The work of burying the corpses kept the residents of Deyuan City busy for a long time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info looked at the slaughterhouse-like battlefield, and the peasants who cleaned up the battlefield turned pale, and they no longer had the heart to bargain with Li Tu: first, they understood the strength of Li Tu's force, and understood that the rules set by Li Tu were not something they could challenge. The two of them understand that the life on this island is not good for them, and they need Li Tu's protection.

A massacre weakened the contradictions between Li Tu and the peasants, and calmed Deyuan City a lot. The peasants no longer discuss the issue of land rent, and they can farm with peace of mind.

In early July, the shipbuilders' work at Mae Bay was completed, and two of Li Tu's new ships were built. Li Tu estimated that Shengfan would not dare to invade Deyuan City again, so he returned to Zhangpu County to receive the new ship.

The two new ships are medium-sized Fukubunes about the same size as the Zaixing. Li Tu named the two new ships the Fulin and the Depp, and hired eighty crew members for the two ships. The new crew members did not know how to operate the ship, so Li Tu asked the old crew members to train the new ones.

Earlier, in March, Li Tu visited Cui Guangzhi and set an auspicious date for marriage with his father-in-law, choosing the seventh day of the eighth month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse. After finishing these things, Li Tu just freed up his hands to marry Cui He.

Li Tu is not familiar with the etiquette of marriage, but Li Tu's mother, Zheng, knows it and handles it for Li Tu.

First of all, ten days before getting married, Li Tu held a "salute" etiquette and sent several sets of girls' silk and satin clothes to Cui He's family, including a set of white and purple and a set of red dresses. Then, he paid a bride price of one hundred taels. There is also a set of hairpins and ear picks. Cui Hejia used needlework as a "reply".

On the sixth day of the eighth month, the day before the auspicious day of marriage, Cui He's family sent the dowry to Li Tu's new house and began to "lay the dowry". In front of Li Tu, Cui He's maid opened all the boxes, which means "opening the box and making a fortune". Cui Xianggong has always loved Cui He, and the dowry he made for Cui He is also very heavy, including bracelets, necklaces, basins and buckets, bedding, boxes, clothes, etc., which are dazzling. Among them is also a pair of red lacquer chopsticks, which means "give birth quickly". Cui He's hand-made bride's new shoes are put in the groom's shoes, taking harmony to the old.

On the day of marriage, Li Tu took the drum team to Cui He's house to greet his family. When I arrived at Cui He's house, I saw that the three aunts and six mothers-in-law of Cui He's family were all gathered in the hall, crying like tears. Cui He sat among his relatives with a hijab, and also sobbed tremblingly. When the hour came, the drums sounded in unison, coupled with the cries of the Cui family, it was really a mixture of joy and sorrow.

When Cui closed the sedan chair and arrived at Li Tu's new house, firecrackers rang out. The bridesmaids go up and open the sedan curtain to welcome the bride. Cui He walked out of the sedan chair and first stepped over a "saddle", which means peace. Someone has already spread the canvas rice bag on the ground, the bride's feet step on the first rice bag, walk a few steps and step on the second rice bag, the bridesmaids sang on the side: pass the bag after bag, one generation is better than the next.

When Li Tu and Cui He came to the hall, Zheng was already sitting in the hall, and the worship ceremony began. One worships heaven and earth, the second worships the high hall, and the husband and wife worship each other.

After the worship, the wedding is over. Li Tu and Cui He entered the cave room.

Sitting on the new bed, Li Tu lifted Cui He's hijab, but saw that the bright face was red into rouge. Li Tu smiled and said, "The lady is so beautiful with a red face. ”

When Cui He heard this, he laughed happily, blinked his eyes and said, "Xianggong is making fun of me again!" ”

Li Tu held Cui He's face and kissed it. Cui He's whole body was tense, and the whole person froze there, not daring to move. Li Tu smiled and pushed Cui He down on the bed, and a few clouds and rain were warm overnight, needless to say.

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Li Tu stayed in Qianting Town for a month and spent a month on his honeymoon with Cui He. The newlywed Yan'er is like glue.

By mid-September, the northeast wind was blowing, and all four of Litu's ships were ready to sail. Li Tu appointed Xue Yiming as the acting mayor of Deyuan City, responsible for administrative affairs and handling civil litigation. Li Tu asked Xue Yiming to take advantage of this winter's slack to organize carpenters to build another 250 dormitories on the hill to prepare for the new immigrants in the coming year. Li Tu also asked Xu San to lead the Xuan Feng battalion to be stationed in Deyuan City, to deter and balance Xue Yiming. He is still the owner of the ship, leading the ship to sea.

On this trip, Li Tu was going to lead the fleet to Luzon, which was involved in the La-La. The so-called stem of the Ming people is the Spain of later generations.

The fleet sailed from Meiwan to the east, passed through the Penghu Islands in the east, went south along the southwest coast of Xiaoliuqiu to Maobitou at the southern tip of Xiaoliuqiu, and then passed through Hongtou Island and Bijia Mountain, and reached Dagang on Luzon Island. At the Grand Port, it traveled south along the west coast of Luzon Island, passing through Miyan Harbor and Tortoiseshell Harbor, and arrived at the city of Manila, which was related to the Lar people.

At this time, Manila was the center of Spanish colonization in Asia. In 1571, the Spanish colonizer Rigasby landed from Manila, invaded and occupied the Philippines, and then established the Spanish Crown City and Fort in downtown Manila, on the south bank of the Bashi River.

The Spaniards were one of the hegemons of the Age of Discovery, with colonies spread all over the world, especially in South America outside of Brazil. South America produced a large amount of silver, which became the help of Spain's colonial hegemony, and also greatly stimulated the demand of the Spaniards for Chinese silk goods, and stimulated a large number of Ming maritime merchants to trade in Manila. Because of the prosperity brought by trade, tens of thousands of Ming people crossed the sea and settled in Manila to trade.

In 1602, fearing a rebellion by the Chinese, the Spaniards carried out a bloody massacre of the Chinese in Manila. Within a few years, 50,000 Chinese Luzon people died from butcher knives. However, there are few people in Fujian, and the locals have no way out. After the massacre, Fujianese people came across the ocean, and by the time of the Apocalypse, there were tens of thousands of Chinese traders in Manila.

Li Tu did not have a favorable opinion of the Spaniards, and as far as he knew, the Spaniards would massacre the Chinese in Manila again during the Chongzhen period. As a traveler, Li Tu certainly hopes to change such a tragic history.

But the first step to changing this history is to become strong. The purpose of Li Tu's visit to Manila was to learn Western shipbuilding technology and sail technology.

1624 was the end of the Age of Discovery, the beginning of the colonial era. Stimulated by trade and colonization, European countries continued to innovate in navigation technology and were already ahead of China. Reflected in shipbuilding, it is the structure of Western ships that is stronger and able to withstand the recoil of large-caliber guns. In sails, Western soft sails are also more complex, capable of providing a larger sail surface and providing more power.

In the naval battles of the XVII century, the role of artillery increased. If Li Tu did not have large-caliber artillery, he could not have won in future naval battles. However, the current Fukuship, which uses a watertight hatch as a lateral force support, cannot withstand the recoil of large-caliber guns at all. Li Tu needed to learn Western shipbuilding technology and strengthen the structure of the Fuship, so that he could be equipped with more powerful artillery.

And better sail gear is the premise of increasing the speed of the ship, and it is a must for better attack and escape. These technologies can only be obtained on the territory of Westerners.

With a complicated purpose, Litu's fleet was inspected by the stakeholders and slowly sailed into the port of Manila.