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Chapter 718 Mixed Blood
In the sixth year of Wanli's Waking of Insects, three Spanish youths rowed a single-masted boat, boarded the boundary peninsula, and entered the sphere of influence of the Ming army openly.

They brought an old matchlock pistol that they had obtained by bribing the Spanish sentry. They did not intentionally hide it from the patrolling Ming army, and even asked the Ming army to inform them that they were visiting Governor Almansa.

The Ming army only cared about their own camps and warships, and did not care about the camp of the governor of New Spain next to them. Even for the Spaniards, their eyes were more focused on the military mobilization on the other side. For a few young Spaniards, some It's just prevention, no more control.

As for the handgun, isn't it normal for a Spaniard to carry a handgun?

At least that's what Governor Almansa's guards thought, but they still didn't let the three youths into the camp.

When the incident happened, Almansa was preparing to go to the Ming army camp two miles away to attend a dinner party.

The results of the negotiations have long been sent back to the demarcation peninsula and even to Mexico City on the other side, and sent to Panama through land cavalry, which should already be on the ship to Seville.

He led two guards out of the camp, and saw several young faces arguing with the soldiers on duty in front of the camp gate, and just as he heard the guards greet him, a scream came from his ear.

Fire and gunpowder burst out in front of him, and the lead shot broke the two fingers that were covering it, and then continued to slam into the pitch-black plate armor, leaving a dent the size of a thumb and a flat lead shot.

The three youths wanted to stab with their swords when they missed a hit, but the Spanish Guards didn't give them this chance. Two of them were killed on the spot, and the other assassin fell to the ground and was arrested.

When Fu Yuan heard the news and arrived, Almansa had already been bandaged. Almansa, who was lying on the bed, looked a little weak, but as the news passed, Fu Yuan knew that his poker friend's life was fine.

"As I said earlier, you should go there early, and you can still play two hands of poker with us. I'm tired of playing the 78-card game in Spain. It's time to try the Italian [-]-card game. If you play two hands, you can keep your two cards." finger."

Fu Yuan looked at the black hemostatic cloth on Almansa's left hand with distaste, and ordered his subordinates to go back to the camp to recruit military doctors, saying: "It's right that no one goes to the hospital of the Portuguese in Haojing, it's not as good as my military doctor Well... it seems that it is wise for you to run here, those three people are the new nobles you mentioned?"

If the new aristocrats in New Spain are all such daredevils, Fu Yuan thought about Almansa and hired someone else, they settled the chaos by themselves and then talked about handing over the land to the Ming army.

Almansa dealt with Yuandao with a wry smile: "The church hospital in Macau is for French patients and leprosy patients, they are not new nobles."

The so-called French patients are syphilis patients. The name of syphilis in European countries is the large-scale blame scene, and all of them are pushed to other countries. The Ottomans are the most ruthless, and they directly call this disease Christian disease.

"I also didn't expect that after the despicable English pirates invaded the coast, most of the peninsula nobles and new nobles have supported the handing over of part of the land to the Ming country in exchange for the defense of the Ming army fleet, except for those damn half-breeds. "

After being assassinated, Almansa no longer had any kindness towards the Spanish-Indian half-blood, and propped himself up with his right hand angrily, saying: "They are better than the new nobles!"

The three assassins are all of mixed race.

This situation was unexpected. Almansa sat up and dealt with Yuandao: "I am afraid that their assassination of me is just the beginning. If they are dissatisfied with the status quo, the whole of New Spain will be very dangerous. At that time, the Ming army must provide Helped."

Fu Yuan, who was originally relaxed and even holding a joke mentality, frowned when he heard the governor of the West say this: "I'm afraid there is only one such person in tens of millions. What are you afraid of? I will increase the patrol on the island. No one can do it." Come here again, take care of your wounds with peace of mind."

"No, you don't understand."

Almansa knew very well that mixed races were probably not an exception. For the new nobles and the peninsula nobles, it would be very beneficial for them to lose part of their controlled land in exchange for the defense of the Ming army.

Everyone cares more about reality and themselves. In the eyes of most people, they don’t pay much. Half of Panama is still in the hands of the Spaniards. The land in the north has not been developed before, and what is lost is part of the coast of the original Inca Empire. Just land and desert.

Now it belongs to the Viceroyalty of Peru, and the Indian rebellion there has never stopped. As a result, the mining of gold mines, copper mines and silver mines is not going well. This is why they asked the Ming army for 5 taels of silver a year where.

They spend almost half that amount on maintaining their rule there.

It is only Panama and a few plantation owners there who are dissatisfied, but that is also a problem that money can solve.

The real benefit to the Spaniards is that the Ming army can reason. Although Chen Mu's greed can swallow an elephant, there is still reason to speak of.

English pirates don't care how many you have, especially Drake, whoever you go to grab them is the real danger.

People support or not, all because of money.

But mixed races are different. They object because of honor.

They feel that they have a Spaniard father and feel superior to their matrilineal compatriots. Under the education of the Spaniards, they can pull out the butcher knife to the rebellious Indians without guilt, and they also enjoy the pride and treatment of enslaving others and being superior to others.

There is also inevitably a fragile self-esteem similar to that of an illegitimate child.

For the peninsula nobles and new nobles, as long as the conditions are right, it is not impossible to completely abandon the New World, but a huge harvest is enough.

Mixed-race people can't, even though they despise the aborigines of the New World, even though they despise everything in the New World and even despise themselves, they are worthless if they leave the New World.

"I am very worried about Bernal. He is my legion commander. He is the only Spanish legion leader in Mexico, and the half-race leader's legion has two in Mexico and three in Peru."

Almansa pulled Fu Yuan's robe with his right hand and said, "General Fu, if these bastard legions rebel, please help me defeat them. Only Bernal can't last long!"

As soon as Almansa's words fell, a strong assertion came from outside the tent.

"No more support!"

Shao Tingda opened the tent with a sullen face, looked at Almansa with a weak face, turned his head to look at Fu Yuan, and took a few official documents into his arms.

"Our fleet has just returned from Acapulco. As early as ten days before the old man was assassinated, the beige under him was instigated by other legion chiefs. The six legion chiefs jointly asked them what they called the West India Committee. An application for the removal of the Governor-General is filed."

"Don't worry, you are still the governor." Shao Tingda turned his head to look at Almansa on the bed, sneered with his mouth crooked, and said, "Because of this, the six legion chiefs joined forces with the new nobles to form a coalition army and sent to all towns and ports Letter, decided to launch a war of allegiance to His Majesty Philip of Spain."

"Your people are locked up around Mexico, changing flags everywhere in New Spain."

Almansa's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe the news for a while. He held his left hand in his right hand for a while, looking more sad than losing two fingers, and stammered: "Then, what about Mexico City?"

"Especially in Mexico City, the defenders who obeyed your orders didn't let go. Bernal was elected by some committee as interim governor to work with your bishop—you were exiled!"

(End of this chapter)