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"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, this fee is extremely unreasonable! So many Spanish soldiers have lost their lives, even for humanitarian reasons, your country should collect their corpses, and not use this to extort money from the Kingdom of Spain! In addition, the price of 100 Chinese dollars is too expensive, which is already equivalent to more than 600 pesos! "Vicente. Special Envoy Sancho retorted.

"Your Excellency, you may not know the way, the Orientals pay attention to the safety of entering the earth, and our fallen soldiers are all dealt with by burying! In order to avoid the plague, we cremated the Spanish soldiers. Plus, we did a lot of work to distinguish the names of each soldier! Therefore, it is very reasonable for a Spanish soldier to charge a hundred Chinese dollars! Of course, if the Kingdom of Spain feels that this fee is too high and is unwilling to bring their ashes back to Spain, then forget it! His Majesty the King of China has proposed to build a cemetery in Manila to house the ashes of those enemies who were wiped out by the Chinese army. When the time comes, they will come and pay their respects. Of course, the price of the tickets will be high! Lin Zihao, foreign minister of Xinhua, said with a smile.

Vicente. Envoy Sancho trembled, this was completely angered by Lin Zihao. He never imagined that in order to collect money, Xinhua would come up with such a method, not even letting go of the ashes of those Spanish soldiers who were killed, it was really shameless! However, now he has no choice. Militarily, the Kingdom of Spain had lost all its way and wanted to negotiate a condition that would satisfy the Kingdom of Spain. This is obviously impossible! These high-ranking officials of Xinhua Kingdom are more shrewd than the other, and they are also more greedy than the other!

"Okay. Your Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs! You guys won. We are willing to pay a sum of money to bring the ashes of these dead Spanish officers and soldiers back to Spain! However, the price of 100 Chinese dollars is too high. After the loss of Luzon, the finances of the Kingdom of Spain were already in crisis, and we simply could not come up with so much money! "Vicente. Sancho's envoy softened!

"In this way, we can give you a friendship price, a total of only one million Chinese dollars!" Lin Zihao said briskly.

Vicente. Envoy Sancho nodded. No more dwelling on this issue. The ashes of those Spanish officers and soldiers who died are not very important. Most importantly, the captured Spanish officers and soldiers. Even at this time. In the prisoner of war camps of the new country, tens of thousands of Spanish army and navy officers and sailors were also imprisoned, including the Spanish governor of Luzon, Anthony Murphy. Pedro sent officers and soldiers who were captured when he attacked Xinhua City, and there were also officers and soldiers captured when the Xinhua army attacked Manila. The last were the officers and soldiers who were captured after the disastrous defeat of the Spanish Expeditionary Force. If only these captured officers and soldiers could be brought back to Spain alive. That's the big thing. When the time comes, Vicente. Envoy Sancho will also become a hero in the eyes of the Spaniards, and even qualified to compete for the next round of Prime Minister!

"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, it is now time for us to talk about the Spanish officers and soldiers who are still being held in prisoner-of-war camps by your country! Now that the war is over, should your country unconditionally release those officers and soldiers? "Vicente. Special Envoy Sancho said.

"Of course. The war is over, and they deserve to be released! But. I have to inform you of a piece of news. Among those prisoners of war, many of them had already become workers in the new country. They have signed a contract with us to work in the factory of Xinhuaguo! Of course, if they return to Spain voluntarily, we will not stop them! Lin Zihao said. There was a shortage of skilled workers in the new country, and many of the Spanish prisoners of war were skilled workers or people with other talents. The Xinhua Army lured those Spanish prisoners of war to work for Xinhua voluntarily through money and even women. Of course, Xinhuaguo also paid for it.

"Your Excellency, are you enslaving those prisoners of war? It's immoral and it's not legal! "Vicente. Special Envoy Sancho protested again. This trip to Xinhua gave him too much shock. He found that what he saw and the West were completely two worlds, and the values and outlook on life of the Western world world were completely unworkable here!

"No, Your Excellency! Please pay attention to the wording, we did not enslave them, they did it voluntarily. Plus, we pay them for their work! This is a normal partnership, not a slavery! Lin Zihao retorted.

In the industrial base of Xinhua City, many Spanish prisoners of war worked in it. They are found in steel mills and shipyards. In addition, Xinhua also adopted a series of incentive measures to allow these Spanish prisoners of war to train qualified industrial workers for Xinhua and create favorable conditions for the industrialization of Xinhua China. Of course, Xinhuaguo also paid a lot of money for this. But it's all worth it!

"Well, even if they volunteered. However, I hope that if they want to return to Spain, the Xinhua side will not be able to stop them! "Vicente. Special Envoy Sancho said.

"Of course, they are completely free!" Lin Zihao said. In fact, according to what Xinhua has learned, many of the prisoners of war employed by Xinhua have adapted to life here, and here they are no longer prisoners of war, but respected teachers, and at the same time have a valuable salary every month. A skilled industrial worker, the new book given by Xinhua Guo, is fifty Chinese dollars, that is, 12.5 pounds, and if he can bring out a qualified apprentice, he can get another fifty Chinese dollars. This kind of income is already much higher than when they were in Spain. In addition, the price level in Xinhua is very low, and such a new book is enough for them to live comfortably. In terms of women's sex, although Xinhua provides indigenous women, it is already very good for these Spaniards who have been holding back for months! If they wish, they can also buy these indigenous women at a low price and make them their private belongings, whatever they want! This is a paradise for these Spaniards! Of course, when Xinhua's own industrial workers grew up, the role of these Spaniards would gradually wane. However, by that time, they had also accumulated a good fortune, and even if they returned to Spain, they would be able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives!

Hearing Lin Zihao's answer, Vicente. Only then did the envoy Sancho breathe a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the Xinhua side would prevent the Spanish prisoners of war from returning home. However, he soon learned that those Spanish prisoners of war employed by Xinhua were unwilling to leave here, which made him very depressed!

"Your Excellency, there are about 6,000 Spanish prisoners of war, and they have not accepted the employment of Xinhuaguo! You can bring them back! Lin Zihao said.

"Very good, Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary!" Vicente. Envoy Sancho nodded.

"However, these prisoners of war need to be taken away by paying a ransom! The payment of ransom is a common practice in Europe, and His Excellency the Special Envoy will not refuse this, right? Lin Zihao asked.

"Damn, these yellow-skinned monkeys still want to slaughter us!" Vicente. Envoy Sancho cursed in his heart.

"Your Excellency, I wonder how much ransom your country needs us to pay?"

"Five hundred dollars each, three million dollars in total, or seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds!" Lin Zihao said.

"What? Seventy-five pounds? It's impossible! The Kingdom of Spain simply can't come up with so much money at the moment! "Vicente. Envoy Sancho shook his head repeatedly. The former Kingdom of Spain was also the overlord of the world, with vast colonies in the Americas and even in the whole world, and was able to obtain huge wealth from the vast number of colonies every year. However, this wealth was not used for the development of industry, but for foreign wars and pleasures. This led to the gradual decline of the Kingdom of Spain, and even more so after the loss of those colonies!

"Your Excellency, this is already a good price! It can't be less. If the Kingdom of Spain didn't have that much money, maybe it could be replaced by something else! Lin Zihao said.

"What can be used instead?" Vicente. Special Envoy Sancho asked.

"Industrial equipment! Xinhuaguo is undergoing large-scale industrial construction, and we need a lot of machinery and equipment. For example, machine tools, lathes, milling machines, as well as locomotives, large steam forging hammers and hydraulic presses, and much more! Xinhuaguo is willing to pay a high price for it. The ransom that your country needs to pay to Xinhuaguo can also be deducted from these! Lin Zihao said.

Vicente. Envoy Sancho was silent, and the industrial equipment proposed by Lin Zihao was not very advanced in many of the Kingdom of Spain.

As if to see Vicente. What Sancho was worried about, Lin Zihao continued: "What we need is advanced industrial equipment! If the Kingdom of Spain does not have one, it can be purchased from other countries in Europe. Xinhua is willing to pay a generous commission to the Kingdom of Spain! This would be a significant income for the Kingdom of Spain. In addition, although Spain lost Luzon, Xinhua could cooperate with Spain to export goods unique to the Orient, such as silk, porcelain, rubber and sugar, etc., and at the same time import industrial equipment through Spain! Putting aside the controversial issue of Luzon, our two countries can fully carry out cooperation in industry and trade, which is very beneficial to both of our countries! ”

Sure enough, after listening to Lin Zihao's introduction, Vicente. Sancho's envoy's eyes lit up! (To be continued......)