Wu Da stubbornly translated Liu Yu's words to the British captain as they were.

In fact, Liu Yu's words already had a hint of intimidation.

Even if the Philippines is not English territory.

The English captain didn't burst out as Uda had imagined, but kept shaking the spoon in his cup.

His eyes glanced slightly out of the window of the boat, and he was deeply impressed by the soldiers of Huben Town lined up next to the pier.

Previously, he did not believe that the exiled army could defeat the Spanish mercenaries.

All that was done was the rebellion of the Filipino locals and the power of pirates.

Apparently, though, he was wrong.

"Compared to the last time you were cautious, this time you seem to be full of confidence, and it is obvious that what you said is true." Sir Gore smiled helplessly,

"It seems that your exiled army has indeed terrified the Spaniards, and otherwise Governor Juan would not have entered into such an agreement with me." Sir Gore poured tea for Liu Yu with his own hands.

The mild black tea exuded a faint sweetness, and Liu Yu's mood slowly calmed down.

"Governor Juan, so the British are lobbyists for the Spaniards." Liu Yu sneered.

"Yes according to you Chinese, but it's not just for the Spaniards, it's more for you Ming." Sir Gore spoke.

"Let me guess why you came to the Philippines, not to rob the Spaniards?" Sir Gore smiled and quipped.

"Of course not, we have no interest in the land of the Spaniards." Liu Yu replied.

"As a group of fugitives, you don't want to admit your defeat, you don't want to admit your country, so you came to the Philippines just to accumulate strength." Sir Gore saw what was going on.

"One day you will counterattack Chinese mainland, and for you, the role of Luzon Island is actually similar to the Taiwan of the Ming Zheng group."

Sir Gore's words touched Liu Yu a little.

Why did Liu Yu, a thousand people, come to Luzon, because Taiwan was occupied by the Qing army.

Then why did the Spaniards expel the Ming army, because the Ming army occupied the original territory of the Spaniards.

Then the problem is that the Ming army wanted Luzon to accumulate strength in order to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but as a result, it occupied the colony of the Spaniards, and of course the Spaniards did not do it, so the two sides started to fight, and the Spaniards could not fight, so they found the British as intermediaries.

Liu Yu estimated that this was what he meant, anyway, the Ming and the Spaniards were not mortal enemies.

"So what does Governor Juan mean by the city of Manila, or what do you Westerners mean?" Liu Yu looked at Sir Gore with a smile on his face.

"We at the East India Company are deeply sympathetic to the plight of you exiles."

"Therefore, we decided to help you."

When Wuda translated this sentence to Liu Yu, Liu Yu smiled.

After more than four months of accumulation and hard work, it has finally come to fruition.

I have succeeded in fishing these Western forces in the South Seas ashore.

"But first, you have to sign an agreement with the Spaniards in the Philippines." Sir Gore spoke.

Liu Yu nodded, he didn't plan to dog-eat-dog with the Spaniards in Luzon.

Seeing Liu Yu's calm demeanor, Sir Gore said the content of the agreement.

"One, the Ming and the Spaniards are bounded by the state and noble, and they are not allowed to cross borders."

"Second, the Spaniards recognized the Ming people's lawful stronghold in Vigan, but they had to pay 200,000 Spanish silver dollars as rent every year."

"Three, Laoag was handed over to the management of the Spaniards, and the Ming army needed to immediately lift the siege of Laoag."

"Fourth, the Ming army needs to assist the Spanish Navy in eliminating the pirate forces besieging Laoag."

As soon as these four demands were raised, Liu Yu suddenly couldn't sit still, he held back his anger and said: "Sir Gore, I need you to tell the Spaniards that it is not us but them who are at a disadvantage now."

"I understand, but ......"

"The Spaniards can send navies and mercenaries to the Philippines from the mainland, the Americas, what do you exiles have?" Sir Gore asked rhetorically.

"And what shall we get, Sir Gore?" Liu Yu avoided Sir Gore's question,

"The right to reside in Luzon and to do business with seafaring, as well as the East India Company, the Spanish authorities in the arms trade." Sir Gore said.

"Last time, I took your deposit and ordered you three hundred flintlock pistols."

"But after Macau learned about the Qing court's conquest of Taiwan, I changed my mind."

"Sir Gore broke the contract, and I thought the British were honest." Liu Yu laughed angrily.

"We at the East India Company are the most honest, but I don't think three hundred flintlock muskets will meet the needs of you exiles."

"So, I ordered an additional 600 arquebuses from the Portuguese in Macau, including 100 heavy arquebuses of large calibers." Sir Gore laughed.

"Sir Gore, you Anglo-Saxons have a very keen sense of smell." Liu Yu said with emotion.

"At the same time, the East India Company can sell 24 3-pounder Eagle guns and 12 6-pounder Passa Furant guns, and if you need it in the future, we can also sell armed merchant ships."

The list of weapons listed by the English made Liu Yu's heart flutter.

"Especially the 100 heavy arquebuses, Ming Jun is also equipped with similar turtledove firearms, which can break plate armor and chain mail at medium and close ranges, and the small artillery Liu Yu is not very lacking, but it is better than nothing." Seeing Liu Yu's satisfied expression, Sir Gore took advantage of the situation to take out a contract.

"This is the price of weapons, you see, if it's okay, sign the contract." Sir Gore smiled and took a contract from the hand of the squire next to him.

Looking at the price on the paper, Liu Yu frowned, and the smile on his face instantly froze.

The unit price of an arquebus is 30 silver yuan,

A heavy arquebus costs 200 silver yuan per unit

A three-pounder cannon costs 1,000 silver dollars

A six-pounder cannon costs 4,000 silver yuan

These firearms cost 100,000 Spanish silver yuan, and Liu Yu almost vomited blood.

He slaughtered so many rich merchants in Weigan, and he only accumulated about 200,000 silver yuan.

One peso silver yuan is roughly equal to seven silver dollars and two cents, that is, 0.7 silver taels, and 100,000 Spanish silver dollars is equivalent to 70,000 taels of silver. The American imperialists of later generations are not as pitiful as you.

You must know that when the Zheng family bought a red-coated artillery gun from the British, the price of a piece was only more than 2,000 taels of silver, which was a twelve-and-a-half-pound cannon.

A six-pounder cannon sells a twelve-pounder redcoat cannon at a high price, and Liu Yu's hands are shaking when he sees it.

"Your East India Company is really good at doing business, and a shipload of arms will cost 100,000 Spanish silver dollars." Liu Yu shook his head, he couldn't accept such a deal.

"For you exiles, you have no choice, and the only opportunity you have now is given to us." A sophisticated East Indian merchant, Sir Gore finally revealed his true colors.

"Sir Gore, I have always thought you East India Company merchants were shrewd, but now it seems that you are as short-sighted as the Spaniards." Liu Yu sneered.

After listening to Uda's translation, Sir Gore's smile gradually froze.

"Sir Gore, have you ever heard of an old Eastern saying that the chicken is killed for the eggs?"

Ignoring Sir Gore's doubts, Liu Yu explained to himself.

"There was a farmer whose chicken laid a golden egg one day, and the farmer was very happy."

So he thought how nice it would be if the hen laid a golden egg every day.

But the farmer was too greedy, and he felt that it was too time-consuming, so the farmer killed the chicken, and he got nothing. Liu Yu slowly finished the idiom allusions.

When Uda finished translating, Sir Gore nodded thoughtfully.

"Looks like you've taken our East Indian merchants for farmers, right?" Sir Gore smiled and held out two fingers.

"I'll give you another 20 barrels of black powder in my private name."

"You can pay me 20,000 Spanish silver dollars first, and the rest can be paid later, I think our business will be very long."

Sir Gore took a step back, which also made Liu Yu's face look a little better.

"Business will last for a long time, but I will never accept your agreement with the Spaniards." Liu Yu said coldly.