In the welcome ceremony, Felipe accompanied Shen Qi to meet with the officials in Manila, and when he began to introduce Shen Qi, after Li Dan's translation, Shen Qi knew that the reason why such a grand welcome ceremony was held was because Felipe said that Shen Qi was the personal representative of Governor Pang Shangpeng, and they came to Manila this time to open up a new route, so that the silk weaving, porcelain and other goods of the Ming Dynasty could be continuously transported to all parts of the world through Manila......

Felipe hadn't discussed this with anyone beforehand, and when Shen Qi heard it, he almost fainted on the spot......

At this moment, Felipe was still bragging, and Li Dan no longer translated it to Shen Qi, just like that, more than half an hour passed, and Shen Qi, who was confused, was secretly anxious, but he could see that the top official of the Manila authorities admired the young Felipe very much, and was holding his thumb up to praise him......

Governor Lavizares took two steps forward and gave his hat to the Governor's "personal representative", when Shen Qi was hung with a medal, and then the Governor gave an impromptu speech......

At the same time, Zhu Hui and Ma Zhishan finally found a businessman who could understand the official language of the Ming Dynasty and inquired about the situation in Manila......

Originally, after the Spanish occupation of Manila, the walls of Suleiman's Castle were extended, and according to Spanish law, only legal "Caucasians" (Spanish: blancos) could live in the Intramuros.

"Caucasians" include Hispanic Filipinos (Spanish-born Spaniards in the Philippines), Peninsular Spaniards (Spanish-born Spaniards), Hispanian-Malay-Chinese mestizos (Spanish: tornatrás), and Hispano-Malay mestizos.

In addition to the law, there is conventional racial discrimination: male "Caucasians" can marry non-Caucasian women; Female "Caucasians" are never devoured Marriage to non-Caucasian women is allowed, but any non-Caucasian woman who marries a male Spanish is automatically and legally classified as "Caucasian" and, naturally, she can live with her husband in the Intramuros.

But no matter who they are, they are inseparable from the livelihoods of farming, fishing, transportation, sewing, catering, artisans, etc., and most of the people engaged in these livelihoods are Chinese, so the city of Manila is basically impossible to run without the Chinese, and of course, the colonists cannot live a comfortable life.

As a result, the colonial authorities had to allow the Chinese to enter Intramuros for work reasons, but they had to return to their Binodo community outside Intramuros at the end of the day.

A few months ago, Lin Feng and others took advantage of this opportunity, and nearly 100 soldiers infiltrated the royal city, and just as they were preparing to respond to the rebellion, General Fernando had already transferred all the troops on Cebu Island back to Manila, and in order to prevent unforeseen disasters, he took a one-size-fits-all measure to clear out all the Chinese and overseas Chinese who were working in Binodo.

Lin Feng's squad was of course cleaned up, and without full certainty, this armed force of nearly 100 people revolted hastily, although it won the support of many local natives, and finally ended in failure, and all of them were slaughtered.

This uprising once again angered the Manila authorities, so Governor Lavizares issued an order to arrest Chinese and overseas Chinese everywhere in all villages, markets, inns, wineries, ports and docks, even passing merchant ships.

General Fernando had few soldiers under him, and he couldn't trust the strength of the local indigenous armed forces, so he had no choice but to put down his position and take the initiative to make peace with the Dutch "sea beggar guerrillas", trying to use this armed force to deal with Lin Feng.

In this way, the pirate leader Hengdeli was recruited, and the Dutch came to Luzon to participate in the suppression of the Lin Feng group, and they adopted more terrifying methods than the Spanish colonists, in addition to targeting the Chinese and overseas Chinese, they also expanded to the Annamite, the Ryukyuan, the Rì himself, and the Koreans, and even the Malays and Indians were also captured, and the white terror enveloped the entire Luzon Island.

In this situation, the Lin Feng group gave up the plan of armed attack on Manila, and distributed it to various parts of Luzon, playing guerrilla warfare with the Caucasian armed forces, and in the process, gradually grew the team, especially the Dutch pirates, and gave a heavy blow, therefore, Hengdry and Lin Feng have formed a deep hatred, and the story between them will continue to be performed in the fifth volume of "Pirate Legends", so please pay attention.

The colonial authorities understood that it was impossible to drive all the Chinese and overseas Chinese out of Luzon, let alone exterminate them all, and when the Dutch pirate force was greatly weakened, General Fernando found that the activities of the Lin Feng group had gradually stopped, so he turned his gun on the Dutch pirates......

After Lin Feng's failed attack on Manila, it was even worse for the local Chinese, the Spaniards punished the Chinese through unfair tax policies, the Caucasians were exempted from taxes in Manila, the local indigenous Malays were required to pay the basic tax, the Chinese mulattoes were required to pay twice the basic tax, and the Chinese were required to pay four times the basic tax.

In fact, when Lin Feng was entrenched in Hawksbill Harbor and fought against the Westerners in Manila, they were enthusiastically supported by the locals, otherwise, the Renyain River Estuary would not have developed so quickly, but everyone also knows that surviving in this kind of cracks is not a long-term solution!

After Lin Feng annoyed the Manila authorities, the Tortoiseshell Harbor at the mouth of the Renyain River was also occupied by Westerners, and for the Ming Dynasty, they believed that these overseas Chinese had voluntarily given up their status as the emperor's subjects, so the court turned a blind eye to the brutality of the colonizers, and the locals and Chinese turned to secretly support the Lin Feng group, in their minds, Lin Feng was a hero who resisted colonial rule!

Through chatting with this local businessman, Zhu Hui according to his own information, Lin Feng's intentions were by no means what ordinary people imagined, and the imperial court was not ignorant of the massacre caused by the Spaniards, Pang Shangpeng once sent an envoy Wang Wanggao to envoy Manila to negotiate with the colonists, trying to send troops to hunt down Lin Feng in order to prevent the Manila authorities from killing innocents indiscriminately, but the Manila authorities proposed that only by allowing them to go to the mainland to do business and preach could the imperial court's reinforcements land on the island.

After that, Pang Shangpeng sent people to contact the Manila authorities, although the Manila authorities could not eliminate Lin Feng for a while, let alone let the officers and soldiers of the Ming court get involved in Luzon, they all refused.

What is even more terrifying is that if Lin Feng and the Japanese invaders collude inside and outside, with his current power, he will have the upper hand in front of the Japanese in the future, then it is possible that the Japanese will occupy the island chain from Ryukyu and TaiWan to Luzon at the same time, forming a situation of encirclement along the Ming coast.

These businessmen may not have thought that once the murderous Japanese invaders occupy Manila, compared to the pretending Westerners in front of them, the destruction of the locals and Chinese by the Japanese may be too much, and the Ming Empire from the coast to the inland, I am afraid that there will be no peace, if such a situation occurs, maybe even Lin Feng himself will not have time to regret it.

After chatting for a long time, Zhu Hui, Ma Zhishan and others found that the welcoming ceremony was still going on, the governor finished his speech, and then General Fernando's speech, Fernando finished speaking, and it was Archbishop Perez's turn to hold a mass on the dock......

Finding that this ceremony was not over, they inquired about Lin Feng's whereabouts again, and seeing that the Bashi River Estuary had returned to prosperity, could it be that Lin Feng had already been caught?

The Chinese merchant smiled wryly and pointed to a fleet on the dock and told about these changes: it has always been said that Lin Feng colluded with the Japanese to attack Manila, but Lin Feng did not invite the Japanese to come, and the Archbishop Perez, who was doing Mass on the dock, invited a "Christian" fleet from Rìben.

The news surprised them, and they hurriedly asked why, and the merchant heard that after Lin Feng had been evacuated from Luzon, he had converted ****** in West Malaysia and was about to become the general of the Ottoman expeditionary force......

With a Ite, missa est, the whole ceremony finally ended, the officials of the Manila authorities drove back to the city, and the Westerners were like stars holding the moon, and the "personal representatives" of the governor were about to enter the city, at this time, Zhu Hui and Ma Zhishan and others returned to the queue.

The Manila authorities received Shen Qi and others with the highest standards, and they were placed in the Governor's Palace. In the evening, they were invited to the palatial banquet hall, where, in spite of the absence of the Governor, Felipe invited many officials, including judges, tax collectors, customs officers, market directors, brokers, and the Archbishop of Perez, to entertain the distinguished guests who had come from afar.

Shen Qi and others have noticed that the translator is a Westerner, the official words of the Ming Dynasty are stumbling, and it makes people laugh when they hear it, for everyone, if there is no Li Dan to act as the translator, no matter how much attention and courtesy are received, it is tantamount to being blind and deaf.

The dinner was very sumptuous, and the Westerners were in high spirits, inviting everyone to drink cocktails, and discussing some business matters during the dinner, but because the translator was really incompetent, both sides did not understand the words, and they laughed at each other in embarrassment, and everyone knew that nothing could be done.

Suddenly, Perez persuaded Shen Qi to convert to Catholicism and invited them to be baptized in Manila Cathedral, but this time, the Western translator expressed it very clearly, but Shen Qi politely refused.

The translator conveyed the meaning of Shen Qi and others to Perez, causing the archbishop to be furious, which embarrassed Felipe and Shen Qi and others.

After a while, Li Dan, who pouted and drooped his face, came to the banquet hall, and everyone suddenly found that Felipe also seemed to be very embarrassed.

Li Dan came over and explained to everyone: Felipe lied to the Manila authorities, he said that Shen Qi was the personal representative of Governor Pang Shangpeng, and during the welcoming ceremony at the dock, he asked Li Dan not to translate according to Shen Qi's original words, but to express it according to his meaning, and even proposed that he had the ability to pry open the door of the Ming Empire, let the "personal representative" of the governor accept Catholic baptism, and when he returned, he would build a cathedral in Yuegang and develop a merchant organization similar to the Sakai Town Public Association......

Shen Qi, Zhu Hui, Ma Zhishan and others were taken aback by these words, Felipe hurriedly pulled Li Dan aside, muttered and discussed, although they didn't know what they were talking about, but it could be seen that they didn't quarrel, and Li Dan seemed to be convinced.

At this time, Li Dan quietly told everyone that Mr. Felipe was indeed kind, and in order to avoid more terrible incidents, he asked Shen Qi to be baptized.

Finding that his attitude had changed so quickly, Shen Qi, Zhu Hui, Ma Zhishan and others were stunned......

(End of chapter)