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Thirty Kunpeng merchant ships, loaded with raw silk, finished silk, cotton, linen fabrics, porcelain, iron, copper, tin, and other metals, as well as a lot of food, special fruits, sugar, etc., arrived in Manila after a week's voyage. As soon as the goods arrived in Hong Kong, a large number of local businessmen, as well as businessmen from Spain, the Netherlands and other countries came to contact. Among them, more than half of the local businessmen are Chinese.

Although the total number of Chinese in Luzon will reach one-fifteenth of the native population, the native Luzon people only know how to grow rice and coconuts, and their flexibility is too poor. After the Kunpeng fleet arrived at the port, it did not rush to ship the goods immediately, but stopped for a day. The head of the fleet, Geng Jingzhong's brother-in-law Wang Shishan, anchored the cargo ship in the port and immediately arrived at the merchant house in Manila. Shipment is not the first priority, it is important to understand the latest situation in Luzon in the past four months.

Merchants in Luzon came to their homes one after another, seeking cooperation. Among them, the Hai family is also actively contacting the person in charge of the caravan, this batch of goods is in short supply on the Luzon side, and their Hai family has a large number of shops on Luzon, and it is not possible to lack the supply of goods. The person in charge of the Hai family's commerce and trade has always been the Hai family's eldest young master. Haijing is five years older than Geng Jingzhong, and he is already in his thirties. Although it is a family of military generals, it is not as big as three thick, and it cannot be said that the eyebrows are clear and beautiful, but it can be regarded as handsome. He wears a wide long coat with a straight body of green cloth and a square scarf on his head, a typical Ming Dynasty decoration.

"Mr. Wang. Young Master Haida is here! "Wang Shishan is Geng Jingzhong's youngest uncle. is fifteen years younger than Geng Jingzhong's mother. He is only ten years older than Geng Jingzhong. Playing Xiao Wang Shishan doesn't like to dance knives and guns, he prefers to do business. After putting him in charge of the Kunpeng caravan, the caravan's business has not gone into any trouble. Although the major shareholders sent the business elites of each family to assist, if they have no ability, just relying on the prestige of the Jingnan Palace, it will not be able to suppress the major managers below.

"Hehe, take the initiative to send it to the door! It saved us a lot of trouble! Wang Shishan smiled and said to Xu Shan, the person in charge of the merchant hall who was his right-hand man next to him, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Then Wang Shishan said loudly to the outside: "Please! ”

According to the orders of Geng Jingzhong and Li Guangdi, the main object of their trip is the Hai family, as long as the Hai family agrees to cooperate, then the next thing will be much easier. If the Hai family secretly brokered the bridge, it might not be necessary for the navy to attack at that time to take the entire island of Luzon.

"Hai Dashao, please!" Wang Shishan welcomed Haijing Hai Dashao into the living room, and said with a gesture of please again.

"Mr. Wang is polite!" After speaking, he and Wang Shishan sat down almost at the same time. "Mr. Wang, I don't know the goods that the trumpet needs, but the goods are all available this time?"

"Of course, it took two more months to get here. There is no reason why you are not well prepared. All the orders you place with the merchant house are in stock. And the supply is abundant. However, there is one thing that is still a little difficult to do, it's not that I don't give you the Hai family, hehe you know, the Spaniards! Except for what the Spaniards wanted, there was not much left of these shipments this time! Wang Shishan said with a little embarrassment.

"No, you have thirty merchant ships, presumably the amount of cargo this time is extremely large, can't you still keep some of it?" Haijing said in surprise. His Hai family is mainly engaged in cloth and porcelain, and is also engaged in the grain business, and this time the order placed with the Kunpeng Merchant Pavilion is to purchase large quantities of refined iron. The minerals in Luzon and even the whole Philippines include gold, chromium, copper, manganese, zinc, coal, etc., but there is no iron, or there is a lack of iron ore. Although Western merchant ships could also be transported from other places, a Spaniard was very strict about iron, copper and other metals, and it was not cost-effective to transport fine iron or iron ore over long distances. A small amount of iron, under the control of the Spaniards, was only enough to make some farm tools! But it was necessary to open a general blacksmith shop to make agricultural tools, and it was only after the approval of the Spaniards.

The Spaniards were more concerned about the Chinese doing these businesses, and no matter how rich the Chinese were, they were not allowed to do this business. In order to prevent the Chinese from rebelling against their rule when they had weapons. After six or seven years of development, the original more than 600 people have become more than 800 people, and with the additional workers recruited, the number of people who rely on the Hai family for food has reached 1,500. Among them, the elderly, women and children occupy the fourth floor, and the others are all men in the prime of life. With the original officers and soldiers of the 300 Sailors and Thousand Households as the team, the Hai family's escort team now has 500 people. It is precisely for this reason that the Hai family can be called the first Chinese in Luzon. Ordinary people don't dare to fight the idea of the Hai family, unless the Spaniards do it against the Chinese again.

With so many escorts, the weapons needed are a lot of money, but it takes a lot of iron and copper to build weapons, and the Spaniards don't sell them to them, so the weapons of the sea guards have always been in short supply, and many people are just holding a spear, and they are not equipped with waist knives at all. After all, a waist knife costs iron, while a spear requires less iron and is easy to make.

Although many people have a great lack of favor with the Spaniards, it does not mean that the formation of the escort team is necessarily to fight against the Spaniards, but to guard against the native Luzon. Although the Spaniards were guarding Luzon, the Spaniards only stayed in Manila, and there was no harmony between the various ethnic groups on Luzon, and there were still a lot of robbers, so if you wanted to do business with the locals here, you couldn't do it without an escort. Under normal circumstances, with the escort of the escort, the native monkeys are not very afraid to move.

"This time, the other goods are very complete, but there are not many pig iron and fine iron. However, seeing that Hai Dashao is so anxious, I will make the decision privately and leave you a part! Wang Shishan took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Oh, thank you so much! I only hope that Steward Wang can help more in the future, the more refined iron, the better, and the price is not a problem! Hai Dashao suddenly felt that the peak was turning around, and his heart was overjoyed.

Wang Shishan looked at him with a happy expression, and then smiled, and then said loudly: "It's not once or twice that I've dealt with you Hai Dashao. You know a little bit about my character. For friends. I'm more than happy to help. ”

"That's it! Is that! Hai Dashao nodded and said with a smile.

"Since we're friends. I'll just get to the point! Hai Dashao bought fine iron to build weapons for the family's guards, right? And I just have a batch of weapons in my hand, I don't know if Hai Da Shao is interested? ”

"Oh? What kind of weapon? Hai Dashao opened his eyes wide and asked with a happy face.

"Sword!" Wang Shishan said directly.

"Whitches? You're talking about the Japanese swords used by the samurai of the Wa Kingdom? Hai Dashao was even more pleased, the sword is famous in East Asia, and it is a very favorite thing for people who practice martial arts. However, the Japanese rarely sold the sword, and it was even less common in the South China Sea, and he had only seen it on the pirates of the Japanese country and a small number of Japanese expatriates. If you want to buy it, you will not have a hundred taels of silver. Absolutely can't take a handful!

"Yes, I can provide you with five hundred Japanese swords, all of which are high-quality products used by Japanese warriors, and they don't cost you a penny! Not only that, as long as there is something you need in the future, my Kunpeng caravan can give you priority and provide it at a low price! Wang Shishan smiled like a tempting and criminal little devil, and said step by step.

When Hai Dashao heard this, the look of surprise on his face slowly put away, and he frowned slightly and said: "The sky will not drop gold ingots for no reason, just say what Steward Wang has to say!" ”

"Good. Hai Dashao really lived up to his reputation, decisive and capable. I want to ask you a question. What is your impression of the Spaniards? Wang Shishan raised his eyebrows and said.

Hai Dashao's brows were still tightly locked: "Spaniards? Hmph, I asked knowingly. They have always regarded us as lambs to the slaughter, but now they can use us, and they are kind to us, and if we threaten them, they will not hesitate to slaughter us. I am not unaware of the massacre eight years ago, my Hai family settled here, how can I not find out the situation here. I don't know what the king is asking for? The Spaniards are powerful, but now they won't take it lightly again. Didn't the naval fleet behind you already say that Westerners should not be allowed to harm the Chinese people? Although I don't like the Geng family, I still appreciate this one! ”

"Hehehe! It turns out that Hai Dashao is also very clear about himself! The Spaniards' wolf ambitions have always despised our Chinese people, and in the past few decades, they have slaughtered our overseas Chinese businessmen and ordinary people three times. The massacre of the past few years will never be the last, even with the deterrence of our navy, but Spain is also quite powerful, and it is impossible to say when there will be another massacre, taking away the property of overseas Chinese businessmen and ordinary people. When the time comes, your Hai family, as the first overseas Chinese, will have a very worrying future! Wang Shishan said with a smile again.

"Do you want to attack Manila and take Luzon?" Hai Dashao suddenly thought of this and shouted in surprise. Fortunately, this is the Kunpeng Merchant Mansion, otherwise the Spaniards would have heard this, and they would definitely have sent troops to level this place immediately!

"I'm not afraid to tell you, the Mawei naval fleet you saw last year is only a small part of it, in fact, our Mawei navy has more than 200 Western sail warships, which is almost equivalent to two conventional naval fleets in Europe. The total strength of our Mawei Army is more than 80,000, and it is only a snap of a finger to take Luzon. Considering that the naval strength of the Spaniards is not small, in order to prevent them from counterattacking, His Royal Highness is still vigorously developing the navy, and by next year, our naval strength will exceed the military strength of all Westerners in East Asia, including the Portuguese and the Dutch! Wang Shishan praised the Mawei Navy and doubled the strength of the Navy.

"I think, your Hai family doesn't want to live in fear, I mean, I just hope that your Hai family cooperates, and we secretly plant troops on Luzon together, and then take Manila by surprise."

"Is this what you mean or what your family mean?" Hai Dashao asked coldly. He has no good impression of the Geng family, after all, the Geng family is a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the eyes of outsiders, and has killed countless Han people, especially in Guangdong, when the Geng family and the Shang family broke through the city of Guangzhou, they slaughtered the city, killed more than 100,000 people, and created great sins. Cantonese people are strict about the Geng family and the Shang family, and they lack a good impression.

Wang Shishan is also a human spirit, and when he saw his expression and tone, he understood a little. "Does Hai Dashao have any opinions about my lord? Oh, it's no wonder. My family has long said that what happened back then was just the fault of the old prince. Nothing to do with him. And. The old prince now eats fasting and recites the Buddha's confession in the mansion every day. And. The son of my family is actively developing armaments, just to wait for the opportunity to recover the Han people's rivers and mountains! ”

Hai Dashao didn't know anything about this, they were far away from the mainland, and the only little news they had was from the businessmen who came and went. The current imperial court, Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong are all accumulating strength, waiting for reality, and preparing to destroy each other. But these have nothing to do with these overseas Chinese in Luzon. "Really?" Hai Dashao asked in surprise.

"No lie! We are both Han Chinese. The prince was also extremely dissatisfied with the Manchurians. The prince said that the Manchus just happened to catch up, otherwise, how could my Han people fall into the hands of the Manchus. But at present, the time has not yet come, and it is not yet time to turn against the Manchu court, so let the navy train with pirates at sea. You should have heard of the Navy's naval clearance last year. There is another thing you don't know, three months ago, the prince led a naval fleet to conquer the Wa Kingdom. Destroyed the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain on the island of Kyushu in the Wakoku Kingdom, and destroyed the Edo Mariner of the Wakoku Kingdom. Killed nearly 100,000 Japanese warriors, forced the Japanese to bow down to their ministers, sign a treaty, and open three more treaty ports! Our Kunpeng fleet only came to Manila with 30 merchant ships this time, and the other ships were all going to the Japanese country! Wang Shishan said with a smile.

Hai Dashao was already completely shocked, his head was a mess, and he couldn't judge whether what Wang Shishan said was true or false. If it is true, then the Mawei Army is too strong to take the Wa Kingdom, then it will not be a piece of cake to take Luzon. Even if the battle between the Geng family and the imperial court failed in the future, they could follow the example of the Zheng family and take Luzon as their retreat. No wonder this king is so active! Judging by his expression, it didn't look like a fake at all. Hai Dashao took a sip of the cold tea on the table, swallowed his saliva again, and said, "This news is so amazing, I need to think about it." How about I come back to you in the evening? ”

"Yes! Later, I will have the five hundred swords sent to your manor. Plus, I'll give you a hundred more armor sets. Wang Shishan can basically be sure that this Hai Dashao is already tempted in his heart.

"Thank you!" After speaking, Hai Dashao left in a hurry!

As soon as Hai Dashao left, Xu Shan turned from behind the screen. "Isn't the Lord in charge worried that this Hai family will go to the Spaniards to inform, if he does, our efforts will be in vain. And it will have a huge impact on the plans of the Son! ”

"Do you think I didn't think of that? This Hai family is different from others, they have a strong sense of distress, otherwise they would not have worked hard to build their own escort team. Also, our warships have been around this area a few times, although it is only a detachment, but the strength is enough to affect the Spanish army in Manila. He also knew that if our naval fleet wanted to take Luzon, it really wouldn't have to take much effort. If he tells the truth, if our navy doesn't care about the fleets of the Spaniards elsewhere, and directly calls now, hehe, destroying his sea family will be like a joke. ”

"That's right, they are also from the sailors, seeing our detachment, and comparing the current defenders in Manila, it is clear which is stronger and which is weak. If it weren't for the fact that the prince was worried that our current strength would still be a little difficult to deal with the navies in other parts of Spain, we would have seized this place now! How can you still use such ink! Xu Shan pursed his lips, then said with a smile.

Sure enough, before the evening, Comrade Haijing, the young master of Haida, came to the Kunpeng Commercial Hall again and completely agreed with Wang Shishan's suggestion. After Young Master Hai returned to his manor, he had a secret conversation with his father Haixi in the study for two whole hours, analyzed various pros and cons, and then unified their opinions and decided to agree to cooperate and fight this one. If you win, you will be rich forever! Their Hai family can't go back to the mainland, and in this Luzon Island, the sword of the Spaniards hangs over their heads all the time, and they can't tell when it will fall. Rather than not knowing when he was killed by the Spaniards, it is better to cooperate with the Geng family and do it once and for all!

A month passed in a flash, and the intelligence elite who came with the Kunpeng fleet quickly dispersed to the entire island of Luzon, focusing on the area around Manila and the Central Plains, and began to investigate more detailed information. At the same time, Wang Shishan and Xu Shan also successfully reached cooperation with the two Chinese families again. These two are also carefully selected, and they don't just find one and work with them.

Half a month is time, and the cargo on the Kunpeng fleet ship has almost been cleared, and some of the goods purchased from Manila have also been loaded onto the ship. At this time, several subordinates sent by Geng Jingzhong came to Manila on a merchant ship with a Spanish caravan from Yuegang. Originally, Geng Jingzhong was going to send a detachment to send them over, but he was worried that it would irritate the Spaniards and make them suspicious and find something bad. So he sent a few people to Moon Harbor first, and then took a Spanish merchant ship to Manila.

The task of these people was to inform Wang Shishan to cancel the purchase of other goods and instead go all out to buy rice. The goods that have been purchased are temporarily stored in the wharf warehouse and quickly loaded back with rice back to Fujian. Just 20 days ago, a violent typhoon hit the coastal mainland, and the people of Fujian suffered huge losses, and it seems that all the rice that was about to be harvested in the fields has been lost.

This time it's also strange, the typhoon blew from the eastern Pacific Ocean, causing huge disasters to Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, and also bringing heavy rainfall to Jiangsu and the north of the region. (To be continued......)