On the entire land of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, whether it was a soldier or a merchant, the Spaniards had all been captured, their property had been confiscated, and there were no official enemies of the Ming Dynasty on land.

Zheng Zhilong arranged for the soldiers of the Marine Corps, mainly stationed in Manila, the largest castle, and several gold and iron mines, and the troops were relatively concentrated, and the Marine Corps was under the unified command of Zheng Xing.

In the sea, all the Spanish ships have been annihilated, either sunk or captured by the South China Sea Fleet, but there are other fleets in the South Seas, especially the Netherlands and Portugal, who are already the enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong is most worried about the sea.

Before leaving, Zheng Zhilong repeatedly told Zhang Zhuo that the fleet should not be too scattered, in case of Dutch and Portuguese ships, it could give full play to its numerical advantages, and the other thing was that the ships should dock and rely on the protection of shore guns to guard against the sneak attack of Xiyi ships.

"Commander, what if the natives don't listen to orders?" When Zheng Xing sent Zheng Zhilong on the ship, he saw that there was no one on the left and right, so he hurriedly asked Zheng Zhilong for advice, the first time he commanded so many troops, and he had to garrison such a vast land, he was a little excited, and at the same time a little worried.

"Indigenous?" Zheng Zhilong made a head-killing gesture and taught him angrily: "The flintlock pistol in your hand, is it a child's toy?" If someone dares to resist, then kill them, the Spaniards have less than 10,000 people, and they can rule the entire Southern Ryukyu Islands, you have more than 30,000 soldiers, and you have the assistance of the Han Chinese, and the fleet supports you, and you are afraid that you will not be able to govern the natives? ”

"Commander, the natives are different from Xiyi after all." Zheng Xing didn't seem to be enlightened.

Zheng Zhilong saw that Zheng Xing did not understand his essence, so he had to teach him bluntly: "To conquer other people's land, if there is no killing, just relying on Huairou, it will not be able to rule for a long time, it must be both grace and might, there are only 200,000 Han people on the island, and the natives reach 2 million, if you don't kill, you can't establish the prestige of the Han people." ”

Zheng Xing nodded slightly, "Commander, I know, both grace and power are important." ”

Zheng Zhilong continued: "Not only do the natives who oppose us want to kill, but also the natives who are passive and confrontational, and they must be lured to slaughter in other places, and now the natives have no concept of the country, and they don't know the information of other places, they are just a plate of scattered sand, you take them to other places to kill, as long as you pay attention to eliminating the traces, no one will know, and try to reduce the indigenous population to less than one million." ”

"Commander, I think I understand." Zheng Xing's face was a little pale, but for the sake of Da Ming, he quickly returned to his true colors as a pirate.

"It's good to know, but pay attention to concealment, even to the Han soldiers, and try to block the message."

"Yes, Commander." Zheng Xing stood tall and saluted Zheng Zhilong.

After arranging the defense of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, Zheng Zhilong was ready to return to China, and he ordered the soldiers to move all the captured gold and silver to the ship, and then prepare fresh water and food for the whole journey, and he took the "Nanhai" to personally meet the Sulu king Ha Ba Mala.

From Manila to Holo Island, it was less than a day's voyage when the wind was downwind, and in the evening, Zheng Zhilong's small fleet came to Holo Island and docked in the northern part of the island.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong come to pick him up in person, Haba Mala was very happy, he set up a banquet in the palace to receive Zheng Zhilong, this banquet should be his farewell banquet as Sulu Sudan.

Early the next morning, Ha Ba Mala took his princess, prince and important ministers of the court, and got on Zheng Zhilong's ship, and the guards carried more than a dozen boxes of luggage and got on the transport ship.

When Zheng Zhilong returned to Manila, it was completely dark, and the fleet spent the night in Manila.

At dawn, Zheng Zhilong got on the flagship "Nanhai", Li Tong, Yeha Bamara and his princess also got on the "Nanhai", accompanied by Zheng Zhilong, thousands of Spanish prisoners lived on transport ships, ten Guangzhou ships, ten Fu ships and twenty Cangshan ships, plus more than 50 transport ships, it should be a large fleet, in the South Seas, now except for the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for any country to organize a fleet of this scale at will.

The fleet sailed southwest along the coastline, turned the southernmost tip of Luzon, and then turned northwest and sailed against the current.

On this day, Zheng Zhilong was chatting with Yehabala and Li Tong on the deck, when he suddenly found a harbor, the east, west and north sides of the harbor were surrounded by high mountains, and only the south side led to the sea.

He wondered, "What kind of place is this?" When the fleet went south, why didn't they find this harbor? ”

"Commander, this place is called Subic Bay, and the Spaniards used to anchor ships here." Li Tong had heard the Han people say, "When the ships go south, they can only see the mountains from the north, and they may have overlooked this humble harbor." ”

"Subic Bay?" Zheng Zhilong suddenly realized, "Since the Spaniards stopped their ships here, presumably the water depth in the bay is good, call two Cangshan ships to go in to see the water depth and terrain, and then quickly catch up with the fleet." ”

"Yes." The soldier agreed, and walked off the deck to give the order.

"Is the commander ready to build a military port in Subic Bay?" Li Tong saw that Zheng Zhilong cared so much about Subic, so he naturally thought about it in the military port.

Many of Zheng Zhilong's ideas came from Li Tong, so he didn't plan to hide them from him, "Well, since the South China Sea Fleet is stationed in the South Seas, it can't be without a good military port." Zheng Zhilong is interested in the environment of Subic Bay, surrounded by mountains on three sides, only one side leads to the sea, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the water depth in the harbor is suitable, it is the most ideal military port.

Li Tong blinked, "Commander, if you want to control the Southern Ryukyu Islands, I'm afraid it's not enough to have a navy, right?" Will the Imperial Court send an army to the South Ryukyus? ”

"Sooner or later, the imperial court will send out an army." Zheng Zhilong regretted a little, many transport ships were still in Manila, did not come back with him, if the imperial court wanted to send an army to the southern Ryukyus, it would be troublesome in transportation, but it was already far from Manila, and it was too late to go back.

When the fleet arrived at Passalen, two Cangshan ships that were inspecting the harbor in Subic caught up with them, and they reported to Zheng Zhilong the situation in the harbor: Subic Bay was about 30 li long, more than 15 li wide, and the water depth was 100 zhang, which could berth about 300 ships, and could sail directly into the South China Sea to the south, making it a rare and excellent military port.

"It's really a natural harbor." Zheng Zhilong was in a happy mood and felt that time passed quickly, and before he knew it, the fleet had crossed the captain and came to Xiamen.

"Haha, from Passalen to Xiamen, it's only a three-day voyage, and it's still a headwind, it seems that Luzon is really not far from Daming."

Ha Ba Ma had already set his sights on the distant land, "Commander Zheng, this is the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Yes, Su Dan, but Daming is very big, this is Xiamen, far away from our Jingshi, not ten days and a half months, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Jingshi." Zheng Zhilong was ready to take the sea route, and Ha Ba Ma La took the prince and princess, and they could not ride horses on the land route, and the speed was even slower.

"Ten days and a half months? Daming is so big? He searched the coastline ahead, but it was a blur with no end in sight.

"That is, if Su Dan goes ashore, he will know the vastness of Daming."

The fleet anchored in Xiamen, because it was the end of the year, Zheng Zhilong gave most of the soldiers a holiday, and he took Li Tong, Yehaba Mala Junchen, Tabora and others to the north on the "Nanhai" ship, which was almost the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty, and he only brought five lucky ships with him, thousands of Spanish prisoners, temporarily staying in the barracks in Xiamen.

When the South China Sea Fleet was making great achievements in the South Seas, the North Sea Fleet was not idle, and they followed Zhu Youzhen's instructions and kept operating in the north.