"Smack!" There was a crunch. A brilliant splatter of blood!

A Spanish soldier covered in blood, with trembling lips and constantly 'grunting' strange words, was smashed in the head with a heavy stick!

I watched the Spanish soldier slump to the ground like a broken rag bag, and a large hole in his forehead was spewed with red and white things. The man who did the work was visibly stunned, dressed in tattered clothes full of patches, and with his hair as messy as grass.

However, a flash of anger quickly flashed in his eyes. I remembered the wife and children who survived the long sea journey and came here, but were forced to die on the first day of landing!

I remembered the dead eyes of my wife and children and the contemptuous eyes of the Spanish soldiers. The man raised his head and wailed, his eyes reddened, and he raised the wooden stick in his hand with obvious clear cracks, stained with red blood and all kinds of debris, and howled and continued to step forward and smash the Spanish soldiers wildly.

He's not alone. Around more than thirty Spanish captives were densely surrounded by at least a few hundred!

These people with the flame of vengeance roar and howl for revenge!

"There are too few prisoners, it seems that there are not enough." Liu Chengwu, a sharpshooter who was well-known in the entire Marine Corps, carried a musket on his shoulder, a half-lit cigarette in his mouth, and fiddled with the captured trophies. Lehehehe looked at everything in front of him, and said to Hou Zhengcheng on the side.

Hou Zhengcheng glanced at him, pursed the corners of his mouth, and didn't say anything. Turning around and looking in the direction of the harbor, the fierce cannon sound that had been roaring to the sky had gradually subsided at this moment. I don't know how the flotilla is fighting?

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Leaning down, he reached out and grabbed a handful of fertile dirt and squeezed the soil in his hand hard. Gao Yang, who was dressed in a spring and autumn military uniform, showed a satisfied smile on his face.

"It's a good place." Casually lifting the soil in his hand, Gao Yang's voice carried a hint of satisfaction in his voice.

"Even the best paddy fields in Matsue Prefecture are like that." Huang Degong on the side had an emotional look on his face.

After thousands of years of continuous development, the originally extremely fertile Central Plains has now fallen into a state of barrenness. Even if the farmers were careful, they could not improve the fertility of the land in the era when there was no industrial fertilizer production. The land of the Central Plains can no longer support so many people.

Gao Yang hooked the corners of his mouth and looked at him with a chuckle. "That's why we have to rush to the sea to take over the living space. The old land is no longer able to meet the needs of the people. If there is no food to eat, they will rebel! The army of displaced people who swept the world was not because of the drought in Shaanxi that year, and the people who could not survive took risks. Compared with the silver that can only be seen but not eaten, food is the most basic guarantee of a country. ”

"What your lord says is very true!" Huang Degong bowed solemnly.

Clapping his hands, Gao Yang walked forward with his head held high. Behind him, a large group of generals and guards hurriedly followed. After that, there is a sea of landing grounds!

This time, Gao Yang did not waste time, and directly took out the floating dock from the storage space for the army. It greatly saves the time wasted by the army on the coastline.

The port of Cavite is just a small appetizer. The capture of this place is only to be able to better attack Manila City, and Manila City is only the first step to fully occupy Luzon Island.

Gao Yang is running out of time to stay here, and he wants to speed up the speed of the Ming Empire becoming an empire on which the sun never sets.

The plan he devised was to destroy the Spanish resistance within a month and at the same time occupy the city of Manila. After that, it took three months to remove all obstacles and start mass migration.

For the Chinese people who have a very strong local complex. As long as they have land in their hands, then they are willing to pay anything to defend it!

Years of war have led to chaos in the land of China, and a large number of people have been affected by the war and lost everything. In order to attract those homeless people to come thousands of miles away from the unfamiliar sea, Gao Yang offered them extremely generous conditions.

Every family, male or female, as long as there is a strong laborer, can be allocated 50 acres of land according to the capita! Moreover, the imperial court will also provide grain, tools, cattle and horses, and a settlement fee of ten taels of silver per person according to the per capitation! At the same time, taxes are exempt for five years!

As for the old and the weak, each person can also be given twenty acres of land. All of these lands are perpetual, and whoever is given to them will always be theirs. You can pass it on to your immediate family, but you should never resell it. If a person dies and there is no heir, then it is taken back by the state!

This method is probably the best way to prevent land annexation. Directly and fundamentally eliminate the possibility of resale. Land annexation is probably the most effective way to destroy an empire.

At the same time, in order to prevent the collusion between officials and businessmen. Gao Yang not only set strict standards in the legal decrees, but also resettled the land that retired soldiers exchanged for military merit in these places.

With a large number of retired soldiers involved, it is equivalent to kidnapping the army on this law. Whoever dares to move this law is to move the army!

Gaoyang opened a large-scale new-style school, recruited a large number of children from poor families, trained them, and sent them overseas to be grassroots officials. It is to prevent local officials from exploiting the land in various inexplicable ways as much as possible.

Although these new students who have received a good moral education now may have various problems in the future. But it is definitely a hundred times stronger than the current corrupt Confucians who are studying for the imperial examination just for Yan Ruyu and the Golden House!

For agrarian peoples, land is everything.

At the same time, Gaoyang also forcibly relocated a large number of large merchants from Jiangnan and other places to overseas colonies. And he also completely broke up an entire family. Let each house and branch all stand on their own and send them to different colonies. Weaken the influence of the family as much as possible.

No way. It is impossible for all peasants to be in one place. The necessary businessmen or something still need to be had.

As for the backlash of these deep-rooted high-ranking families. Who would dare in front of a bright bayonet? These people are the ones who value their lives the most.

In order for the Chinese nation to obtain more living space, when we talk about a certain place in the textbook in the future, we can proudly say that this is an inseparable place for our Chinese nation since ancient times! Gao Yang can also be regarded as Zen exhausted.

Although this kind of thing is only a symptom and not a cure. However, there is not much time in Gaoyang. That's all it can do. Things in the future still need to be solved by people in the future.

The port of Krabi has a total of four batteries with more than 60 long-range heavy guns. With its strong fortifications and good terrain, it has repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Dutch.

It's just that this time it is an advanced army that is completely different from this era!

When these Spaniards are still stubbornly maintaining the Spanish phalanx that they are proud of, but in fact have been eliminated by the times. The Ming army, which has achieved complete firearms, has given these guys who are lagging behind the times a vivid practical lesson.

When a large group of Ming troops armed with rear-firing muskets discharged the straggler line tactics that would not appear until more than 200 years later, they pounced on these batteries. The Spaniards, who were still using arquebuses and were mainly spearmen, were completely unable to cope.

The arquebus was out of reach, and the dense spear formation was a complete target in front of the musket. In addition, the elite veterans of the Spanish army had already been exhausted on the battlefields of Flanders and France in previous years. The army guarding the battery soon collapsed.

The guns on the batteries were ineffective at close range due to angle problems, and the weapons in the hands of the garrisons were not effective against the enemy. The guns on the only stranded ships that could be considered a threat also lost their effectiveness after the Ming army transported their long-range guns to shore.

Two days.

It took only two days for the elite Ming army to capture all the batteries near the port of Cavite. Almost all the defenders were annihilated.

The comparison of casualties between the two sides shows the difference in strength between the two sides.

Seven hundred against twenty!

The Ming army suffered 20 losses, and several of them were injured by mistake. The importance of technological suppression in war is vividly expressed!

Subsequently, a large group of powerful Ming naval warships rushed into the harbor, ready to completely destroy the remaining Spanish fleet.

Originally, the Ming army also wanted to use the artillery on the Spanish batteries to directly bombard those warships. It's just that the Spanish defenders sealed all the bolts of all the guns before the battery was lost. Directly turned the cannon into scrap metal. It was too much trouble to transport their own artillery to the battery, so the Ming army gave up.

Negre, who was born as an aristocratic general, ordered the surrender after the Ming warship forced its way into the harbor. Because he knew he didn't have to fight at all. Choosing to surrender when he couldn't do anything did not abandon his status as a nobleman.

"I demand the treatment that nobles deserve, and I hope to redeem myself." With his head held high, General Negre walked into a fortress that had been converted into a barracks next to the harbor, took off his tricorne and bowed when he saw Gao Yang, and then uttered what he took for granted.

"And how much do you think you should be worth?" Gao Yang, who was holding a glass of whiskey in his hand, was slightly stunned, and then chuckled.

"I'm Francisco. Gomez. Morality. Nephew of Duke Rojas, I hold the title of Baron of Spain and am seventh in line to the Duchy and title of Ducal of Lehma. Admiral Negre's voice was full of pride and pride: "I am willing to give myself eight hundred gold escudos." After speaking, he looked straight at Gao Yang.

"Huh." Gao Yang whistled casually and said with a smile, "You are really a rich nobleman. But what to do, I'm not short of money. ”

For Gao Yang, these surrendered Spaniards, no matter what their status, will eventually become miners in a mine!

They need to atone for the sins they have committed! (To be continued, please search, better update faster!)

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