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    Let's go back in time for a while, back when Charles II was still in Chittagong, Li Quan had sailed to America for the second time.

    Let's read a poem first:

    it's here,

    Spain and China combined,

    Italy combined with Japan, finally

    The world's trade and order are also combined.

    Here, we enjoy the first-class treasures of the West;

    Here we get the essence of all the splendor created by the East.

    This poem is called "The Greatness of Mexico". The author is the Spanish poet Balbuena. It was written in 1604 AD, which is the 32nd year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty.

    It describes Mexico City. Due to the insufficient population of Spanish colonists, Chinese, Japanese, and Italians came to Mexico to integrate into the colonial system.

    As early as the reign of Chongzhen, the number of Asian immigrants in Mexico had exceeded 100,000, which is official statistics from Spain.  They are mainly Fujianese, Filipino overseas Chinese, Filipino aborigines and Japanese, but when they arrive in Mexico, they are collectively called Chinese (chinos).

    "Chinese" basically lived in the Port of Acapulco, and then gradually spread to Mexico City.

    The natives of the Philippines were mainly servants and the henchmen of the Spanish colonists.

    The Japanese were responsible for protecting the trade route, the overland route from the port of Acapulco to Mexico City.  They are allowed to wear weapons and are hired by officials or caravans. To put it bluntly, they are a group of escorts.

    The occupations of the Chinese are varied, such as tailors, shoemakers, butchers, musicians, clerks, embroidery workers and some people made a fortune and gradually started to do business.  There was even Chinese goldsmithing, an industry dominated by Europeans, which once aroused the concern of the Governor of Mexico.

    In the early years of Chongzhen, a Dominican missionary said with emotion: "The Chinese became Christians, and they poured into (Mexico) every year. They completely defeated the Spaniards in that industry."

    This phenomenon became more and more rare after Zhao Han recovered Fujian.

    After the Datong Army occupied Luzon Island, no Chinese immigrated to the Americas anymore, because they didn't have to travel thousands of miles to find a living.

    Puerto Banderas (Vallarta).

    The arrival of Li Quan's fleet again immediately caused a sensation in the town.

    Many well-informed businessmen have been waiting here a month in advance.  Those who heard the news were also moved by Mexican colonial officials, as well as the Mexican fleet!

    Before entering the port, the Mexican fleet surrounded it.

    The other party sent an envoy to come to Li Quan's boat in a small boat, and said aggressively: "Leave here immediately. No ship from any country is allowed to dock without the king's order!"

    Li Quan sneered: "I can leave, but after I leave, there is no Philippine galleon that can come to Mexico from Asia. Luzon Island, Taiwan Island, and the Ryukyu Islands are all Chinese territories, and there is also a galleon trade there."  The Kuroshio zone. The Chinese navy controls the Kuroshio waters, and no ship can pass through!"

    As he spoke, Li Quan deliberately used Spanish and ordered his deputy: "Turn south and go back to Luzon. No one will do business in the future!"

    Seeing the collective turn of the Chinese fleet, the Spanish envoy was dumbfounded.

    In fact, Mexico has received a letter from the Governor of the Philippines.  The governor of the Philippines told the governor of Mexico that if the Chinese merchant ships were refused, the galleon trade would be over, and he could not make decisions about it.

    The Governor of Mexico did not report to the king, but called the colonial officials to discuss, and everyone agreed not to interfere for the time being.

    As for the naval envoy in front of him, he came here purely to take advantage of him.  He wanted to use force to intimidate Li Quan to pay more for the road, but Li Quan would leave without saying a word.

    "Everyone, please wait a moment." The envoy quickly stopped.

    This guy rowed the boat back to report, and the fleet commander went ashore immediately to discuss countermeasures with the colonial officials.

    Soon, Li Quan was invited to disembark.

    After repeated bargaining, the two parties finally decided as follows: officials from the New Spain Governor's District (Mexico, Central America), officials from the New Spain Fleet, and Li Quan's fleet formed a cargo auction committee.  After the Chinese merchant ships docked, they conducted centralized auctions, and 10% of the total auction price was used as tariffs (bribes).

    As for these bribes, the Spaniards will distribute them themselves, and they will definitely not enter the king's pocket anyway.

    In addition, a berthing tax will be charged to the Chinese fleet, which is calculated according to the size of the vessel and the berthing time.

    Smuggling is "legalized" in this way, and everyone can make money, except Spain.On the way, while following the Spanish fleet and merchant ships, Li Quan made one ship pretend to be stranded, and then the whole fleet stopped.

    After the other boats left, he let people row the boat, transport the goods to the shore, and sell them to Wu Chunlin and Chen Fusheng.  This transaction can be regarded as smuggling within smuggling.

    Came to Hawaii on the way Well, Tanzhou, nothing major happened here, and a dozen or so mixed-race children were added.

    Half of the staff who stayed in Tanzhou were replaced, but the wife stayed here because she would come back next year.  Those who had children simply stopped leaving and asked Li Quan to pick up their wives in China.

    They think Tanzhou is very good, with a pleasant climate, fertile land, wives, concubines and children, and they can get supplies every year.

    Passing through Tanzhou this time, Li Quan also transported some sandalwood, which can be sold at a high price when he returns to China.

    In another time and space, the sandalwood in Hawaii was cut down because it was popular in the Chinese market.

    Of course, Li Quan's biggest gain from this trip is knowing that there have been Chinese in America for a long time, and the number reached tens of thousands.  This is more convenient than immigrating from scratch.
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