Mexico's Puerto Vallarta, a small port city with little vitality, grew rapidly from the demands of trade after the emergence of a great power in the north fourteen years ago. Although the largest trading port on the west coast is still Alpulco, Vallarta is not much less tradeable than Alpulco. A significant portion of Datang's cargo arrives here and is then sold throughout Mexico. The Spaniards had tried many ways to limit the dumping of Tang goods in their colonies, including limiting the tonnage of merchant ships, setting up high tariffs, and banning the sale of some goods, but they still could not counter the terrible commercial advantages of the Tang Dynasty.

The gap between the two countries is essentially and timely, Datang can provide all kinds of goods that people need for life, and Datang goods and services have greatly improved people's quality of life, from more convenient matches and electric lamps to large cars and ships, not only complete categories but also most of the quality is good. Although Spain has also been able to produce some industrial products through industrialization in recent years, its output is still relatively limited, most of which is used to meet local needs, and the flow into the colonies is relatively limited, and the demand for these commodities is fixed, and only the commodities of the Tang Dynasty can be filled.

As early as 1785, protests against the colonial government broke out in some parts of Mexico. The incident was triggered by a local outbreak of moderate flu in Mexico City, which caused a large number of children and the elderly to become ill. Obviously, these patients only need to inject a special drug from Datang to get better, but because Datang drugs are strictly regulated in Mexico, because of their miraculous effects, the colonial government also charges several times higher tariffs, and the colonial government officials and wealthy businessmen also control the source of drugs, making it difficult for these special drugs to enter the ordinary citizen market. After the outbreak of the epidemic, even people who were willing to go bankrupt to buy medicines could not buy these Datang special medicines. As a result, hundreds of children and the elderly died of the disease.

This incident caused the citizens to be indignant at the colonial government's control of the Tang Dynasty goods that made their lives easier, and they took to the streets. They also smashed some colonial government agencies and burned down a clinic that sold medicines imported from the Tang Dynasty. In the end, in order to control the situation, the governor of New Spain, Flores, had to personally promise to cancel tariffs on some Datang medicines and other goods, which basically calmed down the incident.

In this case, the Spanish colonial government behaved in a disguided manner, and there was not much to do in the face of angry citizens. This, combined with the growing organization of the National Revolutionary Party of Mexico from behind, has allowed the protests to spread to several cities in several provinces. This greatly shocked the colonial government of New Spain and even Spain itself.

After this incident, although Spain still strictly guarded Datang goods, there was no way to control this opening after it was released. It took more than ten years for Datang to basically turn Mexico into its own economic lowland. After Datang and Spain signed a trade agreement, Datang used Mexican and even local Spanish businessmen to invest in Mexico according to Datang's needs, and built a large number of mines and plantations to provide Datang with a variety of products including ores, natural dyes, coffee and cocoa and other tropical crops, and Datang also used this part of the local businessmen. Operate a local sales network. Although this model is lower in profit and riskier than the direct control model of sales terminals in France and some vassal states in Germany, it has been through years of cooperation. A group of Mexican businessmen have been completely tied to the economic chariot of Datang. If the trade of the Tang Dynasty is good, they will make a lot of money, and if this trade is cut off, they will go bankrupt.

Silva is one such businessman. The adventurous Silva was the first Mexican businessman to come to Los Angeles spontaneously, as a native white man, he did not have much excellent education, in fact, most of his business talent came from talent, and what he learned from the Tang Dynasty over the years. For more than a decade, Silva became the leading businessman in all of Mexico. It even came to the attention of the Spanish crown. His wealth was huge, even to protect his vast fortune. Silva had a private army of 200 men armed with Don-made muskets and even some forbidden weapons.

He not only sells a large number of Datang goods. In addition, under the instruction of the Tang people, it operated a number of plantations and mines, as well as some small factories, and recently even set up a private bank, which shows its financial strength.

For Silva, the Spanish colonial government had some influence on him, but it was nothing compared to the Tang people. The powerful partners who do business with Silva are basically state-owned trading companies from Datang, but they have a great say in whether they import or export. They were unhappy, Silva couldn't get Tang goods, he couldn't sell his goods, so he wanted to finish it completely. And Silva understood a truth very early, under the Datang system, these companies with national prefixes basically represent the will of the Tang Dynasty. So much so that now when Silva deals with them, he has to weigh whether there is any special meaning behind it.

It is precisely because of this ability that Silva was able to cooperate better with the Tang people, and at the same time made a lot of money.

As an important port, Vallarta is a well-informed place, and it basically runs back and forth with Los Angeles within a week, and any news can spread relatively quickly. After the bombing incident, the Spanish officer Pérez was involved, and Silva, a wealthy businessman with insight into the political trend, knew that Spain was going to be unlucky. The Tang Army really made a move on Mexico.

Silva could see that the Tang people had a peculiar paranoia about land, and that they were expanding their territory quickly and developing it quickly. Mexico is right next to their couch, and there's no chance that there isn't covetousness. In fact, Silva also wants Mexico to be part of the Tang Dynasty. Silva's eldest daughter was sent to Datang's girls' school eight years ago, and not long ago she was engaged to the son of a Los Angeles official, and Silva's two sons have grown up in Datang at all, and they are not at all Mexican or European in language and behavior, they are white-skinned Tang people.

Mexico under Spanish rule has no future, and Silva feels that if the Tang Dynasty can rule Mexico, there will be new developments here, and then it will be a huge business opportunity. So when the Mexican National Revolutionary Party was founded, he secretly joined the National Revolutionary Party and gave himself an unassailable identity. (To be continued.) )(.. )