The weapons sent by Zhu Youxiao were 1,000 flintlock pistols and a batch of bullets, but the artillery at this time was too heavy to be secretly transported into the Eighth Company. And the old-fashioned tiger squat cannon did not pose much of a threat to the Spaniards, and Zhu Youxiao simply did not transport it.

Although the range of the improved Tiger Squat Cannon has reached 1,000 meters, and its power is several times greater than before, which can pose a threat to the Spaniards, the improved Tiger Squat Cannon has only just begun mass production, and it cannot be supplied to others at all.

On the night of the return of the weapons, the Chinese of the Eighth Company could not wait to hold a secret meeting. In the massacre of 1603, hundreds of rich people in Balian were almost completely dead, and hundreds of rich people set fire to their own property in order to prevent the Spaniards from succeeding, and burned their family property and buried themselves in the fire with their family property.

"Rongguan, how are these firearms arranged?" Someone asked.

"Elder Lin, the imperial court means that we should use this batch of weapons to form an army of five hundred to one thousand people." Rong Guan said.

"It's not a problem to get out, it's a problem that the Spanish army is far from being matched by the army we have just formed, according to the information I got Sebastian? Hurtado has been in the army for many years, can fight well, and has participated in several major battles in Spain. Lin Lao said.

"Lin Lao, to tell you the truth, this plan was single-handedly handled by His Majesty, and His Majesty said that he would open a state in Luzon, and the Philippines would not exist, and only the Luzon Chengxuan Political Envoy Division would exist." Rong Guan said.

"Finally waiting for the king!" When Lin Lao heard Rong Guan's words, he was so excited that he burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, considering that he has trade contacts with the Westerners, can only go to war with the Spaniards at present, but not with the whole of Europa, so he needs a reason to use troops." Rong Guan said.

"The reason for the use of soldiers? The Spaniards in the Philippines, oh no, the Luzon Domain slaughtered 30,000 of my Ming Dynasty's people, which was enough for His Majesty to use troops against the Luzon Domain. Hearing Rong Guan's words, someone stood up and said.

"Old Su, this matter has been concluded by Emperor Shenzongxian, do you still want Your Majesty to overthrow Emperor Shenzongxian's holy will?" Rong Guan said.

"Yes, yes, Rongguan is right. His Majesty's troops must be famous. Lin Lao agreed.

"Since Your Majesty wants to be famous, then we will find a name for Your Majesty!" Su Lao said.

"That's why Your Majesty has provided us with weapons, Your Majesty is afraid that we will be slaughtered by the Spaniards as soon as we find our name, and we must first have the ability to protect ourselves, so that we can hold out until Your Majesty's army arrives in Manila." Rong Guan explained.

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Lin Lao took the lead in bowing to the north.

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Immediately afterwards, everyone present knelt on the ground together.

"Every year from late autumn to early spring, when the boat is in the wind, if Xin'an departs, it will take no more than 20 days to reach Manila." Su Lao said.

"What does Elder Su mean......" Elder Lin said immediately.

"This matter must be approved by His Majesty." Seeing this, Rong Guan immediately said.

"Of course, please Rongguan you are personally responsible for this matter, as long as you make an appointment with the imperial court, we will definitely respond." Lin Lao said.

"Where the duty lies, we will not slack off. Now the main thing is to discuss the matter of sending people to form an army. Rong Guan said.

"Now there are only a thousand flintlock muskets, and in the eighth company, only one person per household needs to be sent to form an army of five hundred men." Su Lao said.

"No, it can't be known to everyone." Rong Guan vetoed Su Lao's suggestion.

"If you want to achieve great things, you have to make trade-offs, and I suggest that we compensate all the families who have left the family and let them move to Dagupan. In this way, we can not only avoid leaking rumors, but also control with us, the loss is at most a year and a half can not do business, compared to the thirty-first year of Wanli, this is already the best result. Lin Lao proposed.

"Lin Lao's suggestion is good, although Dagupan is remote, it is two days away from Daming, and it is actually much safer. However, we must screen the candidates to see which households to mobilize, and we must not be blind; although the Eighth Company is all Chinese, there are still a very small number of people who are oriented towards Westerners. Su Lao agreed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a few suggestions...... "Seeing this," said Rong Guan, "first, the movement of the population should not be too large, otherwise it will arouse the vigilance of the Spaniards; Second, we must carefully screen those who join the army, and we would rather have a shortage than an abundance; Thirdly, Dagupan is now not conducive to the landing of warships, and we must find a way to quietly get an improvised dock out. ”

"Rongguan, these things will be handed over to us, we promise to do it well, but the matter of contacting the court will be handed over to you, and the success or failure of this matter lies in the attitude of the court." Lin Lao said.

"Naturally, there won't be any problems on my side." Rongguan assured.

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After receiving the news that Zhu Youxiao intended to occupy the Philippines, the Chinese of the Eighth Company became more and more obedient to the Spaniards on the surface, but in fact, the Eighth Company would organize a secret meeting almost every three days to discuss who to draw into this secret organization against the Spaniards.

The Chinese of the Eighth Company are still very united, which is the same as Sebastian? Hurtado's attitude has a lot to do with it. Sebastian? Hurtado's attitude towards Chinese, even Catholic Chinese, is just as bad. In his eyes, Chinese are Chinese, and they should be oppressed, and they have nothing to do with faith. This also made the Chinese of the Eighth Company form an army much faster than expected.

On April 18, the first Apocalypse Award of the Empire was officially held. Zhu Youxiao originally planned that the Apocalypse Award would be held in March, but March coincided with the conclusion of the Three Kings Rebellion case and preparations for the colonization of Leng Zhou. Anyway, the Apocalypse Award has not yet formed a convention, so it was postponed to April 18 by Zhu Youxiao.

This time the Apocalypse Award, Zhu Youxiao not only invited all cabinet members to participate, but also invited teachers and students from major colleges to participate together, including Guozijian's sacrificial wine, Siye, supervisor Cheng Zheng Bapin, canonical books and others. The current Guozi priest wine is Huang Daozhou, and Liu Zongzhou took the initiative to resign after successively opposing Zhu Youxiao's new policy, and now he is dedicated to hosting the "Daming Confucianism".

Gu Cheng, an expert in the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, commented in "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty" that Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou were not pillars. They are "upright" and cannot change; dare to make a mistake and be straightforward and reasonable; Although self-discipline is strict, it does not help the world. Zhu Youxiao also took a fancy to the "integrity" of the two of them, and if he wanted to reverse the atmosphere of the Guozijian, he could not succeed without such people.

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Happy New Year's Day to all!

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