At last the quarrel in the inn ceased, and then someone rushed out in a rage, and immediately called his servant to prepare the carriage and go to the governor's yamen.

Sitting in the car was Juan, a close friend of King Ferdinand II of Spain and the kingdom's head of Far Eastern affairs. Ponce, Juan was the most resolute executor of Spain's colonial policy, and he opened up many colonies in the Americas.

Now, this gentleman, who was not very well maintained, had arrived in the Far East, and because the huge trade in the Far East was getting bigger and bigger, Spain's colonial policy had to be tilted towards the East.

Because it can be expected that if the trade with the Ming can be monopolized, then the Spanish income will be more expensive than the conquest of all continents, especially after the arrival of a shipload of silk in Franco, which immediately caused a widespread boom, so that the Spaniards did not accept the trade of gold coins at all, but adopted the way of physical goods, in their opinion, due to the plundering of the colonies, the value of gold coins was constantly depreciating, and the real thing, in kind, can match the value of precious silk.

As a result, the elite cavalry, the most sincere greetings from various royal families, have become a channel to obtain silk and porcelain, and even land, can also become an important means of exchanging silk and porcelain, such as the extravagant French royal family, which has been negotiating a disputed piece of land in exchange for a batch of silk and porcelain.

However, the Spanish royal family could still feel the crisis, because the popularity of silk and porcelain, coupled with the widespread sale of other Ming goods, made Spain more financially powerful, but also brewed a deeper crisis.

The Ottomans were constantly in contact with the Ming and wanted to trade more firearms and even more warships, hoping to build a fleet with gold to compete with Spain in the Mediterranean and North Africa.

In addition to this, the Portuguese seem to have been reluctant to abide by the papal 'Treaty of Tordesiria', which divided the whole world into two hemispheres, one to the two Catholic kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, and the original colonies of both sides remained unchanged, but within their respective hemispheres, no new colonies were to be plundered.

The reason why the Portuguese were like this was that they obviously also saw the benefits of the Ming trade, and they obviously also wanted to control this trade, so they became more and more active in the South Seas, and even had the intention of passing through Guò Java and seizing Aceh.

On the one hand, the kingdom has transferred a large expeditionary fleet to speed up the expansion of the colony, especially some important shipping routes, such as the Strait of Malacca in Manraka, as well as the Aceh and Champa areas, must be completely controlled and controlled by the waterway, so in the future, anyone who wants to send a fleet to the Far East to trade with the Ming Dynasty through this waterway cannot ignore the Spanish deposit. They either took refuge under the Spanish wing and promised Spain enough benefits, or they forbade passage, and even the Spanish fleet did not hesitate to bury the fleets that tried to make a desperate attempt in the sea.

This plan, which Juan himself formulated, and was widely supported by the Spanish royal family and parliament, if it can be successful, then Spain will become the master of the world, monopolize the trade in the East, and the position of maritime hegemony will be more stable.

However, now there is a problem, in order to implement this plan more favorably, Juan has set his sights on Taiwan, an island belonging to the Ming Dynasty, which is an excellent springboard

Although the Ming Dynasty set up an inspection department in the Penghu area, known as inspecting Taiwan and other places, in fact, at this time, the Great Ryukyu did not garrison troops, and did not send the government to manage it for the time being.

This gave Juan a good opportunity, and he had already made arrangements a year earlier, sending a large number of warships and settlers to establish a colonial base in the north, and to build a port for ships to and from Shuangyu to dock.

In order to run here, he said that King Ferdinand II, who used almost half of the power of the Spanish treasury, to operate here.

They set up military ports.

They built fortresses.

They are migrating on a large scale.

Here, it was a bridgehead to the Ming Dynasty, which could not only be used as a base to ensure the safety of Spanish merchant ships to and from the Far East, but also to attack the Portuguese, especially the Ottoman caravans. At the same time, their most important purpose is to use this as a springboard for smuggling.

Yes, it is smuggling, although the pacification of the Si control zhì in the area of Shuangyu Port, but the tentacles still can not reach here, they can unscrupulously attract the smugglers of the Ming Dynasty, from the area of Fujian, Guangdong and Penghu, to bring the goods of the Ming Dynasty to this place called Formosa by the Portuguese, at the same time, they must continue to consolidate the power here, use force, so that the pacification of the Si make concessions, and even in the future, directly monopolize the sales rights of the Ming Dynasty's goods.

But now・・・・・・ damn Governor of the Ming Dynasty has actually built a port in Quanzhou, Fujian.

Thinking of this, Juan's face turned pale and trembled with anger.

If so, then his efforts in Formosa are meaningless!

Originally, Juan's mission here was to discuss the issue of trade rights with the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time to solve the problem of the Luzon prince by the way, but now, he has no such thoughts, he has a fierce quarrel with his attaché, that guy is a rational guy, but Juan is sensible, although he started by conquering colonies, but he understands that against this huge empire, it is not possible to use force alone.

The carriage arrived at the governor's yamen, and Juan ordered his attaché to be assassinated.

Juan is a gentleman who knows the rules very well, although in the Americas, in the face of those natives, he often uses violence to solve them, but here, he believes in etiquette.

Hopefully, this time, the governor will be able to meet him, and if not, then he will have to take the most direct approach.

Juan was lucky this time, although Xu Zhengtai didn't see him several times, but today, he unexpectedly ordered someone to invite him in to talk.

Juan jumped out of the carriage, shook his boots, then took off his top hat and tucked it under his armpit, and immediately entered this mansion with oriental architecture under the guidance of the doorman.

Xu Qian, who was in the lobby, seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time, but when he saw him come in, he didn't mean to get up to greet him.

"Your Excellency." Juan bowed to Xu Qian.

Xu Qian nodded and said, "Do you know Chinese?" ”

Juan said: "Before arriving here, there was a boring trip that lasted for more than seven months, I was on the boat, I learned some Chinese, and after arriving here, a few months was enough for me to become proficient in it. ”

Xu Qian couldn't help but be impressed by this person, this Francophone man is simply a model of doing a line of love and a line, but then again, from Spain to here, nearly a year of sailing, such a boring voyage, it seems that learning a language is a good way to pass the time.

"The official knows that you have asked for a meeting a few times, but you also know that the official has a lot of things, most of the time, and there is no effort. This official is not a person who goes around the bend, there is no need to greet him, anyway, everyone is the first time to meet, and there is no friendship, or something to talk about, I don't know whose mission you are serving, what are the intentions of coming to this Daming. ”

Juan said respectfully: "It was His Royal Highness the King of Spain who entrusted me to greet you." In addition, I want to discuss some friendly matters with adults. ”

"Oh? Is it? Xu Qian was interested: "What is the specific matter?" ”

Juan Zhengse said: "Please be sure to cut off the idea of building a port in Quanzhou, because doing so is very likely to affect the friendship between the Ming Dynasty and Spain, of course, as compensation, Spain will ...... for the friendly act of the adults."

Xu Qian looked at Juan strangely, he always felt that shamelessness was his own patent, if this patent had to be expanded, at most he could count the old man and Deng Jian, but now, he suddenly found out who invented it in shameless, which has become a controversial issue, and the person in front of him actually said this request so confidently, and even took care of it, as if it was his own gift.

Xu Qian pressed his hand and said with a smile: "What if the official refuses?" ”

Juan smiled and said, "Don't you want to get the ・・・・・・ of His Royal Highness the King and my friends?"

Xu Qian shook his head without hesitation and said, "I'm not interested in friendship, even if you want to be friends with this official, but this official has always liked to intervene in friends a few times." ”

Juan's face became grim, although he was not familiar with Chinese, and he did not understand much about interfering with friends and the like, but he could clearly feel that Xu Qian was not willing to make concessions on this issue.

If this is the case, it will be a great blow to Juan, and indeed to the future of Spain, Juan immediately said: "If this is the case, then our country will have to take other avenues in order to be able to achieve this goal." ”

"By what way?" Xu Qian's original idea was to discuss the Taiwan issue with Juan, but now he finds that people are not interested in talking to you about any issues at all, and they are here to ask for it.

Juan blushed: "His Royal Highness's Expeditionary Fleet..."

Xu Qian stood up and interrupted him: "Very good, send off!" ”

Juan was incredulous and said, "You can't offend me like that, you're so rude・・・・・・"

Xu Qian picked up the teacup, and several lieutenants heard the movement inside and had already walked in......

Driving Juan away, Xu Qian couldn't help but shake his head, it seems that he really doesn't have the talent to be a diplomat, this is ...... Jinnyima is a failed negotiation!

Chapter 3 is delivered.