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Luzon Island has always been called "Little Luzon" in ancient Chinese books. As you can see from the world map of later generations, it is the largest and most populous island in the Philippine archipelago, located in the northernmost part of the Philippine archipelago.

It has a total area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, which is only 20,000 square kilometers less than that of Fujian Province. The main inhabitants of Luzon are now called the Galog and Iroque, who make up 90 percent of the population, and there are also dwarf blacks and other minorities in the northern and northeastern mountains.

The terrain of the whole Luzon Island is high in the north and low in the south, two-thirds of the area is mountainous and hilly, and it seems that there are few plains, but if you calculate it, you can know that the plain area of Luzon Island is also more than 30,000 square kilometers. It is mainly concentrated in the central plains of the central and western parts of the country and the Bicol plains of the southeast, as well as some coastal plains and river valley lowlands. 30,000 square kilometers of plains, that is, 450,000 tilts of land, and then convert it to 45 million acres of land!

Even if only half of it can be cultivated now, that is more than 20 million acres. What is the total population of Fujian? Less than five million! On average, there are five acres of land on everyone's head! And Geng Jingzhong's 60,000 soldiers, on average, each person can obtain more than 100 acres of land! Land has a special meaning for the Chinese people, which is a very special complex. These soldiers are no exception, but the land in this part of Fujian is too little, and most of the soldiers' families have no land, and even if there is, it is only mountainous. Not at all suitable for farming.

And Luzon. The climate is hot. Rainfall is abundant, and several major rivers, the Cagayan, Pampanga, and Basag, run through the central plain. The central plain is ideal for growing rice, with two crops a year and a large amount of rice.

Now it is rumored in the army that there is only a lot of arable land on this big island, which is suitable for growing rice and can be harvested twice a year, but the enthusiasm of the soldiers has been fully mobilized. Although Geng Jingzhong is indeed going to take Luzon, it will not be at the beginning of next year. The exact planning time should be in the middle of next year.

Between Luzon and Fujian, there is also a Taiwan island. The Zheng family's sailor is not a vegetarian, but much stronger than the sailor of the Wa Kingdom. Although Geng Jingzhong is not afraid of him now, he does not want to turn his face with him, so it is best to send an envoy to Taiwan and cooperate with him. After all, there was no conflict of interest between him and Zheng Jing. Even if it was to trade with the Wa Kingdom, Geng Jingzhong only let the Tokugawa family exclude the Dutch, and it was okay for the Chinese to do business.

The island of Luzon is still counted as a small country and is called Luzon. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties. Chinese merchant ships often came here to trade. Even now, there are still nearly 20,000 Chinese living on the island in Luzon. But. Since 100 years ago, Spain invaded the island of Luzon and ruled the Philippines in Spain, and the overseas Chinese also called Spain Greater Luzon, and called the Philippines Little Luzon, that is, the area north of Manila on Luzon Island.

Luzon is also rich in gold, abundant in products, and has prospered in trade since ancient times. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Luzon often sent envoys to China. Since 200 years ago, merchants and people on the southeast coast of China have had frequent contacts with Luzon, and overseas Chinese have also begun to stay in Luzon. The Spanish colonizers invaded the northern part of the Philippines and met stubborn resistance in the Manila area. Under the command of King Suleiman, Manila fought valiantly against the Spanish invasion. Unfortunately, Suleiman was too weak and was wiped out in the battle with Spain, the maritime overlord at the time. Now, Luzon has been conquered by Spain and has established colonial rule in Manila.

Originally, there were many inhabitants of the island, but it could not withstand the massacre of the Spaniards, and the population was reduced from 700,000 to less than 500,000. The overseas Chinese living on the island were also slaughtered by the Spaniards, and after a hundred years to the present, the total population of the island is only 500,000. In fact, Geng Jingzhong is very disgusted with the people of these countries in the South China Sea, and their hatred is even worse than that of the Japanese people. Countless Chinese were slaughtered by these monkeys in later generations, and even when Geng Jingzhong traveled to this era, these monkey countries in the south were still carrying out anti-Chinese movements.

If Geng Jingzhong wanted to take Luzon, he had to deal with the Spaniards. Geng Jingzhong chose this time to deal with Spain for a reason.

In the 16th century, Spain was a pioneer of European exploration and colonial expansion, opening up trade routes and making trade prosperous on the seas. The route crosses the Atlantic from Spain to the Americas, from Mexico across the Pacific Ocean, and through the Philippines to East Asia. Spanish conquistadors overthrew the Aztec, Inca, and Mayan civilizations and claimed large swaths of territory in North and South America. For a time, with its experienced navy, the Spanish Empire dominated the seas; With its formidable, well-trained infantry phalanx, it dominates the European theater.

It can be said that the Spanish Empire experienced its cultural golden age between the 16th and 17th centuries, and was the "empire on which the sun never sets" in the first sense! At its peak, Spain had a territory of 20 million square kilometers, which was the fourth largest empire and the fifth largest country in the history of the world (after the British Empire, the Mongol Empire, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union).

Spain's continued struggle with hostile powers, as well as territorial, trade, and religious conflicts, led to a decline in Spain's national power thirty years ago. In the Mediterranean, it was at war with the Ottoman Empire; On the European continent, France gradually became stronger; Overseas, Spain first competed with Portugal, and later rivals included England and the Netherlands. Moreover, Britain, France, and the Netherlands supported sea robbery, Spain overused military power on its territory, government corruption became more severe, and military spending led to economic stagnation, which eventually led to the decline of the empire.

It's a pity that the Armada of the past no longer exists. The Spanish Armada and Britain had a big battle, and it was over, one hundred and fifty or sixty first-class, second-class, and third-class warships were all wiped out, and less than thirty warships escaped back!

"It seems that our trick is still very effective! And lo and behold, the fighters are more motivated! Geng Jingzhong looked at the Marine soldiers who were training seriously on the school field, and said to Li Guangdi with a smile on his face.

Li Guangdi is not so happy, there is a saying since ancient times that if you are warlike, you will die. His idea is to develop the foundation of Fujian well, and in the future, he will remain invincible in the battle between the imperial court and Wu Sangui, and then try to forge ahead. But now, Geng Jingzhong has just finished fighting the Japanese kingdom and is preparing to make war with Spain. It's not a good idea to make enemies everywhere!

"Shizi, I'm still worried! This Spain is no match for the Japanese countries, and their maritime strength is at least twice as strong as ours! According to the information we have gathered, the Spanish naval fleet is not as good as the British and Dutch, but it still has three powerful fleets and several small fleets, and I don't think it's a wise choice to provoke them! ”

"You're wrong! You only see the military power of Spain, but you don't know the current state of their country. Let's put it this way, Spain can now be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles, and it is simply unable to take care of the East Asian region. In Europe, Britain and the Netherlands were suppressing Spain, and the defeat of the Armada and the previous Thirty Years' War in Europe also reduced Spain's strength sharply, and the title of Empire was no longer suitable for Spain! Although Spain still has many colonies in the world, they can't spare any troops to send to our East Asian region. Geng Jingzhong explained to Li Guangdi in detail.

"If Spain were to use their whole country against us, we would certainly not be opponents. However, each of his colonies had to be garrisoned by a part of the army, and mainland Europe could not do without a large army to guard their lair. The navy that Spain can send here will not be at most 10,000 or 20,000 people, and fifty or sixty warships will reach the sky! There are not many warships above the third level in the whole of Spain, and there will definitely be no large troops coming. ”

Li Guangdi suddenly thought of some questions, and asked, "But what if Spain and Portugal and the Dutch come together to commit the crime." There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests, this is still what you say! ”

"That's a good question!" Geng Jingzhong praised loudly. "Don't worry about Portugal, not long after she became independent from Spain, even if the people in power in Portugal want to cooperate with Spain, the Portuguese people will not agree. Speaking of the Netherlands, although the Netherlands and Spain have always been at odds at sea, and even often clashed, they have no deep hatred after all, and it is not impossible for the two countries to cooperate. However, the Dutch are not without enemies, the British have wanted to meddle in East Asia for a long time, what do you think I pulled the British in? Geng Jingzhong asked with a smile.

"Oh!" Li Guangdi suddenly realized that he was too worried before, and he was fascinated for a while and didn't expect this.

Since the formation of the Kunpeng fleet, although it has not gone directly to Europe, it has had many contacts with European merchants. The ocean trading company also sent a lot of personnel to Europe to inquire about the situation, and these people arrived in Europe in the name of recruiting workers, running around, collecting the national conditions of Britain, the Netherlands, France, Cai, Spain and other countries, and then sent them to Geng Jingzhong. Although this information is very fragmentary, Geng Jingzhong combined with the insights of later generations, and still quickly and clearly analyzed the current situation in Europe.

But Li Guangdi didn't understand these very well, after all, his knowledge was still limited. Because the front-end time has been busy with the affairs of the Japanese army, Geng Jingzhong has no time to analyze Li Guangdi in detail, otherwise with Li Guangdi's mind, it will be a piece of cake to solve these problems! (To be continued......)

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