Hannah looked at the goods on the shelves hesitantly. It was a piece of high-end woolen from the UK, priced at 8 yuan. The only 12 yuan she got after selling the pig in her pocket was too expensive. She sighed.

"Fabian, wool velvet is too expensive. I originally wanted to buy you a piece of clothing. Your clothes were too worn before. You were going to Dingyuan Castle for training in the afternoon. Will you be ridiculed by people from other villages without new clothes?" Hannah looked at Fabian Klingman apologetically, with a worried look on her face.

"It's okay, my dear." Fabian kissed his wife and said, "Mr. Ge said that uniforms will be distributed when going to the training camp. Don't worry about me, everyone wears the same clothes."

"Mr. Ge is a decent person in the village, so he will definitely be fine if he says this." Hannah was a little happy. "Ms. Adeer said that you can get a dime for five days of training. This training will last until before the wheat is sown in April, and you can get a dollar at that time."

"Next month, I will take all the potatoes I can't eat at home to Dingyuan Fort and sell them. They can sell them for almost 20 yuan. I will redeem the land if I get the money. This must be done before the potatoes are sown in April. The money must be spent in important places. Do you understand, my dear." Fabian said, plitting Hannah's nose.

"Fabian, is it because of the Spanish that you went to the training camp this time? Yesterday, Miss Adele told us during dinner that the Spanish would come to rob us of food and livestock this year. Because they were fighting with the Dutch and there were many countries, they had no money to spend, so they were going to rob us. Is this true?" Hannah asked suddenly with some concern.

There are some things that the Executive Committee did not hide from these lower-class farmers. After all, they are not fools. They can keenly detect the undercurrents hidden under the calm waters in recent times. Therefore, it is better to be distracted than to block them. It is better to guide public opinion and strengthen propaganda in their own way, and first confirm the Spanish robber face in their minds. This will arouse them some of the courage to unite with the enemy.

Fabian's face suddenly became a little unfavorable. "This group of borers! They will be punished!"

Although he was a little depressed, Fabian still accompanied his wife to select goods from the supply and marketing cooperative. The goods on the shelves are becoming more and more abundant. Hannah's eyes are constantly surfing the sugar, dried fruits, cheese, and cured meat. Fabian fixed his eyes on the bottles of liquor on the shelves, and was about to ask the salesperson for the price, but there was a noise at the door, and a group of half-aged men in their teens rushed in.

A tall boy in the lead slapped ten one-yuan coins on the counter, lifted his chin and looked proudly at the clerk and the customer in surprise. "Buy wine! Buy wine! Buy all!" The boys behind him put their faces up and clamored to buy wine.

The clerk was a little surprised, but soon recovered from calmness: "There is only one kind of spirit wine, which costs 2 yuan per bottle. Are you sure you want to buy it?"

The boy struggled for a moment, as if he felt quite painful for spending money like this, but he soon pretended to be generous and said: "I bought all, 5 bottles!" The boys behind him immediately cheered.

"No, Tess, you can't sell it to him!" When the clerk was about to get the wine, a middle-aged man next to him came over.

"Sir, Shopkeeper." Shopkeeper Tess bowed slightly.

"Jiwen, you bad boy. Where did you get the money?" The middle-aged man weighed the ten yuan in his hand, glanced at Jiwen, and said, "It's ten yuan. Your monthly allowance is only 50 cents. When did you make such a big sum?"

"It was Mr. Principal who rewarded me because I answered his test questions." Ji Wen answered proudly.

"Hahaha..." the middle-aged store manager laughed, "It's really good. Does your father know about this?"

Ji Wen's momentum was suddenly frustrated when he heard this, but he soon became tougher: "I don't need to report everything to my father. I am a soldier now, a soldier of the Navy's "East Coast Eagle" frigate. Maybe you will have to call me Mr. Ji Wen in the future."

"Mr. Jiwen...Mr. Jiwen..." A group of teenagers behind him started to clamor.

The middle-aged man glared at them: "I became a sailor at the age of sixteen and followed many famous captains. I even went to the East. Have you guys been on the battlefield? Have you ever killed someone? Go home quickly, you can't sell wine to minors."

"I will prove my courage." Jiwen raised his chin proudly, "When the Spaniards come, I will knock them all into the sea. Also, you cannot sell alcohol to minors. When is this the rule?"

"It's just now, now!" A majestic voice rang behind me: "The rules I set, the Navy does not need drunks."

Ji Wen's body stiffened, and the young men around him shivered, and they all lowered their heads and wanted to get straight under the table.

"School... Mr. Principal." Ji Wen turned around with a sad face, "I...I just come here...I just take a look."

When Lu Ming saw these children paying money in the finance room in the morning, he called his friends and rushed out happily. He vaguely heard them talking about drinking and knew where the children were going, so he followed him quietly. Sure enough, he caught the group of teenagers who wanted to buy alcohol in the supply and marketing cooperative.

To be honest, drinking for minors is a common thing in this era (if he can afford to drink). However, Lu Ming is a person from the 21st century after all. In his stereotyped ideas, drinking for minors is definitely a taboo and absolutely intolerable. "Ji Wen, your vacation has been cancelled. Now go back to school immediately to exercise your physical fitness, hurry up!"

Fabian looked at the dejected teenagers and couldn't help but smile, while his wife Hannah muttered a few words "rude Irish".

At this moment, a noise suddenly sounded on the street, and many people were shouting. The police, who were walking slowly with their hands behind their backs, immediately became nervous. They pulled out short sticks from their waists and squeezed towards the crowded area.

"A Spanish ship came on the dock!" Someone was shouting loudly. The sensational news immediately spread among the crowd as quickly as possible.

Soon, more and more detailed news came. "There were not many Spanish ships on the dock." "They came down a few officials." "The Spaniards were very arrogant." "Their officials were received."

At this time, no one in the supply and marketing cooperative had the intention to continue shopping, and many people were anxiously inquiring about the news. Lu Ming also looked solemn, grabbed a group of students' necks and drove them back to school, and then immediately rushed to the Navy to prepare for inquiry.

It took ten minutes to arrive at the office of the Admiralty, but saw that there were not many people in the office. Everyone was lying on the railing at the stairs and looking down at something. Lu Ming leaned over curiously, but found that the purpose was to be several Spanish in dresses, while the members of the Executive Committee stood opposite them.

"The king of the Romans; the Supreme Armed Commander-in-Chief of the Catholics; the Head of the Golden Wool Knights; the Protector of Tuscany; the Arbiter of Italy; the Holiest Jazz; the Co-governance of the Indian Ocean Islands and the Continent of Europe; the Earl of Barcelona; the King of Jerusalem; the Ruler of Portugal; Leon, Toledo, Valencia, Aragon, Two Sicily, Granada, Andalusia... (Omitted N-words); the Lord of West India; and the Protector of all Spanish vassals; the Great Philip IV sent his most loyal minister, the upper nobles, the devout Catholics, the graceful Alfonso Bianca de Santis Romero to write a letter to the leader of the Tatans..."

"What is this guy talking about?" Even Ma Ganzu, who had the best patience, was a little impatient and asked Gao Mo quietly.

"Well, the previous paragraph is the title of the King of Spain, most of which are nonsense. At present... I haven't reached the point yet." Gao Mo was a little ashamed.

...

"The Tatans illegally occupied the eastern coast of La Plata under the jurisdiction of the governor of Peru, appointed by His Majesty Philip IV, and violated the trade laws of the Kingdom of Spain. His kind Attorney General Romero allowed the Tatans to leave freely after paying 1 million pesos of taxes owed since 1630." The Spaniards finally finished reading the lengthy letter and handed it over to the diplomatic committee member Gaumo who received them.

Gao Mo had long expected that the Spaniards would come to find fault, but he didn't expect that they had such a big appetite, 1 million pesos, haha, a big tone. After reporting the Spaniard's request to the rest of the executive committee, it aroused fierce opposition from most of the members.

"How can I bear to be blackmailed by someone?" "Do you think we are three-year-old children? After collecting the money with one hand, then starting a war with the other hand." "I don't agree, and I will fight if I want to fight." "Tell him quickly that we have more money and let him take it by himself."

Gao Mo was not surprised by everyone's reaction, and then he formally expressed his rejection of his request to the Spanish Inspector General.

The Spanish envoy was not surprised. He then took out another envelope from his arms and handed it to Gaomo, and said, "According to the principle of neutral warfare, you will have six hours to prepare before the governor of Peru, the Kingdom of Spain, takes all necessary actions to you." After that, he walked out without waiting for a response.
Chapter completed!