After getting a satisfactory answer, Zhao Xuening smiled while reading the text.
"It seems that Spain is still very dissatisfied with the disastrous defeat two hundred years ago and still thinks they can regain their former hegemony. I think this is very unwise. Since they are unwise, then I can help them improve. Check your IQ."
"You're absolutely right."
Marek immediately agreed with Zhao Xuening.
He heard that in the past few months, Zhao Xuening, with the power of completely expelling the Dutch, had done many things in the East Indies and declared his undisputed dominance over the East Indies.
Faced with a large number of Dutch corpses, the local forces in the East Indies who were originally half-hearted no longer dared to be half-hearted about Lan Fang's existence.
At the moment, the Spaniards are unable to protect themselves, and Britain is busy dealing with the North American War, and it still needs time to digest the colonies left by the Netherlands. In the area west of Bangladesh, Zhao Xuening's sphere of influence is now serious.
The East Indies is his base, and nothing can threaten his existence.
At this moment, Zhao Xuening is really the true king of the spice sea.
London has been isolated in Europe due to the expansion of the war in North America, and now needs a strong ally to reduce its burden.
Although Zhao Xuening's series of actions in the Spice Sea will not directly help Britain, it will severely damage the economic foundation of the Netherlands and Spain, the two anti-British vanguards, causing them to fall into economic difficulties in the near future. Reduce military power.
This fact will significantly reduce the burden on London.
Against this background, London's favorability towards the Lanfang Republic has soared. No one in the Parliament has raised the issue of declaring war on Lanfang. Instead, it passed a motion to recognize the Lanfang Republic and establish a regional alliance with the Lanfang Republic by a high vote.
They hope to get such a strong ally in the Eastern Sea to ensure the safety of their routes in the Eastern Sea, protect their commercial interests, and weaken the strength of European competitors.
At the same time, London also discovered that France had some ideas to develop its power to the east. The main entry point was Vietnam, which had the potential to threaten the trade routes between Britain and the Qing Empire.
Britain has finally been able to unite with Lanfang to drive Spain and the Netherlands out of the game. If France wants to enter the game, it will be very bad for Britain's trade ambitions in the East.
Joining forces with Lanfang to resist France's entry would also be of great help to London's Eastern colonial strategy.
All in all, Britain needs Lanfang's cooperation and Lanfang's powerful military to help them resist threats from the European continent.
Therefore, London decided to agree to Zhao Xuening's request, including supporting him in conquering the Philippines, and was also willing to establish formal diplomatic relations with Lan Fang, and allowed the East India Company and Lan Fang to strengthen commercial cooperation and do as much business as possible Be bigger and stronger.
After Zhao Xuening read the text of the treaty, he found that the treaty was indeed drawn up according to his own ideas.
The British actually did a rare personification in this treaty and did not continue their tradition of being impersonal. It seems that the American Revolutionary War indeed put a lot of pressure on the British.
So much so that they were able to temporarily give up their tradition of not being human.
Louis XVI, the founding father of the United States, and Washington, the second founding father of the United States, would like to express my sincere gratitude to you again! I wish you a long life and always be able to understand!
Yours sincerely, Zhao Xuening!
After silently praying for them in his heart, Zhao Xuening nodded with satisfaction.
"I am very satisfied with this agreement and there is nothing that needs to be added. I am willing to sign this treaty."
"That's the best!"
Marek also breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Zhao Xuening would do something wrong again, so he immediately took out another copy of the agreement and signed his name. Zhao Xuening also signed his own name on the text. Names were stamped, and the two parties exchanged the text of the agreement.
The deal is done and the cooperation is pleasant.
The two smiled and shook hands with each other, reaching an agreement this time.
"I always feel that this agreement should be signed in a more formal occasion, what do you think?"
"In special times, it's better to be simple. As long as both of us abide by this treaty, it's just a process, it doesn't matter."
Marek said with a smile: "Also, I think Mr. President should be preparing to attack the Philippines, right? With Lanfang's strength, I think the Spanish in the Philippines will definitely not be your opponent."
"Of course they are no match for me."
Zhao Xuening said with a smile: "I am not worried about the military. The only thing I am worried about is that after driving away the Netherlands and the Spanish, the large output of the spice sea area still needs to be sold locally. If they join forces to blockade Lanfang In the European market…”
"Don't worry about this. Not to mention whether they have the ability to block Lanfang's market after the war. In fact, Britain is the largest consumer market in Europe, and the output of goods from the spice sea is indispensable to the British. "
Marek immediately said: "As long as you are willing, we can immediately start commercial negotiations. On the commercial side, the East India Company is willing to cooperate with you wholeheartedly!"
"That would be the best!"
Zhao Xuening shook hands with Marek again with a smile, and then invited Marek to stay for dinner.
At the dinner table, the two further confirmed their intention to send each other formal diplomatic personnel for resettlement in London and Seoul.
In addition, Zhao Xuening also called over the Chief of Commerce and Trade Morris and the Chief of Finance Tang Wenshan. They all had dinner together, and then had a preliminary exchange of business opinions at the dinner table.
Subsequently, the two parties decided to arrange a high-level business delegation for formal meetings and negotiations one month later to determine the purchase amount and price of various commodities produced in Lanfang in the UK, and to ensure smooth and unrestricted sales of the commodities.
After the dinner, Zhao Xuening also kept Morris behind, asking Morris to further ensure that the current status of Netherlands' business cooperation in the Qing Empire, Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, Siam and other places would not be changed.
He needs to ensure that Lanfang can fully inherit the interests of the Netherlands, continue to assume the role of the largest promoter of goods trade in Southeast Asia, and obtain long-term and sustained commercial benefits.
Pearls, sea cucumbers and bird's nests shipped to the Qing Empire, peppers and cloves shipped to India and Europe, all of which can bring significant benefits to Lanfang. They are also luxury consumer goods that are difficult to consume in Lanfang. If there is no overseas consumer market, these things will remain in Lanfang. There is not much value in Fangguo.
Ensuring that the basic foundation of Southeast Asian waters is not lost, and then cooperating with the United Kingdom to open up the European market, is a major guarantee for the current fiscal revenue of the Lanfang Republic.
After ensuring commercial gains and promoting agricultural production, the profits obtained will be enough to ensure Lanfang's survival and further investment in the development of industrial science and technology.
Every step of scientific and technological development requires money, and military manufacturing is a big money burner. Without sufficient financial support, Lanfang cannot develop at all. But now that Dai Ying is attached to it, maybe it can embark on the fast lane of development. Really It's a good move.
At least he can continue to send people to lead Ying to "obtain" important technologies that Lan Fang currently does not have.
The next step is to let the Spanish follow in the footsteps of the Dutch and completely disappear into the sea of spices, thus completely opening up the restrictions on Lanfang's development.
In early October, Zhao Xuening convened the main officers of the army and held an enlarged meeting of the Military Committee in Seoul to discuss matters related to the Philippines strategy with the officers of the army.
Simply conquering the Philippines is actually not a difficult task. Spain is no longer as powerful as it was during the first generation of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets. Since being taken turns by European powers, Spain is basically a second-rate country in Europe, and its national reputation is not as good as that of the Netherlands. .
Previously, in order to seize the copper mines on Luzon Island, Zhao Xuening sent troops to fight the Spanish several times and won. The Spaniards had no choice but to hand over the copper mines.
From this, Zhao Xuening judged that the fighting strength of the Filipino Spaniards might even be a little bit behind the Dutch.
If we only attack Spanish colonies, then directly attacking Manila Bay with the navy, destroying the Spanish navy, and then taking the city of Manila directly will be enough to paralyze the core of Spanish rule in the Philippines.
As for other places, mainly in the coastal areas of many islands in the Philippines, there are some serious cities built by the Spaniards. They are not many in number and small in scale. Except for Manila, there is no municipal construction worthy of praise.
The total number of regular troops under the command of the Governor-General of Manila in the entire Philippines is just over 3,000, and the rest are militiamen organized by some local organizations pulled up by the Governor-General of Manila.
The number of these militiamen can range from five to six thousand, but their quality is very low. They are similar to the Japanese puppet army. They have poor equipment and poor training. They are just fine for looking after homes and nursing homes. They really think too much about going to the battlefield to fight. .
Even the regular army managed by the Governor-General of Manila was actually not all white soldiers, but filled with blacks, mulattoes and Indians. The real white Spanish soldiers were not the majority.
Not to mention how many troops the Kingdom of Spain can mobilize to fight at this moment, its main force is mainly arranged in the Americas, not Asia.
