The urban area of ​​Jinshan, with the port area as its core, is not too large, with a radius of only a few miles. The periphery of the urban area is full of crisscrossed farmland and fenced-in pastures, and there is not much to see when you go out. Aragones only spends

In a day, I visited all parts of the city.

If he were to run this place by himself, Aragones believed that he would not be able to build such a small coastal city with the same efficiency. But for him, what is even more terrifying is that Haihan can still spare resources while building the city.

and manpower, organize an armed fleet to conquer new territories in the south.

The local people were not surprised by the large number of Hispanic immigrants brought back from the south. The victory of the Haihan Army was a matter of course to them. In the eyes of the local people, these Hispanic immigrants who were kidnapped back to Jinshan Bay were nothing more than

It's just the spoils of this war.

Continuously expanding territory externally and annexing the resource producing areas and geographical hubs of other continents was originally the colonial method of the European navigation powers, but Haihan is obviously better at this. It has only been four years since he set foot in North America.

With such impressive results, over time, the areas controlled by Spain in Central and North America will probably be impacted one after another.

Can the Viceroyalty of New Spain in Mexico stop Haihan's armed fleet? Aragones doesn't even have the slightest confidence in this. In his opinion, when Haihan goes south again, the local troops will probably replicate DeSantis.

fate.

But as a loser, Aragones is obviously unable to change the situation. Since he has chosen the path of self-preservation, he can only continue along this path. In the current situation, seeking for himself

A better placement environment is the first priority.

After waiting patiently for two days, Aragones was finally summoned by Wang Tom. However, the civil affairs official who was traveling with him told him that the time reserved for him by Wang Tom for the meeting was very short, so he should keep the conversation short and avoid wasting precious opportunities.

Tom Wang is not putting on airs, he is really busy. Jinshan Port is not a big place, but he needs to handle all matters, large and small. He reviews documents and holds meetings to deal with government affairs every day, which takes up a lot of time. He also has to meet with all walks of life at every opportunity.

Work schedules for both senior executives and subordinates are often filled up days in advance.

When Aragones arrived, there were still several people lined up outside Tom Wang's office, so he had to wait patiently. Fortunately, these people didn't stay long after entering, and it was his turn soon.

What surprised Aragones was that this senior official, who was obviously Chinese, could speak Spanish, which saved him the trouble of needing a translator to communicate.

"I heard that you have some opinions on our resettlement? Tell us your requirements!" Wang Tom didn't intend to waste time chatting with Aragones, and asked straight to the point.

Aragones remembered the advice of the civil affairs official, and did not dare to go around in circles at the moment, and responded quickly: "Dear Sir, Mr. Morgan of your country promised to allocate me land for building a farm, but after arriving at Jinshan Port, he did not

Assigning enough employees to me, I think this is a very unreasonable arrangement."

Wang Tom said: "We hope that new immigrants can manage the allocated land on a household basis. Maybe you should take your family to learn how to do farm work."

Aragones was naturally dissatisfied: "But there are more than two thousand people working for me in San Diego Bay. It was your country that claimed to protect my interests, so I chose to cooperate and gave up San Diego Bay to come here!"

Wang Tom said: "Those people are not your personal property and are not within the scope of the protection we promised. If you want to find someone to work for you, then just spend money to hire them."

Aragones said anxiously: "You are treacherous!"

But Tom Wang shook his head slightly and said, "I think you haven't figured out yet why you came here."

Aragones replied angrily: "Of course it's because our skills are inferior to others and we can't defeat the Haihan army on the battlefield!"

Tom Wang continued to shake his head and said: "This is not the point... We let you settle in Jinshan Bay because we hope to let the Spaniards in San Diego Bay know that as long as we cooperate well with my country, even former officials can have a chance to turn over a new leaf. .”

"But if you don't cherish this opportunity, then I don't mind letting all the Spaniards who come to settle in Jinshan Bay know how we will deal with those who are unwilling to cooperate!"

When Aragones heard this, he couldn't help but shudder. Although the other person's words had no tone, he could smell the danger in them.

Aragones defended: "It's not that I'm unwilling to cooperate, I just want to seek reasonable treatment."

Wang Tom said: "As the victorious party, we did not take away your property, slaughter your family, demote you as slaves and send you to the mines as coolies, but we gave you respect, allocated land to you, and exempted you from taxes...

If you think this kind of treatment is not reasonable enough, then I can only send you to stay with prisoners of war. Maybe they will tell you how precious everything you have now is!"

Aragones' treatment was obtained by betraying his country's fleet. If he were allowed to stay with the prisoners of war, he would probably be torn to pieces by the angry people on the spot.

He was far from losing his mind, and of course he could distinguish what was important and what was serious. Seeing that Tom Wang's tone was not kind, he did not dare to say any more, so he had to take the initiative to stand up and leave.

Wang Tom said: "If you really don't want to run a farm, you can also do business in the city. But if you choose to settle in the city, the land we allocated to you elsewhere will be taken back. You should think carefully and let the civil affairs officer make arrangements for you.

"

Aragones thought to himself, if you want to do business, you have to hire talents from outside. How is this essentially different from running a farm? But he did not dare to question it anymore, so he had to say that he would go back and discuss it with his family before leaving.

to the office.

On the way back to the hotel, Aragones was also thinking about another route proposed by Tom Wang.

Staying in the urban area for development and focusing on business should be better than reclaiming wasteland and farming, and it is also a feasible way out. But he does not speak the local language and lacks connections, what kind of business can he do?

He wandered around the city in the past two days and saw that there were many local shops. But the rice, flour, oilcloth, pots and pans, chicken, duck, and fish sold in the shops all had to be sourced. Where could he buy the goods?

This obviously doesn't work.

Moreover, the money earned from these businesses is hard-earned scraps. After all, he also comes from a sailing family. Several generations of his family have worked hard overseas, so he has no interest in this kind of small business.

Aragones actually has two merchant ships under his name. A month ago he was delivering goods and went south to ask for help and move reinforcements. He happened to miss DeSantis' fleet at sea. Calculating the time, he should be on his way back now.

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Perhaps we can wait until the two ships return to San Diego Bay from Mexico, ask the Haihan people to get them back, and then resume their old business and continue shipping.
Chapter completed!