Yang Cong stood proudly on the bow of the boat, looking at the Luzon subjects kneeling below, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

Originally, he was thinking about whether to send someone to get off the ship to contact him first, after all, he came directly from Daming, and he didn't greet the king of Luzon at all, and they didn't know that they were coming.

This cannot be blamed for his negligence, because although Luzon is not very far from the Ming Dynasty, it is not very close, and there is a certain danger in sea navigation, if he sends an envoy to inform the king of Luzon, he must also arrange a large fleet for people, otherwise someone will have an accident on the way, then it will be troublesome.

There is a more important point, that is, the matter of time, he set off from Tianjin Wei, thousands of miles away from Luzon, even if it is a steamer, a round trip, the fastest will take more than half a month, if during this time, Luzon is destroyed by others, it will be even more troublesome, he is still counting on others to guide the way, after all, it is more convenient to have local indigenous people to guide the way than to explore by yourself.

Therefore, he did not send anyone to inform him at all, but directly led the Nanyang Fleet to set off, all the way to Luzon.

He has been worrying about this contact problem along the way, and now it seems that there is no need to worry about this problem at all, everyone is already lying on the ground, and they must know that they are the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty.

However, it was a little troublesome for him to meet with the king of Luzon, because the Fufu battleship was too tall for ordinary ports to dock at all, and a small fishing port like the one in front of him was even more unthinkable, and it was very likely that the Fufune battleship would be in danger of running aground before it approached the dock.

He thought about it for a while, and then said aloud: "Order, order the Cangshan warship to send two thousand men and horses to land and control the fishing port wharf." ”

Soon, a burst of flags flew down, dozens of Cangshan warships came out of the crowd, one by one on the dock, the Ming soldiers jumped off the boat as fast as dumplings, and controlled the entire fishing port in less than a quarter of an hour.

It wasn't until there was a signal from the shore that everything was under control, and Yang Cong took a group of generals down to a Cangshan warship that had been prepared early and landed on the shore.

Although this process lasted for a short time, the Luzon subjects on the dock have been kneeling there respectfully, which shows that they are really respectful, not pretending.

He nodded slightly, walked up to the group, and asked majestically, "Who is the king of Luzon?" ”

No one answered, because the king of Luzon simply did not understand what he was saying.

After a while, the shopkeeper Zhao mustered up the courage to ask, "Dare to ask, but Master Yang is in front of you." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly and said, "It's this official." ”

That Zhao shopkeeper hurriedly attached his ear to Luo Yan. Suleiman explained in a low voice. Suleiman hurriedly bowed his hand, and then said loudly in the native language: "The little king leads all the subjects of Luzon to greet the envoy of the Great Tomorrow. ”

It is much more convenient for someone to translate and communicate, and the shopkeeper Zhao is also an old trader who has been operating in Luzon for many years, and the local language is naturally very slippery, and the two sides have a few polite words, and Yang Cong personally stepped forward to help Luo Yan. Suleiman smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite, this official was ordered to come to expel the red-haired fans this time, I don't know where those red-haired fans are now, and what their strength is." ”

These Rajas. Suleiman was naturally very clear, and under his explanation, Yang Cong quickly figured out the current situation in Luzon.

Was the Spanish colonial fleet strong?

For the small country of Luzon, they are indeed quite powerful, not to mention those warships with artillery, even if they have arquebuses in their hands, it is quite terrifying for these "natives" who are not very complete with knives, guns and bows, and it is definitely not a problem for a thousand people to sweep away less than 10,000 indigenous soldiers in Luzon.

However, for the current Ming army, the muskets and artillery in the hands of the Spanish colonists are a joke, and the arquebus cannot be compared with the new flintlock pistol of the Ming army, and the artillery of the Spaniards is also a dish in front of the Ming artillery that can be fired continuously.

After Yang Cong understood the situation, he ordered his fleet to rest for a day in the fishing port near the Apo Walled City, and the next morning, he led the King of Luzon and his party straight to Manila Bay.

So, what was the strength of the Spanish colonial fleet at this time?

To tell the truth, their strength is already very strong, because at this time they have more than 20 ocean-going warships, and the sailors and crews have reached nearly 2,000 people, which is basically what no country can do outside of the European continent, at least, the Spaniards think so.

Originally, it was not necessary to send so many warships to clean up a small country like Luzon, and the reason why they did this was because the Spanish top brass had a new plan, that is, to open up the route from the Americas to Europe through the Far East.

As for why this route was opened, the reason was precisely the Ming Dynasty, because the porcelain, tea, and silk silk produced by the Ming Dynasty were all sought-after goods in Europe, and as long as they could be transported over, the value would increase at least a hundred times.

According to the plan of the Spanish leadership, after the occupation of Luzon, they could expand their colonies to the north, as long as they established colonies in the waters near the Ming Dynasty and Dongying, then the silver plundered from the Americas could be transported directly to the Ming Dynasty across the Pacific Ocean, and then they could exchange the silver for porcelain, tea, silk and other scarce materials, and finally transport them back to Europe for sale.

It is no exaggeration to say that transporting a shipload of silver from the Americas to the waters near Daming, and then exchanging it for porcelain, tea, silk and other scarce materials, and then transporting it back to the European continent, can be turned into a shipload of gold!

Such a huge profit, of course, is worth investing, so, to deal with a small Luzon, they have dispatched more than 20 warships.

Their goal is not just to occupy Luzon, it is no exaggeration to say that they want to defeat the Ming and Dongying, so as to gain enough colonial strongholds, open up new routes, and even, if possible, they even delusionally turn the Ming and Dongying directly into their colonies!

Historical records also prove that this is their purpose.

After the occupation of Luzon, the Spanish began to expand northward, and established a colonial base in the east of the Ming Dynasty, if it were not for the decline of their national power and their inability to protect themselves, the next step would be to start a war with the Ming Dynasty.

Next, the Netherlands, who replaced Spain as the overlord of the sea, continued their strategy, and launched an attack on the Ming after opening up a stronghold in the east, but they were really a little self-defeating, and tried in vain to defeat the Ming with a population of hundreds of millions with more than ten warships, as a result, the Dutch were defeated, and they could only retreat in the east until they were eliminated by Zheng Chenggong.

However, historically, their plan to open up new routes did succeed, both Spain and the Netherlands seized colonial strongholds in the waters near the Ming and Dongying, and silver could be directly transported from the Americas to the Far East, in exchange for the goods of the Ming Dynasty and then shipped to Europe.

Of course, their plan to open up new routes will not succeed at this time, because Yang Cong is here.

Yang Cong is quite aware of the greed of the colonial powers, it is impossible for him to let the colonial powers gain a firm foothold in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty!