"Don't be nervous", Liu Ximing calmly reassured Huang Guan and said, "I invited you here this time to talk about this matter." ”

"My Luzon General's Mansion is a civilized regime, everything must be done according to the law, and those properties of the Manila Franz people will be confiscated directly by us because they are all hostile relations, but you are different."

Liu Ximing showed a smile on his face, "In the future, everyone is still welcome to come over to do business in Manila, so we will not move any of the ships and goods on the dock, and we will return all of them to you." ”

"However, because we are still at war with the Francis, and because we do not know your position, all merchant ships in Manila must be on standby in port, and you will also be under our collective custody."

"Your Excellency General, can you guarantee our safety?" , A white man dressed as a European gentleman asked, and seeing that the soldiers of the Fubo Division around him were like facing a great enemy, he hurriedly added, "I am a little Francophone, not a big Francophone." ”

It turned out to be a Portuguese, Liu Ximing motioned to the soldiers on the side to relax, nodded at him and said, "Of course, you will enjoy the treatment of merchants in Manila." ”

Hundreds of business travelers from all over the world breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Excellency is indeed a civilized man."

"The Far East will change dramatically because of the appearance of His Excellency the General."

"Gao De is above, you really brought down Manila City, this is really incredible, Your Excellency, you must be Gao De's darling."

Just as a group of merchants were slapping their ass, Van Linberg's shocked voice came from outside the crowd, and he and several of his sailors were also escorted to Balian City by Fuboshi.

As soon as he finished speaking, a white man in the merchant crowd exclaimed in Dutch: "Van Limbaugh, it is you, O Gauder, that you have helped the Sanglay to attack the whites, damn it, if this news reaches Franco, you will definitely be wanted by them." ”

When Van Lienberg heard this, his face instantly fell, and when he turned his head, he immediately shouted in Dutch: "Marco, I didn't do anything, Gaude, they took down Manila by their own strength." ”

"Speaking of human words," Liu Ximing yelled at Van Limburg, who was yelling, "From today onwards, you and your sailors will be the administrators of these merchants, and if anyone escapes, I will ask you." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency", Van Limbau took off his hat and saluted with some grievances.

Liu Ximing waved his hand vigorously at the people of Balian City who were watching, "Okay, everyone disperse, before the general's mansion issues a notice, everyone can do whatever they want." ”

"By the way, how many people are there over there?"

Liu Ximing stepped down from the high platform and walked towards Manila City again with Li Biao and others, and he asked Zhao Jingyong in passing.

"There are probably more than 10,000 people."

"So much!" , Liu Ximing was terrified, "Huang Yang, Zhang He, Li Fu, let your brothers go to the city to get some weapons, and help Fubo Shi take care of the natives." ”

"Yes", Huang Yang and the others were even happier on their faces, it seemed that they were really going to get out, but they didn't know when they would be able to get the kind of musket used by the Fubo Division.

After spending the morning sorting out the battlefield and settling the personnel, Liu Ximing discussed with You Degao and others that they must take advantage of the opportunity before the Spaniards could react and capture the whole island of Luzon as soon as possible.

In addition to Manila, the Spaniards had more than 20 small colonies in Luzon, the largest of which was near Lake Calabar, where nearly 200 Spaniards ruled over 6,000 Han Chinese.

In addition, on the islands such as Medan other than Luzon, the Spaniards also established a number of colonies such as Cebu, Zamboanga, and Legazpi, with a number of about 5,000 people.

If you add the natives who can mobilize it, the Spaniards can at least gather an army of nearly 10,000 people.

However, Liu Ximing was not too worried about this, these Spanish colonies were very scattered, and in order to gather people, there must be enough ships.

Now that Manila is under their control, without nearly a hundred ships in the port, the Spaniards don't know what year of the monkey they have to wait for if they want to counterattack.

The governor's palace in Manila has now been requisitioned by Liu Ximing as a general's palace.

Luxurious crystal lamps, bright red carpets, and velvet curtains embroidered with vermilion, the luxurious decoration of the Spaniards opened the eyes of You Degao, Zhao Jingyong and others.

Shen Huai of the merchant room and Gu Peng of the medical room were still a little reserved, but the dozens of officers of the Fubo Division had no worries, and they were all touching and touching, and some were reluctant to let go.

Liu Ximing watched everyone's performance with a smile, and coughed lightly to attract everyone to the desk by the window, where there was a map of Luzon drawn by the Spaniards themselves.

Looking carefully at this detailed map, Liu Ximing couldn't help but sigh.

No matter how you look at it, Luzon is a real gem.

The island covers an area of nearly 110,000 square kilometers, three times the size of Taiwan, and there is the Bicol Plain from Manila to the north to Lingayen Bay, and a large central plain between the Cordillera and Madre Mountains to the north.

Looking at the map, Liu Ximing was about to salivate when he saw it.

"Luzon is only one or two thousand miles away from my China, here is rich in products and resources, it is simply a treasure given to me by God in China, but it is a pity that the Zhu Ming royal family does not know the goods, and they actually gave this place to the Europeans."

He looked at You De and others with a straight face, his face full of excitement.

"Right now, we are far overseas, and here are our own brothers, so I will make it clear that this Luzon is the real place where my Liu family made its fortune."

"Everyone knows the situation of the Ming Dynasty, according to my estimates, the Ming Dynasty will die in ten years at most, so when the heroes are competing for the deer, Liu has long had the intention to compete for the world, but he has to be cautious when he is in Sichuan, but now he doesn't have to hide it."

Liu Ximing looked at the more than thirty officers in the room with anticipation, "Today I will give you a famous word to your brothers, will you help me?" ”

"I'm waiting for the second brother's order!"

You Degao excitedly took off his general's hat.

"Second brother, as early as Sichuan, the brothers were talking about this, the son of the Zhu family can sit in this world, and the second brother is the chosen one by Emperor Ziwei, so you can sit even more."

"It's just that I couldn't guess your thoughts at that time, second brother, and everyone didn't dare to ask more, so I could only say it in private, now that you have openly expressed your position, second brother, how can our Liu family not fully support it, am I right, Doctor Gu and Associate Shen?"

Gu Peng is the son of Gu Nan, the deacon of the infirmary, and this time he went to the South China Sea, considering the humid and hot tropical climate, Liu Ximing specially invited him to come over as a military doctor.

Hearing You Degao's question, Gu Peng smiled.

"Look at what we do, our Liu family has developed from scratch to today, the second young master's thoughts, and the management in the village naturally have guesses."

"I think my Liu family is only according to Shunqing for three years, there are hundreds of thousands of people who have survived, and the second young master Shengming, the life of the people in the village is a hundred times better than before, so the master, I can't wait to assist, do I want to assist the one in the Forbidden City?"

"Hahaha", everyone laughed.

Liu Ximing asked with some emotion: "You really have no one to be afraid, this is a plot to usurp the throne and punish the nine clans." ”

Zhao Jingyong's face smiled like a flower, "Second brother, let's not say that you are worthy of our support, with your person, that is, in the future, you will be the emperor, and we can also mix with a prince to do it, who can't see such things, what do we have to be afraid of." ”

Liu Ximing raised his head and laughed, "Okay, with the full support of all the brothers, Liu is relieved." ”

"At the moment, we are alone overseas, the most important thing is to lay a solid foundation, in the past, in Shunqing, we still need to take care of the government, but now in Luzon we are the government, I didn't think so much when I first went to sea, but now I suddenly have an idea when I see the fertile land of Luzon."

"In order to ensure our smooth integration of the forces of the whole island, I decided to first transfer some officers from the Fubo Division to serve as administrative personnel on a part-time basis, and implement military control over the entire Luzon Island, with the Fubo Division as the mainstay."

"What about the people in Balian City?" , Shen Huai asked, "Or let them go their own way?" ”

Liu Ximing shook his head, "We Han people like to hold together the most, if our government does not come forward to integrate them, they will soon return to the environment of the clan society, which is very unfavorable to the Datong society we want to build." ”

"Therefore, the rule in Luzon is still the continuation of our Liu family's practice, and all Han people are included in the system, and they can not be allowed to develop until they are transformed.