The Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom in front of him was wearing a regular wool velvet suit in the Hanhai Army, but a black top hat was on his head, which looked a bit out of place, but in Antonio's opinion, it was very harmonious.

At present, on his left is Anka, and on his right is his priest wearing a black robe (Oh God, this outfit is made by the Daxia tailor in the city). Next to Anka are the chiefs of the Verami tribe, Texas, Anning, and Antonio are Lin Laifu, Pru, Sun Desheng, and Muzhan.

Nikan held a high-footed wine glass produced by the Daxia Kingdom, which contained wine produced by Wuda (affiliated with Wuhai, Inner Mongolia). To be honest, this wine is the only product that Nikan is currently dissatisfied with the Daxia Kingdom. Although it is constantly improving, it is still not as good as the wine transmitted from Europe. It is probably related to the climate and soil.

Antonio has long learned to drink. For this "Satanian drink", his resistance from the beginning to the current enjoyment of his enjoyment can be regarded as a continuation of his strategy of "integrating the other party and educating the other party".

“Where is your hometown?”

"Toldo of Castilla", to this day, Antonio, who has a very talented language, has long been able to speak fluent Daxia Mandarin, ahem, that is, the Jianghuai dialect in the hometown of Nikan in later generations.

It originated from one of the two kingdoms of Costinia and Aragon, which is of great significance to the Spanish, because these two places were the first to return to the Christian jurisdiction, while in the south of these two places, the original Kingdom of Granada was always the jurisdiction of the Tianfang Cult, and was finally recaptured by the Kingdom of Costinia.

Tordo is the capital of the Kingdom of Castile, Madrid is not yet ranked at this time, and Zaragoza is the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, and Barcelona is not even as well. It comes from Castile, and Aragon is naturally very glorious in the Spanish Empire. However, if it comes from Tordo, Zaragoza is even more chosen people who are deeply favored by the "Lord's favor".

Therefore, when Nikan asked Antonio's hometown, he couldn't help but stop his waist and a glimmer appeared on his face.

Unfortunately, for Nikan, although he traveled through time in later generations, he knew very little about Spain's geography, except Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but when he saw Antonio's expression changed, he knew that this place must be of great importance, so he pretended to be surprised, "Oh? So that's it."

"Dear Your Majesty, my current name is Anton. If you don't mind, just call me Anton."

"Okay," Nikan smiled, "Come, toast to Antonio from the great Tordo to Anton"

Antonio was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately knew Nikan's intention. His face changed a few times before he replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Nikan took a sip and continued, "I heard that the current governor of Mexico and the Archbishop are all from ancient Spanish noble families. Can you talk to me? Others don't know, but I am very interested."

This time, Antonio did not hesitate, and he spoke with great enthusiasm.

"Dear Your Majesty, in my Spanish Empire, countless aristocratic titles have been held, but there are ten families who have long been ranked among the top. They are the Velasco family, Ennix family, Tordo family, Mendoza family, Guzman family, Sunica family, La Celda family, La Queva family, Ponce de Leon family, and Pacheco family, all of which are from Castilla."

Nikan secretly remembered these names, "Mr. Anton, I heard that the current governor of Mexico also comes from these ten major families?"

Nikan lifted the wine glass again, and the emperor of the great power toast himself. Even Antonio was a monk, but he couldn't control himself. He drank it all in one go. After two glasses of red wine, his fair face turned red and his eyes were a little confused.

"Yes... His Majesty, his name is Alonso de Suniga Sotomayor-Mentoza. Ahem, your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude. The name of the Governor has been simplified by me. If it is said all, it will be twice as long. I mean, do you know which family he comes from?"

Nikan, the governor of Mexico, naturally knew the name of the Governor of Mexico, but he didn't know the secret news of which family came from, and thought to himself: "Just Anton just mentioned the Suniga family and the Mendoza family, most of them are from these two families, well, most of them are Mendoza family."

So he said, "But the Mendoza family?"

Antonio shook his head, "Dear Your Majesty, you don't know the names of the Spaniards. In our place, the names of the families are among the penultimate names. However, the Governor is from the Suniga family. He is also the owner of the title of Duke of Behar, the sixth-ranked in China."

When Nikan heard this, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Then the governor of Peru is also from the top ten grand dukes?"

He asked this because in history, at the beginning, the status of the Mexican Governor's jurisdiction has always been smaller than that of Peru. Generally speaking, if the Mexican Governor is good, he will be promoted to the Governor of Peru. Today, the Governor of Mexico is already the sixth-ranked Grand Duke. It is conceivable that the Governor of Peru is even greater.

Unexpectedly, Antonio shook his head.

"No, he is from Aragon"

Nikan was stunned, and then thought, "The powerful Great Xia Kingdom appeared in the north of the Mexican Governor's jurisdiction. Needless to say, it was a great threat to the Spaniards. They naturally had to focus on Mexico. Maybe due to the rise of the Great Xia Kingdom, those unknown governors in history have been replaced by descendants of the big family!"

Nikan decided to strike while the iron was hot and was lifted over. Sure enough, after Antonio drank another glass of wine, he took the initiative to say: "In Mexico, in addition to the governor, he is the Archbishop. He is also from the ten major families, the Laqueva family, and at the same time, he is a strong contender for the Grand Duke of Albuquerk."

"What about Sebastian?"

"he?"

Speaking of the former Philippine Governor, who was defeated by the Great Xia Kingdom and was now sent to the Mexican Governor to serve as the commander of the native army, a hint of mockery appeared on the corner of Antonio's mouth.

"He is just a little noble from Granada. By flattering the Prime Minister, Guzman, Duke Olivarez, was given the position of governor of the Philippines. He was able to protect him when the Duke was in power. Now that the Duke is dead, it is a miracle that he can still do his job in Mexico."

"oh"

Nikan was still calm, but thought to himself: "The descendants of the two nobles are very loyal to the Spanish royal family. In addition to the descendants of the Indian nobles, the down-and-out Sebastian is a partner to win over."

"flutter!"

Just as he was thinking, Antonio suddenly rushed to the table, which scared Muzan present. Seeing this, Nikan smiled and said, "Mr. Anton is unable to drink, so hurry up and help him to rest."

After the guards helped Antonio away, Nikan said to An Ning: "I heard you have been to Mexico City several times, how about it?"

It turned out that the former Mansi people settled down after An Ning came to America. Considering that he could barely communicate with the natives, he finally made him serve as the business representative of the government.

The Mansi people were actually a branch of the Finns in later generations. In this life, the Mansi people who stayed in the Yenisei River basin were no longer blonde and blue-eyed after intermarried, but they were somewhat similar to the Spanish today. Taking this into consideration, Sun Demao asked him to join Antonio's Christianity, and he was one of the few famous people under Antonio's command.

Of course, An Ning, who was deeply influenced by shamanism, was also a vain and sermon. After joining the Catholic Church, he was given the name of Peter (the meaning of disciples) by Antonio. He learned Spanish with Antonio. With many native dialects, he is now the second talent outside Antonio who is proficient in many languages.

However, from the wild Manxi tribe, he knew that only by firmly grasping the Great Xia Kingdom was the foundation of his life. In the past few years in the Americas, he was the chief assistant of Antonio of the Oregon Catholic Church, the business representative of the Great Xia Kingdom, and one of the leaders of the Gray Guard.

Not long ago, after Spain's plan to go north to attack the pagans was destroyed by a hurricane, the two sides maintained limited exchanges as always.

The so-called limited exchanges mean that the two sides send trade representatives to each other and set up representative offices in Oregon and Mexico City, which are mainly used to trade materials.

At this moment, due to the strong navigation ability of the Great Xia Kingdom, most of the items in the Asian continent, especially the Ming Dynasty, could be bought in Oregon. The Spanish rule in the Philippines was still in high spirits. The Dutch were shaking, and the current King Philip IV actually planned to abolish the jurisdiction of the Philippines and all retreated to the Americas.

In the end, it was only rejected by the opposition of some great nobles in the country who held the wholesale rights of spices. However, it is an indisputable fact that the Philippine jurisdiction has become a useless rib. The spice production area in Southeast Asia has been completely monopolized by the Dutch. Even if they can buy pepper and spices from Batavia nearby, they can transport them to America by sailing ships and then to Europe, and then to Europe, the cost is still much higher than that of the Dutch, and they can't compete with them, which means that they can barely save some profits through compulsory trade zone divisions.

"Your Majesty," said An Ning, "According to the following observations, there are about 10,000 Spanish people in Mexico today, less than 20,000. There are many white descendants who settled in Mexico, probably more than one million. There are about two million natives, white natives, white and black, mixed-race descendants of natives and blacks, and more than two million pure blacks, with more than five million people in total."

"How did you get this number?"

Nikan asked.

"Your Majesty, think about it, I am Antonio's assistant, and my appearance is similar to the Spanish, so I can naturally get close to the priests who are in charge of the number of words. These people may not be fully mastered by the Governor's Office, but the Archbishop's records are not bad at all. They have now converted to Catholicism on the surface, from birth to baptism, to marriage and death, and the priests participate in the whole process. The records are that the priests' numbers are much more accurate than those of the government."

"The Archbishop has more than ten assistants, and there is a priest from Genoa who is the most friendly to him, and he is one of the assistants in charge of these bookkeeping."

"The rest are from Spain?"

"Yes"

Hearing this, Nikan couldn't help but nodded and thought to himself: "No matter how strict the control of any institution is, and if you have religious beliefs, there are still loopholes, let alone ordinary places? Some situations in the Daxia Kingdom have also spread to Europe."

I thought of it again, "There are more than one million local white people in the jurisdiction of the Mexican Governor alone, and the mixed-race children are far more than Yingzhou, not to mention the huge natives. They have been bred for a hundred years, and the total number of immigrants from the three prefectures in Yingzhou is less than 200,000. Fortunately, the policy of the Daxia Kingdom on the natives is much better than that of the Spanish, so they can organize these people."

"The Spaniards are masters who sow discord. They can conquer the entire Aztec Empire and the Mayan jungle with just a thousand people. They rely not only on firearms and war horses, but on strategies to win over a group of people and attack a group of people. In particular, the latter plays a key role. Otherwise, if a thousand people want to defeat the native army of tens of thousands of people, it is impossible to think about it."

This was also one of his purpose in coming to America.
Chapter completed!