Chapter 27 Three
What plan?”
Chen Mu never found that the Spanish were so easy to talk to. Everyone divided Asia like a row of fruits and fruits, and even came up with more than one plan for him to choose.
I must be very loved in the hearts of Westerners.
"We will draw a line in the north of the direction of the boundary marker marked on the map. All the coasts near the Chinese Sea to the west belong to the Ming Dynasty, except for the central part of Mexico, and South Asia is bounded by Machala Bay as the boundary, in this place."
"Mingxi shares the bay, New Spain in the north, and about three or four hundred miles of land along the southern coast to the eastern mountains belong to the Ming Dynasty. It is used to facilitate the Ming army's fishing, set up merchant stations, transport silver mines from the Potosi silver mine, and transport silver coins to Mexico, etc.."
"But all the mines found in Asia now belong to New Spain. Their people will be allowed to enter the coast under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Military Palace to do business, live, marry and preach. All the mines explored in the future will be jointly operated by the Ming and Western countries."
"The Ming people also have the right to enter New Spain's jurisdiction to do business and live."
Zhao Shizhen said as he opened his palm to Chen Mu and explained: "Acosta said that this plan New Spain takes serious risks and may cause rebellion by the new nobles who have power along the coast. The Ming army should try its best to ensure the safety of the new nobles' lives and hand over their property to the Governor of New Spain after receiving the land."
Too explicit.
Chen Mu frowned slightly when he heard Zhao Shizhen say this, until he finished speaking, and asked, "Which of these two do you think do you have the best?"
Zhao Shizhen said without thinking: "I think the first number is that the Ming Dynasty owns the northern part of Asia. In fact, even if we do not negotiate with the Westerners in the east, our land will be everywhere the Ming army goes, but there are fewer things than the second one."
"They want minerals, business in their jurisdictions, marriages and missionary. It would be bad for the chaos at that time. Moreover, the students always felt that they wanted to use me to solve the hidden secrets for them, not only to save the lives of the new nobles, but also to hand over their property to the Governor General of New Spain."
Zhao Shizhen spread his hands and didn't know what words to describe the strange thoughts of the Spanish, so he had to use his expression to let Chen Mu know what he was thinking and skip the topic.
"But the problem with the first plan is to go to the east to fight France. The Ming Dynasty had no feud with this country. The Eastern Military Palace was just a first time, and the students thought there was no need to make enemies for the Western Barbarians."
Chen Mu didn't say anything for a long time, frowned and then slowly stood up and paced around the house, sighing: "This Acosta, he is very smart. He knows that I am very greedy. I can't accept the first proposal, and I can't accept the second proposal."
Zhao Shizhen persuaded: "Master, the students thought that both plans are good at the moment, and there is no need to fight. They can obtain vast land, trees are inexhaustible, fishing and salt are inexhaustible, and ignite oil wells and minerals to explore in the future. These are not something that the Dongyang Military Palace can fully understand within three to five years. Why should they be ambitious... Please forgive the students for being disrespectful."
Zhao Shizhen wanted to say that he was ambitious, and he also wanted to say why he had to use some land that he could not use for ten or even decades to reach places that the Spaniards could not accept, and in the end it turned out to be a big war, but the result was actually just that.
What's the difference? The Spaniards have not walked out of the North Asian desert for 40 years. The south demarcates the range and then goes east to the Potosi Silver Mine. Unless a battle is fought to grab the Potosi Silver Mine... But Zhao Shizhen, who has been following Chen Mu for a long time, knows that it is not a good thing that a huge amount of silver flows into China uncontrollably.
The two solutions may not be the best result, but they are also very suitable, especially the first one, they do not need to pay any price, and they have gained thousands of miles of power for the Ming Dynasty in vain.
With this spirit of calculating the Spanish, in Zhao Shizhen's opinion, it is better to think carefully about how to educate the tens of millions of indigenous people on this land, and use the best resources and talents.
"It's okay."
Chen Muhun waved his hand indifferently, pulled down the simple and sloppy Asian map and looked at it again and again, saying, "I don't know that both conditions are good. The Spanish have made great concessions, but this is mutual. They ask for me and I ask for the land."
"We have three places that we have to fight for. We can do without other land. Of course, the more we can ask for, the better. Perhaps it doesn't make sense at the moment, but it will become meaningful in the future in decades, or even hundreds of years."
"The ships will get faster and faster in the future, and there will be more and more prospecting methods... But you are right. Nanjing has only signed the first Mingxi Treaty for a few years. We can sign another one with them. More things can be left to fight for later, but these three places cannot be missed."
Chen Mu said, turning around and pointing to the map on the table, saying, "In the north, north of the boundary marker, this is the land that Ma Shuai found with his subordinates' flesh and blood. No one can take it away. The boundary marker is there. We are talking about south of the boundary marker. Do you understand if you don't mention the matter in the north?"
"The Spaniards don't care. If they want to, let them push the infantry army forward and see who will win. Then the time comes, it's about Mexico."
"The second is Panama, which is only a thousand miles away. I want to build a ship port and a shipyard on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, build salt wells and mine corn, and then everything will be from the Eastern Military Palace of the Ming Empire. But as long as the Spaniards dock and pay taxes, they are allowed to buy and sell at the port, temporarily stay and learn Chinese. As long as the warships pay money, they can also dock at the port and repair them."
"If agreed, two years later, the Ming army will place a fleet on the east coast to assist the Western army in attacking French and English pirates."
"As for the third one, I am from the south. I have never seen the desert since I was a child. I am very happy to see the northern desert. So I want this desert on the west coast of South Asia. From now on, I will build a big house there, raise horses, and have children. So I want this desert, just be the meeting gift from the Spanish Governor to Chen - just listen to it."
"These three places are all ours. The remaining Spanish love them. If they need our help to fight the new nobles, Chen will forcefully take more land, just treat it as a reward for the evil people. If it is not needed, we don't need it elsewhere, and all trade will be the same."
"After the Panama harbour is repaired, we will only trade with the Spaniards at that port, so that they can put warships on the west coast less, and only armed merchant ships will be allowed to come in the future."
"Also, the minerals they have discovered now, as long as they are not in the above three lands, they still belong to them, but the merchants of the Ming Dynasty retain the power to invest. If the land is under the jurisdiction of the Ming army, they must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty."
Chapter completed!