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The defenders of Manila, as well as the patrol military police, could not resist the soldiers of the Guards Battalion for long, and in less than two hours, the entire city of Manila was completely wiped out. All the Spaniards who resisted were sent to their God, and the rest were honestly watched. In this battle, the soldiers of the Guards battalion suffered very little damage, only 26 were killed, 15 were seriously wounded, and 40 were lightly wounded. A total of 1,105 Spanish soldiers and resistance were annihilated, half of whom were eliminated in the barracks.

The other half, partly from the Doge's palace garrison, and other administrative institutions set up by the Spaniards, such as warehouses. The total number of Spaniards killed in the streets was more than 200, and these were basically the escorts of the Spanish caravans, armed with weapons, and a few of the soldiers in the personal guard battalion were folded in their hands. In addition to the credit of the Qinwei Battalion, the guards of several Chinese families such as the Hai family and the Li family also made efforts, and it was with their help that the movements of the Qinwei Battalion were so smooth, after all, they were much more familiar with this than the outsiders in the Qinwei Battalion. Generally speaking, Qiao Shushun has completed the task personally assigned by Geng Jingzhong and Li Guangdi, and he can report the good news to Fujian!

In Manila Bay, thirty large and small warships of the Spanish Navy were moored to one side, but the owners on them were replaced by oriental faces. Wang Zhenbang was still satisfied with the result of this battle, but in fact, this could not be regarded as a battle in the real sense, with dozens of ships shelling one. There is nothing to boast about. But they did force down the remaining thirty warships, which was also a great achievement. Three thousand Spanish naval soldiers were also taken into custody, and Geng Jingzhong gave the order. Prisoners cannot be killed, but they must not be allowed to eat. Although there is not much for them to do now, Luzon is a lot of minerals, and these Spaniards will be excellent free miners at that time.

In fact, taking Manila City is equivalent to taking the entire Philippine Islands. Although there were still a small number of Spaniards stationed elsewhere, it was a piece of cake for the Mawei navy. If it weren't for Geng Jingzhong's boasting of Haikou. To take the entire territory of the Philippines and then give all the parts except Luzon to Britain, Wang Zhenbang and other soldiers were really reluctant. The next half month. The Mawei Navy did not stop, and the five detachments set out separately to clear all the Spaniards in the Philippines in a dragnet manner, and then handed them over to the British envoys Robert and James to manage.

On July 1, the Mawei Navy attacked Manila Bay. Sink Spanish warships. The scene of forcing the Spanish Navy to land, James and others did not see it with their own eyes. When the Mawei Navy entered Manila Bay, the British Navy was still hanging far behind the Mawei Navy's buttocks. There were many shadows in front of the ship, and even the Mawei naval artillery battery was not seen, let alone sinking the Spanish battleship. And if James had seen the range of the guns on the Mawei Navy battleship, he probably wouldn't have laughed. Their guns were only as strong as the Spaniards, and the horsetail ships were three times as maneuverable.

Since taking Manila, Lee has stayed here for the time being. From March. After months of meticulous planning, Luzon was finally taken completely. The day of the attack. He himself was actually on the battleship, but he did not personally command it. Like Geng Jingzhong, he still has this bit of self-knowledge, commanding battles is not their strong point, and strategizing is the skill. Luzon is already in hand, and the matter of internal affairs that has to be dealt with is ten times more complicated and more mind-consuming than fighting a war. There is a way that it is more difficult to keep a business than to start a business, Li Guangdi does not stay here, Geng Jingzhong really will not rest assured.

As for the British, they were also overjoyed when they received such a vast piece of land, which was not the best, but it was quite good, and would be the forward base for their advance to the East. In addition, there is a large indigenous Filipino population here, and even if they are not engaged in the slave trade, they can reap a lot of wealth in this colony. After the great geographical discoveries of the fifteenth century, with the discovery of the New World, the Atlantic route replaced the prosperous Mediterranean trade route in the past, and became the only way for commercial traffic, leading to the decline of the traditional commercial cities of the Hanseatic League in Italy and northern Germany, and the economic rise of Britain, France, and the Netherlands, which faced the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the Atlantic, the South Pacific is also very lively, and the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal also attach great importance to their own maritime Silk Road.

After Dutch independence in the late 16th century, the Dutch East India Company was established in 1602, which quickly grew to become the world's largest seafaring and commercial nation, gradually monopolizing trade with China, India, Japan, Ceylon and the Spice Islands. France, for its part, established a new French colony in North America and occupied several strategically important sugar-rich islands in the Caribbean. Britain did not slow down much, and even established the British East India Company two years before the Netherlands, but they deviated from the direction of development and started a little slower than Spain and the Netherlands, so they did not keep up at first.

Most of the British colonies were now in North America, and the need for slaves grew in Britain and France due to their commercial cultivation of tobacco and cotton in the North American colonies, and the need for French manpower to send manpower to sugar plantations in the Caribbean islands. In 1526, the British slave trade began. Soon after, the Netherlands and Denmark joined the slave trade as active transit countries in an attempt to gain a share of the profits. Sweden, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Courland and other countries were also engaged in the slave trade during this period, for which they occupied a number of strongholds on the African coast. Since the local economy of West Africa was dominated by gathering and hunting, and food production was limited, in order to feed the slaves on long journeys, agricultural areas were opened around these strongholds, and food crops such as sweet potatoes and dioscines were imported from Europe and the Americas.

As a result of the brutal massacre of the indigenous Indians by the colonists, especially the Spaniards, the number of Indians plummeted from 50 million at the end of the fifteenth century to 4 million in the seventeenth century, and the European colonists had to find new sources of labor from Africa. From 1442 onwards. The Portuguese used the Berbers as slaves (in Portugal proper), and the Spaniards began to bring black Africans to the Americas in 1502. The demand for the slave trade prompted the two countries, as well as the newly capitalist countries of Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, and other emerging capitalist countries, to build many trading posts along the coast of West Africa, selling slaves, ivory, gold, and chili peppers.

Now. The Great Triangle trade has lasted for a hundred years, bringing untold wealth to several European powers, so their enthusiasm for each overseas colony is unimaginable for ordinary countries. Although the Philippines is not as good as Malacca, it is also in a good location, especially close to ancient China. Moreover, the prince of China has agreed to open up trade. If cooperation with Britain is increased, then in the short term, Britain can completely replace Spain's position in East Asia. And even beyond.

In this day and age, whoever is strong can get more colonies, and some advantageous locations are often in the phenomenon of competing for each other. Not to mention this time. Britain can be said to have spent no soldiers. How could they not be happy about the fact that they had gained a piece of land for nothing. Even if Spain wanted to retake it, the enemy he would have to face was no longer Geng Jingzhong's family, but Britain had to be taken into account. For the sake of this colony, Spain seems to have to think carefully about whether it is worth fighting or not, perhaps, through negotiations. It can also have a certain effect.

"Report! Reported to the prince, Chief of Staff Li sent a report. Luzon has been taken by Shun lì! Geng Jingzhong has not left the barracks for half a month, waiting for news from Li Guangdi at any time. Yao Qisheng's office was also moved from Fuzhou City to here, so that he could discuss important matters with Geng Jingzhong at any time. At this moment, the two of them were overjoyed when they heard the news. Although I had expected this result for a long time, I was still so excited when I really heard the accurate news.

Although Geng Jingzhong was excited, he didn't think much about other things, but Yao Qisheng was different. "Expand the territory!" These four words quickly appeared in Yao Qisheng's head, and they could only be described by this word, but in fact, this word was just right. He also knows the information of Luzon Island, which is equivalent to the territory of the entire Fujian Province! It's more than half the size of the island of Taiwan on the other side! The area of arable land on the island is more than three times that of Fujian! Such a treasure land, from now on, the surname Geng is very excited.

"Good! Great! Geng Jingzhong praised loudly. Then he said to the soldiers who had come to report the news: "Go down and rest!" ”

"Mr. Yao, it seems that our military field plan can be implemented!" Geng Jingzhong turned his head and continued to say to Yao Qisheng. This matter, Geng Jingzhong was given full authority to Yao Qisheng to do, dividing the military field to stimulate the combat strength of the whole army, this way is Yao Qisheng has never heard of, thousands of years of history only Shang Yang changed the law, divided with slave land, and abolished the slave system can be compared with it, but although the two have similarities, they are fundamentally very different.

"Yes, my lord. Now that Luzon Island has been won, we have 1.8 million hectares of land and nearly 30 million acres of land at once! With so much arable land, it is not bad to compare with Huguangxiang! Taking out these lands as military fields and rewarding soldiers will surely make the soldiers more fearless of life and death. Yao Qisheng slowly calmed down from his previous excitement, and immediately replied when he heard Geng Jingzhong's question.

"Then follow what we agreed before, and as for the naval fleet that is still in Manila Bay, well, send someone to notify it, and every warship must be notified." Geng Jingzhong said with a smile, you can imagine the feeling of the soldiers when the land they have been looking forward to for more than half a year is about to arrive. The morale of the whole army will surely burst as soon as the news arrives.

"That's right, Lord Wang. This military plan has already been formulated, and it is very simple to give notice, and it is not difficult to implement it. But about immigrating to Luzon, do you need to start now? The first batch of inland victims has arrived in Fujian, totaling more than 20,000 people. ”

"Oh, so fast, it seems that this third prince Zhu is moving quite fast! Come on, send them all to Luzon, we don't have so much food to feed the hundreds of thousands of victims who are coming one after another, but Luzon has it! Since you have to go sooner or later, it might as well be earlier. When I got there, I also saved the Kunpeng caravan to transport grain back and forth. Geng Jingzhong was surprised at first, and then relieved, this San Lang Xianghui does have a hand, and it is much stronger to fool the people than the government. Considering that it will take about half a month for the grain to be harvested in Fujian, it is better to send the victims to Luzon.

"Understood. Lord, I'll arrange it right away! ”

In the Mawei Army, the treatment of the soldiers was already very good. Each ordinary soldier was paid two large silver dollars every month. According to the current price of rice, two big silver dollars can only buy less than 400 catties of rice, but this silver is already very good for the people. A 400 catties of rice has no problem at all to feed a family of five, not to mention that they themselves have food, clothing, shelter and transportation in the army, all for free. There is also a preferential treatment policy for military dependents in the military. In addition, the Mawei Army formulated last year a reward method for meritorious service to the enemy. The more enemies you kill. The more rewards you get. This reward is not only money, but also a corresponding official rank or rank promotion. In fact, if the military rank is raised, the position will be promoted soon. And also. Those who are killed or disabled in battle also receive a large amount of pension benefits. These are all important factors in maintaining the combat strength of the Mawei Army. Of course, strict military discipline is the most important thing.

Now, a new policy has been issued directly from the royal palace. Gunda Order. Originally, this could only be said to be a rumor. It has not been confirmed, and even if the officers above seem to have acquiesced, but only if it is not actually officially announced, then this thing cannot be done. As soon as the military order was announced, it was immediately posted to every brigade in the army. The content of this military field order is very small, but it is the most exciting for the soldiers.

Article 1; Every soldier of the Mawei Army, from now on, will receive ten acres of "military land" on Luzon. The timing starts this year. The term of service of each soldier is five years, after five years. For those who continue to serve, two acres of military land will be added for each year of service. The military land is not recovered after the death of the owner, and is permanently owned by the heirs of the descendants or the family. Military land is not allowed to be bought, sold or transferred, and can only be owned by the person and his military family. If a person has no offspring, it is taken back by the army. The more people in the family join the army, the more military land they get. The longer the length of service, the more military land is obtained.

Article 2; The form of the reward for killing the enemy for meritorious service will be changed to a military field reward and a monetary reward in parallel. Kill an enemy to get a reward of two acres of military land, and the original reward will remain the same. If you can kill the enemy's important people, you can get a reward of more than three acres of military land, which is judged by the enemy's position. In short, the more meritorious service you make, the more military land you will gain.

Article 3; In the future, regardless of whether the soldiers were killed or disabled in battle, there would be a military field subsidy. The war dead will be subsidized at least 30 acres of military land, and the maximum subsidy will be 100 acres. The disabled will be subsidized at least 10 mu of military land, and the maximum subsidy will be 50 mu. The higher the skill level of a soldier, the more military fields he will receive after being killed or disabled in battle.

Article 4; There is no upper limit on the number of military fields, and military merits are accumulated.

P.S.: If the military family is willing to move to Luzon, each household will be divided into five acres of land, and the royal government will help build houses, provide cattle seeds, and no taxes will be paid for three years! Go and stay at will, and if you are willing to go, go to your respective governor to sign up.

The content of the military field order is only these four articles, simple and effective, as soon as this military field order was delivered to the military camps, bursts of cheers immediately broke out. The 90,000 sergeants, especially the 30,000 newly recruited and trained soldiers who stayed in Fujian, were already victims of the disaster, and they were already very grateful to Geng Jingzhong's help to save the lives of their families. They all shouted that they wanted to kill the enemy for the prince, repay the favor with meritorious service, and at the same time make meritorious service to earn land.

The last one, there is no upper limit on the number of military fields, and military merits are accumulated. It also stimulated all the soldiers, if they can kill ten enemies, then they can get twenty acres of military land, if they can kill one hundred households or something, it is a reward of dozens of acres. In other words, work hard and work hard, and it won't be long before you can earn a piece of Yongye land for your family that will be passed on to future generations! This temptation is no ordinary temptation for these proletarians.

As for the content of that order, it may be that some military dependents are unwilling to relocate, and this Geng Jingzhong does not force it. After all, it's understandable that it's hard to leave your homeland. Some fighters are very concerned about this and are ready to wait until the holidays to visit relatives to discuss it with their families, but there are many fighters who simply ignore this one. There are very few people who sign up directly at their own chief, and it seems that Geng Jingzhong's previous method of asking the third prince Zhu to trade with the victims of the disaster was right.

If you want to make Luzon completely your own territory, you still need a large number of Han Chinese to fill it. Therefore, the victims of the northern interior came at the right time. The people who came from the inland were basically dragged by their families, and the population of each household was between three and seven people, and generally speaking, the average household was divided into 30 acres of land, which is a relatively appropriate number. However, considering that there is a large amount of arable land on Luzon, there are many places that need to be filled with a large population, in addition to the large tracts of land that have been reserved for military fields. But for a while, there was not so much population full, it is better to divide more to these early people, the Chinese people are able to endure hardship, and they will never want to see their own fields wasted, which will be considered the biggest sin.

So Geng Jingzhong made a decision that the immigrants sent to Luzon Island would be divided into ten acres of land per person, regardless of men, women, and children, which would be the same as military dependents, but the construction of houses and the provision of cattle seeds must be given to them on credit by the royal government, so that they can repay the loan in installments. Among them, Geng Jingzhong clearly stipulated that all fields could not be bought and sold, not transferred, and not abandoned. After the death of the landlord, the descendants should give preference to the original land as the inheritance. This is to prevent people from relying on various means to snatch land or buy it at a low price. The prohibition of land transfer can effectively avoid similar drawbacks. (To be continued......)