But every year the Chinese take away all the money there is.

There are many ships here, twenty-five or thirty in number, with four thousand men who have come here to trade.

We fear no extortion on their part, because of the great importance to them of our commerce; but, as we have no merchandise to give them, having nothing except reals, it will be advisable for your Majesty to send orders as to what we should do, and how we are to decide the question of slaves, since there are so many classes of them, as I have shown above.
The poverty of the soldiers who come here is extreme, for they draw no pay, and the country cannot support them.

It would be advisable to send orders to employ them in conquests, and to send over many soldiers.

Also orders should be given to build some galleys which should not lie idle and become ruined, as did those left by Doctor Sande.