Father Mela's first instinct when he heard Ferreira say this was one of suspicion.

Although this Ferreira was a Catholic, and although he had a friendship with him, he preferred the sound of gold coins colliding with his sermons. And the one who gave him the gold coins must have been the Oriental Trading Company that sent him thousands of miles to Manila, not himself.

So why would Ferreira betray his employer, Father Mela made up his mind, he would never believe Ferreira unless he could explain his motives.

But when Ferreira gave his advice, Father Mera suddenly felt that he didn't need to explain, because Ferreira's solution was a scheming, a cannonball coated in honey.

Ferreira's suggestion was to select a number of Chinese and indigenous craftsmen from the Manila shipyards and give them to the Oriental Trading Company, or let them hire them.

The purpose was naturally to help the Eastern Trading Company gain the ability to build Galen-type warships as soon as possible, and this was the greatest challenge to the Dutch supremacy in the Eastern Seas.

Even if the Oriental Trading Company did not want to be an enemy of the Dutch, the Dutch would not allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch. The reason why the Dutch and the Zheng family in Fujian can form a superficial peace is because Zheng Zhilong spent a lot of resources to build a bird boat fleet that was attacked by the Dutch and killed on the beach, and the Zheng family never built a large-scale bird boat that could engage in artillery battles with the Dutch on the open sea.

In fact, it was to hand over the control of the far sea to the Dutch.

Ferreira knew very well that Lee was committed to building his own ocean-going fleet and would definitely accept the kindness of the Spaniards.

Four days later, the fleet arrived on the Bataan Peninsula and quickly built a temporary jetty, while merchants from the port of Manila flocked to the peninsula, and a prosperous trade event appeared on the Bataan Peninsula.

Textiles, porcelain and handicrafts from the Ming dynasty are particularly popular here, and both the descendants of the Spaniards and the local natives love the goods from the Ming dynasty.

The three merchant ships brought in a huge amount of trade, of which only a quarter belonged to the Oriental Trading Company, and Ferreira, while taking care of the trade of Portuguese merchants in Macau, also noticed Chen Liuzi, who carefully kept most of the gold and silver he had obtained, and purchased very few goods locally.

This was Li Zhaoji's arrangement, and the gold, silver and precious metals in exchange would eventually be invested in the silk ticket trading as capital, and Ferreira did not know about the silk ticket trading.

The team of Portuguese commercial commissioners represented by Ferreira not only tried their best to sell the Ming goods in their hands at a high price, but also purchased locally produced goods as much as possible, such as spices and dyes, which are also very popular in Daming.

"The merchants have formally asked me to propose to you, on their behalf, that the hours of trade be extended for another five days." Ferreira came to the tent where Chen Liuzi was staying and told him, adding a sentence when Chen Liuzi did not say anything, in order to increase the possibility of Chen Liuzi's agreement: "This request also comes from local businessmen. ”

Chen Liuzi smiled slightly and said, "I have no opinion, it can be extended for another five days." ”

Chen Liuzi was ordered to return to Macao by February 15, and there was still plenty of time, and the merchants had not yet sold out of goods.

After obtaining Chen Liuzi's consent, Ferreira said the good news: "My negotiations with the priest are over, and the Governor of Coqueira still intends that your trading company will take the initiative to recruit from the shipyard, not by the Spanish colonial government.

This is mainly to reduce the resistance of the craftsmen, and at the same time it is not mentioned in official documents. ”

"I know that my brother has always wanted to improve the shipbuilding capacity of the trading house, and if he knew, I could bring back a large number of craftsmen with experience in building Manila galleons, he would definitely be happy," Chen said.

But I need to know if these people are worth the money I invested. If they go to Tamsui and can't make the sailboat that my brother wants, wouldn't it be my negligence? ”

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much about it, as long as there are skilled craftsmen, even if not all craftsmen have experience, just a few experienced people to guide them, you can build enough ships to cross the Pacific Ocean and go to the Americas." Ferreira said seriously.

Chen Liuzi frowned, he knew that Li Zhaoji admired foreign ships, but it was this kind of respect that made him have too many illusions about the technology of foreign ship construction, thinking that it was complicated and difficult to master.

Seeing his suspicions, Ferreira said, "Someone has done this before us, and that is the Japanese." Some Spanish and indigenous Filipino craftsmen instructed them, and the Tokugawa shogunate built the Date Maru, which crossed the Pacific Ocean to the Americas, and it took only forty days to do so. ”

Chen Liuzi's brows immediately relaxed, in his opinion, Japan's shipbuilding technology is definitely inferior to the Ming Dynasty, even Japan can build an ocean-going galleon in forty days under the guidance of craftsmen, then the Oriental Trading Company can naturally do it.

But what Chen Liuzi didn't know was that Ferreira played some small tricks, he just told the Tokugawa Shogunate that it took 40 days to build an ocean-going galleon just with technical support, but he didn't tell Chen Liuzi that it was the second shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, who raised 1,000 carpenters, 400 blacksmiths, and more than 2,000 craftsmen of all kinds, and it took 40 days to build a galleon.

If Chen Liuzi knew this, he would definitely retreat.

And Li Zhaoji knew this, but he did not show any dissatisfaction with Ferreira's approach after he knew about it.

The Manila galleon is not a perfect warship, nor a perfect merchant ship, it is more like a special kind of armed merchant ship, but its construction process is complex and the technical difficulty is so high that it is absolutely rare. And because the king of Spain required only two Manila galleons to pass each year, in order to carry more merchant ships, Manila galleons were built bigger and bigger.

At the beginning there were only five hundred tons, but now more than a thousand tons abound.

You know, 1,000 tons is the peak tonnage of warships in the 17th century, for example, the flagship of the British Royal Navy is this tonnage, more than 100 guns, but it is a crappy cargo that only dares to go to sea in summer, and the Manila galleon, which departs from Manila every June, takes six months to cross the entire Pacific Ocean to Acapulco, and after the end of the trade, it takes another three months to return to Manila with only simple maintenance.

Three-quarters of the year is spent safely at sea, which is a testament to the level of technology.

Port of Manila.

Nakata arrived at this familiar port on a local ship, and when he stood at the port dock, he was full of emotion and even felt a little dizzy.

This vertigo is partly due to the fact that he has been on the ship for a long time and is a little less accustomed to the land, but there is also a reason for the impermanence of the world.

"Hey, come over here and help me carry the salute." Nakata shouted in Spanish to a lean-looking indigenous boy with a polished shiny stick in his hand and was the porter of the docks.

Nakata Yoshito didn't salute much, one person was enough to provoke, but there was a baggage, and Nakata Yoshito insisted on holding his suspicions.

"Where are you going, sir?" The native porter asked.

Nakata said, "Go to Shimojo, do you know Yamadaya?" ”

Nakata Yoshito walked in front and said to the native porter that he was very familiar with this place, and Yamadaya had a little stake in him, and there were all acquaintances inside.

The native porter asked, "Are you talking about the Yamadaya, which is famous for making boots and scabbards?" ”

Nakata nodded, but the porter said, "But Yamadaya is no longer in the lower part of the city, but has moved to the stream." ”

"When did you move?" Nakata asked.

"It's been a year, and now there are a lot of people in Yamadaya, and business is getting better and better." Said the porter.

Nakata Yoshito said hatefully: "That damn guy Haruhi Yamada, how dare you do this." ”

The stream is actually part of the Lower Town, just outside of San Diego, but on the other side of the river. A few years ago, it was a place where the Chinese lived, but because of the massacre, the Chinese diaspora was a lot.

There is no need to think about it, Nakata knows why Yamadaya moved there and will become bigger, it is because after the Chinese were massacre and persecuted, Yamadaya became one of the few places that could provide urban services, and of course business would be good.

In the past, Nakata would have praised his friends for doing business, but not anymore.

Because this time Nakata Yoshito came back, although his identity was still a Kiritan, he actually infiltrated Manila as a spy of the Oriental Trading Company.

In the Manila massacre, Kiritan also participated and became an executioner, but Yoshito Nakata and Harunji of Yamadaya did not participate, but now, Haruji moved Yamadaya to the stream, it is a little unclear.

"Chunji, I'm back, Chunji, where are you?" Nakata arrived at the door and yelled inside.

Those who were working cast suspicious glances, not knowing why this guy in front of him had so much courage, and when Haruji Yamada came out on crutches and saw Nakata Yoshito, he immediately cheered: "It's really you, my God, you want to kill me." ”

The two embraced, the atmosphere was jubilant, and when Haruji pulled Nakata into the room, the indigenous porter shouted, "Sir, your salute." ”

Nakata remembered this, took the salute, took out a small piece of silver from his bosom and threw it to the porter.

"Beloved, you idiot, you don't know how to save more and more." Haruji Yamada threw away his crutches, rushed over and snatched the piece of silver, gave the native porter two copper coins, and sent him away.

"Have you made a fortune, you are so sloppy with money, do you remember, in Quang Nam, for such a small piece of silver, we had to kill three enemies." Haruji Yamada said, patting his wooden leg: "This leg of mine is gone, and I haven't exchanged it for such a piece of silver." ”

Nakata is extremely embarrassed, many things have changed over the years, and Chunji's stinginess is still the same.