After the speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, finished announcing the confidential document, the parliamentarians were stunned for a moment.

None of them doubted the authenticity of the text, which must have been obtained through the most reliable source. What is the channel? That's a classified.

All of them were merchants, and any one of them knew about the naval battle...... But the content of the article about naval warfare was not in the realm of sea warfare that they could understand.

Really, there has never been a naval battle in which all of the opposing ships have been captured, and most of those ships are still intact...... This is the miraculous existence of zài!

What is even more regrettable is that they do not know the value of a warship, even a Dutch Galen? It can be used to transport coal...... The inputs and outputs are ridiculous.

In fact, everyone has heard all kinds of rumors...... However, when such real and detailed information was provided to confirm those rumors, they were all stunned...... When the Dutch and the British attacked Macao, they were no more than these people, but they still landed in Macao...... If it weren't for the Ming government's crowd tactics...... Maybe they'll take Macau.

This is a new situation...... What can we do in Macau? What can we do personally? How to profit from this?

The merchants, who had just recovered from the shock, began to talk.

Especially when I heard that the report specifically mentioned the growth of sugar cane, and that the production must have been far greater than last year's - all the merchants' eyes were red - sugar was the best ballast carry, and it was easy to sell everywhere you went. In Europe, it's as cute as gold...... In a certain way, it may be more sought-after than silk, and it is easier to sell at once.

The merchants of Macau had long since coveted the Dutch sugar business, and although the merchants knew no borders - there was a violent monopoly. They watched the Dutch make a lot of money, but they couldn't intervene, and they could only curse them in vain!

…… Now maybe it's an opportunity.

In their discussions, they realized that their business did not conflict with the business of the so-called Hantang Group at all - it could even achieve a win-win situation.

They wanted cotton, cotton, linen, olive oil, and even pig iron.

It's all in Goa, India -- but the coal is not enough.

Looking at the scene of the lively discussion among the many merchants, Speaker de Aron and Governor Wasky glanced at each other, and the two began to talk in a whisper.

None of those businessmen noticed one thing in their Hantang group - cement!

As you can see from that report, that thing will make the battery stronger and the fortifications stronger.

But the merchants only cared about their sugar, and their grain, and their salt, and all sorts of strange things. They only think that after they have paid their taxes, it is the natural duty of Macau to protect them -- and they don't care about the defense of Macau at all. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this thinking.

But they don't want to think about it, if the Han Tang Group uses their big iron ships to attack Macao, how can we resist it? They are happy without Dutch pirates and monopolies, but they seem to have forgotten that the people who can destroy the Dutch pirates will be more powerful than the Dutch pirates?!

When the council was dismissed, President de Aron and Governor Waski began to deliberate in private.

Be sure to reach a cooperative relationship with the people of their Hantang Group in front of the Xiban people, and you can send a senior staff member to go in person.

Both men expressed optimism about the prospects of cooperation, for the simple reason that the two sides complement each other, and judging from the dozens of trades of their Hantang group, they are very committed to the contract, and this is the key.

"We have no conflict of interest with them - and above all, they really do business fairly - and there is no need for bribes," said Speaker de Aron. Although this makes it more difficult for us to do business than the Ming government in the past, well, I seem to have to compete with others, but at least this is the real core of trade. ”

Governor Waski said, "They seem to have a smoother administrative and military system than we do - thank you and your predecessor for arranging spy officers, they have helped a lot this time!" ”

The Speaker de Aron smiled and said: "We are far from the motherland, we are weak, so we must know all our opponents better, any arrogance is our death - so we need not only the help of the Jesuits, but even ordinary people will be our helpers - we will be here for a long time, it is precisely because of our apparent weakness, arrogance? Let the Ming government be arrogant!

As for their operating system, I just want to say that their Hantang Group is a company with complete work...... We can only figure it out if we have a deeper understanding. ”

Governor Waski thought for a moment and said: "They are unimaginably powerful, but they are very fair in their business - not as domineering as the disgusting Dutch, nor as unreasonable as the arrogant Spanish - from the description of the report, I can see that they are very similar in appearance to the Ming people, but their behavior is too far apart, who are they?" Really from the big city of Antarctica? Will there be anyone there—"

Speaker de Aron sighed and said, "That's why I'm afraid—"

"Scared?! There are very few of them after all, right?! This shows that it is not easy to get here from the big cities of Antarctica. Their so-called fairness is just to attract businessmen to do business—"

Governor Waski smiled and said casually.

President D'Aron was bored for a while, but he forcibly suppressed it. Ah, this pitiful and hateful soldier, his vision is not as good as that of the girls.

Speaker D'Aron said slowly: "God has absolute power! ”

Governor Wasky hurriedly drew a cross on his chest and said, "Exactly. ”

Speaker D'Aron continued: "Only he can give others fair and just treatment—"

"Exactly."

Seeing that Governor Waski had said nothing else, Speaker d'Aron decided to abandon the exchange - he wanted to talk to the Jesuits.

In the 16th century, Spain established the first empire on which the sun never sets. The Spanish Empire was a vast territory that spanned all of Central America, most of South America, and part of Africa and the Philippines in Asia.

But the military power of Spain's heyday was so powerful that even the empires of the three major civilizations in South America, the Inca, the Maya, and the Aztecs, could be annihilated, and in the words of the Spanish explorer Hernancortez, "eradicating a culture is like a passerby dropping off a sunflower on the side of the road."

Of course, those so-called great civilizations in South America did not even know the wheel, and they were still stuck in the Stone Age, a locked civilization...... And there are people in the world on that side of the world who speculate about what doom they can predict, which is really interesting.

But in Asia, Spain has only received a piece of the Philippines, which seems strange.

To know why Spain only occupied the Philippines, it is necessary to know the causes and processes of the geographical manifestation.

The main driving forces of the geographical development were the trade monopoly of the Muslim empires in the Middle East and the merchant trade monopoly of Italy in Europe. Since the Muslim Empire had already traded with Southeast Asian countries and countries before the Ming Dynasty before the Europeans came to Asia, many luxury goods from the East, such as tea, silk, spices, porcelain, etc., had to be marketed in Europe through the Arabs.

The Arabs often sold these goods to Venetian merchants in Italy. The Italians in Venice resold the oriental luxuries they had received from the Arabs to the rest of Europe.

This type of trade allowed Europeans to buy luxury goods hundreds of times higher than their original prices.

In addition, the Renaissance also led to the emergence of geography. The Renaissance promoted humanism, focusing on thinking and practice. The Renaissance also repaired the weakened economy of medieval feudalism in Europe. The economic recovery in Europe has led to the expansion of the market for goods, which has led to a significant increase in demand for luxury goods from the East.

However, the Europeans were overwhelmed by the many expensive Oriental goods, so they felt that the way to get Oriental luxury goods at the cheapest price was to trade directly with the East.

Eventually, when the Ottoman Turks blockaded the port of Venice in the 15th century, Europeans felt the need to open a sea route to the East.

As a result of this, Europeans actively engaged in expeditionary activities. Due to the scientific and technological progress of Europe at that time, shipbuilding, cartography and navigation were much more advanced than in the Middle Ages, it would not be difficult for Europeans to carry out expeditions.

The first European countries to embark on an expedition were Portugal and Spain. After explorers such as Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Diaz6 continued to discover the Caribbean islands, the Cape of Good Hope, and the route to India, Portugal and Spain worked hard to expand their empires. In doing so, they hope to be able to bring control over the "spice islands" where spices are produced.

Portuguese and Spanish expeditions were frustrated in Brazil, and in order to reconcile the conflict, the famous Treaty of Tortisias (TreatyofTorde 11AS) was signed.

The treaty made the area west of Brazil a Spanish sphere of influence, which Spain could conquer at will; The area east of Brazil is the territory of Portugal. As a result, most of South America, with the exception of Brazil, became part of the Spanish Empire.

South America was rich in resources that enriched the Spaniards. However, the "Spice Islands" they aspire to are not located in South America. Spices are also not produced in South America.

In order to control the archipelago, Spain actively carried out expeditions. At that time, Portugal had already occupied parts of Africa, Goa in India, Malacca in the Malay Peninsula, some archipelago in Indonesia, Macau in Mindai 6; The Portuguese also arrived in Taiwan and Japan.

In 1521, the Spanish explorer Magellan embarked on a circumnavigation voyage with the approval and patronage of the King of Spain. Just after crossing the Pacific Ocean, Magellan met the Portuguese in the Moluccas in Indonesia. And the Moluccas, on the other hand, is the so-called Spice Islands.

In this way, negotiations began, which led to the signing of the Treaty of Zaragoza in 1523, which amended the sphere of influence to include the area east of the Moluccas, the Spanish sphere of influence, and the Portuguese to the east.

Spain agreed to evacuate the Moluccas, and Portugal agreed to pay Spain 350,000 gold Portuguese dollars in compensation. As for the Philippine Islands, located west of the Moluccas, they remained Spanish territory.

So, only the Philippines in Asia is a Spanish colony.

Since the 17th century, other European countries, such as the Netherlands, England, France, etc., have begun to carry out exploration activities, and Portugal, with its small territory, could not resist the Dutch power, so it ceded Indonesia, Malacca, Taiwan and other places to the Netherlands.

At this time, Spain also entered a downward range......

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