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The Lin family came to Luzon at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been more than 200 years now, from this point of view, it is normal for the rulers of the Qing State to ignore their requests for help, after all, they have now, legally speaking, and the Qing State has no responsibility and obligation, and the Qing ruler has no responsibility and obligation, and the ruler of the Qing State still shirks the responsibility, not to mention this kind of no incense at all.

In fact, all the Chinese are proud, although the Lin family has been in Luzon for more than 200 years, but has not intermarried with the local aborigines, the scope of intermarriage is limited to the local Chinese in Luzon, which also makes the Lin family still retain the pure Han blood, which is particularly obvious in the residential pattern, although Luzon is now a Spanish colony, but the Lin family's house still retains the traditional Chinese style, the central axis is symmetrical, square and strict.

The entire Lin family compound covers an area of more than 20 hectares, and there are more than 400 people living in the Lin family, and if you add slaves, the total number is probably more than 1,000.

At this moment, the courtyard is no longer quiet and warm, and almost every courtyard is playing out scenes of joys and sorrows, some people are going to be sent to the Ryukyus in advance, and some people are going to stay and fight to the death with the Spaniards, perhaps, this farewell is forever.

After arranging the accommodation of Austin and others, Lin Xianghai finally returned to the back house, which was also in chaos at this time, the ladies were crying and tidying up, and the servants were busy moving the big boxes and small cabinets to the carriage.

Seeing Lin Xianghai come back, Lin Xianghai's wife and four concubines all cried and cried, and the two concubines were still holding their unswaddling children, they had only one purpose, hoping that Lin Xianghai could go to Ryukyu with them.

"Master, we would rather give up this family fortune, just to be able to be safe, even if we escape to the Ryukyus, why should the lord stay here to fight and die, no matter who wins or loses, it will have nothing to do with us in the future, even if the lord has the heart to coexist with the old house, we must also consider a few of our orphans and widows-" Lin Xianghai's wife Zhang begged bitterly, her mother's family was almost completely wiped out in the native riots three years ago, and Zhang didn't want to experience that kind of heartache again.

In fact, before the Spanish colonized Luzon, the relationship between the Chinese and the natives in Luzon was not very good, before the Chinese arrived in Luzon, thanks to the rich natural resources of Luzon, the natives did not need to work hard, and they could reproduce by relying on the gifts of nature, and there was no natural threat, and the natives naturally had no motivation to work, and this situation lasted for I don't know how many years, until the Chinese came to Luzon, which completely changed the social structure of Luzon.

No matter when the Chinese arrive, they almost have a natural instinct for the accumulation of wealth, even if the Chinese come to Luzon penniless, it doesn't take many years, they can always save a family business, although this family business is earned by the Chinese by hard work, but in the eyes of the Luzon natives it is quite uneven, everyone is obviously the same nothing, why are you building new houses, and cultivating plantations, these should have belonged to us -

Therefore, when the Spaniards regarded the Chinese as opponents, they did not need to exert much effort on the part of the Spaniards, and the greedy natives aimed their butcher knives at the Chinese who were supposed to belong to the same side as them.

"Don't cry, I, Lin Xianghai, are fifty and four this year, I have eaten everything I should have eaten in this life, I have seen everything I should see, seven wives and twelve sons, I have reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, people often say that we Chinese are cowardly, I want to see who can easily occupy this family business that we have saved for more than ten generations." Lin Xianghai was resolute, even if the king of Spain came in person, Lin Xianghai would break the king's two teeth.

This process is a bit tortuous, just four years ago, the bourgeois revolution broke out in Spain, Amadeo I was forced to abdicate, Spain established the First Republic, Cuba also took the opportunity to become independent, the establishment of the United States of Cuba, and then, the Bourbon dynasty was restored, Alfonso XII was the king of Spain, and returned to the country to succeed to the throne the year before, it should be emphasized that the young Alfonso XII has just turned twenty this year, and the domestic power of Spain is controlled by Prime Minister Antonio Canovas del Castillo.

It is precisely because of the turmoil in Spain in recent years that the United States has identified Spain as the target of "Liwei."

"Dad, let me stay too." Lin Xianghai's eldest son, Lin Jianyi, took the initiative to ask for help.

"You go to Ryukyu, from now on you will be the head of the Lin family, take care of your mother, aunt and younger siblings." Lin Xianghai only left his second son Lin Jian'an by his side, although there may not be much danger to Austin on the Luzon side, but the Ryukyu side is definitely safer.

"Don't bring those big items, just pack up some soft ones, we are fleeing, not moving, the space on the ship is limited, thank God for being able to send all the people over." Lin Xianghai continued to instruct, now the property in the Lin family's compound is strictly speaking, it is already very good to be able to bring some softness, although Bai Qi is also Chinese, but Lin Xianghai knows very well that Bai Qi is definitely not a saint.

After the order, Lin Xianghai took Lin Jianyi and Lin Jian'an to the study of the back house, which was the brain center of the Lin family.

"Have you bought all the weapons you bought?" Lin Xianghai asked Lin Jianyi.

Before going to the Ryukyus, Lin Xianghai also made two preparations, if Bai Qi was willing to help, it would be good, but Lin Xianghai did not pin all his hopes on Bai Qi, if Bai Qi also ignored the plight of the Lin family like the Qing government, it was impossible to say that Lin Xianghai would have to give it a go, anyway, the left and right were a death, Lin Xianghai did not want to disappear silently like the Zhang family and the Huang family.

Although there are only more than 100 members of the immediate family of the Lin family, there are more than 400 side relatives, and there are hundreds of servants of the Lin family.

To talk about the threat faced by the Lin family, the attack of the natives is not the main problem, the Spaniards are the main ones, the natives are reluctant to deal with those sporadic Chinese, to deal with a big family like the Lin family, it is more difficult to rely on those unorganized and undisciplined thugs than to ascend to the sky, I am afraid that the Lin family can deal with the attacks of the natives, but they can't deal with the strong ships and cannons of the Spaniards, the Zhang family and the Huang family have disappeared like this, Lin Xianghai does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

"I bought some, but there were not many of them, and I couldn't buy repeating guns, most of them were arquebuses, and even flintlock muskets were very few." Lin Jianyi frowned, obviously the situation was not as optimistic as Lin Xianghai expected.

"Damn the Dutch—" Lin Xianghai cursed, it seemed that if he wanted to deal with the Spaniards, he still had to count on the assistance of the Ryukyus.

Next to Luzon was the Dutch East Indies, and before gaining the support of the Ryukyus, Lin Xianghai hoped to get some weapons from the Dutch, even if it was at a high price.

The problem is that the Dutch are not stupid, the Chinese turned over in the Ryukyus and Japan, the Spaniards in Luzon are related, and the Dutch in the Dutch East Indies are equally cautious, although the Lin family bought weapons to deal with the Spaniards, but God knows whether this turmoil will affect the Dutch East Indies, in the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch are still more worried about the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies than the Spaniards in Luzon, so even if Lin Xianghai offers a sky-high price, the Dutch will never sell better weapons to the Lin family.

In other words, the Dutch don't have repeating guns to sell, don't look at the Horse Arms Company has made a magazine rifle a few years ago, but as of now, the mainstream weapons popular in the world are still single-shot rifles, the Dutch don't want the Turks and Russians to face huge national defense pressure, and their rule in the Dutch East Indies is quite stable, so in this regard, the Dutch have no demand at all, and even the Dutch native army is not equipped with repeating rifles, not to mention the Dutch East Indies, just like Lin Xianghai knows, On the Dutch East Indies, the colonial army was mainly equipped with flintlock muskets, and only some of the troops were equipped with single-shot rifles, and as for the more advanced light and heavy machine guns, the entire Far East, only the Qing State had a small amount of equipment.

To say that in terms of weapon renewal, the Qing country has never been left behind, perhaps has been worried about whether it will be driven out of the customs by the Han people, the Qing government has never been stingy in this area of investment, when the Gatling machine gun just appeared, the Qing government let the domestic arsenal to imitate, and then because the problem of gunpowder residue can not be solved, so there is no large-scale equipment Gatling, now with smokeless gunpowder, the Qing government finally remembered the Gatling machine gun, currently in the Qing country, has begun a small amount of equipment.

"Will the Ryukyus give us some assistance?" Lin Jian'an has just turned 30 years old this year, which is the age of blood and strength, and he already has four sons, so he doesn't have to worry about heirs.

"Although General Bai Qi of the Ryukyus has agreed to give us some assistance, this will eventually be manipulated, and in the long run, we still have to have a solution for both." Lin Xianghai didn't want to hang himself on a tree with a crooked neck, Ryukyu's help only cared about Bai Qi's preferences, he would give if he was willing to give, and he would leave if he didn't want to go, this kind of feeling of being manipulated by others, Lin Xianghai didn't like it very much.

This is also a common problem of all successful people, successful people always have a strong desire to control, do not like to see unstable factors, and are eager to nip all potential dangers in the bud, Lin Xianghai is like this.

"Dad, in this situation, what else can we do to achieve both, we can only try our best to cooperate, I just hope that General Bai Qi will keep his word." Lin Jianyi is a little pessimistic, if you ask for someone, you must have the consciousness of asking for someone, it is normal for the Lin family to make some small moves in private, but if it is discovered by the people on the Ryukyu side, it will be dangerous, if the Lin family is abandoned in vain, then the Lin family will have no hope.

"Yes, but I think too much, the only way to do this is to unite as one, I think that General Bai Qi still has a back hand, we may not have a chance to turn the tables." Lin Xianghai woke up in time, cooperation is the most taboo at both ends, if you accidentally mess up, the lives of the whole family can be in vain.

Lin Xianghai probably didn't know that Bai Qi's backhand was the Far East Company that was about to arrive in the Ryukyus, and if he knew that the U.S. government had decided to declare war on the Spaniards, maybe Lin Xianghai would not have taken the initiative to ask Bai Qi at the door.

"How's it going at home?" Lin Xianghai came back to his senses and finally remembered to think about his family.

"In addition to me, Jianmin, Jianxin, and Jianyuan of the second uncle's family will stay, and our Lin family will leave more than 20 people, plus more than 300 servants in the family, it should be possible to make up 400 people." Lin Jian'an is responsible for counting the left-behind personnel, and the results are not bad, with the addition of the local complex of the Chinese, there are not a few people who voluntarily stay.

This is still the premise that most people are required to move to the Ryukyus, if it is all voluntary, there will be more people left, after all, for the current Lin family, Luzon is their hometown, they were born and raised in Luzon, and going to Ryukyu is the real uproot, especially for those who are older, if it is not mandatory, the vast majority of them are willing to stay in Luzon, even if they have to face the attack of the natives and the favoritism of the Spaniards.

"Four hundred people are enough, when we were at sea, Lao Chen and I also fought an ambush, with these four hundred people, and with the weapons that Ryukyu supported us, not to mention hitting Manila, at least it will not be a problem to hold our family business." Lin Xianghai finally regained some confidence, and then it depends on whether the Ryukyu side is powerful.

Four hundred people does not sound like much, but in fact, in the case of equipment to open up the generation gap, four hundred people is already very good, put a hundred years ago, in the case of sufficient logistics, four hundred people can fight from one end of the American continent to the other, during this period the Spanish army in Luzon is also pitiful, even the servant army is only a few thousand, those servant army and the Dutch East Indies are almost the same, some people are even equipped with arquebuses a hundred years ago, if they are given Austin a few months, they don't need the Far East Company to do it, With just these few hundred people in the Lin family's compound, they could easily defeat the Spaniards in Manila.

In the original history, the battle between the Americans and the Spaniards was hardly hindered, because the Spanish were weakened at home, and the Spanish Far East Fleet had not replaced warships for at least fifteen years, and in the face of the new warships commanded by George Dewey, the Spanish Navy almost did not get the opportunity to give it a fair fight in the port of Manila, and was completely annihilated by George Dewey, as for the servant army in Luzon, it lost its naval deterrent, and the combat effectiveness of the servant army was infinitely close to zero, and the American troops had not yet landed, The servant army was ready to surrender.

That is, the Americans seized this golden opportunity and gave the Spaniards a fatal blow while you were sick and killed you, even if the Americans did not make a move, any country at this time, even the dying Qing State, could defeat the Spaniards in Luzon.

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