On February 10, 1699, the Spanish Embassy of Oriental Port.

Castro sat at the desk with annoyed look on his face, grabbed a pen and wrote the letter. After writing a page, he didn't know what he remembered, and he slapped the page into a ball and threw it into the trash can. Then, he said nothing until his consultant, Menedes, walked in.

Castro is the new Spanish ambassador to the East Coast, an officer from a non-noble origin. He participated in the war against France a few years ago and eventually expelled the invading French troops in Barcelona, ​​making him famous. Afterwards, he ignored the delicate situation in the local area and blatantly suppressed several local nobles in Catalonia who raised troops to respond when the French invasion, and for a moment he made a huge name.

However, Castro's fierce means aroused the collective hostility of the nobles in the Catalan region. They jointly wrote a letter to the king, demanding that the person be removed from office. Even in Castilla, some nobles opposed Castro's fierce means, believing that he was like killing serfs to humiliate the nobles, although it was indecent to rebel against the nobles, so they also demanded that the person be removed.

Although King Carlos II was already weak, his mind was not confused. He knew that Castro was loyal to the royal family and was fighting for the king he served, so he did not remove him from office and investigate, but transferred him to the New World. The position of serving as ambassador to the East Coast is hard to say as a punishment.

King Carlos also attacked the New World colonies at the suggestion of his favorite ministers. He selected a large number of officials and noble children in Castilla, and then sent them to New Spain and Peru to serve as officials at all levels, to clean up many peninsula people and native white officials who were said to have been "degenerate" for a long time. It can be said to be a great purge.

Well, the so-called "degenerate" is actually very simple. It is people who are too deeply involved with the people of the East Coast and collude to harm the interests of the Kingdom of Spain. These guys can really do anything for money, but they are all very high-profile and make a fortune, making the local people so envious that their eyes are almost popping out, and they are ready to make a fortune in the New World. So, King Carlos's cleaning is really nonsensical, and it is useful for birds! In less than two years, these new peninsula people will collude with the people of the East Coast to repeat the "degenerate" story of the previous group of people. Madrid can hardly change anything except offending a large number of vested interests.

Castro was not very concerned about what happened in New Spain and Peru. What he valued was the relationship between the East Coast and Spain, that is, how to carefully maintain the relationship between the two countries to prevent it from breaking down and seeking benefits for Spain to the greatest extent. The nobles in Madrid are not fools. They have keenly noticed something was wrong through a series of things that have happened in recent years, and have many bad speculations about what the East Coast people should do. They have also sent people to test it, but the diplomatic departments on the East Coast speak without giving them too much useful information.

However, even so, the Spaniards still found quite a few clues. For example, the Port of Ceuta, which had agreed to only let business on the east coast, poured into the Port of Ceuta, such as soldiers, priests, craftsmen, etc. It is unknown what these people do in Ceuta, but it is not a good thing. The Spanish local officials in Ceuta are now almost completely undermined. In addition to being able to collect taxes regularly, they lack control over the entire city, so Ceuta has gradually become the source of East Coast conspiracy.

In addition, it is not a secret that a large group of East Coast soldiers were settled in the Fortress of Campomorone, Italy. Although the Spanish rule in northern Italy has been in name only, they still have some influence, and it is not difficult to detect this matter. They are now very worried that these East Coast soldiers will support the Italians, so that Milan, Parma and other places in northern Italy will be independent immediately and get rid of the rule of the Spanish Kingdom. In that way, they will not be able to receive a penny and their voice in northern Italy will be deprived, although it is now very weak.

Of course, the Spaniards would not be unable to see the main force of the East Coast Navy or gradually transfer north. The Portuguese sold half of the entire Cape Verde island, and the East Coast people built a large-scale construction there, dispatching many warships and soldiers to conduct various drills every few days. The Port of Playa is not a military restricted area, but a busy commercial port. The sailors on foreign merchant ships anchored in the port, as long as they are not deaf, they often hear the rumbling sound of artillery artillery. Who is the exercise targeting?

In fact, no wonder the Spanish were randomly thinking. The military deployments strengthened by the East Coast people were located near them, such as the Principality of Milan, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, etc. In addition, they also had ghosts in their hearts, and secret contact with the French could not be concealed by those who were interested. The East Coast people were worried that their interests would be damaged, so it was normal for them to react. However, this reaction made the Spanish a little scared. They were really afraid that the East Coast people would fight if they had disagreements, and that would be frustrated to death.

Therefore, before Ambassador Castro came to take office, King Carlos forced himself to hold his sick body and gave him face-to-face advice, asking him to make every effort to figure out the intentions of the East Coast people, and to release goodwill at the right time to repair their relationship with the East Coast, so that they must not have any bad intentions towards the Kingdom of Spain.

In addition, some of Madrid's great nobles also came to Castro. Although these people did not like this humble person, at this time, they could only pinch their noses and emphasize to him the principle of how to deal with the East Coast. The content was actually no different from what King Carlos explained. Castro was very despised by these nobles. Among these nobles, some were hooked up with Vienna, some were entangled with Paris, and some were even even

At the same time, the two sides secretly communicated with each other, but they were all restless. As for the reason, alas, Castro could only sigh when he thought of this. Who made King Carlos have no descendants and his physical condition worsens seriously, and the throne was destined to be handed over in a short period of time? Now that I think there are probably only France and Austria who have inheritance rights, and the throne will be held by the people of these two families sooner or later. Therefore, it is not unreasonable that those nobles are undercurrents in private.

Castro had no tendency towards Paris and Vienna, and felt that it didn't matter who would sit on the Spanish throne. What he was concerned about was nothing more than whether the Spanish kingdom could minimize losses in this inheritance storm that was destined to blow. It was impossible to keep a little vitality for the country as much as possible. Therefore, after coming to the East Coast, he always respected the explanations of the king and the nobles, tried every means to find out the news and test the attitude of the East Coast Republic towards the inheritance of the Spanish throne, but he had never got any definite results. The East Coast people were vain to him, but they were not vague at all, which made Ambassador Castro even more uneasy.

This road was not easy, and Castro asked the Portuguese to attack indirectly. For this reason, he used the matter to discuss the colonial borders of the two countries with the Portuguese ambassador to discuss the colonies of the two countries. Although the colonies of the West and Portugal had the principle of Pope meridian, there were actually many controversies. Both sides crossed the border and often needed to sit down and discuss or even argue irrelevantly to guide the people on the east coast.

But the Portuguese ambassador is also a smart man. Hum haha, but he didn't say anything right, which completely failed Castro's plan. Of course, this Portuguese ambassador does not know too many details. The King Pedro, who ascended the throne by the sister-in-law in Lisbon, would not inform the envoys abroad of such confidential matters. But the ambassador himself is indeed smart. He analyzed from all signs that King Pedro intends to completely fall into the arms of the East Coast people, providing various conveniences for the East Coast people's actions in Europe to obtain economic compensation and support for the American colonies expansion in recent years, Portugal and France have launched a fierce battle in the Amazon River Basin. French colonists dispatched from French Guiana often attacked the local Portuguese. The relationship between the two countries is not very harmonious, so the Portuguese urgently needs the support of the East Coast people.

After the Portuguese ambassador figured out this festival, he naturally would not say anything to Castrodo. Therefore, he just kept perfunctory and eventually made people return disappointed.

Today, Ambassador Castro was preparing to publish some semi-annual report report, but after only half an hour of writing, he didn't know how to continue. He still had no clue about his work. Although he felt that there was something wrong with the East Coast people, as if they were destined to take action against Spain. They had enough motivation to do so, but in the end they were just his own guesses. It was not easy to write it randomly into this serious work report, so he was very irritated.

His adviser Menendes has just returned from the Dutch Embassy. The Dutch are trying their best to win over Spain, so they exchanged a lot of valuable information with Menendes. The more they think about it, the more they feel that something is wrong, so they plan to discuss it with Ambassador Castro. As soon as they enter the office, they see that the ambassador looks restless and know what is going on, so they immediately said: "Amistant, please don't have any fantasy. The hostility of the East Coast people towards Spain is already very obvious, and we don't need to continue to deceive ourselves. In fact, no matter what kind of efforts Madrid makes or what kind of kindness they release, the East Coast people have great potential to attack us. They have sufficient reasons to do so, and they seem a little impatient."
Chapter completed!