Yang Changfan's every sentence at the dinner table was actually full of frankness, the benefits of capturing Mexico were very limited, and too long a front would drag down the entire army, compared with it, directly seizing Peruvian silver was obviously a more direct profit strategy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in that case, Spain's core interests in the Americas will be wiped out, all diplomatic possibilities will come to naught, and years of war will be inevitable, with one side supplying from the west coast and the other side from the east coast.

At that time, the two countries of the Villa Peninsula were well aware of this point, so the Pope acted as a matchmaker and set the Pope's meridian to divide the four seas.

There are still too many virgin lands in the vast Americas, and although the Hui Wangfu is confident enough in terms of force, it may not be wise to fight in distant lands for many years.

Therefore, Yang Changfan seems arrogant at the dinner table, but in fact, he is also empty in his heart, he believes that it is not difficult for the army to take Mexico, but the difficult thing is the arrangement after that.

The sky was bright and the smoke was rising.

The whole army was inexplicably silent, only the sound of sharpening knives and wiping guns, and a tough battle was just around the corner.

Seeing the sun revealing his full picture, Yang Changfan picked up his gun and got on the horse.

At this moment, a white horse galloped out of the city and delivered Francisco's final edict.

[Stop the war, friendly trade.] 】

Yang Changfan breathed a long sigh of relief, although it was a very ambiguous statement, there was no doubt that this was a silent acquiescence to his own requirements.

Yang Changfan replied with a more ambiguous statement-

We will keep what we have gotten and where we will get it. 】

When Yang Changfan announced the peaceful withdrawal of his troops, the whole army cheered, perhaps thinking that they could return to Chilpansingo again to do something embarrassing, or perhaps they themselves hated the war.

The army returned and the failure to capture Mexico City was never a pity, but left more hope for the future.

This was followed by a new strategy for the Americas, with the temporary occupation of Chilpancingo for resources and manpower, which would be invested in the expansion of Acapulco, which would be the center of trade in the Americas in the future and the only strategic stronghold of the Hui Dynasty in Central America. As for Chilpancingo, there are hardly any resources worth mentioning other than a slightly larger number of men, and being stationed here will only lengthen the front and cause unnecessary losses.

As for Acapulco, it was fully managed by the Eastern Pacific Company, and the joint investment of businessmen who were keen on the Americas gradually diluted Digo's personal shares, and Digo did not mind this, ambition was never the most important thing to him.

Before leaving, Yang Changfan called on the sergeants who were willing to stay and build the American base to sign up voluntarily, but he did not expect that the applicants were too enthusiastic, especially bachelors. The land is sparsely populated, the scenery is beautiful, and the girls are embraced, and this place is simply a paradise for them.

Eventually, a list of 3,000 people was established to stay in the local area, and the businessmen who sat firmly also returned to Moss Bay to call for immigrants, as for the name of Acapulco, it was too difficult to remember, Yang Changfan officially named this place New Hangzhou, just like the Mexican region was named New Spain, which can enhance the sense of identity and belonging of the immigrants to the motherland, and he hopes that this place name will be retained forever.

However, the main force of Huiwangfu did not return from this, and after leaving fifteen warships to ensure defense, the whole army marched to the northwest.

Francisco ultimately chose to compromise because he thought North America's interests were limited. North America, especially the northwestern part of the Americas, was rarely visited by the Spaniards, and the hot weather and barren population led them to think that it was barren land. In contrast, the rainforests of South America and the discovery of silver mines are the real benefits, and the continuous production of silver and the cultivation of high-yield crops on fertile land are the most valuable parts of the land. Yang Changfan's strategy for the Peruvian silver mines was indeed terrifying to Francesco, and the loss of Mexico City was even more terrifying to him, so it was not a great condition to acquiesce in the status of the Hui Palace's position in North America.

As for the aftermath, it was a matter to be decided in consultation with the Peruvian governor and the king.

On the other hand, Yang Changfan's march into Peru and the seizure of silver mines are indeed the most reasonable strategy at first glance, but as a newcomer to the Americas, they will have more territory, more supplies and more manpower if they do not guard against unpreventable diseases and viruses, after all, the Spaniards have ruled here for decades and set off a full-scale war. Taking a step back, the voyage from Europe across the Atlantic to the Americas is half of the voyage from Moss Bay across the Pacific Ocean, Yang Changfan is not willing to fight such a long and tough battle on a battlefield that is too far away and unpredictable, and should first gain a firm foothold and develop gradually, and then talk about it when all aspects are worthy of a war. More than 30,000 soldiers of the Hui Palace's palace did have the ability to capture any city, but they never had the ability to occupy and defend it permanently.

What's more, the Spaniards simply haven't discovered anything other than the heat in California.

For example, California also has a title called Golden State.

There's a place here that could also be called San Francisco.

The Spaniards were so keen to explore South America that they had no idea that the real gold mines were on the hot west coast of North America.

Immigrants across the ocean may be full of too many unforeseen and difficult situations.

Then give a little more temptation.

So Yang Changfan announced to the whole army that in order to reward the bravery and selflessness of the army in Mexican battles, he would lead everyone to find an inexhaustible source of gold.

Naturally, no one believes it, including Xu Wenchang, who talks about it like this. During their month in Mexico, they had learned about the riches of the continent, especially the silver mines of the south, which made the Spaniards a lot of money, even more than the spice trade that the Portuguese once monopolized.

As for the gold, the Spaniards searched for a long, long time, but did not find the legendary gold.

If someone else had made such a ridiculous call, I am afraid that there would have been a lot of complaints.

But this time it was Yang Changfan who gave the order, and it was a new generation of Huiwangfu sergeants who received the order. Different from the armed pirate merchant group in the Wang Zhi era, a new thought and belief were implemented in them, it was Yang Changfan who built Moss Bay in one fell swoop to give them a new life, new wealth and new hope, Yang Changfan is not only a ruler, but a generation of idol of the father of the country, with eternal absolute authority and personality charm.

Such a person, occasionally delusional, occasionally want to pan for gold, let him go.

With such an indifferent and relaxed mood, after more than ten days of relaxing sailing along the west coast, the army landed in an unknown bay, only Yang Changfan knew where it was, but this place will no longer be that name in the future.

Entering the beautiful bay, boarding the deserted beach, and looking at the dense mountains and vegetation in front of him, Yang Changfan waved his arm: "Let's call it New Shanghai." (To be continued.) )