Chapter 249: It was different in the Luzon era!
"Brother Pan laughed!" Xu Qing knew that what he had just done was very unbearable, so he laughed at himself.
"No!" Pan Haisheng said dullly, "I feel I am very useless!"
"The warlord taught us that the guns in our hands are used to protect our own people and deal with the enemy. This time we have neglected our duty!" Pan Haisheng said guiltily, "We promise that we won't happen again in the future!"
"Good, good!" Xu Qing said with satisfaction.
Go back and report to Officer Hong Xi who is parked on the Kaohsiung No. 8 in the nearby waters. He calmly said: "Let's let things go, let's go, let's go to Manila first!"
I want to get caught, and the situation is starting now. I am afraid that the other party is still tense, which is not conducive to the rescue. First, go to Manila. After the other party relaxes, the matter will naturally be resolved.
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Magic Manila!
In 1565, the Spaniard Legazpi landed on Cebu Island and established the first colony here.
Four years later, Spain established a second colony in Panay.
The King Philip II of Spain appointed Legazpi as the Governor of the Philippines and ordered the locals to believe in Catholicism.
In 1570, Legazpi, in the name of the Governor of the Philippines, sent 15 warships to Mindoro Island.
Legazpi appointed his grandsons Juan Salcedo and Goiti to establish colonial rule in Luzon.
Gotiy and Manila Sultan Soliman formed an alliance and entered Manila.
In 1571, the Spanish conqueror Miguel López de Legazpi (Miguel López de Legazpi) arrived in Manila and built a walled city here, that is, Intramuros (Royal City), a European-style building complex.
It was the year that Legazpi declared Manila as the capital of the Philippines, and with the organization and support of the Catholic Church, the Philippines became a place of Catholic faith.
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In the beginning, because Luzon was relatively barren, the Spaniard once lamented: "There is no spice, no gold and silver here."
In fact, Luzon is rich in mineral deposits (later proved that there are billions of tons of copper in the Philippines and hundreds of millions of tons of gold reserves), but after the prospecting water section at that time, it was impossible to find out.
The turning point appeared after merchants from Yuegang in Fujian Province of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Luzon. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, there were at least dozens of hundreds of ships (large and small) between Luzon and China each year. There were many types of goods shipped by Chinese merchant ships. , There are various items for eating and wearing, such as cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, chickens, ducks and other livestock and poultry; various raw silk, silk fabrics, cotton cloth, linen and other textiles; porcelain, iron, copper, tin, lead and other utensils; food, fruits And pepper, cinnamon, cloves, sugar, flour and other foodstuffs; among them, raw silk and silk fabrics account for about 90%.
After the Chinese merchant ships arrived at the port, they first carried the goods into the Chinese shops in the port, and then the local Chinese sold the goods to the Filipinos and Spaniards. The Spaniards relied on the goods shipped by Chinese merchant ships to not only solve their survival needs in the Philippines, but they also transferred silk and porcelain from Chinese merchant ships to their American colonies, thus forming the so-called "Pacific Silk Road." This trade was called the "Sailboat Trade" by Western scholars, and Chinese silk and porcelain spread throughout the world. The Spaniards can earn a net profit of several million pesos every year through the "Manila Galleon". And China also obtained a large amount of South American silver through these trades.
This business is very prosperous, attracting a large number of Chinese to Manila to ask for a living. Even after the Spanish massacred the Chinese in Manila in 1603, Chinese people gathered in Manila soon.
Merchant ships from Ming Dynasty usually berth at Cavite (the bottom of Krabi), a long and narrow peninsula five miles south of Manila. It stands in front of Manila and is a barrier of Manila. It is just south of the big bay, which is the early Spain. During the rule of the military, there were seaports and fortresses, and the geographical position was very important.
The tip of the peninsula is the corner of Sangley. "Sangley" is a Hokkien dialect, which means business travel (?travelingmerchants), which is a derogatory term for the descendants of Chinese who were born in the Philippines. A typical usage of this word is that the principal of a church in Manila was in 1628. In a complaint in Nian, the "great threat" caused by the "sangley swarming of barbarians abandoned by God".
It’s not to blame for the Spanish BS Ming people of that period. Even the Emperor Ming didn’t want them, and many of them didn’t hold grudges when they were killed. How could they be respected by the Spanish?
But today will be different.
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The merchant ships of this special mixed fleet filed into the anchorage at the bottom of Krabi. Because it was a large fleet, the entire Krabi bottom was alarmed. Officer Hong Xi saw the dark crowds on the dock waiting on the cruise ship. As the fleet entered the port, it was really shocked.
All kinds of people, most of them are Chinese, some poor whites, native Filipino monkeys, and Japanese people wearing Ming dynasty costumes posing as Ming people (they can’t go back to China, some Japanese have a pure Chinese accent, and all Han Chinese Not necessarily better than them, just like the Chinese calligraphy written by a young master of the southeast prefecture is far less good than that of His Royal Highness of the Japanese Imperial Palace), there are also Koreans, Annan people... messy, when the first merchant ship approached the port, the above People almost don’t even have space to get off the land!
But official Hong Xi was not interested in paying attention to the excitement here, he ordered: "Go ahead and go to Wangcheng Port!"
At this time, Xu Qing was also on the cruise ship in place of Zhang Yunhe. Hearing his order, he was taken aback: "Captain Hong, the Spaniards don’t allow us Ming people to go there!"
"I am the special envoy of the Southeast Mansion of Daming, and I am here for the friendly visit on behalf of the Southeast Mansion. If the Spaniards don't let us pass, it means war!" Official Hong Xi laughed strangely: "Don't let us pass today, we will come again tomorrow~www .wuxiaspot.com~ will be the arrival of our battleship from the Southeast Palace. If you don't invite us, then we won't invite us!"
Xu Qing is speechless!
Hong Xiguan invited him and said, "Come together and bear a testimony!"
"Good!" Xu Qing said cheerfully.
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So they saw three warships carrying the flag of Daming, bypassing the Krabi port, and heading straight for the Wangcheng port area ahead!
The sailors on the Daming battleship took out their usual gowns and wore white suits. The sailors were sailor caps with ribbons and carried long spears, while the officers had big caps, sabers and pistols. Everyone wore dazzling and eye-catching outfits. , Standing proudly, the officers and men standing on a **** (the officers and men are separated from the gunwale with their legs crossed behind their hands) lined up on both sides of the deck, and their military appearance is neat.
The military band on the ship also played brisk military music, blowing and beating, attracting more people to see the Mingren battleship.
What's more, the gun doors on the two cruise ship gun decks opened, revealing a door of cannons pointing outwards, and the three 18-pounder guns in the middle were particularly eye-catching.
In addition, the outdoor deck guns of the supply ship were taken off, and the three battleships slowly passed in front of the people in the Krabi port in a battle formation, and the noise of the people on the dock suddenly silenced.
Then what did people see?
Local indispensable ruler, the Spaniards sent pilot boats, piloted in front of the three Ming Kingdom battleships, and guided them to the port of Wangcheng where only white ships could dock!
This is the glory that non-white people have never had before!
Wow!
All the people who saw this scene held their breath, and then slowly let out a breath!
Xu Qing and Rong Youyan on the cruise ship, with wet eyes, gently said to himself, "The times are different!"
