David, a Spaniard who had been rescued from a pirate ship, reappeared a few days after disappearing, bringing with him an invitation from Sebastian, the Spanish governor of the Philippines, to invite Fu Chun, the owner of the Fuchun, to a dance party in Manila.

"David, what the hell is going on? Why did the Governor invite us? Ren Siqi asked.

"Dear Ren, don't think about it, it's just a simple ball, today is the eighteenth birthday of Miss Leah, the daughter of the Governor, the Governor specially held a ball for Miss Leah, all the leaders of Manila City have been invited, and the merchant leaders of the Japanese Kingdom in the Philippines and the land kings of the tribes near Luzon will also go to the ball. You are representatives of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and the Governor has sent me to invite you as a sign of the friendship of the Spaniards towards the Ming people. David explained.

"Are the Spaniards really friendly to the Akito? What about the ruins outside Manila? Ren Siqi was very disdainful of David's shamelessness.

"Dear Ren, that was a complete misunderstanding, Your Excellency the Governor has promised that this will not happen again, please believe me in the name of God!"

After listening to Ren Siqi tell David about his intentions, Fu Chun, the owner of the ship, refused the invitation to go to the Rausch Ball, and went to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of the Spanish governor. Coming to Luzon to do business is to make money from the Spaniards, Fu Chun has no burden in his heart at this point, but Fu Chun can't do anything to talk to the Spaniards with a shy face!

"Since people have come to invite, it's not too good to refuse directly, after all, we are still on other people's turf. Xiucai, you can go on my behalf. Fu Chun said.

Ren Siqi rolled his eyes, but he was helpless, who let us listen to other people's hands, and we have to listen to other people's greetings when we eat food.

Go back, but you can't weaken the momentum of our Ming people.

Ren Siqi took out a set of cheongsam from the cabin where he lived, which was still the clothes of the Xiucai who was bought when he bought goods in Hangzhou and Mao Eighteen. At that time, Ren Siqi and Mao Shibai had just come out of prison, and they didn't even have a change of clothes, and when they went to buy clothes, Mao Shibai had to buy such a set for Ren Siqi, saying that since he was a showman, how could he wear the same clothes as the big man. It was really inconvenient to wear such clothes on a ship, so I ended up buying them and keeping them in the cabin all the time.

The moon-white robe was embroidered with blue edges, a three-inch-wide black belt was tied around the waist, the hair that was scattered behind the shoulders was tied together, and an ebony hairpin was inserted in the middle, and then a square scarf was put on, and the black mille-feuille official boots were worn underneath. It's a pity that there were no glass mirrors in this era, and the outline of the face could only be vaguely seen from the bronze mirror.

Holding a folding fan in his hand and walking out of the cabin, a handsome and dashing and graceful son of the world appeared in front of everyone, and immediately shocked a boatload of jaws.

"I'm grass, is this a showman, why didn't you see that she looked so handsome!"

"It's really a man who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles! Why is this show dressed up like this, going on a blind date? ”

"Human-like dogs, I'm phew." This is the envious.

"Xiucai, don't forget to trick a little lady when you go to Manila City, the Spanish girl I saw when I sold silk last time is good." Mao Eighteen came up with a smile and put his hand on Ren Siqi's shoulder.

"Brother Eighteen, can you take off your dirty hands, I just changed my clothes."

"Xiucai, this dress is really good," the crew member Zhang Chi walked over.

"That is, who wears the clothes, if you wear it, you don't look like the prince if you wear a dragon robe."

The crew gathered around, and one by one, their shaggy hands stretched out to Ren Siqi.

"Can you please not touch it, new clothes, wear it for the first time!"

"Holy shit, who's touching my ass? I don't want to live anymore. Ren Siqi hurriedly escaped from the crew and got off the ship with countless dirty handprints on his body, leaving behind a burst of rampant laughter.

"Dear Ren, what's going on?" The Spaniard, David, did not understand what was happening.

"David, you have to know that people who are handsome will always be jealous!" Ren Siqi is a serious way.

"Yes, dear Ren, I know this very well, and there are always many shameless people in Manila who resent me because they were jealous of the adoring eyes of the girls who always got me. But Ren, you really look good in this dress today. David boasted unobtrusively to himself.

"David, thank you for the compliment. Life is really lonely like snow, and it is rare to have you as a confidant. ”

The two shameless men touted each other and got into the carriage in which David had arrived.

The horse's hooves "trampled" along the stone-paved path towards the city of Manila.

Manila City is located on the south bank of the Bashi River, about five miles from the pier. Ren Siqi rode in an open-top four-wheeled carriage, with two tall horses pulling in front.

Riding in the carriage and looking around, you can see a wilderness with colorful flowers among the dense wild grasses, and a dense forest can be seen in the distance of the wilderness.

The carriage traveled very fast, and the land of five miles was almost there. Ahead is the city of Manila.

This is a very special city, unlike China's city walls are built boxy, this Manila city outside the city built a lot of semi-circular protrusions, just like the Chinese city wall outside the horse face, but the shape of the horse face is not the same, this is the legendary fortress?

The entire wall is made of stone, which looks exceptionally strong. The city wall was about two feet high, and a moat was dug outside the city.

"David, why are your walls built like this? It's very different from Chinese cities. Ren Siqi asked David, pointing to the outward protruding part of the city wall.

"Dear Ren, this is for better defense, if there is an enemy attacking the city, he will be attacked from three sides of the city. This is a bastion unique to Europe, and its important function is defense. David carefully explained to Ren Siqi the defensive function of the city wall. According to David, it only takes a thousand men for the whole of Manila to withstand an attack of tens of thousands.

Looking at the city wall, Ren Siqi had such a scene in his mind, thousands of soldiers were carrying the ladder to attack the city wall, the city wall was shot indiscriminately, and from time to time there were soldiers falling under the guns, but the brave soldiers went forward one after another, and finally the ladder was set up on the city wall, and the soldiers' morale was greatly increased, holding iron cards to protect the top of their heads, and they climbed up along the city wall. "Bang, bang" Countless gunshots rang out, and the shots from the horses on both sides caused the soldiers on the ladder to fall to the ground.

Ren Siqi shuddered suddenly, no wonder Lin Feng couldn't beat Luzon back then, so he could only flee back to Dayuan. Decades later, Zheng Chenggong, the grandfather of the country, led tens of thousands of troops to attack Dayuan, but he could not successfully capture Taiwan, which was defended by hundreds of people, but could not capture it, and could only rely on siege to make the enemy surrender.

With such a fortified city and the sharp muskets of the defenders, it is difficult to capture such a city by virtue of numbers alone. If you want to capture such a city, you must have muskets and artillery that are not inferior to the defenders, and it is possible to have several times the number of troops.