Li Mingxun will not give up on the development of America, especially when the United States has already invested, but he does not think that the United States should do its best. Even the veterans and senior congressmen just feel that America is too far away and only needs to be a participant in the game. No matter how attractive the silver mines of the Spanish colonies in the Americas are, they are not as good as the greatest civilization place in the world. In short, America will not become the focus of the United States' development within twenty years.

Of course, Li Mingxun hopes to carry out the process of folk colonization so that the United States can reap profits. Li Mingxun hopes to give this big cake to Zhu Ming's allies who joined the United States as a gift, which can be regarded as a reward for his contribution to "supporting the new dynasty".

Li Mingxun took the map and clearly expressed his strategic plan for America to Fajado. Li Mingxun promised Fajado two things: First, the United States will not take the initiative to attack Spanish colonies in the Americas. Second, within 20 years, the United States will not establish colonies on the east coast of the Americas.

This actually recognizes Spain's absolute control in the Americas. Although America is no longer the Spanish, Spain's development in the Americas is light and heavy, with the South American silver mine as the core and Central America as the auxiliary, and the vast North American continent and the Caribbean are paradises for all colonists. Not to mention European powers such as Britain and France, even some small principalities with a population of hundreds of thousands will send people to North America to colonize.

Obviously, the result of this is that the East Coast of North America and the Caribbean Sea are the main places that the Spaniards invest. The Spaniards must guard against the pirates of the Caribbean Sea, ensure that the silver and gold in South America can be transported to their homeland, and also attack Britain and France that rise on the east coast of America, and Portugal and the Netherlands that rise in South America. It can be said that in the American region, the Spaniards are full of enemies, and they are unwilling to provoke a new powerful enemy.

The Kingsoft, which the United States chose to explore, is located on the west coast of North America. Not to mention the Spanish sphere of influence, Spain has never appeared in the dark corner of this world except for some expeditions. What makes Spain feel unhappy is that the west coast of America was completely Spain in the past, and now there is a strong competitor. Fortunately, this competitor is far away from half the earth, across the vast Pacific Ocean.

"Obviously, I can't refuse your offer, but I want to tell you the truth that the king may not compromise on the issue of America." Fahado said honestly.

Lee Myung-hoon said calmly: "That may take a naval battle to determine whether we are qualified to participate in the colonization of the West Coast of America. I bet we will all fail, and the only thing that wins is the sea."

In this era, the west coast of America was too far from Spain and the United States. It took four to six months for the United States ships to travel to Kingsoft. Not only did Spanish ships reach the west coast, they had to cross the entire Atlantic Ocean, but also had to pass through the Strait of Magellan, which is a terrible territory. In fact, the United States took a little advantage. As Li Mingxun said, both sides would fail in fighting for the west coast of America. Li Mingxun could not even guarantee that half of the soldiers would appear on the battlefield alive.

"Maybe, my friend, thankfully, this will not affect the peace talks between us," said Fahado.

During the Indian Ocean Naval Battle, the joint fleet failed, and most of the Spanish ships were preserved, but these ships could not be put into defense of the West Coast. If a peace agreement was signed according to Li Mingxun's request, it would not be a loss for Spain. After all, Spain has preserved two core interests. First, it will continue to participate in East-West trade. The second is more important, that is, the United States will not threaten Spain's silver mineral areas in South America in the direction of the Pacific.

With these two core interests guaranteed, Fajado dared to sign on behalf of Spain and ensured that the peace agreement was valid for the long term.

"The last question, my friend, what should I do with the fleet? This is also what Raphael cares most about. If you don't let our fleet go, I think Raphael will make trouble." Fahado asked.

There are about 30 warships in the port of Madras today, half of which are the main ships, and most of them belong to Spain. Because the vanguard fleet where Spain is located retreated quickly in the Indian Ocean Naval Battle and the main force was preserved, but this does not mean that the United States can let go of this fleet. After all, the war was initiated by Europe, and the United States has the right to claim compensation, and the warships in the port of Madras may be used as collateral.

"Why did Raphael care about that fleet so much? Even if we don't hold him responsible for the war, he will not be able to continue to be a general when he returns to Spain." Li Mingxun asked in confusion.

"When the war fails, our troubles will only become more and not less. The king needs that fleet, whether it is a local or a colony in the Americas." Fahado said with a frown, and then he informed Lee Mingxun of the secret agreement about the European anti-China alliance.

The anti-China alliance in Europe is not a monolithic. On the contrary, when forming an alliance, some of the allies were still in a state of war or confrontation. The reason for this anti-China alliance was that the Federal Republic of the Netherlands contacted it, and the other was that the entire Europe perceived the threat from the East.

You should know that after the rise of the United States, European colonial expansion in the East was stagnant or even regressing, Spanish and the Netherlands colonies shrank, France lost its only stronghold east of Africa, Portugal was forced to flatter the United States, and Britain's colonial expansion also stagnated. On the contrary, more and more lands belonged to the United States along the coast of the East Indies and the Indian Ocean, and more and more indigenous people were loyal to Eastern civilization.

What's even more terrifying is that after the emergence of the United States, it immediately participated in East-West trade, and became the largest force in East-West trade in a short period of time. 70% of the cargo shipped to Europe every year was transported by United States ships, and the trade value accounted for as much as 80%. Even if it was only considered to belong to United States and United States merchants, it accounted for at least more than half. The United States also raised the order of magnitude and value of East-West trade by a higher level, which directly led to the decline in the price of Eastern goods.

The prices of sugar, medium and low-end spices, cotton and linen textiles and silk and cotton blended textiles are all falling rapidly. Only by ensuring large quantities can profit be obtained. However, colonists participating in the East cannot compete with large fleets of free trade. At the same time, Luzon's tobacco competed with American tobacco. The Chinese monopolized the black slave trade, Chinese tea became a high-end European drink, and coffee began to dominate. Simply put, Europeans only made money by transporting gold and silver back from the East, and transporting other things was just unwilling to waste space. However, with the rise of Chinese merchant fleets on the Indian Ocean coast and deeply involved in the Ottoman trade, the gold and silver transported back also decreased.

In Europe, the only thing that flourished is Portugal, because all countries have companies that monopolize East-West trade, and the United States' merchant ships will transport Eastern goods to Lisbon and then distribute them.

Because the United States cut off the biggest cake and threatened everyone's colonies, European countries could cooperate, but in order to avoid conflicts between their local allies during a war with the United States, the countries participating in the anti-China alliance reached a secret agreement in the witness of religious forces, stipulating that before the war ended, all countries would not invade each other.

It's a victory, but fortunately, now that the battle against the East has failed, conflicts between countries will definitely break out, and Spain will definitely be the first to be affected, because its losses are the smallest, and the Spanish fleet actually sold other countries at critical moments.

It can be said that the news of the failure of the war will be challenged in Europe, and in the country, in the Americas, Spain. The Spanish king was not unaware of this result, but he knew better that if he did not participate in that alliance, these anti-China alliances would attack Spain before the war.

Spain's situation is very dangerous, so Raphael values ​​that fleet so much. Madras still has at least ten Spanish battleships that are useful. Such a fleet can be regarded as a quarter of the navy of a powerful country in Europe, and in the Americas, it can almost run rampant. Such a fleet is enough to protect Spain's treasure fleet in this era that transports gold and silver.

Fajado looked at Li Mingxun in a tangled manner. On the way from Madras to Taiwan, he had been thinking about how to solve this problem. Of course, he knew very well that the wealthy and powerful United States Navy and the authorities looked down on those main battleships. After all, the strongest warship was the level of the third-class warship. After this naval battle, the United States had no opponent in the East, so it was certain that the size of the fleet was cut. If the number of main battleships was to be reduced, the Navy would definitely be willing to leave behind the powerful first- and second-class battleships of the United States, and there was no position in the navy to seize the battleships.

And those warships, let alone the injured old ships, even the new ships, would not exceed one.5 million taels. Fahado knew very well that the king could not spend so much money to redeem those warships, let alone in addition to the more than one million taels, there were huge war reparations.

"Fajado, I have always been very worried about this matter. In the proposal given to me by the Ministry of Navy and the Ministry of War, you Spain will compensate 4.5 million taels of silver for this war, and those ships gave a discount of one million, that is, if you give us the ship, you will also have to compensate 3.5 million. If you redeem it, you will have to receive 5.5 million." Li Mingxun said with difficulty. He knew that Fajado could not afford so much money, and the same was true for the Kingdom of Spain.

"You know, it's very difficult." Fahado knew how the four-and-five million war reparations came from. After all, the United Fleet did not attack the United States ships and ports, and the damage to the large fleet was not great. Of course, Fahado didn't know, because the United Fleet hid in South Africa for more than a year, and for a long time, the United Fleet did not know its location, so it restricted the development of United States' maritime trade, and they had to bear these losses together.

"It is precisely because of the difficulties that I chose a more reasonable method, tax refund discount." Li Mingxun said, placing a folder in front of Fajado, which was the plan that Li Mingxun set for the Kingdom of Spain.

In this plan, the United States only auctioned the property of the Spanish royal family in the Philippines Governor's District as war reparations, and the rest were paid in the form of tax rebates. Simply put, the United States merchant ships could transport goods to ports in Spain and its colonies for sale. The Spanish government gave United States merchant ships a quasi-national treatment according to its standards. That is to say, the tax rate standard of United States merchant ships was the same as that of their own merchant ships, and the amount of tariffs saved by United States merchant ships was subtracted from the war reparations. If the Spanish government hopes to pay off the compensation as soon as possible, it could refund the collected tariffs to the United States European institutions.

Obviously, Li Mingxun's move was not only for Spain to resolve the war reparation issue, but also opened the trade doors for Spain and its many colonies for the merchants of the United States. It can be said that if this operation is carried out, the United States will occupy Spain's trade market and maritime trade share, but Spain does not need to give out real money.

Fajado looked at the draft and felt a little speechless. He was familiar with the maritime trade and knew the power of the draft, but so what? The Spanish market was filled with goods from the Netherlands, France and Britain, and so what if there were more United States? Or, the biggest damage was the European merchants who dominated the kingdom market, not the Kingdom of Spain. But Fajado was still in a little embarrassed, that is, what should we do if Spain is faced? When he was thinking about it, Li Mingxun handed over the second document.

Fahado glanced at it and suddenly laughed: "Hisser Mingxun, no, Yuan Xiansheng, my friend, do you know that when I left Madras, I told Raphael that when I went to Taiwan to negotiate with you, I only need to bring a mouth to enjoy delicious food, and not to worry about the head. That was my joke for Raphael, but now it seems that this is the fact."

The second draft handed over by Lee Myung-hoon was a draft that suggested that the United States and Spain be open to each other, so that both sides could give each other the most favorable and quasi-national treatment. Of course, the United States must be the one that accounts for the majority, but Fahado was enough to explain to the king and the people.

Fahado also realized that Li Mingxun had prepared everything and just needed to sign it himself, but he also clearly realized that if he didn't sign it, there was no room for regret. He either agreed or opposed it. Fahado chose the former.

With the unilateral agreement between Spain and the United States, the anti-China alliance had collapsed. It goes without saying that Britain was forced to participate. The United States promised to return Madras after the war and recognized its special interests in Persia and commercial interests in Africa. For France and Denmark, the United States promised to give it the privilege of trade in the East and the East Indian Ocean Islands and South Asian colonies to it within ten years, and did not require it to open its homeland, set its war reparations to 200,000 silver, and could be paid off within twenty years through the situation of additional tariffs.
Chapter completed!