Send a group of dragoons (musketeers immediately, because the muskets shoot out flames and smoke, like the legendary fire dragons, so the Europeans gave them this lofty-sounding name. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info) to Luzon, this is something Zheng Sen has long calculated. Dragoons were much easier to train than cuirassiers or hussars on assault missions. In particular, Zheng Sen's dragoons did not even need cavalry to have the skill of shooting on horseback, they only needed to be able to ride a horse, then dismount to fight, and get on their horse to pursue the scattered enemy army, and the requirements for the skill of fighting on the horse were almost minimized. In addition, since there is not much need to fight on horses, there is naturally no need for too good horses, which can be dealt with with with ordinary Mongolian horses, and even if it is just an emergency, it can be dealt with mules. So all in all, the cost of these dragoons is much cheaper than that of cuirassiers or hussars, and the training cycle is much shorter. Even if you send it to Luzon now, you can just catch it up.

Of course, these dragoons will not go to Luzon as the regular army of the Zheng family, they will only appear as mercenaries, which will avoid a lot of trouble. Although Zheng Sen knew that the Spaniards would definitely be able to see where these people were coming from, as long as there was an excuse to prevaricate, the Spaniards actually had nothing to do. Moreover, Zheng Sen also knew that the Spaniards were also stuffing so-called "mercenary men" into the ranks of the natives.

Zheng Sen knew that he had sent these dragoons to Luzon not entirely because of his blood ties with the Chinese in Luzon. Bloodline is often unreliable. In the time and space before Zheng Sen, Zheng Sen knew that among the so-called foreigners, the most unpleasant to see China, and the most energetic to rise up to China were often those foreigners who looked like Chinese and were connected with Chinese blood. Zheng Sen just used this way, on the one hand, not only saved a lot of money to raise soldiers, but even made another profit; On the other hand, it also relied on the existence of such a force to further strengthen its control over those Chinese businessmen in Luzon.

Those Chinese merchants have now turned against the Spaniards and natives, and they can only rely on him, and their teams, the guns and cannons, and the instructors who lead the team, are all from the Zheng family, plus this team of dragoons, they can't have any possibility of changing their courts. The next step is to gradually tie them to the Zheng family's business chain. In this way, the Zheng family's influence on Luzon was truly stabilized, and then they could gradually compress the living space of the natives, expand their control over Luzon step by step, and finally squeeze the Spaniards out of Luzon.

Zheng Sen knew that his goal could not deceive the Spaniards, they were not fools, and of course they could see Zheng Sen's intentions. However, Zheng Sen also knew that the Spaniards did not have a very good way to deal with this, and the most they could do now was to arm the natives. But the Spaniards faced far greater pressure when arming the natives. As far as the Spanish Empire is concerned, of course, it is much stronger than the power of the Zheng family, but the power that Spain can invest here is very limited. Therefore, they must always be vigilant against the natives, and if the natives are too strong, they will not only deal with the Chinese on Luzon. Zheng Sen was even sure that if one day, when the natives were really strong enough to overwhelm the Chinese, the Spaniards would definitely do everything they could to drag them back, and even turn their guns and collude with the Zheng family to suppress those natives together. Because history has proved more than once that for the ruling class, when they are unable to suppress the resistance of the ruled, "it is better to give to friends than to be domestic slaves" will become their common choice. (It's just that Cixi, the old woman, is honest, and she actually said it honestly.) It's not about ethnicity, it's not about race, it's just about interests. Because if the interests of the state and the nation are sold to "friendly countries" in a package, generally speaking, more or less, they can still be sold for a little price. If you don't sell it quickly, when those rebellious "house slaves" win the world, not to mention the benefits, I'm afraid they won't even be able to save their lives. In short, the contradictions between the colonizers are irreconcilable, but the contradictions between them and the colonized nations are irreconcilable. This determines that there is a bottom line to the strength of the Spaniards' support for the indigenous people, and this bottom line is quite high.

"When this group of dragoons is in place, a new round of expansion can be set off in Luzon, and then the demand for immigrants in Luzon will increase rapidly, and at that time, even immigration itself can become an immediately profitable business. And Luzon, as a basically developed region, is much easier to accept immigrants than Taiwan, basically, there are only two factors that limit the speed of immigration, one is the speed of shipping, and the other is the speed of killing the natives. Driven by economic interests, these two speeds will be like a snowball rolling down on a mountain, rolling faster and faster......" Zheng Sen thought so, and said to Zheng Du, who was following him:

"Adu, you also know a little bit about our family's plan. Our efforts in Luzon today are also paving the way for a few of you. Adu, since you don't plan to take the road of the imperial examination, then you will first follow those students of the Model Army to the Beigang Military School in Taiwan to study military affairs for two years, and then see what you are suitable for me to do, what do you think? You're still young, and you still need to learn more, otherwise, I wouldn't be at ease if I left things to you. ”

Zheng Du nodded and said, "My father and mother have said it, let me listen to my eldest brother for everything." ”

"That's good," Zheng Sen nodded, "If you enter as a child of our Zheng family, I'm worried that everyone will look at you differently, but you may not learn anything." So, I'll arrange another identity for you to go in. ”

"Okay......" Zheng Du said.

Zheng Sen saw that Zheng Du was a little twisted, and it seemed that he hadn't finished saying anything, so he said, "Adu, do you have any other requirements?" ”

Zheng Du suddenly smiled, stretched out his hand to take Zheng Sen's hand and said, "Big brother, can you give me that big horse?" It's just what we just saw so high and high, and there are many more next to the horse's hooves. The kind of hairy ...... I'm going to command the cavalry. It seemed that he was worried that Zheng Sen would not agree, so he quickly added another reason.

"If you're going to command the cavalry, you won't need that horse. That horse was for the artillerymen to pull the cannon. The horse was large and powerful, but it could not run fast, and was not suitable for cavalry. But in two days, some horses for the cavalry will arrive. When the horses are in stable condition, and you're doing well when you get into school, I'll have someone pick one for you. Zheng Sen smiled, he knew what kind of horse Zheng Du was talking about just now, it was a large horse that was introduced some time ago, the Shire horse, and it was also the largest horse in the world. This guy's shoulder height is about two meters, and he is taller than Yao Mingdu when he raises his head, Zheng Du is only fourteen years old now, and his body is not yet fully grown, and he is half a head shorter than himself, so he actually thinks about riding a shire horse, thinking about the scene of Zheng Du sitting on a huge shire horse, Zheng Sen can't help laughing.

"Are those horses for cavalry that big?" Zheng Du hurriedly asked.

"No, how can it be that big? If it's so big, you can't run fast. It's bigger than the local horses you're used to seeing, and probably as tall at the shoulders as you are now. Much more than the Mongolian Marco. It's also beautiful. Zheng Sen said with a smile. Soon the first ship of Andalusian horses will arrive, and although in Zheng Sen's plan, these horses are all used as stallions, but it is still possible to take one of them and give it to his younger brother.

"That's good." Zheng Du imagined the appearance of the horse for a moment, and then said with satisfaction.

"Okay, you should go back to your room to read a book, I'll give you two questions to do in the evening, if you can't do it......" Zheng Sen deliberately laughed, "Oh, we're going to go back tomorrow." I'm going to Nanjing, what about you, just follow the ship and go back to Beigang, and Liu De will arrange for you to enter the Beigang Military Academy. There will be a comprehensive exam after entering, don't embarrass me then! ”

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A few days later, the "Feiyan" sailed into Songjiang Port, and Zheng Sen took Zheng Du to get off the boat from the wharf, and saw Zheng Cai waiting on the wharf with a carriage.

"Why are you embarrassed to bother, Uncle Cai, waiting for us here?" Zheng Sen saw Zheng Cai and said busily.

"Anyway, I don't have much to do here, and they can take care of the general things themselves. Idle is also idle. If you want to say that I haven't seen Asen for a while, you and Adu, well, Adu has grown a lot taller, and in a few years, he will catch up with your brother. Zheng Cai smiled.

The three of them got into the carriage together, and Zheng Cai said: "I know that although the war with Spain is over now, there are still a lot of messy things, why did you come to me at this time?" ”

Zheng Sen replied: "First, I still have a tribute hat, so why do I have to go to the Guozijian to take a spin when I have time." I also met with some friends by the way, and secondly, I came to help Uncle Cai plan how to recruit more immigrants. It's just that the destination of this migration is not Taiwan, but Luzon. ”

"Luzon?" Zheng Cai was a little surprised. Although Zheng Cai is also surnamed Zheng, although Zheng Zhilong also counts him among his brothers, Zheng Cai is not really of the same clan as Zheng Zhilong, but just has the same surname as a little kinship. Therefore, Zheng Cai did not know the Zheng family's long-term plans for Luzon.

"It was the Chinese businessman over there who bought it from us. The price is not bad, and it is very profitable. Zheng Sen said, "It's just to get a lot and be anxious." Uncle Cai, you also know that a lot of Chinese were killed over there some time ago, so there is a shortage of people now. However, it is easier to immigrate than in Taiwan, and the fields are ready-made, and even the houses and other things are ready-made. ”

"How many do they want?" Zheng Cai asked.

"The more the merrier."