C3118 What a big paper tiger! (2/2)
The cards were so good, but who knew how well the Spanish national fortunes had flourished in the past!
South America Continent was the lifeblood of Spain's economy, so where did all the cash flow come from? But once the war of national independence started, all the colonies became independent!
There was absolutely nothing Spain could do. Why not send troops? Because at that time, Spain had already been conquered by Napoleon and the entire continent was already occupied by the Bonaparte Family.
If an empire could not even hold its own and the South America's mountain of gold and silver was lost, then it was easy to imagine how weak the colonial rule of Asia would be!
In the later stages of Spain, they were purely relying on diplomacy, pretending to be a grandson in front of the English and French in exchange for a little face for the Empire, guarding the last bit of the colony while they struggled to survive!
In the end, the United States did not like him, so he stole the last two large colonies of Spain during the Spanish-American War!
National destiny! Get up and you'll be a pig on the wind! If you fall, you are the sausage and bacon of other people's mouths!
It was precisely because Xiao Letian understood this point that he knew clearly in his heart that the reason the Spaniard ruled over the Luzon was not to rely on the strength of the ships or the power of the cannons, but rather the power that came from three hundred years old!
Three hundred years of rule produced a habitual thought, and in this era there was a general sense of fear in Asia!
Due to the fact that the citizens of Asian were lagging behind and had their eyes closed, they did not know what was going on inside Europe. They did not understand the difference between Spaniard and the British, French and German.
In those confused eyes, they felt that as long as they were Europeans, they were invincible!
The Spaniard borrowed the confused and ignorant state of mind of the Asian citizens to deceive people, pulling the flag to intimidate others, and thus maintained her authority in the Philippines.
This was a typical paper tiger, but Xiao Letian loved to burn paper tigers the most.
The facts proved the Führer's judgment. The battle in Manila ended in a single night, and in the end, the Governor and high ranking generals had all run away. The expected street battle had never occurred!
”Today, we know how terrifying the leader is! The words of the Hidden Dragon were not false! Not to mention anything else, just by relying on your discerning eyes, you are not something a normal person can possess! ”
”Spain! Tsk tsk tsk tsk … What a powerful empire! ”Who would have thought that I would be so weak right now?”
”Now that we, the Chinese, have discovered it, we will make the first move. The fattest meat will naturally be ours!”
After hearing Sakamoto Ryoma's analysis, everyone sighed with emotion, but Mr. Ryoma shook his head: ”How is that some fat? The meat from the Spanish Empire has long been cleanly shared by English and French!”
”We only have leftovers!”
With that sentence, everyone turned silent. After a long while, Taro Shimadzu swallowed his saliva and carefully said, ”So that's … Spaniard still has two million and seven hundred million silver taels left from the two million and five hundred thousand kilograms of gold … ”
”Already in the pockets of the English and the French?”
The moment he said that, the crowd was immediately filled with the sound of swallowing saliva!