As one of the most important tasks in power in Manila, Christie's brain is not stupid at all, otherwise he would not have been able to defeat his opponents in previous struggles and become the number three man in Manila today. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After talking to Ngan Jianye, he did not rush back to Manila or to Dayuan Island, but stayed at the Spanish Far East office in Macau, thinking about how to get the most out of this matter.

Following Yan Jianye's small fight, I'm afraid it wasn't his intention, after all, Spain is an aggressive power this time, but it's not their style to follow the autumn breeze, saying that their opponents are still watching from the side, even if they don't participate, I'm afraid they will be ridiculed by the Dutch.

It is necessary to find a way to involve the Australians, so as to maximize the interests of Spain in the Far East, Australia is always a foreigner, and they also urgently need to expand their influence in this region, and the two major opponents in front of them, one is the Dutch and the other is Zheng Zhilong.

However, he felt that the conflict between Zheng Zhilong and the Australians was limited, and it should be more of a Dutch, and the two sides currently have cooperation on the surface, but it is said that there is also a lot of contradiction, and the Australians want to lease a piece of land near Batavia as a transit center, but the Dutch refuse this reason.

This is an opportunity, an opportunity for war between the Dutch and the Australians, but how to expand the contradictions between the two sides, then there is only Dayuan Island, if you give up some of the interests of Dayuan to the Australians, it is very likely to provoke a war between Australia and the Netherlands.

The strong rise of the Dutch not only had a strong fleet in Europe, but also had a strong force in the Far East, and Manila did not gain any advantage in several battles with the Dutch East India Colonial Company in the Far East, which is enough to see that it may be difficult to defeat the other side alone.

It's just that bringing in Australians will become the next Netherlands, which is uncertain for Christie, and it needs to be observed to know, but one thing is for sure, Australia does not have many ships and limited transport capacity, otherwise it is impossible for the Portuguese to carry out migration transportation with the Dutch.

Whether it can be seen from this point that in fact, there are not many ships in Australia, but the military capability is not weak, the most important thing is the big iron ship, one ship can almost reach the entire fleet.

Thinking of this, Christie decided to go to Hong Kong, meet the Australians, and persuade them to participate in this operation, if they form an alliance, not only can Zheng Zhilong be severely damaged, but also expel the Dutch power on Dayuan Island, which is simply a double win, but under this premise, the Australians must agree to participate in this matter.

Hong Kong is very close to Macau, just a sea away, and soon Christie arrived in Hong Kong, because the two sides had not been in contact earlier, and as soon as he came ashore, he informed the soldiers at the dock of his identity and hoped that he could help inform him.

The soldier was very enthusiastic and took him to the overseas consulate government, and then asked the soldiers standing guard to go in and report the identity of these people.

At this time, Zhou Yang, Yang Yuzhou and others were playing Go to relieve their boredom, and they heard that a Spaniard was visiting, and they were puzzled.

People entered the living room, and Zhou Yang, as the administrator of Hong Kong's overseas consulate, received the visiting Christie.

"Mr. Christie, please have tea, I don't know what it means to come suddenly."

Although it has been a few months since the emergence of Australia, there has been little cooperation with Spain, and there has been a private exchange of goods with some merchants who have gone to Batavia, but there has been no official exchange.

The sudden visit of Christie, who is the No. 3 person in Manila, may not be so simple, at least it is related to the recent Yan Zheng dispute.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I have long heard that Australia is famous for its strange goods and foreign objects, and I have seen a lot along the way, and I have come to discuss cooperation with the Governor."

Christie's Cantonese is not too slippery, but at least Zhou Yang can understand and speak Cantonese, which shows that this person is not simple, at least he has dealings with many maritime merchants who go to the South Seas on weekdays, but the historical grievances between Manila and the Chinese do not seem to be so simple.

The reason why Australia did not cooperate with the Spaniards was because during this period, the Spaniards were not friendly to the Chinese in Manila, compared to the Dutch, it was much worse.

In addition, most of the young men in the crossing have the idea of great power chauvinism, and they have a certain prejudice against the countries that have caused harm to the children of China.

Cooperation, Australia and Spain need cooperation, it seems that in the past, Australia does need a few intermediate coal stations, once the steamship is built.

"Mr. Christie, tell me how you would like to work with Australia."

"Your Excellency the Governor, you should have received the news that Yan Jianye of Macau is about to engage in a naval battle with Cheng Chi Lung, and it is almost certain who will be the final victor of this war, and in my opinion, without the participation of Australia, Yan Dang's family has almost no chance of winning, even with us and the Portuguese."

Chris mentioned that he is a person who understands, knows what the current situation is, and also understands what the strength of the Zheng family is, at least this is much better than Yan Jianye's guy, and he is not too demanding.

It's just that Australia won't participate in this battle at all, and Australia can't send a battleship to fight, but Zhou Yang will never say that, so this time the Spaniards came to persuade him, I'm afraid they will be disappointed.

"Mr. Christie, Australia is still a peace-loving country, and will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, the contradiction between Yan Dangjia and Zheng Zongbing, in our opinion, should belong to the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not convenient for us to interfere, I am afraid that this time we will disappoint you."

If so, why did he come to Hong Kong to establish a colony, I am afraid that he did not see the benefits so he did not participate.

Cristi was not in a hurry, but squinted his eyes and said slowly: "If the Australians can participate in this operation, on behalf of the Manila government, I can let some of the interests of Dayuan Island be shared with your country, I don't know if the Governor is willing." ”

Dayuan Island, which is also the treasure island of the future, the Spaniards seem to be about to be completely driven away by the Netherlands, and at this time, isn't it a friction between Australia and the Netherlands to give up some of their interests? Zhou Yang is not stupid, but he shouldn't let you use this brother's gun casually.

"Mr. Christie, I think you should have a good visit to Hong Kong, we are not interested in the cooperation you proposed, I still have official business to deal with, so I will not accompany you." Rejecting the other party's kindness, Zhou Yang walked towards the inner hall, in fact, he didn't want to talk to the other party, it was useless to talk about it at this time, the key point of the Spaniards was that they needed the Australians to send ships.