In the first month of the eighth year of Xuanping, when the army and navy in Jinling City were competing for military expenses and competing for future strategic directions, it was more beneficial to themselves.

On Mian Lao Island, Luzon, Nanyang, Datang Western Company is making the final handover with the representatives sent by the empire!

In fact, before this, the imperial side had already taken over the administration and military affairs of Myerro Island!

In the winter of the seventh year of Xuanping, the southbound fleet sent by the Tang Dynasty arrived in Luzon, bringing not only a large number of goods, but also officials and garrisons.

As for the cabinet, dozens of officials have been dispatched to the specially established state of Luzon, including officials at all levels, such as the governor and the governor of the state, although the actual control area of the current Luzon state is a small port and a very small area around it, with a population of only 3,000.

More than half of them are military personnel sent by the army and navy, and only more than 1,500 are real immigrants.

However, the administrative level set by the cabinet for Luzon Prefecture was modeled after that of the Ryukyu Prefecture and set up overseas territories, and all administrative levels were based on the local government.

So there will be everything that should be!

After the arrival of the official personnel, the Datang Western Company also officially ended the company's rule in Luzon, and handed over all administrative and military power to the official, and the employees of the Datang Western Company, especially the armed employees, had already accompanied the fleet to Banten one after another, and they would then go to Burma and India.

In addition to the administrative officers, there is also a mixed battalion of about 600 troops from the army and navy, and three teams with a total of about 300 marines have been temporarily dispatched, and together they constitute the main garrison in Luzon at present.

In addition, there was a militia of about 300 people on the island, organized into four militia teams.

These militias are all selected from the young and strong immigrants, and they are not considered regular troops, but the weapons and equipment are given according to the establishment of the regular army.

Of course, in these overseas territories, the troops on the ground are at most used for defense, and by the way, they encircle and suppress the local natives, and the real strategic security has to rely on the naval fleet.

For this reason, the navy specially set up a Luzon detachment in Luzon, with one frigate, three patrol ships, and a number of small-tonnage ships, and this detachment was stationed in Luzon, and its main purpose was not to resist the attack of the enemy's main fleet, but only to ensure coastal patrols, and by the way, to crack down on pirates or something.

The real main force is the main fleet of the navy that cruises and escorts in the surrounding waters, and belongs to the fourth squadron of the second fleet, and the main task of this detachment at present is to maintain and control the safety of the route from Guangzhou to Luzon to Banten, and to carry out daily patrols and escorts.

The handover ceremony between Datang Western Company and the official representative was not very grand, but it was simply a symbolic ceremony, even if it was over, Datang Western Company did not even send a special high-level executive, only the commander of the fleet as a representative.

Because before this, several high-level executives of Datang Western Company had already gone south to Banten, and their main target was not even in Banten, but in India.

However, although Datang Western Company transferred administrative and military power, their trading post still exists, and it will still be an important trading and supply port for Datang Western Company.

But none of this matters, what the Tang Western Company wants to do, the official officials of the empire don't care, now they are bent on completely controlling Mian Lao Island, and they are also planning to control the main island of Luzon.

After all, this is Luzon, not some cotton state, and if you don't control Luzon, how can it be considered Luzon!

Therefore, as soon as the official handover ceremony ended, while the Navy's Fourth Squadron was still there, local officials could not wait to start the operation.

In addition to leaving behind the necessary guards, the remaining 800 troops were all withdrawn, and then the 4th Detachment and the Luzon Detachment set off together and headed north to Luzon.

They were ready to go directly to Manila, and then land and establish a colony.

Does it matter whether the local indigenous people are against or agree?

It doesn't matter, Mei Jiachuan, the first governor of Luzon, doesn't care about the opinions of those natives at all, they agree that it's good, save trouble, they don't agree, just open fire!

Does the Empire have to do things with the consent of their natives?

Even if Mei Jiachuan, the governor of Luzon, was ostracized by his colleagues and finally had to come to Luzon to serve, but in his bones, he was still a scholar of the Celestial Empire.

It doesn't matter if he is angry in the country, when he comes to Luzon, a broken place where birds don't, how can he still make himself angry, it's impossible.

And he still deeply remembered his goal of coming to Luzon in the first place, to do a big job, get merit, and then return to his homeland, or even return to Gyeonggi, he is not willing to stay in Luzon for too long.

Speaking of which, he was also unlucky.

He used to serve in the household department, and he didn't dare to say that he was in a high position, but he was also a Beijing official, but he offended his colleagues, and his colleagues kept giving him trouble, which finally led to his work going wrong!

The officials don't care what made your mistake, you messed up, and then they kicked you away.

Of course, this level is not so bad that he will lose his official position, and they just let him end his term of office early, and then kick him back to the Ministry of Election Officials.

At that time, the officials of the Ministry of Officials told him that he now had two choices, either to be demoted to a position in the remote northwest or southwest of the empire, or to remain the same rank and go to Luzon.

In the end, in order to keep his grade, but also to make merit and return to Gyeonggi, he gritted his teeth and chose to come to Luzon.

Because he is also a knowledgeable person, he knows that going to the southwest or northwest is also a poor and remote country, and it is also very dangerous, and it is normal to accidentally lose his life, although it is said to be a native country, but it will definitely not be better than the situation in Luzon.

However, Luzon has one advantage that other remote parts of the country cannot compare, that is, as the second overseas territory of the empire, it is more valued by the empire, and if he does a good job in Luzon, he can easily be promoted.

Of course, if you don't do it well, you will have to nest in those broken places in five or six years, a dozen or even a lifetime.

So even if it was dangerous, even if the conditions were difficult, Mei Jiachuan also chose to come to Luzon.

As soon as he arrived in Luzon, he couldn't wait to make a contribution!

How to make a contribution? Naturally, it is to take Luzon!