Lu Ming

Chapter 196 Night Scene
What I said before is sweet dates, and then it’s time to talk about big sticks.

In order to urge the Philippine side to make a decision as soon as possible, Cai Feiming officially announced at this moment: The officials will block the routes inside and outside the island from now on. This order will remain in effect until the two sides reach an agreement.

Second Lieutenant Sandoval was shocked.

They first took some time to sort out the logical relationship: these short-haired pagans, first hijacked them here brutally, then smiled and stuffed their cabins with goods, then they promised to open trade, and then they Blocked the route in an attempt to starve the soldiers in Taipei there.
Half sea water, half flame.Half guns, half roses.

This kind of reckless sweet date + big stick policy, to be honest, is a bit too forceful.If the Pie Faces weren't devout Catholics, +2 on Confusion and Confusion checks, they'd be out of their minds.

When Sandoval's team thoroughly understood the intentions of the traversers, they instinctively started bargaining: "In the name of God, that castle belongs to His Majesty Philip IV! You can't take it away like this!"

Cai Feiming rolled his eyes: "Is the fact of sitting in front of me not enough to make you realize the fear of force?"

"The reason why that small fort is still in your hands is entirely because of our kindness, do you understand kindness?" Cai Feiming knocked on the table, with a look of foolishness on his face: "In one morning, all your soldiers can be killed." Kill, think of the corpses on your ship!"

Seeing that these bastards finally began to show terror in their eyes, Lao Cai added angrily: "Besides, I don't think you have been given diplomatic rights by Manila. So, gentlemen, you have no right to talk to me here. What are you discussing, you are just messengers."

Speaking of this, Cai Feiming took out four documents from the drawer.The first two documents are the official diplomatic agreement and Xia Xianze's personal letter, which needs to be taken by the second lieutenant to Manila and handed over to the governor.

The third document is the list of requirements.

Considering Manila's miserable commodity export capacity, the list is very short, so short that there are only two commodities, silver and "Filipino maid".

Needless to say about silver, the galleon trade transports a lot of silver to Manila every year to renew the fee for this regime that has no competitive commodities and only exports but not imports.Not to mention the Filipino maids, they will be well-known until later generations, so the officials are now very interested in young and strong men and women in the Philippines.

The strategic minds of Lieutenant Sandoval and the others were not enough to realize the importance of this trade condition: when this demand list was presented, the Philippines had a "self-produced" high-quality product for the first time.

Of course, the cross-travelers don’t need these guys to understand everything, they just need a messenger to bring the letter to Governor Juan Nino de Tabora in Manila, and that’s it.When Governor Tabora saw these documents, he would naturally understand the value of them.

As for the small stone castle in Taipei, it is not even a bargaining chip in the face of such huge interests: the Spaniards are now in the recession period of industrial hollowing out, and they have nothing but silver.Now and in the future, they will fully shrink in America, Africa, and Asia, and the colonies will be eaten away one by one, not to mention the loss of many forts every year.

As long as Governor Tabora's standard is above the crappy level, he will definitely agree to this agreement.

The fourth, which is the last document, is a letter of commitment: the crossing force promises that after the two parties establish a comprehensive strategic partnership, they will provide several coordinate points near Manila for free for the Spaniards to dig for gold. Silver and copper mines.

Of course, it is irresponsible for the huge consumption in the early stage to build mines in malaria, savages and tropical jungles.As for the day when the gunboats arrived at the gate of Manila, whether or not the piefaces could dig out minerals, and if they did, how much gold and silver they could dig up, all depended on their luck.

After sealing the four documents with wax bags, they were locked in a lacquer box, and then Cai Feiming handed over the keys and the lacquer box to Second Lieutenant Sandoval.

When the second lieutenant swore in the name of God and the king that he would hand over the letter to the governor, and the other three promised to testify, Cai Feiming nodded with satisfaction: "Very well, it seems that you finally understand the nature of your work."

At this point in the meeting, most of the planned diplomatic missions have been completed.

Next, Cai Feiming took out a few sheets of paper and a quill pen, and threw them in front of the Spaniard: "Okay, let's write the last item."

"What do we need to write?"

"Of course it's a letter to the commander in Taipei, tell him everything that happened here." Cai Feiming's gaze scanned the faces of the four people: "Also, I need one of you to take the survey ship to Taipei tomorrow, Give the letter to the commander over there. And before the order from Manila arrives, persuade the commander to facilitate the survey ship, at least not to show hostility and provoke our men to fire."

After the four Spaniards discussed a few words, they finally decided that the first mate, Samper, would be the messenger to Taipei.As for the letters, the chaplains who professionally wrote them wrote them at a stroke.

In the end, everyone signed and adjourned the letter. This long-planned meeting, which was facilitated by a coincidence, finally came to an end.

Since they only stayed in Taijiang briefly for one night, these Spaniards who had not been quarantined were ordered to stay on board that day.

After the meeting, the second lieutenant and the others were also sent back to the Galen ship. After that, the senior officials ignored them except for sending a batch of supplies.

The only one who enjoyed hotel accommodation, hot showers and clean clothes was First Mate Samper.He will take the re-starting exploration ship to Taipei early tomorrow morning.

When the second lieutenant returned to the Alicante, the sailors who finally learned the truth could finally weep with joy. Everyone's life was saved.

As for those trade agreements, those are things that big people need to worry about, and small people are not qualified to comment.

By this time it was completely dark.The Spaniards on the Alicante were enjoying the night view that they had never seen before while eating the salted fish rice from the port.

The Industrialists eventually compromised.

With the successive completion of Chikan Wharf, Chikan District Government, Crossing Villa District, Taijiang Shipyard, and Taijiang Cold Storage Area, the kiln industry party has no way to delay the power supply on both sides of the Taijiang River. As a result, the 5-kilometer main cable and the same length of auxiliary cables, distribution stations, transformers, etc. were imported in one step not long ago.

In the entire Taijiang lighting project, the proportion of self-produced accessories in the kiln area, including utility poles and various shell brackets, is less than 20%.This is also the reason why the Industrial Party keeps complaining: if it persists for a while, old-fashioned asphalt wires can be produced in the kiln area, and so many import quotas will not be used at all.

Tucao belongs to Tucao, the effect is still extremely beautiful.

Today's Taijiang River, because the east and west banks are connected to electricity, so every night is a unique bright world in the 17th century.

Starting from the shipyard area in the north where the work started all night, it extends all the way to the storage and cold storage area in the south, and then across the sea to Dayuan Island. The Taijiang River is surrounded by endless lights of various colors, like a long shining river, flowing endlessly .

The lights are reflected on the dark blue sea, and with the undulations of the waves, the light and shadow of the broken stars, and the stars in the sky above the head reflect each other, like an upside-down mirage, which is fascinating.

The Spaniards were holding on to the side of the boat, watching all this greedily.The night scene of the pagan city fits their fantasy of heaven so much. The excited roar of the sailors came from the Galen ship from time to time. The next moment, the searchlight on the gun tower shone over, and the sailors screamed in a blinding white light. Well, let's be honest now.

When the terrible searchlight post was removed, the big pie faces hid silently behind the side of the ship, still looking at the Chikan Street that made loud noises.

The Chikan Avenue in front of the Chikan government gate is now the busiest place on a summer night.

Due to the limited number of light bulbs and wires, the Denghe on both sides of the Taijiang River is actually limited to the important buildings around the Linjiang River.It is limited by the north-south Chikan Avenue, with light bulbs on the west and self-produced gas lamps on the east.

A large number of workers now come out of the dark dormitories every night, crowding on Chikan Avenue and the banks of the Taijiang River to enjoy the coolness and eat grilled fish: pure charcoal grilled fish.

All kinds of spot, all kinds of shrimp, and all kinds of crabs that are expensive in later generations are not too expensive in the current Chikan night market: if a worker only invites customers once a month, he can afford it.

These seafood bakes, topped generously with salt and a dash of chili flakes, are fresh from the day's shipment into cold storage.

Theoretically speaking, Dayuan's seafood should be extremely cheap - in the 17th century, there were endless seafood growing freely in the straits.

The reason for the high price of seafood is the lack of fishing nets.Dayuan's fishing fleet does not have nylon at present, and they can only catch shallow fish with traditional hemp nets. Not to mention the low efficiency, they cannot continue to operate.

To fix this, the closest tech tree right now is the Wire Fishing Net.Of course, this black technology can only be put on the agenda after at least the development of the iron sand mine in Taitung.

Early the next morning, little Andres, who was dragged to the construction site overnight to study the knowledge of cement use, came back staggeringly.The poor man was illiterate, so when he finished work in the morning, he also got a hand-painted schematic diagram on Fujian bamboo paper-this thing was mass-produced, and it was prepared for those illiterate craftsmen in Daming.

At the same time that little Andres returned to the Alicante, the first mate Samper also boarded the deck of the Yuandou.

As a result, the two sailing boats that were fighting to death yesterday, like friends at this moment, sailed out of the Dayuan channel one after the other, and went south with the wind.

(End of this chapter)