Chapter 808 The Land Given for Nothing According to his heart, Quan Xu was not familiar with the so-called Plain de la Plata, and after consulting the information of later generations, he knew that the Plains of La Plata was the second largest plain in South America.More than 100 years ago, a Spanish navigator discovered the Río de la Plata, and when he saw the local Indians wearing a large amount of silver ornaments, he thought that there must be a large amount of silver ore here.Therefore, the river was named La Plata, which means Milky Way.As the Spaniards entered the Lapura Plain, they found this vast and fertile plain, but unlike the Ming Dynasty, Spain had a small population, a large number of colonies, and no population to open it.The plain of La Plata, in Spanish hands, is simply chicken ribs.The Thirty Years' War in Europe, the first on the European continent, had wiped out the Spanish Empire, but there was still no hope of victory.From the allies of the Spanish Empire, the Holy Roman Empire received an important piece of information, and the Ming Dynasty, far in the east, not only sold a large amount of silk, steel, cement, but also naval guns, knives and guns and other weapons and equipment to the Venetian city-state republic, and it was precisely because of these equipment and weapons that the Venice city-state republic had a respite under the attack of the Ottoman Empire.The Thirty Years' War in Europe, in fact, almost all of Europe was challenging the Habs, the key is that with the Ottoman Empire joining this melee, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Spanish Empire's navy was held back by a large number of Ottoman navies and pirates.At this time, the economic crisis broke out in the Spanish Empire, and the Netherlands and Portugal broke out in succession against the rule of the Habs, and this war broke out at the instigation of France.In fact, more than a decade ago, Spain's monopoly on the American continent had been broken, and parts of Brazil, St.
Kitts, Jamaica and other places were invaded, and settlements and colonies in South America were often attacked by Britain, the Netherlands, and Portugal.Against this background, the Spanish Empire had no choice but to sell their plains in La Plata.Don't look at this as a rich land, but the Spaniards don't need food, they need supplies and silver, but during this period of formal trade with the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of Spanish silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty.So, there is this deal.Worth 45 million taels of silver, silk, porcelain, clothing and tea, although the amount of this trade was huge, it did not shock the Ming Dynasty.The point is that the Cabinet has formed two camps.The weakness of Spain made the ministers of the Ming Cabinet feel an opportunity, especially the military, which had just been knighted, and now it was like a big pie falling from the sky.According to the information received by the Intelligence Bureau, the pirate armaments from various European countries actually add up to only 100 warships, with the strength of the Ming Royal Navy, even if an expedition to the Ottoman Empire has been prepared, the Ming Dynasty can still immediately organize an expeditionary force to go to the Americas and snatch this piece of plastered land.If you don't spend a penny, you can see at a glance which is better or worse than spending 45 million taels of silver to get this piece of land.Of course, there were also ministers who hoped that the deal would be squeezed to solve the problem of the squeeze of large quantities of silk goods and porcelain, or that it would be solved without the need for the army.Unlike Spain, the Ming Dynasty had too many people, especially during the land reform, a large number of gentry or stubborn stubborn elements, the Ming army of the Zhu Ming Dynasty who surrendered to the Qing army, and the rebellious army including Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others, there were as many as 340,000 armed elements in various messes.Combined with the children of the gentry and their nuclear family members, the population amounted to more than 1.5 million, and if you count the old and weak women and children, it is estimated that more than 3 million.These populations, once migrated to the Rio de la Plata, the area of this great plain is larger than all the plains in China combined, not to mention, there is no drought here, there is no saline-alkali land, abundant water resources, excellent shipping conditions, it is unceremoniously said that if fully developed, the grain produced here a year is enough for the Ming population to eat for three or five years, and it will be more than enough.Quan Xu is also thinking about the feasibility of the opinions of both sides, although Britain defeated the invincible fleet of the Spanish Empire, but the problem is that the British foundation is too poor, they do not have the strength to challenge the Spanish Empire, and they still need to hold on.At this time, it will be the Dutch who will rise, that is, the Netherlands will unite the seven provinces, and the Dutch will become the sea grooms who will replace the Spaniards and form the Dutch empire on which the sun never sets.Quan Xu immediately asked the General Staff to conduct a deduction as to how far a total war in Europe would go if the Spaniards received little support from the outside world.For this reason, Quan Xu also deliberately returned to the later generations, collected a large number of historical documents and materials from the Internet and historical archives, and enriched the deduction database of the General Staff.After seven days of deduction, the results appeared.If the Spanish Empire had received a small amount of support, the war would have continued, especially the trend of the war in Europe, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had already intervened in the European war, and the declaration of war with the Ottoman Empire had already begun.The European Expeditionary Force has also been prepared, and Admiral Yang Yandong, Minister of the Navy, will personally go on the expedition, and more than two-thirds of the warships of the three fleets will also go on the expedition.The Ming Royal Navy was not the pocket navy of the Venetian city-state republic, and once the Royal Navy arrived in the Ottoman Empire, the war would contain almost all of the Ottoman Empire's naval forces, more than two-thirds of its land forces.Spain's Mediterranean fleet would have been liberated to participate in the war with the army, but the naval supremacy of the sea in this era had limited factors affecting the war.Even if during World War II, the German Navy only existed in the navy, which did not affect the German Army to sweep across Europe, as long as the French Army could completely annihilate the Spanish Army as in history, then the Spanish Empire would still fail.However, the time to fail is delayed by three or five years.If it can be postponed for three or five years, the Ming navy can complete the replacement of some steam warships, then Europe will be prostrate under the guns of the Ming Royal Navy.To this end, Quan Xu instructed Chen Ying to continue negotiations, and Da Ming agreed in principle to the purchase of land in the plains of La Plata with Spain.Even if the price of a penny is not repaid, more than 1.5 million square kilometers is equivalent to only 30 taels of silver for 10,000 square kilometers, which is simply a free gift!
After seven days of deduction, the results appeared.If the Spanish Empire had received a small amount of support, the war would have continued, especially the trend of the war in Europe, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had already intervened in the European war, and the declaration of war with the Ottoman Empire had already begun.The European Expeditionary Force has also been prepared, and Admiral Yang Yandong, Minister of the Navy, will personally go on the expedition, and more than two-thirds of the warships of the three fleets will also go on the expedition.The Ming Royal Navy was not the pocket navy of the Venetian city-state republic, and once the Royal Navy arrived in the Ottoman Empire, the war would contain almost all of the Ottoman Empire's naval forces, more than two-thirds of its land forces.Spain's Mediterranean fleet would have been liberated to participate in the war with the army, but the naval supremacy of the sea in this era had limited factors affecting the war.Even if during World War II, the German Navy only existed in the navy, which did not affect the German Army to sweep across Europe, as long as the French Army could completely annihilate the Spanish Army as in history, then the Spanish Empire would still fail.However, the time to fail is delayed by three or five years.If it can be postponed for three or five years, the Ming navy can complete the replacement of some steam warships, then Europe will be prostrate under the guns of the Ming Royal Navy.To this end, Quan Xu instructed Chen Ying to continue negotiations, and Da Ming agreed in principle to the purchase of land in the plains of La Plata with Spain.Even if the price of a penny is not repaid, more than 1.5 million square kilometers is equivalent to only 30 taels of silver for 10,000 square kilometers, which is simply a free gift!
After seven days of deduction, the results appeared.If the Spanish Empire had received a small amount of support, the war would have continued, especially the trend of the war in Europe, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had already intervened in the European war, and the declaration of war with the Ottoman Empire had already begun.The European Expeditionary Force has also been prepared, and Admiral Yang Yandong, Minister of the Navy, will personally go on the expedition, and more than two-thirds of the warships of the three fleets will also go on the expedition.The Ming Royal Navy was not the pocket navy of the Venetian city-state republic, and once the Royal Navy arrived in the Ottoman Empire, the war would contain almost all of the Ottoman Empire's naval forces, more than two-thirds of its land forces.Spain's Mediterranean fleet would have been liberated to participate in the war with the army, but the naval supremacy of the sea in this era had limited factors affecting the war.Even if during World War II, the German Navy only existed in the navy, which did not affect the German Army to sweep across Europe, as long as the French Army could completely annihilate the Spanish Army as in history, then the Spanish Empire would still fail.However, the time to fail is delayed by three or five years.If it can be postponed for three or five years, the Ming navy can complete the replacement of some steam warships, then Europe will be prostrate under the guns of the Ming Royal Navy.To this end, Quan Xu instructed Chen Ying to continue negotiations, and Da Ming agreed in principle to the purchase of land in the plains of La Plata with Spain.Even if the price of a penny is not repaid, more than 1.5 million square kilometers is equivalent to only 30 taels of silver for 10,000 square kilometers, which is simply a free gift!