Columbus looked at the area where the sailors and crews gathered, it was very dirty, messy, and poor, compared with the orderly and clean Penglai City, it really made people not have the slightest intention of going here to see.

Looking at the Da Ming people on the dock again, they were all neatly dressed and tidy, like gentlemen, and he immediately understood why the Da Ming people didn't let these people into the city.

"Colster, my friend, welcome to Penglai City!"

At this time, someone walked over and said to Colster.

"Jiang Liang~"

Colster's eyes lit up slightly when he saw someone coming, and then he opened his arms.

Jiang Liang last went to Europe on Colster's ship, and the two established a good friendship and relationship on the ship.

They learn each other's languages, Jiang Liang speaks Spanish, and Kolster speaks Da Ming.

"Let me introduce you to Mr. Columbus, our Governor of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, who was the first hero in Europe to discover America."

Colster was very enthusiastic about introducing Columbus to Jiang Liang.

"Welcome to Penglai City, Mr. Columbus~"

Jiang Liang smiled and welcomed.

"I'm so disturbed~"

"This Penglai City is really beautiful~"

Columbus smiled and praised the city of Penglai.

"Thank you Mr. Columbus for your compliment~"

"Inside please~"

Under the leadership of Jiang Liang, Columbus and Corster entered Penglai City.

Although Penglai City is not big, but it is extremely prosperous, the streets are very spacious, there are a large number of shops on both sides, since the news reached Daming, there are ships from Daming to Jinzhou one after another.

The people of each trading house are non-stop to transport goods to Penglai City, and trade with European merchants here in Penglai City.

Although people have been restricted from entering Penglai City, there are still merchants from Europe everywhere in Penglai City, who are constantly bargaining with people in shops, sometimes loud and loud, and they are all spread to the streets outside.

"God, you are really vampires, this candy is only one tael of silver and one pound in your Daming, and now you want to sell me five taels of silver and one catty, you are too dark~"

"Sir, you also know that it is in Daming, we have traveled thousands of miles to this Penglai City, only to earn five times the price of you, it is not expensive at all, you ship it to Europe, this pound of sugar can be sold for five taels of gold, you earn more."

"No, no, although I also make a lot of money, but the risk I take is also big, if I encounter pirates, it will be even more useless, so your price is still too expensive, if it is cheaper, I will ask for four taels of silver."

"Sir, this is already the lowest price, no matter where you ask, it is impossible to lower the price than mine, and I only sell you 1,000 catties, and there is no way to sell you 10,000 catties."

"God, I can give you five taels and one pound for the price, but please sell me as much as I need."

"There's really no way, the amount of sugar we shipped is limited, and it is impossible to sell it all to you, if you want it, don't let me sell it to others."

"You Ming people are really rich and won't make money, a thousand catties is a thousand catties~"

“……”

Listening to the sound of bargaining coming from the store, Columbus was also lost in thought.

The profit of trade with the Ming people is very high.

Not to mention anything else, just the snow candy of the Ming Dynasty is very popular in Europe, and it is a just need for nobles and royal families in European countries.

When entertaining friends or holding a banquet, if there is no snow candy, it is very low-grade.

Placing a pot of snow candy next to a large number of foods and drinks is not only a way of hospitality, but also a symbol of strength and respect for guests.

This kind of snow sugar from Daming, the taste is pure, there is no trace of miscellaneous taste, the color is snow-white, the particles are delicate, it is the top condiment, and it is deeply loved by European nobles and royal families.

Europeans like to eat sweets, but they don't produce sugar themselves, and even if they do, the production is very small, and the quality is not good.

This led to the fact that in Europe, the price of sugar was very high, and only the real nobility and the royal family could enjoy it, and ordinary people could not afford to eat sugar at all.

These snow sugars from Daming are extremely expensive compared to gold in Europe.

But in Daming, the price of this snow sugar is very low, and transporting a boatload of snow sugar back to Europe from Penglai City is enough to make people rich overnight.

"If Spain can monopolize trade with the Ming people, then we will really get rich."

Columbus's eyes reddened slightly.

He didn't come here in the Americas for anything else, the purpose was simply for gold and silver, and when he first explored new routes, it was also to reach the Ming Dynasty and India, so as to obtain Ming porcelain, silk, Indian spices, and so on.

Ming porcelain, silk, cloth, spices, snow sugar, glass products and so on are very popular things in Europe, and you can make a lot of money by shipping them back from Penglai City, so simple that you don't need any technical content.

The only thing that needs to be done is how to monopolize the trade with the Ming and deal with the disgusting pirates.

Under the leadership of Jiang Liang, they soon arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, Tian Erniu warmly entertained them, food, wine, and fragrant tea, so that Columbus couldn't help but admire, the Ming people are really good at enjoying it.

The food, the shelter, the use, everything is so beautiful.

When he arrived, Columbus felt as if he was a country man in the city, as if he was backward.

"Mr. Tian invited me to Penglai City this time, there must be something to discuss, right?"

On the top floor of the City Lord's Mansion, everyone is full of wine and food, sitting together, having a pot of tea, adding some snow sugar, and looking at the Golden Bay in front of them and the busy port, it is really a pleasure.

Columbus looked at everything in front of him, and it was very beautiful.

"Since Mr. Columbus asked so cheerfully, then I'll be straight to the point."

Tian Erniu smiled, then pointed to the ships in the harbor and said, "Don't you think there are too many ships coming to Penglai City?" ”

"The Portuguese, the French, the British, the Dutch, the Romans, plus you Spaniards, and the merchants of all European countries have almost come to Penglai City."

"Mr. Tian, what does this mean?"

When Columbus heard this, he thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up slightly, and then asked.

"What I mean is very simple, too many people come to the Golden Continent, come to Penglai City, this is not in the interests of our Daming, the entire Golden Continent is our Daming, but after they came to the Golden Continent, they established a colonial base here in the Golden Continent without our consent."

"And look at those people, dirty, messy, they are all a group of robbers, posing a threat to our Penglai City, and last time there were pirates who wanted to ransack our Penglai City."

"There are too many people, too many people, and we want to reduce some people and only do business with a few people."

Tian Erniu smiled and said.

"Mr. Tian, you mean to expel some people?"

Columbus was slightly excited, Tian Erniu's meaning was already very clear, it seemed that it was not impossible for the Spaniards to monopolize trade with the Ming people, as long as the Ming people were willing, everything was possible.

"I mean that we only trade with a few people, and we sell our goods to anyone, and we want to find some long-term partners, so that we can be more worry-free, and we can better protect the interests of our Daming."

Tian Erniu said lightly.

"Mr. Tian, our Spanish Empire has always respected the Ming Dynasty very much, and we were the first to contact the Ming side, presumably Mr. Tian should also know the strength of our Spaniards at sea."

Kolster said with some excitement: "Please also hand over this trade right to us Spain, we can raise the price appropriately, this is no problem." ”

"Yes, please also ask Mr. Tian to give us this trade right to Spain, we are all old friends, and we will never treat old friends badly."

Columbus also said excitedly.

"There is no problem at all with the right to trade to you Spain, but accordingly, you Spain must recognize our Ming Dynasty's sovereignty over the entire Golden Continent, and of course, we will also recognize that the place that your Spain currently occupies belongs to your Spain."

Tian Erniu smiled and said, sure enough, as long as these Spaniards are willing to cooperate, then there is no problem at all in cleaning up the forces of other Europeans on the side of the Golden Continent.

At this time, the power of the Spaniards at sea is undoubted, and they are definitely the most powerful existence in the whole of Europe, even on the side of the Golden Continent, the power of the Spaniards is the most powerful.

Hearing Tian Erniu's words, Columbus and Colster pondered, the Americas are very large, and the places they have surveyed are still very small, but they are already much larger than the whole of Europe.

The Ming people have always propagated that this America belonged to them, and they used it to exile these Indians, and that they and the Indians were actually the same ancestor.

There is a lot of gold and silver in the Americas, but it is not easy to find it, and you have to dig it yourself, if you can have the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty, then there will also be a lot of wealth pouring into Spain.

For Spain or the whole of Europe at this time, their colonization of the foreign sea was not actually for land, but for the acquisition of gold, silver, spices and other wealth.

So think about it carefully, admit the Ming Dynasty's ownership of the Americas, it's nothing, anyway, they don't have so many people in Spain to immigrate overseas, and the population of the entire Spain adds up to several million.

The Ming Dynasty is different, they have a large population, it is said that they have a huge population of more than 10,000, so they need a lot of land to settle the huge population, and they value the land here in the Americas very seriously.

Thinking about this clearly, Columbus smiled and said: "We Spain have always respected the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty here in the Americas, and our colonies are very few, only limited to some islands in the Caribbean Sea. ”

"If the Ming side is willing to hand over the trade rights to us Spain, we Spain are also very willing to recognize the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty over the Americas."

"And we can also guarantee that we will not establish new colonies here in the Americas in the future and infringe on the Ming Dynasty's right to rule the Americas."

"Haha, that's great~"

"If you are willing to admit this, then we will hand over the right to trade to you Spain separately in the future, and as for the price and quantity of goods and commodities, we can negotiate separately every year."

When Tian Erniu heard this, he immediately laughed happily, on the issue of sovereignty in the Americas, although Da Ming has always declared it to the outside world, he is also shameless to recognize these natives as relatives.

But the Europeans don't admit this, the Americas are so big, how can it be cheaper for you Ming?

Everybody is not stupid, everybody wants to make a fortune here in the Americas.

Of course, the most important thing is that everyone doesn't know how powerful the Ming people are.

On the east coast of the Golden Continent, the strength of the Ming is not strong, and the most important thing is that there are no powerful ships yet, and there is no way to pose a threat to these Europeans.

So for Daming's side, it's all birds that rely on you.

flocked to Penglai City, and then built colonies in the area of Golden Bay and the Caribbean coast to facilitate trade with the Ming people.

Now the Spaniards are willing to recognize the sovereignty of the Ming over the Golden Continent, and that's fine.

At that time, as long as the two sides sign an agreement, the entire Golden Continent will be nominally the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be untenable for the Europeans to snatch it again in the future.

As for whether everyone admits this agreement or not, the key depends on the strength comparison between the two sides.

If the Ming Dynasty is strong, they will admit it if they don't admit it.

If the Ming Dynasty is weak, these Europeans will not be a Golden Continent, and they will even dare to hit your lair.

The reason is so simple, the key is to look at strength.

But sometimes, it's important to admit it.

Because in this way, you can take advantage of the righteousness, and if you are strong, everything will be logical.

"Great~"

Columbus and Colster clenched their fists excitedly, but soon his eyes were on the many merchant ships in the harbor.

So he frowned and asked, "But other countries will definitely not give up willingly." ”

"They don't want to give up, they have to give up."

Tian Erniu said lightly, then thought about it and said: "I heard that there have been a lot of pirates in the Caribbean recently, and they are very rampant, which has seriously damaged the interests of our Ming Dynasty and Spain. ”

"I wonder if you're interested in working with us to wipe out pirates here in the Americas?"

"Caribbean piracy is rampant?"

"Clearing the pirates in the Americas?"

When Columbus and Colster heard this, they thought about it carefully, and immediately understood what Tian Erniu meant, this is to join forces to clear the people of other European countries from the Americas.

"Haha, yes, of course there is, we in Spain have long hated those pirates~"