Zhu Mian didn't know that the emperor would also send people to attack the silver colony, just like he didn't know that there was no silver in the Silver River, and if he had known, he wouldn't have come.

At this time, Argentina was not an important colony, because there was no silver here that the Spaniards wanted, only cattle and sheep.

Zhu Li's attack on the colony of La Plata did not encounter many obstacles, but after occupying the port of Buenos Aires, a group of Spanish traitors came to the door, hoping that Zhu Li would support them in establishing an independent state.

Due to the lack of mines in the colony of La Plata, trade was the main industry, but the Spanish colonial government mandated that all trade with Europe must pass through Lima, Peru, so that it could collect taxes; This seriously damaged the interests of Buenos Aires traders, who not only did not pay taxes to the colonial government, but also resented the repression of the Spanish colonial authorities, the ideas of the French Revolution spread among the citizens, and the seeds of rebellion were brewing.

Historically, the local Hispanic citizens took advantage of Spain's busy peninsular war to expel the Spanish governor and establish a provisional government on May 25, 1810.

Two years in advance, the situation was very different.

The revolution of 1810 was started by a group of citizens who were more interested in violence, but this time it was a moderate middle class who proposed the formation of a government, which was everywhere in the Spanish colonies, and there were many of them, because they had great economic power, but they were always suppressed and discriminated against, and those with economic bases were more eager for status, so they supported independence.

Throughout the Spanish Latin American colonies, there were about 7 million Indians, 5 million mestizos, and some who were neither indigenous nor immigrants, but descendants of authentic white Hispanics, who called themselves Creoles, and sometimes mestizos. But the real middle class is these native-born whites called Creoles, who number three million. But it was true that the white immigrants who came directly from Spain proper, who were called aristocratic immigrants, were called peninsulars, referring to immigrants from the Iberian Peninsula. There were also seven or eight hundred thousand blacks, who existed as slaves.

Spain was still a conservative feudal country at this time, with a strict hierarchy and a strong concept of enthronement, and the Spanish government neither suppressed nor supported these white second generations who were born in the colonies rather than their own country. All official positions in the colonial government had to be occupied by native immigrants.

Thus constituting such a social structure. At the top of the tower were the white Spanish officials, who were at the top of society. They pledged allegiance to the Spanish crown and brutally exploited and oppressed the colonial peoples. The second is the native-born whites, who are the descendants of hundreds of years of immigrants from Spain, whose ancestors left them a rich legacy, and the vast majority of plantations and mines are in their hands, but they are discriminated against by white Spanish officials and dissatisfied with their political status.

The mixed-race groups, some of which were the product of the early association of poor immigrants with other ethnic groups, did not have the same financial resources as the native-born whites, but ran ordinary commerce and handicrafts, formed the basic core of the colonial petty bourgeoisie, and were a backbone of the opposition to colonial rule. Indians and blacks were at the bottom of society, the most discriminated against and oppressed, and became the main force of the revolutionary army in the future.

Because before the violent revolution, Zhu Mian seized the Spanish colony, the people at the bottom had not had time to organize, and the native-born whites at the top had been brewing independence for a long time, so it was these native-born white people who found Zhu Li this time.

During the 300 years of the colonial era, the Spanish government appointed a total of 170 governors and 602 high-ranking officials, and only 4 governors and 14 high-ranking officials were native-born. The church sent 706 bishops and archbishops, with only 105 Native whites. But these native-born whites had lived in the colony for generations and had amassed great economic power, and the upper echelons of their elite controlled most of the colony's land and part of the mines, and were the core of the local landlord group.

They are generally well educated, and some have even studied in Europe. Even if they are not plantation owners and mine owners, they are engaged in intellectual professions such as lawyers, doctors, and teachers. They considered themselves to be producers of wealth and regarded the Spanish aristocratic immigrants as parasites, many of whom were not even inferior to them in terms of knowledge.

However, due to their higher standard of living and culture, they were not willing to resort to violence, and they were not satisfied with the Spanish government's monopoly on political power, but they were also unwilling to start a revolution like the people at the bottom. Now that the Spanish colonial government has been expelled by Zhu Li, they hope to use the power of the occupiers to help them form a new government.

However, Zhu Li came to rob, and in his opinion, the place where these whites lived was far less important than his old nest, the colony of Columbia, and he did not care at all about ruling the local area.

These people look exactly like the Spanish Yi people, but they are not the same as the Spaniards, Zhu Li is difficult to understand this situation, the Chinese in this era, no matter where they are, will not go against their own court. But Zhu Ting still decided to support them, and he didn't want to pay a penny of his own money anyway.

With Zhu Li's promise, these people happily proclaimed the independence of La Plata, formed a city council, and elected the mayor. Then recruit soldiers and passionately go to liberate the other brutally oppressed Creoles.

There were some of them, but there were not many of them, and they were poorly trained and had no weapons. They hoped that Zhu Mian would provide them with assistance, help them train their troops, and provide weapons.

Zhu Li didn't want to do a money-losing business, and told them that his weapons belonged to the military, and the emperor did not let him support the Creoles to establish a state, so he didn't dare to give them weapons belonging to the army without authorization, but proposed that they could be exchanged for their supplies, such as their horses, which were good, and maybe the army was willing to purchase a batch of such horses as military horses.

As elsewhere, the land in Argentina is mainly in the hands of native whites, the difference is that the land in Argentina is mainly pastures rather than farms, so it does not require much labor, and the large ranchers graze their own cattle or employ other whites, Indians and mestizos, so they have more cattle and sheep in their hands, and there are also many horses, and these horses from Andalusia are also excellent as war horses, at least they look much more powerful than Mongolian horses.

The native-born white people were not short of money, so they happily agreed to the request, sent more than 5,000 fine war horses, recruited 1,000 cavalry in the area near the port, and then asked for 1,000 rifles from Zhu Li's hands, and let Zhu Li send officers to train them. After a brief training, the soldiers, who were mainly the sons of ranchers, set out to sweep the Spanish army deep into the steppes and at the same time inform all the Creoles of their independence.

Soon they set out from La Plata, passed through the port of Buenos Aires, and went north to expel the Spanish garrison of Rosario, liberating this stronghold, and then the colonial fortresses of Santa Fe and Paraná, and Zhu Gang sent a team of artillery to help them attack the castle, and after liberating these strongholds, the native whites of the pastures on all sides came to take refuge, and soon they also formed parliaments in these cities.

Within a few months, the Spanish colonies around La Plata broke free from Spanish rule and formed a new government under the organization of the local upper white class, united to call themselves the United States of La Plata. The spirit of the French Revolution was used as the organizing principle, and political concepts such as the separation of powers were adopted, but different cultures were ignored, which led to future chaos.

In short, the leaders of the newly established United States of La Plata were enthusiastic, and they wanted to form more armies, unite with other colonies, and liberate more Spanish colonies, but Zhu Ting could not provide more help at all, in fact, Zhu Ting had already decided to leave, and he needed to receive reinforcements from China. He felt that he might have been a little out of luck, he didn't even think about going so far at first, and after capturing the port of Acapulco, he left only a few thousand of his own men, who, although they had a large number of cannons, could they be able to stop the Spaniards' counterattack? If you lose your stronghold, you will be embarrassed in front of the emperor.

It was at this time that the huge fleet led by Zhang Shun arrived at the mouth of the Río de la Plata. Seeing the fleet flying the white dragon flag, Zhu Dian was very surprised, and he began to think that the Spaniards had counterattacked. Hesitating between escaping and holding on, seeing the white dragon of course knew that this was the emperor's special flag for the sailor, and adopted the traditional dragon fighting waves and hitting the water pattern, there are a large number of such reliefs in the imperial city, and there is also this pattern on the porcelain of the official kiln. The emperor thought it was very suitable for the navy, so he selected a pattern from a relief in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and let Jiangning weave it with the skill of Yunjin. It is said that it takes half a year to weave a flag and costs several hundred taels of silver. It shows that the emperor attaches great importance to the water master.

After Zhang Shun arrived, he brought more weapons and equipment, including 10,000 cavalry infantry and more than 10,000 rifles, and he believed that the people of the colony should be actively encouraged to revolt, and these rebels should be regarded as his allies.

So a much larger battle began, a large number of La Plata rabble, together with the elite Chinese infantry, began to attack the nearby Spanish colonial stronghold, and a month later they were ready to attack Chile, and if there was no arrival of the Chinese fleet, the Laplaceans intended to cross the Andes, and now they could take warships.

The colonial stronghold in Chile had already been breached by Zhu Dian once, but he did not leave an army to garrison, his purpose at that time was to rob, and after he left, the Spanish army quickly regained control, and now that he has arrived again, these troops have no will to resist, and immediately abandon the city again and flee.