"Non-renewable gold and silver deposits and commercial taxes can indeed be partly compensated by the head tax on population growth. And the most important thing is that the increase in population will lead to the development of planting and animal husbandry. These are all renewable. wealth!"
"But can you? Don't forget that in the land of the Philippines, the real builders are us Chinese, and only we Chinese have the most precious farming and animal husbandry technologies!"
"Don't count on those indigenous barbarians. They are still in a barbaric tribal system. Even now, there are still headhunters. Those people only know how to fish and hunt!"
"We can't expect Europeans. These white people come to the colonies to enjoy the blessings. Who will work hard? To do the most difficult and tedious farming and animal husbandry?"
"Hahaha... don't make me laugh. As long as we Chinese no longer cooperate with your colonial government, your only option will be the collapse of your economy!"
"The war has broken out, and the nationalist enthusiasm of the Chinese Filipinos is extremely high. From the moment the first shot is fired, we will not pay you a single coin in tax!"
"Not a single gram of the rice, spices, rubber, fruits we grow will be distributed to you. Without the hard work of the hard-working Chinese, you would have to import even the most basic military rations!"
"When the time comes you can't even solve the food problem, so why do you want to defeat us? Just dream!"
"So what if your expeditionary force conquers the Philippines? The revolutionary Chinese have made up their minds to fight you to the end!"
"The worst case scenario is that we will all die together! We, the Chinese people, will launch a national rescue plan and we will send more troops to protect overseas Chinese!"
"As a last resort, we can also withdraw all the Chinese in the Philippines to the northern mainland! That vast land can easily accommodate ten times more, not to mention the more than 10 million overseas Chinese in the Philippines!"
"When the time comes, you can just go and cry with these indigenous monkeys. I will leave you with a smashed Philippines. I want to see how many years it takes you to rebuild!"
Xiang Ying's categorical words calmed all the Spaniards present: "Don't underestimate the determination of us Chinese! As long as we are forced to take action, even if we retreat, we will destroy the entire Philippines!"
"Blow up all the bridges, demolish all the water conservancy facilities, blow up all the mines in the Philippines... Every city will be completely burned, and all the dock facilities along the coast will be demolished!"
"We will destroy even all the roads! Do you believe it? We will blow up the dams of all the rivers in the Philippines and let the floods completely bury the islands..."
"Just go and cry while guarding the ruins! Then the victims who are waiting for food will drive you crazy!"
"Do you want to give it a try? Do you want to challenge the bottom line of our Chinese family? Dear Queen, if you can be restored, do you want to fight against it yourself?"
"Hahaha...I'm waiting for you in the Philippines!"
After finishing speaking, Xiang Ying stood up and drank a full glass of red wine with a wave of his hand. "I've had enough wine and food, and I've said all that needs to be said! Please judge for yourself, Queen!"
"But I want to remind you first, if you want to fight against my Chinese clan... haha... you should restore it first!"
As he spoke, the Chinese delegation was about to withdraw. Now the Queen was in a panic. Susan stood up and quickly stopped Xiang Ying. "Dear General, why are you withdrawing when the conversation has just begun? Please sit down, please sit down..." "
"Help the gentlemen pour the wine..." Susan stared at the maids with eyes that could kill people, thinking to herself, they are all blind bitches, what time has it been and if you don't hurry up, have you been training you in vain?
Later, they will all be sold to brothels!
The maids who dared not come forward in the corner of the hall quickly walked over with their skirts in hand. They poured wine for the Chinese delegation with charming smiles, and deliberately rubbed their huge breasts against the officials. They were really not professional enough. .
Isabella II finally woke up. She had just been immersed in the Philippines introduced to him by Xiang Ying and could not extricate herself. She was even more afraid of the hell-like war scenes described by Xiang Ying.
In the past, in the palace, the introduction of war by his powerful ministers was very romantic, full of fairy tales with countless knights fighting.
Today, the Chinese general taught her an important lesson, allowing her to recognize the reality of the Philippine colony, her current strength, and Xiao Letian's determination to occupy the Philippines.
"Mr. Xiang, I think the head of state sent you here not only to scare me to relieve his hatred, right? As you said, I can only start the war after restoration..."
"Then threatening me won't do you any good... Everyone who has nothing to do with it should go down. I want to have a secret conversation with the general alone!"
The difficult negotiations have finally reached the final moment, and the most secretive deal is about to begin!
All the attendants and maids left the scene, leaving only Susan with the queen and a translator sent by Prussia with Xiang Ying. A total of four people began real secret negotiations.
The queen looked around to confirm that there was no fifth person in the entire huge restaurant, and then said, "If the head of state has any suggestions, please present them openly and honestly!"
"Your Majesty, I believe you must have understood the analysis I just made... The Philippines is useless to you right now. If you keep it, you will lose money every year. Of course, throwing it away will be a shameless thing!"
"As for military retaliation, I can tell you clearly...it is unrealistic and impossible!"
"Do you know how much military expenditure it costs to send an expeditionary force that can defeat the Chinese? Let me give you an example. The French fleet that attacked Ryukyu still used the garrison in the Indian Ocean..."
"And that failed expedition cost Napoleon III 16 million francs in military expenses!"
"Sixteen million, this is still deploying troops from India... What if we mobilize troops from Europe? What if the scale is three times larger?"
"Don't be so surprised. The Chinese people now are not the Chinese people they were when the French attacked. Our military strength has already been revealed!"
"How are you planning to deal with just one Zhiyuan ship? You must know that all your main warships in Southeast Asia are gone!"
"Dear Queen, do you still want to win this battle in the Philippines without a military force ten times that of the French Expeditionary Force?"
"Are you willing to spend 160 million francs on an expedition to East Asia? Haha, even if you are willing, does Spain still have this spare money?"
"Let it go! You'd better let it go!"
"Even if you win in a short time, we will still carry out a long guerrilla war. By then, maintaining a strong garrison will cost 30 to 40 million francs a year!"
"That's a bottomless pit! Bottomless pit... bottomless pit..."
