Philippine Governor Alonso looked out the window with a worried look as a captain next to him reported to him a piece of information that worried him.

A Ming fleet of about 200 ships was heading south, and on the way they came across the Spanish armed merchant ship.

Several gunboats of this fleet took the initiative to attack the Spanish merchant ship, and although the Spanish merchant ship repeatedly waved its flag and explained that it was only a merchant ship that went to the city to shop, the gunboats did not stop attacking.

If it hadn't been for the fact that this armed merchant ship saw the opportunity early, it might have been sunk by that fleet by now.

The owner of the armed merchant ship sensed that something was wrong and hurried back to Manila to report the news to Alonso.

Alonso was a little apprehensive when he heard the news.

He was very clear about the changes in the Ming Dynasty, and one of the main purposes of their occupation of Manila was to buy goods from the Ming Dynasty.

With the strong rise of this king of Wu, it has had an extremely far-reaching impact on the surrounding forces.

The first was the failure of the Dutch invasion of Penghu, in which nearly 1,000 expeditionary troops were wiped out. And all of them were beheaded, and they were hung in the three major cities for public display.

As a result, the Dutch and the King of Wu became completely hostile.

However, Alonso is not optimistic about the Netherlands, although the Netherlands is also very strong, but the Netherlands is too far from here, and they have a large number of colonies to defend, and they simply do not have the strength to organize a strong enough expedition to the Ming Dynasty.

The second was that the Portuguese in Macau were driven away. Although they were allowed to go to the three major cities to buy goods, the loss of Macau was a huge loss for them.

The Portuguese could only swallow their anger. They are here to make money, not to fight.

Even if it is a war, they are not the opponents of the Ming Dynasty.

But what does King Wu want to do now that he has assembled such a powerful fleet? And the direction is still straight to Luzon.

Aronco absolutely did not believe that he had come for a goodwill visit, and that a goodwill visit was definitely not to bring such a gunboat.

Could it be that they were there to occupy Luzon, or to avenge the massacre of the Ming people that Arguna ordered twenty years ago?

As soon as he thought of this, Alonso felt like a dark cloud had fallen over his heart.

It was at this time. Alonso suddenly heard the rumbling of cannon outside.

This surprised him a little, and he hurriedly rushed out. Then he walked to the top of the castle and took out his clairvoyant mirror and looked into the distance.

Soon he spotted an armed merchant ship flying the Spanish flag fleeing in disarray, and several Western ships with strange flags were chasing the Spanish armed merchant ship behind him.

Alonso quickly recognized the strange flags as those of the Ming Army, which he knew as a Philippine governor.

"What's going on? Why would they attack our merchant ships. ”

Alonso couldn't help but growl.

This was already the second case he knew of when the Ming army attacked a Spanish merchant ship.

The Ming Dynasty was the largest force in the vicinity. Their initiative to attack Spanish merchant ships was not a good omen in any way.

No one could answer his question, and the guards around him were at a loss.

The Spanish merchant ship was getting closer and closer to the port of Manila, and he knew that there was a Spanish fort there.

As soon as he got there, the Spaniard's batteries would help him.

Sure enough, he was not surprised, seeing that the armed merchant ships of his own people were attacked by the enemy, the Spanish soldiers on the battery decisively fired warning shots.

One after another, the shells hit the water in front of the Ming ships, splashing a lot of water.

Seeing this, those Ming ships hurriedly turned a corner, and then began to retreat.

"Inform the battery to stop firing. Bring the merchant ship owner over and I'm going to ask for it. ”

Alonso said quickly.

Although the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Spain became extremely bad due to the massacre of the Ming people by Spain.

But Alonso didn't want to offend the Ming Dynasty too much. Many times he also needs to rely on the snort of the Ming Dynasty.

The ships did not retreat, but retreated beyond the range of the guns and waited.

This made Alonso wonder what the hell these people were trying to do. Do they want to send someone to negotiate?

At this moment, the guards beside him suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.

"There were a lot of boats in the distance."

Alonso looked into the distance and saw a large fleet in the distance.

More and more ships came into his sight, and there were huge treasure ships here. There are large Western warships.

Seeing such a powerful fleet, Alonso knew that the captain was not lying. This is indeed an invincible fleet.

It's just that when did Da Ming have such a huge fleet, how did he not know.

More than two dozen Western ships split off from this fleet, and the rest of the fleet turned south.

Seeing this, Alonso's face was so gloomy that it seemed to be able to drip water.

What are they trying to do?

So he called one of the guards.

"Send a boat over and ask them what they are coming from. Send another cavalry to follow the fleet south to see where they plan to land. ”

Alonso said.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The guard said quickly.

For some reason, Alonso felt his heart grow more and more uneasy.

He had a feeling that these enemies were coming for Manila.

It didn't take long for the owner of the armed merchant ship to be brought over.

"I don't know why they attacked me, I swear to God, I definitely didn't provoke them, and I definitely didn't rob any Ming Dynasty ships."

The shipowner said with a sly expression.

Hearing this, Alonso snorted coldly and waved his hand to let him go down.

No provocation, that's for sure. If he dares to provoke, unless he is kicked in the head by a donkey.

But if you haven't robbed the ships of the Ming Dynasty, it may not be, and those who dare to come here to pan for gold in the Age of Discovery are either scum or villains.

To say that he hadn't robbed the ships of the Ming Dynasty, he didn't believe it at all.

It didn't take long. One of the soldiers came to report that a commander of the enemy gunboat had told them that they had come here because three armed Spanish merchant ships had robbed the new governor of Canton of a treasure presented to King Wu.

Unless the people of the Spanish were able to hand over the entire crew of the three armed merchant ships and the treasures they had looted to the Ming army, they would be greeted by war.

Upon hearing the news, Alonso couldn't help but be stunned.

How is it possible that those merchant ship owners robbed the treasures dedicated to King Wu?

But soon Aaron also felt that it was not impossible. Today's Western armed merchant ships basically have another identity, that is, pirates.

If they encounter a strong merchant fleet at sea, they will of course be in good order, and they will be their maritime merchants. But once you meet the fat sheep.

They are likely to shed their merchant outsiders and become pirates, and start trading without capital.

This can't help but make Alonso feel very embarrassed, what should he do?

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Thirty kilometers south of Manila. Dozens of people dressed in Ming Dynasty clothes are waiting here with anxious faces.

Not far in front of them was a very modest dock.

An old man dressed in a beautiful beard and looking a little elegant was teaching a young man.

"Remember, when you meet the adults, you must work hard and don't let them underestimate you. This time, our whole clan is out for you, and King Wu promised us that once the matter is completed, you will be the official of Manila. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I think our Lin family's ancestors also appeared in Zhixian County sixty years ago, and they can be regarded as a real official family. But I have been defeated for a long time, and I didn't expect to have a chance to rise again today. It is really blessed by the ancestors and ancestors. ”

The elegant old man almost said with gratitude.

"I see, Father, you've said it a hundred times."

The young man, dressed as a scholar, was a little amused, but said with great feeling.

"It's good to know, if you are promoted in the future, don't forget your uncles' support for you."

The elegant old man motioned to him.

"Quan Qing is here to thank all your uncles and uncles, all uncles and uncles for your kindness. Quan Qing never dared to look at it. ”

The young man said to a few middle-aged people around him.

"Why do you have to be so polite, maybe we will have to rely on you to take care of it in the future."

"yes. After you are clear, I will be satisfied with arranging a position for my son in the yamen in the future. ”

“……”

Those middle-aged people laughed one after another, but their smiles were mixed with too much envy and flattery.

In fact, they also want to fight for this position for their son, but their son is too uncompetitive and only wants to learn about the business, and is unwilling to study.

Otherwise, how could this beauty difference fall into the hands of this young man?

"Definitely! Certain! ”

Lin Quanqing hurriedly said.

Listening to their words, this elegant old man couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, as if he had drunk honey.

His room was the poorest in the Lin family, and he was always looked down upon by the other rooms before.

The other houses are very good at doing business, which one is not rich.

Sometimes I see him saying a few words in a weird way.

But looking at their appearance now, when he thought of this, the elegant old man had an urge to look up to the sky and laugh wildly.

From now on, his room will soar to the sky, and none of the other branches will need to rely on his snort.

Maybe under the leadership of his son, their Lin family will become the first family in Manila.

At this moment, a domestic servant suddenly shouted.

"Look, sir, ship."

The elegant old man looked in the direction he was pointing, and found that a large number of ships had appeared in the distance.

The elegant old man didn't dare to confirm it at first, what if they made a mistake.

But as the fleet got closer and closer to them, they confirmed that it was indeed the Celestial Empire army they were waiting for.

"Quick, light the wolf smoke."

The elegant old man hurriedly said.

Soon, thick black smoke rose into the sky.

The fleet also spotted the situation and sailed this way. (To be continued)

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