Chapter 494: Bullying

After the bloody incident in the Joseon Palace, Seoul should now be called Hwasju City, and the second martial law began, and the Korean officials of all sizes in the city were extremely nervous, for fear that this time the blade would fall on their heads again, and the merchants also moved to their other businesses near the port in advance.

The people, whether Han people or Koreans, are a little unclear about why there is martial law this time, but Jiang Jiajun's martial law is not the kind of situation where residents are not allowed to go out at all, but there are a few streets where walking is not allowed, and it is not allowed to appear on the streets at night after sunset.

Those streets were just roads in front of the Governor's Mansion and the Taeshofu, and as for not going out at night, that is, the merchants were more bored in their pastime at night, and these people had already left Seoul and lived near Incheon, where although the prosperity could not catch up with Seoul, but it was more free.

The real tension came from the soldiers and horses on duty on the street, almost ten paces and one post, and often about twenty cavalry galloped past, which seemed to be extremely solemn.

What is going on, everyone thinks so, this matter, even the officials of the Huazhou Taishou Mansion can't figure it out, when asked about the officers of the Governor's Mansion, those people just smiled and said that there will be nothing in a few days.

The Governor's Mansion governs the various areas occupied by Jiang Feng, and it is the Commander's Mansion here, and the area ruled by Jiang Feng is the system of military management and civilian management, so the Governor's Mansion is the real center, and the Huazhou Taishou Mansion is in a sense a unit parallel to Guanwai and Yizhou, under the Governor's Office.

So they are helpless about the secrecy of Shangfeng, but it feels very awkward, after all, Seoul, a pure consumption city, has suddenly become a fortress, which makes people very unaccustomed to it, although there are murderous cannons on the walls of the Quartet every day.

The envoy of Levire, the governor of Luzon in Spain, was frightened by this atmosphere of slaughter, and Phillips had been a proud ensign before he came to Luzon, full of hope to establish the great deeds of his countrymen in South America and Africa, where the king's valiant warriors could defeat tens of thousands of opposing soldiers in a few hundred in South America, and capture the emperor, and perhaps in a place like Asia.

However, after coming, he found that things were not as ideal as he had in his mind, the powerful fleet was always cruising in the port of Luzon, and Luzon was called a colony of the Kingdom of Spain, but in the port of Luzon, he was described as a cowardly Chinese who did not know how to resist by people who had been to the East in the past, and there was no fear of the Spanish garrison in the port, but he was arrogant, and the result of any conflict was to be discussed by the governor of Luzon and the officers of the detachment of the Yizhou fleet stationed in Luzon.

There were probably about 2,000 Spaniards living in Luzon, 630 colonial troops, and it is said that there used to be a navy of four sailing ships, but now the defense of the port has been taken over by the "enthusiastic" detachment of the Yizhou squadron in Luzon, and there is no sense of the so-called superior nation.

Incidentally, there are 2,000 militia groups of local Chinese, and the training is carried out in accordance with the phalanx drill of the Spanish army, and the density of firearms is no worse than that of the Spanish colonial army, and the daily training is not relaxed.

It's not so much a militia as a regular army, there are warships on the sea, there are large armies on the shore, the Spaniards still have the courage of colonists here, Luzon Governor Revel and the Spaniards below have also figured it out, here can be used as Spanish merchant ships, those who pass through Luzon from South America, go to other colonies or return to their own country merchant ships, fortunately, they are familiar with the rules, and it is very convenient to communicate with their own people.

Moreover, in the seas of the East, where maritime trade is flourishing, Spanish merchant ships brought gold and silver from South America, exchanged them for silk and fine porcelain, and then brought them back to Europe.

The price difference and profits are very high, as an intermediary is really profitable, whether it is the colonial army or those military and civilian officials who come over, they have joined the activities of business intermediaries, and after two years in Luzon, many people have already earned money that can go home for retirement.

It's the same with Phillips, and now he's already starting to wonder if he should buy a manor or something when he returns to Spain and donate it to himself for a knighthood or something.

In his spare time, the governor of Luzon, Revere, also laughed at himself, saying that he was the chargé d'affaires of the port office of the Kingdom of Spain in Luzon, responsible for commercial matters and port security. Hearing this, everyone laughed, and it was over, anyway, coming to such a far place just to make a fortune.

Earning money is the most real thing, and it doesn't matter what you do with so many false names.

I thought that I would work so hard to make money and make a fortune, but when the term of office expires, I will return to Spain with gold and silver scenery, and it will be good to be a rich man.

Nine times out of ten, in September of the nineteenth year of Jiajing, Jiang Feng, the governor of Huazhou, sent an official letter, the words were very plain, but the content of it made people break out in a cold sweat, the official letter is quite beautiful in Latin, there are many literate Dutch people in Huazhou, and such official documents are not uncommon.

It is said that the major case of Park Renyong's rebellion and rebellion in Seoul in June, which led to the death of the king of Joseon, and Park Renyong's gang has been severely punished according to the law, but this incident must have been instigated by the back, and all signs point to the Spanish colonial institutions in Luzon.

Because the most important evidence is a firecracker, which has been identified by craftsmen and has been determined to be a firearm of the Franco, that is, the standard weapon of Spain, and the standard weapon of Spain must be related to Spain, and the official institution representing Spain can be compared to the official institution of Spain in the seas of East Asia, only in the Spanish colony of Luzon.

After knowing the meaning of this instrument, all the Spaniards were angry, and there were hundreds of Spanish ships sailing in various ports on the Asian seas, and almost every ship had this kind of firearm for self-defense or for the purpose of buying and selling arms, and the Portuguese in Macao and a large number of Portuguese ships also had firearms of the Spanish standard, so why should they be suspicious of Luzon?

Moreover, the Spaniards in Luzon did not say in front of the envoys that in the whole of Asia, Jiang Feng's army was the institution with the most firearms, and Jiang Feng's arsenal was the largest producer of firearms.

Of course, this sentence is also slandered in the stomach, the envoy of Huazhou was in the office of Levire, the governor of Luzon, without the slightest diplomatic etiquette, and his words were extremely rude, shouting for Luzon to give him an explanation, although the envoy was only with five retinues.

However, the Spanish colonial army and the men who were the exception of the castle did not dare to make the slightest move, and they all faced the messenger politely and stiffly smiling, because the Yizhou fleet in the port had already raised its sails and aimed its guns at the castle on the shore, and the so-called Chinese people's regiment in the Spaniard-populated area had surrounded it in full armor.

Maybe this is blackmail, but the strength of the other party is far superior to you, everything of the Spanish colonists is within the range of Huazhou's artillery, and there is no other way to speak of it except to be soft.

It should also be noted that all the negotiations were between the Chinese and the Spaniards, and as for the natives with the largest population in Luzon, they were treated as if they did not exist, and the natives had no say other than coolies and slaves.

Revere, the governor of Luzon, swore in the name of the king, God, and family that the matter had nothing to do with them.

However, no one heeded his oath, and the envoy kept asking them to give an explanation, so he had to send an envoy to Huazhou to explain in person, that there was a commander of the colonial army under Revere, with the rank of lieutenant, and he was also Levere's deputy.

Naturally, these two people would not be involved in danger themselves, and the envoy had to have a good identity, so this glorious and arduous task was handed over to the young newcomer, and Ensign Phillips, who had a certain position.

Phillips looked at the soldiers on both sides of the streets of Huazhou City, the standing posture of these soldiers and the weapons on their bodies all showed that the Huazhou army was excellent, and when he came by sea, the second lieutenant also saw the size of the fleet of the Huazhou Navy, although he didn't want to admit it, but he still felt that even if such an army fought against the Spanish Kingdom in Europe, it might not fall behind.

But the other party's overwhelming strength can turn the small Luzon colony into powder at any time, why do you have to negotiate with great fanfare, the more he thinks about it, the more apprehensive Phillips is in his heart, worried about the abnormality, of course, it is inevitable to scold the bosses in Luzon who pushed him out to die.

Under the guidance of the guards with serious faces, Phillips trembled and came to the meeting room of the Huazhou Governor's Mansion, where there was already an officer waiting there, the officer was tall, about thirty years old, with a fierce and awe-inspiring atmosphere, as soon as he saw this person, the military temperament on the other party suddenly made Phillips serious, a rather standard Spanish military salute, and said respectfully:

"The Governor of Luzon of the Kingdom of Spain pays tribute to the Duke of Huazhou on behalf of Phillips!"

The interpreter on the side looked embarrassed, and hurriedly whispered to the second lieutenant who was saluting:

"This is Lord Luo Yi, the sheriff of Huazhou, you have recognized the wrong person!"