Li Tianyang is also thinking about how to solve the problem of the Spaniards.

In addition to the heads killed by Hongmen in this battle, the Spaniards and their servant sailors surrendered to Hongmen, and more than 600 people.

The pressure on these captives on Hongmen is not great, and Luzon is rich, even if it has endured great battles one after another, it is still no problem to support these captives.

But the effects of defeating the Spaniards gradually began to be felt in the days that followed.

Although Westerners are generally antagonistic and contradictory, when they really encounter opponents, they can always be united and unanimous with the outside world.

Just as the sale of Western-style ships was prohibited in the East, and the sale of all kinds of artillery was restricted.

The Spaniards, as one of the most powerful maritime powers of the era, including their blood relatives, the Portuguese, never imagined that they would be defeated at the hands of the generals of this seemingly backward kingdom in the East.

However, when the facts came true, whether they were the Portuguese, the Dutch, or the British, they were shocked and invariably began to have a distancing from the Hongmen and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce: they began to gradually reduce their trade with the Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time temporarily stopped traveling to and from Manila Castle, making the Luzon Islands a transit hub temporarily useless.

Therefore, if they want to make the Westerners change their minds and return to the previous track, in fact, they are also watching Li Tianyang and their next actions, how to treat the Spaniards who were captured by them.

Of course, Westerners are more businessmen, and the interests of the country and race are important, but they also come across the ocean to earn enough money and return with a full load.

In this way, the confrontation with Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will fall apart soon, and in the end, Westerners will continue to trade with Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

Li Tianyang may be able to figure out these problems, but the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce may not be able to think so clearly, as businessmen, even if they become vested interests in the Luzon Islands, they also do not want to cut off the trade with Westerners, which is also a good deal that makes countless money.

In the end, the end of the Spaniards was not too bad, and Father Felix, who had a good relationship with the Hongmen and had been preaching in the Hongmen sphere of influence, was led by them, as a blood relative, the Portuguese and the remnants of the wandering Spanish fleet, and after spending a lot of money, they still ransomed the governor of Salamanca.

However, after losing the Far East Fleet and the colonies of Luzon, Salamanca had no choice but to go west, to their colonies in India, where they joined the satrap.

As for whether the Spaniards will come back to find their way back, or what will happen to the governor of Salamanca in Luzon who lost his colony and became a nominal governor, it is not what Li Tianyang needs to worry about now.

In a short period of time, even if the Spaniards had the heart to find the field and retake the Luzon Islands, they were afraid that they would be powerless, and as for the transfer of troops from the European base camp, it would be a year or two later.

The advantage of not exterminating the Spaniards was that soon the Dutch and the British came to the door one after another, continuing or increasing their trade relations with Hongmen and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

To put it bluntly, Westerners are united on major matters, not for the sake of immediate interests, for fear that after the advanced culture and technology of the West will be learned and absorbed by the Easterners, they will in turn deal with outsiders who seem to be as powerful as rootless grass, but in fact have great fatal flaws.

However, since Hongmen showed their goodwill, the Dutch and British, who were originally not dealing with the Spaniards and were eager to open up the huge market of the Ming Dynasty, naturally let down their guards and were willing to continue to maintain good relations with Hongmen.

If you don't maintain good relations, you can't do it, the strength of the Spaniards' naval fleet, the British and Dutch, as the indigenous Europeans, know it well, after Hongmen showed their "Yang Fan" and "Jiaolong" warships, it means that the advanced shipbuilding technology that Westerners are proud of has been mastered by the Orientals.

After the defeat of the Spanish fleet, Hongmen became a Chinese medicine opponent in the eyes of Westerners who could endanger their wealth in the Far East, but this chorus was not a powerful help for them to open up the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty!

Westerners are realistic, and after seeing that they cannot destroy the Hongmen by force, they will naturally show their friendly and tolerant side when they recognize the other party's ability, and continue to develop more cordial trade relations with the Hongmen.

Even privately, the Dutch and the British were very happy in their hearts: the Spaniards had lost Luzon, a pivotal place, and this was a golden opportunity for several forces that had long wanted to get their hands on Luzon.

With Hongmen's attitude towards Westerners, at least they will not be as conservative as the Japanese and the Ming royal family, and the Dutch and British, who were already in danger of trade in the Far East, have become the intangible benefits of Hongmen's defeat of the Spaniards and control of the Luzon Islands.

When the Dutch, British and other large and small Western powers return to Manila Castle for trade, will the day when Manila Castle regain its original transit hub?

However, these things are no longer relevant to Li Tianyang, who has already set off for the north, more than two months of wandering, from the death of his grandmother to his father's following, and then to the tailgating of his aunt Zhu Juan, and then banishing his younger brother with his own hands, Li Tianyang has never felt physically and mentally exhausted like today.

Therefore, after negotiating with the Portuguese on the terms of handing over the Spanish captives, Li Tianyang handed over all the matters of the Luzon Islands to Gan Xingzhi and Zhang Chong, the two former backbones of the Shark Gang.

The Swordfish Department was formerly known as the Shark Gang, although it suffered a lot of losses in the battle for power between Li Tianyang's brothers, but its foundation is still there, and with the Ming Dynasty overseas Chinese, many people have seen blood and killed people in the war, and after the family is broken, it is not a big problem for them to re-recruit people.

With Gan Xingzhi presiding over the army's sailors to maintain order, and Zhang Chong, the former Shark Gang military advisor, making suggestions behind his back, showing the way of governing people that Confucian disciples dreamed of, Li Tianyang believes that the Luzon Islands can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai in a short period of time, and there is no need for him to pay attention to it for a while.

(End of chapter)