"His Majesty sent the navy to Nanyang to rescue the Han people in Nanyang, and since the South China Sea Fleet has come to Nanyang, it will not leave again," Zheng Xing bowed to Li Tong, "In the future, the army will inevitably disturb Li Tou." ”

"It should be, it should be," Li Tong said in a loud voice, "the Spaniards on the Southern Ryukyu Islands......"

"Li Tou rest assured, we will expel them completely, if they don't know each other, we will annihilate them, the current South China Sea Fleet is no longer comparable to the Spaniards, what we defeated today is the coalition of Spain, the Netherlands and Grape Yang, the days of Xiyi dominating in the South Seas are not long."

"General Zheng is talking about ......"

Zheng Xing felt that this military plan should not be leaked for the time being, "Li Tou, I have to ask the commander about the future plans of the South China Sea Fleet, I am just acting on orders."

"Oh, hehe, hehe......" Li informed him that this was a military secret, and he smiled awkwardly and stopped asking.

Zheng Xing changed the topic, "Li Tou talks extraordinary, he should be a scholar, right?" ”

Li Tong grinned: "General Zheng smiled, Li Mou was originally a showman, because of repeated failures, and there was no overnight rice at home, so he went to Nanyang with relatives and friends to make a living, and because he knew a few words, he was elected by his fellow villagers as the leader of Passalen." ”

"Ao, listening to Li Tou's accent, it should be from Fujian, right? How long have you been in Luzon? ”

"Li is a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, came to Luzon ten years ago, and has never returned to his hometown," Li Tong's eyes were faintly sad, and he should have been moved by homesickness, "Is General Zheng from Fujian?" Has there been any change in Quanzhou now? ”

Zheng Xing did not specifically mention Quanzhou, but briefly talked about the earth-shaking changes that took place in the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne.

Li Tong sighed, if he hadn't left Daming...... But he quickly shook his head, this is impossible, he has been away from his hometown for ten years, the people in his hometown no longer know him, and he has no connection with his hometown now.

"When the Ming Navy first came to Nanyang, can Li Tou briefly talk about the situation of the Spanish garrison in Luzon, and Zheng will go back and ask the commander?"

Speaking of Luzon's affairs, Li Tong suddenly opened the conversation.

According to Li Tong, the Spaniards "■dǐng" ■diǎn "■ small" ■ said, .☆.o∨s_ (); It was in the 44th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1565 AD) to Luzon, and in the sixth year of Longqing of the Ming Dynasty (1572 AD), the city of Manila was established in the south of Luzon, mainly to enslave the local natives and the Han people who came to Luzon, to dig gold mines in the South Ryukyu Islands, and to sell a large amount of silver from the Americas to buy porcelain, silk, tea, etc., and to sell them back to Spain at a high price.

In the second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1574 AD), the Han people who were unwilling to be enslaved by the Spaniards, under the leadership of the local pirate leader Li Feng, had a large-scale battle with the Spaniards.

Now on the South Ryukyu Islands, the Spanish army is said to have 6,000, mainly stationed in the headquarters in Manila, in the gold mines of Baguio and Santa Cruz on Luzon, and in the copper mines of Mindanao, there are also garrisons, and there are no garrisons in other areas, or there are few garrisons, mainly maintained by indigenous or Han Chinese, and the Spaniards will regularly patrol the whole island, collect rent, and sometimes use fleets to patrol the coast.

"Gold mines, copper mines? Li Tou, you said that there are gold mines in Southern Ryukyus? Zheng Xing was worthy of being born as a pirate, and when he heard about the gold mine, his eyes suddenly shone with a snatching light, as if the yellow gold was flying in front of his eyes.

"Yes, General Zheng, the Spaniards occupy the Southern Ryukyu Islands, and their profits are mainly in three aspects: gold, silver and copper mines, trade, and rent."

"Does Li Tou know where these mines are?"

"Some, but incomplete, not quite exact, the location of these mines, the Spaniards are very well protected."

"It's good to know, can Li Tou draw the location of these mines?"

"Okay, I just don't know if it's accurate." Li Tong picked up a pen and paper and quickly drew a sketch of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, and then diǎn the locations of various mining sites on the sketch.

Zheng Xing was about to collect the drawings, but found that the ink had not dried, so he had to hang it temporarily, "How does Li Tou know the location of these mines?" ”

"General Zheng didn't know that Li served as the leader of the Han people in this Pasalon city, in addition to managing the order of the Pasalen city, in addition to pointing out the direction of work for the Han people who had just entered Luzon, so as not to let them run blindly on the island."

"Oh." Zheng Xing understood that Li Tong's work was equivalent to the Han Chamber of Commerce, and he should charge a small fee to choose a suitable job for the Han laborers who had just come to Luzon, and the Spaniards would also give him a general direction.

"General Zheng, these mines ......"

"Haha, it's not certain now, Zheng just provided some useful information to the commander, as for what will happen in the future, it is up to the commander to decide."

"That's, that's." Li Tong didn't ask either.

"Li Tou, how are the local natives?" Zheng Xing's question was vague, he needed a message from the natives, and the more detailed the better.

"General Zheng, according to Spanish estimates, the local natives, originally more than three million, after the Spanish invaded the Southern Ryukyus, they clashed with the local natives, so they began to massacre the local natives, plus the death of labor force, now there are only two million natives."

"Two million? So much? "Zheng Xing has a big head, and these two million people can't be slaughtered, so it's much more difficult to manage than in Taiwan," what is their relationship with the local Han people? ”

"There are only 200,000 Han people in the entire Southern Ryukyu Islands, which is much smaller than the local natives, and with the connivance and provocation of the Spaniards, it often happens that the natives bully the Han people and rob the Han people's property." Speaking of the natives, Li Tong gritted his teeth with hatred, his hatred of the aborigines even exceeded that of the Spaniards, the bullying and exploitation of the Han by the Spaniards was usually indirect and more subtle, while the bullying of the Han people by the aborigines was direct and naked.

"Then, according to Li Tou, even if you drive out the Spaniards, or can't you guarantee the personal and property safety of the Han people?"

"It should be so, the indigenous population is ten times that of the Han Chinese, they are numerous, and they are barbaric and lazy, and when it comes to robbing the property of the Han people, they are very united, and unless the army is stationed, it is difficult to guarantee the interests of the Han people."

"But it is impossible for the Ming army to live on the island, otherwise, how can tens of thousands of troops be paid for military salaries, ammunition, and food?"

"Military salaries can be paid by the Han people on the island, and food is fine, but there is really no way to supply this ammunition." Li Tong is not a god, there is no firearms factory on the island, and he cannot conjure ammunition.

"Li Tou, with an army of tens of thousands of people, military salaries and food are not a small amount, besides, who can guarantee timely supply?" Zheng Xing meant that once the food supply could not be supplied, the soldiers on the island might turn into pirates, and the soldiers would also have to eat.

"General Zheng, food and salary are not a problem, when the Spanish occupied Southern Ryukyu, they would collect rent every year, and these rents should not be a problem as military salaries, but to ensure supply, a local government must be established on the island, and the government will be responsible for the long-term supply of food and salary."

The establishment of a local government is not Zheng Xing's business, it is the business of the imperial court, but Zheng Xing was a little interested, and he asked casually: "Then according to what Li Tou said, how to establish an official government on the island?" ”

"Bringing Southern Ryukyu into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, for example, the establishment of Southern Ryukyu Province, within the whole island, whether indigenous or Han Chinese, must pay taxes, and the taxes on the island should not be a problem to feed these tens of thousands of troops."

"Provincial?" Zheng Xing looked at Li Tong, how could he think that he was similar to Zhu Youzhen, he liked to establish a province in the newly conquered places, if the Southern Ryukyu Islands really established a province, then he Zheng Xing was the hero of the Ming Dynasty's opening of the territory, and he couldn't help but be excited.

"General Zheng, only by establishing a province and establishing a long-term tax system can the Ming army be stationed on the island. Otherwise, even if the Spaniards were driven out, the Han Chinese would be at a huge demographic disadvantage on the island, and they would still not be able to escape the fate of being bullied. ”

"Leader Li is right, once the Spaniards on the island are driven out, I will propose to the commander to build a Yiì and let the imperial court send civil officials." Whether or not to establish a province is a matter for the imperial court, Zheng Xing can't care about it, he changed his words, "Li Tou, how about the products of the South Ryukyu Islands?" ”

"General Zheng, in the South Ryukyu Islands, there are abundant fertile fields, which can grow double or triple cropping rice, which can feed the inhabitants of the islands, and gold and silver mines can bring huge profits, and in addition, trade also brings taxes."

"Grain, mining, trade?" Zheng Xing doesn't know much about these things, he is a pirate, so he naturally knows the huge profits of trade.

"Yes, food will keep the island's inhabitants alive, and mining and trade will provide the government with money." Li Tong said the key to the Southern Ryukyu Islands, and thought that Zheng Xing was testing him.

"Li Tou's words, I must tell the imperial court, as for whether to establish a province, we can only build yì." Zheng Xing saw that Li Tong was right-hearted, and he admired this former talent from the bottom of his heart, "However, if it is established as a province in Southern Ryukyus, will the Han people on the island support it?" ”

"Absolutely supportive, the Han people are fed up with the bullying of the Spaniards and the natives, they have left their homeland, and most of them can't survive in the local area, so they come to Nanyang to beg for a living, if they live well and have the protection of the army, it is too late for them to welcome." What Li Tong said is also his own experience, and he is also one of these Han people.

"Just support."

"Li Feng was a pirate back then, and he was able to unite the Han people against the enslavement of the Spaniards, if the Ming court sent officials and troops, the Han people would definitely welcome it, and General Zheng would have a hundred hearts." Li Tong made reassurances to Zheng Xing.

Zheng Xing thought that in order to conquer the Southern Ryukyu Islands and gather the Han people, Li Tong's role was indispensable, and it was best to involve him, "I wonder if Li Tong is willing to come to the army as a staff officer?" ”

"Staff officer?" Li Tong had never heard of this kind of official position, and he didn't know what it meant.

"It is the person who proposes all kinds of construction to the officers in the army, and wherever our army goes, Li Tou is also responsible for contacting the local Han people, assisting the Ming army in driving away the local Han people, and receiving a certain amount of money, of course, Li Tou is not a formal soldier, and he can refuse Zheng's construction."

"Li is willing to serve the army of the Ming Dynasty." Li Tong knew that he was no longer able to pass the imperial examination, and if he wanted to glorify his ancestors, the opportunity was in front of him, how could he not be reasonable?