On top of the Manila Castle, Du Mingen and Lin Shuhong took binoculars to look down on the entire Bay Area, ready to plan this place that has just arrived.

"What a nice place~"

Through the telescope, you can see the whole of Manila Bay clearly.

The turquoise waters, the surrounding lush primeval rainforests, vast plains, and fertile land make it look like an absolute paradise with beautiful scenery and nostalgia.

"It's a great place indeed, and if nothing else, the open plains on both sides of this river alone are enough to cultivate countless plantations."

Lin Shuhong also nodded and said, then pointed to the estuary and said: "The port will be on the estuary side, and then relying on the river and the existing castle, we can also build a city without spending too much effort." ”

"There is no need to rush to build the city, there is this castle, it is enough in the early stage, in a short time, there will not be too many people here, but by next year, it is estimated that at least tens of thousands of immigrants will have to come here to be able to gain a foothold."

"These indigenous people still have an absolute advantage in numbers, and there are not enough people to immigrate, and we still have no sense of security."

Du Mingen nodded, thought about it and said.

"Don't worry, it will definitely not be worrying when the time comes, you look below, I estimate that this small castle will definitely not be able to live at that time."

Lin Shuhong said very confidently, pointing to the lively castle and saying.

It turned out that the castle had become extremely lively at this time, and the people in the flotilla that had followed the southward fleet poured into the castle, and they were all ready to rest.

In the whole of Manila, except for the Ming neighborhood, where the houses are still in good condition, the neighborhood where the natives are located has almost been razed to the ground, and only the entire castle is left with intact houses for everyone to rest.

A large number of people poured into the Manila Castle, and at the same time, Du Mingen and Lin Shuhong also decided to show everyone what they had gained this time, and they also put all the things that the Ming army scavenged from the castle at the door of the palace.

Boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, jade, agate, precious stones, ivory, pearls, and so on are piled up in Dushan, neatly arranged, blooming together in fascinating colors.

In addition, there are some large items, such as rockeries made of red coral, stone lions carved from large pieces of jade, and the top imperial green jade with a grinding plate on the roof of the palace......

All these things were placed at the door of the palace, and immediately attracted everyone's attention, and soon the gate of the palace was crowded with people, and everyone's eyes were shining at these things at the gate of the palace.

"Oh my God~"

"How much gold, silver, jade, agate, pearls, ivory, how much is it worth?"

Zhu Benduan looked at a box, a box of gold, silver and jewelry, etc., although he was a big salt merchant and a person who had seen the world, and he had seen a lot of all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, but when he saw so many things piled up at one time, he still couldn't help but sigh.

"I heard that they estimated that it was worth at least 40 million taels of silver~"

Feng Xiang stretched out four fingers and said with drooling.

"Forty million taels of silver, my obedient ~ Isn't this another trip to the Golden Continent?"

Zhu Benduan listened to it, and he was also speechless.

These salt merchants used to be rich and rival the country, but if they wanted to say that this silver was often tens of millions or millions of taels, they would also be extremely blushing.

"See that coral?"

Feng Xiang pointed to a screen made of coral, which was made of a whole piece of large coral, more than a foot high, and the color was very ruddy, which made people love it at a glance.

"Oh my God, what a big coral~"

Zhu Benduan looked over and suddenly widened his eyes.

He remembered that the corals in his house, only a little more than a foot high, had always been his favorite ornaments, and for this reason, he had spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy them.

Look at some of the coral ornaments in front of you, even the smallest coral, it is much larger than their home, and this color, ruddy like a ruby, with a hint of luster, in the sunlight, bright and dazzling. Huaxia Library

"I haven't seen it, how big the coral, I haven't seen it before, just these few coral ornaments, when it comes to our Daming, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be sold casually."

"The largest coral ornament is also very easy to sell for a million taels of silver."

Feng Xiang's eyes also shined, they were all well-informed people, and they could see good things at a glance, how much they were worth, and they knew it in their hearts.

"There is also that piece of jadeite with a large grinding plate, this is the best imperial green jadeite, this color is very yang, the water is full, crystal clear, the flesh is extremely delicate, just this piece of jade, it is a priceless treasure~"

"Seeing that fist-sized ruby no, such a big ruby, such a pure color, it is the first time I have seen such a gem in my life, this is also a priceless treasure~"

"The gems in that box, rubies, sapphires, and purple gems, these gems are very large in size, and the color is very pure, and there is no problem at all when they are sold for tens of thousands of silver."

"They really made it this time, this Nanyang region is really rich, this gem, pearl, jade, ivory, agate, etc., there are too many."

"There are also these tusks, so many tusks, there are hundreds of them, any ivory will be sold for thousands of taels of silver in our Ming Dynasty, these pearls are very large, there is no problem at all to sell them for a few hundred taels of silver."

Feng Xiang pointed to this box and a box of things like a few treasures and said, the more he said, the whole person's eyes turned red, this wealth came too fast, too simple.

Just ransacked this castle, the Ming army looted a huge wealth worth 40 million taels of silver, the key is that there is something in it, it is a priceless treasure, and there is no place to buy it if you have money.

"Yes, although this Nanyang region is a barbarian land, it is as Liu Jin said, it is very rich~"

"This Luzon country is rich in gold and silver, and I heard that there are many large and small gold mines here, and if we can find a gold mine here in the future, it will be enough for us to eat."

"The country of Bo is rich in pearls and coral, the country of Sulu is rich in precious incense wood, the Siam country is rich in ivory and jewelry, Myanmar is rich in jade and jade, and a little west in Sri Lanka is rich in all kinds of fine gemstones."

"These things, casually transported to our Daming, it is not difficult to earn ten times the price, and our silk, porcelain, tea, etc., transported here, can also earn ten times the price, this time and again, a casual trip will also earn millions of taels of silver."

"Now that the Marquis of Taiping has announced that this Manila belongs to our Daming, we must not miss the opportunity, and when we turn back, we must leave our books and go back, and let the family send people over, and when the time comes, some people from the immigrants will come over, and there will be a stronghold here."

"We can transport goods from Daming to Manila, and then sell them to the entire Nanyang region, and then buy the goods from the Nanyang area and concentrate them in Manila, there is a transit station, and the transaction will be stable."

"Tianjin Ocean Trade Company must have such a plan, otherwise it would not have occupied this Manila."

Zhu Benduan nodded, then thought about it and said.

He had already seen great wealth rolling towards him, this Nanyang region was too rich, and there were too many good things here.

In the past, when the Ming people came to the Nanyang region to do business, they all came from one ship to another, and three or four ships came to the Nanyang region together.

Often because of the tight time and the unfamiliar place, there is no way to maximize their profits many times, but even so.

Relying on the routes and trade to the Nanyang region, the merchants and big families in the southeast coastal area of the Ming Dynasty are still extremely fat, and they have the ability to intervene in the government and vigorously implement the maritime ban policy, in order to monopolize this huge profit of maritime trade.

Now the people in Tianjin Ocean Trade are different, Liu Jin sees it very clearly, and he has also made long-term plans and plans, not just to eat a bite today and a bite tomorrow.

Liu Jin has a big appetite, not only to eat the Nanyang region, but also to continue to eat for a long time, and slowly annex here.

Just to make some wealth, this is nothing at all, silver Liu Jin is not bad at all, what Liu Jin needs is the rich land of Nanyang and its vital location.

Now that the Europeans had begun to sail around the globe, they had already reached the eastern shore of the Golden Continent a few years earlier, while Vasco da Gama had already rounded the Cape of Good Hope to reach Tianzhu and had also returned to Portugal.

After more than 20 years in history, Europeans began to enter the Nanyang region on a large scale, setting up colonial bases here in the Nanyang region, relying on the colonial strongholds, on the one hand to carry out ocean trade, on the other hand to carry out colonial plunder.

In Liu Jin's planning, Europeans must not get involved in the Nanyang region, this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it must be occupied first.

Not only Manila, but also in the future, Liu Jin will set up many colonial strongholds here in the Nanyang region like the Europeans, Manila is only the first, and then there will be many important checkpoints to set up colonial strongholds.

On the one hand, it is convenient for the major trading houses of the Ming Dynasty to do business in the Nanyang region, and they can also continue to go west to Tianzhu, the Arab region and Africa, and on the other hand, they rely on the strongholds for colonial plunder, so as to promote the primitive accumulation of capital.