The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Alfonso did not know that Assania and the others had negotiated without permission-in fact, it can not be said that they had negotiated, but only allowed the other party to surrender to a limited extent.

He didn't mention it before sending troops because he just asked Rajoy and Assania to counter the rebellion and arrest the people. The specific handling is the matter of the Cuban colonial government and the Spanish government.

Obviously, the two had a misunderstanding of their own authority, and underestimated the government's determination, thinking that a cost-effective business of trading a few estates for hundreds of soldiers could be done.

However, not everything has to be weighed against gains and losses.

However, Alfonso does not yet know that the Cuban war is over. He has just received the report letter sent back by Assania some time ago.

The letter detailed their recent military operations and the situation in Cuba. Of course, the strongest thing is to condemn the colonial government's corruption.

"..." Alfonso had long expected this. Cuba could revolt. Apart from the cruel exploitation caused by Spain's lack of money, the colonial government would definitely not be able to escape.

Before the end of the Cuban war, in order to maintain stability, it was difficult to deal with them for the time being. After the end, there were not too many worries.

It happened that he learned from the letter that Assania had cut off the eastern part of Cuba, and the defeat of the Republic was estimated to be two months.

Thinking of this, Alfonso called Adolf and ordered him to take 500 members of the Guard to Cuba. One was to prepare to deal with the captured leaders of the Republic of Cuba, and the other was to correct the corruption of the colonial government.

Colonial officials were sentenced to dereliction of duty at most. Killing would definitely not kill. Alfonso just wanted to exchange blood and let Cuba initiate autonomy in a better state.

As for the leader of the Republic, Alfonso signaled that Adolf can be more cruel, as long as he is a person with a name and a surname, even if he is not executed, he will have to rob his house + life imprisonment at worst.

Sending away Adolf, Alfonso understood that it will take a while to get news from Cuba next time.

This shortcoming is that the country is too far away, and it is difficult to rule effectively.

Turning his eyes to the country, Spain welcomed a group of unexpected guests-Japanese.

The cause was the electric light project started by the Barcelona Research Institute a few months ago. After Alfonso’s "use bamboo" tips, the Swann team experimented with bamboo from all over the world in a short period of time, and finally discovered bamboo from Japan. The best performance.

Considering that the import volume of this kind of bamboo will definitely not be small in the future, in order to prevent the other party from sitting on the ground after the electric light comes out, Ernesto, the dean of the research institute, reported the matter to the government and asked the government to send someone to invite the other party to talk about business.

So far, this is still an ordinary business activity.

However, some high-level officials in Japan somehow heard that Spain wanted to import their bamboos, and they appointed an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to visit them, wanting to see what special features their bamboos have and whether they can be used for foreigners. Another product of trade.

Japan has just completed its rebate, and the Meiji Restoration has just started. It was when it was short of money that it was naturally unwilling to give up every opportunity to make money.

Moreover, Japan originally planned to send a large-scale mission to visit the entire Europe and the United States next year.

The official position is not too high, just came with the merchant group, which shows that this visit is really simple to understand.

Obviously Japan does not attach much importance to Spain. Although Japan was founded not long ago, as a large country with a population of 30 million and a literacy rate of as high as 40%, (the standard is too low, and you can write your own name even if you are literate) Japan has been influenced by many European and American powers. .

The United Kingdom, France, the United States, and the Netherlands are the countries that have the most dealings with Japan. The top powers have seen it before, and it is reasonable that they do not attach much importance to Spain.

Due to the reasons of his previous life, Alfonso does not have a lot of favor with Japan, but Japan has quite a lot of gold and silver reserves, and what he needs is only the production materials and weapons and equipment that are common to Western countries.

For Spain, which is seeking precious metals to reform the gold standard, it is simply a door-to-door trading partner.

Alfonso would like to meet whenever the chief of the provincial department came, but the other party's level was not high enough, so he had to send the people below.

The person sent by the other party was called Jin Xiaolu Hao Xing, and he knew it was a Chinese ethnicity.

The receptionist in Spain is an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs named Negro, who is a higher official position than Hiroyuki Nishikoji in comparison, which is considered to have given Japan a lot of face.

The two parties had a friendly meeting in English in Barcelona. Except for the research institute here, which is convenient for business talks, Barcelona is generally better than Madrid, and it is more effective in foreign exchanges.

This year, Japan and Spain have quite common topics:

Japan has been fighting a civil war in recent years-Spain has also been fighting a civil war in recent years.

Japan’s domestic political division has just completed the "abolition of the feudal clan and the resettlement of the county"-Spain's domestic politics has also split. Although there is no "abolition of the feudal clan and the resettlement of the county", it has actually strengthened the centralization of power.

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All other aspects are similar, because both are emerging forces that have just emerged from chaos and are about to develop at a high speed.

The difference is that Spain, as an old-school European power, does not know a few streets behind Japan in terms of industrial strength and technological level.

The number of factories is not enough in the face of Britain and France, but in the face of the former feudal agricultural country, Japan, which still uses handicraft and cottage industries as the main production methods, it is simply a noble Western power.

Japan did not pay much attention to Spain before, only because there are other powers that deserve more attention.

Jin Xiaolu Haoxing was affected by this, and when he talked with Negro, he had an attitude of closeness, respect, and fear.

Fear obviously stems from the fear of Britain, France and the United States, especially Britain and France, who will intervene in the internal affairs of other countries without mercy.

Negro's attitude towards Asian nationals is not good either. There is always a strong European inside, but under the order of the government, he still barely maintains enough respect for the other party.

Aside from other things, smiles are common.

This is enough. Compared with other European countries, it is a friendly angel. You know, even the little Holland has a superior attitude towards them.

The two parties exchanged the basic situation of the two countries. In the casual chat, Negro mentioned the use of bamboo without a trace. He only said that it was used for the production of Spanish industrial products.

Jin Xiaolu Haoxing didn't force it either. If he really imported a large amount of it, it means that the production volume of this product is very large. He will stay in Spain for half a month and just ask others back.

After some boring chats, Negro took the other party to visit Barcelona. Compared with Madrid, Barcelona is better than Madrid in that a lot of trash can be thrown into the sea, and the whole city looks more refreshing.

The industry of Barcelona, ​​which is counted throughout Europe, left a deep impression on Jin Xiaolu, especially when he heard that this city is not the capital of Spain yet!

"What should the capital of the Kingdom of Spain look like? I'm afraid it will be steam like clouds and chimneys like rain..."

I don’t know if Negro’s boasting will be pierced by Britain, France and other countries. Anyway, it left Jin Xiaolu with the first impression of a European power, and the most rare thing is that "Spain is very friendly to us..."