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In 1565, the Spanish navigator Urdaneta led a sailing ship from Cebu Island in the Philippines to sail north along the waters of Japan, and after capturing the direction of the wind, he drew a large arc in the depths of the North Pacific Ocean and completed the route to Acapulco, Mexico, which took 125 days.

Together with the previous South Pacific route from Acapulco, Mexico to Manila, Philippines, Urdanetta's adventure unveiled the centuries-old U.S.-Asia Silver Route. For more than 100 years between the 16th and 17th centuries, the Urdaneta route was known to only a handful of Spanish navigators in the world.

Under the high degree of secrecy, the vast Pacific Ocean became a canvas for the imagination of geographers on most of the navigation charts of the time. All kinds of land that do not exist are endless, and strange sea monsters lurk in them. For example, the "Land of Congress" of the Dutchman de Vries, the "Land of Jeso" of the French Anebin, and the "Land of Juan da Gama" of the Portuguese Tessera.

This romantic history of the Pacific exploration may seem foolish now, but at the time, the depths of the Pacific Ocean were difficult for the whole of Europe to peep into. Aside from the annual Spanish silver fleet, there are few traces of ships here.

The paranoia of the Europeans' blockade and monopoly of sea routes in the Age of Discovery is incomprehensible to modern people, but at that time, the permission to enter a port was the lifeblood of a country. In severe times, it could lead another nation's sailing ship thousands of nautical miles around, or spend hundreds of years at sea exploring new routes, or it could become a multimillion-pound war bargaining chip.

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A month later, in Macau's largest "Kwong Fu Building", a banquet was being held by Yan Xiaosong. Under the half-light and half-darkness of Tong Guò Yan Sihai and others, several powerful local Daming maritime merchants who had already smelled a trace of meat came one after another.

An official banquet originally used to receive Macao officials quickly turned into a gathering of officials and businessmen playing on the same stage, but people with different identities were placed in two different rooms in the restaurant.

In the largest luxury guest room, an extremely luxurious banquet was going on, and Yan Xiaosong, who thought he was very calm, was dazzled by the delicacies. Except for Yan Xiaosong, the host who was in charge of the final settlement, almost all of the people present were local Ming officials.

Among them, the largest grade is the county commander Du Ting of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, followed by a group of officials guarding Macao, such as the customs river ship, the promotion, and the preparation of the Japanese, who sat at the table.

According to etiquette, Yan Xiaosong still cautiously chose not to let Caterina appear, but to let the seventh uncle recommended by Yan Sihai accompany him to deal with the difficult troubles that may arise.

Yan Xiaosong, who had short hair and a suit, once caused the consternation of the Ming Dynasty officials present when the banquet was opened, and the Xiangshan County Ling Du Ting, who had a small beard, almost raised his arm and pointed at the old man for a long time without saying a word. But judging from his expression, he was obviously shocked and angry, and for a while, Yan Xiaosong had no choice but to smile bitterly.

Fortunately, the old man's seventh uncle was eloquent, and he made a circle to divert the attention of the Ming Dynasty officials. However, then, about Yan Xiaosong's identity as a remnant of the former Song Yashan, the Ming Dynasty officials were stunned for a while.

“…… The Mengyuan Tartars occupied it, and the battle of Yashan was bloody...... Mr. Yan's ancestors did not endure humiliation, a group of old and young people hated to go to sea, drifting thousands of miles, Fang Xun had a place to live, but hundreds of years have passed, customs and customs have been quite different from my Ming Dynasty. ”

Uncle Seventh obviously had read books for a few years, and when he shook his head, he made up the history of the unyielding struggle of a Chinese descendant who was in tears, of course, including a lot of content that Yan Xiaosong had fooled him before.

"Oh, this is forgivable, this is lamentable!" The magistrate of Xiangshan, who was less than forty years old, pinched his little beard and shook his head, "In that case, when I expelled the Tartar slaves and rebuilt Hanguang, why didn't I join him?" ”

"The mountains and rivers have been lost, the ancestors have left their homes, and they have no face to return to their homeland." Yan Xiaosong finally borrowed the topic and slowly regained the feeling of the host of the banquet, "In addition, the distance is far away, there is no news, and the people are thin, so it is impossible to cross the ocean." ”

"Well, this makes sense, but, after all, I am a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, so living in a foreign land, isn't it a long time to lose my education? What is the difference between this short hair and short clothes and Taixi Fanyi, inappropriate, inappropriate! ”

Du Ting shook his head slightly, with a look of regret, and the officials around him responded one after another, with a look of pity for saving the runaway youth.

"The ancestors worked hard and have already taken root in the Americas." Yan Xiaosong smiled slightly and threw out a bombshell.

"It is extremely disobedient and absurd to be so forgetful and untouchable, to have no mother country, and to establish himself as a country! After all, it's a group of Fanyi who don't know etiquette! Everyone was shocked again, and for a long time, Du Ting slapped the table and stood up with his sleeves, looking like he was going to leave immediately.

For a while, except for Yan Xiaosong, who was still sitting firmly in his position, all kinds of reprimands arose, and even the seventh uncle was so frightened that he quickly stood up and accused the officials.

"The ancestors have been on the road for hundreds of years, and the United States of China has no monarch and no emperor, and the people are republic." Yan Xiaosong laughed, stood up and walked around, pointing to his heart, "For the Ming Empire, I myself came with great admiration, and at the same time, I came to establish friendship with the Ming Empire with the great trust of the Congress of the Chinese American Republic. ”

Coming to pay tribute? That's a big deal! Nowadays, the construction of slaves outside the customs is rampant, the natural disasters in several provinces in the customs are repeated, and the Tusi rebellion in Sichuan has not subsided, and the vassals in various places have not come to pay tribute for many years, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse has just ascended the throne and needs such a big gimmick!

"Beauty...... Sharp...... Strong, hum, the name of the country is arrogant, but it is just a small state in the end! Du Ting thought to himself, still cold on the surface. He sat down firmly in his position, raised his hand, and bowed to the north, "Today's saint is young and heroic, Shengming Houde, I am a great Ming grace and might, and the eight directions are all over the world, although your American country is a remnant of the Han family, but it lives in the wilderness, has been uneducated for a long time, and has become a country, and now comes to pay tribute to the mother state, and this official can report to the court to petition on behalf of you." ”

"Hehe, I'm just here to do business with my compatriots and reminisce about the past, and it will take ......time to pay tribute," Yan Xiaosong raised his hand, and the seventh uncle hurriedly handed Du Ting a small box with a strange texture from the side.

"This box is not gold or wood, but it is also small. I have a lot of things in Daming, and I have always been a Taixi businessman who only buys commercial goods in Daming. As he spoke, he gently opened the lid of the plastic box, and his eyes widened with just one glance.

In the box, a bottle of perfume lay in the center of the red velvet, and the smooth glass bottle shimmered like crystal, which suddenly made Du Ting stunned.

Several Ming Dynasty officials on the side also squinted curiously, and they also entered a petrified state.

"Taixi crystal glass bottle, it's a bit of a good ......" Du Ting, who was a little knowledgeable, coughed lightly, returned to normal, and reluctantly handed the box back to the seventh uncle, his face softened a lot, "This time, the colleagues who defend Australia reported that you rented a Franco sea boat, and the momentum was huge, could it be all this?" ”

"No, it's just a sample that I personally brought to the local maritime merchants." After Yan Xiaosong finished speaking, he gestured again, and the seventh uncle hurriedly handed over a letter that had been written a long time ago from the side, "This is the letter of state entrusted by our government to the emperor of the Ming Empire, and I hope it will be submitted by the hands of adults." ”

Good guys, or just doing business, sure enough, they came to pay tribute! If this matter is done, the next year's review will definitely be superior! At this time, Du Ting still didn't regard the young man dressed as Tessie in front of him as some overseas remnant who disobeyed the teaching, but smiled and held it solemnly.

As for when this so-called letter of state will be replied to by the imperial court, Du Ting can't be sure, just think that no matter how bad it is, it will only be delayed for a few years, but this reputation of "subduing foreign people to promote the emperor" can't run.

Subsequently, the guests were all enthusiastic, and after pushing the cup and feasting on it, Du Ting stood up with a blush on his face.

"Mr. Yan is not only a remnant of my Huaxia, but also a foreign envoy of Fanbang, this official will naturally attach great importance to it, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time due to official business, so I will leave here, and there will be a period later!"

After speaking, Du Ting sorted out his clothes and walked out of the restaurant with a big grin. The other officials, who only cared about watching the play and listening to the book, had not eaten a few bites, all followed the retreat with a reluctant look.

The people were gone, and Yan Xiaosong was still sitting quietly in his position, looking at the dishes on the table without moving many chopsticks, and secretly sighed in his heart.

At this time, a bodyguard dressed as a servant walked in and muttered a few words in the ear of the seventh uncle, and then the latter walked up to Yan Xiaosong with a surprised expression.

"Mr. Yan, the crystal glass wine bottle and wine bottle you entrusted last time have already been sold next door, and the Qian family in Fuzhou has paid 60,000 taels of silver, and they also said that they will have as much as they want in the future."

Uncle Seventh felt that his previous valuation was still too conservative, he had been running the sea for so many years, and he had never seen a piece of goods that could catch up with half the quality of such a Taixi crystal glass wine set, but such a high price made him take a breath of cold air.

60,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to 80,000 Spanish silver dollars! When Yan Xiaosong heard this, he was stunned.

"Well, please let the old seventh uncle run around, send a thousand taels to the Xiangshan magistrate, two hundred taels for each of the other people who came to the table, and then send a thousand taels to the local Francois of St. Paul's Monastery. For the rest of the seventh uncle, you will take another 20,000 taels of silver to Brother Yan Sihai, and you will keep the rest for me. ”

The money came so easily, Yan Xiaosong was also a little fluttering, and with a big stroke, 60,000 taels of silver was arranged.

"Oops! Mr. Yan, you are really ...... Hey, the Yan family relied on Mr. to help him this time, so that the fourth master could return home safely! You are a guest from afar, and the Yan family has not repaid the favor, so you are still ......"

As he spoke, he hurriedly gave a look to the bodyguard who reported the news next to him, and by the way, he also wiped his tears.

Hehe, it's not a fuel-efficient lamp...... Yan Xiaosong waved his hand, looking indifferent, but he was already secretly sighing in his heart. Then while he could still drink two glasses of wine, he went to another room to meet those Daming maritime merchants who had been waiting for a long time.

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Back at the residence, it was already nightfall.

In the room, there were only two cups of tea on the table, which had already been cold, and Caterina was accompanying Abbot Matox of the Convent of St. Paul's with a cold face, and the other party seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and judging by his haggard countenance, this visit to Manila should have been fruitless.

"I feel guilty for dean Matos for working so hard." Yan Xiaosong seemed to have known that this time he had gone to negotiate with the Philippine Governor.

The Kingdom of Spain's secrecy of the silver shipping routes of the Americas in the 17th century is one of the few examples of remarkable results in the entire Age of Discovery. Almost no amount of bribery could pry back these usually greedy colonial bureaucrats, and it was as difficult to convince Spain's transport forces in the Far East to cross the Pacific to participate in the transport of migrants as it was to declare war with the Kingdom of Spain.

"Katerina, go and rest, I have something to talk about with Dean Mattos, and this is just a simple meeting." Knowing that his fiancée had committed another crime, he thought that this was another conspiracy meeting to plot against the Kingdom of Spain, and Yan Xiaosong could only smile at this.

Looking at the two men in the room, Caterina pouted and left the room.

"The Governor of the Philippines has categorically rejected the use of their shipping routes to transport labor for us, which he believes would be detrimental to the core interests of the Kingdom of Spain. But he agreed to persuade the local Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Manila to provide us with the boats, as long as we could pay the corresponding payment. "Ma Tos spread his hands, and a pair of dark circles under his eyes showed the white eyes that he suffered during his trip to the Philippines," and as for Yan Siqi's attitude, they said that they could take a neutral position without being harassed by the other side at sea. ”

"That's all it can be...... In this case, I would like to conclude a formal labor transport cooperation agreement with you, and for a long time. I have already entered into the same cooperation agreement with His Excellency the Governor of Goa. ”

Yan Xiaosong thought about it, and finally gave up the possibility of using the silver route of the Spanish Kingdom, at least for now, he was not sure that the Spaniards could cooperate obediently.

"Oh, it's an honor!" Knowing that his travels had finally borne fruit, Ma Duo quickly took out the Wen Jiàn that had been prepared long ago from his pocket, in addition to the traditional Portuguese and Latin versions, Ma Duoshi, who was not bad at Chinese, actually prepared a Chinese version.

"I'll ask Miss Caterina to review the agreement for me, and I'm sure it will be delivered to you soon." Yan Xiaosong smiled, picked up the herbal tea on the table and drank it all.

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