Compared with the British, who are good at using other people's technology, whether it is stealing or robbing, the Spaniards are much more dull in their heads, because Spain is located on the European continent, while Britain is on the sea next to the European continent, and it is an island country.

The British can be fearless of the enemy attacking from the land, they do not need to guard the major passes and land borders, they only need to have powerful warships, they can defend the mainland, once the sea strength declines, it is not enough to resist the enemy with only a few islands, even if there are a lot of land troops and the combat effectiveness is not small, they cannot resist the attack of the surging land soldiers from the land countries, so the British are strong in navy and weak in army.

Spain has a strong army, although the navy is not small, and the strength is not weak, but after all, it has to be distracted and energetic to take care of the land, so it is not as professional as the British.

The English had a much stronger desire for land than the Spaniards.

The Spaniards still had their own land to preserve and invade other people's land by land, while the British could only supplement the shortage of supplies and manpower on the islands through colonies.

The Spanish fleet came to the East, and when they thought they could dominate again, they found that their warships were already much behind, and although there were sail warships, there were many of them on the sea of the Chinese Empire, but the main force of the Huaxia Army had been changed to steam engine warships.

Along the way, there was no shortage of huge Chinese Imperial Navy warships emitting black smoke and emitting a huge roar, which could be compared to their sail warships.

Whether in terms of speed, or in terms of armor thickness, or firepower, the Spaniards found that even if all their ships were on board, they would not be able to fight two or three of them together, unless they attacked by surprise.

Perhaps the only ones who could barely fight the Chinese Empire were the British sail warships.

For the steam engine, the Spaniards were not ignorant, but knew that this new technology had not yet matured in England and Italy.

In today's West, the Italians are the strongest in terms of civilization and culture, as well as scientific and technological strength, after all, they are the source of the Holy Empire, and the Holy See is still located, where many famous literati and scientists have gathered.

Devoted to the study of science and technology, the birthplace of all science and technology is still Italy, and then there is the elegance and aristocratic atmosphere, the famous France, the British are like the countrymen, and the Spanish is the country barbarians, at most they are aristocratic knights.

The Spaniards also knew that the British had devoted themselves to the study of the steam engine in recent years, but there was not much progress, and Spain was born in civil strife, swayed by the nobility and royal power, and attacked by other kingdoms and empires, although they also wanted to cheer up, but there were too many debts, and the nobles wasted too many resources on pleasure.

The Spaniards silently put away their arrogance, quietly bought goods in the Chinese Empire, and probed into all the things they thought were novel.

After the goods were brought to the house, they were exchanged for Chinese dollars, and there were people in Spain who collected and traded them, and there were people who were tempted to imitate them, but with little success, and no one believed that this kind of paper would be more valuable than gold and silver, or that it could be used instead of gold and silver.

But in the Chinese Empire, it is difficult to move an inch without this, and this is needed for food and clothing.

Accustomed to this, on the contrary, there is not much appreciation for gold and silver, more to entrust the money number to solve the problem, the steps are cumbersome, the average person will not accept gold and silver, for the clearly marked price of Huaxia Yuan, but more assured, once people are used to a kind of affairs, it is difficult to get used to other things.

The Spaniards traveled around the Chinese Empire and then transferred to the British Indian colonies, and although there were many filthy things in the West, the British were still able to accept the Spaniards in the Far East, so they entered the British colonial ports without a little effort and without any trouble.

However, after staying in the Chinese Empire for a few months, the Spaniards were not accustomed to it after entering India, first of all, the residence, the city here was messy, dirty, like a city in the West, but in the Chinese Empire it was orderly, not so dirty, the sanitary conditions were very good, and they experienced where the accommodation conditions were, and saw the antique houses of the Ming Dynasty of the Chinese Empire, as well as the interior decoration and furnishings, and felt that it was too beautiful and too simple, and the houses in India were tall but dirty, not to mention unhygienic, noisy, and the law and order was very chaotic.

This is nothing, experiencing the convenience of the luxury carriage of the Chinese Empire, riding on the rumbling train, enjoying the smooth post road, the Spanish are simply unbearable for the roads of India.

Rugged, narrow and crooked, and often with an ox cart jumping out of the way, the people here are cowering, grayish-brown, languishing, and malnourished.

But even in such a place, the Spaniards were very eager to have a place where they could be stationed, because they had to trade with the Chinese Empire, but it was impossible to go to the sea to grab the islands of the Chinese Empire, and they had seen the huge steamships or warships of the Chinese Empire passing by on the sea, and they felt that they could not compete with the Chinese Empire.

For being driven out of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean by the Chinese Empire, the Spaniards still remember it vividly, their two consecutive expeditions, and the previous two governors were beaten by the Chinese Empire, almost all of them were wiped out, and the Spaniards did not want to challenge the Chinese Empire anymore.

In view of this, they turned to come here, in fact, they were guided by the intelligence officer of the Military Intelligence Department arranged by the Chinese Empire, a merchant who dealt with them, to come to the British Indian colony, and consult with the governor here to see if they could give them a part of the colony, even if it was a small port, so that they could be stationed, and then it would be convenient to do business with the British colony of India, or with the Chinese Empire.

Even if they don't succeed, they can get some initiative to get the Viceroy of India to lower some taxes, which is their consideration.

Of course, there is another layer, as a discordant relationship between the two sides in the West, they have another meaning to see if they can snatch a piece of colony from the British.

In the Caribbean, they fought with the Dutch, with the British, with the French, and even with the Italians, and both sides had entrenched islands, colonies, which changed hands several times, either captured or sold to colonists of other countries, or kings of other countries, and this kind of trade was common in the West.

But I didn't know that this was a slight ploy by the Chinese Empire, allowing them to fight again in the East, consuming the strength of these Europeans, and reaping the benefits from it, even if the Spaniards saw through it, their temperament could not be changed.

The Chinese Empire had gained full land advantage over the British Indian colonies, seizing the mountains around the Himalayas and controlling India's landward exports to Western Europe.

It is to let them, the Western colonizers, kill you and me on the land of India, let them take care of themselves, and give full play to their excess energy, lest they have to look forward to Shu, do business with the Chinese Empire for a long time, and relapse into their old ways, wanting to seize one or two islands, or ports to occupy the market of the Chinese Empire.

(End of chapter)