The reason why Spain could control the whole of the Philippines with an army of more than 1,000 people was not only because the army and firearms were so powerful that the 400 troops at the time of their landing could defeat hundreds of thousands of natives in the entire Philippines.

Instead, with the assistance of political means, the old regime was isolated and overthrown by co-opting local indigenous leaders, and then in exchange for paying taxes on the condition of protecting the tribes of the indigenous Philippine chiefs from foreign invasions, and with the assistance of the tribal leaders under the original Philippine political system, the rule was established.

Then, with the help of the Catholic Church, demagoguery, control of the land, and the resistance of the Filipinos to nothing, and then do it to foreign nationalities such as the Chinese, is the reason why more than 1,000 people can now control this treasure land of the Philippines, it can be said that the Catholic Church has contributed a lot in this, so the bishop and Matteo Ricci feel that they should be treated with courtesy, but at the moment, it seems that the governor does not think so.

"What did General Xiao say? Will it not attack us? Is there any possibility of peace talks? I think we should try to avoid war and resolve this issue through peaceful negotiations, and we can return those Chinese in batches. ”

The Governor looked a little impatient.

Matteo Ricci understood the reason, and was embarrassed to say nothing, while the Bishop was very dissatisfied, and Bishop Alexander was very dissatisfied with the neglect and disrespect of God by the Governor, and said: "Mr. Governor, as a devout Catholic, I think we should worship God first, seek the blessings of the great God, and then the mundane, do you say?" ”

It stands to reason that the Governor should have heard the dissatisfaction of the Bishop, but the Governor did not know whether he was dizzy or hemorrhoids, so he did not hear the dissatisfaction of Bishop Alexander, but hurriedly said: "Mr. Bishop, let's not talk about this, the situation is very urgent now, and our people who have returned from Macao say that the Chinese Emperor is going to attack the Philippines and control here!" ”

With that, the Governor told Matteo Ricci and Bishop Alexandria about the matter.

After hearing this, Alexander was stunned for a moment - the emperor of China? That should be higher than that General Xiao's status, right? General Xiao was a marquis, an emperor...... It's the biggest!

So Alexander panicked.

It's not within the scope of the commission!

"Matteo, we are here on the commission of General Xiao, but the Emperor of China is here...... Who has the final say, General Xiao or the Emperor of China? ”

Bishop Alexandria was probably so panicked that he actually asked Matteo Ricci such a stupid question.

But it's actually nothing for him to ask like this, because in the past few years, Xiao Ruxun has been in charge of everything in the South China Sea region and the coastal area of Myanmar, and he is equivalent to the spokesperson of the Ming Kingdom in the Nanyang region, exercising power on behalf of the Chinese emperor, and his words and deeds can actually represent the Chinese emperor.

Of course, when the Chinese emperor did not personally give the will, if the Chinese emperor personally expressed his position, according to Matteo Ricci's understanding, Xiao Ruxun still had to obey the emperor's orders and serve the emperor.

It's just that the Chinese emperor basically didn't pay attention to the affairs of the South China Sea, and the small countries in the entire South China Sea region basically surrendered like Xiao Ruxun and were willing to follow Xiao Ruxun's instructions.

But this thing itself is very strange, the Chinese emperor sent a ship to the Philippines to survey the terrain, and then there were rumors that the Philippines has a mountain that produces its own gold, isn't this? Storytelling should also follow the scientific truth, how can gold grow in nature? Not to mention anything like "golden beans", gold is a mineral, and it has to be mined by hand.

How could the Chinese emperor believe such?

So Matteo Ricci said very firmly: "Mr. Governor, Mr. Bishop, I think this is completely a rumor, something that does not exist at all, the Chinese emperor must have other things to do when he sent a ship, gold will grow on the mountain, any normal person will suspect that gold is a mineral, it needs to be dug out and smelted by hand, if gold will grow automatically, then our science can be re-studied." ”

Bishop Alexander and the Doge looked at Matteo Ricci, and then thought about it carefully, and felt that he was right, and it made sense, that such a thing as the automatic growth of gold, a person of the status of the emperor of China, must be very knowledgeable, how could he believe such a false statement?

Then greater doubts and panic ensued.

"Then the purpose of the Chinese emperor to send people here is not to look for gold, but because we are preparing to send people to attack us in response to the Chinese affairs, so we specially sent people to survey the terrain first?"

The Governor's brain was very big, and it sounded very reasonable, and Bishop Alexander and Matteo Ricci were momentarily stunned.

"Mr. Governor, we are entrusted by General Xiao Ruxun of Burma, and we are here to discuss with you about the relocation of Chinese residents to Burma, and General Xiao said that as long as you release those Chinese residents who are willing to return to their hometowns to live, then what happened before will be written off, and he will no longer pursue it, this is his original words, and we are here to negotiate with you for this purpose, before that, General Xiao will absolutely not use force."

Matteo Ricci immediately expressed Xiao Ruxun's meaning, he felt that if he did not show his attitude at this time, the Governor might be so cranky that the consequences were unpredictable.

But when he said this, the Governor's brain shot up again.

"But General Xiao is a marquis, a noble lord, not an emperor, and if the Chinese emperor wants to attack us, won't General Xiao also have to obey the emperor's orders? What would we do if the Emperor of China gave General Xiao the order to send troops against us? What do you say, Mr. Bishop? ”

Bishop Alexander was also confused at this time, he didn't know much about the situation here, he had just come to the East, he only had a little impression of China, he had no opinion of his own at all, and Matteo Ricci, who knew more about the Chinese, was also frowning and pondering.

Matteo Ricci was quick to draw conclusions.

"Mr. Bishop, Mr. Governor, I have some friends in China, if you believe me, I am willing to go back to China to ask my friends what the situation is, I think there is not enough reason, the Chinese emperor will not order troops at will, the Chinese are very civilized and etiquette, there is not enough reason, they will definitely not use force, please believe me!"