Tea, silk, porcelain, iron pot, these four most popular luxury consumables in Europe, the French and Genoese are lions at once, tea on 10,000 catties, silk on 100,000 horses, porcelain and iron pots are 50,000 yuan, he has to check whether he can supply so many goods, this is a heavy amount of silver, go to Europe to trade back, Burma a year's expenses will be all work.

This is a big deal, the person in charge of the ocean-going caravan must be selected, the escort unit must be selected, the gunner and sailor must be selected, and the paperwork and people who trust him on the ship, as well as the translator, the cook, the construction engineer and so on.

This time I went to Europe to build a Chinese restaurant in Genoa and Paris, so as to pass Chinese food to Europe one step ahead of the Europeans, and eat those local buns.

On the other hand, Xiao Ruxun was also a little greedy, Chen Longzheng brought back two Italian cooks from Genoa, who were said to make exquisite pizza, which made Xiao Ruxun very interested.

He also likes pizza a lot, but he hasn't eaten it since the end of the world and since he came to Daming, and he hasn't tasted pizza for almost ten years, and now he can eat the most authentic pizza, which is still a little exciting.

Xiao Ruxun is sharing pizza with his beloved wife and children here, enjoying rare tranquility and tranquility, while the Philippine Governor's Mansion here is in full swing of quarrels, noisy, and the heads of the participants are about to explode.

"I said it! These Chinese don't have good intentions! They're definitely going to prepare for an attack on us! Because we hid those damned Chinese! It must be so! Let's prepare now! Ask for help from home! Get ready for battle! The Philippines is the most important stronghold of the empire in the East! Definitely not to lose! ”

A Spanish officer was resonant.

"It's all your thoughts, full of thoughts and fighting with the Chinese! I've said it a long time ago! Don't provoke the Chinese! Don't give the Chinese an excuse to attack us! It is not a great harm to us to let those Chinese go, but as for those who are unwilling to leave in the first place, can the Chinese government force them to leave?

You don't see how the Chinese cleaned up the Burmese? Don't you see how they exterminate the pirates at sea? We had to fight those pirates carefully, and the Chinese fought dozens of battles at sea and killed them all! Their navy is no weaker than ours! There are also more armies than us, how can this battle be fought? ”

A civilian-looking man angrily rebuked the officer.

"The duty of a soldier is to defend the territory of the country! The Philippines is our territory! If the Chinese dare to invade, I will let them all sink in this sea! We are more familiar with the islands and the surrounding water, we are more familiar with the topography here, what about the Chinese? We can pin them down at sea! We can ambush them offshore, we sailed from Europe, and those Chinese have not left here yet! ”

The officer was vigorous and did not back down a single step.

"Their country is here, such a big China, how can you fight them? We have only an army of more than a thousand people, dozens of ships, but the Chinese warships can almost cover the ocean, we have guns and cannons, but the Chinese also have guns and cannons! ”

"So what? Will we surrender when they come? Are we standing here waiting for them to kill them? Don't you all know how important the Philippines is to the empire? With so many spices, how much money can the empire make here? The Empire is at war with the British and the hateful Dutch, and they need the spices of the East! It's our duty! ”

"Before we discuss our duties, let's see if we have what it takes to keep them! The Empire is fighting with Britain and the Netherlands, and if we also go to war with the Chinese here, will the Empire have so many ships and troops to support us? It will take half a year for them to come! In half a year, our corpses have long since decomposed into dirt! Waiting for reinforcements from the Empire?! ”

"You ......"

"Enough!"

The Philippine governor slammed his desk, ending the argument between the military and civilian officials.

"Governor, you have to think of a way and make up your mind, we can't sit here and wait to be attacked by the Chinese, our strength is not enough."

"Governor! Don't listen to him! I'm ready for battle! How many Chinese come! I'll kill as many as I want! ”

Civilian and military officers confronted each other again, refusing to give in to each other, and their words were full of gunpowder.

The Governor covered his head, deeply annoyed.

Three years earlier, like the officers, he had felt that the Chinese could easily conquer, and even like the previous governor, he had thought that he could conquer China with 4,000 troops, and was very unhappy with the king's decision to veto the Chinese strategy plan.

But helplessly, without domestic support, his 1,000 troops here had no way at all, but a subsequent Burma campaign showed him the strength of the Chinese's force.

The news sent back by the secret agents on the battlefield in Burma shows that these secret agents all unanimously maintained a fearful and cautious attitude towards the Chinese, and advised the empire not to be hostile to China, to change its views and attitudes towards China, and to be as friendly as possible with China, the Chinese are very strong, the elite of muskets and artillery is not below the Spaniards, there are more numbers, and there are more warships.

More importantly, after a great war, those independent small kingdoms in Southeast Asia basically moved closer to the Ming Dynasty, and they sent envoys to pay tribute, and the Ming court also sent people to pay tribute, which can be regarded as consolidating diplomatic relations.

From then on, the Philippine Governor's Office's plan to encroach on those small kingdoms was forced to run aground, because all the small countries showed their loyalty to the Ming Court, and when they encountered any problems, they went to the Zhennanhou Mansion in Burma to find Zhennanhou to solve them.

In this way, those pirates were wiped out by the Ming army in Burma, and the prestige of the Ming army in Southeast Asia was unmatched for a while, the Spaniards were hindered everywhere, and more importantly, everyone went to Burma to trade and do business with the Han people in Burma.

Merchants who used to come to Luzon to do the spice business also went to Myanmar to buy cheaper spices from other countries, and Luzon spices were squeezed out of market share.

They live on the profits of these businesses, and there is no money for them in Spain, and they have to provide money in Spain for their wars, so that the funds are more tight, and the situation is even worse.

At this juncture, the official ship of the Ming court arrived in Luzon, and without saying a word, they went to the island to investigate, and the already nervous mood of the Spaniards became even more nervous.