Chapter 261: Post-War Disposition
The battle, which was expected to last until the evening of the next day, ended by noon the next day, supported by artillery fire. Sebastian? Hurtado fought to the death, and finally followed his governor's palace to slag by artillery fire.
"Immediately escort the Spaniards with official titles and titles to Beijing and hand them over to Your Majesty." Liu Youfu ordered.
"My lord, there must be someone among them who participated in the massacre of the Chinese in the thirty-first year of Wanli, and the last general thinks that these people should be handed over to the people of the Eighth Company." Wang Mengxiong said.
"This matter should be decided by His Majesty, and the people of the Eighth Company only need to identify and record their confessions, and all Spaniards who participated in the massacre of Chinese will also be sent to Beijing." Liu Youfu objected.
"My lord, what should the barbarians of Manila City do?" Wang Mengxiong asked.
"Quickly issue a notice to the people, and order the store to open as usual." Liu Youfu thought for a while and said.
"The barbarians of Manila City also participated in the massacre of the Chinese in the 31st year of Wanli, and Manila was more barbarian and less Chinese, which was not conducive to the rule of the empire. And once the Spaniards counterattacked, the last general thought that the possibility of the barbarians joining forces with the outside could not be ruled out. Wang Mengxiong said softly.
"What do you think should be done?" Liu Youfu asked.
"The women stay, and the men all ......," Wang Mengxiong made a slashing gesture.
"It's not proper, the empire rules the world with benevolence and righteousness, if this matter is known by the imperial court, you and I will definitely bear the reputation of indiscriminately killing innocents and be blamed by the imperial court." Liu Youfu objected.
"What do you think you should do?" Wang Mengxiong asked.
"First move all the barbarians in Manila out of Manila, let the Chinese of the Eighth Company live in, sell the land in Manila City to the local Chinese, and solve part of the military problem." As for what to do with these barbarians? Wait for His Majesty's next will. Liu Youfu thought about it and said.
"My lord, although our army won a great victory in this battle, but the consumption is huge, especially the ammunition, now there are only two left, if you don't replenish it in time, not to mention going to Lengzhou, even holding on to Manila is in danger, if you rely on shipping from the empire, the road is too far, you can only buy and manufacture it locally." Wang Mengxiong suggested.
"This requires a lot of money, do you want to ......" Liu Youfu suddenly realized.
"To confiscate the property of the Manila barbarians and use it as military supplies, it is not difficult for us to make ammunition, and we can produce it by relying on the local Chinese. By the time His Majesty's decree reaches Manila, we will be almost replenished with ammunition. Wang Mengxiong suggested.
"If this is feasible, do what you want." Liu Youfu said.
"In addition, the city of Manila needs to be renovated, and it takes a lot of labor." Wang Mengxiong said.
"Then use these barbarians, and renovate the Doge's Palace." Liu Youfu said with a smile.
"No."
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On the second day, a notice was posted in Manila. Rong Guan and Lin Lao also brought the Chinese left over from the 1603 massacre to identify the Spaniards who participated in the massacre.
Hearing about the identification of the Spaniards, Balian came to see many Chinese who were lively. In the past, the Spaniards lived a superior life in Manila, but today they are prisoners, and many people have a feeling of arrogance in their hearts.
More than 20 years have passed since the Manila massacre, and the Spaniards who participated in the massacre have either left Manila or moved elsewhere. After the massacre, Manila's economic situation plummeted, and many Spaniards moved out. After half a day's identification, only 14 Spaniards who had participated in the massacre were identified.
After the identification, Liu Youfu and Wang Mengxiong summoned Rong Guan, Lin Lao and others again to discuss matters such as assisting in the production of ammunition.
"The barbarians in Manila City will all be relocated, and the land in Manila City will only be sold to the Chinese, I wonder if you are interested?" After all, you live outside the city and lack security, so it is much safer to live in the city. Liu Youfu said.
"My lord, I don't know how much it costs?" Lin Lao asked.
"Sixty percent of the market price." Liu Youfu said.
"At this price, the old man believes that the Chinese of Balian will be willing to live in the city." Lin Lao said with a smile.
"In addition, there are many Chinese scattered in the Philippines, and this official hopes that Lin Lao will also encourage them to come and settle in Manila City." Liu Youfu said.
"Of course, in fact, there is no need for adults to order, and the old man also believes that the Chinese in the Philippines will definitely be willing to come to Manila City to settle as long as they hear the news." Lin Lao nodded and said.
"Tomorrow the army will drive out the barbarians in the city and live in the designated place, and you will come and choose a place." Liu Youfu said.
"Then the old man will go and inform everyone of the good news." Lin Lao said happily.
"Don't worry, Lin Lao, there is one more thing that needs to trouble you." Wang Mengxiong hurriedly said.
"Lord Wang, please speak." Lin Lao said.
"The battle of Manila, our army's ammunition consumption is huge, we need to replenish ammunition, if the Spaniards fight back, our army's ammunition is no longer enough to support a big war, I hope you can mobilize the Chinese of the eighth company to help us produce ammunition." Wang Mengxiong said.
"This is what we should do, not only for the sake of the Wang Division, but also for ourselves, but we don't know the ammunition production method that the Wang Division needs." Lin Lao said.
"This time we went to Lengzhou, we brought people from the Manufacturing Bureau, and they will tell you how to produce it when the time comes." Wang Mengxiong said.
"Well, this matter will definitely not delay Master Wang, the old man will go to the Eighth Company and let every family send someone to help Master Wang produce ammunition." Lin Lao nodded and said.
"Then Laurin is old, and the money needed for this production will make up for everyone from the confiscated barbarian property, and it will not make everyone suffer." Liu Youfu also said.
"It's okay." Lin Lao said.
"My lord......" Rong Guan wanted to speak and stopped.
"Is there anything else going on?" Liu Youfu asked.
"I don't know what you do with Spanish women?" Rong Guan asked softly.
"What's wrong? The head of the file has an idea. But this matter is subject to His Majesty's will. Liu Youfu said with a smile.
"Don't dare, if you want to auction a Spanish woman, remember to inform me." Rong Guan said cheekily.
"I'll definitely notify the head of the stall." Liu Youfu said with a smile. Although the empire did not explicitly allow the slave trade, it was secretly allowed to sell women of any race except blacks, which was a well-known thing in the empire.
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The natives living in Manila did not realize that the danger was coming, and they thought that life would go on as usual with just a change of master.
(End of chapter)