From Chief to Ball

Of course, the local Creoles will shout the slogan of fighting for profit with the people, beat up the tax inspector, oppose the treasure ship trade monopolized by the royal family, hope that smuggling will be legalized, and so on...

When the French destroyed the Four Olds, broke the privileges of the country gentry and priests, equalized land rights and reformed the land, blood flowed into the river, and the Spanish colonies played the Wuchang Uprising that did not require so much bloodshed, so the future fate was also doomed.

Although they speak different languages ​​and have completely different cultures, they have achieved the same goal through different routes.

Chapter 23 Righteous Smuggling

After roughly figuring out the bottom line, Chen Jian had some judgments in his mind.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you set a course for future implementation. What he is most worried about now is the extremely fanatical war faction in the country, especially some young people and military leaders. War is an opportunity for them to make a fortune.

A silver mine as big as Potosi is placed there, and it is impossible for those families in the north and the young people who have been incited to be tempted or fanatical.

Leaving aside whether you can fight or not, your own ethnic group is far behind in ideology.

Before some things are developed, there is really no ability to compete with monotheism. In addition, there are still a large number of Jesuits in South America, and there are many outstanding talents in the world.

There were also divisions within the Jesuits.Jesuit priests like Matteo Ricci and other enlightened sects hope to adapt to local conditions to facilitate localization.The old school, represented by another group of people, insists on principles and does not want to make changes.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was spread in a way that was in line with the local traditional culture. It borrowed the name of Haotian God and allowed ancestors to be worshiped;

Being able to do such a thing proves that there are indeed a lot of talents in it. There is no need to deny it. Only those who are not dogmatic and bookish have hope.

It is easy to accept that everyone in the monotheistic religion is a brother, and religious reforms that started with theological logic have also begun to try to facilitate the spread of religion in new ways.

When the grassroots organization basically collapses, this kind of thing mixed with some common human morality will spread rapidly.

These things need to be pondered.Great Wilderness is too close to here and Europe.

Some Spanish colonial methods cannot be learned legally, and without the aid of religious methods, it is very difficult.

The indirect rule of British colonies is useless after learning.If it is used, in less than a few decades, the upper layer will be penetrated by the monotheism like a sieve.

In the Great Deserted City, Chen Jian can only temporarily rely on class struggle to sweep away ghosts, snakes and gods, which are more universal, to resist and assimilate, but in terms of ideology, he must create a system that can fight against it.

How big a bowl, how much rice to eat.This bowl is not just soldier guns, but also culture.Eating too much can easily overwhelm yourself.

In the face of the fact that culture, religion, and language are not in one system at all, from the perspective of the Nanyang Trading Company and the businessmen and workshop owners behind it, the long-term goal of Spanish South America is very clear.

Spread radical ideas, cultivate the national consciousness of the imaginary community of "Americans", write radical articles attacking the royal family, governors and monopoly trade and translate them into Latin for dissemination, intervene in the war in Spain, and temporarily refrain from instigating the South American Indian uprising—they Once there is an uprising, native whites will stand on the side of the royal family, and they will only oppose the royal family when the bottom cannot threaten them. Their vacillation determines that they want to rise but are extremely afraid of revolution at the bottom.

This is what the interest group behind Nanyang Trading Company considers.

Chen Jian also figured it out, there are some things he can't stop.Dirty things like the slave trade are impossible for the interest groups behind the Nanyang Trading Company to miss. If there is an overpopulation in the country, it may not be impossible to arrest the people in the country as contract slaves.

After all, these people are only allies for more than ten years. Chen Jian will get out when he thinks it is time to get out, and withdraw or sell the shares after setting the future development strategy.While shouting about human rights equality and longing for the rise and happiness of the people, while selling slaves, this kind of bitch is not appropriate, it is meaningless.

a few days later.

Chen Jian invited representatives of all smugglers, merchants and merchant ships in the Spanish colonies, but did not invite people from other countries.

It is the banquet method of the ethnic group, kneeling and sitting to share the meal, but considering that these people do not know how to use chopsticks, they use knives and forks.

The exquisite transparent glass cups and local porcelain plates that are fashionable and can be regarded as handicrafts make this simple banquet extravagant.

Although the businessmen are not used to this kind of banquet, but Chen Jian has guns and benefits, they can only respect.

Chen Jian made up a lie about his birthday, and got a bunch of congratulatory words.

After pouring half a glass of spirits, Chen Jian stood up and knocked on the glass with a silver-plated fork bought from Goddess Island. The ding-ding sound quickly quieted the scene, and the merchants watched Chen Jian.

"Gentlemen, before I say this, I don't know what to call you. Spaniards? Creoles? Mestizos? But I think there must be something to call you."

"Gentlemen, allow me to address you as great and industrious pioneers. The title is fitting, without you there would be no prosperity in New Spain, Peru, or the Archipelago. So, whether Creoles or Mestizos , I think it would not be wrong to call us East Indians."

"You and your ancestors came to this land with loyalty to God, and cultivated this fertile virgin land with your hard work. East India is from the hands of you and your ancestors, from wildness to prosperity, so you East Indians."

"Your predecessor, Governor Pizarro, once commented on those outsiders: those outsiders came from Spain, apparently for the glory of the Lord, for the greatness of the royal family. But in fact they just want to enjoy the water you poured with sweat. the fruits of your blood, and enjoy in comfort what you have won with your blood."

"No one has ever doubted your loyalty to the royal family. Everything you have done has been proven, but those outsiders from the peninsula have reaped the fruits that should be enjoyed by you. This is something that makes me, an outsider, angry and unfair facts."

"You are the sons and grandchildren of the hard-working people of the loyal motherland. The motherland is the second god. She feeds you, educates you, and makes you feel the supreme glory. You should be with the Portuguese, the lowland provinces, and the people in Naples. Loyal to the Crown and true to God, but can call you East Indians as loudly as they call themselves Portuguese."

"Your ancestors had the glory of recovering Seville and Valencia from the pagans, and had the courage to fight the Sultan in Lepanto to defend God. But also, the other half of your ancestors also created here Comparable to the civilization of Egypt, the heroic, tenacious and self-sacrificing qualities of the ancient kings are noble and unforgettable."

"East India was developed by your hands, and all wealth comes from labor and conquest, but the governor, prosecutor's office and other officials will never be able to turn to you East Indians. This is an unreasonable thing .”

"Greedy officials and merchants monopolize the trade. I heard that the expensive cotton cloth, the scarcity of glass, and even the mercury for mining silver need to be purchased at high prices from those greedy monopolies."

"As the governor of the Chinese Republic, I feel sad and angry about this kind of thing."

"Here we are gathered today, the East Indians and the people of the Republic, and what we do will do to the glory of the Lord in whom you believe - we, you and I, for the East Indians Get better and cheaper cotton, silk, china, glass, and all the necessities of life. Nothing pleases the Lord so much as making the lives of His favored people richer."

"The Creator has endowed people with the right to freedom, life, and the pursuit of happiness. Any effort to pursue happiness is what the Lord desires."

"I am proud of you for being able to sit here today. Maybe some people will smear you as smugglers, but all the stigma cannot cover up your efforts to pursue happiness for the East Indians. For the happiness of more people The smuggling will not increase your sins, on the contrary, it will make your soul ascend to the kingdom of eternal life."

"Gentlemen, to the justice of the Republic, to the glory of the Lord you believe in, let us drink to the common happiness of all East Indians."

Chen Jian resisted the feeling of vomiting because of the smuggling and laundering of land, and raised his glass with a smile.

The words he said already had a basis. Whether it was the second generation of whites or the second generation of mixed race, the title of Spaniards was also secretly changed to "outsiders".

It's just that no one has given them an answer: where are they from?

Chen Jian said that they are East Indians, because of the upside-down relationship between east and west, this is East India instead of West India on the normal line. Believe it or not, they have no objection to this title.

After a while, the sound of cheers sounded, and under the influence of the spirits, Chen Jian and these people took the opportunity to say something else.

Now he does not know Latin, and he is not clear about the laws and decrees of some Spanish colonies, the ancestral legends of the Indians in the south, the changed historical line and terrain of New Spain in the north, and so on.

Once it is figured out, it is entirely possible to concoct a batch of Spanish-language articles and spread them in large quantities during smuggling. From a dialectical point of view, the time is not yet ripe, but this kind of dissemination can promote the maturity of the time.

The decline of Spain is an external cause, and the internal cause is rich but powerless and a subtle sense of oppression, which requires a perfect idea as a fuse.

After two shameless banquets, some trade routes for smuggling or legal transactions were finally finalized.

Two smuggling routes were attempted, also north of the Archipelago and the Viceroyalty of Peru.Along the coast of the Potosi mining area in the south, the fleet of the Nanyang Trading Company is not yet able to sail there, so it can only hide in the self-oil port for limited trade.

At the same time, there is also a large amount of cargo on board the round-the-world voyage, which also contains part of the Nanyang Trading Company. This round-the-world voyage is also a trade.

Four large ships were left behind, and one of the armed merchant ships was used as a warship. This is the first batch of ships of the Nanyang Trading Company. Those ships that are still under construction will only have to wait for a while to join the fleet.

On the island, Chen Jian separated from the people of the Nanyang Trading Company, leaving behind a few people who were proficient in Dutch.

At the same time, he wrote a report for Nanyang Trading Company on the direction of his development on the sea in the past two or three years. In addition to diplomacy and war, he has the final right to make suggestions before he officially starts sailing around the world. Once he starts sailing, he is only 21. One of the board members.

A report on Spain was also written, which was given to the young officer in the navy, who was to be taken back to the capital.