I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Half a month was too tight. In order to hurry, Carlos gave up taking a comfortable passenger ship and chose to take the fastest clipper boat.

Passenger ships are not only slow, but also have sailing periods and need to wait.

At present, apart from businessmen, not many people travel far. Therefore, there are no passenger ships from Nanjing to Luzon at all, and only one trip a month to Guangzhou.

The clipper ship can set sail at any time, and the speed is very fast.

However, because of the shallow draft, this kind of boat is very bumpy.

If you are not used to riding this kind of boat, you will definitely spit up everything you ate the previous day before sitting on it.

Fortunately, Carlos is not seasick.

But all the way down, he also suffered a lot.

He finally arrived in Manila, and despite his exhaustion, he came to the Governor's Palace and met Francisco.

"Oh, my dear Carlos, didn't you go to Dahua to be an ambassador? Why do you have time to come to the Philippines?"

Francisco gave each other a warm hug, which made Carlos half-dead.

If it wasn't for Francisco's brain-damage, he wouldn't need to suffer this crime.

Immediately, he didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Governor Francisco, do you know that you have made a major mistake, you can see for yourself."

Carlos took out a large stack of newspapers, but it was a pity that Francisco could not read them.

Carlos can only translate and explain to him one by one.

Later, Francisco was a little confused: "Is it so serious?"

"It's more than this serious. Dahua's navy is already preparing. If I hadn't used my personal connections to ask the emperor of Dahua to give me a chance to mediate, Dahua's navy would have arrived. on the way.

Lord Governor, what do you think, why do you want to provoke the lion of Dahua? Dahua's three main fleets add up to more than a hundred steam battleships, more than a dozen semi-iron armored ships, and hundreds of thousands of troops. How can you have the confidence to challenge it. "

Carlos groaned in exhaustion.

Dahua's strength made him despair, that is, Dahua was far enough away from Western Europe that the logistical problems could not be solved.

Otherwise, this army is enough to sweep Europe.

"This....I didn't expect it to be so serious, what should I do now?"

Francisco was also a little regretful at this time, feeling a little unnecessary.

Although, he was still a little unconvinced in his heart. He felt that what was said in the Dahua newspaper was too exaggerated, and that Carlos was too alarmist.

However, he has no plans to continue to detain those Dahua businessmen, after all, the benefits and risks are not proportional.

If the benefits are very large, he really won't compromise easily.

But just for the taxation of a few merchant ships, there is really no need to have a bad relationship with Dahua.

Francisco, though greedy, is not stupid either.

"It's very simple. First, let them go immediately. Second, compensate those businessmen for their losses. Third, go to Nanjing to apologize in person."

Carlos said.

He felt that as long as these three steps were completed and Dahua maintained a reasonable image, there was no reason to send troops again.

However, after he finished these three demands, Francisco's face was already extremely ugly.

Let it go, that's easy to say.

However, he was reluctant to ask him to compensate.

It's too bad that I finally tried to earn some extra money, but I didn't earn the extra money.

Losing money is still a trivial matter, and on the principle of peace of mind, Francisco can also bite his teeth and cut his flesh.

But asking him to apologize, he couldn't do it.

Ask him to be a dignified governor and admit his mistakes to others, but he can't do it.

At this time, the governor-general could be said to be very powerful, similar to the princes in the Han people's feudal system, that is, on the surface, the Spanish royal family was the co-owner.

But in fact, the governor basically covers the sky with one hand.

The further from the Spanish mainland, the greater the power.

Once the power of the native royal family is weakened, they will wait for the opportunity to become independent.

In later generations, these governors will basically choose to become independent and become a new country.

For example, the Maple Leaf Country, the United States, Australia, Brazil, etc., if this list is listed, I am afraid that it can cover the number of words in a whole chapter.

The new countries established in these places are not the local natives who overthrew the colonizers, but the original colonists who rebelled against their original motherland and became independent and became a new country.

Even, many newly established countries will still respect the original royal family in name and de jure.

Just like the Maple Leaf Country, Australia, etc., even though they are independent countries, their de jure supreme ruler is the Queen of England.

These countries belong to the Commonwealth of Nations.

In short, these governors are all emperors high above the earth, and it is very difficult, very difficult, to ask them to apologize to other kings.

"It's just because of this little thing that I need to apologize. This Dahua is too bullying."

Francisco snorted coldly, obviously disapproving of Carlos' suggestion.

"Lord Governor, it's just an apology. You can't destroy the Philippines you've worked so hard to build for this little face."

Carlos is not in a hurry.

He understands the people of his own country, and absolutely put his practical interests first.

In the face of interests and face, Francisco will definitely choose practical interests.

So, don't look at the small emotions on Francisco's face now, but Carlos believes that the other party will definitely agree.

Sure enough, after sulking for a while, Francisco decided to accept Carlos' suggestion.

However, he would not go to Nanjing in person. At most, he would send a confidant to apologize on his behalf.

Carlos did not refute his proposal.

As long as the henchman can represent Francisco, that's fine.

While they were still discussing the details, someone suddenly came in to report.

"Lord Governor, the detained Chinese people tried to escape and had an impulse with the guards. In order to prevent those big Chinese from escaping, the guards fired during the pursuit, killing a total of 23 people, and the rest have been basically re-captured. "

The news of the subordinate made Carlos feel a whirlwind and almost fainted.

This Nima, let's talk about a hammer.

Carlos knew that this time the joke was too big, and the two sides had no choice but to fight.

After all, so many people have died, a simple apology can no longer quell Dahua's anger, unless a very high compensation is given and the attitude is kept extremely low.

And this is clearly beyond the bottom line of Francisco.

If Francesco were to do this, Francisco would certainly rather fight.

Don't look at the fact that Francisco has prepared a compromise before, but he is still very brutal and bold in his bones, otherwise he would not be the governor of the Philippines.

This position is not for ordinary people to sit in.