Li Mingxun really does nothing to do with opponents like Fajado, but fortunately, although Fajado talks a lot and often jokes, the negotiations are very efficient. He has mastered the essence, principles and compromises of negotiations. It can be seen from the first round of negotiations that he preserved the Philippine Governor's territory except Luzon, protected the dignity of Spain as much as possible, sacrificed the interests of the church, or took this opportunity to suppress the strength of the church.

Regarding the cooperation between the two sides, Fajado obviously had more expectations and preparations. He came up with a list of products that were relatively advantageous in the Americas. He urgently hoped to change the current trade deficit between America and the East. In the past seventy or eighty years, most of the time, the Governor of New Spain used silver to exchange for Eastern goods, so that the king of Spain restricted this type of trade. The annual sailing ships could not exceed two, and each ship had a load of no more than three hundred tons, and the silver transported each time could not exceed two hundred thousand taels.

With high profits, bureaucrats and under the auspices, the king's orders were like blank paper, but they only dared to do anything in unappealing places, such as the load tons of a large sailing ship, but they would never dare to do anything back and forth between the two ships every year.

What is not restricted by the export of American products, but for the East, except for silver, American goods have almost no competitiveness. After all, the sales only once a year, and the prices of goods brought by thousands of miles away are very high. The reason why there are still a large number of American goods brought by the King is still the king's order. The king requires the Philippine Governor to import at least 600,000 pesos of goods from the Americas every year, and what kind of goods can be purchased every year can be sold in the East, and some profits are the most troublesome things for the Philippine Governor.

Fajado was attracted by the community's demand for American goods. It was a political entity that lived on maritime trade. Without the arrogance and self-sufficiency of Eastern countries such as the Ming Dynasty, nor the pick and choose of merchants. Fajado believed that except for silver, the community still had something to do.

"First of all, Chilean saltpeter. You know, in any corner of the world, Chilean saltpeter is a representative of high quality. I have seen samples of Indian saltpeter, and the quality is far inferior!" Fahado said happily with crisp duck and green onions rolled with pancakes, dipped in delicious sauce.

Lee Mingxun smiled slightly: "It seems that you still have a deep understanding of us."

In fact, Fahado said that saltpeter is the most scarce resource for the community. Natural saltpeter must be produced in dry places. So far, no saltpeter mines have been found in places controlled by the community. There are three sources of saltpeter in the community. One is purchased from the Ming Dynasty, mainly from Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, where some toast areas have natural saltpeter caves. However, as the war in the Ming Dynasty became increasingly fierce, more and more saltpeter was used by the Ming army. The second is the most stable source, Indian saltpeter brought by the British and Indian merchants, which is also the best quality saltpeter in the community, and is exclusively for the military. The third is smuggling from the north. In the north, it can sweep a large scale of nitrogen in winter, but the quantity is small, the quality is low, and it is extremely unstable.

There is an urgent need to occupy Luzon, that is, to use Luzon as the source of saltpeter. Of course, Luzon does not have natural saltpeter ore, but there are many bat caves in the deep mountains and jungles. The bat manure accumulated over millions of years is high-quality raw materials for simmering, but this still requires large-scale investment. It will naturally be the main production area of ​​saltpeter in the future. However, one thing is that the saltpeter obtained from simmering is still not as good as Chilean saltpeter.

With the development of the community army, the demand for high-quality saltpeter is getting higher and higher. It is naturally good to have one more source of saltpeter. Fahado took advantage of the grease on his hands and pulled a number on the table to indicate the price. Li Mingxun nodded slightly and agreed that the price was only half a percentage point higher than that of Indian saltpeter, but the quality was much higher.

In addition to the urgent need for saltpeter, copper and lead and tin are only the main demands, but apart from copper, the prices of the other two commodities given by Fahado are not so satisfactory, and Li Mingxun could only shake his head.

However, Fajardo still considers the trade value of the existing large-scale sailing trade commodities. In fact, the community's demand for American goods has exceeded the existing large-scale sailing trade system, and the imminent commodity is the Jinchona Tree. Among the lands currently under control, the Yilan Plain of Taiwan, the Taitung Long Valley Plain and Luzon Island are all places where the sea and land meet, and the incidence of malaria is very high. The shortage of antimalarial drugs such as Jinchona Tree Bark has restricted the development of the community.

The bark of the cinchona tree must grow six years before it can have a medical function. The cinchona tree given by David will not mature and use until next year, and the number is extremely rare. The production of the cinchona bark of the community will take at least two years to meet the needs of the army, and it will take more than three years for large-scale immigration. During this gap, the demand for cinchona tree is almost unlimited. From the perspective of Li Mingxun, the existing cinchona tree planting system poses huge risks. The most important thing is that the cinchona tree in the plantation of the Taiwan Base Camp all expand by seeds, cuttings, etc. There is no doubt that all cinchona trees have similar genetic maps. Once a disease related to it breaks out, all efforts will be in vain.

(Bananas in later generations face this problem. Once a genetic disease breaks out, it will be a large-scale death)

In addition to the special commodity of Jinchona, the community still needs many American or European products. The most important one is the various high-value economic crops produced in the Americas, such as American sisal, which can produce the best quality sail cables. You should know that with the prosperity of sea trade, the demand for ropes is increasing day by day. Especially for warships, the main ships often require ropes dozens of kilometers long, so that when there is insufficient hemp rope, a large number of ropes made of coconut shell fibers are used, but the quality of this type of rope is still not as good as ropes made of sisal.

The most scarce cotton product resources in the community can also use Brazilian cotton varieties from South America, so that cotton can be planted in Luzon, Taiwan and other tropical subtropical areas to restore the normal supply of cotton cloth.

Of course, the Spaniards can not only bring American goods, but also many European goods, various precision instruments, such as clocks and telescopes, which can fill the gaps in the army, and Europe has more animal resources needed for the development of the community, such as breeding animals.

War horses are in short supply. The tall Andalusian war horses are currently only enjoyed by senior officials at the level of senators and MPs. The horse farms of the society currently use Indian horses and southern horses to cross them. The mixed-blood horses produced cannot form heavy cavalry, and there is no suitable source for horses to pull horses. Whether it is a heavy carriage or an army towing cannon carriage, they can only be replaced by ineligible horses or even mules.

The wool textile industry, which the club currently focuses on developing, also needs Spanish merino wool sheep. It is this kind of wool produced by sheep that gave birth to the British land enclosure movement, which led to sheep eating people, and ultimately led to the great industrial revolution.

Fajado never expected that the East would need so many American and European goods, which means that the future of the schooner trade would make money, and even prompted the Spanish king to lift the ban on schoonership. After all, the purpose of restricting the schoonership trade was to reduce the loss of silver in the Americas and make it return to the local area instead of the East.

Of course, all the above trades are still in the long-term planning, but there is a big cake that Fahado is eager to cut, that is, the food trade in Southeast Asia. The war on the mainland has made food a scarce commodity, and the immigration of the community also requires a large amount of food, which directly allows more than four million stones of food to be imported into the mainland every year. In fact, the war between the community and the Philippine Governor's District is itself for food security.

Now that the war is over, it is time to talk about cooperation. The Philippines is also a grain-producing area. The later Philippines has a population of more than 100 million, most of which are not in Luzon but in the southern archipelago, which is now in the Cebu area controlled by the Philippines Governor. The dense volcanoes there have brought a lot of volcanic ash to the land, making the land more fertile and the rice yield is very high. This is because of the low cultivation technology of the local indigenous people. Not only the Philippines, but Sulawesi and Java are all production areas, especially Java. Although the territory is not large, it is the largest grain supply area in Southeast Asia and the price is extremely low.

In the past few years, because the Madalan Sultanate in Java was in a state of hostility with the Netherlands, its domestic food could only be smuggled into the Western route to transport to Hong Kong. The cost was greatly increased. Now that the war between the community and the Spanish ended, the Oriental route was unobstructed again, and it was possible to go north directly across the Makassar Strait and go north along Borneo, enter the Oriental route, and go directly to Taiwan. On this route, the only threatening merchant ships were the Sulu Pirates, which was also a problem that the community and the Spanish could not avoid.

In the past, the Sulu pirates were an important arm to share the power of the Spaniards, and now it has become a threat to the trade routes of the community. However, Li Mingxun could not throw away the Sulu people as used toilet paper. What's more, the society was only related to one of the Sulu people, Prince Galeid, and most of the Sulu people, including the Sulu Sultan, were enemies of the society.

What both sides discussed was the Piron pirate gang and the Galeid group, known as the "Evil Dragon Company Two Evil Dogs". The hatred between the community and the Spaniards came to an end, but Piron's hatred did not end. However, in the case of a truce with the Spaniards, the community could no longer support Piron's attack on Spain, but could not completely abandon it.

In the end, Li Mingxun and Governor Fajado reached an agreement that the society canceled the private certificate for Piron and no longer purchased Catholic slaves from any pirate, nor provided Piron with ships and artillery to Piron, but that's all. After all, Piron is not a complete pirate. With a fleet, he not only engages in piracy, but also captures slaves, but also trade in food is also an important activity for Piron. At present, the only people who can bring food to the community on the Oriental route are the Portuguese, Piron and Galid.

Compared with Pilong, the society has a lower control over Galid. Although the Sulu prince was a pirate who held private certificates in the memorandum of the society, Galid obviously did not regard pirates as a real cause. All Galid's actions revolved around the Sulu Sultan. He hoped to kill the current Sulu Sultan and regain his authority. All Galid has been in the Sulu Islands in recent years, seizing territory and recruiting refugees to subdue the tribes, seeking the support of those little sultans, and building his own strength. He is more like a monarch who endured humiliation and burdened the community. His connection with the society was only to exchange food, slaves, etc. for weapons. He plundered the Spaniards, but more often he went to war with Sulu Sultans.

Li Mingxun and Fahado were at a loss for such a special role. In the end, Li Mingxun only agreed not to provide warships to Sulu Sultan, and the rest of the conditions were that they could not help.

The next morning, Governor Fajado tasted the fried dough sticks from the east and drank soy milk with his nose, the two sides finally signed the Cebu Treaty with ten years of legal effect.

In addition to solving historical problems and eliminating the state of war, the largest part of the treaty is about trade, and the core is the trade of sailboats. The core clause is that the Philippine Governor's district will purchase 400,000 pesos of goods from the association every year. This means that at least two-thirds of the silver brought by the galleon, including the payment of the king's order recognized and smuggled goods, falls into the hands of the association. Among the goods provided by the association, raw silk, sugar and porcelain account for the majority, especially sugar, high-quality sugar and rock sugar produced in Dongfan are very popular in the European market, which is also the advantageous industry of the association.

This treaty has never been attended by the Catholic Church, which is also something both sides are happy to see. The community is wary of any religion, whether it is the Catholicism in the West, the Protestantism, the Tianfang religion from Nanyang, or the White Lotus religion from mainland China. Fahado has been fed up with the rampant churches in the Philippines. He tried to restore the iron-blooded rule of the previous Philippine governors and suppress the power of the church.

After the agreement was signed, Fajado submitted the first batch of orders to the Luzon administrative region of the community on behalf of the Governor's Governor. What was unexpected was not raw silk and sugar, but Manila's large sailing ship. After all, although the current Philippine Governor's current Governor's territory had two large sailing ships, the one at Hole Port was transformed into a warship, and it was damaged in the Battle of Subic Bay, making it difficult to compete with the large sailing ship trade. On the ship platform in Krabi, a large sailing ship was almost completed. Fajado hoped to buy the ship and join the large sailing ship trade. Li Mingxun happily agreed that it only cost 20,000 taels.

Standing at the stern of the Qinglong boat, Fahado looked at the busy port of Cebu and said, "Of course, you never thought that this negotiation would go so smoothly."

Lee Mingxun did not deny it. He said truthfully: "Yes, at least I think the church will participate. Those priests, who recite the Bible in their mouths, but their hearts are gold coins, which will turn the negotiations into tug-of-war. I thought they would have to fight another battle, such as fighting Ilounge or landing in Cebu."

Fahado smiled: "Since that's the case, I want to ask you for a gift as a thank you, how about?"

Lee Mingxun said: "Of course, after all, I should give back to you after you gave me this."

As he said that, Li Mingxun patted the pistol on his waist. The gorgeous pistol came from the Seville Arsenal. Its true aristocratic quality was very favored by Li Mingxun.

Fahado said: "I want someone I don't see on the list of exchanging prisoners, Miss Felisa."

Lee Mingxun looked at Raphael who was waiting on the boat and asked, "Is it for Raphael?"

Fahado smiled: "No, it's for myself, I really want to taste the taste of Raphael's fiancée."

Li Mingxun shook his head: "Sorry, Miss Felisa is no longer Raphael's fiancée. She now belongs to another man, my loyal subordinate."
Chapter completed!