Alfonso did not know that Asania had negotiated peace without permission - in fact, it could not be said that it was peace, but only allowed the other side to surrender to a limited extent.

He didn't mention it before sending troops, because he just asked Rajoy and Asania to put down the rebellion and arrest them, and how to deal with them was a matter for the Cuban colonial government and the Spanish government.

Obviously, the two had misunderstood their authority, and underestimated the government's resolve, believing that a few estates could be exchanged for a few hundred soldiers.

However, not everything has to be weighed against the trade-offs.

However, at the moment, Alfonso did not know that the war in Cuba was over, and he had just received a letter of complaint from Asania some time ago.

The letter detailed their recent military operations and the situation in Cuba, and of course most prominently denounced the corruption of the colonial government.

Alfonso, the "......", had long anticipated this, and the colonial government would certainly have nothing to do with the Cuban uprising, in addition to the brutal exploitation caused by Spain's lack of money.

Before the end of the Cuban War, in order to maintain stability, it was difficult to deal with them for the time being, and after the end of the war, there were not many worries.

It just so happened that he learned from the letter that Asania had cut off the eastern part of Cuba, and that the fall of the republic was estimated to be two months later.

Thinking of this, Alfonso called Adolf and ordered him to take 500 members of the Guards to Cuba, firstly, to prepare for the treatment of the captured leaders of the Republic of Cuba, and secondly, to correct the corruption of the colonial government.

At most, the colonial officials will be sentenced to dereliction of duty, and they will definitely not be killed, and Alfonso just wants to make a big change of blood, and then let Cuba start self-government in a better state.

As for the leader of the republic, Alfonso signaled that Adolf could be ruthless, as long as it was a person with a name and a surname, even if he was not executed, at worst he would have his house raided + life imprisonment.

Seeing Adolf off, Alfonso understood that it would be a while before he could hear from Cuba next time.

The remoteness of the country is the disadvantage of being too far away, and it is difficult to rule effectively.

Turning to the country, Spain welcomed a group of unexpected guests - the Japanese.

The reason for this was the electric light project started by the Barcelona Institute a few months ago, and with Alfonso's prompt to "use bamboo", the Swan team experimented with bamboo from all over the world in a very short period of time, and finally found that Japanese bamboo performed best.

Considering that the import volume of this kind of bamboo will definitely not be small in the future, in order to prevent the other party from sitting on the ground and raising the price after the electric light comes out, Ernesto, the director of the research institute, reported the matter to the government, and asked the government to send someone to invite the other party to discuss business.

So far, this has been an ordinary business activity.

However, some high-ranking Japanese officials somehow heard that Spain wanted to import their bamboo, and they actually sent an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to visit them to see what was so special about their bamboo and whether it could be used as another product of their foreign trade.

Japan had just completed the return of the Great Politics and the Meiji Restoration, and it was a time when there was a shortage of money, so it was naturally unwilling to give up every opportunity to make money.

Moreover, Japan had originally planned to send a large mission to visit the whole of Europe and the United States next year, and it happened to bump into it, so it is normal to send people to explore the way.

The official position that came was not too high, but he came with the merchant group, which shows that this visit is really just to find out.

Obviously, Japan did not pay much attention to Spain, although Japan was founded recently, but as a large country with a population of 30 million and a literacy rate of up to 40%, (the standard is too low, you can write your own name to be literate) Japan has been influenced by many European and American powers.

Britain, France, the United States and the Netherlands were the countries that dealt with Japan the most, and the top powers had seen it, so it was reasonable that Spain did not attach much importance to it.

Due to his previous life, Alfonso did not have much affection for Japan, but Japan had quite a lot of gold and silver reserves, and what he needed was only the means of production and weapons and equipment that were more common to Western countries.

For Spain, which is looking for precious metals for the reform of the gold standard, it is simply a door-to-door trading partner.

Whenever a provincial governor came, Alfonso was willing to meet him, but the other party's rank was not high enough, so he had to send someone below.

The person sent by the other party is called Jin Xiaolu Haoxing, and he knows that he is a Chinese when he hears the name.

The reception staff in Spain was an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs named Negro, which was comparatively higher than the official position of Hiroyuki Nishikoji, which was considered to have given Japan enough face.

The two sides had a friendly meeting in Barcelona in English, in addition to the institute here, which is convenient for business talks, Barcelona is generally better than Madrid, and it is more effective in foreign exchanges.

Japan and Spain have a lot in common these days:

Japan has been in a civil war for the past few years – and Spain has been fighting a civil war for the past few years.

Japan's domestic politics was divided, and the "abolition of feudal prefectures" had just been completed - Spain's domestic politics was also divided, although there was no "abolition of feudal prefectures", but in fact the centralization of power was strengthened.

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Everything else is similar, as both are emerging forces that have just emerged from the chaos and are about to develop at a high speed.

The difference is that Spain, as an old-school European power, has a few streets behind Japan in terms of industrial strength and technological level.

The number of factories was not enough in front of Britain and France, but in front of Japan, a former feudal agricultural country that still used handicrafts and cottage industries as its main means of production, it was simply a noble Western power.

Japan had not paid much attention to Spain before, simply because there were other powers that deserved more attention.

Influenced by this, Nishikoji Hiroyuki has an attitude of intimacy, respect, and fear when he talks to Negro.

Fear obviously comes from the fear of Britain, France and the United States, especially Britain and France, who intervene in the internal affairs of other countries without mercy.

Negro himself did not have a good attitude towards the Asian people, and he had the usual strength of the Europeans, but he still managed to maintain enough respect for the other side under the government's instructions.

If nothing else, smiles are common.

That's enough, compared to other European countries, they are simply friendly angels, you know, even the little Netherlands has a condescending attitude towards them.

The two sides exchanged basic information about the two countries, and in the casual chat, Negro did not leave a trace of the use of bamboo, saying only that it was used in the production of industrial products in Spain, which was equivalent to not saying anything.

Jin Xiaolu Haoxing did not force it, if it was really imported in large quantities, it would mean that the production of this product was very large, and he would stay in Spain for half a month, just go back and ask others.

After some nutritious chat, Negro took the other party on a tour of the city of Barcelona, which is better than Madrid in that a lot of garbage can be thrown into the sea, and the whole city looks relatively refreshing.

Barcelona was impressed by the number of industries in Europe, especially when he heard that the city was not yet the capital of Spain!

"What should the capital of the Kingdom of Spain look like? I'm afraid that the steam is like a cloud and the chimney is like rain......"

I don't know if Negro's boast will be punctured by Britain, France and other countries, anyway, it left the first impression of a European power on Nishiki Xiaolu, and the most rare thing is that "Spain is friendly to us......