Needles were almost heard in the side hall of the county government office, and everyone thought about Acosta's words. It was not until Chief Bai Tao, who was playing with the cow bones on his clothes, accidentally threw a bone on the ground, and then broke the tranquility.

“Co-governance?”

Even Chen Mu didn't react, and then frowned and asked, "How to govern together?"

Acosta is confident: "Removing border defense, jointly garrison troops, jointly managing defense, jointly trade, and collecting taxes."

As he said that, the knight entourage following Acosta walked forward with the cylinder of the map, drew the map of the New World and hung it in the entourage's hand. Acosta used his finger to draw a line directly north of Mexico City, and then drew a circle south of Panama, including Potosi.

"In the west, the Ming Dynasty does not have to be shared with Great Spain; the land in southern Panama serves as the new Peruvian Governor's District, and Great Spain does not share it with the Ming Dynasty."

It’s true that Acosta learned very quickly, not only called Ming and Ming according to the habits of people of the Lightning, but also called his country the Great Spain.

"Except for these two areas, all the land on the New World is jointly governed by the Ming Dynasty and Spain, with Mexico City as the court of the New World, and all affairs are negotiated here by the commanders of the two countries; the Panama Isthmus serves as the new trade center of the New World."

"In terms of trade, the two countries signed a trade agreement at the best price. The Ming Dynasty needed silver, and Spain needed goods. Although we own the Potosi silver mine, we can ensure that more than half of the silver produced in the silver mine each year is used for trade with the Ming Dynasty."

"The Ming Dynasty also needs to sell 30% of the total trade goods to the Spanish royal family."

Acosta looked up at Chen Mu's expression, not realizing any unhappiness on his face, and breathed a long sigh and said, "We support each other in military terms and jointly protect the interests of the two countries in the New World."

After Acosta said that, he waited for a long time. Chen Mu did not speak, but the other leaders naturally did not speak, which made him feel very nervous. When he raised his head, he found that Chen Mu looked at him with bright eyes, as if he was waiting for something.

After a long time, Chen Mu asked, "It's gone?"

"Not yet, I wonder what you think about this?"

Chen Mu stared at the map with a very focused look, and asked slowly and seriously: "This agreement seems to be only Western countries and Ming Dynasty, and what about my land?"

Eh?

Not to mention Acosta, even the leaders of Bai Tao couldn't help but look at him. What was this person thinking?

Fortunately, Acosta immediately recalled the large desert that Chen Mu had requested earlier and said, "Since the agreement is mainly for the two countries to govern, the one you want..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Mu suddenly stood up and walked to the knight holding the map, raised his hand and pointed at the Brazilian position, "Then give me this land."

"Your Excellency, that's the land of Portugal." Acosta pointed to the great desert in Chile with kindness and said, "This is what you want."

"Oh, yes, yes." Chen Mu looked at Brazil with eyes and murmured: "Portugal, that's the land of Portugal...that desert, mine?"

To be honest, Chen Mu had not yet come back to the situation when Philip wanted the two countries to govern together in the new continent. He did not expect Philip to make such a decision. It was very, very powerful.

"Well, Duke Alva has no objection to this matter, but in order to avoid war, there is another point that needs to be explained, which is religion."

"On the land of the Ming Dynasty, that is, northwest Mexico, our missionaries will not preach there, and you cannot interfere with our missionary in Peru. For the land that is jointly governed, we advocate religious freedom and hope that you can make a paper commitment to this."

Acosta looked at Chen Mu and said, "We cannot interfere with our priests spreading light."

Chen Mu had no special thoughts about this. He preferred land and simply drew another line in the north and said: "This area has been taken over by the Ming Dynasty. There is no reason to be classified into a co-governance area. Instead, this east can be co-governance."

Chen Mu's line made the leaders of the three tribes look at each other. They were very sure that no tribe in their alliance had ever been there, and they were even more sure that the Ming army could not go there.

When they saw each other's confused expression, the leaders who realized it turned their eyes to the Ming army marshal who said this so clearly that his face was not red and his heart was not beating.

Chen Mu's line almost encompasses the entire north of the New World, leaving only a narrow area on the east coast as a co-government zone.

Acosta was not scared by Chen Mu. He just looked at the map and seemed to see Chen Mu's trick. He bowed and said, "Your Excellency, we know very well that there is no Ming army, and the East Coast has been harassed by French pirates."

As he said that, the monk smiled and said, "If you are willing to send troops to clear out pirates in the coastal areas of France, England, etc., except for Great Spain and the Ming Dynasty, we are happy to hand over the north to the Ming Dynasty. As long as the east coast is co-governed, it is enough."

To get the Ming army to dispatch limited troops to places outside Spain was the emergency measures Philip ordered Spain to take.

If it is possible that Philip is even willing to not station troops in the entire New World, as long as the Potosi Silver Mine is his.

If this happens, Philip can jump up with joy and gout feet will be better.

New Spain has a regular army and a mixed-race army of more than 20,000 troops. The material resources consumed by supporting these more than 20,000 troops can support another 20,000. If he can transfer these 20,000 troops back to the old continent and recruit another 20,000, and joining the 40,000 troops can easily settle the Netherlands.

Stabilizing the Netherlands will allow Spain's overall strategy to take a step forward, and its significance will even exceed that of Luzon before the Nanyang Guard went to sea.

The Netherlands not only represents nearly half of Spain's wealth, but also serves as a support point for Spain in Northern Europe, a wedge.

Neither Philip nor Alva dreamed of Chen Mu's Ming army that he would help them participate in any war about Europe. They just wanted to keep the Ming army busy and target anyone, as long as it was not Spain.

Philip didn't care so much about the New World itself, and he even wanted the conquers not to compete with him for the source of income.

"The New World and the Old World, Spain will share information with the Ming Dynasty."

Chen Mu knew the Spanish’s plans, so he just chuckled and said, “To show sincerity, there is no need to share the information from Spain. I will not go to the war, but it is different at sea. If a covenant is reached, I will clean up the sluts on the east coast of North Asia.”

"Don't be happy, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Chen Mu kept pointing his hand at Brazil again: "The Ming army will clear the east coast of North Asia within three years, and the Western army will clear the east coast of West Asia within three years. It is enough for us to have two countries in the New World."

Open the sea

Open the sea
Chapter completed!