The next morning, the governor of Lavizares climbed to the top of the city to take a look, and found that all the armed ships attacking Manila had been withdrawn overnight, so he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly sent men to Cebu Island to bring rescue troops to strengthen the defense of the royal city of Manila.

With Mark's help, Lin Feng led the fleet to the Gulf of Pengasicca in western Luzon and settled at Tortoiseshell Harbor at the mouth of the Inyain River.

The missionary was an old expatriate, and although he feared reprisals from the Spaniards, he accepted them out of deep sympathy for his compatriots and allowed them to build a village near the port market.

Due to the sparse population and depressed market in Hawksbill Harbor, after the arrival of Lin Feng's team, the population gradually increased, and they carried out trade along the Renyain River, went deep into the hinterland of Luzon to buy food and supplies, and recruited troops and horses by the way, and only after more than 20 days, a small town was built that began to take shape, and at the same time, it also brought prosperity to the market trade.

After settling down, at the urging of Luo Amin, Lin Feng prepared to organize the wedding of Ma Wu and Ah Ping.

Lin Shaoqi learned suona when he was young, selected a few soldiers who could play the sheng, and ushered in a big sedan chair, Xu Linger and Lin Aying were bridesmaids, and Luo Aping, who was dressed in red and wore a red headkerchief, came to the sedan chair.

In the suona sound of the song "Hundred Birds and Phoenix", Luo Aping boarded the big sedan chair, and the sedan chair drivers wore big red robes, carried Ah Ping and two bridesmaids, circled around the town, and carried them back to the wedding site.

Lin Feng set up hundreds of tables of banquets at home, hundreds of people came to congratulate Ma Wu and A Ping, as soon as the sound of hanging firecrackers sounded, Xu Linger helped the bride get off the sedan chair, and Lin Aying followed behind them with a smile.

Ma Wu was wearing a groom's brocade dress and a groom's crown, and a group of handsome descendants pushed him to Ah Ping's side, so he took Ah Ping's arm and walked into the new house, first worshipping heaven and earth, and then worshipping the dead of his parents......

At this moment, Luo Amin stood up, approached the bride and groom, and said emotionally: "From now on, we will really be a family......

Before the two could answer, suddenly, Luo Amin burst into tears and crashed into Luo Wenlong's spiritual position.

Lin Feng was quite surprised, and hurriedly picked up Luo Amin who was lying on the ground, Ying'er was so frightened that she cried bitterly, and hugged her mother's hands tightly.

Luo Amin slammed into the table hard, although his forehead was not bleeding, he puffed up a large bag, and lay unconscious in Lin Feng's arms.

Lin Feng pinched her for a while, rubbed her temples again, and waited for a long time, but Luo Amin still didn't have any reaction.

At this time, Ma Wu hurriedly ran outside to find Lang Zhong, Ah Ping took Ying'er away, and the two hid aside and secretly wept.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that Luo Amin still hadn't woken up, Ah Ping came to her approach, crying and preaching: "Sister, I remember that you also hanged yourself in Nanjing before, and it was Zhu Hui's son and Mrs. He who saved you. Now, you just have a place to live, and you can't leave us......"

Then, Ah Ping looked at Lin Feng and begged, "Brother-in-law, save my sister......" said as she lay on Luo Amin and cried loudly.

Just when Lin Feng was at a loss, Ma Wu came over with Lang Zhong and Xu Ling'er.

Lang Zhong took Luo Amin's pulse and said, "Madame, this is in a hurry, it's okay, it'll be fine in a while." Then, he gave a prescription to the family outside the door, and asked them to dispense it.

Luo Amin, who was still lying in Lin Feng's arms, opened his eyes and looked up at the roof, and said sadly: "Lord Hades, quickly find my father Luo Wenlong, I want to ask him face to face, why did he collude with the traitors and pirates of the imperial court, causing my family to be ruined, and the two sisters suffering so much!" ”

Hearing this, even though Lin Feng was extremely embarrassed, his wife finally woke up, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as she was helped up, Ying'er threw herself into the arms of her parents, and the family of three hugged each other.

Lin Feng sighed: "Amin, Ying'er, never let your mother and daughter suffer again in the future." ”

At this time, the suona class in the happy shed outside the door played a song "Family Portrait......

Xu Ling'er brought in the freshly fried decoction, and at this time, Luo Amin was in a daze on the chair, and everyone in the room looked cramped and uneasy.

Ah Ping took the decoction, put it in front of Luo Amin, and persuaded: "Sister, drink it while it's hot." ”

Luo Amin, who looked solemn, just stood up, knelt down in front of Xu Ling'er with a "plop", and shouted loudly: "Please Xu Qianhu save us!" ”

Xu Ling'er was stunned for a moment, hurriedly helped her up, and persuaded: "Madam, please don't worry, take care of your body first, do a good job of trading here, and you will definitely be able to live." ”

"Didn't he ask you to be a witness?" Luo Amin pointed at Lin Feng and said loudly: "That's good! Immediately let go of Xu Qianhu, Lin Shaoqi, and my sister and brother-in-law, who is willing to go with them, no one can stop them, and I will have the final say here in the future! ”

In fact, having lost the two murderous Japanese leaders Zhuang Gong and Xiao Ke, Lin Feng no longer dared to be arrogant easily, and replied seriously: "Okay! According to Madame's words, if anyone wants to leave, I will immediately send a boat to escort him. However, Xu Qianhu, I beg you, you can't take it as child's play! ”

Of course, Xu Ling'er knew that this was Luo Amin taking advantage of what Lin Feng had said to take the opportunity to let her and Ma Wu and his wife leave this place of right and wrong, but she really couldn't answer Lin Feng, so she had to speak helplessly: "As long as you return the ill-gotten wealth that Yan Shifan transferred overseas to the imperial court, it can be regarded as getting rid of the traitorous party, maybe the imperial court can pardon your sins, as for whether you can be named the governor of Luzon, it depends on what you do in the future." ”

Although Lin Feng was once a registered Jinyi guard, he has been removed from his name, and now he is a prisoner of the imperial court, but he still wants to take advantage of this opportunity to turn over, so he replied: "That's natural!" The reason why I didn't transfer the treasure that the traitor Yan Shifan transported overseas to Honganji Temple in Ishiyama was that I was waiting for the day when the imperial court could make me the governor of Luzon, and everything would be easy to say. ”

"If the court can't answer you for the time being, what will you do?" Xu Ling'er asked.

"Then I will be the king here for the time being, like Korea and the Ryukyus, calling the ministers and paying tribute, and opening up the territory for my Ming Dynasty."

In order to hold on to the tortoiseshell port, Lin Fengming asked Xu Ling'er to intercede for him at the imperial court, and secretly wrote a letter to the Manila authorities, declaring that he had submitted to the Spanish king and would pay tribute to the Manila authorities every year in the future, and wanted to ask the old overseas Chinese missionary to help him send this letter to the governor of La Vizares.

After reading this letter, the old overseas Chinese missionaries first questioned his integrity, and then questioned him, feeling that this person was two-faced and extremely unreliable, so he refused Lin Feng's request on the grounds that the time was not ripe.

In fact, due to the desperate resistance of the various tribes of the archipelago to the colonial rule of the Westerners, the city of Manila has suffered another heavy blow, and now, the governor of Lavizares is also anxious, in the face of the resistance movement one after another, there is no time to deal with the armed forces of the tortoiseshell port, it can be said that as long as Lin Feng no longer takes the initiative to challenge, he can be safe for the time being.

But Lin Feng didn't know the situation of the Manila authorities, and the reason why he agreed to release Xu Ling'er and Lin Shaoqi and others had his own purpose, and he quietly called Lin Shaoqi into a secret room late at night before departure.

The two sat down separately, and Lin Feng asked politely: "Liuao master, the elder brother of the family, after you go back, do you still have the capital to do business?" ”

"Don't hide it from the owner, the capital of my business is all raised, and it has not been paid off yet, although I have a good personal relationship with the prefect of Zhangzhou Tian, but I don't have any money in my hand to say anything in vain, to be honest, I don't dare to go home when I go back this time." Lin Shaoqi replied depressedly.

"Don't worry, as long as you can do me a favor, I will give you 100,000 taels of silver."

Lin Shaoqi was overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded and said, "Lord Daao, what do I want, please just give orders." ”

"To tell you the truth, I am going to ask the Westerners in Manila to surrender for the time being, so as to wait for the opportunity, but in the past two days, I heard that the governor Yamen has sent people to Manila, and on the way back to China, you should first go to Manila, help me send a generous gift to the governor of La Vizares, and beg him to let us live."

Hearing this, Lin Shaoqi was afraid, worried that he would suffer retaliation from the Spaniards, or that the envoys of the Yamen would directly arrest them in the name of arresting pirates.

Lin Feng continued: "The ancestor said well, the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit; Westerners say that there are no eternal enemies, and there are no eternal friends. You go to the Manila authorities in the name of a businessman, and they won't do anything to you. This matter is done, I will hand over the business of the East to you, and in the future, there will be endless money to be made between Manila and Dongying, and when my side develops, you will not only be the Lord of Liuao, but also my Minister of Households! ”

So, Lin Shaoqi was moved and thanked him: "The kindness of the Lord of Daao will be unforgettable for the rest of my life." ”

Lin Feng waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and continued: "Brother, don't worry, I still have something important to entrust. ”

"Lord Tai O, please speak, as long as you can do it, you will do your best to help."

"As long as I sincerely beg for mercy, there will be no war here for the time being, I will send the Lord of Seven and the Lord of Nine Australia back with you, you must take care of them." Lin Feng said, staring at Lin Shaoqi intently.

Lin Shaoqi knew that there must be a reason, and asked puzzledly: "What are the seven and nine masters going back for?" ”

Lin Feng smiled slightly, and replied: "Now the only communication channel between me and the government is that Xu Qianhu, but I don't feel at ease with her, and you don't have the ability to monitor her, so you can only let the Lord of Seven Ao and the Lord of Nine Ao bring a few more brothers to control her in our hands, I judge that Pang Shangpeng, the governor who has been doing business in Nanjing, should be responsive to her needs, only by letting Pang Shangpeng speak for us, the imperial court can make me the governor of Luzon, I need this title, and I will be able to compete with Westerners in the future." ”

Lin Shaoqi didn't dare to agree to this matter easily, so he knelt in front of Lin Feng in fright, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and begged Lin Feng not to do this.

Lin Feng stood up and finally spoke: "If the Lord of the Seventh Ao and the Lord of the Ninth Ao don't go, who will give you the capital of 100,000 taels of silver?" Go back and prepare. ”

The next day, Xu Ling'er, Ma Wu and his wife, Mark and others took Lin Shaoqi's merchant ship and went to Manila Bay with Lin Feng's generous gifts.

The merchant ship arrived at the Shihe Wharf in Manila, and found that the official ship sent by Pang Shangpeng had not yet left, Lin Shaoqi felt that this time he came, it might be more auspicious, and he did not dare to let Xu Ling'er and Ma Wu and his wife get off the ship, he brought the generous gift sent by Lin Feng, accompanied by Li Chenghuai and Mark, to negotiate with Governor Ravizarles.

The news of Lin Feng's attack on Manila had already been transmitted back to Fuzhou through the Ming Dynasty merchants, and the governor Pang Shangpeng sent an envoy Wang Wanggao to Manila, hoping that the Westerners would use their power to completely eliminate this group of pirates as they did with Lin Daoqian and Zeng Yiyi.

For the arrival of the Ming envoys, the Manila authorities warmly welcomed, gave Wang Wanggao and others the treatment of state guests, and used the assistance of the imperial court to clean up the Lin Feng group as a bait, forcing the Ming Dynasty to open coastal treaty ports, exchange markets with the Spaniards, and even proposed to allow the Jesuits to go to the interior of the Ming Dynasty to preach freely, in order to compete with the Franc machine people, they set their sights on Zhangzhou, hoping to ask the authorities to hand over the moon port to them as a trading base for the Spaniards like the Franc machine people occupied Macao.

Wang Wanggao was unable to reply to the rude demands of the governor of La Vizares, and he was also very dissatisfied with the warm attitude of the Manila authorities.

In order to put pressure on the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Governor Lavizares accepted Lin Feng's generous gifts, deliberately put Wang Wanggao and others aside, organized a huge banquet in the name of the Manila authorities, ceremoniously received Lin Feng's envoys and his party, agreed to any request made by Lin Feng on the spot, and allowed them to live in Hawksbill Harbor for a long time.

After the banquet, the Manila authorities also sent a guard of honor to escort them out of the royal city of Manila, so they hurriedly sent people back to the tortoiseshell port to inform Lin Feng of the good news.

The angry Wang Wanggao approached the governor's yamen and confronted the governor of La Vizares: "Does the Spanish Empire want to be in the company of pirates?" ”

Governor Lavizares replied reservedly: "I very much hope to establish diplomatic relations with the Ming court, of course, these pirates are also your Ming people, if they don't cause trouble in the Philippines anymore, I have no reason to exterminate them again." ”

Hearing this, Wang Wanggao was quite disdainful, and he threatened through the interpreter: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister!" Luzon Island was a tributary state of our Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and we have every reason to recover it, if you dare to shelter the pirate group, the Heavenly Army will definitely be able to drive you out of Luzon! ”

Governor Lavizares smiled slightly, and replied, "Then let it be as you please, the Governor is here at any time." ”

Seeing that the governor of Lavizares refused to give in and was silent for a moment, Wang Wanggao also began to look for the bottom of the stairs and preached: "I have no right to answer you to the conditions you have proposed. However, after you return, this envoy can go to the court and fight for you, of course, it depends on your attitude, if you eliminate the Lin Feng pirate group, the court may agree to your request. ”

Then Governor Lavizares clapped his hands and shouted: "Father Rada, Father Mazhin, General Loaca, General Salmianto, I now appoint you as the envoy of the Spanish Empire, to follow the king's envoy to the Ming Dynasty, and if the court can agree to our terms, I will send troops to exterminate the pirates in the Gulf of Pengasma." ”