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Chapter 54 The Spanish Messenger (Part 2)

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1. Spain must bear full responsibility for these two wars, formally apologize to China in the form of a country, and compensate China for one million taels of silver to make up for China's war losses.

2. The Spanish soldiers and officers captured in these two wars will be redeemed with silver by the Spanish government. An ordinary soldier is 300 taels of silver. The officers are increased by rank. The highest ransom is Count Joaquin, which is 10,000 taels of silver. The commander of the Expeditionary Fleet Earl Dela Pena ranks second, with 8,000 taels of silver. Sanchez, the commander of the second Spanish fleet, was also lucky to squeeze into the 3rd, with his price being 6,000 taels of silver.

Third, the Spanish government must release all members of the Gonzalez family and restore the Gonzalez family's reputation, territory and property.

4. Direct trade will be implemented between Zhejiang and Manila, and the trade relations between the two sides will be equal.

5. The Spanish Filipino colonial authorities have an obligation to protect the personal safety and private property of local Chinese people from infringement by others. Chinese Filipinos should have the same political status as local indigenous people and Spaniards. It is absolutely prohibited to kill, discriminate, suppress, or plunder Chinese. Otherwise, China will retain all means to safeguard the interests of Chinese Filipinos.

Finally, Shang Yi said that these five requirements are not allowed to be discussed. The Spanish government and the Philippine colonial authorities have only two options: agreeing and disagreeing. If you agree, you sign a peace agreement. If you don’t agree, you will fight and everyone will start fighting.

As soon as these five agreements were proposed, they were immediately strongly opposed by two Spanish envoys. Cambiaso immediately stood up, waved his hands and shouted: "No, we will never agree to these five agreements."

Shang Yi smiled coldly and said, "Okay, if you don't agree, then we will start a war. I can declare war on you now, send troops to attack Manila."

Thorin also said: "If you declare war, you will declare war. Our Royal Spanish army will never be afraid of war. Even if you attack Manila, we will definitely make you lose the taste of failure."

Shang Yi smiled and said, "What strength do you have in Manila? The total strength is no more than two thousand, and there are less than ten warships. Why do you make me feel like failure?"

The two were stunned for a moment, and then they remembered that Alisandra had surrendered to the Chinese, and that Manila's background must have been leaked. However, Cambiaso insisted on being stubborn and said, "We are indeed short of troops in Manila, but behind us there is the Spanish Empire. Soon the empire will send a second expeditionary fleet, which will be larger than the first one. At that time, let alone you can't fight Manila, we will also attack China."

Shang Yi couldn't help laughing loudly when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Cambiaso, do you think I don't know? It will take two years for the young master to send troops from Spain to support Manila. Moreover, the Spanish Empire has been too busy to take care of itself in Europe. In 1639, your navy was defeated by the Dutch in Towns. In the second Battle of Bretenfeld in 1642, you were defeated by the Swedish army, and in 1643, you were defeated by the French army. Now there is still strength to support Manila. Spain is no longer the most powerful country in Europe in the past."

After listening to Shang Yi's words, Cambiaso and Solin's faces became increasingly ugly. They had never expected that Shang Yi would understand the situation in Europe so much, and that Spain knew the military failures in recent years. Only then did they fully believe that what Guo Najue and Johnson Tang said was not wrong at all. Shang Yi's understanding of Europe is really no less than that of any European.

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However, due to deep-rooted thinking, Shang Yi did not agree. After thinking about it, he called a guard and asked him to find Zhou Qi.


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