"Welcome to His Excellency the Great Ming Special Envoy!" The main way (the translation word is omitted below).

The guest said, "Thank you, Your Excellency, for your hospitality!" ”

Juan de Oquaido was surprised: "I didn't expect His Excellency the Ming Special Envoy to be so young! ”

"We are young, and there is a lot to learn from your country!" Hong Xiguan said calmly.

Yes, we must learn from your country's spirit of expansion and adventure across the ocean, learn from your country's spirit of slaughtering foreign races at every turn, and according to the style of Yan Dashao, the leader of the mansion, you really have to work hard to learn (Yan Dashao is more benevolent)......

This is a thorny remark, Juan de Oquado thought to himself, don't learn from our country's massacre of the Chinese in 1603, you must not slaughter the whites in turn, it doesn't hurt to learn from Piero to kill all the Incas, he introduced the important members of the East Indies of the Kingdom of Spain:

Archbishop Santos, Bishop Corina and Flaile; (Priority is given to the clergy, Spain is a religious country, quite fond of proselytizing, so that one of the reasons why the Edo shogunate closed the country was to annoy the Spaniards to preach among the Japanese people, and the Dutch and Ming people did not preach much, so the Japanese did not carry out trade with them)

Wise and O'Sella, vice-presidents of the Inquisition (who heard civil cases in the colonies and had the power to report to the king the governor's gains and losses in the course of his reign, were the king's eyes and ears);

Senior Administrative Officers Igira, Cruze, Collina;

senior military commanders Cortez, Bravo, Rico;

Manila Mayor Fuentes, etc.

Hong Xiguan also introduced the visiting personnel including deputy envoys Hao Sizhong and Yan Zhang, in fact, they are the captains of other supply ships and cruisers, Hao Sizhong is older, but it is okay, Yan Zhang is younger than Hong Xiguan, which makes the Spanish officials very unhappy, many of them are officials in their forties and fifties, and the two little hairy officials on the other side actually fight against them and sit on an equal footing!

Especially when introducing the "consultant", Xu Jin, a reporter from the "Southeast Daily", is just a young man, but he is full of vitality, and at first glance he is the same role as the little hairy officer, and even with a little cunning and arrogance of the officials, which should not be underestimated.

Although he covered it up well, and the colonial officials recognized people very accurately, Xu Jinming had no official status, and was actually a senior agent of the Southeast Prefecture Intelligence Bureau!

This guy specializes in making friends with three sects and nine streams, and collecting information from them.

But the other adviser, the colonial officials were not so willing to agree, because he was a maritime merchant Xu Qing, if he hadn't been self-restrained, he would almost habitually want to bend ninety degrees to those officials to say goodbye, which is like nodding his head unnaturally now, so that the colonial officials will know at a glance that he is the former sangley (barbarian abandoned by God), and he is not qualified to enter the royal city at all!

The guys didn't bother to pay attention to him, and Xu Qing was bored with himself.

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After the introduction of the two sides has been completed, according to etiquette, the host should invite the guests to board the carriage and go to the governor's palace to hold a summit together.

But Juan de Oquado had a whim, and he made a request, he wanted to visit the ships of the southeastern province at once, to find out how they had defeated the Dutch.

Why was he so polite to the South-Eastern Fleet? As Xu Qing said, "The times are different!" ”

The golden age of the great seafaring expansion of the Kingdom of Spain had passed, first in the last century when the Armada was defeated at the hands of the rising British, and then at the beginning of this century it was strongly challenged by the Dutch, and Spain was at a disadvantage, which made the hearts of all those who cared about the state of Spain anxious.

Juan de Oquado was the DD of Spanish Admiral Antonio de Oquado, and his brother was tasked with dealing with the Netherlands, and Juan de Oquado wanted to help him.

At the beginning of this year, the Dutch fleet engaged the fleet of the Southeast Province, and the outcome was much more than everyone expected, and the Dutch were considered to have assembled the largest fleet in the Far East.

Although both sides claimed victory, it was clear to the discerning people at a glance that the Dutch were the attackers, and they had fought, and the other side was still alive and kicking in the Fujian Sea, this was not the Dutch defeating the battle or what!

And the Dutch, the masters who can give the Spaniards a headache!

Well, let's see what's so peculiar about this Southeastern Fleet!

He made a request, and Hong Xiguan was not afraid of what they would learn, even if they used the new idea of the southeast warship, this was only a material factor, and the human factor could not be learned by a decadent and outdated old and outdated country.

He took the Spaniards to visit everywhere, answered all questions, cherished himself, and had a generous attitude, which made the Spaniards a little admired.

It's not just the spirit of a small family, it's the style of a big family!

Juan de Oquido saw the Kaohsiung 8 cruiser, and then visited the Yaksha 3 supply ship (Kaohsiung 16 will not be visited), he had an eye and came to the conclusion that it was "smooth"!

This is a further improvement over the Galen boat!

Yes, the Galen ship made great efforts to reduce the cumbersome bow and stern of the Karak, especially the high tower, and replaced the round stern with a square stern, which was relatively narrow and long, fast and maneuverable in headwinds.

The cruisers of the Southeast Fleet have almost canceled the bow and stern, and there is no decoration on the outside, although it does not look good, but I have to admit that the whole ship is clean and neat, and it is clearly fast.

Perhaps we Spaniards can learn from their ship-building form, but I am afraid that the upper echelons of the kingdom may not necessarily agree.

The governor was right, not to mention that the kingdom was thousands of miles away, and some people doubted that it was close at hand.

During the visit, the Spaniards asked this and that, and Hong Xiguan calmly answered, and the military governor Cortés asked ill-intentionedly: "The decoration of your ship is very simple?" ”

"Uh-huh!" This is a fact, Hong Xiguan does not deny it.

"If you do this, how can you intimidate the enemy when fighting at sea!" As he spoke, Cortés smugly gestured to a large Spanish-style Karak ship moored next to him.

The castle-like hull is decorated with the scene of St. George's dragon fight, which looks majestic, and compared to Kaohsiung 8, Kaohsiung 8 is like an ugly duckling.

"You're right!" Hong Xiguan said sincerely: "We plan to paint some terrifying patterns on the outside to intimidate the enemy army, but it is impossible to decorate the exterior like your ship, which will slow down and outweigh the losses." ”

He said hesitantly: "In naval battles, it is the power of cannons, not the use of patterns to defeat the enemy!" ”

"With the pattern, the enemy will be in a state of panic, morale will be weakened, and it will be more conducive to the play of artillery!" Cortez argued with him.

Hong Xiguan spread his hands and said chicly: "Okay, you said you won me!" ”

Here's a twist: "But we have defeated the Dutch ship with a mighty pattern like you spoke of with such a modest ship!" ”

Cortez was speechless!