In the 16th century, Spain brought back 5.5 tons of gold and 246 tons of silver from overseas every year, and in order to ensure the sea lines of communication and overseas interests, Spain established a powerful naval fleet with more than 100 warships, more than 3,000 cannons, and tens of thousands of soldiers, crisscrossing the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, known as the "Invincible Armada". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the prestige of the "Invincible Armada" spread far and wide, it happened to be the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, how could Yang Guang not collect information that was familiar with this aspect? It was because he was familiar with this history that he laughed when he heard the priest say that the governor of Manila, Spain, was eyeing him.

From Europe to Asia, with the HNA technology of this era, it is considered a fast year, and it has not been a year since Yang Guang started selling Wufeng guns, in other words, even if the Spanish governor of Manila really peeks at his own gold, it is unlikely that it will be supported from Europe in recent times.

Since it is called the Governor of Manila, the core interests of the other party must be the Southeast Asian region with Manila as the center of gravity, and Spain's Asian detachment is only a second-tier level, and it has to give priority to taking care of its own colonies in Southeast Asia, how many forces can be mobilized to come north to trouble Yang Guang?

Yang Guang once destroyed a Japanese military port with a ship Tarzan, and no matter how exaggerated the rumors, it is true that the Tarzan was armed with a large number of artillery. Against such a fleet, it is useless to have a small number of people, and a large number of people cannot guarantee the safety of the colony, and the governor of Manila may be greedy, but he is definitely not so stupid.

Yang Guang did not refute the priest's obviously alarmist words, but just took out a silver coin from his pocket and threw it on the table, indicating that the so-called "intelligence" mentioned by the other party was only worth this price.

In this era, Spain was a first-class power in Europe, and anyone who was familiar with the Armada would not be as indifferent as Yang Guang after learning that he was being targeted by it, so the priest speculated in his heart that it was likely that Yang Guang did not know the true strength of Spain, which happened to be a common problem of the Ming Dynasty people in this era, always regarded themselves as the Heavenly Empire, and regarded others as barbarians.

Ignoring the silver coins on the table, the priest continued: "The Spaniards were so greedy, they plundered all over the sea, they controlled a large number of colonies, and every year countless amounts of gold and silver were shipped back to Spain proper. ”

"We have an internal presence in the Spanish Navy and the Governor's Palace in Manila, and we have access to their specific routes for transporting gold. That's more than 15,000 ounces of gold and no less than 400,000 ounces of silver. We could call up 10 ships and sailors, but we lacked firearms, guns and artillery. If you are willing to provide it, or simply join us directly, we can divide the gold and silver equally! ”

Yang Guang made a simple calculation in his heart, gold is 11,500 Ming taels, he earned it by selling 400 firearms, as for 11.5 tons of silver, it is less than 60 million Chinese yuan in modern time and space, and he can earn more than this if he gets some wood and goes back.

Commercial value aside, the Spanish Navy's warships transporting gold and silver must be very powerful, Yang Guang led the fleet south If he wins this fleet, it will basically be equivalent to destroying the main naval force of the Spaniards in Southeast Asia, but how can he have so many men to occupy the Spanish colonies in Southeast Asia next? Either Isabella took most of the cake, or other forces took advantage of the opportunity.

If he loses this naval battle, it is likely that all but a few people will die in the sea, and the forces that Yang Guang has built up with great difficulty will immediately disappear. With such a high-risk behavior, winning and gaining benefits is similar to selling some goods casually, but losing will hurt his muscles and bones, why would he go to participate in a war that has nothing to do with his core interests?

The priest said that he was using intelligence to offset the account, but in fact he used the method of "borrowing chickens to lay eggs", using the news of the so-called Spanish gold ship to owe firearms to Yang Guang on credit, and then pulling Yang Guang to rob the gold ship together, and then dividing the benefits on the surface, that is, the gold and silver that were robbed.

As for the loss of naval power, what will happen to the colonies under the control of Spain, and Spain's retaliation in the future, etc., this is not just a simple use, it is purely to prepare to sell Yang Guang, and let Yang Guang help him count the money.

If he is a greedy and short-sighted guy, such as Xu Weixue, it is really possible to be fooled, of course, he must have artillery to win this battle. As a level 7 mage and has a modern time and space history reference, if Yang Guang can still be fooled, it is really better to buy a piece of tofu and die by it, he reached out without saying a word and took back the silver coin on the table.

The Governor of Manila, Spain, was eyeing his own intelligence, which could barely be regarded as an early warning message, reminding Yang Guang that there was a very powerful enemy in this world staring at him from afar, and the price of a silver coin could not be more. But now that Yang Guang took back the silver coins he had given, it naturally showed that the intelligence value of the gold ship that the priest said was negative, and he used this wordless means to express his extremely dissatisfied attitude.

After seeing Yang Guang's actions, the priest's heart sank and he knew that things were starting to go in a bad direction, but Isabella, who was sitting in the chair, had to whisper a reminder to understand what Yang Guang meant. Seeing that the priest messed things up, Isabella hurriedly stood up and said, "This is just a proposal, if Zhao you don't think it's good, forget it, in fact, I personally don't approve of such a risky behavior." ”

"Even though I'm wanted by Carlos, it's not so easy for the Spaniards to find me as long as I'm incognito." Isabella said quickly: "Before there is absolute superiority, rashly attacking the Spaniards will only make them shift their focus to Asia, and then our living environment will become very bad." ”

"I understand your current situation, but I can't accept what you're doing to your friends!" Yang Guang stood up and said loudly: "It's getting late today, you guys have worked hard all the way and rest early." We'll have time to talk about it in a few days. ”

When the sailors sent Isabella and the others away, Wang Ying walked in from the back hall, pouted and said, "If you are not my clan, your heart will be different!" Big brother, you are kind enough to receive them, but these Francophone people dare to calculate you, I really don't know what to do! ”

Yang Guang smiled and replied: "The strategy of killing people with a knife has been written into the art of war by the ancestors thousands of years ago, if that priest really used this strategy to a great extent, I would have admired him a little, but it is a pity that such a clumsy imitation is really funny!" (To be continued.) )