Moga's eyes lit up when he heard this, the reason why Acuña was so stubborn, of course, was because as a knight, he had far more paranoia about the honor of knights, but more because Acuña couldn't take out so much money at all, and without the trade tax revenue from China, the financial situation of the Philippine colonies had begun to be a little stretched, just relying on the little allowance given by the Spanish royal family every year like sending beggars, Acuña was afraid that he couldn't even pay the military salary of the guards, If Acuña promised Guo Zhiyuan's condition to return these detained property, he was afraid that it would immediately cause a mutiny, and Acuña, the governor, would also be ousted from power, so it was naturally impossible for Acuña to agree to Guo Zhiyuan's conditions.

But now Guo Zhiyuan's proposal of this plan is a good way to avoid this problem, and it is undoubtedly a good compromise to use the taxes from future trade with China to offset the compensation and the property that has been divided between them, as long as the Spaniards are not allowed to pay cash, this plan is not completely unacceptable. If Moga was able to facilitate this proposal, it would undoubtedly increase his prestige among Spanish citizens in the Philippines and increase his candidacy for the governorship.

Of course, it is impossible for Moga to rashly agree to the plan proposed by Guo Zhiyuan, after all, Acuña is the ***** of Spain stationed in the Philippine colony, and hesitated for a moment and said: "Even if I agree with your plan, it is useless, it is His Excellency the Governor ...... make the decision."

When Guo Zhiyuan saw that there was a door, he was secretly happy in his heart, and said with confidence: "Then what if Bishop Miguel also agrees to this plan?" Will His Excellency the Governor of Acuña change his mind? ……”

Moga looked at Guo Zhiyuan with some surprise, the church power has a relatively detached position in the Spanish colonial system, and Miguel is even more cunning and cunning, never taking a position on colonial government affairs, he really can't think of any way for Guo Zhiyuan to convince Miguel, the old fox, so he shrugged his shoulders and said: "If you can convince Bishop Miguel to support your plan, I have no opinion......

After getting Moga, Guo Zhiyuan returned to the banquet hall, the old god Miguel was sitting on the chair and praying with his eyes closed, and he didn't seem to notice Guo Zhiyuan's arrival at all, but Guo Zhiyuan knew that Miguel actually knew that he was coming, and he deliberately made this detached gesture just waiting for Guo Zhiyuan to come up with chips that could impress him.

Compared with Moga, Miguel, the old fox, is even more difficult to convince, he always puts on a hypocritical face, but in fact, he is more insidious than anyone else in his bones, and only tangible interests can move him, sure enough, when Guo Zhiyuan said the compromise plan he just said with Moga, Miguel just glanced at Guo Zhiyuan expressionlessly, and sneered: "Messenger from the East, you are very smart, and the plan you proposed is also very constructive, but what does this have to do with me?" Our church is only responsible for missions, and I never interfere in government affairs, so I will not say anything about your proposal......"

Guo Zhiyuan had already guessed that Miguel would say this, and said with a slight smile: "Master Miguel, how does this have nothing to do with you?" If we can reach a settlement, our trade relations will be restored, and your church will be able to develop new parishioners among our businessmen who come to Manila to do business......"

Miguel still looked at Guo Zhiyuan with a smile unmoved, Guo Zhiyuan knew that Miguel felt that the benefits he had taken out were not enough, so he gritted his teeth and continued: "In addition, if you can contribute to this matter, we are willing to donate 10% of these trade taxes deducted every year to the church!" ……”

Miguel's eyes flashed, and he stared at Guo Zhiyuan for a long time before he smiled and said: "Mr. Guo, you are the most powerful Chinese you have ever seen, you are a powerful negotiator, okay, I promise you, I will help you speak in front of His Excellency the Governor of Acuña, and suggest that he agree to your plan......" After speaking, he stood up and strode out without looking back, and when he walked to the door, Moga also walked out of another room, and the two looked at each other tacitly and smiled, without saying anything, and left.

Acuña was actually very irritable, the news of the appearance of the Dutch fleet in the waters of Manila had spread among the Spanish merchants in Manila, and now the people in Manila were fluctuating, and the impasse in negotiations with Guo Zhiyuan also greatly affected the prestige of his governor, and now he was really in a dilemma.

If there is really a war with the allied forces of China and the Netherlands, if it wins, it is better to say, if it is defeated, he will definitely not be able to do it as a governor, and of course he can't carry such a heavy responsibility alone, so he has to convene the high-level of the colonial government again to discuss.

What he didn't expect was that Moga, who always liked to kick the ball to him when he encountered difficult problems in the past, was extremely active this time, and preemptively opened fire: "Your Excellency the Governor, as the supreme ruler of the kingdom in Manila, I think you should take a long-term view, we have finally opened up the trade route with China, if we interrupt trade with China because of this incident, our development in the East will be greatly restricted, I think the Dutch must be very willing to see such a situation happen......"

Acuña glanced at Moga in surprise and sneered, "Then do you think I should agree to the biological man's "rude" conditions?" Or are you willing to take out the biological person's belongings that you have been allocated before? ……”

Acuña, who was waiting for Moga, stood up and laughed loudly: "Your Excellency, I think your thinking is too rigid, this matter is actually very easy to solve, we don't need to take out cash to compensate the biological person, as long as the biological person resumes trade with us, we can use the trade tax of the biological person to offset the compensation they demand, if we continue to stalemate, we can't receive a penny at all, it is better to take a step back and use the biological person's own money to pay the compensation they want, which is beneficial to both of us......"

Except for Acuña and Miguel, their eyes lit up, and as long as they were not allowed to take out the money that had been swallowed in their pockets, they were naturally very happy to see it, and they all nodded their heads and whispered to each other.

Acuña chuckled in his heart, this plan proposed by Moga was indeed very tempting. Confused, he even regretted a little that he hadn't thought of this plan earlier? But he thought about it, no, Moga is not like a person who can come up with such an ingenious plan, he glanced at Moga with some suspicion, turned his head to look at Bishop Miguel on the side, and asked, "Lord Bishop, what do you think?" ……”