The cannons on the castle were sadly pointed inland, not at the sea, probably considering that the main danger at that time was the attack from the Sultans of Aceh, Johor, etc., and did not take precautions against possible dangers on the sea.

"Manraka has no other advantages, relying entirely on maritime trade, relying on its geographical advantages, it has become a trading market between the surrounding islands and India, Indian merchants, the natives of the surrounding islands, and our Ming merchants, all come here to exchange goods. There are many people of all colors coming and going in the market, no less than Guangzhou. The locals exchange cloves, nutmeg, pepper, betel nut and other spices, along with pearls, bird feathers and wax, for cotton cloth from India. ”

The governor sent by Sumatra is also a Fujian immigrant surnamed Xu, and he knows the situation of Manraka well.

"What are the minerals?" Through guò clairvoyance, Ye Qi looked seriously at the Portuguese soldiers who were nervously preparing for battle.

"Manraka produces tin, a lot of tin. The natives used this in exchange for what they needed, and other mines, they couldn't think of it for the next time. ”

"That's it!" Ye Qi retracted his clairvoyance, "Officer Xu Tong, please go back tonight to show your lordship, our army will start to attack Manraka tomorrow, please go to the sea to watch the battle at that time!" ”

The battle scene on the second day was very peculiar.

The battle was fought on both sides by the Portuguese, but the main force of the battle was all natives hired by the Portuguese, and the officers issued orders in Portuguese, and the natives made tactical moves according to these orders.

The onlookers were mainly of my Chinese Miao descent. Is it the reason, the attacking side is the banner of the Ming official army, and the people who live and do business in Manraka City are also the majority of my Ming Miao descendants. The onlookers gave full play to the glorious tradition of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things, and kept applauding and cheering for the warring parties. Occasionally, there is the sound of hawkers selling all kinds of food and haggling with buyers in the crowd of onlookers.

There was even more courage, and he actually ran to the ranks of Ye Qi's troops with a pick, and sold his own food to the soldiers who were sitting on the ground and waiting!

After fighting with the Portuguese garrison composed mainly of the Banten people, Gonzalez was very sad to find that the Luzon people under his command were very weak, and often chased the Banten people to the ass and slashed them down in a few faces, and turned the sophisticated weapons and equipment on his body and hands into trophies on the opposite side in vain.

"Good! Sue sù soldiers, that's all! Kill those damned traitors, and their weapons and armor will be theirs! ”

Seeing that his soldiers had killed dozens of Portuguese Restoration Army soldiers, the Governor of Manraka was very proud.

"Lao Ye, this group of guys is so incompetent! Let's go on it! "Zhang Xiaohu, who was pressing the handle of the treasure knife on the side, couldn't hold back his passion for fighting." It's been a long time since I've drunk the blood of an enemy with this sword! ”

"Wait! Let the Restoration Army rush again! Ye Qi glanced at the umbrella cover of the Sultan of Sumatra not far away, "Let these people, through this battle, fear the prestige of our South Chinese Army from now on, and dare not have any more dissent, and let these Chinese Miao descendants who have lived overseas here know how powerful we are, so that they can return to their hearts from now on!" ”

Probably because of the heart, Xu Meizhen, the liaison officer of the Sultan of Sumatra, ran to Ye Qi's horse with a sweaty face, "Lord Ye! Lord Ye! ”

"What?"

"My Sultan asked me to ask your lordship, if Shaoqing loses the army, can he let the Sultan withdraw with the lord in the same ship when he retreats?"

"I'm a straight thief! You go and sue sù that state thief bird, if Lao Tzu can't break the enemy before noon today, Lao Tzu will have his surname! "Zhang Xiaohu has never been so angry since he was a child? Listening to Xu Meizhen's words, he couldn't help but jump to his feet and scold, scolding Xu Meizhen's face was blue and red for a while.

"Defeated! Defeated! “

Not far away, the formation of the Portuguese Restoration Army was once again scattered, and people rushed like ants along the route of the attack.

The Luzon people carried the Portuguese and kept throwing their flags, long knives, spears, and armor on the ground along the way to lighten the burden of escape.

"Someone!"

Ye Qi instructed the soldiers around him, "Show Mr. Xu a seat!" Serve tea! Command our troops, line up! The artillery team is ready to shoot! Give Gonzalez an order, if you dare to attack the formation of the army, you will not be forgiven! ”

Sitting on the horse zag set up for him by the soldiers, Xu Meizhen's hands trembled slightly and held the teacup made of lily porcelain, "Alas! It's a pity that such a good tea set! I'm afraid I'm going to fall into pieces in a moment! ”

With the sound of drums and brass trumpets, the ranks of the Southern Central Army moved slowly but firmly, marching in orderly steps in the direction of the defeat of the Luzonists.

Seeing the military formation of the South Central Army, Xu Meizhen's hands trembled even more intensely! From the formation, he remembered the army that the old people had said, the army that claimed to have killed countless Japanese people!

"Fire!"

Looking at the defeated soldiers rushing from the opposite side, they didn't pay attention to the signals from this side, and cried straight to the south of the Chinese army, and the battalion officer Gao Tian did not hesitate to command the gunners to fire a shot in the direction where the defeated soldiers came.

Dozens of shotguns, driven by gunpowder, laughed and went straight to the formation of the defeated soldiers in Luzon, and suddenly knocked the ranks of the defeated soldiers out of a bloody alley!

Facing dozens of artillery pieces of the size of the black hole in front of the New Right Battalion of the Guards and the Phoenix Front Battalion of the Guards, the defeated soldiers of Luzon who had just learned the Great Buddha Opportunity of the High Heaven suddenly sobered up a lot, and under the scolding and whipping of Portuguese officers at all levels, they bypassed the formation of the Southern Central Army and fled to the open space where the camp met the seaside for a little tidying up.

Before he could catch his breath, the gunners of the South Central Army behind him opened fire.

Because of its proximity to the sea, the Manraka region is relatively humid, with many rivers and swamps, and the ground is muddy and watery, and if the artillery uses solid bullets, the lethality will be reduced to the lowest point, so all the artillery commanders did not hesitate to choose the extremely inhumane type of ammunition, shotguns.

The Bandans, who were still happily pursuing the defeated army in Luzon just now, were unfortunately kissed by the oncoming shotgun projectiles, and with their dense and unformed pursuit, the damage caused to them by such a fire rush can be imagined.

The dozens of Wanten soldiers who rushed to the forefront were knocked to the ground by a dense rain of bullets before they even had time to snort, and muscles, blood, and bones were everywhere on their corpses.

In the blink of an eye, the team chasing the remnants of the enemy changed roles, from victors to routs.

"The musketeers are ahead! The pikemen are on the wings, and the sword and shield soldiers are guarding! Kill! ”

Zhang Xiaohu snatched the position of fighting from Ye Qi, and the reason is very simple, you are the commander-in-chief of this campaign, and I am not. But I also have the authority to command the troops, so I can go into battle and command!

In the face of such a tired guy, Ye Qi also had nothing to say, so he had to let him go.

All the musketeers of the two battalions of the South Central Army, according to the previous drills, marched side by side to the front road with a non-stop salvo to greet the Portuguese defenders who were trying to reorganize themselves to resist, and within a range of less than 50 paces, the flintlock guns of the South Central Army gave full play to the advantage of concentrated fire and platoon guns, and the hit rate was much higher than that of the Portuguese soldiers' arquebuses.

After only two rounds of firing, the Portuguese garrison of Manraka, composed mainly of Banten soldiers, collapsed, and the soldiers surrounded the officers, who surrounded the governor, and flew towards the city of Manraka.

"My lord! At this distance, our artillery can hit them! The accompanying students were very excited to report their measurements to Ye Qi.

Although he knew that his artillery could send more enemies to meet their God, Ye Qi was still not sure, he was afraid that his own shells would fall on his own heads, and looked at the chaotic escape team in the distance, so he had to shake his head helplessly, "Forget it!" You measure it and see if you can hit Manraka City from the ship led by Commander Zhang. ”

Xu Meizhen's cup of hot tea has not yet reached the temperature that can be eaten, and the Manraka defenders who are still full of momentum and are ready to drive the Nanzhong Army into the sea have become a group of ducks driven away by duck breeders, and the Nanzhong Army is such a duck keeper, and the musket spear in his hand is a long pole in the hands of the duck keeper.

Only the actions made by those sword and shield soldiers at the back of the queue confirmed Xu Meizhen's opinion, "This Ming official army must have something to do with the Qi family's army!" In his eyes, those sword and shield soldiers were looking back and forth on the route of the musketeers and pikemen from time to time, and when they saw the Wandan soldiers who were knocked to the ground, they cut off the heads without saying a word.

In front of such a scene, his hands were trembling, and he couldn't care less about the tea in the teacup spilling on his beautiful satin robe, and his teeth knocked against each other, making a gurgling sound, "Quick! Go to His Majesty the Sultan and ask him to come and meet the general of the Celestial Empire. ”

After sending away the servants, Xu Meizhen only had one thought left in her heart, "Manraka will definitely be in the pocket of the Celestial Empire, I hope this great general, don't do the policy of sea ban, leave me and others a way to live!" ”

In order to find out the hole cards of the Celestial Empire army, and take advantage of the victory of the army to pursue the vacancy of encampment under the city of Manraka, Xu Meizhen arranged for several sons and nephews to hold his name post, and went to various places to contact the leaders of the Xu family, and asked them to immediately invite the Chinese leaders in Manraka and nearby to quickly go to the camp of the Celestial Empire army to meet General Ye and General Zhang. In order to be able to find out the attitude of the Celestial Empire army towards these overseas people and outlaws, this is a major event related to the livelihood of millions of people and even the lives of their families.

Seeing the letter with a very strict tone and wording, several Kapitan people in Manraka City did not dare to slack off at all, not to mention, the scene during the day had been deeply imprinted in their minds, the Portuguese who had flaunted their might in Manraka drove the Banten soldiers, and also pressed and beat the army composed of Portuguese soldiers and Luzon soldiers, but in front of the Celestial Empire army, they did not walk down in front of the Celestial Empire army and returned to the city in defeat, and retreated to the Santiago bunker in one breath, Attempts were made to hold on to the fortified fortresses of the pillboxes and wait for reinforcements.

Such an army must be taken seriously! After all, the county officials are not as good as the current management,

The group had a brief discussion in the city, and decided on a big plan, so they ordered their family servants to pick gifts, drive pigs and sheep, and come to the Nanzhong Army camp to work together.

Hearing that there were local Chinese fathers and elders outside the camp gate who came to comfort the army of the Celestial Empire's parents, Ye Qi smiled and came! The lord said it is not bad at all, fighting is full of Rajia, for the current Nanzhong Army, it is as easy as a hand, but if you don't fight the so-called political battle and the people's battle in the back, I am afraid that it will collapse even faster!

In his own big tent, after proudly accepting the bowing salute of the Chinese leaders together with Zhang Xiaohu, Ye Qi hurriedly got up and left his seat, and helped the fathers and elders up one by one, "As a court official, I made this official this salute, so I accepted the great gift of the fathers and villagers, but now I want to say hard work to the fathers and elders in the ranks." ”

These people used to see the faces of the Portuguese asking for money, goods and taxes, when had they ever seen Ye Qi's amiable expression? Dengshi made many people feel contemptuous in their hearts, but the guy next to Ye Qi who was full of gangsters and didn't stand and sit was very frightening.

"Your Excellency led the heavenly soldiers, hanged the people to fight crimes, rescued the people from fire and water, so that the people here no longer suffered from the upside down, and I would like to thank the people of Manraka on behalf of the people!" Xu Meizhen, on behalf of this gentry, bowed down to Ye Qi and Zhang Xiaohu again. After getting up, he took out a thick gift slip from the sleeve of his robe, and another Kapitan walked out of the tent, greeted the sentry on duty there, waved his hand, and ordered the gift to be carried over.

1,000 catties of pepper and sumac.

Benzoin, ambergris, chinan incense, and lavender incense are 100 catties each.

Ten pairs of ivory and rhino horns.

Ten pairs of corals of various colors (three feet tall).

Tortoiseshell (four feet) 10 pieces.

Five buckets of pearls.

Two thousand pounds of tin.

Three thousand catties of red copper.

In addition, 1,000 taels of red gold and 50,000 taels of silver were used as rewards for the three armies, and 100 pigs, sheep and cattle were supplied to the army.

After a hasty glance at the gift list, Ye Qi suddenly felt that it was not bad for the lord to make a full deployment, and he was too rich here! This is just a little bit of the heart of the labor army, and there are such abundant materials and goods sent up!

"In addition, under the instructions of the two adults, there are still about 300,000 pesos of silver coins of the poll tax and other taxes levied on the Franc machine people in the hands of the lower class, which is what the adults often call silver. How to dispose of it? ”

An old man whispered to Ye Qi and Zhang Xiaohu to test. According to his experience, the average official of the Celestial Empire would float about seventy percent of them, and the remaining thirty percent would be recorded as seizures.

Unexpectedly, his experience is a little skewed today.

"Poll tax?" Zhang Xiaohu first wrinkled the half of his eyebrows that had been cut off by the knife, "Whose poll tax?" ”

"Your Excellency, according to the regulations of the Portuguese here, the Chinese and the natives everywhere have to pay the poll tax, and the poll tax of our Chinese is even more."

This is a historical fact, in 1644, in the Dutch-ruled Manraka region, the amount of poll tax paid by the Chinese had reached 70% of the tax.

"When is this poll tax?"

"Lord Hui, the Portuguese have different tax collection rules from my Celestial Empire, my Celestial Dynasty collects Ding silver in years, while this group of Hongmaoyi people is collected in months and on a monthly basis."

Obediently, you can collect so much tax in a month, or mainly poll tax, it's really tricky! Ye Qi glanced sideways at Gonzalez, who was sitting next to him very embarrassed, today's daytime battle made him very faceless, the well-trained Restoration Army actually lost his armor under the attack of the other party, if it wasn't for the attack of the South China Army at a critical moment, I am afraid that they would have to go to the sea to appreciate the taste of the sea water that communicates the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

In this way, this silver tael was registered in the public account as a seizure, and all the gifts sent by the fathers and elders were also shamefully accepted, and they were all recorded in the public account. In addition, I also asked the elders to inform the Chinese compatriots in the vicinity of Zuo that it was the order of the general that all those who held the Chinese household registration certificate issued by our Nanzhong Army would be exempted from the levy of the head tax on the land and silver. ”

"As for the listed fathers, please nominate a few representatives, and we will send someone to accompany you back to Hue to meet the lord in person, in recognition of the meritorious work of the listed fathers and elders in maintaining the local area.

Ye Qi's words were like a series of thunderbolts exploding above the heads of this group of people.

Is this handsome-looking general drunk? Or was he carried away by the day's victories? Actually want to stop the poll tax of the Chinese here?

Also, such a good thing as going to meet the general was brought up without waiting for us to bribe him with money, which is simply a table of food falling from the sky! What's more, he said that in the future, we will have to make efforts to do local affairs, that is, not only will our position not be threatened, but on the contrary, it will be consolidated and strengthened!

One by one, the gentlemen all showed smug looks.

"Immediately notify the people of all parties when I go back next time, and stop this poll tax."

"Not only the poll tax, but also the commercial tax, the tax rate and tax rate are not very reasonable, and we must also make adjustments!"

Commercial tax also needs to be adjusted?

These words were as pleasant to the ears of the people present as the sound of silver coins and gold coins colliding with each other. The young general was exempted from the poll tax, and said that the commercial tax should also be adjusted, could it be said that according to the standards of the generals of the Celestial Empire, the tax collection system of the Portuguese did not conform to the tax system of the Celestial Empire? To be collected according to the system of the Celestial Empire?

The old gentry recalled the tax collection standard of the Hong Kong Salary Hall in that year, and the tax introduction was divided into three taels of eastern and western foreign taxes. Water wages are levied according to the size of the ship, and those who are more than one foot and six feet wide on a Western ship are taxed five taels per foot, one foot more, and five dollars more. For example, if the face is two feet wide and six feet wide, the water salary should be 260 taels. Land salary, which is an import tax, is taxed at a rate of about 2%. The additional tax is an additional tax on trade with Luzon, about 150 taels. This tax standard is simply surprisingly low compared to the standard charged by the Portuguese.

What's more, some people have begun to imagine the implementation of the ancestral system of 30 taxes and one tax rate.

"My lord's move will benefit the country and the people, and we will definitely help implement it!"

Seeing that the group of people in front of him expressed their attitudes, Ye Qi didn't say much, and called the Military and Political Department with his hand, and ordered him to hand over the printed notices to Mr. Lie, and post them everywhere in the city tomorrow morning, and at the same time, arrange for people to organize the registration of the Chinese people in the city and distribute household posts. At the same time, the official silver number will organize the collection and exchange of all kinds of currencies held by the people in the city, and those who hold the silver dollars issued by Mexico, Spain, and Portugal can go to the official silver number within ten days to exchange huàn, after ten days, they will not be able to circulate in the market, and the offender will be found once, and the person concerned will be flogged and fined ten times, and the second time it is discovered, the shop where the accident is closed and the proprietor's duties will be traced.

"Shaoning! You're so bad! ”

Zhang Xiaohu, who had been making a murderous expression with a tense face on the side, saw a group of gentry who had come to comfort the labor army happily returning to their respective residences with notices, preparing to post notices in all directions after dawn to announce the general's kindness and rain. Only then did he hold his stomach and laugh non-stop, while laughing, he pointed at Ye Qi and teased him, "No wonder I say that the scholar is more ruthless than my pirate for many years!" ”

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