My Trading Partner, China
When I was still a young nation, China and I were good friends. China used to call me "Ma-I" meaning "Beautiful Islands" which I liked a lot. I often enjoy his frequent visits and sometimes he taught me his ways. We were also good trade partners. I still remember the time I gave China a huge rock of gold for some herbs but that was when I didn't understand what it was for. I was so embarrassed when I did.
I was pushing this huge chunk of yellow rock all the way to the shore where China settles his boats. It was very heavy and large that I was so tired the moment I got to the beach. China was just getting off his boat when he saw the large piece of gold rolling towards him. He didn't see me pushing it since the rock was almost bigger than me.
"Here…China" I breathed "The biggest lump of yellow rock I could find…whew!"
"Thanks Ma-I, here are the herbs I promised" He took another glance at golden boulder. "I don't think I could accept this-aru" he said.
"Nonsense!" I shouted. "Your herbs have always helped the ill members of my tribe! The least I could do is giving you this rock. I don't even why you need it!" I protested.
"But-"
I took the herbs from him before he could speak. "Thanks China!" I yelled while running back to my tribe.
China sighed "Great, how I'm I going to get this on the boat without sinking-aru?" he said to himself.
I also have China's oldest villa (A.K.A. Chinatown) in Binondo. It was when Papa Spain permitted Chinese settlement so Chinese people could convert to Catholicism. But then after a hundred year settlement there, China plotted a revolt against Papa but he utterly failed after he visited Manila to search my "Mountain of gold"
"Ah, I wonder where Ma-I finds all that gold" China said while walking towards Manila. "It must be a mountain since she had given me pounds of it-aru!"
When he got there, the Spanish saw China soming towards the city.
"Excuse me-aru, do you know where the mountain of gold is found-aru?" he asked.
"What is he talking about?" whispered a Spanish man to another.
"I don't know..." The man realized something and he became alarmed "He must be planing to invade Manila*!"
"What! We must tell the Governor-General right know!" the Spanish men ran off.
While China was left confused "What was that all about-aru?" he said as he proceeded to enter Manila.
*Three official Chinese representatives who disclosed they were searching for "a mountain of gold". This strange claim prompted the Spanish to conclude that there was an imminent invasion from China in the making.