Chapter 877: A Great Change in Attitude
Facing Yang Feng, who put on a face-turning posture as soon as he came, Castro was also on fire.
According to the conventions of the Western world, it has always been who discovers first and who owns or who occupies it.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, Spain is too far away from Luzon, but the Ming Dynasty has never paid attention to this place for more than two hundred years, and has always regarded it as a wild place.
Even if the Spanish army has occupied this place for decades, the Ming court has not made any moves, so the Spanish have long regarded Luzon as their colony, but now this guy accuses the Spanish government of not reporting to the Ming court, which is really too deceitful.
Thinking of this, Castro, who had a nameless fire in his heart, said without showing weakness: "Speaking of which, I want to ask Your Excellency the Marquis, your army of the Ming Kingdom has invaded the colonies of my Spanish Kingdom for no reason and violated our interests, you are the ones who need to explain to us!" ”
"Really?"
Yang Feng's eyes flashed with coldness, "In this way, you Spain wantonly sent troops to the islands around Daming in an attempt to annex the regions around Daming. even built a castle in Taiwan to prepare for the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, which is also our Ming's fault? ”
As Yang Feng and the others spoke, Mitchell and Catherine on the side also kept translating each other's words to their bosses.
When Yang Feng accused the Spanish government of preparing for the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, Castro's expression was obviously sluggish, and then he shook his head: "This is just a rumor, Spain has never planned to invade the Ming Dynasty, Your Excellency the Marquis, you are naked and framed!" ”
"Really?"
Yang Feng sneered, "If one day, Daming's army occupies the Balearic Islands, can I also say that all this is a misunderstanding?" ”
"The Balearic Islands?"
Castro was stunned for a moment, and then showed an angry look on his face, "Of course not, the Balearic Islands belong to Spain, if the Ming Dynasty sends troops there, it will be an invasion, and the Spanish people will not agree!" ”
"Don't talk too much, it's not certain whose Balearic Islands are owned."
"No, the Balearic Islands must be Spanish!"
The Balearic Islands are archipelago in the western Mediterranean, with the main islands being Mahoca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Cabrera.
In later generations, it is an autonomous region and province of Spain, but now the ownership of this archipelago has not been decided, whether it is Spain, France or Britain is fighting openly and secretly for this place, almost knocked out the dog's brain, and now Yang Feng said that he would send troops to occupy it, which undoubtedly stepped on the tail of the Spaniards, and made Castro so angry that he almost jumped.
His face was pale, and he said solemnly: "Your Excellency, Marquis, I respect you as a nobleman of the Great Ming Kingdom, but this is not a reason for you to talk about it. I can tell you for sure that if the Ming army does enter the Balearic Islands, it will be hit by the Spanish army like a storm, and I can swear to God! ”
"Oh...... Your Excellency Castro, what you just said is what I want to say. Yang Feng shrugged his shoulders.
"You ......"
Castro was stunned for a while, Spain did build a castle in Taiwan, although the number is not large, and has been driven out by the Ming army, but the Spanish army once occupied Taiwan is indisputable, which even Castro can not deny.
When it comes to this step, it has reached an impasse, Yang Feng's attitude is very resolute, Taiwan, and even Luzon and other South Seas regions are the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, you Spain don't come to make do with it, otherwise it will annoy the Ming Dynasty, buddy will directly send troops to the Balearic Islands, and then see what you should do?
Although Castro was skeptical of Yang Feng's threat, he didn't dare to really ignore it, and after these days of reconnaissance, Castro also had a certain understanding of Yang Feng and the fleet under his command.
In Castro's view, the sudden arrival of the Ming fleet was enough to crush the Spanish fleet stationed in Luzon in terms of both the number and quality of warships, especially since Spain was no longer the invincible fleet that crossed the ocean in the 16th century.
Now the control of the sea is gradually in the hands of the Dutch, especially Castro once heard from the governor Fidel that in the first half of this year, Spain and the Netherlands gathered a large army on their own territory to Flanders in order to suppress the Dutch rebellion.
The task of the army is to suppress the "rebellion" in the north, and the task of the navy is to seize control of the English Channel, and the premise of all this is to defeat the Dutch fleet, and it is undoubtedly very unwise to establish the enemy of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Even so, it was not advisable to get Spain to give up its interests in Luzon, which made Castro feel very difficult, but even then he tried his best to convince Yang Feng.
"Your Excellency, Marquis, you must know that our Spanish army has been coming to Luzon for decades, and it has great interests here, and now that your country has encroached on our interests as soon as it comes, aren't you afraid of causing a great war between your two countries?"
"The Great War?"
Yang Feng sneered.
"If you have the time to worry about our arrival, you might as well pray to God that your combined fleet led by Admiral Antonio can defeat the Spaniards, otherwise once your main fleet is defeated, let alone keep your interests in Luzon, I am afraid that even the mainland will be threatened by the Dutch and the British."
"Hiss......"
When Catherine translated Yang Feng's words, the three of Castro all gasped, this Marquis of the Ming Dynasty actually knew everything about the war that happened in Obaro thousands of miles away, this is also too terrifying, is it possible that this ancient empire in the East has also begun to take an interest in Obaro?
Thinking of this, Castro immediately realized that the purpose of this trip had changed, and the most important purpose of Spain now was not to drive Yang Feng and his Ming fleet out of Luzon, but not to let the Ming people get involved in Obarro's affairs.
You must know that the current Obaro is chaotic enough, England, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other emerging powers and old powers are singing one by one, everyone is about to play the dog brain, if the Ming people are also involved, then the matter will be even more complicated.
Castro deserves to be the deputy valued by Governor Fidel, and after thinking about this, he immediately made a decision, and said to Yang Feng: "Your Excellency, since the differences between you and me are too great, then I suggest that you can suspend the negotiations, calm down on both sides, and negotiate again in a month, during which we must restrain our respective armies and not start a conflict, what do you think?" ”