Mexico's Puerto Vallarta, a small port city with little vitality, grew rapidly from the demands of trade after the emergence of a great power in the north fourteen years ago. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info Although the largest trading port on the west coast is still Alpco, the trade volume of Vallarta is not too much worse than Alpco. A significant portion of Datang's cargo arrives here and is then sold throughout Mexico. The Spaniards had tried many ways to limit the dumping of Tang goods in their colonies, including limiting the tonnage of merchant ships, setting up high tariffs, and banning the sale of some goods, but they still could not counter the terrible commercial advantages of the Tang Dynasty.

The gap between the two countries is essentially and timely, Datang can provide all kinds of goods that people need for life, and Datang goods and services have greatly improved people's quality of life, from more convenient matches and electric lamps to large cars and ships, not only complete categories but also most of the quality is good. Although Spain has also been able to produce some industrial products through industrialization in recent years, its output is still relatively limited, most of which is used to meet local needs, and the flow into the colonies is relatively limited, and the demand for these commodities is fixed, and only the commodities of the Tang Dynasty can be filled.

As early as 1785, protests against the colonial government broke out in some parts of Mexico. The incident was triggered by a local outbreak of moderate flu in Mexico City, which caused a large number of children and the elderly to become ill. Obviously, these patients only need to inject a special drug from Datang to get better, but because Datang drug is strictly regulated in Mexico, due to its miraculous effect. The colonial government also charged several times higher tariffs. but also corrupt colonial government officials and wealthy merchants. After the outbreak of the epidemic, even people who were willing to break their money to buy drugs could not buy these Datang special drugs, which eventually led to the death of dozens of children and the elderly.

The incident caused the citizens to be outraged by the colonial government's control over the Datang goods that made their lives easier, and they took to the streets, smashed some colonial government offices, and burned down a clinic that sold imported Datang medicines. In the end, in order to control the situation. The governor of New Spain, Flores, had to personally promise to cancel tariffs on some Datang medicines and other goods, which basically calmed down the incident.

In this case, the Spanish colonial government behaved in a disguided manner, and there was not much to do in the face of angry citizens. Coupled with the growing organization of the Mexican National Revolutionary Party from behind, the protests spread to several provinces and cities, shaking the colonial government of New Spain and even Spain itself.

After this incident, although Spain still strictly guarded Datang goods, there was no way to control this opening after it was released. It took more than ten years for Datang to basically turn Mexico into its own economic lowland. After the signing of a trade pact between Datang and Spain. Datang used local businessmen in Mexico and even Spain to follow Datang's needs. It has invested in Mexico and built a large number of mines and plantations to provide Datang with a variety of products, including ores, natural dyes, coffee and cocoa, and at the same time, Datang also uses this part of the local merchants to operate a local sales network. Although this model is lower in profit and riskier than the direct control model of sales terminals in France and some vassal states in Germany, through years of cooperation, a group of Mexican businessmen have been completely tied to Datang's economic chariot. If the trade of the Tang Dynasty is good, they will make a lot of money, and if this trade is cut off, they will go bankrupt.

Silva is one such businessman. The adventurous Silva was the first Mexican businessman to come to Los Angeles spontaneously, as a native white man, he did not have much excellent education, in fact, most of his business talent came from talent, and what he learned from the Tang Dynasty over the years. For more than a decade, Silva became the leading businessman in all of Mexico, and even attracted the attention of the Spanish royal family. His wealth was overwhelming, and even in order to protect his vast possessions, Silva had a private army of 200 men armed with Tang-made muskets, and even some forbidden weapons.

He not only sold a large number of Datang commodities, but also operated many plantations and mines under the instruction of the Tang people, as well as some small factories, and recently even set up a private bank, which shows his financial strength.

For Silva, the Spanish colonial government had some influence on him, but it was nothing compared to the Tang people. The powerful partners who do business with Silva are basically state-owned trading companies from Datang, but they have a great say in whether they import or export. They were unhappy, Silva couldn't get Tang goods, he couldn't sell his goods, so he wanted to finish it completely. And Silva understood a truth very early, under the Datang system, these companies with national prefixes basically represent the will of the Tang Dynasty. So much so that now when Silva deals with them, he has to weigh whether there is any special meaning behind it.

It is precisely because of this ability that Silva was able to cooperate better with the Tang people, and at the same time made a lot of money.

As an important port, Vallarta is a well-informed place, and it basically runs back and forth with Los Angeles within a week, and any news can spread relatively quickly. After the bombing incident, the Spanish officer Pérez was involved, and Silva, a wealthy businessman with insight into the political trend, knew that Spain was going to be unlucky. The Tang Army really made a move on Mexico.

Silva could see that the Tang people had a peculiar paranoia about land, and that they were expanding their territory quickly and developing it quickly. Mexico is right next to their couch, and there's no chance that there isn't covetousness. In fact, Silva also wants Mexico to be part of the Tang Dynasty. Silva's eldest daughter was sent to Datang's girls' school eight years ago, and not long ago she was engaged to the son of a Los Angeles official, and Silva's two sons have grown up in Datang at all, and they are not at all Mexican or European in language and behavior, they are white-skinned Tang people.

Mexico under Spanish rule has no future, and Silva feels that if the Tang Dynasty can rule Mexico, there will be new developments here, and then it will be a huge business opportunity. So when the Mexican National Revolutionary Party was founded, he secretly joined the National Revolutionary Party and gave himself an unassailable identity. (To be continued.) )