Liu Dahai said with a smile: "Back to the master, the villain was afraid that he would miss the master's affairs, so he got up and rushed over." ”

Liu Haojia smiled and said, "It's a clever one!" Okay, let's sit down and eat. Go to the proprietress and ask for whatever you want to eat. ”

Liu Dahai said yes and went out to find the proprietress . Then he took a few things, sat down and ate them. Liu Haojia saw that he was quite gentle when he ate, so he asked: "You look like you have read for a few years, have you really read books?" ”

Liu Dahai put down his chopsticks and said, "Master, good eyesight!" The villain did read books as a child. The villain's father is a talented man, so the villain has studied with his father for a few years. But then the little father died, and the little man wanted to support his mother, so he didn't read anymore, and then he came out to do things. ”

Liu Haojia nodded and said, "So that's the case." Talk while eating, don't stop. I think you're pretty smart, or you wouldn't have been able to learn those words. What are some of the things you say? ”

Liu Dahai got the order, and he ate it boldly with confidence. While eating, he said: "The villain is best at Portuguese, and Spanish is also good at it." The villain also has a Dutch (Dutch) dialect that is also good. Recently, I was learning English from a sailor. ”

When Liu Haojia heard it, he felt that this kid was really a language genius! You see the four countries he knows. Both the Netherlands and England are rising stars at sea, and now the momentum is gaining momentum! The Netherlands was once known as the "coachman of the sea"! Once dominated the entire ocean! Not to mention England, the famous "empire on which the sun never sets"!

As for Portugal and Spain, it's even more powerful! Both countries were once hegemons on the oceans! They truly opened the prelude to the Age of Discovery! How powerful are these two countries? It's so powerful that these two countries once divided the earth under the auspices of the Pope!

Since both countries were powerful at the time, it was inevitable that there would be bumps. Later, due to a series of reasons, the two countries fought intermittently for many years. Later, both countries felt that it was not good to continue the fight, so in 1494, under the auspices of the then Pope, it was determined that the meridian near 46°37'W, 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, belonged to Spain to the west and Portugal to the east.

This meridian runs through the Cape Verde Islands, which belong to Portugal, and connects the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola, the first American lands discovered by Columbus, to Spain, which is basically in line with the results of the ocean-going expeditions of the two countries. This treaty that established each other's colonies was the Treaty of Tordesirias, which had no predecessor and no one since.

At that time, the Europeans were still very vague about the geographical survey of the New World, and this treaty actually divided the whole world except Europe, becoming the first treaty in the history of mankind to divide the earth, and it was well implemented by both parties.

However, through Magellan's circumnavigation of the world, the Europeans finally proved that the earth is round, which also means that a single meridian can no longer achieve the task of dividing the earth, because the territories on both sides are finally connected. And that was exactly what happened: the Spanish and Portuguese fleets, which were halfway around the world, met in the "Spice Islands" as they did on the Iberian Peninsula. The encounter was not romantic, the ocean-going fleets of the two countries were tense, and the conflict inevitably broke out on the distant horizon.

Later, in 1529, the two countries again signed a Treaty of Zaragoza as a continuation of the Treaty of Tordesirias. In order to ensure fairness, both countries tend to find another meridian directly opposite 46°37'W to divide the Earth. Just as the "Papal Meridian" left Brazil for Portugal, this meridian also left the Philippines for Spain.

After the Treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza, the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire met at the end of the world, completing the feat of cutting the earth for the first time in human history. As the first global colonial empire in human history, Portugal and Spain cut the earth unprecedentedly!

But even more legendary is yet to come: the two empires, which each occupy half the world, have merged...... He actually merged! This has led to a series of stories, which I will not repeat here.

But there is more interesting, Spain once planned to conquer the Ming Dynasty! In the 16th century, Spain had already created many colonial miracles - the conquest of Mexico with 300 men and the Inca with 100 men. So they think: with 60 excellent soldiers, they can conquer the Ming Dynasty!

At that time, the Spanish Armada was on the sea, and the country's self-confidence was super-inflated. In Asia, Portugal occupied Malacca, and Spain easily conquered the Philippines. The main purpose of Spain's occupation of the Philippines was to conquer China!

To this end, the Spaniards conducted a detailed investigation of China and finally came to the conclusion that: (1) China is a vast land and abundant product, (2) like the Native Americans, the people here are cowardly and incompetent, (3) the army is weak, and (4) the population is large and will be able to create a lot of wealth in the future, etc., etc.

On January 11, 1574, the colonizer Requel wrote to the king that if His Majesty was willing to dispatch them, he would be able to conquer and suppress them with less than 60 good Spanish soldiers (Chinese).

Two years later, on June 2, 1576, the Spanish governor in the Philippines, Sand, wrote to the king that the undertaking would be easy and inexpensive. The implication is that the government needs a small investment in China, but the benefits are very large.

However, Sander is a little more sensible, and he is not so exaggerated that he only needs 60 people. He made a detailed plan, the main strategy of which was to conquer one province first, and then emphasized that "it would be enough to conquer the whole country".

His plan for the invasion of China was as follows: (1) the expedition required 4,000 to 6,000 men, and the armament must be perfect; (2) with an army of 2,000 to 3,000 men, enough to occupy a province; (3) Use the ports and fleets of the occupied territories to form the largest army at sea and conquer other provinces.

In April 1586, the Spaniards convened a general assembly in Manila to discuss in detail the plan to conquer the Ming Dynasty. In the end, the assembly unanimously agreed, and it was signed by 51 dignitaries and sent a letter to the King of Spain. The following are the highlights of Spain's plan to conquer the Ming Dynasty: (1) The expeditionary force consisted of 10,000 to 12,000 Spanish soldiers, plus 5,000 Japanese, which was enough to conquer the Ming Dynasty! (2) It is better to have the Portuguese in the expedition to China, because the Portuguese have experience in this area. (3) Changing the previous mode of aggression——— not reducing the Chinese population, and the disappearance of population means the disappearance of wealth. (4) After the invasion and occupation of China, retain the Chinese government in order to maintain its prosperity and wealth. (5) It is recommended that Spanish citizens marry Chinese women, raise mixed-race offspring, and take over the rule of China. (6) Establish a large number of schools and churches, inculcate Spanish religious culture in Chinese, etc. Whether they're sane or not, I'm laughing irrationally anyway!