Chapter 661: South America
Three hundred and dozens of Galen ships had the opportunity to sail to the far east with the powerful Ming naval formation, and they were simply eager to sail to the east.
Because they are all experienced veterans in maritime trade, they can safely reach the charming East, buy exquisite porcelain, gorgeous silk and expensive tea in that mysterious country, and the profits obtained from shipping back to Europe may be several times or dozens of times.
Xiyi has not changed its concept, and the familiar Ming goods are still in porcelain, silk, and tea...... On top of that, they don't know that they will see too many industrial products, all-steel sabers, smoothbore guns, clocks, valves, locks, hardware, hardware tools, .......
Hardware and hardware tools in the seventies and eighties of the later generations of China's export fist products, now as the Ming Dynasty created advanced products sold to Xiyi, can definitely trigger a technological revolution in Europe.
The added value of these export products is not calculated in tens of percent, but doubled and sold, anyway, there is no qualified steel in the Xiyi countries in a short period of time, and it is not possible to make a lot of money at this time.
Spain was once incomparably glorious, once the only superpower in the world, and when the Ming Dynasty was still in a mess with the so-called Japanese in the coastal waters.
The Spaniards had already entered the Age of Discovery, and 169 Spanish colonists who successfully landed in South America under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro provoked a war, winning a complete victory against the Peruvian Inca Empire's army of nearly 80,000 troops, and also captured the king of the Inca Empire.
This incredible war is really amazing, more than 100 Spaniards face 80,000 foreign weapons, even if the enemy has no weapons, they will only throw stones, 80,000 people will bury the Spanish invaders with stones!
In fact, the Spaniards also mainly use cold weapons, and the quality of the few arquebuses is worrying, and it is inconvenient to load and place.
From this, it can be seen that the Spanish commander was definitely a god-like opponent.
And the king of the Inca Empire is probably not as good as a pig, otherwise 80,000 pigs would definitely be able to kill 169 Spanish colonists.
Francisco Pizarro ushered in the Spanish conquest of South America and was the founder of Lima, the capital of modern Peru.
Today, Huang Mingdao negotiated with the current governor of Peru in Spain to purchase a piece of land in Lima City that is one mile round by the sea to build a consulate and the Lima branch of the "Huaxia Big Money Village", as well as shops, restaurants and so on.
The Ming could exercise their powers in this territory, have their own army, and use their own laws, which was equivalent to the concessions assigned to the great powers during the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
It's just that Huang Mingdao is more ruthless, and buying the land directly is not a lease at all. This small piece of land is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and in a year or two it will become a bustling small city.
The capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru is located in Lima, which rules the whole of Spanish and South America, and the governor has great power and control a lot of territory.
He was in a cold sweat when he saw a huge fleet coming, but fortunately, a missionary from his country came to the port of Lima in a speedboat and delivered a letter from the Spanish governor of Manila.
The Governor finally knew that such a large fleet had come for trade, a messenger of peace, and he had no doubts and did not dare to doubt, for if he had been suspicious, he would have really come out of his mind.
No one is a fool, and the governor-general, who was born in the navy, saw the tonnage of the Ming fleet and the number of artillery guns it had and the caliber of the guns, and his heart was pounding.
The Ming fleet was probably even more powerful than the British, who defeated the Spanish Armada, and they sent more warships than the Armada's tonnage just to escort merchant ships.
With such a large country in the far east, it is no wonder that the Governor of Manila wrote to remind me not to conflict with the Ming Dynasty and to trade with each other.
There was a strong force as a deterrent, no diplomatic rhetoric was needed, and the governor of Spain and Peru was in good shape.
Da Ming was naturally treated as a guest by the Spaniards, and his requests could be basically met as long as they were not too out of line.
It is too simple to buy a piece of land, and the Viceroyalty of Peru is so large that you can go ashore and enclose the land directly by force.
Da Ming very politely spent silver coins to buy the territory to build a consulate, it was really the style of the Celestial Empire, not to bully others, and the governor of Peru symbolically received three thousand silver coins to sell.
The Celestial Empire is very friendly, and invites all the dignitaries and dignitaries of Spain and other countries operating in Lima to come to the flagship of the fleet, the "Huaxia Development".
The beautiful waltz melody and the dazzling array of fine porcelain made Xiyi dizzy, and the banquet was dispersed, and the waiter who cleaned up the venue found that many dishes were lost.
Damn, invite someone to dinner without stealing plates! In fact, it is no wonder that they are like this, because the quality of the earlier Xiyi colonists was very poor. Most of them are made up of thieves, robbers, murderers, and other criminals.
The Spanish colonists were extremely excited to see that the Ming merchant ships could sail to South America, and after they visited the Ming flagship, they thought that such a battleship was incomparable, and asked the Ming to strive to run South America four times a year.
The Spanish plundered South America for many years, and they occupied an infinite number of rich mines, and obtained too much copper, silver, nickel, gold, etc.
Since there was no industrial base in North and South America, the Spaniards refused to invest in industry there, that is, they plundered greedily, and the precious metals obtained by the Spaniards were shipped back to Europe.
Such a result directly led to the fall in the price of precious metals in the European market, and the price fell and the sales were certainly not good.
Now they have found such a big buyer from the Far East Celestial Empire, not only with amazing purchasing power, but also with their own pick-up, of course, very popular, and they hope that the more Ming merchant ships come, the better.
Huang Mingdao can't guarantee to run South America four times a year, he can only guarantee to come at least twice a year, and at most he can't say for sure.
The Spanish governor retreated and asked Huang Mingdao to bring as many merchant ships as possible, because the amount of copper, nickel, silver, gold, cotton, corn, etc. he could supply was huge, and the ships could not be transported away if there were fewer ships.
The Huang family's thirst for raw materials is endless, Huang Mingdao immediately stated that the number of merchant ships will increase every time, and after friendly negotiations, the two countries signed the "South American Trade Agreement".
As a result of coming to the place of origin to pick up the goods, the price of copper, one of the most important raw materials, has fallen by 40%, as have other precious metals.
After the Huang family obtained high-quality coal mines and high-grade iron-rich ore, the quality of steel was greatly improved, the output increased day by day, and the cost was decreasing year by year.
The improvement of steel quality directly leads to more durable tools such as hacksaws used for logging, which improves the efficiency of loggers, increases the production of wood, and reduces the cost of wood.
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