Blue skies, white clouds, sandy beaches, and turquoise waters are truly a sight to behold, and it's no wonder the Spaniards call it the City of Angels.

This land, huddled in a corner of the North American continent, facing the sea and backed by mountains, is a narrow seaside flat land, with a few valleys with a few leaky winds (sea breeze), plus some coastal mountains. Because the mountains lock in humid air from the Pacific Ocean, this narrow strip of land is a valuable piece of land for cultivation in arid southern California. The annual precipitation is comparable to that of northern Shaanxi in China, but the climate is very warm and suitable for plants all year round.

In addition, since this land has never been cultivated, the nutrients in the land are very well preserved, and it is a very fertile land, and it is suitable for farming and grazing, especially for growing grapes and apples. If the wine industry can be developed in the City of Angels, it is estimated that it can grab a lot of French wine market.

However, for the Spaniards, who have occupied too much rich land, this land they named "City of Angels" has little attraction to them except for the pleasant name and pleasant scenery by the sea.

Therefore, for more than 100 years, the Spaniards did not bother much to develop and build, that is, they built a port and fort in San Diego, near Mexico, as a stronghold of Spanish rule in California. Later, because the colonists of the Ming Empire arrived in the Gulf of the Americas, the Spaniards, who were originally not interested here, built a civil structure fortress on the beach side of the City of Angels, stationed hundreds of defenders, and built a small pier by the sea.

And after the Battle of the Flood Valley, everything here was quickly abandoned by the Spaniards. Tang Dynasty. Huang. José didn't even wait for negotiations with the United States of New World to begin before he hastily abandoned Castle Angel and retreated to San Diego to the south.

Of course, the Spanish rule in San Diego did not last long. After losing almost all of California, holding on to San Diego is nothing more than a way to make a little more money at the negotiating table...... This son of King Philip is not as tenacious as his father, he knows when to compromise, when to tear up the treaty and go to war again!

Although Don. Huang. Jose still regards the Ming Empire as a big problem for New Spain, but he can't help it! What if we don't negotiate now and turn around and enter the port of Acapulco?

By the winter of the fifteenth year of Hongxing, the exchange of prisoners and hostages had ended, and the fortress of Presidio was handed over to the Ming army, and Zhu Cihuan, who was "a foolish king with a fool's fortune", also moved from the Satsuma Valley to Angel Castle with his retainers and guards.

Yao Daqiao, the "debtor" who "escaped the debt" with the Fool King, also arrived at the Angel Fortress in mid-November, and also brought a good way to "build the country and sell the lord to make money" copied from Zhu Cihong, who had land but no silver, and was so poor that he was about to uncover the pot!

"Lord, since you want to ask for a seal, then ask for a seal from a vassal country!" In a hall in the fortress that is a bit too frugal and unworthy of the name of "Angel Castle", Yao Daqiao, who had just walked around the beach of Angel City, said with a smile, "If you have the status of a vassal country, the minister will have a way to get money for the prince!" ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa and Hoshina Masaki are also in this hall, and now under the banner of the "Silly King", Shimazu Mitsuhisa, Hoshina Masaki and Yao Daqiao are the three important ministers in a tie. Hearing Yao Daqiao say this, Shimazu Mitsuhisa and Masaki Hoshina didn't quite understand.

"How is it easy to make money for the title of a feudal country?"

"Yes, there are not many people here in Angel City, and the place is not too big, and it is reluctant to build a feudal town, isn't it too ridiculous to call it a feudal country?"

Yao Daqiao waved his hand and said with a smile: "The two of you are so bad, it is precisely because we have few poor people here and lack of property that we have to pull up the banner of the feudal country, because only the feudal kingdom has the right to rip the soil and seal the knighthood!" ”

Bao Ke Zhenghui was puzzled: "What does the right to rip the earth have to do with silver?" ”

Yao Daqiao smiled: "Of course it matters...... Tear the earth first and knight, and then sell it at a high price! ”

"Ripping the earth and selling it at a high price?" Mitsuhisa Shimazu touched his goatee, his brows furrowed into a ball, "How can this be?" Will this work? How can the titles and fiefdoms of the state be sold? ”

"Why not?" Yao Daqiao said, "Didn't the titles of the United States sell a lot?" A special share can be exchanged for a viscount! Isn't that just selling titles? If the Son of Heaven had not sold the title of the United States, where would he have had so much money to establish the United States of New Continents? ”

The United States of New Continent said that to put it bluntly, Emperor Zhu burned money and burned it! And the money burned by Emperor Zhu was circled with the stocks and titles of the United States of New Continent.

Yao Daqiao said with a smile: "Since the Son of Heaven can build and sell the title of the United States of New Continent, why can't the prince also get a vassal country to sell the title and fief the land?" Besides, with the vassal kingdom, we people will be able to have a good time with a marquis and earl! ”

That's right! Although the marquis and earl of this poor feudal country will not have any oil and water, but the reputation is still good!

"Can you sell it?" Shimadzu asked.

Yao Daqiao patted his chest, "It's wrapped around me!" ”

"How much can it be sold for?" Shimadzu asked again.

"Then it depends on how many knights are sold...... Yao Daqiao thought for a while, and then asked, "How big can our country be?" Deserts and mountains don't count, they are fertile soil! ”

Masaki Baoke replied: "At least sixteen thousand miles square!" ”

The "16,000 miles square" he said actually means 16,000 equal points - not equal kilometers, and the Ming Dynasty did not use the metric system. And one square mile is about a quarter of a square kilometer, and 16,000 square miles is almost 4,000 square kilometers, that is, 6 million acres!

Of course, this is only a conservative estimate, not an exact measurement, and the actual number is certainly much larger.

Yao Daqiao did the math and said: "One mile is about three hundred and seventy or eighty acres, let's calculate it according to one mile and four hundred acres, and the fertile soil area will be calculated according to fifteen thousand miles...... This king is the king of the county, and according to the rule, the country of the king of the county can be named a marquis, an earl, a son, and a male fourth lord. Let's take the baron as the benchmark, and a man has jurisdiction over ten miles of land, that is, four thousand acres of fertile land that can be cultivated. Fifteen thousand miles of land can be divided into 1,500 jukes, let's keep 1,000 for ourselves, and then sell 500 of them, and if you receive 10,000 taels for a jue, you can get 5 million taels! Lord Wang, do you think this deal is okay? ”

"Five, five million?" Zhu Cihuan's eyes are straight!

You can still do that!

Won't his debts be paid off?

"Can you sell it?" Zhu Cihuan asked.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu and Masaaki Hoshina also stared at Yao Daqiao, 5 million taels! This silver is stored in the Daming salt merchant and maritime commercial bank, and there is no problem in getting 300,000 taels of interest a year. This is equivalent to winning 300,000 stone fiefdoms in Japan......

"Of course it can be sold!" Yao Daqiao said with a smile, "Shinong industry and commerce, Shi is the head, and business is the end!" And the knighthood of the ripping earth is still above the scholars, at the big, it is a prince, and at the smallest, it is also a doctor!

The merchants spent 10,000 taels of silver to raise themselves from the end of the four people to the status of doctors, which was too cost-effective. Besides, there are many non-eldest men of noble families in Daming! If they want to keep their status as nobles, they have to serve in the army...... That's hard! It's still easier to buy a knighthood for 10,000 taels of silver! ”

Yao Daqiao's profiteer said a good point, Chinese, official-oriented! No matter how much money Buyi has, it will be inferior to the big bureaucrats. Now spend 10,000 taels to donate a viscount, there is still cracked soil, no matter how far the soil is sealed, it is also a lord, and he can be a little stronger when he sees an official......