The final decision to allow the Spaniards to reside in the North Harbor was a consolation clause that had little substance. In fact, because of www.biquge.info important position in foreign trade, especially the trade with the Netherlands, the trade is basically based here, so there are many foreign residents here, most of whom are Dutch, but the Spaniards are not nothing, but after the Zheng family and the Spaniards started a war, most of these Spanish merchants temporarily withdrew.

In Manila, the situation is slightly different. When the Spaniards first attacked the Chinese, they killed tens of thousands of Chinese, but after the Zheng family declared war on the Spaniards, the massacre stopped, and the remaining Chinese were temporarily detained, and only after the Zheng family and the Spaniards finally reached a peace agreement, these Chinese were released from prison.

It was at this time that Zeng Aniu was released. However, the release made him a little scared, because he didn't know where he was going after being driven out of prison and out on the street.

A few months ago, Zeng Ah Niu was an employee of a Chinese firm, but now, his owner and his family are gone, and the store has naturally been robbed by the Spaniards. Zeng Aniu reacted relatively quickly, and fled outside the city when the Spaniards just started to kill, which can be regarded as a temporary escape. It's just that the Spaniards quickly killed all the Chinese in the city, and then began to attack the Chinese outside the city. If it's just those Spaniards who do it, then it's okay, the number of Spaniards is limited, especially the number of troops is limited, so it's no problem to close the gates inside the city to kill people, but if such an army is placed outside the city, then it can't control much of the area at all, theoretically speaking, even if the Chinese can't afford to provoke them, at least, it's okay to hide.

However, the problem outside the city is also very big, that is, there are many natives outside the city. In Zeng Aniu's view, most of these natives are lazy and bad, and when the Spaniards did not do anything to the Chinese in the past, of course these natives did not dare to do anything to the Chinese. But now that the Chinese were in trouble, these natives immediately became extremely ferocious, killing the Chinese almost more ruthlessly than the Spaniards. Of course, if it is only these natives, in fact, there is nothing to be afraid of, although the number of Chinese is small, but relying on those farms outside the city, it is not impossible to resist. It's just that once the Chinese began to rely on the farms for defense, the natives would immediately go to the Spaniards, and then, even the walled farms, would never be able to withstand the Spaniards' cannons. As a result, the Chinese outside the city also fell into the dilemma that if they were scattered and hiding, they would be slaughtered by the local natives, and if they concentrated resistance, they would not be able to defeat the Spaniards. Zeng Aniu was chased and cut by the natives many times outside the city at that time, and if he hadn't run fast, a few lives would not be enough to die. Later, Zeng Aniu fled to Boss Zhang's farm - no matter what happened to the Spaniards, at least avoid the barbaric natives first. Besides, even if the Spaniards came and broke the farmstead, it would be nothing more than being shot to death with a knife and hacked to death, but if it fell into the hands of those natives, maybe it would be eaten! And in the farmstead, at least for a short time, there is food. If you die, you're a full ghost.

Just three days after Zeng Aniu fled to Boss Zhang's farm, the Spaniards came to the door, and Boss Zhang's fairly thick wall was easily bombarded by the Spaniards' cannons, and then, strangely, the Spaniards did not immediately kill all the Chinese inside, but only put them in prison, Zeng Aniu was also one of them.

Zeng Aniu didn't have much to go to now, but he still habitually walked to the vicinity of the silk shop opened by the former owner, Boss Li. But unexpectedly, the front of the original silk shop was actually very lively, and a large number of Chinese were gathered here, almost crowded. In the place where the original version should have hung the plaque of "Li Ji Silk Village", another plaque was hung, but this plaque was also covered with red satin, making it impossible to see what was written on it. Of course, even if he can see it, Zeng Aniu doesn't know it. After all, there is no literacy campaign in this era that can force eighty-year-old ladies to honestly read and write, and the vast majority of people, whether Chinese or Europeans, are illiterate.

Zeng Aniu was far away, and faintly saw a person wearing an official uniform in the play saying something in official language, but Zeng Aniu didn't understand. Behind this man there were several screens, but they were also covered with red satin, and it was impossible to see what was being painted. Zeng Aniu looked around and saw Liu Youzhi, who was originally locked up in the same cell, also standing next to him, he knew that Liu Youzhi had been a bookkeeper, could read and write, and understood the official language, so he squeezed over.

"Mr. Liu, who is this adult and what are you talking about?" Zeng Aniu squeezed over and asked.

"Ah Niu, this lord is the protector sent by my Ming Dynasty to protect our Chinese!" Liu Youzhi replied with a red face, "The Spaniards killed us Chinese, and I couldn't stand it, so I sent his eldest son with the imperial court soldiers to come over, and taught the Spaniards a hard lesson. Master Zheng was afraid that after the withdrawal of the army, these Spanish barbarians would not be trustworthy and would embarrass us again, so he sent his officers to Manila and called them tribunes. In the future, with Zheng Dashuai's tribune here, if the Spaniards dare to bully us again, Zheng Dashuai will send troops over to teach them a lesson. After the Spaniards conceded defeat, they promised to return to us everything that had been stolen from us Chinese. But you know, there are people whose entire families are dead, and their inheritance has no owner. These ownerless properties, which originally belonged to the Chinese, were managed by the Yamen, the protectors, and the profits from the industries were used for the public welfare of the Chinese. You originally worked in this shop, and you know that Boss Li's family is dead, and before you find his distant relatives, this house will become ownerless, and the people's official yamen will use it as a temporary yamen. In the future, if we recover our Chinese industry, we will be bullied by the Spaniards and find someone to protect us, so we can all come here to find Lord Wu, the tribune. ”

"Ah, there is such a thing? The Great Tomorrow is really a holy monarch, and Zheng Dashuai should also live a long life and be rich for generations! Zeng Aniu said.

"Isn't it?" Liu You said straightly, "When I go home in a while, I will set up an immortal plaque for Zheng Dashuai, and I will put a few sticks of incense on his old man's house every day." ”

"It should be, Zheng Dashuai is really the incarnation of a Bodhisattva, and I will set up an immortal plaque for Zheng Dashuai when I go back."

At this time, the man in the official uniform also finished speaking. Someone came over to light the firecrackers, and in the crackling sound of firecrackers, the red satin on the plaque was uncovered, revealing the four gilded characters of "Baomin Official Office" below. Then there were dense words on the several screens that were originally placed behind Master Wu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the content of the peace treaty signed between Zheng Dashuai and the Spaniards, concerning the rights of the Chinese and the rights and responsibilities of the tribalists. From now on, the screen will be placed in the corridor of this courtyard, and if you have any questions about the rights stipulated in the contract and the powers of the tribune's yamen, you can look at the screen. That Lord Wu said.

"Lord Wu, how can such a document be written only on wood with a pen? It should be remembered and passed on for thousands of years. The villains and others are willing to donate money and erect a stone monument here to record such a grand event and the holiness of the imperial court. One of the men cried out first,

"Yes, the little people are willing to donate!" More people shouted.

"Everyone's kindness, this official understands it. It's just that everyone has just survived the catastrophe, and it's time to use the money. Lord Wu said, "This monument can be done at any time, but there is no hurry." And even if you really have spare money in your hands, I suggest that you don't spend your money on such things for the first time, but use the money to buy guns and guns. ”

"Buy a gun?" A businessman-like man asked.

"Yes, in addition to the king, you also know that the people of Yidi, with human faces and beast hearts, can never be trusted. Today, we have to admit our mistakes because of the power of our army, but it may not be that there will be no harm to others again in the future. The imperial court soldiers were far away in Fujian, thousands of miles apart. If the Spaniards betray the alliance, the court and Zheng Dashuai will learn the news, I am afraid that it will be a month later, and then it will take a lot of time to order men and horses and prepare grain and grass, and then it will take several months to defeat the Spaniards. This comes and goes, everything goes well, and it always takes most of the year. If something goes wrong, I don't know how much time it will take. These are the times when you need to protect yourself. According to the treaty, the Chinese had the right to buy guns and guns for self-defense. We Chinese are actually more numerous than the Spaniards, and if each of us has a gun and a cannon in our hands, and there is a dock fort in the manor outside the city, and the dock fort has cannons and food in it, how dare the Spaniards touch us? How dare you betray the Covenant? If every Chinese in Luzon had guns and would use them, this covenant would be written on paper, and King Kong would not be broken; What is the use of this covenant if we are still as we were before, without the power to defend ourselves, and it is engraved in stone? Lord Wu replied with a smile, "Besides, the share of your family property that was robbed by the Spaniards, the official naturally wants to help everyone get it back, but the people who robbed everyone's property at that time were not only the Spaniards, but also those who took advantage of the fire to rob them." Now that we have signed a contract with the Spaniards, we naturally can't send troops to help you ask for money. But are you really going to let those students go? We had guns in our hands, and although we were not allowed to bring cannons and spears into Manila because of the contract, we could not do anything with the Spaniards. But we still can't teach those who can't be learned? ”

"Lord Wu, what you said makes sense, but where to buy this gun, the Spaniards won't sell it to us." Someone else asked.

"That's a good question." Lord Wu replied, "The Spaniards don't buy it, but Zheng Dashuai can sell it to you, and it is guaranteed to be better than the guns that the Tessians sold you, and they are all cheaper." Now there is a storefront on the dock outside the city, which was originally owned by Boss Shen, but now it has become an ownerless storefront, and the official plans to rent that storefront to this Haida Fuhai boss, specializing in selling guns. ”