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In addition to Fusang, Dahua has invested the most overseas in Southeast Asia.

After all, they are close and have a close relationship.

In Southeast Asia, there are even many Han Chinese from the Central Plains.

There are also many Dahua businessmen traveling to and from Southeast Asia.

In early July, Dahua merchants' ships were seized by the Spaniards in Luzon on the grounds that Dahua merchants had not paid customs duties.

This made the businessmen of Dahua gas happy.

You must know that at this time, the Philippines did not even have a decent country, so there was no such thing as tariffs.

At this time, the Philippines was divided into several parts.

In the area of ​​Mindanao, there is the Sulu Sultan Kingdom, which used to be a vassal state of Daming. Now it is actively pursuing relations and wants to continue to be a vassal state of Dahua.

The population composition of the Sulu Sultanate is very complex. There are Persians from West Asia, local indigenous Malays, and mixed descendants of the two.

In the northern Luzon area, the Spaniards established a colonial point in Manila, ruling or influencing the surrounding area.

The population composition of this area is also very complex, including Spaniards, Han Chinese, local indigenous Malays, and mixed descendants of these people.

Relying on powerful force, the Spaniards reigned supreme in this area and plundered resources.

But because of their small number, they did not actually exercise effective rule over this area.

To the north of Manila is Luzon, which is more in the form of clans and tribes.

These tribes generally do not provoke the Spaniards, but if the Spaniards bully them too much, they will unite to resist.

In short, in the current complex situation, many forces have reached a fragile balance.

Spain doesn't really rule here, so Dahua comes to Luzon to do business, and it never pays taxes.

Because Luzon is close to Dahua, and the locals know more about Dahua, they are not stupid enough to provoke Dahua businessmen.

It was fine before, until the Spaniards were jealous of Dahua merchants making money, so they sent a fleet to seize Dahua's merchant ships and wanted to extort some protection fees.

They did not completely lose their minds, and did not directly rob.

Direct robbery is tantamount to hitting Dahua in the face, Dahua will send warships to save face.

But it's just a seizure, and a high-sounding excuse is also found, this kind of contradiction is not so intense.

Of course, that was the idea of ​​Francisco Paulino Homenguido Tretno Franco Bachmond, Governor-General of the Philippines.

It's not the number of words, the name of this product is so long.

Spanish names are made up of the Christian name, the father's surname, the mother's surname, and some other mess.

Francisco felt that he was only asking for some business tax, which was a normal request.

Dahua goes to Western Europe to do business, doesn't he also pay taxes.

Even if Dahua was unhappy, at most they protested, and then everyone sat down to negotiate, making concessions to each other.

Unfortunately, the thinking of Westerners is quite different from that of Easterners. Westerners put their interests first.

As for the big Chinese, they care more about face.

Francisco felt that it was not cost-effective for Dahua to send troops for such a trivial matter.

However, after Dahua was published in Dahua Daily and Commercial Daily, public opinion immediately exploded.

I am a majestic country, and I don't have to bully you, a little Spain. You dare to bully me, Dahua. Isn't this a lantern in a thatched hut?

God is pitiful, Francisco really never thought of bullying Dahua, nor did he have the courage to bully Dahua.

People just want to play rascals like a scumbag, make Dahua annoyed, and give them some benefits.

This is a typical misunderstanding caused by different thinking modes.

In short, after Dahua heard the news, the merchant groups were all mobilizing their own forces to put pressure on the court, asking the court to send troops, teach Spain a lesson, and give them a comfortable business environment.

The common people, this time, also stood on the side of the merchants, and strongly urged the court to send troops to teach Spain a lesson, so as to raise the country's prestige.

Although Dahua sent troops to these people, it could not bring any substantial benefits, but at least it could satisfy their psychological needs.

Dahua taught the enemy a lesson, and they would feel very cool.

The military, the plan to attack Sichuan has been drawn up, and the army has already set off.

Therefore, among the military, the willingness of the Army to send troops to the Philippines was not strong.

But the navy is happy. The navy said that they don't need the help of the army, and they won't use it to rob the army for logistics supplies. They will overcome the difficulties themselves.

Their marine corps has also been built for a period of time, just to be pulled out to accumulate actual combat experience.

As for military spending, those businessmen are not so active.

Verbal positivity is not enough, you have to donate some money to show your intentions, otherwise, don't blame the Navy for recording them on the blacklist in the future, and they will stumble when they do business in the future.

In short, the Navy does not have to worry too much about military spending.

The Navy has said so, and the Army naturally does not have much opinion.

Under the circumstance that the whole country supported the dispatch of troops, Wu Changqing did not try to spoil everyone's enthusiasm.

Just hit it, it's not a big deal.

Anyway just

Fighting a colonial point in Spain is not fighting Spain, so don't think about it so much.

After Wu Changqing's approval, Dahua formally handed in the gauntlet to the Spanish envoy in Nanjing. Carlos, the Spanish envoy in Nanjing, almost fainted on the spot.

Today, several powerful countries in Western Europe have sent envoys to establish diplomatic relations with Dahua.

In addition, the four countries of England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands have also left resident envoys in Nanjing, who are responsible for the communication between the two sides.

Secretly, they also do some intelligence reconnaissance work.

Carlos, who has lived in Nanjing for a while, has long been overwhelmed by the power of Dahua.

Give him ten courage, and he will not dare to let Spain and Dahua fight.

Since then, Carlos kept begging to see His Majesty Dahua, saying that this was a misunderstanding, and he was willing to go to the Philippines in person to ask the Governor of the Philippines to release him and apologize.

Carlos's attitude was very low, and Dahua was not easy to ignore, so he could only give him half a month.

When Carlos went to sea, many people in the navy wanted to secretly send a warship to follow him and find a place where no one was there to sink Carlos' ship.

After all, this fellow is very likely to destroy their chances of sending troops.

It is difficult to get credit without fighting, which is simply unbearable for some impatient people.

However, when these people thought of Lu Guangzu's fate, they could only endure it.