First of all, there is the conflict of interest of the private economy. Since the beginning of Spanish rule in Luzon, the Chinese have had a large and almost monopolistic position in the trade of Manila and other areas inhabited by the Spaniards. In the late eighteenth century, the indigenous Filipinos began to encroach on the economic status of the Chinese in Manila. Filipinos began to emerge in Manila's previously Chinese-monopolized industries, and the competition between the two sides was particularly fierce. Due to the weakening of the competitiveness of the Chinese, the economic power of the Filipinos developed rapidly.

Second, there is the competition for economic status between ethnic groups. The conflict of economic interests of the people can be seen as a sporadic competition between individuals, which can lead to anti-Chinese incidents, and if the competition is extended to a larger ethnic group, it will become a competition for the economic status of the Chinese ethnic group and other ethnic groups, which will lead to a sustained anti-Chinese movement.

On May 15 of the first year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty, this festival is celebrated by the Chinese. The natives, who had a long-standing grudge against the Chinese, with the connivance of the Spaniards, stormed Chinatown and went on a killing spree. The massacre lasted for two months, more than 20,000 local Chinese businessmen and workers were killed, countless women were raped, and Chinese assets were robbed.

In August of the first year of Hongguang, the news reached Fu Wenlong, the governor of Nanyang. Fu Wenlong was shocked when he received the news, and hurriedly took the first passenger ship back to Dongguan to meet Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu in the prison state.

Fu Wenlong is very excited now, if nothing else, it is the news from Luzon.

Fu Wenlong is now the governor of Nanyang, which is a new official position. Zhu Hongsan engraved on his customs defense is the Ming Governor Nanyang, Annan and other places to supervise military affairs, food and salary, management of local government affairs and governors, this official position looks very awesome, may be in addition to Hong Chengchou's six provinces Governor of the year Fu Wenlong managed a large territory.

But Fu Wenlong knows his own business, and he, the governor of Nanyang, is just an empty shell now. Nanyang is the name of Southeast Asia in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is a concept centered on China. Including the Malay Archipelago, the Philippine Islands, the Indonesian Archipelago, as well as the coastal areas of the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula.

But look at it now, Fu Wenlong, a dignified second-class member of the Ming Dynasty, even borrowed an office space from the Guangdong Political Division. Yong'an Prefecture nominally belongs to the Lianzhou Prefecture of Guangdong. The only person who can legitimately belong to the governor of Fu Wenlong Fu is Hongji Port, a small county-level city with less than 10,000 yuan and an area of no more than ten miles.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the northern population migration plan, Zhu Hongsan transferred most of the army in Fu Wenlong's hands to Nanzhili. Now Wang Jinbaokong has the title of the third division, and there are less than 2,000 armed men under his command. The navy is even more pitiful, except for Zhang Da Scara's four 500-ton small gunboats, not a single new warship has been added in the past two years, and Li Zhi has been taken to Nanzhili. Zhang Da Scara also mentioned it to Fu Wenlong in private, but Fu Wenlong couldn't help it, now the strategic focus of the King of Chu is first north and then south, and everything is in vain if a large number of people are not introduced.

Now that this good news has come from Luzon, it is really a godsend for Fu Wenlong, and he can ask the king of Chu for troops and equipment in the name of protecting the people of heaven.

Since he wanted to prepare for something, he had to be prepared, and Fu Wenlong immediately ordered his subordinate Shen Mengguan to prepare things, from the number of Franc robots to the size of the warship.

In this era, there was no concept of intelligence science in the world, and Shen Mengguan could easily find out the details of the Franc machine from the mouths of the merchants.

When Fu Wenlong saw the materials in his hand, he was overjoyed, with these things, the King of Chu will definitely equip the army, no, he will definitely seek justice for my Ming people.

Fu Wenlong rushed to Dongguan on the eighth day of September to meet Zhu Hongsan, the prison state, at this time Zhu Hongsan was anxious about the relationship with the Longwu regime, and when he heard that Fu Wenlong was coming, he hurriedly asked people to come in.

Fu Wenlong saluted after entering the house and just sat down. Zhu Hongsan asked, "Master Fu, why did you come back?" Is there something wrong with Vietnam? ”

Zhu Hongsan's mouth is full of new terms, at this time Vietnam is still called Annam, but Fu Wenlong and others are familiar with Zhu Hongsan's intermittent psychosis, so they automatically complete the conversion of place names in their hearts.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Wechen came back this time not for the sake of Annan, but for Luzon."

"Luzon? Ah, isn't it the Philippines? What's wrong with them? No one buys bananas? ”

"Your Highness, this is not the case, the minister received news in August that in May this year, the native people of Luzon, with the connivance of the Francophiles, slaughtered more than 20,000 people of our Ming Dynasty and robbed countless money and goods."

Zhu Hongsan was very surprised to hear Fu Wenlong say this, in his impression that the intellectuals of the Ming and Qing dynasties were very xenophobic, and felt that these Chinese who left the mainland were not Chinese, and the central government of the mainland was an attitude of staying out of the matter in all the anti-Chinese incidents in Nanyang, but he didn't expect that Fu Wenlong's appearance today surprised Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and asked, "Lord Fu, aren't these Chinese far away from the land of their ancestors?" I remember no one had ever cared about them before. ”

Fu Wenlong's old face flushed, he used to think so and say so. But now it's different, the ass decides the head. He is now the governor of Nanyang, how can he not grasp this opportunity to increase his power.

Fu Wenlong is not a Jinshi background, but he is obviously dirty in his heart, but he said something about the family and the country.

"His Royal Highness the Prison State, it used to be said that those of them who went to the South Seas were far away from the land of their ancestors, and the Ming Dynasty was a state of parents, and children naturally had to be disciplined when they made mistakes, but only by parents. Why should they discipline us for the sake of the Lang machine, so this time Wei Chen came back to ask His Royal Highness the Supervisor to send heavenly soldiers to punish the Franc machine man who was acting on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people in Nanyang for the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in Nanyang. ”

Zhu Hongsan, who said Fu Wenlong's righteous and awe-inspiring words, blushed a little, and scolded secretly in his heart, these stinky old nines, what they say is better than what they sing, they are obviously sending troops to grab territory, and let them say as if they will isolate themselves from the people if they don't do it.

Zhu Hongsan calculated the army in his hand, he had a total of 50,000 people, Nanzhili used more than 10,000 people, Guangdong provinces used 30,000 garrisons, Qiongzhou still had 5,000 people, and Dongguan still had less than 5,000 people, so there were really no soldiers to adjust.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Fu Wenlong's appearance and knew that he would not leave if he didn't nod his head this time. Wang Jinbao still has 2,000 people on his side, so let's transfer some from all over the country to get 10,000 people to him.

Zhu Hongsan made up his mind and asked, "Master Fu, how many troops will be needed to pacify Luzon?" ”

When Fu Wenlong heard that there was a play, he hurriedly took out the materials prepared by Shen Mengguan and began to report on the situation of the Luzon Franc machine.

Zhu Hongsan didn't know if he didn't listen, but when he heard this, if he didn't send troops to take this Luzon, he was really sorry for Zhu Yuanzhang.

It turned out that the Spanish Empire was beginning to decline, and it took a lot of energy to compete for hegemony in Europe with the new empires of the British Empire and the Dutch, and the destruction of the Armada in 1588 brought Spain back to its original shape.

Now the power of the Spaniards in the whole of the South Seas has been greatly reduced, and large areas of the former colonies have been forcibly occupied by the British and the Dutch. At present, there is only one base in Luzon in the whole of Southeast Asia, with a total of 2,000 troops and 5,000 native security troops. There are five warships, but the firepower is quite strong, the flagship Ferdinand II has a displacement of 1,200 tons, and the other ships are also nearly 1,000 tons, which is a bit difficult to deal with.

After listening to Fu Wenlong's report, Zhu Hongsan said: "It's easy to say that the land battle is good, our army is stronger than the Franc man, but the naval battle is very difficult to fight, and the Nanyang Navy only has four small gunboats, which is not necessarily the opponent of the Franc man." ”

"Your Highness, Wechen came back to ask for help, Wechen wants to ask His Highness to transfer two of the five big ships of Nanzhili, so that the warships of the Franc machine man will not be a problem."

"No, now Li Zhi and them are at a critical juncture, and they must not weaken their strength."

Hearing that he couldn't let those big ships go south under his command, Fu Wenlong thought for a while and said, "Then there is only one way, make up for it with quantity." Wechen remembered that there were still a few large warships in the sea patrol in the past, so I can't use them. ”

This is also a solution, the large ships of the sea patrol are seven or eight hundred tons, and the installation of artillery should be able to threaten the Spanish warships at a long distance. Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said: "There is another way, Lord Fu, please stay in Dongguan for half a month, there is a big ship in our shipyard that has been launched, and now it is being loaded with artillery, it is estimated that half a month should be about the same." ”

"Your Highness, how does it compare to the flagship of the Franc Man?"

"The displacement is about the same as it, but the firepower is several times greater."

Fu Wenlong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "That's okay, as long as the naval battle is not lost, Weichen promises to take Luzon for His Highness." ”

Zhu Hongsan has no idea about Luzon, which is rich in industrial raw materials such as gold, copper, and coal, and that place is located in the tropics, and rice can be harvested four times a year, and the yield is higher than that of Vietnam. It's a good place for immigrants. Now hearing that Fu Wenlong is sure to win such a treasure land, Zhu Hongsan is also very happy.

"That's good, please go down and rest, this king immediately asked people to notify the shipyard and ask them to speed up production, and it will be completed within half a month."

For exactly half a month, Fu Wenlong also wanted to go home to meet his family, and when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, he readily agreed.

After Fu Wenlong left, Zhu Hongsan immediately ordered Zhang Jiayu, secretary of the Military Aircraft Department, to draft an order and mobilize troops. Zhu Hongsan wanted to transfer 2,000 people from Zhaoqing and 2,000 from Qiongzhou Prefecture, but Leizhou Mansion is now stable and the garrison can be transferred away, which is another 2,000 people. In addition, Dongguan is taking out 2,000 people here, plus Wang Jinbao's 2,000 people, it should be no problem to get together 10,000 people.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the tight deployment of troops, and he had a headache. Li Zhi of Nanzhili and they have just started to transport people, and there are only 20,000 people per month. There are 100,000 refugees from the north and south every month, but the manpower gap is still too large, and the limit of his current army is 50,000, which is really not too much population support.