Morales followed Mendoza to the city, and Carlos and Reyes did not want to be idle.

They had planned to disembark and go directly into the city to investigate, but were told by the Spaniards on board that they would not be allowed to enter the city until the city was inspected by the city's ship.

The group did not return until Mendoza and the others returned, and then they also took with them six officials in black uniforms.

The men counted the cargo on the Mendoza ship in turn, registered each crew member, and issued a certificate.

Only with this can outsiders enter the city and stay in places such as inns.

Morales, Carlos, Reyes and others, led by Mendoza, rented a carriage or two at the port and headed towards Qianzhou City.

The carriage does not have any bumps on the flat road, and the design of the double doors makes the interior of the car appear spacious and tidy, and the overall airtight design makes the passengers feel very safe.

In the car, Morales described to Bishop Reyes what he had seen in a horrified tone.

"God above, this Luzon General's Mansion is a powerful power with a civilization no less than ours, and everyone here knows what they have to do, Father, Manila is probably leaving the arms of the kingdom forever."

"God has his own arrangements, and we just need to obey the Lord's will."

Morales began to lower as he spoke, and Reyes comforted him as he looked out of the carriage like Carlos.

The city gate of Qianzhou City is not wide, and it is not at all like the regulation of the Daming City Gate.

As a descendant, Liu Ximing naturally knew that the city wall was completely useless for modern cities, but at present, Luzon was still in an unsafe stage, so he could only rely on building the city wall to protect everyone.

However, according to the needs of future generations, he still asked for the gate to be widened and heightened so that it would not have to be demolished in the future.

This scene became even more magnificent when Carlos and others opened, and the strength of the Luzon General's Mansion began to build up in the minds of everyone.

As soon as you enter the Nanhua Gate in the south of the city, a wide street large enough for eight horse-drawn carriages to drive side by side stretches straight into the city, and the street is lined with signposts with the words "Weigong Avenue" written on them.

Now Weigong Avenue is about to become the standard configuration of the Liu family's forces, and almost all the central sections of the villages and towns are the same name, which makes Liu Ximing a little ridiculous.

On both sides of Weigong Avenue are five-storey buildings built with red, blue, yellow, white and other colored glazed tiles and exterior walls.

The reason why it is a hybrid style is that the craftsmen in the original Balian City have begun to absorb the architectural patterns of the Spaniards to create and play.

The architecture of the whole Qianzhou City is more inclined to the structure of the ancient Han and Tang dynasties, and the eaves are relatively flat rather than the pointed warping of the mainland, giving people a classical and simple feeling.

At the same time, the architecture of Qianzhou City is not blindly using Chinese-style columns, Liu Ximing had previously put forward a request, Xu experimentally tried to integrate Roman columns, domes and other styles, which has the grandeur and magnificence in the eyes of Carlos and others.

Because of the population, only the south of Qianzhou City has been fully developed, and the carriages are traveling in it, and people come and go, and it is prosperous.

Reyes's eyes were full of laughter.

The plainly dressed but neat and clean women of the Ming Kingdom, the ignorant children with the general corner, and the old people sitting in the corner teahouse or café basking in the sun make the whole Qianzhou City look vivid and lively.

"What's that?" Reyes asked, pointing to several buildings around the vicinity of a large plaza at the end of the road.

The sloping roof, high beams, and large bays make these buildings very special.

"There is Victory Square, surrounded by the newly built General's Mansion Yamen and the Qianzhou City Ancestral Hall."

Seeing that Reyes didn't quite understand what the ancestral hall was, Mendoza hurriedly added.

"The ancestral hall is equivalent to our church for the Luzon people, I heard that in the future, weddings, funerals, birth, old age, sickness and death will be held there, but they do not worship God, they worship their own ancestors and saints."

"Recently, I heard that the Han people of Qianzhou City have applied in the assembly house again, asking for Mazu to be moved into the ancestral hall for worship, and I heard that the general's palace has agreed. Oh, Mazu is their god of the sea. ”

"These damn infidels," Reyes took a deep breath.

"By the way, I heard that there are many people in the Luzon General's Mansion who will continue to preach, so where is our church?"

Mendoza pointed in the direction of the original city of Manila, "The church is still inside the fortress, and Bishop Melcho is there." ”

"Quick, take us there," Reyes shouted with some delight.

The carriage circled Victory Square and drove into the old Citadel of Manila to the east.

It is still dominated by Han Chinese, but many whites have been allowed to pass through it so that they can go to church.

However, whites could only enter and leave during the day, and those who dared to stay in the fort at night, with the exception of Meljo, were all arrested and imprisoned.

This was much more merciful than the Spaniards, who killed the Han Chinese for breaking into the fort.

Liu Ximing once laughed at himself, why can't he learn the European bandits, otherwise wouldn't it be much easier.

"These are captured Spaniards," Mendoza said with a sigh to Carlos and others, "and most of them have been convicted of serving in the Luzon General's Palace for several to more than ten years, and will not be able to leave the city of Qianzhou until the end of their sentences." ”

Carlos frowned, and the big hand he held on the lattice of the window was bruised.

"These people seem to be living in good shape?" , Morales muttered quietly.

Mendoza shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Yes, Your Excellency, the Luzon General's Mansion is indeed a civilized regime, and the living conditions of the Spaniards in Qianzhou City are not bad, after all, most of them serve as technical advisers, and the General's Mansion will also pay salaries. ”

"There is even a salary", Reyes was also a little surprised at this moment.

Carlos turned his head a little dissatisfiedly and roared: "Enough, no matter what, they can't hide their insult to the empire, how can the great Caucasian give in to the yellow-skinned monkey." ”

There was a sudden silence in the carriage, and Morales took off his hat with a feather on it and made a cross in his mouth.

In front of the Manila Cathedral, there are still many Spaniards coming and going, and there are many native Luzon people mixed with them.

Reyes avoided the natives with some disgust, and flashed into the church, where Bishop Melcho, dressed in red bishop's robes, was explaining the Bible from the altar.

"Your Excellency," Reyes whispered to the audience with some delight, and crossed in front of him.

Compared with when Liu Ximing saw him a year ago, Meljo looked a lot haggard, and the wrinkles on his face were one after another.

He also saw Reyes and his party, smiled and nodded motioning for them to sit down.

It wasn't until the lecture was finished that Meljo smiled and walked down the altar to greet him.

"God is here, this is truly a miracle of the Lord, and it is such a pleasure to see you."

"Your Excellency the Bishop"

Carlos, Morales and others took off their hats and saluted.

"Let's go, go to my room," Meljo said, glancing at the doorway, and Meljo hurriedly pulled a few people towards the back of the church.

"Your Excellency, the Empire urgently needs to know what is going on here, the defenders of Cebu have lost their fighting spirit, they only know how to boast of the strength of the Sanglay, we want to hear your opinion."

As soon as the door was closed, Carlos asked impatiently.

Meljo gently motioned for them to sit down, and sighed at the question.

"It's not optimistic," he sighed, "and for more than a year, I've watched the Han people grow stronger day by day, and they've built huge cities, magnificent buildings, and I've seen their new governors, and they're a very shrewd man." ”

Meljo's somewhat cloudy eyes looked at Carlos, "If you're going to ask me for advice, then I don't think the Empire can go to war with such a regime tens of thousands of miles away. ”

"No one can insult the Spanish Empire without paying a price," Carlos whispered with a bruise on his forehead.

"The Empire is too far away, young man," Meljo shook his head.

"In this year, the Han people in Luzon have expanded to 120,000, and I personally witnessed the Luzon General's Mansion issue an order requiring all Han people to learn to read and write, and all adult men must receive military education."

"If you think about it, plus their regular troops of 18,000 men, there are at least 40,000 or so of the entire island of Luzon that can be used, and most of them are firearms troops."

Seeing that Carlos was still trying to argue, Melcho shook his head again and gagged him.

"Don't tell me anything about the Empire's advanced weapons and well-trained, I suggest you go and see their flag-raising ceremony tomorrow, and you will know that what my old man said is true."

"I am dizzy with old eyes, but I can still see these things, as for the weapons, do you see those forts on the city walls, do you see their huge fleet in Manila Bay, give up, child, God has abandoned this land."

Reyes then asked: "So how do you assimilate them by spreading the glory of God?" If the hard one doesn't work, you can only use the soft one, and I heard that the general Luzon allowed you to continue preaching, and this is probably an opportunity. ”