Sure enough, the next day, Philip IV's enthusiasm reappeared, pulling Zhu Youzhen to eat, and the enthusiasm was more than ever.

Zhu Youzhen was a rare smile, greeting Philip IV, and his words were quite calm and polite.

Philip IV is Western food, Zhu Youzhen is Chinese food, all the utensils of the two are different, sitting opposite each other, separated by three or four meters.

Philip IV was eating steak and looked at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Zhu, I heard that you already have a combined fleet, can you tell me about the situation?" ”

Zhu Youzhen ate rice, drank a mouthful of soup, and went to the heat a little, with this moment, his words were also considered, and said: "There is indeed one, mainly with the participation of Asian countries, to deal with the increasingly rampant pirates and some rogue states, there are currently more than 300 large and small warships, more than 50,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 sea areas under monitoring, and hundreds of bases and ......."

Obviously, Zhu Youzhen is bluffing.

Philip IV's understanding of Asia comes from some missionaries, but these missionaries also have a limited understanding, listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, Philip IV didn't know whether to believe or not, and said: "Then, this combined fleet, has it always been in the hands of your Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "The combined fleet is commanded by seven people, sent by various countries, and the big and small matters are voted on, and the commander is naturally my Ming Dynasty, because we pay most of the money, food, weapons, ships, soldiers, etc., ......."

Philip IV nodded slightly, and said: "If I join Spain and contribute enough money and food, can I send someone to this boss?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Philip IV, deliberately silent for a while, and said, "If Spain really wants to join, if the volume is huge, the United Fleet will be reformed, this reform is quite large, it may need to be re-discussed, to determine the method of voting and the share, the commander, can also be determined in turns or sections, these, can be discussed, our country has an open attitude......

Philip IV listened, with a smile on his face, and said, "We have the same opinion on joining the Combined Fleet, and I believe that it is a great fortune for both countries. ”

Philip IV raised his glass, signaling that the matter had been agreed.

Zhu Youzhen picked up his wine glass knowingly, and his smile was humble and firm.

The two of them faced each other from afar, and then drank it all.

They have a consensus, and the next thing is to negotiate carefully with the people below, and the bigwigs will not discuss the details with each other - lose their share!

The two put down their wine glasses, slowly picked up chopsticks, knives and forks, and began to eat, and the dinner table was quiet again.

The joint fleet is not only as simple as forming a fleet, but also involves the rules of maritime navigation, military mutual assistance, the supply of weapons and equipment, the training of the army, and so on.

It was also the first worldwide military organization, the prototype of something.

After a while, Zhu Youzhen said: "Your Majesty, for trade, China's attitude has always been fair, open, and reciprocal as the principle, we don't like exclusivity, exclusive trade, we hope that there is no forbidden area between each other, and the interests can be reciprocal, equal, and shared." Moreover, our greatest demand for trade is freedom, and it should not be arbitrarily plundered by local governments, including unreasonable taxation, restrictions, and suppression......"

Although these are not things that Zhu Youzhen likes, he has known for more than a year that he must do this well, and it is related to 20 million stone of grain every year!

Before, it was Philip IV who opened his mouth and made a request, but this time Zhu Youzhen came.

Philip IV listened to the words of the translator, nodded constantly, and when Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he spoke: "We also hope that trade can be free and fair, east and west, you and we are the undisputed number one power, we must set an example, our trade should be comprehensive, incomparable, and an example for the world." We should have a whole plan, have an agency to schedule our trade, set the rules, make sure everything goes smoothly,......"

Zhu Youzhen heard the words of Philip IV, who gave up his attempt to monopolize the Ming or Asian trade, but wanted a higher level of control to monitor the Ming trade.

Zhu Youzhen's expression did not move, although he didn't like businessmen and didn't like many of Zhu Xu's policies, it didn't mean that he allowed others to ride on Da Ming's head!

Zhu Youzhen held the wine glass, slowly brought it to his mouth, his eyes flashed coldly, and he suddenly put down the wine glass, and said: "Your Majesty said yes, but you and I are too far away to reach the whip, how to manage it?" ”

Philip IV naturally thought about it a long time ago, he said quite enthusiastically: "We can choose a place as close as possible, if it is managed, I hope that the Minister of Finance of our country will be in charge, Zhu, you should believe me, we will be a reciprocal, fair trading partner, no one will suffer, of course, this is our common institution, you can send a person as a deputy, our trade, will bring a huge shock to the whole world!" ”

Zhu Youjian could tell that Philip IV was full of excitement about trade with the Ming Dynasty, but his aim was to control the trade of the Ming Dynasty and the whole of Asia to obtain the maximum benefits.

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, like the combined fleet, trade is not a matter for you and me, we should establish a worldwide trade alliance, I believe that only in this way can we bring the greatest benefits and benefit our two countries." ”

Philip IV only wanted to monopolize the trade of the Ming Dynasty or Asia, and the annual profit would be more than 100 million Lille, which was a long drought and a rainstorm for Spain! But Zhu Youzhen's words made him shake, and he seemed to see the money of the whole world surging into his arms.

At the same time, he was even more vigilant, and from Zhu Youzhen's words, he could hear that the minds of the big countries in the East were higher than him, and they were focused on the whole world!

'The Ming want to trade with the whole world? What do they want to do? Philip IV was silent, his mind spinning.

In the past few decades, he had never heard of the Ming Dynasty's external expansion, and it was only this year that he learned that some of their overseas actions angered the Ming Dynasty and were subjected to strong retaliation.

But he didn't know what this big eastern country was going to do when it seemed to wake up suddenly, and why it had such a huge plan as soon as it appeared.

With such a strong purpose, were they going to compete with Spain for overseas colonies? Or is it just to trade and make a profit?

Philip IV thought of the Netherlands, the Franks, England and other enemies in a blink of an eye, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he suddenly said: "The alliance can be, but whoever can enter must get the unanimous consent of both of us, the specific trade rules are determined by both of us, and the location of this trade alliance must be located in Madrid." ”

This was already the last request of Philip IV, and it was clear that Philip IV was very anxious about the trade relations of the Ming Dynasty.

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