Nikan's "Palace" is the first to enter the courtyard.

A courtyard built a bit like the style of Jiangnan water town, inside a pavilion, where the Mexican Governor Mendoza and Brazilian Governor Louis were sitting.

The two sat silently for a while, and in the end, Louis, who had a more promising future, spoke first.

"Your Earl, how come you and I were the same king a few years ago. Now, all the messengers have come to Jamaica. God, you and I are both governors, and they have arrived in this desolate place together..."

"Barrel?"

Louis looked at Mendoza with disdain. Although Spain is stronger now and Portugal is obviously weak, as the most noble noble in Portugal in a century, he looked down on Mendoza, the Duke of Behar.

"I received a letter not long ago, written by the Governor of my country's Eastern Macau. In the letter, he described in detail the situation of the Daxia Kingdom in its local area."

"Oh?", Mendoza also became interested.

"He said in the letter that there is a river that runs across the east and west in China, which divides its territory into two parts, north and south. Like Europe, the north is cold and the south is warm, and the Daxia Kingdom occupies the north."

"At present, the northern Daxia industry is extremely prosperous, and merchants travel through the cities and the countryside without any obstacles. Some businesses have even gone thousands of miles away. There, there is no common numb expression in the south. They describe thin farmers, beggars, craftsmen, and some are walking in a blazing way, looking obviously healthy people who have no worries about food and clothing."

"There are the same race on both sides, but everything in the north is in order. Because the farmland has built a large number of ponds and ditches in the early stage, it can ensure that most of the harvest will be harvested even in the dry season. Those who have poor harvest can be treated with the government. It is indeed because of natural disasters that have poor harvests. Not only can tax exemptions, but they can also obtain free rations and seeds before the next harvest."

"In Daxia, merchants are naturally the richest, but with the fifteenth year of the founding of Daxia, merchants in the country have reached a critical point. If you want to get more profits, you can only go further places, or find a unique way to develop more rare products."

"In terms of calculation, the craftsmen who have both status and income are stable. By the way, they are craftsmen who are firmly locked by the guild system. Although their income is not as high as that of merchants, their success is stable. At present, Daxia women are proud to marry workers of the state-owned large company of Daxia."

“Is that why they are so technologically advanced?”

"It's mostly true, but it's not the case. He also said in his letter that no matter what kind of origin or background in the territory of Daxia, only when he is old, he must be forced to study at all levels. God, think about it, Daxia people are said to have 60 million. If 60% of them are adults and capable of working, the other 40% are old people and half are children, then there are 12 million children. If 60% of them are old people and half are children, then there are 6 million school children!"

"Dear Duke, according to the population number circulating in Europe at this time, the entire Spain is only six million! And I, Portugal, only...one million."

"The Kingdom of Daxia implements free admission to school children. According to the conservative calculation of one person studying in school for half a year and spending a silver coin a month. This is six, and it will take 36 million silver coins in total! According to the value of the Kingdom of Daxia, it also requires 18 million silver coins!"

"Of course, the letter also mentioned that since the Daxia Kingdom collects sufficient food every year, it is naturally not worth spending money to buy food on the market. All the food needed by school children is deducted from the taxes of each county. Even so, a large amount of teachers' salary will be paid..."

"In this case, the Great Xia Kingdom can quickly start construction every place with a massive population and abundant income. The barren land in your mouth is within five years, and it will be a lively place full of people and many towns."

Mendoza gasped and thought of the Spanish royal family that was stretched, which was the case with the royal family, let alone the vast countryside?

But he is the current Duke of Behar and one of the top ten Spanish giants. He sneered: "Luis, are you Portugal completely united with the Great Xia Kingdom?"

Unexpectedly, Louis did not avoid this at all, "Mentosa, do you know? This time, His Majesty the Great Xia Kingdom came here in person, for what?"

Mendoza said: "I didn't think so much about it, it was just for the two sailing ships. In the first half of the year, the abominable Perez was defeated by the British again, causing the sailing ship to return to the country smoothly, because in the North Sea, there are robbers eyeing them! Damn robbers!"

(North Sea, northern England, northeastern waters, Celtic Sea, southern England, after the North Atlantic warm current arrives in the UK, it is divided into two streams, one flows into the North Sea and the other flows into the Celtic Sea. If the Spaniards want to cross the Atlantic Ocean and return to their homeland, they must pass through these two channels)

But Louis curled his lips and thought to himself: "There are many of your Spanish privateers in these two places."

But he said, "Naturally, it is to divide the sphere of influence in the Caribbean Sea."

"The sphere of influence in the Caribbean Sea?" Mendoza was shocked, "Most of the large islands in the Caribbean Sea are under the jurisdiction of our Kingdom of Spain. What is the Great Xia Kingdom doing this?"

Louis continued: "Mentoza, the situation is clear at the moment. Your Spanish family is no longer able to monopolize the entire Caribbean. Among the many islands in the Caribbean, Cuba is the largest and the best. If your Spanish family occupies it, it will also occupy other islands..."

"Don't even think about it!"

"Mentoza, think about it, except for Cuba, Jamaica is already in the Great Xia, and most parts of Haiti are occupied by pirates. You, the Spanish, only the Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo, and the French occupy one place. Puerto Rico is even the world of pirates. You, Spain, are just nominally occupying it."

"As for the West Indies, the leeward islands, and the Windward Islands, they are basically famous and have their own names."

Mendoza suddenly woke up, "What you call the division of spheres of influence is the division of Haiti and Puerto Rico?"

“No, no, not just these, but also Pine Island and the Bahamas”

"No! Pine Island cannot be out of Cuba's control!"

"Well, let's not talk about Pine Island, Haiti Island, and Puerto Rico for now?"

Mendoza suddenly thought of something, and he stared at Louis, "The people of Daxia have already ventilated you? Okay, tell me, how do they divide it?"

"That's right," said Louis, "A few days ago, besides you and me, there were three groups of people following the people of Daxia. Do you know which groups of people they are?"

"How could I know? But judging from their appearance, they are mostly Slavs."

"I guessed it right. Now in eastern Europe, the ones with great relations with the Great Xia Kingdom are the Minsk Grand Duchy, the Ukrainian Grand Duchy, and the Romanian Grand Duchy. The three groups of people are the representatives of these three Grand Duchy."

"Oh? I heard that the grand duke of the Minsk Grand Duchy is the son of the current emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom!"

"Dear Mendoza, look at Europe, how many kings and queens have close kinships between each other?"

"Okay, let's not talk about this, how do the people of Daxia divide it?"

"In this way, the Bahamas are occupied by my Kingdom of Portugal"

Mendoza has not agreed to the Bahamas, and it is not easy to eliminate these pirates, otherwise the Spanish would have been given a long time ago.

"Puerto Rico is handed over to the French"

Mendoza was about to say a few words, but when he thought that Puerto Rico is now the world of pirates, he finally held it back.

"Haiti Island is divided into three, occupied by Minsk, Ukraine and Romania..."

Mendoza stumbled for a long time, but finally held it back. He finally understood the intentions of the people of Daxia.

"Transferring Puerto Rico to the French would tie up one of the powerful countries on the European continent; sandwiching the three Minsk countries with our own kindness between our Spanish Kingdom and the French, and cutting off the ties between the two countries, and what does it mean to place the Portuguese in the Bahamas?"

After all, he was not a fool. He thought of the development of the Daxia people on the west coast of North America.

"East Coast!"

On the east coast, the south side of the European colonists is just around New York, and the vast area south is still a borderless place!

But the Spaniards now occupy the vast areas of Mexico, Central America and South America, and are no longer able to withdraw from North America. What's more, tobacco, sugar, dyes, and mahogany that can make a lot of money in Europe are all in South America. North America has not yet fallen into the eyes of the Spaniards, even if there is one, it is still in the final sequence.

"But the British, French, and Dutch on the East Coast have already developed in the north. Sooner or later, they will meet the people of Daxia... But before that, it is serious to fight for greater interests for the kingdom."

"Then my Spanish Kingdom can only give up the land, without any reward?"

"Mentoza", Louis approached him, "Now the Great Xia Kingdom has opened a European branch of the Great Xia Bank in Berlin, which can provide loans to friendly countries. It has already negotiated terms with the Rothschild Bank in Paris and the Medici Bank in Florence. The bill of the Great Xia Bank can be cashed in all the Rothschild Banks in Europe, Medici Bank, and Mendoza. These two banks have branches in Toledo."

(Toledo, the capital of Spain, not far from southern Madrid)

“So what?”

"Mentoza, you are still an old noble in Spain. In the future, your Mexican Governor's jurisdiction and the Peru Governor's jurisdiction will be produced in the region of the country, except for what you really need, the remaining products can be converted into a price and mortgaged to Daxia. If the people of Daxia are asked to issue checks of the same amount, the items can be mortgaged in form or placed in the region of the Daxia people in Venezuela or Jamaica, and used by the people of Daxia themselves."

"And your people can easily return to Europe with a check, and then put the king's seal in Toledo and cash in the two banks in Toledo. There is no need to work hard to escort the treasure ship back to Europe."

"Hmph!" Mendoza snorted coldly, "With such a good thing, Daxia people must not mortgage all products, right?"

"That's natural. Daxia is also taking on such a huge risk. People said that Peru's bird droppings, saltpeter, silver ingots, Mexican cotton and grain can be mortgaged without restrictions."

Mendoza was silent. He thought Louis would mention the very intimate sugar, tobacco and other things in Europe at this time, but he didn't expect it to be these things.

"By the way, if you can't bear to give up the silver ingot, just remove this item."
Chapter completed!