In mid-March, Lai Xiucai received a letter from Zhu Youxiao. From Zhu Youxiao's central purpose, Lai Xiucai can feel that Zhu Youxiao is now in a state of rage. Since the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, all military orders issued from the central government came from the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and of course all military orders must be approved by Zhu Youxiao.

This is definitely the first time that a military order has been issued through a central decree and has not appeared since the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Making an exception means that Zhu Youxiao is really angry this time.

Lai Xiucai did not dare to delay in the slightest, and after receiving the order, he immediately ordered the army of the Luzon Governor's Mansion to be assembled.

At the end of March and the beginning of April, the army of the Luzon Governor's Mansion entered Boni from the east, west, and north, and Lai Xiucai also went to the Blood City to sit in command. The "blood debt plan" against Bo Ni was officially launched, and the entire Bo Ni was retaliated against by the Ming army. The reprisals lasted for a year, and the indigenous people who had been in the mud were almost slaughtered in this revenge. In order to fulfill Zhu Youxiao's will, the revenge spread to Suhuilasi Island only a month later.

The situation on Suhuilasi Island is slightly better than that of Boni, but the indigenous population of Suhuilasi is still less than 10%.

According to the Italian missionary "Bo Ni Observations", "In April 1656, the rebellion of the Bo Ni natives was met with bloody revenge from the Ming Emperor, and the revenge lasted from April 1656 to June 1657...... They killed men, women, and children cruelly, and they said nothing but "Kill!" Kill these rioters...... The people who were killed, they were cut off and sent to the Blood City, and outside the Blood City there was a huge structure made of countless human heads...... The whole mud was in a wail...... After 1657, I did not see any natives in the area, and the only proof of their existence was this head-built building......"

The mad revenge of the Ming army shocked all countries, and the empire won the respect of all countries with blood. Although in the empire, there are many benevolent and moral people who scold Zhu Youxiao as a butcher behind their backs, but in Nanyang, the people of the empire have a feeling of raising their eyebrows, and the identity of the Ming people makes them feel that it is a symbol of glory. Even the people of the empire in the West began to gain respect. Now the emissaries who come to the empire are more honest and low-key.

"Remember, dignity does not come by the charity of others, no matter how kind, righteous, and moral you are, others will not give you any more dignity, dignity must be earned by yourself, especially in exchanges between countries. Only those who are strong can gain the respect of others. One person cannot convince another person, a country cannot drown another country with saliva, and in the future you will find that when you can convince others, it is when you have enough power to master. Zhu You proofread Zhu Ciyan and said.

"The minister must keep it in mind."

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In the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, the Ming army and the Manchurian army once again fell into a stalemate. With the elongation of the battle line, relying on the supply of the empire itself can no longer meet the needs of the Ming army, especially food, if you still want to rely on the supply of the empire itself, it can mean that nearly half of the army is ready to starve to death in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou. Now the only one you can rely on is yourself.

Juntun has become the foundation of all actions in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, and solving the food problem is the focus of Zhu Cijiong's work.

"Governor Du, can all the tax officials sent to Alaska and the Indian provinces be in place?" Zhu Cijiong asked.

"Lord Wang, it's all in place, but you still need to arrange escorts." Violent tax resistance occurs from time to time in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, and protecting the safety of tax officials is also a common thing to do in the process of tax collection.

"This king will send 2,000 soldiers out of the army to take charge of taxation and other affairs." Zhu Cijiong nodded.

"Lord Wang, now that there is a shortage of manpower, and someone needs to help with the fish scale atlas, Xia Guan hopes to complete the production of the fish scale atlas by the end of next year." Now in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, the poll tax and the field endowment coexist, which is inconsistent with the national policy of the empire, but for now, it is a helpless move.

"Let's draw manpower from the soldiers of the military cantonment first, the military cantonment will end this year, and the empire will continue to reclaim the military cantonment area next year, and the empire is expected to send another 50,000 people at that time." Zhu Cijiong said.

"No."

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Since the defeat of Manchukuo in the last war, Manchukuo has been divided, some people advocate to continue to move south across the Great Lakes region, with the help of the power of Westerners to fight against the Ming army, while the other part represented by Qi Zheng'e advocates staying in the Great Lakes region, because Qi Zheng'e found that the Westerners suddenly refused to sell weapons to them, which made him feel that the Westerners were not reliable, not to mention that the Westerners' power here could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming army's stop to advance eastward made Qi Zheng'e firm in his thoughts, and he began to learn from Westerners to build fortresses, trying to use positional warfare to stop the Ming army's eastward advance.

And after several years of preparation, Liangren sent the first expedition to Africa. Ryohito had no military power, and his team set out to Africa in the name of a caravan, and the number was only 1,000. A more important reason why Liangren chose this time to expedition to Africa was that Zheng Zhilong was seriously ill, and the power fell into the hands of Zheng Sen.

The biggest difference between Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhilong is that Zheng Sen has been influenced by Confucian culture since he was a child, and he has the idea of loyalty and patriotism in his heart, while Zheng Zhilong is a pirate and has no concept at all.

At the same time, Zheng Sen was valued by Zhu Youxiao and had a good relationship with Liangren. Liangren went to Africa in the name of a caravan this time, and he also received Zheng Sen's tacit approval.

Liangren's expeditionary fleet, starting from Nagasaki, stopping at Shanghai, Taiwan, Guangdong, Luzon, Bo Ni and other places in the Ming Dynasty, after passing through Bo Ni, the flag of this fleet was changed to the flag of the Ming Dynasty, which passed in the Atlantic, and the flag of the Ming Dynasty was much better than the flag of Dongying.

Eventually, Ryohito's caravan reached northern Madagascar, but the caravan numbered less than 800 men.

Madagascar is not yet unified at the moment, but a powerful kingdom of Imelina has emerged in the center. This caravan had originally come for the purpose of colonization, and it took less than a month for them to land in northern Madagascar, which led to a clash of local forces, and these 800 men defeated the local forces in less than a month, thus gaining great wealth.

The forces of the local war scum gave Liangren great confidence, and Liangren's plan to colonize Africa began in Madagascar. In the following decades, with a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, Liangren sent a team to Africa every year, and the size of the team grew.