only the most devout believers could have. In a posture that Tang Juan was not used to, he stood by the window with his arms around his shoulders and looked at the endless sea in the distance. He stretched out his arms, "For this, I will give The price of 100 million taels of silver, think about it, Ming and Spain, the two most powerful countries in the world combined."

"Ten or 20 years later, we know enough, and with brotherhood, when we think your religion is good enough, you may be able to harvest tens of millions of believers..."

Chen Mu turned his head with an exaggerated expression different from the solemn expressions of Ming Dynasty officials and asked, "Is your religion good enough?"

Don Juan's eyes were a little out of focus. He looked at the huge warship belonging to the Ming Dynasty moored in the sea, and thought about the situation of tens of millions of believers. The same height of war.

He nodded firmly and said, "Of course excellent!"

"Great, I believe you, now is the time for God to put you to the test, are you willing to pay, no, are you willing to lease out...that little bit of land?"

The corners of Chen Mu's mouth turned up, and he continued to bewitch: "This is not only a long-term benefit, but in the short term, if that piece of land is lent, I plan to station [-] infantry there. You feed them, and if the situation permits, they can even fight for you, think about it, this is like a legendary hero story, the former enemy becomes a partner fighting side by side."

"No one in the world can stand against the coalition of the two most powerful countries in the world!"

Don Juan almost believed it.

Just a little bit short, when Tang Juan was about to agree, he suddenly had a question in his heart, and asked Chen Mu: "If this is the case... why didn't Daming lease us a piece of land?"

"Well, let me tell you, don't tell anyone."

As if telling Tang Juan some great secret, Chen Mu raised his right hand to cover the corner of his left mouth, and whispered: "My colleagues are too short-sighted, they only know how to build artillery, build ships, and train troops, and then go to seize the territory. Wherever you go, you want to grab it, and if you see people are easy to bully, you have to kill them!"

"Look at the small countries around you, like Portugal. Ask the old people in Macau how Wang Hung treated them before Mr. Chen came, and how Zhu Wan treated them... that's not a big deal. A Tuen Mun naval battle is to kill them all as Japanese pirates!"

Seeing Tang Juan's staring eyes full of horror and doubt, Sai Lugong was very relieved.

It's not in vain to talk nonsense!
Of course, in his heart, Chen Mu wanted to apologize to the two deceased old men. The apology was not sincere, but the respect in his heart was sincere. Fighting against aggression and winning was undoubtedly a hero.

Even if the old men knew about it, they would probably give him two kicks in the ass in their dreams, and they wouldn't be really angry.

He decided to turn around and build a small temple for the two handsome men in Haojing.

He turned stiffly and said: "Why am I being good to Portugal? I think about them for all benefits, because we have cultural exchanges. In my eyes, this is the most important. Now such a good thing is the turn of Spain. We must seize the opportunity. Ok?"

(End of this chapter)