Zhu Cijiu has been thinking about how to tactfully raise the issue of weapons and warship aid without hurting Philip IV's face. It seems a bit ridiculous to give people something, but as a modern person, you have to be extremely careful when giving things to many people, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Of course, Philip IV may also accept it happily and say nothing, but the possibility is very slim. If a person receives other people's gifts and does not consider why he gives you a gift, nor does he consider what he wants to do or even pay for when he accepts the gifts, then he probably has an IQ problem. Philip IV's IQ is naturally fine. If Zhu Cijiong asked rashly, he would definitely think a lot, and he would probably turn aside his face as he thought about it!

How long the continental war can last is related to the development of the Ming Dynasty in the next few years or even decades. Zhu Cijiu must be careful, be careful, think, think, and think again. Without a complete plan, he will not risk his confrontation with others.

The appearance of Gaston made Zhu Cijiu find a breakthrough. Before getting rid of this guy, Zhu Cijiu had decided to do it together. First of all, he pretended to be angry by this guy. Once angered, he would lose his mind. So even nonsense, most people would not take it seriously. Now Zhu Cijiu is pretending to be angry. Philip IV really didn't care much. His main idea was to calm the anger of His Majesty, the emperor of the powerful ally.

Now the anger of the Emperor seems to have shifted to peace talks. He has to explain: "His Majesty Emperor, I actually don't want peace talks, but the Spanish Navy is still a little worse than the navy of all powerful countries. After all, the treasury has been empty after all. I have really no money to replenish warships in recent years. If I cannot replenish warships, I will lose sooner or later. It's better to negotiate earlier to reduce losses."

Zhu Cijiu was waiting for this sentence. Now that Philip IV finally said that he was coming, he quickly said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, you can mortgage things. As long as you mortgage enough things, I will sell many warships!"

Philip IV had never thought about the mortgage of the goods instead of the payment for the goods. He asked with interest: "What kind of mortgage does the Emperor want?"

Zhu Cijiong pretended to think, "It depends on how many warships you need."

When Philip IV heard this, he gritted his teeth and the lion said: "At least one hundred super battleships are needed to reorganize the Invincible Fleet and defeat their joint fleet!"

Damn, there are only 200 super battleships in the Ming Dynasty now, so I’m sending half of Spain. In addition, their originally not weak navy, wouldn’t it be able to crush the Ming Navy?

However, if it can be given in a few years, it would not be impossible. The Ming Dynasty can build 100 super battleships in a year. I just don’t know how long Spain can last. Thinking of this, he pretended to be awesome and said: "It’s okay to have a hundred ships, but it takes time to build them, how long can you wait."

Philip IV thought about it and replied: "It's no problem for one or two years. It takes time for them to prepare, but it won't work any longer."

Zhu Cijiu calculated it, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will sell it to you in two years, fifty ships a year."

Philip IV asked again: "Why, what kind of mortgage is appropriate?"

In fact, Zhu Cijiu had already planned. What he wanted was the colony of Luzon. It seemed that in history, Spain sold it to the United States. At that time, it was because Spain lost the Spanish-American War and had to sell it. Now Spain also lost. If he didn't sell it, he would pay more territory and pay it to the European powers for nothing, and he would not get a penny of the benefits.

Zhu Cijiu had already thought about it. Philip IV said how many warships were needed. He said that Luzon was almost worth so much money. He pretended to think for a while, and then hesitated: "A super battleship costs at least four million taels, and one hundred is four hundred taels. Then use the Luzon colony as collateral. Two years later, if you are willing to pay, just pay. If you don't want to pay, give Luzon to the Ming Dynasty. You can choose whatever you want. What do you think?"

The colony of Luzon was originally a useless piece of money for Spain. Not only did it be tens of thousands of miles away from Spain, but it did not have any resources. Not only did Spain not make money from there, but it also had to subsidize military expenses every year. If it weren't for the sake of face, Philip IV would have ordered the withdrawal of troops from there!

Now that he heard that such a useless colony was worth 400 million taels of silver, he was so happy. He paid, but he did not get so much money to pay. At that time, he could even withdraw tens of thousands of troops by throwing away the use of this useless colony in Luzon. He couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, I'll mortgage the Luzon colony to you. You can sell me 100 super battleships within two years, that's it!"

Zhu Cijing was also happy. You must know that even if he was given away for free, he had to give it away. If the European powers really had a successful peace talk, then ran out to snatch the colonies from the Ming Dynasty. Then the Ming Dynasty would have paid more than one hundred super battleships. And it is not known whether they would be beaten by the great powers after snatching it. If they were really beaten by the great powers, it would be estimated that the Ming Dynasty would lose at least one thousand super battleships!

Now, one hundred battleships have been replaced with a colony. Although Luzon is not worth 400 million taels of silver, those one hundred super battleships are not worth 400 million taels of silver. To calculate the cost, the steel and wood used for a battleship are worth 100 to 20,000 taels of water, and the labor is only 100,000 taels, and a super battleship costs at most 40,000 taels of silver. It just takes time and requires skilled craftsmen to do it.

It would be worth it to buy a colony for four million taels of silver. Although it would take two years to wait. Zhu Cijing couldn't help but excitedly said: "Okay, that's it, sign the contract right away!"

So the two of them recruited writers, drafted the contract, and then recruited a few confidants to discuss the details of the contract. A fresh arms procurement contract was released, with the contract as follows:

Article 1: Spain purchased one hundred super battleships from the Ming Empire, each with a total price of 4 million taels of silver, and paid after the goods arrived;

Article 2: The Ming Empire agreed to Spain to use the Luzon colony as collateral, with a value of 400 million taels of silver;

Article 3: The Ming Empire delivered 100 super battleships in two years and 50 were delivered every year;

Article 4: After receiving all 100 super battleships, the Spanish Empire must pay the full amount within one year. If the payment is not made, the Luzon colony will be transferred to the Ming Empire.

Soon, the contract was signed happily, and since then, the Ming Dynasty finally had its first real colony. Of course, it would take two years to wait, but Zhu Cijiu was not worried at all. Not to mention two years, with the speed of Philip IV's spending, he would not be able to raise 400 million taels of silver in another twenty years. Therefore, Luzon will definitely belong to the Ming Dynasty!
Chapter completed!