As soon as they heard this, Song Yingsheng and his mother-in-law's expressions froze.

This is really the newspaper of the world, and it comes quickly!

At this time, both of them regretted it very much, well, what did they do when they said that? Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot?

But then again, who knew that when the second brother (second uncle) came back, he would be a five-rank official! And it's not relying on anything else, just relying on the miscellaneous studies that were not eye-catching before, and the bright future has been achieved, and it is very likely that it will be the second grade of the book!

"Second uncle, those just now were all talking and joking, don't take it to heart!" Song Yingsheng's mother-in-law knew that her husband was about to be arrested, but she didn't want to be cheeky anyway, so she let it go, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile on her face and said.

Before Song Yingxing could speak, Song Shigui immediately replied in front of his father, "Are you kidding? Auntie, are you embarrassed to say this? ”

When he said this, Song Yingsheng's mother-in-law turned red, and she was a little embarrassed. The people present, who don't know, what he said just now was definitely not a joke.

"Enough, don't be rude to your elders!" Song Yingxing looked at the appearance of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, then turned his head and reprimanded his son, "You are ready to go to Beijing with your father." In terms of miscellaneous studies, you know a lot. Science and technology cleaner Si Caochuang, dad needs your help. On the emperor's side, Dad went to talk about it, it should be no problem. ”

Hearing this, Song Shigui couldn't help but be overjoyed. When he saw the eldest grandson of the long house looking over, he couldn't help but raise his head high and respond loudly: "Okay, Dad! ”

On the side, Song Yingxing's wife was already wiping tears of joy with excitement! The husband finally came out, and he didn't have to look at the concubine's face.

"Mother, the eldest brother is an official of the imperial court, and it is not easy to get an official, so he will resign if he is not easy to say. Why don't you go to Beijing with your children? Song Yingxing turned to his mother and said.

The old mother of the Song family is also happy and in tears, the two brothers have become officials, and the youngest son has also become a big official, this is really the Song family's ancestral tomb is smoking!

She did not agree to Song Yingxing's request, after all, she was old and unwilling to leave her familiar homeland. In the end, it was the big house that took the initiative to bring it up, and the eldest grandson of the long house served his grandmother at home. Although it is the age of scientific research, it does not delay serving my grandmother. After all, there is a maid at home, and you don't need to do it yourself.

After the affairs of the Song family were so decided, Song Yingxing soon took his son to Beijing.

This incident also caused a sensation in Fengxin County. All of a sudden, miscellaneous science became a hot topic. And with the news from Ying Tianfu, miscellaneous science, to be precise, scientific and technological knowledge, has once again become a hot topic.

Compared with the excitement here, happy and happy, Liu Xiang, who fled in Nanyang, is not happy. By this time, he had already arrived in Batavia.

Batavia, which later became Manila. It was only after the assuming of office in 1619 that the third governor of the Dutch East India Company, Yan Peterlsson Kun, attacked and drove the Banten army and occupied the place. However, at that time, it was sparsely populated, lacked food supplies, had no timber to build ships and houses, and the surrounding area was a desolate swamp, with rare villages, flooding during the rainy season, tigers, wild boars, rhinos, etc., and at the same time facing hostility and threats from the surrounding kingdoms.

Later, the Dutch used various means to obtain hard-working and skilled Ming people, brought boulders from the stone quarries of the Coromandel Coast in India, cut teak from Zabala in East Java, and collected coral stones from the local area, and built the prototype of Batavia from the ruins.

Most of the major construction projects in Batavia, such as the excavation of canals and drainways, the construction of houses and harbors, and the construction of walls and protective fortresses, were built by the Ming people. The Chinese craftsmen were skilled in brick-making and bricklaying, which was highly appreciated by the Dutch.

At this time, Batavia had not yet been built, not even city walls, only some bastions as fortifications. The reason for this was that the Dutch did not care about the city walls, because they were confident enough to cope with the attack of the surrounding enemy. Because of this Batavia, they were built as a base camp in the East. The fleet alone exceeded three hundred, and it was still Admiral Anthony van Diemen who commanded it.

At this time, this Anthony van Diemen looked at Putmans with a little contempt, and the former governor accompanied the great pirate Liu Xiang out of the port and went to the governor's palace. scolded in his heart for "a group of lost dogs".

Liu Xiang looked at the lively Batavia and saw that there were Ming people building the city everywhere, not only did he not have a trace of joy to see his compatriots, but he was worried.

And after Putmans fled to Batavia, life was not easy, at this time, he had a gloomy face, and he didn't want to talk to Liu Xiang.

When the group arrived at the Governor's Palace, they happened to meet the Governor of Batavia, Kun, who personally sent a few people out. Liu Xiang looked at it and could see at a glance that he should be a bright person.

At this glance, he couldn't help but be a little curious: "Who is this Ming person, who is so valued by the Governor?" ”

"This is your Mingren's Jiabidan Su Minggang!" Putmans said coldly, "It's the leader of the Akito in Batavia. Your Excellency the Governor thinks that you have a head, so it will be easier to manage it. It is estimated that this Jiapitan is sending money. ”

According to the Dutch rules, the Ming people in Batavia were required to pay a poll tax and report to the governor's palace once a year to prevent tax evasion. And this poll tax was collected by the Ming people in Jiabidan, that is, Su Minggang, who served as Jiapitan at this time, and then handed it over to the Dutch, thus saving a lot of time and energy from the Dutch.

At this time, the poll tax paid by the Ming accounted for more than half of the total revenue from the poll tax and other taxes collected by the Dutch East India Company in the city. It can be said that the city of Batavia was completely created by the Ming people and is feeding many Dutch people.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you must not send it again, otherwise it will be a torment of the villain." Su Minggang, who was much older than Liu Xiang, bowed again and again, and insisted on stopping the Governor of Batavia who was sent out, and left after repeated refuge.

When I met Liu Xiang, I was a little surprised. He didn't know who this person was, but he was accompanied by Putmans. looked Liu Xiang up and down, with suspicion in his eyes. But he didn't say anything and left directly.

And Liu Xiang naturally looks down on Su Minggang, what Jiabidan is, it's not just a dog under the Dutch!

Turning around, he saw that the Governor of Batavia was watching him, so Liu Xiang hurriedly squeezed out a smile and greeted respectfully: "Your Excellency the Honorable Governor Kun, the villain has brought the money for the second half of the year this time, and it has been counted and handed over at the port." “

Although Liu Xiang is a cooperative relationship with the Dutch on the surface, when he first arrived, the Dutch were already operating this sea area, so he promised to give a part of the robbed money to the Dutch every year. When he came over this time, he brought the money for the second half of the year according to the upper limit by the way. He thought that with this money, it would be more convenient for him to speak.

"Haha, my friend Liu, come, sit in the house!" When the governor of Batavia heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly greeted.

Next, no matter what both sides think in their hearts, it is naturally polite. In the end, it was the governor of Batavia who couldn't help himself and asked: "You are also the leader of one party, so you don't have to come here in person to send money." Since I'm here in person this time, what else is there to do? ”

When Liu Xiang heard this, he was about to speak, when the Dutch admiral Anthony van Diemen came in and came to report to the governor of Batavia that there was no problem with the money. After finishing speaking, he didn't leave, just stayed in the room, obviously wanting to hear Liu Xiang's intentions. Because he also knew that Liu Xiang came over in person and sent money in advance, there must be something coming, and it just so happened that he was idle and bored.

When the governor of Batavia heard that there was no problem with the money, he became even more enthusiastic, and asked Liu Xiang again what was the matter, although it was good to say it.

Seeing this, Liu Xiang was no longer polite, and immediately said with a serious face: "Your Excellency the Governor, something is wrong!" ”

"It's not good...... Governor of Batavia and the other people in the room looked at each other, and asked with a hint of displeasure on their faces, "what do you mean?" ”

Liu Xiang immediately explained: "Maybe the governor doesn't know that the Ming State sent troops to Luzon and killed all the Spaniards there, and now Luzon is already the Ming State!" ”

"What?" When several Dutchmen present heard this, they were all shocked.

When Liu Xiang saw it, he secretly said that there was a drama in his heart, and hurriedly explained in detail: "The imperial court sent a large number of soldiers and horses, and the sailor was under the command of Zheng Yiguan, who suddenly landed in Luzon and occupied it. By the way, And, Annan's side is now also the imperial court. The Portuguese there were also killed by the Ming army! ”

After he arrived in Nanyang, he learned that the national name of the Francois was actually Portuguese. So here he called out to the Dutch.

The Ming Kingdom was the largest country in the Far East and, naturally, the most powerful. Now there was a sudden large-scale military effort, not only to occupy Annam, but even to occupy Luzon for the first time in history. This is still very shocking for the Dutch in Nanyang, and it is a bad sign.

"Your Excellency the Governor, there are all kinds of signs that the imperial court is preparing to send troops to Nanyang on a large scale." Liu Xiang continued, "You may not know that the imperial court is not soft on Xiyi, it is said that the Spaniards in Luzon and the Portuguese in Annam were all killed by the imperial court's troops! The ambition of the imperial court, we have to guard against it! ”

The three Dutchmen in the room looked at each other with shocked expressions. It doesn't matter if it's the Spaniards in Luzon or the Portuguese in Annam. The Dutch had thought about seizing their colonies, but their Batavia had not yet been fully established, so they were still making preparations and sending more troops to Batavia, preparing to take those colonies in a few years, when they were fully prepared.

But now, the people of the Ming Kingdom have taken the lead and have taken up all these territories, and they are not the same as before.

In the past, the Ming Kingdom also sent troops to the South Seas, but they were all small-scale troops, and they came to exterminate the pirates from the Ming Kingdom. After the battle, he went back.

Thinking of this, these Dutchmen suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but look at each other again. Then, Putmans asked in a puzzled tone: "As far as we know, the Spaniards have also deployed heavy troops in Manila, and the port has been in operation for a long time, and the Ming army said that it was captured?" Why didn't we hear any movement? ”

Luzon was Spain's largest stronghold in the South Seas, and it was also the point connecting Mexico across the Pacific Ocean, and it must have worked defense. Even the Dutch have never had the idea of fighting Luzon because it is not easy to fight. But now, if it weren't for Liu Xiang, they wouldn't know that Luzon had changed owners. The Dutch were naturally suspicious of this news.

Hearing this question, Liu Xiang immediately replied: "The Spaniards want to slaughter the Ming people on the island just like in the Wanli period. As a result, the news leaked out in advance. Those wise people have come to me with a request, and I have sent someone to them. I just saw this situation......"

The massacre that took place in Luzon was naturally heard by the Dutch. To tell the truth, they are also very envious in their hearts, and after fattening the pigs, they kill them in one go, which is considered to be full. What I didn't expect was that the Ming people didn't remember to kill, and they quickly gathered Luzon again, and it seems that this pig is fat again.

The three Dutchmen in the room looked at each other and said nothing. When Batavia was still employing people, it was naturally impossible to follow the Spanish approach. But what about the future, this is a talk.

At this time, they all continued to listen to what Liu Xiang said.

“…… The Spaniards were unprepared and sent most of their forces to slaughter the Ming who had fled to the manor outside the city. It was at this time that imperial troops suddenly landed in Luzon. Therefore, Luzon fell into the hands of the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, the governor of Batavia was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How could it be so coincidental?" ”

The other two were also surprised, because it was such a coincidence.

On the way here, Liu Xiang had already thought about what to say. Therefore, without hesitation, he immediately replied: "This is not a coincidence at all! Because the imperial court had long known that the Spaniards would do this, it had calculated the time. ”

"What do you mean by that?" When Putmans heard this, he immediately asked.

Liu Xiang had a serious face and said very seriously: "Although the matter has not been confirmed, it should be eight or nine." It is likely that the imperial court had been plotting to occupy Luzon for a long time. Therefore, the Jinyi guard was sent over a long time ago, calculated the time, lured the Spaniards to move, and then the Ming fled to the manor outside the city to hold on, attracting the Spaniards to have to draw a large number of troops over, so that it was convenient for the imperial army to capture Luzon! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xiang solemnly asked: "Otherwise, how can things in this world be so coincidental?" ”

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