The Spaniards have been in the Far East for nearly 100 years, marking the beginning of Spanish colonization of the Far East, when the navigator R. López de Vila Lobos arrived in 1543 and named the archipelago the Philippines after the Spanish Crown Prince Philip. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the face of an existence with a history of nearly 100 years in the region, it is impossible for Australia not to understand it, even if there is a little information in history textbooks, but it cannot fully summarize the real history.

Spain was still nominally a European power, and even originally, the home country of the Dutch, with the United Netherlands as a province, and they did not agree to Dutch independence.

Therefore, there has always been a conflict between the Spaniards and the Dutch, from Europe to the Far East, from the Far East to North America, the contradictions between them have been deep and difficult to resolve, and in addition to the competitive relationship, it is inevitable that unpleasant things will happen between the two sides, and conflicts are inevitable.

But the key is that the Spaniards were defeated by the Dutch again and again, whether they were in the mainland or in the Far East, which made them a little unbearable, after all, the Spanish officials with the idea of a great power did not take the Dutch seriously at all.

In their eyes, the Dutch were nothing more than a bunch of nouveau riche and hillbillies, how could they be compared to the Kingdom of Spain, but it turned out that they were no match for the Dutch.

In all the battles for the Far East, Spain lost to the Dutch, and the Dutch easily took their territory, and even lost less than them.

As one of the most influential figures in Manila, Christie has been looking for a solution, and he originally thought of uniting with Zheng Zhilong to destroy the Batavia fleet and then divide his territory, but Zheng Zhilong politely refused.

Zheng Zhilong had a small calculation in his heart, attacking Batavia, even if it was occupied, it would not be of much use, the market was limited, it was not suitable for his own development, and it was relatively close to Manila.

Not many people will do a business that does not make money, Zheng Zhilong is a shrewd person, how can he not know whether this business makes money or not.

So the cooperation between Manila and Zheng Zhilong Group was not successful, but since the emergence of the Australians, they felt that the opportunity had come, not to mention uniting against the Dutch, as long as they did not attack themselves, it was a very good thing, and Australia's strength was very strong.

An alliance with the Australians would certainly be able to strike a blow at the Dutch's arrogance.

Christie's purpose in coming to Hong Kong is as simple as that, mainly to discuss cooperation with Hong Kong overseas consulates.

At present, the two sides are only engaged in non-governmental trade, and there is no official exchange.

"Mr. Christie, this is Mr. Zhou Yang, the Governor of Australia in Hong Kong, and he is the one you want to meet." Yan Jianye lured in a tall white middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man is obviously none other than Christie,

"Dear Mr. Governor, it's a pleasure to meet you, you are so young."

As soon as they met, the other party expressed interest in Zhou Yang's age, after all, Zhou Yang had already become a governor before he was thirty this year, which showed that he was either a nobleman or a talented person with outstanding ability.

"Thank you for the compliment, there is a gap between you and my imagined age."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and praised each other, which was considered meeting etiquette.

Christie came to Hong Kong mainly to negotiate with Zhou Yang, and now that he has met, he seems to feel that he has come to the wrong place.

"Mr. Christie, I have heard of you for a long time, and your reputation in Manila is quite large, and it is a real honor to meet you in person."

Me too, Mr. Governor, the main purpose of my visit to Hong Kong is to cooperate with your government, and I wonder if you will be able to represent you plenipotentiarily.

Speaking of plenipotentiaries, Christie deliberately accentuated his voice a little, as if reminding Zhou Yang.

It's just that he doesn't know that although Zhou Yang is aged, his ability is indeed very powerful, and he is making a decision after adding that he has just been authorized, and even if he can't agree, he can contact the local country through telegram to confirm.

"It's natural, of course I can represent Australia with full powers, but I don't know if Mr. Christie can represent the Manila government."

"Hehe, there is no problem with this, first of all, I want to make an apology to the people who died in that incident, that incident was completely a misunderstanding, and it was our close faith in the words of the local tribal chief, so that tragedy happened."

Christie can become the number three person really has his advantages, this has not even begun, he has already admitted his mistake, knowing that the Australians have an opinion about the massacre they launched, he first confessed his mistake, and at the same time pushed the culprit on the tribal leader.

In short, he said these things, and there was no witness, and even if he wanted to investigate, it was very difficult, and they were just polite, and they didn't really think they had done anything wrong.

"Well, I can't accept your apology, at least after you should punish the murderer. Let's not talk about that today, let's talk about your intentions. ”

"My reason is simple, I want to form an ally with your country with deep friendship, and I can also trade with you."

"Deep friendship, I'm afraid it will take a little time to certify, Mr. Christie, my government is also very willing to cooperate with you, to tell you that we plan to hand over a business to you, you procure black coal, transport it to the designated place at the dock, and then we will be responsible for the purchase, what do you think of this business."

Developing coal mines and then selling them to Australians seems to be a good thing to stand up to Ali, and the Australians buy them directly, and it doesn't look like they're lying to themselves.

"That's good, I can promise you on behalf of the Manila government, but we want to have deeper cooperation, such as a military alliance, and we should work together against the hillbillies in the Netherlands, otherwise we will be defeated by them."

Cristi's words are already putting Australia in their position to think about the problem, but the executive committee does not think that the Dutch will take action easily, after all, they only have an overseas territory in Australia, and they are not a colony in name, and if they really want to do it, it may also be Australia itself, after all, the mainland is much more than this overseas territory, and it is troublesome after the capture, and it needs to be garrisoned for a long time, and even the army on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

(To be continued.) )