Establishing a colonial government far from the country, surrounded by great wealth and opportunity, but also surrounded by great panic and unknown, can only rely on more than a thousand soldiers of less than 2,000 men, and a group of subordinates who are not teammates of the pigs, but who are not much friendlier than the pigs.

Some brainless and brutal soldiers, some civilian officials who are greedy for life and fear death, some sanctimonious sticks who only care about their own interests but are equally reluctant to give up their lives, as well as the fiery situation that is full of dangers, the indigenous Filipinos who are friends and foes, and some Chinese who are very emotionally unstable and may explode at any time.

The Governor felt deeply depressed and frightened, and on the way back to Manila, the Governor thought of resignation countless times.

Serving as an overseas governor requires very deep qualifications and strong ability, which the Spanish government is quite concerned about, and it is even more important for the Philippines, a land of gold and spices and an important land for wealth plunder, the empire can now go to war with Britain, France and the Netherlands at the same time, and the income from spices is indispensable, and the Philippines does not even need domestic appropriations, but can also feed back to the country, just this, so that the imperial government will not give up here.

However, not giving up here is not a matter of fun, it requires serious consideration, serious thinking, and layout, and at least the assistance of more than 3,000 well-trained soldiers, and now these soldiers in the Philippines are not even good in quality, and far from enough in terms of quantity.

He knows that the Chinese population is large, and it is said that there are millions of troops, not to mention other places, just in that part of Burma, Xiao Ruxun has 30,000 troops to mobilize, let alone 30,000, even if 10,000 well-trained Chinese soldiers come to attack him, he will lose the Philippines.

There is no way, Spain is at war with the enemy country everywhere, fighting with Britain at sea, fighting with France on land, fighting with the Netherlands at sea and on land, fighting happily, there is no extra troops to support the Philippines, even if there is, from now on to request support, it will take half a year to reach Spain proper, and then half a year before the army can come.

At that time, his own corpse had completely decomposed, the Philippines had completely fallen, the empire's finances had completely collapsed because of the recklessness of military force and the absence of external sources, and the country's finances had collapsed, and the Genoese bankers took advantage of it and ate it all to nothing.

The choice now is what to do.

Back in Manila, Matteo Ricci told Bishop Alexander the truth about the matter, and Bishop Alexander immediately said that the stability of the Philippines is more important than anything else, and if the Chinese can be exchanged for the stability of the Philippines, then everything is worth it.

The Governor repeated what he had just said to Bishop Alexander, who was speechless.

The Chinese are high-quality labor, and those indigenous wild monkeys are greedy, cunning and fierce guys, for the Chinese can use rules and laws, for those wild monkeys can only use guns, the future Philippine islands to maintain stability will not face war from time to time, the existence of the Chinese is indispensable.

The Philippines was not completely defeated by means of war, and the soldiers with only 400 men at the beginning could not fully control all the Philippine land in any case, but the first governor at that time, after fully learning the lessons of Magellan, used force and political means to defeat some absolute opponents, and then co-opted some wall grass.

To be precise, the relationship between the Philippines and Spain at this time was essentially similar to that of allies rather than subordinate to superiors, and a large number of indigenous chiefs held actual wealth and power, allied themselves with the Catholics, formed partners, and then ensured dominance.

Seeing Bishop Alexander's hesitation, the Governor's idea of retreating became even more powerful, and he increasingly did not want to stay in the Philippines any longer, he felt that he would lose his life sooner or later, either by the king or by the Chinese.

It's not going to work, he can't stand it.

And Bishop Alexander is still discussing with Matteo Ricci how to reply to Xiao Ruxun's matter.

"You said that without the order of the Chinese emperor, General Xiao will not send troops to attack the Philippines?"

Bishop Alexandria repeatedly confirmed.

"I am very sure that General Xiao still obeys the orders of the Chinese emperor, China is a unified empire, the emperor is supreme, not an administrator, not a governor, not a nobleman, an emperor, an emperor with absolute power, an emperor who no one can question."

Matteo Ricci is the only one who is very sure of this, otherwise, even a subordinate next to the emperor would not have so much power to show off his might in front of outsiders.

Well, Matteo Ricci still doesn't understand China and doesn't understand the Ming Dynasty.

"Okay, let's ......"

"But Mr. Bishop, we can't ignore General Xiao's request because of this, we are here for the sake of missionary work in China, and without General Xiao's support, we will definitely not be able to enter China to preach."

Matteo Ricci duly reminded the Bishop, who didn't seem to be in a good state of mind, lest he really forget the purpose of coming here.

Bishop Alexander patted his head - these days I am really panicked, and I have forgotten what I should do most! This really shouldn't be, it really shouldn't!

"Then how do you think we should persuade the Governor? I don't think this governor will agree to let go of those tens of thousands of Chinese because of our demands and wishes, and what he said is also reasonable, in case the Chinese let go, the Filipino natives will rise up and make trouble, we can't suppress so many Filipino natives, and when the time comes, if we lose the Philippines, the Holy See will blame us, and I can't bear this responsibility, and neither can you. ”

Bishop Alexander came here to China to discuss the missionary cause, in fact, there is a deeper meaning, the current pope is not young, and the health is not very good, the election of the next pope has been put on the agenda, as one of the cardinals with the right to be elected, there is a possibility of becoming the next pope.

China, with a large population and a high degree of civilization, once it becomes a paradise for Catholics, then its prestige will be greatly enhanced, and if nothing else, the status of the Holy See will be immediately enhanced, and Europe will be re-intimidated, and it will return to the era when the Holy See dominated the land of Europe, and everyone's golden years will return.

And he will be the greatest hero, gaining high prestige, and thus becoming the next pope, the master of the highest civilization in the East and the West.

This is the deepest ambition in his heart.