Manila, which later became the capital of the Philippines.

Manila City was originally the capital of the princely states of Luzon, but in 1571, the Spanish colonizer Rigesby landed in Manila Bay, invaded and occupied Luzon, and became the capital of the Spanish colonists.

After seventy or eighty years of development, although the city is not large, it is already a castle in a purely European style.

Around nine o'clock in the morning, a luxurious horse-drawn carriage drove into Manila, surrounded by a group of heavily armed escorts, their costumes were the latest in the Ming military system.

Zhu Cijiong, the prince of Da Mingding, sat in a carriage and walked through the gloomy and terrifying streets of Manila.

He looked out of the curtain of the car, and there was a fire outside, surrounded by groups of natives of three or five, who were "patrolling" the neighborhood with long knives in their hands.

Zhu Cijiong saw Chinese corpses lying on the street from time to time, many of them were headless, or the head was next to the neck, and the corpses of Chinese women were even more, all naked.

Most of them were ravaged horribly, their bodies scarred, carved with some kind of totem, and their lower bodies stuffed with wooden sticks.

One can imagine how much inhuman abuse these women suffered during their lifetimes!

Zhu Cijiong also saw a little Chinese girl in her teens, lying quietly in a pool of blood, her light-colored floral skirt was soaked in blood red, her neck and body were completely separated, and her head was cut off.

The carriage turned into the main street towards the Doge's Palace, where the shops on both sides of the road were burning, and a few meters away was a charred corpse, in a state of agony.

The natives of the crowd had swords and clubs in their hands, and searched for prey, each carrying the plundered goods.

In the carriage, Zhu Cijiong smelled the unpleasant stench, lowered the curtain with a pale face, and felt a sharp pain in his heart, trembling and holding the edict in his hand tightly.

"The hateful Spaniards connived at the intensification of the incident and massacred the Chinese, and the crime cannot be punished!"

Zhu Cijiong was so angry that he trembled all over, tears kept staying, and he repeatedly warned himself in his heart not to be excited, to be rational!

A moment later, Zhu Cijiong's voice came from inside the carriage: "Hang my Ming flag" on the roof of the car!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Then, a huge Ming flag floated on the carriage, on the bright red flag, the golden sun was like a rising sun, and the four gold stars below were more like a dazzling light.

Gradually, the people on the entire street were stunned, whether they were Chinese or local natives, they all looked at the huge Ming flag on this carriage in amazement.

A moment later, a few of the irrational natives who had killed them roared and rushed over, but they were shot in the head three feet away from the carriage, leaving only a red and white place, and their bodies were slammed to the ground.

"Smack!"

Another gunshot rang out, and a native who was chasing the Chinese with a knife fell to the ground, bleeding from his heart.

Next to the carriage, the captain of the royal palace guard from the Tianwu Army maintained a shooting posture, and the barrel of the gun in his hand was still emitting white smoke.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered: "If you see anyone slaughtering Chinese, shoot them all!" ”

"Yes!"

The convoy raised their guns to look for the target, and from time to time fired a life-threatening shot at the target.

Although the number of the royal guards was only a few dozen, and they were also in the lair of Westerners, they were not afraid at all.

The atmosphere in the city was no longer the same as when Zhu Cijiong came, and gunshots rang out from time to time.

The local natives looked at the blood-colored red flag on the carriage in horror and the group of troops who were even more fierce than them, and the natives who had been collecting protection money in Causeway Bay immediately dispersed, howling and running quickly.

Hearing the gunshots, a squad of Spanish colonial troops quickly arrived and shouted at the carriage: "What are you going to do!" ”

The anger in Zhu Cijiong's eyes in the carriage gradually couldn't be concealed, these Hongyi didn't care about the local natives slaughtering the Chinese, but they came to care about the natives who killed the criminals in the Ming mission!

The captain of the palace guard shouted: "Blind your dog's eyes, this is my Royal Highness the Prince of Damingding, let your governor come and meet you quickly!" ”

The Spanish officer at the head sneered: "This is the territory of the Spanish Empire, even if the Prince of Ming comes here, he has no right to give orders here!" ”

Without saying a word, the captain of the palace guard put the muzzle of the gun on his head and shouted: "No more nonsense, Lao Tzu shot you!" ”

"You dare!"

The Spanish officers, who had also participated in many colonial wars, appeared to be arrogant and fearless.

"Alright, let him lead the way, go to the Doge's Palace, and this king will personally go to see Salctor!"

The Spanish officer looked very uncomfortable when he heard these words, and still held his face high and said nothing.

After a while, Zhu Cijiong lifted the curtain, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, and said: "This king's patience is not very good, within ten breaths, if you don't lead the way, you will never be able to walk!" ”

Feeling the cold muzzle on his head and the cold gaze of the Prince of Daming in front of him, the Spanish officer showed a trace of unnatural horror on his face, subconsciously shuddered, and immediately turned around without saying a word to lead the way.

He was afraid that after a long time, he would really be killed by this group of people......

The carriage finally drove into the gates of the Governor's Palace, and the officer's torture finally came to an end.

.......

In the living room of the Governor's Palace, Zhu Cijiong sat on the sofa.

This kind of upholstered sofa, which appeared in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, is generally popular in Europe, mainly using natural elastic materials such as horsehair, poultry feathers, and plant fluff as filling, and the outside is covered with velvet, embroidery and other fabrics, and it is very soft for people to sit on it.

A servant of the Governor's Palace brought tea and gently put it down.

Zhu Cijiong glanced at the maids in the hall and found that they were all local natives with protruding facial bones and somewhat dark skin.

Although these teas came from the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong didn't have the heart to taste them, just waited patiently.

After a while, the butler of the Governor's Mansion walked in and said in a gentlemanly tone, "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, the Governor is still taking a lunch break, please wait a little longer." ”

Zhu Cijiong suppressed his anger and said lightly: "A small governor of Waiyi, still playing a big card in front of this king, does he know what his surname is?" ”

The butler was a little proud in his heart, but he still showed a very embarrassed look, and said: "Your Royal Highness, the Honorable Prince, it is not that the Governor deliberately embarrasses you, but when he is resting, no one is allowed to disturb him, even if the sky falls......"

In fact, Governor Salcto didn't have a lunch break at all, it was just a pure show, and he was determined to suppress the self-confidence of this young prince of the Ming Dynasty.

In his opinion, this prince of the Ming Kingdom is coming with great momentum, and if he dares to be so unscrupulous in Manila City, the Spanish base camp in Luzon, he should be given to go to the fire!

Hearing this, a sneer appeared at the corner of Zhu Cijiong's mouth, and he said: "Since your governor continues to be a pig and can't wake up, then let him be, I hope he can come to his senses before my Ming army takes over Manila!"

The butler's face changed slightly, and he was a little stunned, seeing that Prince Daming was about to get up and leave, he immediately smiled and bent down and said, "Please wait a minute, I will go to wake up the Governor." ”

"This king doesn't have a lot of patience."

As he spoke, Zhu Cijiong sat back on the sofa, and then picked up the tea and blew it casually.

"Yes! Be! Certain! ”

The butler bowed lightly and walked out quickly.

(End of chapter)