Moga's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this. The reason why Acunia was so stubborn was certainly because as a knight, he had a far more paranoid attitude towards the honor of the knights than ordinary people, but more because Acunia could not afford so much money at all, and had less trade tax revenue from China. The financial situation of the Philippine colonies had begun to be somewhat stretched. With the allowance given by the Spanish royal family every year, Acunia was afraid that she could not even afford the military pay of the guards. The property seized by the Ming merchants who were killed and imprisoned last year had long been divided by the troops and officials sent to the Philippines in Spain. If Acunia agreed to Guo Zhiyuan's conditions to return these detained property, it would be a mutiny immediately. Acunia, the governor, would be kicked off the throne, so Acunia naturally could not agree to Guo Zhiyuan's conditions.

However, Guo Zhiyuan has now proposed this plan to avoid this problem well. Using taxes on future trade with China to deduct compensation and the property that has been divided by them is undoubtedly a good compromise. As long as the Spanish are not allowed to pay cash, this plan is not completely unacceptable. If Moga can promote this plan, it will undoubtedly increase his prestige among Spanish citizens in the Philippines and add weight to his competition for the position of governor.

Of course, Moga could not rashly agree to the plan proposed by Guo Zhiyuan. After all, Acunia was the Spanish colony stationed in the Philippines. He hesitated and said, "Even if I agree with your plan, it's useless. The decision is the Governor..."

When Guo Zhiyuan saw that there was a door, he was secretly happy and smiled confidently and said, "What if Bishop Miguel agrees with this plan? Will the Governor General Akuña change his mind?"

Moga looked at Guo Zhiyuan in surprise. The church power has a relatively transcendent position in Spain's colonial system. Miguel is even more cunning and never easily expresses his opinion on the affairs of the colonial government. He really couldn't think of any way Guo Zhiyuan could convince Miguel, the old fox, so he shrugged with the flow and said, "If you can convince Bishop Miguel to support your plan, I have no objection..."

After getting Moga done, Guo Zhiyuan returned to the banquet hall. The old god Miguel was sitting on the chair and closing his eyes to pray. He seemed to have not noticed Guo Zhiyuan's arrival at all. However, Guo Zhiyuan knew that Miguel was actually here, and deliberately made such a detached attitude, just waiting for Guo Zhiyuan to take out the chips that could impress him.

Compared to Moga, Miguel is even harder to convince. He always put on a hypocritical face, but in fact he is more sinister than anyone else in his bones. Only real interests can be impressed. Sure enough, when Guo Zhiyuan mentioned the compromise plan he had just said to Moga, Miguel just glanced at Guo Zhiyuan with an expressionless face and sneered, "Emunique from the East, you are very smart, and the plan you proposed is also very constructive, but what does this have to do with me? Our church is only responsible for missionary preaching, and I never interfere in government affairs, so I will not express any opinions on your plan..."

Guo Zhiyuan had long guessed that Miguel would say this, and smiled slightly and said, "Biography of Miguel, why has this nothing to do with you? If we can reach a reconciliation, our trade relations will be restored, and your church can develop new religious people among the business people who come to Manila to do business..."

However, Miguel was still unmoved and looked at Guo Zhiyuan with a smile. Guo Zhiyuan knew that Miguel felt that the benefits he had made were not enough, so he gritted his teeth and continued, "In addition, if you can make this happen, we are willing to give 10% of the deducted trade taxes every year to the church!"

Miguel's eyes flashed, and he stared at Guo Zhiyuan for a long time before laughing and said, "Mr. Guo, you are the most powerful Chinese person you have ever met. You are a powerful negotiator. OK, I promise you that you will help you speak in front of the Governor General of Acunia and suggest that he agree to your plan..." After that, he stood up and walked out without looking back. When he reached the door, Moga also walked out of another room. The two of them looked at each other tacitly, without saying anything, and left.

Acunia is actually very upset. The news that the Dutch fleet appeared in the Manila waters had spread among the Spanish merchants in Manila. Now that Manila people are in a state of stalemate, the negotiations with Guo Zhiyuan have reached a stalemate, which has greatly affected his prestige as the governor. Now he is in a dilemma.

If he really went to war with China and the Dutch coalition forces, it would be fine if he won. If he lost, he would definitely not be able to continue to do so. Of course, he, the governor, could not bear such a serious responsibility alone, so he had to convene the senior management of the colonial government again.

What he didn't expect was that Moga, who had always liked to kick the ball to him in the past when encountering difficult problems, was extremely active this time and said first, "Governor General, as the highest ruler of the kingdom in Manila, I think your vision should be longer. We finally opened up the trade path with China. If trade with China is interrupted because of this incident, our development in the East will be greatly restricted. I think the Dutch must be very willing to see such a situation happen..."

Akunia looked at Moga in surprise and sneered, "Do you think I should agree to the "rude" conditions of a physiognomy? Or are you willing to take out the physical property you assigned to before?..."

Moga waited for Akunia and stood up and laughed, "Governor General, I think your thoughts are too rigid. This matter is actually easy to solve. We do not need to pay the physiognomy for compensation. As long as the physiognomy resumes trade with us, we can use the physiognomy's trade tax to deduct the compensation they ask for. If we continue to be stalemate and cannot receive a penny, it is better to take a step back and use the physiognomy's own money to pay the compensation they want. This will benefit both of us..."

In this incident, except Akunia and Miguel's eyes were lit. As long as they were not allowed to take out the money they had swallowed into their pockets, they were naturally very happy to see it. They nodded and whispered in a low voice.

Akunia felt a little nervous. The plan proposed by Moga was indeed very tempting. He even regretted why he hadn't thought of this plan earlier? But he thought again, it was wrong. Moga is not like someone who could come up with such a clever plan. He looked at Moga suspiciously, turned to look at Bishop Miguel beside him, and asked, "Sir, what do you think?"

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Chapter completed!