Dolgon took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's struggle with the Jin State to re-stabilize the situation in the north, the local area was restored, and the strength of the army after nearly two years of rest and recuperation was also increased, so that the Ming Dynasty's containment operation was not successful.

Although the Ming Dynasty failed to take advantage of the Qing army's elite cavalry expedition to the west to bargain for anything on the Manchu Qing, it also gained some valuable experience.

Although the attack on Xuzhou failed, it was true that the main force of the Ming army crossed the Huai River for the first time after the Jiashen national disaster and fought in the north.

After four years of rule, in 1653, Dzungar went to war with the two northern countries, and the direct impact slowly disappeared, and the three parties returned to their respective tracks.

After controlling Moxi, the strength of the Manchu Qing increased greatly, Dolgon became ambitious again, and another big collision between the Ming and Qing dynasties was inevitable.

On the Ming side, at the end of April, Qian Bingrup and others came to China with the Japanese merchant ships, disembarked in Ningbo, and finally brought back the "Tomorrow Trade Treaty" signed with the Tokugawa shogunate, which helped the Ming Dynasty merchants open the Japanese market.

The treaty stipulated that Ming merchants could trade in Japan, helping Ming merchants gain the right to trade freely in Japan, as well as the right to negotiate tariffs, and the right to mine the Ueno gold mines.

The signing of the treaty immediately excited the Ming Dynasty, and the various workshops that had originally planned to reduce the scale of production began to resume production, and the ports of Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other outlets to the sea were full of merchant ships ready to go to Japan.

The Ming Dynasty merchant ships went to Japan, and the Japanese began to come to China.

The Tang ship brought a great shock to Japan, and Shimazu Hisao, the first generation of the Shimazu family, led a team of more than 200 people to China first.

When they went ashore in Ningbo, they were shocked to see the sea ships scattered all over the harbor, each of which was several times the size of the Japanese Ataka ships.

Later, they visited the largest cotton cloth workshop in Songjiang on the grounds of purchasing cotton cloth, and the scene of nearly 10,000 looms working at the same time, covering an area of 100 acres, made Shimazu Hisao "drunk and crazy at the beginning".

Immediately following the Satsuma Domain, the Choshu Domain, the westernmost part of Honshu Island, and the Tosa Domain, in the southern part of Shikoku Island, also sent personnel to China to check it out.

These people went ashore in Ningbo, and the cities they passed through all the way had a population of hundreds of thousands, which was extremely prosperous and admirable.

Only half of these Japanese who came to China returned home, and most of them stayed in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, and other places, ready to learn from China again.

On the other side, the battle of Luzon provoked by Tang Lu has also been settled, Manila was besieged by Zheng's army for more than three months, and the Spanish Philippine Governor and the president of the prosecutor's court surrendered to Zheng Chenggong.

Luzon, also known as the Philippines, was part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain and was administered by the Viceroyalty and the Inquisition.

The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a colonial viceroyalty of Spain that administered the Americas and the Philippines during the colonial period, with its capital in Mexico City.

Because of Luzon's remote location, it was difficult for the Viceroy of New Spain to effectively administer the Philippines, and it was often the Philippine Governor and the President of the Prosecutor's Court who had the final say. The communication between New Spain and Luzon was mainly maintained by ocean-going trade once or twice a year.

The entire battle of Luzon was the power of Spain in Luzon, and the two major forces of the Ming Dynasty confronted, they were naturally not opponents, and after holding out for more than three months, they could only surrender to Zheng Chenggong, and the capture of Manila, Tang Lu immediately made a windfall, and captured two million taels of silver alone.

In fact, the rise and fall of a country, in addition to the reasons of its own country, the influence of its surroundings is also very important.

The reason why Spain was able to rise has a lot to do with the Ming Dynasty.

In the world at that time, China and India were the center of the world, and with them as the center, a huge trade network was formed, and Japan, the Ottomans, the South Seas, and West Africa were all within this trade network, while Europe was on the periphery, which was equivalent to barbarism.

Europeans have always wanted to join this trade network, but if you look at what Europe could give the world at that time, you can see that the world at that time did not need Europe, and did not play with Europe.

Chinese products sell well all over the world, but is there anything in Europe that can be sold to the world? Hardly.

Europe was poor and backward at that time, and it wasn't until the Spaniards discovered silver and the Europeans had money that they were able to participate in this Asian-centric trade network.

It is recorded that from the middle of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century, 30,000 tons of silver were produced in the Americas and 8,000 tons in Japan, for a total of 38,000 tons, of which at least 10,000 tons went to China.

Without China, Spain would not have risen rapidly, and the decline of Spain in history is also related to the decline of China.

In the original time and space, because of the decline of the Ming Dynasty and the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was difficult for Spain to buy materials from China, and the private smuggling trade decreased.

Now, because of the re-emergence of the Ming Dynasty, Spain can use silver to buy Chinese goods, and Spain, which was originally about to decline, still maintains a very strong strength at this time.

Because of the distance, the news of the occupation of Luzon by Zheng Chenggong reached Mexico City in the Viceroyalty of New Spain half a year later.

Luzon was an important base for Spain's trade with the Ming Dynasty, and at least one-third of the silver in South America was to be shipped to Luzon to trade with China.

Spain digs so much silver, it must be able to be exchanged for supplies, it makes sense, otherwise what is the use of piling up there.

The governor of New Spain sent a report to the king of Spain and organized an army to aid Luzon.

Of course, the distance is far away, this is all an afterthought, and if Spain really dares to send troops, it will take at least a year or two to reach China.

At this time, on the top floor of the restaurant under the name of King Tang, the two kings of Tang and Lu were celebrating with a drink.

"I didn't expect Xiyi to be so rich, the silver seized by Zheng Guo in Manila was actually loaded in a boat!" King Lu put down the wine glass, thinking about what the concept of a boatload of silver was.

King Tang smiled and bowed his head: "I heard Zheng Guo's surname say that Xiyi has a huge land on the east side of the sea, and there is silver everywhere on it, and the two silver ships in Manila sailed from that land!" ”

"Silver all over the ground, and a place like this?" King Lu raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, but also a little unconvinced.

"You can't go wrong! It was Xiyi who confessed it himself, but that place is too far away from us, and I am afraid that it will take the eunuchs of the Three Treasures to lead the ship to arrive! Tang Wang said, but the words changed, "I heard that the King of Chu is going to Wuchang in the near future, do you know why?" ”

King Lu obviously hadn't recovered from the place where the real estate was all over the place, and if there was, he was really interested. Since the Dutch and the Spaniards were defeated by them one after another, these Xiyi could come to Daming, so why couldn't Daming go to them?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Tang Wang frowned slightly, raised his head and looked at King Lu, and King Lu reacted, so he hurriedly said "oh", and replied casually: "It's not because of the failure of the attack on Xuzhou, I was stimulated, and I want to go to the horse farm in Huguang to have a look." ”

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