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Chapter 955 Different
In fact, he doesn't even remember Li Dan's Christian name. In retrospect, he said it casually, but he really didn't expect it to have a miraculous effect.

Philip has never heard that the famous Li Dan is also a Catholic!

Li Dan felt that this was a miracle!
He saw Philip's eyes light up suddenly.

There is no way, not to mention that the monks who baptized him were Portuguese monks, even the Spanish monks would be ashamed to mention that they had done such a failed mission.

Li Dan's identity undoubtedly brought the two of them closer in Philip's heart. This kind of human closeness is mysterious and even unreasonable.

Everyone Philip saw every day was Catholic, but they did not bring him such closeness.

And it is precisely the appearance of Li Dan, a Ming countryman with whom he has never lived, and Ping feels close because of this relationship, just like meeting a fellow countryman in a foreign country, it is a sense of security that people suddenly get when they are surrounded by heavy anxiety.

Sometimes this sense of security will gradually disappear or pass by without other conditions, but sometimes the relationship between the two parties will be rapidly improved.

His Royal Highness remained calm, he knew very well that his feelings for Li Dan belonged to him, but what they were talking about now was not a personal matter, he slowly described: "This is too general, I need to know more accurate information, for example The first benefit is not to be an enemy of the Ming Empire, so where is the boundary of the Ming Empire?"

"Will General Chen be satisfied with winning constant victories, governing New Spain, and renting Seville, or is he accumulating strength to prepare for the next war? What I want is not a guarantee, but to know what exactly you want. "

Philip still didn't understand what Chen Mu was doing. If it was hostility, even if Chen Mu didn't do anything, the Spaniards would think that the Ming Empire was extremely hostile and threatening to them.

But Ming did not take away the silver-producing Peru and the rich and strategically important West Indies after the war, but chose the desolate northern America, half of New Spain, and a desert in South America.
It's like Philip didn't understand why the Spaniards had to face endless Indian rebellions when they ruled the New World, but the Ming Empire was able to organize them into households and the people smoothly.

This phenomenon can be attributed to the cognitive gap. It appears that only a small number of Spanish monks who did not hold great power mentioned the powers given to Indians as 'human beings', but that was only for religious purposes and a little embryonic humanistic thought.

The views of affirming the value of people and emphasizing human nature in the Renaissance are changing the inherent cognition of feudal society, but the changes are limited in a short period of time.

The Renaissance that took place in Europe was very great, but it had little reference for Ming Dynasty—first of all, it was the bourgeois capitalists, who obtained part of the voice of the feudal aristocracy through wealth accumulation and strengthened their status, but followed The most farmers are not very relevant.

Secondly, even if the peasants are dehumanized, it is useless, because there is no theological restraint in ancient China. What is restraining human nature?That is, even the sexual posture is prescribed by the church for you.

Daming didn’t have it, Daming not only didn’t have it, but he was a little too greedy for pleasure, so that the rituals broke down, and he made pictures on paintings, bottles and cans, Tang Yin’s, Qiu Ying’s, and drifted across the ocean to the whole world including Europe, standing , hugging, sitting, lying, sideways, cross-legged, in pavilions, in the wild, on horseback, greatly enriching the experience and knowledge of the European people.

Let them know what real freedom is!
In this door last year, why did the human face look like a peach blossom, huh?

There were so many things Philip didn't understand.

"Da Ming wants to make friends and make money, and has no intention of conquering more of your lands. My adoptive father specifically instructed me when he asked me to come. The Ming and Western countries don't know much about each other. They value and need different things. I need to be careful. response."

"My adoptive father is not easy to get along with. According to him, due to lack of understanding and poor communication, the Ming and Western countries can only use guns to complete the dialogue. Now Spain can't speak, so it can only adapt."

Philip is still confident. Although he lost twice, he still said: "If the war starts again, the Ming Empire may not be able to win as smoothly on the waters of Spain."

Li Dan nodded, it was recognized.

What Philip said was correct. The Spanish fleet has good combat effectiveness. He estimated that if he wanted to fight a meaningless war at sea with equal strength, it might take a while for the Japanese military government to build an Asian outpost five or ten years later. However, according to the current situation, Beiyang still has strong logistical capabilities to fight a battle off the coast of Spain.

To fight, at least the size of the fleet must be equal. In a decisive battle, the strength of a ship does not play a decisive role. Maybe if you are unlucky, you will be hit by a shell fired from a stone cannon.

But fools only fight wars, as long as three six-armed fleets attack coastal ports day and night, burn a port this month, burn a city next month, and run away after robbing, you can't survive in Spain, and the rebellion in the Netherlands is still smooth Injustice?

"Don't worry, my lord. I'm not the adoptive father. The adoptive father has given me full authority over the leased land of Seville and Spanish affairs. I only know a few superficial truths."

"First, there are many ways to make money, and wars come and go quickly."

"Second, if you treat me well, I will treat you well; and vice versa."

"Third, I, Li Dan, promise to others, no matter what, I must do it."

"Fourth, if you do something wrong, you must correct it."

"Now I believe in the king, and I want to trade with the king. I promise to sell [-]% of the total trade goods to the king at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price. I will get [-]% of the tariff points and [-]% of the local tax revenue for the royal family."

Li Dan said a word and raised one finger of his left hand. After all five fingers were opened, he slowly lowered his hand, looked at Philip and said, "Now, what can the king give me? A piece of land without a port that can be used to raise pigs." ?”

Fei Lao Er slowly took a breath. To be honest, Li Dan said that Chen Mu was not easy to get along with, but in fact, His Royal Highness thinks that Chen Mu is much easier to deal with... At least he can listen to whatever he says, without guessing or thinking. And believe in one truth.

If he has big fists, he will bully you; if you have big fists, it will be you who bully him—in the eyes of this person, winning or losing is everything.

But Li Dan is different. Philip thinks Li Dan is more difficult to deal with because he looks like a woman.

This is not derogatory, but the difference between Li Dan and Chen Mu. Chen Mu will tell people what the consequences will be if they don't listen to him, and then tell you what you should do.

Li Dan does not tell you the consequences, and gives you the right to choose, let you choose the answer he wants you to choose, and all wrong answers will bear the consequences he did not say.

It was a strange feeling. A king shouldn't be intimidated by a foreign minister, but Philip was indeed a little worried at this moment that he might say the wrong thing.

Even for a moment, he was worried.

"Personally, I can accept that someone like you manages a part of Seville in my kingdom, but as the king of Spain, Portugal, England and the Low Countries, I cannot accept that the customs duties are completely controlled by the Ming Empire. You are not the same as merchants. , so I need to sign a new treaty."

"As you said, you are good to me, and I am good to you. The treaty is largely unchanged, but the tariffs and so-called extraterritorial items need to be rewritten."

"In return, I agree to lease the entire west bank of the river in Seville to the Ming Empire with the inland river as the boundary, and hire the Governor of New Seville, His Excellency Li Dan, to concurrently serve as the tax officer and judge of the new Seville, with a salary of 60.00% of the leased land tariff income six, of which 30.00% three is allocated for the construction of the leased land, and the other 30.00% three is paid to the Ming Empire’s Oriental Army as a hiring fee, paid by the royal court, and the time limit is 100 years.”

Li Dan clasped his hands in front of him. He knew what Philip's change of rhetoric meant. He pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "67, I can't let you earn that point!"

(End of this chapter)