Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 553 Strong Country and Weak Country
Downstairs is the large square, with more than a dozen gallows lying there, corpses wearing bishop's robes and silver crosses swaying in the wind, all the livid faces have obviously been dead for a long time, and the old men with their tongues sticking out , the wrinkled skin still showed an incredible expression.

This scene made the Spanish mission swaggering over embarrassing a lot. Several of the accompanying officers put their hands on their sword hilts angrily, but the leader was wearing a gentleman's hat, a suit and a cane, and a The old man with a particularly big belly was the most sensible, leaning on a cane and hoeing, he turned around and yelled a few words in Spanish, suppressing the commotion team.

At the gate of the governor's mansion in the castle, Li Dingguo proudly crossed his arms and glanced provocatively at the resentful Spanish officer, and then opened the gate of the governor's mansion with disdain. When they arrived at the door, the Spanish officers watching this scene were even more angry, and one even rushed up and grabbed Li Dingguo by the collar.

He was short in height, but not bad in imposing manner. Li Dingguo also grabbed his collar with his backhand. The two officers' eyes were bloodshot. With the loud scolding on the forehead of the hot-blooded Spanish officer, the unlucky officer had to bow his head and retreat back to the line.

Now Ming people are not afraid of making troubles, they are eager to make troubles, the Spaniards are out of most of the flag in Southeast Asia, they really want to fight, and the port is closed, just after a long journey in the Pacific Ocean, the tired Spanish treasure ship With 800 million to tens of millions of taels of treasure on his body, his surname should be Song.

It's a pity that the governor of New Spain really could bear it. He held down the officers who were about to move with his stomach, and watched Li Dingguo step on the king's flag fiercely, leading them in in front of him.

The governorship of New Spain covers all of Spain’s colonies in America and Asia. In terms of size, it’s not much smaller than the current territory of Ming Dynasty. The governor of New Spain is basically either the royal family or the king’s most trusted aristocrat. His status is also one of the best in Spain. Although he was given a big shot at the door, the specifications that should be there are still there. A round table conference room is also full of people. Basically, big and small figures in Manila have arrived, especially the major shareholders Cao Sanxi, Qu Boju , is also among them.

When it comes to rights, Sun Chuanting, Zhang Huangyan and Scarface are not as good as them. After all, the general meeting of shareholders can determine the fate of the entire West India Company, and they are just executors.

Song Qingshu's words played a lot of role. In the past few days, Hong Chengchou has also begun to try to integrate into this new ruling operation. However, he still doesn't like a few businessmen. He would rather sit in the back row than stand next to each other. The two of them.

There are so many meetings these days. Even sitting in the enviable position of the speaker, Song Qingshu seemed a little unmotivated. After standing up politely to welcome the white-haired old fat man, he sat back in his seat. Song Qingshu secretly called He yawned, but Cao Sanxi and Qu Boju were obviously quite interested. There were many American specialties on the Spanish treasure ship, such as puma skins, cigars, coffee and many precious dyes. These commodities are also in short supply in China. Goods, especially coffee, unknowingly became popular in the economically developed Yingtian area, and they were obviously very interested in doing business with the Spaniards.

After some useless diplomatic rhetoric, the Marquis of Buenos greeted Chongzhen Emperor Sheng'an, and Song Qingshu also greeted the wife and sister of the King of Spain. Immediately, the negotiations officially began. roared and jumped up.

"I ask you to immediately stop the persecution of the holy Spanish citizens and release the bishops and nobles. It is illegal for your mass execution of nobles!"

"Hehe, then it was legal for you Ximan to massacre Chinese businessmen and expatriates? These bastards deserve what they deserve. If you are not convinced, let's fight again!" The translator finished the translation, followed by Li Dingguo, who also patted the table He jumped up, and the negotiating table was already full of gunpowder at the beginning of the negotiation. Seeing the red eyes on both sides, Ambassador Manstein hurriedly squeezed his small eyes into a smile, and first looked at the The Spanish officer yelled a few words in Spanish, and then explained with a smile.

"Don't blame General Ming, we are willing to respect the agreement of the Manila contract, and the trial of war criminals in the former Manila colony will follow the rules of Ming Dynasty!"

Everywhere these days, whoever has the hardest fist is the boss, and now Daming has a hard fist, and Song Qingshu said that the tortoise flies in the sky, and these Spaniards have to admit it, and they will soon have to ask Daming.

"My lord, although there was some unhappiness between the Holy Spanish Empire and the Ming Empire a few days ago, the two sides have reached a consensus. Let the unhappiness in the past dissipate with the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Everyone has to move forward. Look!"

"For the sake of the friendship between Daming and Spain, my Marquis of Buenos is willing to dispatch a fleet to fight side by side with the Ming fleet, declare war on the Dutch blasphemers in Batavia, and bring to justice the war criminal Pedro who committed heinous crimes in Manila Yifa! Send him to the stake of the Inquisition!"

It was still Chinese in the Spanish dialect. Ambassador Manstein spoke so impassionedly that all the saliva poured into Hong Chengchou's teacup opposite. The disgusting old Hong hurriedly brushed the teacup aside. Didn't notice that the sneer on Song Qingshu's face became more intense.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I, Da Ming, have no blood feud with the Dutch. We can resolve Pedro's problem through negotiations, so I won't bother you. After you have a good rest in Manila, you should go home as soon as possible, Mr. Song Here’s wishing you all the best of luck.”

For the sake of the friendship between Daming and Spain, it sounds good. It’s not that the Dutch blocked the Strait of Malacca. The Spanish fleet can’t get through by themselves, so they want to join forces with Song Qingshu to defeat the Dutch East India Company. Last time in the Titus Islands, Song Qingshu was already fooled , Blocked a shot for them once, and he would be a fool if he suffered a loss.

Sure enough, Song Qingshu's polite refusal, no matter the big fat Marquis of Buenos or the little fat Ambassador Manstein, both of them changed their faces, stuttering for a while, before Manstein shouted eagerly: " General Ming, you don’t know that the Dutch are greedy and arrogant. They have no less than 150 fleets in the East Indies, and they will never give in. Now that Ming has regained Taiwan and occupied Manila, the Dutch will sooner or later If you come to the door, without the help of my Spanish fleet, Daming will be very passive!"

"Did you see the window?"

Standing up suddenly, Song Qingshu pointed to the newly installed large glass, of course, not to show off the glass, the Governor's Mansion is one of the commanding heights of Manila City, looking out from here, the pride of the West India Company, Hai Dayu No. [-] The huge ship is mooring quietly in the port. Compared with its titanic body, the Siamese merchant ship and the Annan merchant ship next to it are just like toys!
This is a symbol of national power. Even if the king of Spain wants to build such a huge ship, he has to consider the cost. But in this era of great navigation, Ming's GDP can even account for a small half of the world, but Song Qingshu has this capital one after another. Looking at Hai Dayu's mighty body, even a large group of Spanish officers were envious.

"General Ming's giant ship is simply a masterpiece of God. It's amazing!" Manstein complimented him sourly after looking at it for a while, but he almost couldn't breathe after Song Qingshu's words.

"In another three months, two such ships will be launched from Yingtian and Tainan shipyards. If the Dutch refuse to negotiate, I can form a strategic fleet with four giant ships and mobilize 40 troops to completely drive out the Dutch. , Your Excellency Governor, you have been doing business with Daming for a long time, you should be aware of the strength of Daming, right? The population is trillions, the army is countless, and you actually said that the little Netherlands will be a trouble for Daming, huh."

That contemptuous tone, that proud look, Song Qingshu's expression at this moment almost caught up with Zhao Ritian, Hong Chengchou and Cao Sanxi couldn't help but twitched their mouths. With astonishing restraint, if Zuo Liangyu had this kind of financial resources, it is estimated that his soldiers and horses could exceed one million, but now the navy and army plus one is only a little over [-]. Now that the Ming Dynasty is divided, even the shareholders are afraid of this amount of soldiers and horses. I feel that some are not enough.

But the gringos don't know, judging by Song Qingshu's expression, what the Marquis of Buenos heard was ashen-faced, with an army of 40!Back then, the idiot Pedro planned to declare war on the Ming Dynasty and conquer the capital with [-] troops. Judging by the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, luckily the battle was not successful.

In his heart, he scolded Sir Pedro for offending Daming again. The Marquis of Buenos, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help it. He muttered a few words in Spanish with an ugly face, and pretended not to. Ambassador Manstein translated with a mournful face.

"General Ming, these treasure ships are loaded with tributes from the American colonies to the Holy King of Spain. They are very important to us. If you can help the governor to cross the Strait of Malacca, you will gain the friendship of my Holy Spanish Empire. Think about it!"

"Hmph, isn't there a proverb in the West that there are no mangy dogs at the lion's banquet? I want your friendship with Spain to be of no use. In naval battles, you have lost successively to England and Holland. In land battles, you have been beaten in a mess by France. In this war, the Emperor faction has already lost, why should I form an alliance with you?"

After speaking, the Spaniards Buenos and Manstein blushed like tomatoes, and their faces trembled violently...

(End of this chapter)