Red Alert 1895

That Marcabros was relieved to hear that Taiwan was willing to cooperate, because they were hit too hard by the pressure of the Spaniards. Now the Spaniard looks vulnerable in front of Taiwan, but that also depends on the target. Although the Spaniards are vulnerable to Taiwan, they are a very huge problem for the indigenous people who have no guns or cannons. Although they are not strong or cannon, this is not the point. The point is that they don't have a leader who can be made by the enemy. They don't have the ability of Mao Taizu. Let the enemy make weapons for themselves, which will cause them heavy losses. Although these natives look very good now, as if the situation is very good, but in fact they have reached the end of their strength.

They are now at the end of their strength. If Taiwan hadn't prevented the Spanish army from reaching the Philippines, they would all have to face failure to the end. They are very dangerous now, and they urgently need an ally to contain the Spaniards. At this time, Taiwan is going to war against the Spaniards, so it is naturally valued by this group of Filipino indigenous people who are in a hurry to seek medical treatment, and then hope that Taiwan can support them to see the Philippines. They hope to get some rifles from Taiwan, which can then be used for combat. But Taiwan actually asked them for money, which made them unacceptable.

"General, we are allies and brothers like a family. Do you still want money from us?" Macabros asked.

But Sa Zhenbing said: "We have an old saying in China. That is called brothers who settle accounts clearly. Why should we give you free money?"

"Isn't China the Kingdom of Heaven?" asked Macabros.

"Don't talk to me about the kingdom of heaven, we just know that we need money to produce rifles, and steel costs money. And we also need labor to produce them for us. These all cost money. So, you Why did you take our rifles for free?" Sa Zhenbing asked.

"Hmph, where do you have any sincerity in forming an alliance? We will go to your Beijing to sue you for not having any sincerity in cooperation!" Macabros shouted.

"What an idiot, so naive about diplomacy. If I hadn't received an order from Mr. Wang, I would have sent you away long ago. Talking about diplomacy with an idiot like you is really suffering!" Sa Zhenbing thought.

Sa Zhenbing immediately said: "You can file a complaint, anyway, Beijing is so far away from here. You don't have any steam boats to go to Beijing. But you used ordinary wooden boats to go to Beijing, and then it would take at least a few months. Then if you want to apply to see our Chinese emperor, you have to wait in line for several months. Add up to half a year. At that time, our Chinese emperor will not say whether he will listen to your opinions, but if he listens to you If you want to reprimand us people in Taiwan, it will take a month or two to fire. Then when you make a decision and send someone to reprimand again, it will take another month. Do you think you can hold on for that long? ?”

Sa Zhenbing didn't tell the native that Taiwan's army is no longer under the control of the central government. After all, they may not understand these things, so Sa Zhenbing just told him the process. And this Marca Bros immediately fell silent. Because these natives don't have boats and can't get to Beijing quickly, they naturally can't complain. Even if you file a complaint. If such a large process goes down, I am afraid that it will also face a very slow speed.

At that time, the Spaniards might have beaten them very badly. Now in the Philippines, there are three forces that are robbing. On the one hand, the indigenous Filipinos seem to have the largest territory. But the truth is the weakest. On the other hand, the Spaniards also had tens of thousands of troops, although they lost their capital Manila. The strength of other armies is not weak either, and tens of thousands of troops are enough to make them the overlord. Moreover, their weapons are also very powerful, but they have almost reached a gun in each hand. Although the artillery is relatively lacking, they can also deal with those natives. And Taiwan is the most powerful, not only has the navy and army, but also the army has a complete range of weapons, artillery, etc. are very powerful, machine guns, submachine guns, etc. have the most violent firepower. So those Spaniards are definitely not opponents, and in this regard, it is actually a "Three Kingdoms".

"Then how much do you need to sell us weapons?" Macabros asked.

"What can you give us?" Sa Zhenbing asked.

And Macabros immediately felt helpless, obviously not knowing what to exchange for weapons for Taiwan. At present, the Philippines can be said to be very poor. Many people do not have rifles and use stones as weapons. They have suffered heavy losses against the Spaniards. So now they don't know what to do, and it is naturally impossible for them to buy weapons from the Spaniards, and they just want to get weapons from Taiwan. But Taiwan is not a good man or woman, willing to give them weapons for free. And Taiwan wants to gain wealth, and if there is no wealth, Taiwan will not give them weapons. But now Macabros doesn't know what Taiwan needs at all, and he doesn't know what he can give Taiwan. He doesn't know what to say now.

"Tell me, what do you need?" Macabros asked.

Sa Zhenbing murmured to himself: "What an idiot. You don't even know what we need, so you want to buy weapons from us. Isn't this a chance for us to slaughter fat pigs? Since you took the initiative to reveal your belly and cut the meat for me , then if I don’t cut the flesh, then I’m really sorry for Master Wang’s teaching.”

"Do you have gold ore? You have to give us the gold ore so that we can give you our weapons." Sa Zhenbing asked.

The Philippines has a lot of gold ore, and Taiwan currently needs gold ore as the basis for stabilizing the gold standard system. Taiwan is currently implementing a gold bullion standard system. Although a large amount of gold is not needed, gold is one of the most important means of payment after all, so gold is still necessary. Next, Taiwan will also obtain gold from the Philippines, so that its economic strength will be more stable, and its economic foundation will be more resistant to risks, so that major problems will not occur.

"Yes, how much is your medicine?" Macabros asked.

Sa Zhenbing immediately replied: "We want 15 tons of ore, and we can give you a rifle with 15 tons of ore."

"Fifteen tons?" Macabros exclaimed.

Fifteen tons of ore is quite a lot. You must know that those Filipinos who mine now do not have much gold mining equipment at all, and they all rely on manpower to mine. However, manpower mining is very tiring, and many miners may have to be sacrificed. And this requires a lot of effort. Each miner can dig out less than one ton of ore every day, and this fifteen tons of ore is enough to produce a day for dozens of miners. And all of this is to pay a very huge price in exchange for a rifle.

"Could it be less?" Macabros asked.

"No! Our production costs are already huge, so we have to pay this price!" Sa Zhenbing said.

But Macabros immediately asked: "As far as I know, your price is five or six times higher than the normal market price!"

"Huh?" Sa Zhenbing was surprised, this guy actually knew the market price, but Sa Zhenbing still said: "Yes, we are going to sell it to you at five or six times the market price."

"You guys are blackmailing!" Macabros said angrily.

"Yes, we are blackmailing, can't we? Let me tell you, if we don't sell it to you, no one in this world can sell it to you, and the loss you will pay will be very huge. So, at that time, you Think about it for yourself, whether to accept our blackmail, or wait until you fail, so you can see for yourself!" Sa Zhenbing said.

"You, you actually blackmailed us?" Macabros said angrily.

Sa Zhenbing immediately replied: "Yes, we just want to get benefits, if we can't get benefits, then we will follow the market, anyway you need ~www.readwn.com~ We don't take the opportunity to make money, so what's so strange? So, it's up to you to buy from us, or wait to be killed by the enemy and then be unable to win and gain independence?"

"I'll go back and report and give it a try!" Macabros said.

After Macabros left, Zhu Yuan asked, "Will this force them to vote for Spain?"

"No, they have a very deep hatred with the Spanish team. As long as we don't attack Spain and we haven't taken the initiative to attack, then they won't cooperate. We are currently waiting for the arrival of domestic troops, and then carry out a run-in integration Afterwards, it’s time for us to take the initiative. As long as we play better, we won’t be afraid that they will come together. As long as those natives are not at the end of their rope, they will not seek refuge in Spain. After all, they want What we want is independence, not helping Spain against us. We can support the natives against Spain, we are here to stand on the sidelines, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and let them fight. Then we can get benefits. And those natives are not at all I know, they are rejecting tigers at the front door and entering wolves at the back door. We are hungry wolves. They don't know that we are more greedy than the Spaniards. In fact, if he is a truly capable diplomat, he should choose Cooperate with the Spaniards to drive us away, instead of choosing to cooperate with us. Isn’t this very similar to the lesson of our Song Dynasty?” (To be continued)