Zhu Cijiong has been thinking about how to euphemistically raise the issue of weapons and warship assistance without hurting Philip IV's face in the past few days, and it seems a bit ridiculous to give away things to see people's faces, but as a modern person, this kind of thing has encountered a lot, and you have to be very careful when sending things to many people, otherwise, it will backfire.

Of course, Philip IV may also accept it happily and say nothing, but this possibility is very small, if a person accepts someone else's gift, and does not consider why they want to give you a gift, nor does he consider what he has to do or even pay for receiving the gift, then it is estimated that this person is likely to have a problem with his IQ, and Philip IV's IQ is naturally fine, if Zhu Cijiong rashly brings it up, he will definitely think a lot, and he will probably turn his face when he thinks about it!

How long the war on the European continent can last can be related to the development of the Ming Dynasty in the next few years or even decades, Zhu Cijiong must be careful, careful, careful, and careful, consider, consider, and consider, there is no complete strategy, he will not risk turning his face with others to talk nonsense.

Gaston's appearance allowed Zhu Cijiong to find a breakthrough, before packing up this goods, Zhu Cijiong thought about it together, first of all, he wanted to pretend to be angry by this goods, once people were angry, they would lose their minds, so even if it was nonsense, ordinary people would not take it very seriously, and now Zhu Cijiong was pretending to be angry, Philip IV really didn't care much, his main thing was thinking, how to calm the anger of His Majesty, the emperor of this powerful ally.

Now His Majesty's anger seems to have shifted to peace talks, and he has to explain: "Your Majesty the Emperor, in fact, I don't want peace talks, but the Spanish Navy is still a little worse than the navies of all the powerful countries combined, after so many years, the treasury is empty, I really don't have money to replenish the warships in the past few years, and if I can't replenish the warships, I will lose sooner or later, so it is better to negotiate peace earlier to reduce losses." “

Zhu Cijiong was waiting for this sentence, and now that Philip IV finally said it, he hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, you can mortgage things, as long as you mortgage enough things, I can sell as many warships as I want!" “

Philip IV really didn't think about mortgaging things in lieu of payment, and he asked with interest: "Then what mortgage does His Majesty the Emperor want?" “

Zhu Cijiong pretended to think and said, "Then it depends on how many warships you need." “

When Philip IV heard this, he gritted his teeth, and the lion opened his mouth: "It takes at least a hundred super battleships to reorganize the Invincible Armada and defeat their combined fleet!" “

Nima, a hundred super battleships, Daming now has a total of only two hundred super battleships, okay, send half to Spain, plus their navy, which is not weak, wouldn't it be able to crush the Daming navy!

But if you can give it in a few years, it's not impossible, Daming can now build a hundred super battleships a year, but I don't know how long Spain can carry it, thinking of this, he pretended to be bullish and said: "A hundred is no problem, but it takes time to build, how long can you wait." “

Philip IV thought for a moment and replied, "A year or two is no problem, and it takes time for them to prepare, but no longer will work." “

Zhu Cijiong calculated, gritted his teeth and said, "That's okay, I'll sell it to you in two years, fifty ships a year." “

Philip IV then asked, "What is the right mortgage?" “

In fact, this Zhu Cijiong has already planned, what he wants is the colony of Luzon, it seems that Luzon was sold by Spain to the United States in history, at that time it was because Spain lost the Spanish-American War and had to sell, and now Spain has also lost, he will not sell, he will pay more territory, and it is for nothing to the European continental powers, and he will not get a penny of benefits.

Zhu Cijiong had already thought about it, Philip IV said how many warships he needed, he said that Luzon was just worth so much money, he pretended to think for a while, and then hesitated: "A super battleship costs at least four million taels, and a hundred ships are four hundred million taels, then use the Luzon colony as collateral, two years later, if you are willing to pay, you can pay, if you don't want to pay, let Luzon be given to the Ming Dynasty, whatever you choose, what do you think?" “

The colony of Luzon was originally a piece of chicken ribs for Spain, not to mention tens of thousands of miles away from Spain proper, and there were no resources, Spain not only could not make money from there, but also subsidized military expenses every year, if it were not for the sake of face, Philip IV would have ordered the withdrawal of troops from there!

Now that he heard that such a chicken rib colony was worth 400 million taels of silver, he was simply overjoyed, pay, where did he get so much money to pay, and when the time comes, he can throw away this piece of chicken ribs in Luzon, and he can withdraw tens of thousands of troops, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, I will mortgage the Luzon colony to you, and you will sell a hundred super battleships to me within two years, and it will be decided!" “

Zhu Cijiong's heart is also happy, you know, even if it is given away for nothing, he has to be sent, if the European powers really succeed in peace talks, and then run out all over the world to rob the colonies with the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty will pay more than a hundred super battleships, and whether it will be beaten by the powers after robbing it is not known, if it is really going to be beaten by the powers, then it is estimated that the benefits lost by the Ming Dynasty are worth at least a thousand super battleships!

Now it's okay, a hundred battleships have been exchanged for a colony, although Luzon is not worth 400 million taels of silver, but those 100 super battleships are not worth 400 million taels of silver, if you want to calculate the cost, the steel and wood used in a battleship are worth one to twenty thousand taels, and the labor is only one or two thousand taels, and the cost of a super battleship is at most 40,000 taels of silver, but it takes time and requires skilled craftsmen to do it.

Four million taels of silver to buy a colony, although it will take two years, it is worth it, Zhu Cijiong also couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, it's decided, sign the contract immediately!" “

So the two of them separately recruited writers, drafted the contract, and then recruited a few cronies to discuss the details of the contract, and a fresh arms purchase contract was released, and the contract was as follows:

First, Spain purchased one hundred super battleships from the Ming Empire, each with four million taels of silver, for a total price of four hundred million taels of silver, and payment was made after the goods were received;

Second, the Ming Empire agreed that Spain would use the Luzon colony as collateral worth 400 million taels of silver;

Third, the Ming Empire delivered one hundred super battleships in two years, and fifty per year;

Fourth, the Spanish Empire must pay the full amount within one year after receiving all 100 super battleships, and if it does not pay, the Luzon colony will be ceded to the Ming Empire.

Soon, the two sides happily signed the contract, and since then the Ming finally has the first real colony, of course, it will have to wait until two years later, but Zhu Cijiong is not worried at all, let alone two years, with Philip IV's spending speed, he will not be able to make up 400 million taels of silver in another twenty years, so this Luzon will definitely belong to the Ming Dynasty!