Fort San Diego, Manila.

At the heart of this "two-century project" (which took 150 years to build), in a Spanish mansion that had been built, a group of Spanish men in formal clothes sulked around a long table, in a conference room that could heat people to death.

The reason why the old man was angry was a "evacuation announcement" that was being distributed everywhere in the Ming settlement in Manila - Zhu Cihong's court was efficient! Not long after the decree was issued, thousands of "evacuation notices" were printed and delivered to the Chinese in Manila.

It is guaranteed that an average Chinese can get two!

It doesn't matter if you can't read, because some people made the announcement of the evacuation of overseas Chinese into a ballad and sang it everywhere. How the song is sung: "The taxes are heavy, the people are fierce, and it is difficult for Luzon to survive recently." The boat went to Jinou early in the morning, and the discipline was happy for everyone big and small. Divide the land, give the house land, 500 acres per family, and have no grain for three years......

This is really digging into the corners of the Spanish Empire!

And the effect is also very significant, according to customs reports, in the past few weeks, six sailing ships full of Chinese expatriates have left the port of Manila. The price of Chinese laborers on the San Diego Fort site has also risen by 50 percent, and the construction of the fort has begun to fall behind schedule...... If this continues, I am afraid that it will not be possible to complete it all by the 19th century!

The most worrying thing is that Manila's agricultural supply will soon go wrong – the Spanish lords will not be able to farm the land themselves, and the natives of the Philippine colonies are too lazy to satisfy the Spanish lords. Therefore, most of the land around Manila is cultivated by the Chinese, including vegetables, meat, dairy products, eggs and other non-staple foods, which are also provided by the Chinese.

At the same time, the Spaniards restricted the Chinese from owning their own farms, allowing them to lease land and paying high taxes.

In this case, the farms provided by the Jinou and Jinghai armies for free are really too attractive - how good is the land of Jinou and Jinghai? How does Manila's land compare? And people give it for free, and they are tax-free...... That's a fool not to go!

So most of the Chinese who leave Manila are farmers!

"Your Excellency the Governor," worried the official in charge of agriculture in the colony, "Manila is now full of abandoned land, and the price of vegetables has tripled in a week, meat has doubled, and eggs have risen by eighty per cent...... If this continues, the colony's army will not be able to eat! ”

"The Chinese should be forbidden to leave!" The engineer in charge of the Fort San Diego project yelled, "There are fewer and fewer workers, and there is no way to start work...... We'll never be able to hold on to Fort San Diego if we go on like this! ”

"Perhaps we can allow the Chinese to own land in Manila...... "as long as they are willing to convert to the Lord's bosom!" ”

It seems like a solution! In recent years, there have been some Chinese who have settled in the Philippines and become Christians.

Governor Chacon looked at Chancellor Vacarero.

"Your Excellency," said Justice Vacarero, "the bishop's method is worth trying, but...... We must also not forget that in the past few decades, we have slaughtered the Chinese in Manila several times! ”

"That's their attempt to seize our colony!" The captain of the Manila garrison, a Spanish veteran who had lost his left hand on the battlefield in the Netherlands, said, "The Chinese pirates have always wanted to make Manila their property!" ”

Caballero shook his head: "But now they don't want to get Manila right away...... They have a better one!

They could first take Champa, Shui Chenla, Siam, and Burma, while barring expatriates from entering the Philippines and turning the Philippines into a loss-making asset for the empire. By the time they have digested Champa, Shui Chenla, Siam, and Burma, we should not be able to bear the loss and withdraw from the Philippines...... At least that's what they thought! ”

"The Spanish Empire will not give up the Philippines!" As he spoke, the archbishop drew a cross on his chest, "Christ will not allow us to give up his bridgehead in East Asia!" ”

The Spanish Empire was not the same as the Dutch...... For God's sake, it doesn't matter if you lose money! They're already on the verge of losing the empire anyway!

"Yes, we will not give up ......," Caballero said, "but we can't fight the Ming Empire alone!" In the East, its status is like that of the Roman Empire, and it is still a relatively powerful Roman Empire, so we need friends! ”

"Who should we be friends with?" Governor Chakon couldn't help frowning as he asked.

Spain is not good at making friends!

In Europe, he made two friends, the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope, and went bankrupt three times...... Who can I find in Asia?

"Qing and its vassal state Korea!" Caballero said, "They and Ming are mortal enemies!" ”

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!" Chakon nodded.

"Zhenla can also be friends!" Caballero added, "The destruction of Champa will definitely make Jinla feel in danger.

Also, Siam can be friends...... Siam has a land as rich and vast as Chenla, and sooner or later it will become the object of coveted by the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Qing, Siam, Chenla......" Governor Chakong thought for a moment, "so that the Ming Kingdom will be surrounded!" But what can we do for these friends? ”

"Provide military advisers and arms!" Caballero said, "Ming is now an awakened dragon...... It's growing at a rate we can't imagine. If left unchecked, the Qing Kingdom, Siam, Chenla, Korea, and perhaps Japan and Burma will all become the targets of their devouring.

And we, the Spanish Empire, have the responsibility to unite these countries threatened by the Ming Dynasty to jointly contain the Ming Dynasty, an evil dragon that is growing rapidly! ”

He paused, "As long as these countries are willing to join us, we can find enough workers to replace the Ming people in Manila!" ”

"That's a way...... "we can start working while we report to New Spain...... Justice, where do you think we should start? ”

"Start with the Qing Kingdom!" Caballero said that "the Manila should be sent immediately to North Korean ports...... In the name of the envoys of the Spanish Empire, I ask to see His Majesty the Emperor Taishang, the regent of the Great Qing Dynasty! ”

......

The regent of the Qing Dynasty was of course the emperor Amadorgon, and when the Spanish foreign aid came to Beijing, he was angry in the Chonghua Palace!

Angry with Aobai!

"Rubbish! Bastard! Loser...... You know how to fish, you know how to be greedy, and it's only been a few years since you entered the customs? The ability to fight a war is forgotten! It's a shame to be holding a foreign gun made in London, England, and making people fight like this! By the way, old fifteen, what about Aobai? Why didn't you catch it? Has it been killed? Where is his head? ”

"Brother Fourteen, what do you say? Is this going to kill Aobai? Victory and defeat are commonplace, even if it is a Manchurian warrior, it is impossible to be invincible, right? "Duoduo is actually speaking for Aobai!

It was not that he regarded Aobai as his own, but that he carefully studied the situation of the battle between Aobai and the Cossacks and found a very serious problem!

The Cossacks played just to restrain the Eight Bannermen!

First of all, the Cossacks played much better with firearms than with the Eight Banners - they dealt with firearms every day, and it was impossible to play badly.

Secondly, the Cossacks were better at horseback than the Eight Bannermen! The Eight Banners will be, and so will the Cossacks. And what the Cossacks are proficient in, the Eight Banners are not necessarily good.

Moreover, the Cossack horses were better than the horses of the Eight Bannermen! They have a lot of horsepower and good stamina. Therefore, when they are unfavorable in battle with the Eight Banners, they can escape on horseback, and when they have the upper hand, they can pursue with the advantage of war horses.

In other words, the strengths of the Eight Banners soldiers in restraining the Ming army before were now restrained by the Cossacks!

"Brother Fourteen," said Dodor, "those Cossacks are so powerful, we can't afford to take them lightly!" ”