That's right, Di Haonan is thinking about using this money to add ships and artillery. In Deng Haonan's view, it is still a business-free business that develops quickly. As Weiss put it, the East India Company made its fortune by looting two Spanish cargo ships.

At present, although Deng Haonan's base has been built, there is still a lack of funds for development and growth. It is easy to recruit manpower and an army can be easily formed, but the navy is a money-burning machine, and it takes a huge amount of money to add ships and artillery, and to buy good ships, equipped with sharp guns, and use high-quality gunpowder, then the funds required are even greater.

The purchase of foreign ships is indeed a good opportunity for short-term development and growth, but the price of foreign ships is too expensive. A thousand-ton warship costs 30,000 pounds, or about 60,000 taels of silver. Deng Haonan's 300,000 taels of silver could only buy five ships, and after removing the shells and gunpowder and replenishing the combat personnel and supplies, he could only equip three 1,000-ton warships.

If you buy an Eastern battleship. 300,000 taels can buy 60 thousand-material warships. It's just that the tonnage of Eastern warships is weaker than that of Western warships. According to Di Haonan's policy of wanting to take the elite, it is not good.

Lin Feng said: "After we arrived in Manila, why don't the principal visit the Governor of the Philippines!" If Wei Yun, maybe he can buy a cheap warship from Spain! ”

Xue Muhua suddenly said: "The world is as black as a crow, do you think the Spanish governor will also be like the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, eating empty salaries!" ”

Lin Feng said: "It would be nice if that was the case!" The principal can bribe the Philippine governor with a lot of money to buy more warships at a low price! ”

Na Haonan nodded, this idea is good.

"I don't know if the Spaniards will sell us warships!" Di Haonan said: "After all, we are not the government, and we have no contact with them, so they may not sell warships to us!" ”

Maybe the people of the Brotherhood Alliance know Na Haonan's name and will sell face to Deng Haonan. However, the Spaniards in the Philippines did not know Deng Haonan, and it was impossible for them to sell warships to the Ming people they did not know.

Lin Feng said: "The Spaniards are at war with the Dutch, and we will be able to use this to convince the Philippine governor!" ”

Xue Muhua said: "Didn't we capture more than 700 Dutch soldiers? That Dutch royal nobleman, Major General Van Witt, might work if he was dedicated to the Governor of the Philippines! ”

Take prisoners to the Spaniards?

Di Haonan shook his head, he was originally going to sell these captives to the Dutch East India Company, and that Major General Van Weit was worth at least half a million guilders.

Lin Feng said: "With one Van Weit and more than 700 Dutch naval officers and soldiers, we can extort at least 200,000 taels of silver from the Dutch Dongyinjian Company!" And handing over these captives to the Governor of the Philippines may not bring us equivalent benefits! ”

Na Haonan sighed. Said: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!" When the time comes, act on the spot! ”

Then he said: "Yan Siqi asked us to build a trading station in Manila, as if we wanted to contact a Chinese businessman in Manila?" ”

"Yes! Headmaster! Lin Feng said: "It's the Zhao family in Manila!" It is said that he was very powerful in Manila, and he was a descendant of the royal family who moved over in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he carried a lot of gold and silver, so he was able to gain a foothold in the Philippines! ”

Di Haonan nodded and said, "You go and inform Qian Shun in a while, let him prepare some gifts that can be handy, and when we get to Manila, we have to visit first!" ”

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake! If Na Haonan wants to develop in Manila, he must rely on the help of local overseas Chinese forces!

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The rudder of the Black Pearl was repaired on the fifth day.

Originally from Kinmen Island to Manila. The Clippers are only half a month's journey away. Now Deng Haonan has been delayed for a week, and it has taken a lot of time to train his subordinates to use Western sailboats.

It was not until November that Deng Haonan and his entourage arrived in the Philippines.

At noon on that day, Deng Haonan's fleet arrived at Manila Bay.

Manila Bay is a natural harbor with a narrow mouth and a wide inside.

As a natural barrier to Manila Bay, Trerez has built powerful fortress fortifications on the hills on both sides, and the muzzles of the fortress artillery are pointed directly at the mouth of the bay, and any ship that wants to force its way into Manila Bay will undoubtedly be shattered by this powerful fortress shell.

The Dutch were able to capture Brazil, but they wandered outside for three years, failed to enter Manila Bay, and finally had to leave in despair.

The same was true today, when Deng Haonan's fleet arrived in the open sea, the fortress of Tires issued a warning and sent a Spanish naval patrol ship to inspect it.

"Hell yes! It turned out to be a Ming person? ”

The officers on duty of the Spanish Navy who boarded the Black Pearl for inspection had a surprised look on their faces, and when they saw the Black Pearl and the Pallas on the fortress, they thought that a warship from a European country had come to resupply them. When I came up, I saw that it was a Ming person.

You must know that the Ming people did not have the habit of using Western galleons, and it was even more unlikely that they would have a thousand-ton three-deck battleship. However, I saw that the attire of Deng Haonan and others was different from that of the previous Ming people, and the military appearance was strict and orderly, and he was not angry and arrogant. At the moment, he thought that Di Haonan and the others were noble, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly went up and asked loudly.

Di Haonan did not answer, and Second Lieutenant Lin Feng went directly to negotiate with the Spanish patrol officers and soldiers and told them that Haonan and his party had come to Manila to do business.

Then, in addition to paying the ship tax, Lin Feng also gave some rewards to several Spanish officers on duty.

When those Spanish officers on duty saw that Deng Haonan didn't go up to talk to them, they thought that Deng Haonan was a high-ranking official from the Ming Dynasty, and he held his own identity, so naturally he wouldn't talk to them. Since he came here to do business, he didn't want to interrogate too much at the moment, so he read out some laws in Manila, warned Di Haonan and others not to disturb the incident in Hong Kong, and then let them go.

At the mouth of the bay, there was an underwater barrier, and every once in a while, Spanish patrols would change course to prevent unidentified enemy ships from attacking. As a result, it was difficult for ships to do business in Manila to navigate the Guò waterway without the guidance of Spanish patrols.

Soon, under the traction of the Spanish patrol, Deng Haonan's three warships slowly sailed into Manila Bay. At the same time, the Spanish patrol left Na Haonan a guide who could speak Chinese, which of course had to be paid.

Once you have a waterway, you will find a wider sea, and countless ships will come and go. Merchant ships of various countries are flying their own national flags, waving flags, reflecting each other.

Throughout the development of modern history, ports have directly given birth to thousands of port-based cities, and also created the prosperity and strength of thousands of cities. Western countries interpret this law with their eye-catching pace of development, while Manila Bay bears the burden of regional prosperity in Southeast Asia.

During the decades of Spanish rule in the Philippines, the Spaniards brought invasion and enslavement to the Filipino natives, but also brought them civilization and advancement. The change in Manila Bay is an illustration of this emotional tangle.

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