Chapter 222: Food Offensive
Moga. The judge was secretly happy to see Acuña's gaffe, if Acuña made a mistake in this matter, then his chance to compete for the position of governor would come, so he glanced at Acuña and deliberately coughed dryly: "If Your Excellency the Governor thinks that this Chinese envoy is lying, why don't you immediately order him to be arrested?" If the Chinese envoy did not lie, it would be a bit inappropriate for His Excellency the Governor to risk going to war with China and the Dutch at the same time for the sake of face, and His Excellency the Governor must have forgotten that last year we had to withdraw our troops from Maluku (referring to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, then a Dutch colony) in order to suppress these people in Manila, and if this war is lost, the Dutch will completely monopolize the trade of Maluku cloves, nutmeg, etc., and we will lose a lot, and we need money to fight the war, and now our trade with China is completely interrupted, and the tax revenue has been greatly reduced, What are we going to do to fight this war? I'm afraid that the great King Philip III (Philip III, then King of Spain) will never agree to you doing this! ……”
Acuña was poured a basin of cold water by Moga and calmed down, he naturally knew what Moga's idea was, but he also had to admit that Moga had a point, in the battle for Maluku, Spain was at a disadvantage, at the beginning of this century, The Dutch swept away the Portuguese and Spaniards in Maluku, occupied this land, and made the Spaniards suffer heavy losses, Spain has always wanted to recapture Maluku, but has not been able to do so, the war requires military spending, there is no military spending, No matter how strong the Spanish Armada is, it can't win a battle, and now when it comes to money, Acuña has a headache.
But Acuña, of course, was unwilling to admit his lack of consideration in front of Moga, so he snorted coldly and turned his head to look at Archbishop Miguel, who had not spoken, and asked, "What do you think, Lord Bishop?" ……”
Miguel, of course, did not want to get involved in the open and secret struggle between Acuña and Moga, and muttered: "The courage of His Excellency the Doge to fight to defend the honor of our Spanish Empire is admirable. What the judge said is not unreasonable, if the Dutch and the biological man are really united, then we really have to be cautious, this biological messenger is indeed too strange, with my understanding of the biological man, it is impossible for them to have such a strategic vision, know how to use the Dutch to contain us, but this biological man dares to make such an "rude" request must have something to rely on, I can't see through this young biological messenger, it is better for us to wait, maybe the secret agent we sent to China will soon come with the news......"
Not to mention that Miguel can't see through Guo Zhiyuan's thoughts, even Chu Wan'er and they don't understand Guo Zhiyuan's thoughts, in their opinion, since the Spaniards have promised to release the imprisoned Chinese prisoners, they should accept it as soon as they see it, and if they wait for Guo Zhiyuan's tricks, Guo Zhiyuan's trick will be a gang, even if Li Dan and they intercept the spies sent by the Spaniards to China, it is impossible for the Dutch to really go to war with the Spaniards for Guo Zhiyuan, The reason why the Dutch appeared in the waters of Manila is because Guo Zhiyuan asked Li Jin to bring Wei Malang in a letter saying that as long as Wei Malang takes the fleet around the waters of Manila, he will fight for the Dutch to establish mutual trade relations with China from the Wanli Emperor, although Wei Malang will be skeptical, but he is indeed very eager to establish trade relations with China, Guo Zhiyuan's requirements are not high, as long as he takes the fleet around the Manila waters to achieve his dream goal, I can't help but be unmoved.
So as soon as Guo Zhiyuan came back, Chu Wan'er couldn't help but ask him: "The Spaniards have promised to release the imprisoned Chinese prisoners, why don't you accept them when you don't see a good situation?" Are you fascinated by that vixen and don't want to leave? ……”
Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Chu Wan'er a little speechlessly, this Chu Wan'er is good at everything, but the vinegar is too strong, where is this? He couldn't explain to Chu Wan'er that there were the eyes and ears of the Spaniards everywhere, and if his plan was known by the Spaniards, it would be really over, so he just coldly dropped a sentence, "You don't understand, I have my own measure!" Just left, Chu Wan'er was so angry that she stomped her feet and ran away angrily.
The reason why Guo Zhiyuan refused to accept it was because he knew that if the Spaniards did not pay enough price, then the tragedy in history would be repeated, and the five demands he put forward were not just to fight for a breath, but also related to his next plan.
Of course, Guo Zhiyuan also knew that he had to grasp the scale, otherwise he would really be a goof after the play, so as soon as he came back, he immediately arranged it, arranged for his subordinates to go to the street to buy supplies, he wanted to set up a banquet to invite Acuña and them, at the banquet he would start the third round of negotiations with Acuña, as the host of the banquet, he could better grasp the initiative in the negotiations.
Acuña was very surprised to receive Guo Zhiyuan's invitation, and he didn't know what tricks Guo Zhiyuan was going to play, so he hesitated again and again, and then he was entangled by Felisa, and learned that Bishop Miguel and Moga. The judge also accepted Guo Zhiyuan's invitation and finally agreed to attend.
Because of the unhappiness of the second round of negotiations, Acuña's face was very ugly, and he kept a straight face, and as soon as he entered the door, he said coldly to Guo Zhiyuan: "I will not give in!" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan didn't care, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Governor, let's not talk about this for now, I said yesterday that I would invite His Excellency the Governor to taste our Chinese food, maybe this can make His Excellency the Governor understand us more comprehensively......" With a slight slap of the face, a team of attendants rushed out, each holding a large plate covered with a silver cover.
As soon as the silver cover was opened, the fragrance came to the nose, and the eyes of Acuña and the others widened suddenly, Guo Zhiyuan prepared a "potato feast" for them, with potato roast meat, fried potato chips, potato cakes, mashed potatoes, etc., all of which were full of color and flavor, so that Acuña and the others were stunned, and asked with some uncertainty: "This is a potato?" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan smiled and nodded: "That's right, but it's called potatoes in my country, please taste it!" ......", Acuña and the others looked at each other in surprise, they really didn't know that there were so many ways to make potatoes, Felisa had already been attracted by the fragrance, and the first one took a spoonful of mashed potatoes with a spoon and tasted it, and immediately exclaimed: "It's so delicious!" I've never had such delicious food! As he spoke, he feasted on it regardless of his image.