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417 Old Jack's Jian yì (above)

To explain, the original name of the previous chapter "Our Territory" was "Reception (I)", and the name was temporarily changed when it was published, and the next chapter "Reception (II)" was continued, and the content of the chapter is coherent. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.infobiquge.info on the Aishang Novel Network

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Compared with the bustle of the two places over there, the third place where the people gathered at the banquet was much quieter, and there were some European businessmen gathered here, although the number was small, but in terms of financial resources, they were actually the most powerful group of the business community in Manila City.

As Spain's largest colony in Southeast Asia, Manila was originally owned by whites, with Europeans as the undisputed masters. It's a pity that this good life was broken by the Qiong Navy not long ago, and after being ruthlessly cleaned up by Wang Haiyang and others, the Europeans were almost completely deprived of their political power. However, in terms of commercial trade, they still occupy a major position in the city of Manila due to their past accumulation.

Of course, in an environment where the Chinese control the regime, the position of Europeans will definitely be gradually replaced by Chinese businessmen, and this trend is very obvious. Many European businessmen lost faith in the future and left Luzon, but some remained—like the dozen or so who are currently standing here. On the one hand, their roots are all here, and there will be no future for them to return to Europe after leaving Luzon; On the other hand, there was a European in the midst of this eccentric group of Chinese rulers, and the way they ruled was very different from what these Westerners knew about the Ming Dynasty, which gave a glimmer of hope to the remaining European merchants.

At this moment, these people are being introduced by Old Jack and Andrew to Professor Li, Tang Jian, and Zhao Lide and others one by one. Jack took good care of the men while he was here, and had already told them that he was leaving Manila and going back to his headquarters. This made the merchants quite frightened. However, Jack agrees to introduce them to the new leader, and what happens in the future is up to their own actions.

As you can imagine, these merchants were a little scared when they first entered the Governor's Palace, but after they talked to Professor Li for a while under Jack's translation. The old man's pedantic temperament and always smiling and kind attitude quickly dissipated their initial fears. It even greatly reduced the psychological pressure brought to those businessmen by Tang Jian, who was dressed in military uniforms next to him-Tang Jian's Qiong Navy uniform was exactly the same as the one worn by Wang Haiyang and Beiwei before, and the reputation of those two could almost have the effect of stopping children's night crying among Europeans in Manila.

However, those European merchants dared to cross the ocean and come to Asia in search of opportunities to make a fortune. When the two sides were still only in a preliminary understanding and could not talk about deep friendship, some businessmen still had the audacity to ask: Can Dr. Jack still stay here? He has saved many lives here and is loved by all.

In this regard, Professor Li just smiled and replied: Hainan Island also needs Dr. Jack's clever medical skills, and he blocked the mouths of those businessmen with one sentence. If it had been before, these people might have been arrogant and thought that their own white lives were more important, but in the current environment, they would not dare to show their intention to kill them.

The conversation between the two sides was not long, after all, the language barrier was too inconvenient, and it was too inconvenient to rely on Jack and Andrew as translators. So just a few ordinary greetings and just give up. The old man didn't make any promises to them, but just conveyed the message to the other party through a dialogue - Qiong Haijun is a rule-based organization and will not do unreasonable things. No matter what race they are, as long as they are willing to abide by the rules of the Joan Navy, their lives here, as well as their property and career, can be guaranteed.

A few businessmen tried to go a step further and turn the conversation to something that was of practical interest, but each time the old professor quietly turned away -- it was too early to talk about this at this stage.

After dealing with those merchants, the old professor, Jack and Adetangjian found a relatively secluded place to sit down, and they also had some internal matters that needed to be discussed.

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"So, my successor hasn't been completely decided yet?"

Jack played with a homemade cigar in his hand, but didn't light it, just put it under his nose and sniffed it - he was a big smoker, but he was also very good at self-control. As a doctor, I know where the limit is, and I set myself a daily limit that I can only smoke a certain amount, and if I exceed the limit, I just take one out and smell it.

Zhao Lide nodded helplessly:

"Yes, everyone has their own duties, and they can't spare time."

Old Jack shook his head a little disappointed:

"It's a pity, I thought that Xie and Pang and their team could come over and replace me."

"They are developing the Shandong base, which is the key to our future acquisition of population resources from the mainland, and most of the troops, personnel, and resources in the current team have been sent over."

Ade responded, seeing the look of a smile on Jack's face, and added:

"For the time being, a few of us will manage it for a while: Professor Li will take the idea of policies and major policies; Captain Tang is in charge of the military; I'm in charge of day-to-day management and intelligence scouting; Julie is in charge of the economic ......"

Jack still smiled, this lineup is actually very luxurious, it can be said that the core members of their group have gathered here, so it can't be said that the collective doesn't pay attention to Manila's side. However, if it weren't for the fact that there are always some people in the team who are always obsessed with Huayi's defense, and are always wary of him, a foreigner, and the European team behind him, Manila actually doesn't need to move the entire central leadership here, which is well known to everyone here.

"Well, then as the previous manager, I think it's my duty to tell my successor a little bit about what is going on here......"

Afterwards, Jack Sr. took some time to give a general overview of the current political and economic situation in Manila -- just a very cursory briefing. The more detailed information is on paper and will need to be handed over gradually over the next few days. However, what is being talked about so far is a key role in the outline.

In particular, Jack highlighted the threat to the military:

"According to some less reliable information, the Spaniards were pooling their ships in the Americas, while the Dutch East India Company was pulling ships from Europe...... Recently, Manila's port and the vicinity of the city have seen the addition of many European sailors, of course, locals, and even more. ”

"Why don't you arrest it?"

Tang Jian immediately questioned, and Jack glanced at him and smiled:

"There are not enough men - I can command only a company of armed men here, and no auxiliary paramilitary forces have been established. According to the Commission's order, those prisoners of war were allowed to undertake civilian work only. ”

This sentence made both Tang Jian and Zhao Lide show embarrassed expressions -- their habit was to make use of prisoners of war and former military personnel as much as possible in each place they occupied, and to establish auxiliary military forces such as "chengguan" as a supplement to the regular army. In Manila, however, the committee specifically requested that this should not be done - the prisoners of war and former military personnel here were Westerners and could not be given weapons.

Old Jack complied with the committee's request, so he had so far only a native Chinese company left behind by Wang Haiyang, plus a hospital guard brought from Hainan Island - the latter of which could be considered his personal guard, and the only military force in Manila that was fully equipped with advanced weapons such as Qionghai rifles and grenades. In addition, during this time, almost all the navy was transferred to the mainland, and if the Europeans took the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, Old Jack's side would be really dangerous.

"I'll take care of that."

It's hard to talk about this kind of topic, and Ade quickly took the responsibility. Tang Jian also coughed, a little embarrassed and said:

"On the military side, we definitely want to guarantee security on this side. This time, the Qionghai was driven over, that is, before the main force of the navy returned from Shandong, she was intended to use her to deter those hidden enemies. ”

Jack nodded, he didn't dwell on this topic too much, anyway, as long as the Qionghai was here, Manila City would be as stable as Mount Tai without a single soldier.

The two sides were a little embarrassed for a moment, and the old professor, who had been listening intently, finally spoke:

"So, about the future direction of Manila City, Jack, do you have any good ideas for us?"

This sentence made Jack change the way he had been sitting more casually, holding his knees with his hands, and the whole person became serious:

"Since this topic is asked, Professor, Captain Tang, and Xiao Zhao...... I do have something to say to my colleagues in the Committee. Although we have tried to avoid it in the past, there are some things that cannot be solved by avoiding them. ”

The three of them on the other side glanced at each other, and their faces all changed to stern - Old Jack is an easy-going person on the surface, but he is a doctor of psychology, and he doesn't say many things, but he understands it very well in his heart.

"First of all, I want to know, what are the plans of the committee, or most of us in this group, for Southeast Asia? Do we plan to bring this place under our control in the future? ”

"Of course, there's no doubt about that."

Ade replied without thinking about it, and Jack nodded:

"What, then, does the Committee think of the European colonizers who have established themselves here? Is it completely as a competitor to get rid of it completely? ”

This time, Zhao Lide thought about it for a while, and then nodded and said:

"I'm afraid that's the case, we won't be able to gain a foothold here without driving those colonists away."

Jack smiled slightly, shook his fingers slightly, and expressed his disapproval:

"If Xie or Pang were here, I believe they wouldn't have given such an answer - it's very simple, if they had done this, they would never have been able to live in a city with more than 30 people in the first place, and they would have been driven back by someone long ago."

"The situation in Qiongzhou Mansion is different......"

Ade tried to argue, but then realized that he seemed to have fallen into the foreigner's language trap and immediately shut up.

And Jack laughed rather proudly:

"Different? Well, there's only one difference - it's a Chinese area, and all of us in our group are Chinese except for me, so we dare to trust the locals, right? ”

Seeing that the three people on the other side were silent, with a default expression, Jack threw the cigar cigarette in his hand on the table and laughed:

"If the Committee had the same idea for the South-East Asia region. It would be better for me to fortify the city of Manila and station a heavy army here - because this is already the limit of our expansion, and the future regime established by our group will be completely Chinese, and it will probably only reach here. ”

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