At 10:35 am, the Chinese army completely controlled the city of Manila. In addition to the southern suburbs, there were some sporadic resistance, and all the remaining areas were safe.

Cai Mao, Sakamoto Ryuma, Sun Chujian... and other generals officially entered the Manila Governor's Manila's Palace in the blood and fire on the battlefield. Looking at the mess left by Bai Tira after escaping, the generals laughed disdainfully.

"Paper tiger, paper tiger! Even though I did a lot of preparations before the war, I didn't expect the Spaniards to be so vulnerable!"

Listening to General Cai Mao's sigh, Ryuma Sakamoto smiled and said, "Haha, these Spanish people can't even defend the colonies of South America, and they still want to show off their power in front of our Chinese people?"

"We must admit that the Spanish were very strong when they first emerged, but now they are just relying on the remaining power of the European identity to scare other nations!"

The relationship between Ryuma Sakamoto and Xiao Letian is extraordinary. The two are not just friends who have lived for life, they are really friends and have lived for blood!

In ancient times, people valued blood oaths the most. Slicing the wrist and dropping blood was already a great thing, let alone giving a blood transfusion to save lives!

In addition to the various legends of hidden dragons on Xiao Letian, his blood was even more mysterious!

Ryuma Sakamoto has completely integrated into the Chinese nation and is no longer a member of the Japanese reform forces. Xiao Letian also treats him as a brother, and the two have a lot of thoughts in private.

Regarding the forces in various European countries, Xiao Letian has communicated with core people such as Sakamoto Ryuma more than once after drinking, including Spain.

Xiao Letian made a very clear judgment on the Spanish empire. This country has come to this point today and is completely self-destructive. He has made a pool of shit with good cards, and he is purely responsible for his own fault!

How good were the Spanish good cards in their hands back then? During the most glorious era when they colonized South America, that is, from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty.

Not only did they rob the ready-made gold and silver of indigenous peoples from North and South America, but God also favored them and rewarded them with a batch of super silver mines!

In that era, geological exploration technology was almost zero. Humans discovered that natural minerals were purely due to the great fortune. The Spaniards discovered a large number of super silver mines in South America, which directly destroyed the global precious metal market at that time.

This is really the fate of the country, and it can’t be stopped!

According to historical records, the Spanish plundered a total of 100 million kilograms of silver and 2.5 million kilograms of gold from South American colonies!

If you look at the numbers simply by looking at them, you will know that the number is terrifying after a little calculation!

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, one pound was equivalent to 590 grams, and sixteen taels were per pound!

One hundred million kilograms of silver are equivalent to one hundred seventy million kilograms of units in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Then it is calculated as the silver commonly used in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which is the terrifying 2.7 billion kilograms!

What is the annual income in the late Ming Dynasty? When rice and grain are converted into it, the highest peak is only 20 million taels of silver, but this is not real silver. It also contains food, silk and other products, and the real silver income is only a few million taels.

By the Qing Dynasty, due to the continuous trade between the East and the West, the silver in Europe began to flow continuously to Asia, which led to the most glorious so-called prosperous era during the Qianlong period with an annual income of 20 million taels!

From this we can see that the land of China has been a land that has been in short supply since ancient times, and what is missing is not a little bit!

There is no harm without comparison. You may not be able to save 100 million taels of silver after saving for ten years. They only rely on the colonies to grab it, but they have robbed 2.7 billion taels of silver in more than 200 years. Gold cannot be counted. Then count the 2.5 million kilograms of gold. In this comparison, the Ming and Qing emperors had to be angry and survived if they knew about it!

The card is so good, you can imagine how prosperous the Spanish national fortune was back then!

But with this good hand, the empire ended up in a fragmented end. South America is Spain's economic lifeline, where is the cash flow? But together with the national independence war, all the colonies were independent!

Spain was completely helpless, so why didn't we send troops to fight? Because at that time, Spain had already been conquered by Napoleon, and the Bonaparte family occupied the land. Do you still hope to expedition to South America?

If an empire cannot even defend its own money bag, and the gold and silver mountains of South America are lost, you can imagine how weak the colonial rule in Asia will be!

Spain relied solely on diplomacy in the later period, and on pretending to be grandchildren in front of Britain, France and Germany in exchange for the last bit of imperial face, and staying in the last bit of colony!

As a result, when the United States met him, he didn't like him, and snatched away the last two large parts of Spain's colonies during the Spanish-American War!

National fortune! When you get up, you are the pig in the wind! When you fall, you are the sausages and bacon in the mouths of other nations!

It was precisely because Xiao Letian understood this that he knew very clearly in his heart that the Spanish ruled Luzon at this moment, which was not relying on the strength of the ship, but on the remaining power of three hundred years!

Three hundred years of rule have produced a habitual thought, and in this era, Asia generally has a mentality of fearing the West!

The current Asian people have no idea of ​​the reality and reality of Europe due to backwardness and lack of openness in their horizons. They do not understand the differences between the Spanish and the British, French and Germans.

In those confused eyes, they felt that as long as they were Europeans, they were invincible!

The Spanish maintained their rule in the Philippines by relying on the confusing and ignorant mentality of the Asian people, relying on cheating and bluffing people with big flags and tiger skins.

This is a typical paper tiger, and Xiao Letian loves the most burning paper tiger. His eyes are like a fire, and he sees through your essence at a glance and then starts when he finds an opportunity!

Facts proved the head of state's judgment. The Battle of Manila was declared over in just one night. In the end, the governor and the senior generals all fled, and the expected street fighting did not occur at all!

"Today I know the terror of the head of state! The hidden dragon's theory is not false! If you don't say anything else, just by seeing through everything, it is not something that ordinary people can have!"

"Spain! Tsk tsk tsk... What a powerful empire! Who would have thought that it would be so weak at this moment?"

"Now we Chinese have discovered it first and started to do it first. The fattest fat is of course ours!"

After listening to Ryuma Sakamoto's analysis, everyone sighed, but Ryuma Jun shook his head, "Where is the fattest fat? The fat on the Spanish Empire has been divided up by Britain and France!"

"What we eat is just the residue!"

One sentence made everyone silent. Shimazu Dairo, who had been drawing the swordsman for a long time, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said carefully, "So... the 2.5 million kilograms of gold snatched away by the Spanish, and 2.7 billion taels of silver..."

"Have you all entered the pockets of the British and French?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sound of swallowing saliva at the scene!

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We still have to stick to the advertisement, otherwise we will be afraid of the deep alley no matter how good the wine is! Everyone is high in firewood, and those who can vote for red envelopes today will take action, strive for the first place and protect the top three!

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