Liu Pei's remarks aroused the approval of those present. In the cognition of everyone in the Ming Dynasty, Han talent is a nobleman! What are a bunch of monsters with red eyebrows and green eyes? Besides, the ancestors have said it a long time ago. Yidi can't be counted as a human at all!

In fact, from the second half of the 16th century, Spain began to try to establish contact with China. For example, he sent envoys to China many times to ask for the establishment of trading stations, but the Ming government refused.

As a result, when they see that the soft ones are not working, they come to the hard ones. In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, in 1599 AD, the Spanish admiral Samdio led a fleet to Macao and asked to set up a stronghold there, but the Ming Dynasty government refused. As a result, the Ming Dynasty immediately sent troops, and the Spaniards were completely defeated by land and water, and finally fled in disarray.

Both soft and hard have been used, and the Spaniards have touched a nose of ash every time. The Spaniards who have met a lot have also learned to be obedient. Decided to find a place that Da Ming couldn't see. So in the decades after the Battle of Tiger Leaping Gate, the Spaniards continued to send people to operate along the coast of China, intending to find a place that the Ming Dynasty "couldn't see". The last thing they found was Taiwan.

From the end of the Wanli period, the northern border troubles were getting worse, and the rise of the Houjin regime in Liaodong was the big trouble in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty.

It was in the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, in 1626 AD, that the Spaniards saw that their old rival, the Dutch, had already occupied the southern part of Taiwan, and if they didn't make a move, they would have no chance! At the same time, the famous "silver mine crisis" occurred in Mexico, the North American colony of the Spaniards, that is, the silver deposits in Mexico, which was originally rich in silver, were close to depletion, which was a major event related to the survival of Western commercial countries!

At this time, Japan is the world's emerging silver-producing country, from the second half of the 16th century, with the discovery of a large number of silver mines in Japan, Japan's silver ore production surged, although its own products are barren, poverty is still still, but in the first half of the 17th century, Japan in Chinese historical materials, has the title of "group of silver country", it can be said that "poor only money"!

As a result, Japan became a lifesaver for the silver-poor European countries at that time, and most of the areas of activity of Chinese maritime merchants during this period also turned to Japan. So the Spaniards saw an opportunity, and in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the Spaniards attacked Taiwan, first landed in Keelung, established a stronghold, and then occupied the Huwei area three years later, formally annexing the northern part of Taiwan.

The Ming Dynasty, which was busy with the war in Liaodong, could no longer take care of the changes in Taiwan at this time. The Spaniards are even more daring! First of all, they boldly changed the names of various parts of Taiwan, such as Jilong Mountain, where they landed, and they named it Santiago. On the Heping Island in Keelung Bay, there was the first city tower they built, which they called the city of El Salvador, and they built another city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui, and then they boldly engaged in "slave education", built churches in Keelung and Tamsui, and forced the local Gaoshan people to believe in Catholicism.

Later, the Ming Dynasty ignored them, and simply boldly built the yamen to build a government, they collected taxes in northern Taiwan, forcibly collected Taiwanese deer skins that could be sold at high prices in Europe, and often forcibly drove the Gaoshan tribes into the mountains to collect sulfur for them, causing countless deaths.

What is outrageous is that they also went to Gaoshan villages many times to carry out ethnic cleansing, such as the Yilan tragedy in the fifth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, in 1632 AD, the Spaniards burned, looted, and burned villages in the Yilan area of northeast Taiwan. Comparing what they did to the Indians in North and South America, the 16 years of Spanish rule in Taiwan can be said to be in the same vein.

Initially, the Spaniards also tasted the sweetness, from the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, 1626 AD, to the fifth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, 1632 AD, was the golden age of the Spaniards to occupy Taiwan, when only the port of Keelung alone, there were dozens of foreign ships berthed every day.

But man is not as good as heaven, with the rise of a new generation of maritime merchants on the southeast coast of China, and the conflict with the Spaniards. In the sixth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, in 1633 AD, Japan issued a lockdown decree, which dealt a fatal blow to Spain. At that time, the Japanese shogunate had embarked on the road of closing the country to the outside world, completely banning absolute foreign trade, only trading with China and the Netherlands, and the trade routes of the Spaniards were immediately cut off.

The Netherlands, with its trade privileges, is increasingly catching up. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, in 1642 AD, after more than ten years of competition with the Dutch, the Dutch captured the chicken coop and the Spaniards were driven out of Taiwan.

In Liu Pei's education since childhood, the treasure island of Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, how can it be allowed to fall into the hands of outsiders? Personally, Liu Pei must take Taiwan. With Taiwan in hand, Liu Pei can be regarded as having a solid foundation for immigrating to settle down again. After all, Shandong belongs to the Ming Dynasty and cannot be moved. And Ryukyu was too small to bear Liu Pei's plan.

So in any way, Liu Pei had to expel the Spaniards and the Dutch. And Keelung is a must-win place for Liu Pei! Because there are coal mines, there are iron mines! So don't say that these Spaniards just built a fortress, even if they built a city, Liu Pei also had to knock it down!

You must know that coal and iron are two things that are very important to Liu Pei's future development, but these two things are the least under his rule. As long as Taiwan is taken, Liu Pei will have a stable logistics base and a sufficient supply of raw materials.

Just when everyone was happily discussing how to attack Taiwan and clean up the pirates, Liu Pei's most trusted old bookkeeper pushed his glasses and said dryly: "Dashuai, we have no money." ”

As soon as the old bookkeeper's words fell, the whole room was immediately silent. Everyone stared at the old bookkeeper with angry eyes, as if he was the culprit who sabotaged Liu Pei's plan!

The old bookkeeper doesn't care about the eyes that want to kill. He used this account book to report expenses and income to Liu Pei one by one. Hearing this, Liu Pei and everyone were shocked!

Liu Pei's income this year is really a lot, but looking at the expenditure is not so optimistic! So before the old account room finished talking about the situation, Liu Pei already knew that this year was another blood loss! Not to mention anything else, in the battle just fought, the money in his hand may not even be enough to issue a bereavement pension!

After the old account finished speaking, everyone stopped talking. Fighting a war is not like anything else, how can you fight without money? So everyone looked at Liu Pei with complaining eyes! Boss, what should I do if I don't have any money? You've got to figure it out!

Liu Pei rubbed his temples vigorously, and said slowly: "In this case, I still have a sum of silver in the treasury and use it first!" ”

This silver is a batch of ingots and silver tings minted from the industrial silver that Liu Pei bought from Hyundai last time at a large price. A lot was used for the last disaster relief, and there is still a batch left untouched. It seems that this time these treasures at the bottom of the box will not be saved.

It is estimated that this one, plus the expenditure of attacking Taiwan, will cost more than 100,000 taels of silver! It's almost bottomed out!

The old account room listened to Liu Pei's words, and sighed after two mouths, and then did not make a sound, in the simple concept of the old account room, he had to plan for the owner, if he could spend less, he would not spend one or two! If the silver can fill the treasury of the house, then it is the happiest thing in the old bookkeeper! I am at fault for failing to keep the money for the Lord's house today!

Especially when Liu Pei took him in, his eyes were almost half blind. If it weren't for the reading glasses given by Liu Pei, maybe the family would have starved to death. Therefore, the old account room was more careful about Liu Pei's expenditure. In order to spend a tael less, he dared to quarrel with anyone. Plus he's getting older, and everyone lets him. It did save a lot of money for Liu Bei.

When everyone heard Liu Pei explain the way out of the silver, they all quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on their faces. Liu Pei continued: "How many people are there in Aso's Foreign Legion now? ”

The officer of the staff quickly said: "About 400 people. Aso's father and son returned to China to recruit some wandering samurai and some bankrupt farmers. Now that I have been training for a long time, everyone is already fluent in Chinese. ”

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