Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 441 The Punishment Has Not Ended Yet
During the few days of their brief stay in Luzon, Spain's diplomatic team in China was the busiest. Spain dispatched the Ming Dynasty's Plenipotentiary Diplomatic Representative Garcia José Nicola Iriante, who was actively running around.

Iriant got permission from the Department of Consolation in Manila and visited the Spanish nobles and colonial officials who were imprisoned here. He had not met the former Philippine Governor Salcedo before, but when he saw Salcedo now When I saw Elcedo, I thought he was a weather-swept dockworker on the docks of the port of Seville, his face was wrinkled and his bed was dry, his beard was unshaven, and he was full of vicissitudes.

When Salcedo saw Iriant, he couldn't control himself, and wept wildly. He grabbed Iriant's hand and cried: "Sir, please, help me, save me!" Save us Spaniards in Manila, for God's sake, and the King's sake, we can't stay in this place for a day!"

Iriant pulled his hand out of Salcedo's, feeling as if he had been scratched by sandpaper. He frowned and asked, "Mr. Salcedo, did someone mistreat you?"

"Yes! These damned Chinese guys, demons without faith, they have no dignity at all. They regard us officials and nobles as war criminals and force us to work for them. We are their slaves!"

Before Iliant came, he knew that tens of thousands of Spaniards were stranded in Luzon. Some of them had paid ransom and left the islands, but people with status, such as colonial officials, military officers and priests.Ordinary businessmen are basically allowed to leave, and many sailors from all over Europe have changed their identities and become employees of Ming's shipping company and began to work for Ming.

Iriant knew that Salcedo was a bit exaggerated. He knew how Daming treated these prisoners of war. Important prisoners of war like Salcedo were managed in a centralized and closed manner. They move around a lot, have 10 hours of work every day, and have three meals a day. It is a common house for ten people living together.However, for ordinary Spanish people who used to live in Luzon, they are allowed to move within a limited area and complete the work arranged by the management unit, which is a semi-free state.

Salcedo said with snot and tears: "Sir, you don't know, many people have been sentenced by the Chinese for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other crimes, and they have been directly pushed to the gallows. The mob threw rocks and rotten vegetables at the corpse in Manila, it was so humiliating."

Iriant could feel Salcedo's fear and anger. If it was placed in Europe, or even anywhere, it would be a humiliation that the Spaniards could not bear, but only in Daming, Iriant had to consider many things.

The reason is simple, Spain can't beat Daming.

A huge fleet of more than 100 ships and more than 3 people sailed around the world across continents and oceans. This amazing feat is simply beyond the imagination of Europeans.It was simply the Ming Dynasty's twelve civilization-class battleships, behemoths of more than 1 tons. Even if Iliant was not from the military, he knew that these huge battleships would tear the Spanish Navy's fleet into pieces like shreds of paper.

Iriant was thinking all the way, how to maintain Spain's most basic interests and dignity in the face of such an exaggerated strength of Ming, how to end this senseless war, so that Spain no longer faces such a terrible enemy.

"Mr. Salcedo, you may already know that I came to Luzon with Ming's Global Fleet. My first task is to represent the Kingdom of Spain and the Ming Empire to end the state of war. It belongs to Spain, and we don't have the strength to fight against such a country. Even though she is thousands of miles away from us, I can imagine how the whole of Spain will be afraid of being attacked by such an army when Ming's global fleet arrives in Valencia Conquer, Mr. Salcedo, I assure you, if the Ming army really wants to fight us at that time, Madrid will also fall!"

"No, it won't! I don't believe it!" Salcedo shouted, but his eyes said the opposite.

Iriant patted the dust on himself, and said to Salcedo: "Sir, I will try my best to rescue each of you from the Philippines, but I hope you know that the initiative is not in the hands of Spain. "

Salcedo shouted: "Spain should unite with other European countries, France, Austria, Sweden! All noble peoples who believe in God should unite and completely destroy China. This is a country of demons. Her existence will make Europe Everything is utterly destroyed, believe me!"

Iriant shook his head. He felt that this guy had no reason at all. Leaving aside whether the alliance of Europe could defeat the Ming Empire, Europe had never been united at all.

He left Salcedo, who was still crying and wishing to leave his prison camp, but Iriant didn't turn his head.

After the visit, Iliant met Liang Haisheng, the Ming envoy.Liang Haisheng is very familiar with Luzon. When the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps conquered this archipelago, he was the main diplomat accompanying them.

"Your Excellency, I would like to discuss with you the aftermath of the Luzon issue. After all, the Ming Dynasty has already discussed the armistice with the Netherlands. Spain also realizes that the Far East belongs to the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence, and hopes to sincerely develop well with the Ming Dynasty. relations, we will withdraw from Luzon and hope to live in harmony with Ming Dynasty."

Liang Haisheng smiled gracefully, and said: "What you said is not accurate. Luzon is already Ming's Propaganda Department, and has nothing to do with Spain. Spain massacred my Ming people in Luzon, and I, Daming, can't bear it." What’s more, Luzon didn’t belong to Spain in the first place, and Spain took it by force.”

Iriant found that Liang Haisheng was not an easy opponent to deal with. He took a deep breath and said, "Spain is willing to admit that Luzon belongs to the Ming Empire, and we are even willing to pay an indemnity for it. We hope to end this meaningless war." war, and Ming released all the detained Spaniards, the two countries can continue to communicate and trade."

Liang Haisheng still kept smiling: "Who said that our Daming is going to settle with Spain in this way? Daming hasn't finished all the punishments against Spain. If Spain's offense to Daming is resolved so lightly, then it is to give some A country with bad intentions has set a very bad example."

Iriant's body was like falling into an ice cellar.

(End of this chapter)