Volume 4 Chapter 195 The Great Tomorrow Envoy
LUO Yan. Suleiman, the king of Luzon, perhaps, his name is not so simple, and there may be a long list behind, but the official record of the king of Luzon in the Ming Dynasty is this name, and the kings of Luzon in the past are almost the same.
His life was originally very leisurely, or rather, very comfortable, because there are only hundreds of thousands of people in Luzon, but it is rich in the most valuable spices and gold, as long as he orders people to plant some spices and dig some gold, this small life can be quite rich, it can be said that few people in the world who are kings can live so comfortably with him.
It's a pity that since the red hair fan came, his comfortable days have ended, because the red hair fan is so powerful, he can't do it at all!
At the beginning, there were only two or three hundred people coming at a time, and although the warships piloted by these guys were terrifying, it was still very difficult to land on the Luzon Islands and seize their territory, because people could send more than 100 people to land at most.
It's a pity that this time, there are three or four hundred people in Hongmaofan, and there are continuous reinforcements from the fleet in the future, so he was defeated and retreated, and even the capital Manila was lost.
At this time, he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and shamelessly begged Daming.
To tell the truth, whether Da Ming will send troops to save him, he has no bottom in his heart, because he didn't take the suzerain Da Ming seriously before, and his successor king has not sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute in the past ten years, and the last time Luzon sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute was back to the reign of his father!
The so-called "I usually don't burn incense, and I temporarily cram." "That's what I'm talking about, he hasn't sent anyone to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, why did the Ming Dynasty come to help him?
At this time, he can only nest in the Apo Walled City, more than 100 miles northwest of Manila, daydreaming, he knows, it is impossible to defeat Hongmaofan with his own strength, because he can't beat when there are only more than 1,000 people, at this time people are almost 2,000 people, he can't beat it, now, only looking forward to the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty, for this reason, he also specially sent people to wait on the coast, looking north, looking forward to the appearance of a miracle.
Historically, miracles did not occur, because the Ming Dynasty at that time had no money to spare, and there was no "idle effort" to support Luzon, so Luzon was finally destroyed by the Spanish colonists.
It's different now, money, Da Ming has it, it's not a problem to take tens of millions of taels casually, and Da Ming also has "idle kung fu", because the Tartars and the Japanese have been subdued, and Da Ming has no close foreign enemies, and Yang Cong is preparing to fight with the European powers.
It can be said that at this time, Luo Ja. Suleiman's luck was quite good, just in time for Yang Cong's triumph from Dongying, and the problem of the southern and northern captives had almost been completely solved, and at other times, Yang Cong really didn't have much effort to manage Luzon, at least, it was impossible to come in such a timely manner.
On this day, a dense black spot suddenly appeared on the sea surface northwest of the Apo Walled City, the number, at least hundreds, standing on the high place of the fishing port and responsible for taking turns to look at the Luzon scouts only thought that they had been watching for too long, their eyes were spent, and they hallucinated, hundreds of black spots, that represented hundreds of sea ships, even the red hair fan only had more than 20 sea ships, how could there be hundreds of sea ships on the sea at the same time?
He rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he looked closely, it was really a dense black spot, not his hallucination!
Could it be that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty are coming?
He didn't dare to slack off, because His Majesty the King was so anxious that he was about to jump into the sea, and he was looking forward to the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty every day.
LUO Yan. When Suleiman heard that the Ming reinforcements were really coming, it was as if he was in a dream, and he was stunned for a long time, and then he ordered someone to gather all the ministers, and to invite a few Ming merchants, and then he took his guards and ran happily to the fishing port.
When he arrived at the port, the more than 100 huge warships were already close at hand, and the flags fluttering on them were even more vivid.
LUO Yan. Although Suleiman has not studied much Chinese, he still has some impression of Chinese characters, and the square font is definitely Chinese characters.
When he arrived at the port, many ministers and Ming merchants also rushed to hear the news, and the fishing port was suddenly crowded with people, and everyone's faces were almost full of surprise and shock.
The reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty finally came, and the lineup was quite scary, there were hundreds of large and small warships, and the huge ships like the city towers were much stronger than the sea ships of the red hairy fan just by looking at the appearance.
At this time, Luo Yan. Suleiman didn't know which commander of the Ming reinforcements was coming, because he really didn't know a few Chinese characters, and he stared at the handsome flag flying high on the giant ship in front of him for a long time, but he didn't recognize a few words.
What to do?
Very simply, he directly pulled over a familiar Ming businessman and asked curiously: "Shopkeeper Zhao, what is written on the biggest flag?" ”
When the shopkeeper Zhao heard this, he immediately read with reverence: "Master Daming, Cabinet Scholar, Hui'an Hou, Governor of Nanyang, Yang!" ”
Yes!
So many official positions!
Truth be told, Raja. Suleiman didn't know much about the control of the Ming Dynasty, because he had never been to the Ming Dynasty at all, nor had he dealt with Ming officials, and Luzon was still a small country similar to the chieftaincy, how could he possibly know what these official positions meant.
The only thing he knows is that a small king like him, compared with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, can only be a little stronger than a Zhixian, and slightly inferior to Zhizhou.
This, or his father told him, because his father had been to Daming, and had also dealt with some officials of the Ming Dynasty, according to his father, a county in Daming generally manages tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, and a Zhizhou is almost in charge of hundreds of thousands of people.
Thinking of this, he asked with some curiosity: "What kind of Taishi, cabinet scholar, Hui'an Hou, Nanyang Governor, how does it compare with Zhixian, and how does it compare with Zhizhou?" ”
The shopkeeper Zhao said with a little disdain: "Zhixian and Zhizhou are a fart, Zhixian is also the seventh grade, and Zhizhou is only the fifth grade, and the Taishi is the first product, the biggest official in the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet scholar is equivalent to the Zaifu of the Ming Dynasty, as for the Marquis of Hui'an, it is a title, a super product, and the governor of Nanyang is a super local official who combines military and political power." ”
Yes!
Such a big official!
LUO Yan. When Suleiman heard this, he was so frightened that his eyes almost fell to the ground.
The shopkeeper Zhao said leisurely: "Actually, these official positions and titles are nothing, and this Lord Yang still has an identity, which is terrifying." ”
Does this Lord Yang have an even more terrifying identity?
LUO Yan. Suleiman couldn't help but ask, "What else does this Lord Yang have?" ”
Shopkeeper Zhao said with a little pride: "This Lord Yang is the mentor of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and His Majesty the Ming Emperor is simply obedient to him!" ”
He is a native of Fujian, and of course he knows Yang Cong's identity.
LUO Yan. When Suleiman heard this, he was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.
My God, His Majesty's mentor to Emperor Daming, what a great official this is!
He thought about it for a while, and simply raised his hand and shouted to the officials behind him: "Quick, quick, hurry up and kneel down with me, and greet the envoy of the Great Tomorrow." ”
With that, he knelt down first, and waited there with a respectful face.
After exchanging glances with several other merchants, the shopkeeper Zhao also knelt down.