After explaining the general situation, Zheng Zhihu took Zheng Sen to inspect along the encirclement again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"The Spaniards passed through that tower," Zheng Zhihu pointed to the church in Manila in the distance, "and they were monitoring our movements, so they could see any of our offensive actions during the day." How many defenses there are on our walls, they can also see clearly. So if we don't have enough troops near the wall, they can take advantage of our weaknesses and fight back. So these Spaniards still involve a lot of our team. ”

Zheng Sen looked at the tower and nodded.

"I know you're here to solve indigenous problems." Zheng Zhihu said again, "Actually, I think you're too anxious. Nowadays, although those natives have made a lot of troubles, but these troubles are actually just a little faster for us to expand, and now we can import hundreds of thousands of people from the country every year, and with these populations slowly filling in, it will not be long before the situation can be controlled. And, Arsen, the distribution of this population is also a problem. To be honest, it is better than Taiwan and Qiongzhou, the land here is not fertile, but it is all reclaimed. Unlike Taiwan and Qiongzhou, they are both mountains. But there are still too few immigrants we send here, not to mention compared with Taiwan, and even Qiongzhou. This is not right. If we had sent more people, we wouldn't have had these troubles. ”

When Zheng Sen heard this, he replied: "Second uncle, there is no way to send the population to Taiwan and Qiongzhou first, time waits for no one. Now that the country is in turmoil, it is difficult to say how long the imperial court can hold on, although Zhang Xianzhong suffered a defeat, but the main force suffered limited losses. Li Zicheng is even more victorious. In Liaodong, since Zu Dashou surrendered, the Qing soldiers have been repairing for almost half a year, and I am afraid that they will have the ability to break through at the beginning of next year. The nephew felt that the imperial court would support it for another year or two at most, and there would be great changes. When the time comes, the world will be in chaos, and the heroes will compete with each other. Is our family just watching? There must always be strength to put it into. Now we are putting the population into Taiwan and Qiongzhou, not mainly using them for farming, but into various factories and mines. Especially in Qiongzhou, second uncle, you should know the iron mine we found in Qiongzhou. ”

Zheng Zhihu nodded, indicating that he knew about it. In fact, the matter of iron ore in Qiongzhou is almost the Zheng family's largest investment in recent years, and it is naturally impossible for him not to know.

"That iron ore is a rare good iron ore, and one pound of ore can produce at least half a pound of refined iron." Zheng Sen said, "And this mine is a rare open-pit mine, as long as the surface soil is dug up, the red patch below is full of fine iron ore." It's just that this iron mine is in the mountains, and there are more than 100 miles to the sea, of which the mountain road is six miles. Earlier this year, the iron-clad rails were paved, and the people who opened the road were saved, but mining, ironmaking, and steelmaking were all indispensable. The steel that is smelted will be turned into armor weapons, and it will require a lot of manpower. The world is so big, if my family wants to be able to compete in the world, without an army of hundreds of thousands, where is it enough? Hundreds of thousands of people's weapons, armor and supplies need to be taken out in a short time, which requires manpower. If it's just a general battle for the world that is fought slowly, we will build a high wall like Emperor Taizu, and there will be nothing to accumulate grain or anything, just fight for a few more years, just beat the people in the world a little less. But we can't, we can't let too many people die in the world, and we can't let the country be beaten too badly, otherwise, the cost of organizing immigration will be too high. Second uncle, you have seen the map of the world drawn back by the people we sent, there are still many borderless places in the world, these places, there are fast hands, and there are no slow hands. In addition, the navy is also expanding, which in turn requires more workers. So second uncle, we really can't get so many manpower for the time being. ”

"That's ......" Zheng Zhihu sighed and said again, "Your second uncle and I are going back to the north soon, do you have anything to tell me?" ”

Zheng Sen thought for a while and replied: "There are too many changes in the north, and it is not easy for you to deal with them one by one, Second Uncle." I think it's better to keep things the same. Second uncle, you just need to grasp two principles. First of all, the most important thing for my family in the north today is to ensure that they have the ability to quickly enter the army to fight. For this reason, our stronghold in Jinghai is extremely important. Especially its docks and warehouses. These are all the basis for supporting our army in the operation in the north. So expand the docks and warehouses as much as possible. The second is to pay attention to your own safety, especially to pay attention to Guan Ningjun. They are our big customers, and dealing with them is indispensable. After the defeat of Songshan, the Guanning army lost its fundamental land, but the Shanhaiguan Pass they controlled was very important. Once there is a change in the world, if Jian Yan wants to take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, instead of grabbing a handful and walking as usual, they must take Shanhaiguan. Second uncle, you know, in fact, the relationship between Guan Ningjun and Jianxuan is quite complicated, they both came out of Li Chengliang's subordinates back then, and many people on both sides are related to each other. Especially now that Zu Dashou has surrendered Jianxin, with them in the middle, maybe the Guanning army will fall to Jianxuan. Second uncle, if there is any change in Beijing, don't go to their territory as a guest. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhihu laughed: "Okay, the second uncle knows, once something happens in Beijing, the second uncle and I will immediately retreat into the military camp in Jinghai, and I won't go out if I am killed, how about it?" ”

After the handover, Zheng Zhihu stayed in Luzon for another day and then left, while Zheng Sen gathered some of the people in charge of military and political affairs in Luzon and the commanders of various militia groups and held a meeting.

Two months ago, the head of Santos lost his village and a group of Chinese took possession of it. Fortunately, the owner of Santos had more than one village, and he was transferred to another nearby village. This village is far from the main road, and those Chinese can't transport the cannons over, so it's safe for the time being.

But the land in this village is also very limited, and it can't support so many people, so their masters constantly organize them to harass and fight back. In order to regain the lost Zhuangzi. In the counterattack, they did kill some Chinese, but their own losses were still far greater than those of the Chinese.

Before dawn, Santos and his team reached the vicinity of his original village. For the terrain here, Santos can't go wrong even with his eyes closed. Soon they found the edge of a road leading to the village near the jungle. There were often Chinese cars and horses on this road, and Santos asked his men to hide on the edge of the jungle, and he planned to make an ambush on this road.