Just as the Dutch were discussing porcelain exports with Cai Huaze at Hai'an Port, on June 15, 1669, in Niuzhuang Port, a newly established port town on the Pampa grassland, Owando, the highest-ranking official of the Procuratorate of the Buenos Aires Governor of the Kingdom of Spain, was looking at a serious-looking East Coast official with a helpless face, not knowing what to say.

Niuzhuang Port is located in Port Necochea on the eastern edge of the Pampa Prairie in later generations. It has suddenly emerged in recent years due to cattle hunting and deep processing of livestock products. This town had no name originally, and the East Coast government did not send anyone to the government to colonize. However, with the increasing population of the East Coast and the continued popularity of the domestic market of La Plata, many people who dream of making a fortune came here across the ocean, either employed by the government's cattle hunting team, or worked alone with others, and then began to hunt thousands of herds of bison wandering on the grassland.

There is no doubt that their hunting operation was extremely successful. The captured young cattle were sold out in the East Coast, and even the adult cattle that were not well-domediated were bought. In addition, the market sales of raw materials such as cowhide, horns, beef tendons, and tallow were also very good. The members of the cattle hunting team all made a lot of money, and this undoubtedly stimulated more people who dreamed of getting rich, especially those non-national labor workers who had just become regular and had no spare money to come to the grassland to catch cattle.

Later, some businessmen also saw business opportunities. They hired people from China, purchased machines, and then transported them to Niuzhuang (the usual name that everyone agreed upon), and started to deep processing of cow products in a plain way, such as marinating beef, which helped the members of the cattle hunting team solve a big problem. After all, those people didn't have much time to stop and slaughter the cattle, so they should know that it was the butcher's job.

Now, the East Coast Government saw that more than 1,500 people had gathered in Niuzhuang Port and was no longer a negligible colonial site. So, without notifying the Spanish Kingdom government, the State Development Administration sent a team to officially manage the place. It was really unreasonable. Niuzhuang Port's big business, such as cowhide, beef, live beef, etc., had an amazing annual sales. If you let it go, you would lose tax sources in vain. This was something that the Executive Committee officials, who had always had black eyes and could not bear the white money. Therefore, He Yuan, a customs official in Qianhai'an County, was sent here to be the mayor, and was fully responsible for the affairs here.

To be honest, the mayor of Niuzhuang Town is a section-level position, while He Yuan, who was previously the head of Hai'an Port Customs, was a deputy section-level cadre. It was really a low-level position to be the mayor. However, he felt that there was no room for improvement within the customs system to climb up, and that was the head of the customs commander of Xingnan, Qingdao, Dongfang and other Dagang. The competition was too fierce. He Yuan, who could not make a bloody path even by relying on his father-in-law's relationship, felt that it was better to find another way. When his father-in-law Liu Dafa was still in contact, he jumped hard and picked out the shallow pool of the customs and stretched his feet in a wider space.

This time, He took advantage of the fact that no one could react and took the position of mayor of Niuzhuang Town. I don’t know how many colleagues who were living in the customs were envious. After all, if the East Coast people in the future increase their colonial efforts, build more towns, and set up county-level administrative units and even regional administrative offices, He Yuanke will be the first batch of veteran officials, and the prospects for the rise are naturally not comparable to those of the Hai'an Port Customs Director.

It is precisely because of this that when facing the Spaniards' questioning, He Yuan acted extremely tough and did not give in at all. Even if the Spaniards read the two countries with the signing of multiple treaties, the "Rochao Peace Treaty", the "Valadolid Peace Treaty", etc. to He, he ignored it and said in a tough and arrogant manner that this is "our home", no one can take it away. At worst, they can just fight and make the Spanish people very angry.

This time, Constantine de Owando came to Niuzhuang Port, which is the third time that the Spaniards have come here, and it is also the highest official level. But it is obvious that this negotiation ended again in failure. He Yuan attaches great importance to his future "stage of progress" and insists on not giving in. He even lets all merchants and cattle catchers in the city produce some young men and women, demonstrating outside with guns, which makes Owando's face look quite ugly.

In fact, it’s not that Owando can’t stand up straight, but the entire Spanish country is now unable to stand up straight. He just learned that after almost a year of silence, the Kingdom of France began to mobilize its troops frequently, as if it was intentional to rekindle the war. This made the Spanish court immediately stunned and didn’t know what to do.

In fact, there were sufficient reasons for the French to do this. The actual ceasefire between the two countries in the first half of 1668 was not so willing for King Louis XIV of France. At that time, the Netherlands gathered a large number of countries to openly threatened, including military threats and economic threats, and the French were very concerned. Second, Louis XIV learned from reliable channels that the young King Carlos of the Habsburg royal family was in danger, so he had the idea of ​​getting a bargain, and then he stopped the army and truce. With the mediation of the Dutch, he held peace talks with representatives from all parties in Aachen.

In other words, the French had a very impure motive for the truce at that time. Louis XIV considered the secret agreement signed with Austrian King Leopold I (that is, after Carlos II's death, all the Netherlands, Francheconte, that is, some small city-states in the nearby areas, and Spain was ruled by Leopold), and felt that Carlos II, who was seriously ill, would probably die within a year. Perhaps as long as he waited, he could take over the above two areas peacefully, without having to take the world's most terrible snatch the lives of life and death like now, and it was not necessarily justified. So it was natural to choose. After all, they were still under heavy pressure from the Dutch at this time, and they were just going to go down and have a peace talk with the Spaniards and the East Coast people.

But who thought about the peace talks going through twists and turns. Because of the bewitching of the East Coast people and other reasons, the Kingdom of Spain was relatively tough in the negotiations, and the degree of concessions was far less than the French expectations. In addition, the continued harassment and attacks of the East Coast Navy in the coastal areas of France made King Louis XIV furious and interrupted the talks several times.

After a year of negotiations, the negotiations have not reached an agreement, which has greatly dissatisfied the United Provinces, as the mediator, because they always feel that the negotiations must be concluded as soon as possible. Representatives of France, Spain and the East Coast must sign the peace agreement as quickly as possible, so that the dust on the battlefield can be settled. Otherwise, in line with the old saying "The night is long and the dreams are too long", the French may brazenly overturn some of the negotiation results that had been achieved before and put forward harsh conditions that the Spanish could not accept. In that case, it would be impossible for the full-scale war to break out again, which would be a nightmare for the Dutch, because they were likely to be involved.

The current situation is just as the Netherlands worried. The French swallowed half of the Southern Netherlands and withdrew from Francheconte and other places. However, they did not disband all the troops, but still retained tens of thousands of elite troops stationed in Xinde land, making the Dutch feel like a hint of back. Moreover, with the long-term efforts of negotiations and the continuous stirring of the East Coast Navy along the coast of France (the loss of these and French Caribbean islands hurts Louis's self-esteem), the giant of France may be furious at any time, and then detonate the war again. You must know that the three representatives have not signed the peace agreement yet. If you don't sign it on this day, the threat of war will not be eliminated in one day.

Therefore, while sending representatives to understand the views of the East Coast people, they persuaded them to give up some unrealistic demands and quickly end the war with the French. At the same time, their representatives also went to the Madrid court, and Ming and the representatives of the United Provinces were not so polite to the Spaniards who were both in trouble at home and abroad. They demanded that the Spaniards not be too entangled and end the war as soon as possible, otherwise they might take some economic measures.

This undoubtedly made the Spanish extremely depressed, and economic sanctions were always very sad. Although they now have some financial support from the Asians, this is still not comparable to the big money owner Dutch. Therefore, they have to express concern about the Dutch's request, otherwise they may have to declare financial bankruptcy again. As for wars, let alone wars. Not only can they not be protected by the South Dutch and Francheconte, but they may also have to take away a lot of land on the peninsula, which is unacceptable to the Spanish.

So, now the Spaniards are in a state of being confused and helpless and unable to straighten their backs. They are very afraid of the Dutch, and they also have a very complicated view of the East Coast, which is an allies, and they don’t know what to do. The above is this attitude, so when they are transmitted to the lower, the people below naturally cannot straighten their backs. Now, when Owando faces He Yuan, this is the case: the cattle hunters on the east coast wantonly invade the Pampa prairie and settle down in the mouth of the river. It seems that they will be camped for a long time. What can you do? Drive them away? Do you have the ability? Not to mention anything else, the power of the Spanish Kingdom here is so weak that even the Indians can’t handle it (the colony site where the Spaniards originally set up here was killed by the Indians on the day of the Assumption Day of a certain year), let alone the "bandits" on the East Coast who are a hundred times stronger than the Indians!

Therefore, after all the trouble, our "duty" Lord Constantine de Owando could only charge a thousand yuan benefit fee of Heyuan, and withdrew in shame. No matter how the people on the East Coast were in Niuzhuang Town, as long as their steps were limited there, just turn a blind eye. Who made the country difficult now? The reason for Lord Owando to anesthetize himself was very sufficient, and he was obviously very familiar with it...

After coaxing the Spaniards away, He Yuan had a whim and took a few entourages to turn over and galloped onto the wide grassland outside the town. He liked this endless grassland more and more now. He kept imagining the scene of the crowded people here in a few years and a fertile field of thousands of miles. At that time, he might have been promoted from the position of the regional administration commission to serve as a central ministry commission?

"'Pampa is the name of the Indian people, from the Quechua language, meaning 'a plain without woods', and it is indeed an endless plain without trees." A follower rode on a horse and said casually to He Yuan: "Based on the summary and analysis of the situation obtained by our expedition members, the vast Pampa can be roughly divided into two major regions, namely the wet Pampa in the east and the dry Pampa in the west, which the Spanish also called the Estepa."

"It's really a 'striking personality' area." He Yuan smiled and said, "Wet Pampa can be said to be the heart of La Plata, which can communicate directly or indirectly with almost all other places. Look, the east is bordered by the sea, close to the Patagonia platform, and the north is the Parana River, La Plata River and other boats, which can be connected with the country and even the world through rivers or oceans. Its area is large, its fertile land and mild climate are above all places. In the future, it will concentrate a considerable number of important cities in the country. The strong economic power, the large number of residents, and the development of humanities and society will also be at the forefront of the country. You guys, such a great cause will actually start in our hands. It's a bit exciting to think about it, haha!"

He Yuan said this, and everyone was just laughing. No one cared about Ovando, the Kingdom of Spain, just not long ago. Think about it, how could Hede occupy this vast and fertile land like a country like Spain? Besides, don’t you Spanish not pay attention to this place at all? Well, since you value Charcas, Lima, Guayaquil, Quito, Santa Febogota, Panama, Guadalajara, Guatemala, Mexico City and other tropical trial court areas, go there to have a flies, and we the East Coast people will not interfere. In exchange, we are afraid that Pampa, a fertile land of thousands of miles away, let’s take our needs!

After a brief walk on the grassland, everyone carried a corpse of a lion that was so dying that they were ready to come back to Niuzhuang Town. At this time, another cattle hunting team drove a large group of bisons and arrived at the bullpen outside the town. The originally quiet Niuzhuang Port suddenly became excited. Traders, butchers, workshop owners, cobblers, cobbers and even Italian prostitutes all took action. In a place like Niuzhuang, the bison herd is the baton and is the core of all economic activities. Once the large group of bison arrives, more than a thousand men, women, and young men, and young people in the town will act in the shortest time and make preparations. Now that's it! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!