Daming Military Empire

Chapter 296 Destruction of the peace talks
Today's maritime overlord has colonies all over the world. It is unbelievable that Spain, which is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, has no money. Zhu Cijiong estimates that even if their local income is not counted, the wealth plundered by the colonies alone is the least in a year There are hundreds of millions of taels of silver, how can there be no money!

Zhu Cijiong asked in amazement: "The Spanish Empire has no money? Are you sure you are not joking with me, do you know how much wealth they plundered from the colonies in a year?"

They are also colonists, and they still belong to the same country in name. Of course, Shivela knows how much wealth they can plunder from the colonies in a year. The gold and silver plundered from the Gold Coast of Africa can earn about 6000 to 6000 million taels a year, and the income from cash crops planted by the locals has even exceeded 3000 to 5000 million taels, as well as the plundering of our Portuguese mainland and colonies , They can also earn [-] to [-] million taels a year. Counting these alone, their total annual income is about [-] million taels!"

The annual income is at least 5000 million taels of silver, no money!What is the logic!If it weren't for the New Year's Eve, Zhu Cijiong really wanted to drag this guy out to play a few boards to wake him up.

How did they spend so much money? Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "The annual income is at least 5000 million taels of silver. You say they have no money. My Ming's annual income is not even 5000 million taels of silver." , then wouldn’t I have even less money, do you think it’s possible?”

Upon hearing this, Shivela smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, they really have no money. This humble minister knows very well that their annual income is astonishing, but it's even more terrifying when they spend money!"

No matter how scary it is to spend money, it is impossible to spend 5000 million taels a year, Zhu Cijiong doubted: "Do you know how much 5000 million taels of silver is? Let’s not finish, like the muskets and cannons they bought from me, the total cost of the two purchases was less than 5000 million taels. Just like this, their army has almost finished refitting, so how else can they spend money?”

Shivela quickly explained: "Your Majesty, you don't know, the equipment of the army is nothing at all, and the navy spends money. Like the naval battle between Spain and the United Kingdom, between 1588 and 1601 alone, the Spanish king formed They sent five armadas to expedition to England, but their luck was very bad. They encountered storms five times and suffered heavy losses, which led to the failure of the expedition. Do you know how much an armada costs to build?"

Zhu Cijiong really doesn't know how much an Armada costs, because he doesn't know what size fleet is considered an Armada!So he asked curiously: "How many warships does an Armada have, and how much does Spain spend to build an Armada?"

Shivela introduced in detail: "An Armada may have thousands of warships. At that time, there were no super battleships. A warship was equipped with more than ten artillery pieces at most. The entire Armada had about 500 artillery pieces. Many of these warships and artillery were purchased from the Dutch through our Portuguese merchants. The Dutch also knew that Spain wanted them, so the asking price was extremely outrageous. Battleships and artillery will probably cost more than 5 million taels!"

Nima, you can also buy a battleship for 500 million taels of silver, and a cannon for 5 taels of silver. Spain is really rich, and the Dutch are typically asking for money. They know that they are selling it to Spain. , also sold!
If the money is spent like this, Spain really didn't have any surplus in those ten years. The five armadas were enough to consume all their income in those ten years.But isn’t there still more than 30 years to come? What about their money? Zhu Cijiong couldn’t help asking: “That’s all happened in 1601. They haven’t built armadas every year in the next 30 years, have they?”

Shivela shook his head and said: "That's not true, but the Spanish royal family's consumption is also frighteningly high. They consume more than half of the luxury goods around the world. Like coffee, which is called "black gold", it is more expensive than gold. A cup of tens of taels of silver will disappear, but the Spanish royal family drinks it every day, and even uses it to entertain guests. They don’t know how much silver they will drink for a day of coffee. The royal family spends at least 5000 million taels a year on luxury goods. Above, sometimes even more than [-] million taels!"

Nima, what a rich man!They spend 5000 million to [-] million taels of silver a year on luxury goods. No wonder they have no money. If they spend like this, they will be given a few mountains of gold and silver that they can't afford to dig!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help sighing: "It's not enough to spend so much money!"

Shi Weila could not help reminding: "Your Majesty, you have to be careful. They not only spend money ruthlessly, but also have a bad habit, that is, they love to renege on their debts, and they are very righteous. The most common method they use is to declare the country bankrupt. The money owed will not be recognized, only the newly borrowed money! Philip II declared the country bankrupt three times in 1557, 1575 and 1598, and the current king Philip IV also declared bankruptcy in 1627!
Nima, going bankrupt without money is too cruel, no wonder the whole world is against them!
Of course, now we are not discussing the issue of him not paying back the money, but to sabotage their peace talks. As for how to sabotage the peace talks, it depends on why they don’t want to fight. Now it seems that money is a problem. I don’t know if there are other reasons Well, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking: "Is it because they don't want to fight because they have no money, is there any other reason?"

Shivela shook his head and said, "No, they don't want to fight anymore because they have no money and can't afford weapons and equipment."

Still buying, isn't it all sold out?Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but wondered: "Their army's equipment is almost bought, don't they really have to buy [-] cannons from me to win the battle?"

Shivela shook his head again and said: "It's not the army's problem. Now the armies of both sides have suffered heavy losses. It is estimated that there will be no more large-scale battles on land. If there are any more battles, it will be a naval battle, because the wealth plundered by all countries must pass through the sea. Shipping back to the mainland, especially Spain, will be troublesome if the Protestant Alliance targets their treasure ship. As long as it is robbed a few times, Spain will probably go bankrupt again. Spain has no money to expand its navy now, and its sea power is even higher than that of the Netherlands. It’s not as good as it is, so they don’t want to fight.”

It turned out to be like this, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have money to buy ships or artillery, I can give you credit, and it’s okay to renege on your debts, as long as you continue to fight, Daming can easily snatch the colony, and the money owed will be earned back from the colony.

As for how many warships and artillery credits are given to Spain, it depends on how much the naval strength of the two sides differs. As long as their naval strength is relatively balanced, it is enough to keep fighting.

Perhaps, it's time for me to go to Europe. In any case, I must not let them succeed in the peace talks. As for how to destroy the peace talks, I can only take a step at a time.

(End of this chapter)