Invincible urban management

110 [-]. The Power of the United Front

After hearing these two ultimatum-like warnings, Garcia was startled, and then deflated like a deflated ball.

Indeed, they traveled thousands of miles across the sea to come here just to get rich and open up trade routes to the East, and secondly to search for gold.

In this land, silk and spices are not produced, and all oriental specialties have to rely on "Chinese merchants" to try to transport them.

Even if the Chinese were defeated and driven from the land, where would spices, silks, and porcelain come from?

It may be possible to plunder a shipment from the natives by force, but it will certainly be of limited quantity, and there will be no more.

At this time in Europe, spices, silk and porcelain are in a complete seller's market, and no one can offend suppliers if they offend them!

Cortes, who was originally regarded by Garcia as a leader, has now become the biggest obstacle to opening up business routes.

Let Cortez die!

This sentence almost blurted out from Garcia's mouth, and he barely held back until the last moment.

No, don't be fooled, it's a temptation from the devil!The voice in my heart was still screaming, but it became weaker and weaker.

Rational thinking gradually returned to Garcia's mind, allowing him to discover what stupid things he had done:

Are you Cortes' subordinate?no!

Are you a friend or relative of Cortes?No!

Who is Cortes?Just a wanted traitor!At most, it still has some use value.

Even if he fights bloody with this criminal to the end, he may still get nothing and become a traitor as well.

So, is it necessary to gamble with all your future and status, a gamble with little hope, just to put a criminal on the throne of Mexican conqueror?What if this criminal fails?What if the criminal turns his face and denies him after he succeeds?If Cortes succeeds in conquering Mexico, but offends the Chinese—according to the current situation, this is almost an inevitable result—then the spice and silk trade routes will be cut off, and the Iranians who can’t get any benefits The governor of Spaniola was furious, what should he do?

Not to mention that in order to support this wanted criminal, he has to continue to fight against the Spanish army on the island of Cuba... Not to mention whether the fight will be won, even if he wins in the end, what will King Carlos think in the Iberian Peninsula? ?No matter how you look at this matter, it is an act of treason!

Could it be that he was really asked to rebel in this desolate place far away from his hometown?His current subordinates were the first to refuse!

With the sweat dripping from his forehead, Garcia's attitude gradually tilted in a certain direction, and the strange voice in his heart became weaker and weaker.

However, under the intervention of this intuition or premonition, he still made a final struggle.

"...However, the Governor of Hispaniola Island has issued a pardon and a letter of commission to Cortes. He is no longer a wanted criminal in the Kingdom, but has been appointed by the Governor's Office of Hispaniola Island. The captain of the Mexican expedition, I cannot betray and crusade against my colleagues..."

"...What's so embarrassing? You can issue a pardon and commission to Cortez, and naturally you can revoke it and recover it...If you can't crusade and betray a pardoned criminal, then can you May the army of another Spanish viceroy be attacked?"

Narvaez knocked on the table with his hand, and interrupted his words in dissatisfaction, the light flickering in his one-eyed became more and more ferocious, "...More The prisoner was originally an illegal act of exceeding his authority. Even if he appealed to the king, the document would be ruled invalid... Why do you have to shelter this wanted criminal? Could it be that Cortez is your father? "

"...Okay! Cortez can die, but our interests must also be protected!"

Baron Garcia sighed and shook his head, completely forgetting the feeble objection in his heart, "...this port of Veracruz must become the Governor's Palace of Hispaniola Island. The territory under its jurisdiction, the local garrison will be dispatched by our side, and the mayor will also be appointed by our side,"

Since Port Hope, the core base of the traversers on the Pacific Ocean, is separated by a whole Mexican plateau, it has nothing to do with him, so Director Ma immediately agreed, and at the same time turned his head to wink at Navaez.

And Navaez first snorted sullenly, and then sighed helplessly.

"...Okay, this condition can be agreed. Who told us to lose the battle? However, the Governor's Office of Cuba Island should also have the right to station some colonial officials, missionaries, troops and business representatives here, and share the tax revenue here... Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to Governor Velazquez at all! As for the distribution of taxes and official positions, I will let the two governors discuss it themselves!"

Baron Garcia thought for a while, and agreed to the Cuban island's request to share the port.

——The geographical location of the island of Cuba is exactly between the island of Hispaniola and Mexico. The governor of Hispaniola wants to share the trade income of Mexico. After all, he still cannot get around the governor of Cuba. Otherwise, as long as the other party orders the blockade of the channel, everything will be over.

"...In addition, the only troops I can command are the sailors of the Hispaniola fleet and the governor's guard. The more than 3000 people Cortes has brought to attack the Aztecs are all The mercenaries, merchants, pioneers, and adventurers recruited by his subordinate Castillo in Cuba, Hispaniola, Bahamas, Jamaica, and Panama did not obey my orders ..."

Baron Garcia tilted his head and thought for a while, then added, "...when you are fighting Cortes, I can send people to help you persuade you to surrender, but I have no idea whether they will be obedient or not." I promise. I'm really sorry about that."

——Since he has decided to sell his teammate, he must try his best to eradicate this curse, so as not to cause any further mishaps.

"...Of course, in order to show my sincerity, I can immediately detain Cortez's cronies at the port and control the merchant ships carrying them." Garcia said without changing his face and heartbeat. "But I don't have many completely reliable troops. After doing these things, there are no more troops. If you want to send troops deep inland to attack Cortez, then forgive me for not being with you."

"...It is enough for you to be able to do this! You don't need to worry about the next thing!"

Director Ma smiled and motioned to Wang Qiu to bring over a bottle of wine on a tray, and poured a glass for Garcia, Narvaez and himself, "... In order to wish us a happy cooperation, please have a toast! Oh, yes, In addition, there is a small gift to offer, which is not a respect!"

The next moment, Baron Garcia's eyes lit up in surprise, as did the exquisite and delicate colored porcelain, bone china and blue and white porcelain vessels, rolls of gorgeous silk, and bags of pepper and cinnamon. The last trace of guilt that I betrayed my teammates has completely disappeared...

——Relying on crushing technical advantages, ingenious leverage and "generous" bribery, Director Ma's united front work has been a great success.

However, Cortes, who had received powerful reinforcements at this time, had also won his glorious victory.