The movement was a bit loud, and the three people in the courtyard inside were taken aback. For a moment, no one spoke, just turned their heads to look in the direction of the door.

The sound of "knock knock" continued, and it seemed that the door panel was about to be smashed.

At this time, such a thing suddenly happened, and Zhang Wu's heart suddenly rose to his throat. After experiencing the previous massacre, one nerve suddenly tensed, and he hurriedly said to his two apprentices: "You guys quickly find a place to hide!" No, you guys go over the wall from the back first! ”

When the two apprentices heard this, they agreed and immediately dispersed and found two flat poles in their hands.

At this time, the knock on the door became louder and louder, and there was a faint voice. Zhang Wu saw that the two apprentices were holding the hands of the flat pole vigorously, and when they were anxiously trying to persuade again, they suddenly turned their heads to look in the direction of the door, listened carefully, and walked out quickly, and at the same time explained: "It seems to be the old king, don't come out in the house." ”

The two apprentices listened to him, and followed behind him, clutching the flat pole in their hands.

After entering the front room, I heard the sound of "dong dong dong", and anxious shouting: "Brother Zhang, are you there?" Brother Zhang, are you there? Open the door ......"

At this time, the voice was already heard clearly, Zhang Wu confirmed that it was the old king, so he hurriedly stepped forward, and while responding "It's coming, coming", after untying the door bolt, he hurriedly took a few steps back.

The door was pushed open, and several people broke in, and the leader was the old king on the street. He looked anxious, and when he saw the two apprentices of Brother Zhang in the room, both holding flat poles in their hands, he immediately looked at Zhang Wu and asked anxiously, "Brother Zhang, do you feel it too?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Wu listened, a little confused, so, "What do you feel?" ”

Lao Wang pointed to his two apprentices, and then said anxiously: "Brother Zhang, do you feel that those Spaniards want to do something to us Ming again?" ”

As he spoke, several young students who followed him hurriedly closed the door.

After the old Wang Tou finished speaking, he was afraid that Zhang Wu still didn't understand, so he added: "There are more and more things that those Spaniards and Bangbangya people are deliberately looking for trouble, just today, the Spaniards suddenly blocked the port, and we Ming people are only allowed to enter but not leave." Brother Zhang, you have experienced the events of the Wanli period. You said, last time, did it start like this? Brother Zhang, a Spaniard, are you ready to do something to us Mingren? “

When he asked this, almost everyone's eyes were staring at Zhang Wu. Everyone's expressions were obviously nervous.

Zhang Wuyi listened to the words of the old king, saying that on the port side, the Ming people were allowed to enter but not to leave, which surprised him. It seems that the events of the past are about to repeat themselves in front of our eyes. His face turned white all of a sudden.

But at this time, the stakes were very important, and he didn't dare to answer immediately, and after thinking for a while, he asked the old king: "Did the Spaniards let the patriarchs of all ethnic groups go to the discussion?" Or, what happened to the rich businessmen? ”

Hearing this, the old king shook his head, shook his head and said, "I didn't pay attention to this, what's the matter, does this matter?" ”

Zhang Wu listened, nodded solemnly and said: "It's very related, Spain and those monkeys are afraid that we Mingren will join forces, and they will coerce and induce us to break up our Mingren group in advance, and then do it!" ”

Speaking of this, he remembered something, so he asked again: "By the way, those monkeys are Bangbangya people, but they are massively assembled in the city?" ”

When the old king heard this, he shook his head again. He just heard the news from the port that only Ming people were allowed to enter, but not to let them out, so he panicked. Young people may have forgotten the massacres that took place here. But he was older, and he came a few years after the massacre, so he had this string in his heart. He knew that Zhang Wu had survived the previous massacre, so he hurried over to ask for news.

However, he didn't know, but a young man behind him suddenly interjected and said, "That Zhao family patriarch heard that he went to the Governor's Mansion, just this morning, I don't know, right?" ”

Overseas, the Ming people generally gathered by blood relations, that is, clan relations connected each other. This also resulted in the Ming people overseas, often in many small groups. The surname Zhao is also a big surname here, and the head of the Zhao family is also a figure with a head and a face among the Luzon Ming people. I usually deal with Spaniards, and the relationship seems to be good.

Hearing that he was summoned to the Governor's Palace, several people were nervous when they heard it. But their current information is just that the patriarch of the Zhao family has gone to the governor's mansion, which doesn't seem to mean much.

Zhang Wu thought for a while, then put on a serious face and commanded with a worried look: "Which of you who is familiar with the Zhao family, go over and listen to the news to see if there is any change in the Zhao family!" ”

When one person heard this, he immediately stretched out his hand and signaled, saying that he had a friend who was from the Zhao family's clan. The matter was urgent, and he immediately opened the door and left.

Zhang Wu looked at the rest of the people, and continued: "It is also very important whether the Bangbangya people gather here. After all, if it were only the Spaniards, they would not have been able to do it. Who's going to look into this and see how it goes? ”

"Master, I'll go!" When the short apprentice heard this, he immediately responded.

At this time, Zhang Wu couldn't care about anything else, and immediately continued: "Someone has to check to see if there are other patriarchs or wealthy businessmen who have close contacts with the Governor's Mansion, the situation is not normal." ”

Speaking of this, he added: "If it's just the Zhao family, it's definitely not enough to disintegrate our Ming people." In the past, it was a number of wealthy merchants and clans who were deceived by the Spaniards in advance, so that we were leaderless and chaotic, and they were unilaterally slaughtered! ”

After Zhang Wu said this, a few people behind Lao Zhangtou immediately agreed, divided labor and cooperated, and each went out to listen to the news of each clan.

In the barber shop, in the end, only Zhang Wu, his tall apprentice and Lao Wang Tou were left.

At this time, the old king, who was extraordinarily worried, looked at Zhang Wu and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you think this matter is very likely?" ”

Zhang Wu saw the panic in his heart, thought about it carefully, and did not hide it, and immediately replied: "At least fifty percent of the chance, there is something to happen anyway." Otherwise, the Spaniards would not have been able to blockade the port and prevent us from leaving! ”

"Ahh The old Wang Tou looked very panicked, he was not like Zhang Wu who had never been married, he was a family and a mouthful, his face was unusually ugly, "What can I do about this, Mazu Niangniang bless, don't have anything wrong!" ”

It was Zhang Wu's tall apprentice, with a resolute face on his face angrily, and said in a low voice: "What can I do at this time?" As long as we Ming people are united, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, even if we die, we can't let them slaughter! ”

Zhang Wu didn't say anything ambitious, he understood the old king's worries, so he comforted: "I don't know the details yet, let's take a look at the situation first, maybe it's us who are scaring ourselves!" ”

Having said that, everyone has a judgment in their hearts.

At this time, two more groups of people came. It's about the same as the old king, and the leaders are all a little old, but they haven't experienced the massacre. They all knew that Zhang Wu was a survivor, so they came over to ask Zhang Wu's opinion. Because of his own experience, Zhang Wu has invisibly become the head of the familiar villagers around him.

Similarly, some of the later ones were sent out to inquire about the news, while others remained in the barbershop. Of course, the people who stay in the barbershop are not sitting still.

One by one, they were worried and discussed, what to do? Because of a massacre, they had little hope of begging the Spaniards for their lives.

This is also the case in the original history, the first time, it was almost a one-sided massacre, although the Ming people also resisted after reacting, but it was basically useless. However, during the second massacre in 1638, many of the Ming people took up arms and fought.

But in Manila, there were more than 10,000 merchants alone, and the total number of merchants on the island was 25,000 to 30,000. The Spaniards brutally exploited and ravaged the Ming people, not only imposing heavy taxes, but also forcing Chinese merchants to perform heavy labor, and many Ming people, including merchants, were tortured to death.

In the end, the Ming people couldn't bear it anymore and rose up to resist, and the Xiban people immediately mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress it, and the main force was mainly indigenous, and once again used cannons to flatten the Ming people's gathering place "Jiannei", so that the former prosperous "Jiannei" was instantly turned into ashes. Then they carried out massacres throughout Luzon, some of them tricked the Ming merchants into a compound and shot them en masse, and some of them used the means of surprise attacks to kill the unprepared Ming merchants, even the elderly and children. The massacre lasted for more than three months, killing more than 24,000 people, which can be described as an extermination of humanity.

History is also really sad sometimes, the Spaniards found out that it was not possible to do without the Ming people after the massacre, and then they pretended to be good people to attract the Ming people. At that time, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was already in dire straits, and the scourge of thieves and slave chieftains was wave after wave, and in the end, many Ming people came to Luzon again to seek a living.

By 1661 there were usually 15,000 Ming people, all merchants and handicraft workers, who formed their own streets and squares, with all the goods and handicrafts necessary for society, and the markets were well arranged and orderly, which was very convenient for the citizens. However, the Spanish rulers were unwilling to covet the wealth of the Ming people for the expansion of the Ming merchant capital, and they were afraid that the power of the Ming people would increase again, so they wanted to do something against the Ming people again.

This time, Zheng Chenggong, who was already in Taiwan, received a plea for help and wrote an ultimatum to the governor of Luzon, warning him not to act rashly. The Spaniards used this as an excuse to commit another massacre. This massacre also killed all the Ming people in Manila first, and then killed the Ming people on the whole island, and the Ming people in Luzon were almost wiped out.

At that time, Zheng Chenggong was furious when he heard the news, so he reorganized his army and prepared to go to Luzon. Who knew that at this time, Zheng Chenggong fell ill and died, and his unscrupulous descendants began to fight for power and profit, and in the end, not only did no one think of sending troops to Luzon, but was destroyed by the Manchu Qing.

The Spaniards in history committed a lot of crimes against the Ming people, as well as the local natives, Bangbangya people, whose hands were stained with the blood of the Ming people, but they escaped the punishment of justice, which is not a pity for Huaxia.

However, will this continue to be the case on this plane?

Regardless of the outcome, in the spring of 1634, the butterfly effect that Emperor Chongzhen had crossed over had already had an effect in this faraway Luzon. Originally, the Spaniards would have oppressed and exploited and enslaved the Ming until 1638, and then forced the Ming to resist and carry out the massacre, but in the evening, it was confirmed that the Spaniards were about to do it in the near future.

At this time, in the Spanish Viceroyalty, Viceroy Coquela, was originally to be transferred to the Governor of Luzon in 1635. But in this plane, he took office ahead of schedule. His full name is Sebastian. Hurtado. Morality. Coqueira, who fought in Flanders and Peru when he was young, and was the former governor of Panama, in the words of the Ming Dynasty, was born as a military general, and he liked to use force when he acted. In later generations, he was known as one of the two outstanding Spanish military chieftains in Luzon.

At this time, he had a serious face, hung a map, and explained to his subordinates: "From the information received so far, it has been confirmed that the Ming people sent troops to Annam, and the Portuguese in Annam were either killed or fled, and all their property in Annam was captured by the Ming people, and the Portuguese had almost no power to fight back. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at his subordinates with shocked expressions, and continued: "The reason why this is the case is that the Ming people in Annam are the internal response of their Ming army, so they occupy Annam so easily. ”

Hearing this, the Spanish leaders present at the meeting immediately shouted.

"I know that these Ming people are not good things, they are all ungrateful!"

"Yes, we let them make money here. As a result, they made too much money and thought of colluding with the army of their home country! ”

“……”

In the red-eyed eyes of these Spanish colonists, all they saw was how much wealth the Ming people had, but they didn't think that the wealth of the Ming people was created by their own hard work. And it was created by the thrift of these Spanish colonizers, and the license fee alone was 25.7 percent of the annual income of the Spaniards in Luzon, not to mention other things. From this, it can be said that the wealth of the Spanish colonists in Luzon was entirely based on the hard work of the Ming people.

But at this time, these Spanish colonists who attended the meeting shouted one by one, and after only a while, the argument could be unified.

"Your Excellency the Governor, these Ming people are cheap, and they are in danger, so it is better to kill them all."

"Yes, in this way, not only will the Ming army not have an internal response, but we will also be able to snatch back the wealth that belongs to us!"

"Kill, kill, kill......"

“……”

These people, just because of a possible existence, want to kill all the Ming people. The nature of the robber is exposed at this time!

Coqueira listened, and finally nodded in agreement. That's what he's doing with this meeting, and he's already preparing for it!