Chen Houfu said: "Then I'm not welcome." We have three missions, one is to defend Manila, one is to subdue the small islands, and the other is to attack the Spaniards in Mindanao. Please choose one each for Governor Yan and General Zheng. “

Yan Siqi frowned, the command change of the Ming Guards is very simple, according to the rank of the army, the lower rank listens to the higher rank, and there is no distinction between the host and the guest army. The rank system of the Navy has not yet been officially promulgated, and I don't know if it is the same as the Guards, so now it is still according to the method of the main and guest army.

And because his position is the governor of the East China Sea, and Chen Houfu is only a commander under the South China Sea Economic Strategy, Chen Houfu is unwilling to support himself, but lists a few tasks for himself and Zheng Zhilong to choose, which is respect for himself, but it will also make some problems with the military order path that should have been unblocked because of this respect, it seems that he has to suggest to the emperor to establish the rank of the navy as soon as possible.

He smiled and said, "Commander Chen, since you have been patrolling around Manila for a while and are more familiar, then you should bear the burden of guarding Manila." I and the first official choose the last two, one official, which one do you choose? “

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Big brother, my fleet is short of firepower, but it's not bad to jump to the gang, then I will choose to subdue each island and let my brothers do some growth." “

Yan Siqi said: "Okay, I'll go and fight the Spaniards in Mindanao, let's beat all of Luzon together, and let Governor Yang go to the problem of governing." “

Yang Jingchen said with a smile: "I'm so happy, I'll call people from the mainland, I don't believe that no one is tempted by the harvest of the three seasons of this year." “

Dai Chunfeng said: "Governor Yan, we want to install ten statisticians in your two fleets, please take care of it." “

Yan Siqi said: "The Military Survey and Statistics Bureau was originally formed by the old team of our navy, and we will take care of your statisticians if you don't talk to each other." “

Dai Chunfeng naturally thanked him, and made an appointment with Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong to select 20 more flexible soldiers from each of the two fleets to join the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau to enrich the intelligence team on various islands and Mindanao.

At this time, some men reported that two Spanish ships had come to the sea off Manila, but were forced into the harbor by Ming warships. Yan Siqi and the others were very curious, so they went to see it together.

It turned out that this was a Spanish transport ship carrying silver taels from South America, and they did not know that Manila had been occupied by the Ming army, and as soon as they entered the open sea, they were discovered by the Ming warships. At this time, the Spaniards had been escorted off the ship by the Ming army in despair, and Yan Siqi and others got on the boat, only to see pieces of silver ingots, neatly stacked in the cabin.

Zheng Zhilong exclaimed: "I'm afraid it's not hundreds of thousands of taels." ”

Dai Chunfeng had already asked, so he said: "A ship has 200,000 catties of silver, and some specialties or something." ”

Yan Siqi also sighed and said: "400,000 catties, that is, 6.4 million taels, what kind of America is this, so rich?" ”

Dai Chunfeng said with a smile: "They have silver mines there, the emperor said, in the future, the navy will go to occupy all the silver mines there, and I will have no fear of lack of silver." At that time, Governor Yan and General Zheng were afraid that it would be difficult to shirk this burden. ”

Yan Siqi smiled and said: "What kind of burden is this, it is our brother's long-cherished wish to be able to contribute to the revitalization of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zheng Zhilong also smiled: "I don't dare to invite you." ”

Yang Jingchen said: "How to deal with these two ships, you have to ask Director Dai to speak." ”

Dai Chunfeng said: "Trouble Commander Chen, transfer the sailors of two ships, and then transfer a few escort ships, and directly drive these two ships to Tianjin Port, and I will let Mao Qiwu, deputy director of the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau, escort them." The emperor is very interested in the specialties of the Americas, plus 6.4 million taels of silver, this credit is not small, everyone has a share, of course, the largest one is led by Chen. ”

Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong have not yet started the war, and they have already earned the credit, so they naturally smile happily, Yang Jingchen, a civilian official, has also earned the credit, and said with some embarrassment: "Isn't this the credit of the military?" I'm not going to add it. ”

Dai Chunfeng waved his hand and said: "The emperor said that the army and the people are united as one, and there is no army without the people." You can rest assured that the emperor explained before coming to the country, and the achievements in the field overseas must be added to the civil officials of local governance. Don't bother the two masters, this time by the way, send the rebellious Luzon people back, the inland road construction is now very poor. ”

Yang Jingchen's heart was moisturized, he thought that in this way, he was afraid that a large number of civilian officials would be willing to come overseas, because military merit can be more valuable than other merits in the mainland, and if you want to be knighted, military merit is indispensable. I came to Luzon by myself, as long as there are no major problems, I am afraid that I can be crowned an earl when I go back, although it is not hereditary, but the earl is superb.

Yan Siqi led the East China Sea Fleet to attack the Spaniards in Mindanao, while Zheng Zhilong went to recover the small islands between Manila and Mindanao. Dai Chunfeng stayed on Luzon Island to assist Yang Jingchen in stabilizing the situation, and Mao Qiwu took Yinliang and the Luzon people to the mainland.

Dai Chunfeng personally interrogated the Spanish crew, originally he just wanted to find out more information, maybe it would be useful in the future, but he didn't want to have an unexpected gain. According to some Spanish sailors, they encountered two shipwrecked Ming ships at sea and rescued the two surviving crew members, who kept screaming "Scream, Scream, Scream".

Dai Chunfeng asked, "What about the two Ming crew members?" ”

One of the first mates replied: "When we rescued them, they had been in the water for two days and died less than a day after they got on board. ”

Dai Chunfeng said: "You have such good intentions, did you kill them?" ”

The first mate was furious after hearing the words of the tongue man: "We are not barbarians, and if we encounter a sunken ship at sea, we will save it, whether it is an enemy or not." Until you caught us, we had no idea that the Ming were at war with Spain. ”

Dai Chunfeng had learned about these things from the Portuguese before, so he naturally knew that they were true. He muttered, "Ring, ringing". Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "I understand." ”

He said to the first mate, "Rubber? ”

The first mate said: "That's what I said, scream." ”

Dai Chunfeng wrote a secret letter to make the situation clear, and then sent a clipper to send the secret music back to the capital.

Two days later, Mao Qiwu's fleet arrived at Dayuan. Huang Kezhang sent the Luzon ship and crew back, and re-sent the ship and sailors to continue the ship to the port of Tianjin. At this time, the clippers sent by Dai Chunfeng also arrived at the big staff and handed over the secret music to Mao Qiwu.