"Found them!"

Inside the cave, the bright red bonfire reflected on the cold cheeks, outlining a few stiff lines.

Next to him, the pirates huddled together, trembling at the black-clothed man standing in front of him with a gun and an indifferent look, and said that the ruthlessness of arrogance and disregard for the life and death of others had dissipated without a trace, and it was more like a lamb to be slaughtered trembling under their swords and guns.

The ground was littered with corpses, blood seeping down the stone wall and beneath his feet, hot and hot! Although the place where the weapons were stored not far away, under these cold eyes that suddenly appeared, no one dared to move a step in the end.

Wenxiu took the confession and walked to the campfire, and spread out the map in his hand by the light of the fire. Next to him, Nighthawk hurriedly handed over a pen, and followed the Bayan Islands around the island of Luzon for most of the circle, and the tip of the pen finally stopped on Palawan Island.

Great place!

Seeing the narrow Palawan Island on the map, Wenxiu couldn't help but admire Wang Laohu's gang for choosing their nests, Palawan Island is located in the southwest of Luzon Island, the terrain is long and narrow and mountainous, the area is larger than the Hawaiian Islands combined, and more importantly, the mountains here are dense forests, sparsely populated, and there are many uncivilized tribes, the influence of the Spanish colonial authorities is even smaller, for the armed pirates, it is a treasure land with a high emperor and far away!

In addition, Palawan is located between Malay and Luzon, which was originally the main route for Chinese people between the two places, and it is also very convenient to ship here, and they deliberately avoid the sight of others when they do business, and go around in a large circle to the busier straits and the South China Sea, which makes it more difficult for people to understand the situation near Palawan.

However, they didn't expect that the last time they gathered the pirates, they still left clues, and since they were bitten by their own tails, then their good days would come to an end! The only thing that worries him at the moment is that there is a shortage of manpower.

It's time to call for support.

Thinking of this, Wen Xiu immediately put away the map and said, "Let's go, go back to the ship immediately, and send a telegram for support." The nighthawk beside him nodded immediately, but when he raised his eyes and saw the pirates gathered around, he couldn't help frowning: "Captain, then ...... them?" ”

Wen Xiu glanced at the pirates around the bonfire, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "Old rules, leaving them will be a scourge sooner or later!" ”

Nighthawk understood what he meant, and immediately made a gesture to several of his companions who were guarding the pirates, only to see that several of them immediately took out the grenades that had been prepared, opened the safety in the frightened eyes of the pirates, and threw them into the crowd.

Boom Boom Boom ...... With a series of explosions, the small volcanic island returned to dead silence.

In the living room of the Spanish Governor's Palace in Luzon, the Governor of Polawicia took Sloe's hand intimately, but his eyes couldn't stop glancing at the pile of fine porcelain from the Far East and a few shiny gold bars on the table.

Although this is not the first time that this kind of filial piety has been made, every time he sees these things, Polawisa's heart still beats faster, and he thanks: "Dear Slo, you are so gracious, as a governor, it is my duty to maintain the merchants of the kingdom, and you can rest assured, I will immediately send someone to drive those hateful natives and yellow-skinned monkeys away from that land." ”

"This is Spanish land and they occupy too much!" Bolawisha patted his chest and reassured.

"Thank you so much, no wonder my uncle said that His Excellency the Governor is the most generous and the most secure of us small merchants he has ever seen, and I believe that under your leadership, this land will bring more wealth to the kingdom." Slow played a trick that had already been tempered, and finally did not forget to blink his eyes deliberately: "Of course, it will definitely bring you more wealth!" ”

"Haha......."

Slow's sycophancy made Polavisa full of joy, especially when he thought of the former governor, now the governor of Cuba, Leriano. Wehrer stayed here for a few years, and when he returned home, he became one of the few wealthy people in Spain, and he was even more impressed.

For a newly appointed governor with great power, success is not only by force, but also by big businessmen like Slo, and the best way is to win.

"Your uncle is really complimentary, please tell him for me, I am very willing to meet him and have afternoon tea with me when I have time."

"Your Excellency the Governor, rest assured, I will bring your blessing to him." Slow bowed gracefully before turning and exiting the living room. Seeing Slow leave, Polavisa hurriedly pounced on the gold and porcelain to take a closer look.

Outside the Governor's Palace, Jiang Tianxiu sat quietly in the carriage, waiting for the "boss" to come out, while thinking about the young master's intention to come to Nanyang this time, and thinking about whether he wanted to prepare anything.

As a child whose father is a laborer in the United States and whose mother is a despised American girl, he has suffered a lot since he was a child, not only those foreigners discriminate and insult, but even the Chinese people look down on him.

So much so that in the last year of college, he had to face the crisis of dropping out, and it was at the darkest time in his life that he unexpectedly received funding from a young master from Hawaii, which not only allowed him to successfully complete the last year of study, but also took his parents to Honolulu and got rid of the environment full of white eyes.

After completing his studies, when the Pacific Army was recruiting, he joined the army without hesitation, and relying on his excellent and solid university skills, he was finally transferred to the newly established Army and Navy Staff Headquarters.

Soon after entering the General Staff, he was personally received by the young master and came to Nanyang Chong to serve as the assistant to the boss of the "Philippine Trading Company". In the eyes of the Luzon people at this moment, he is the villain who has half Chinese blood next to Sloy, but helps the foreigners to defraud and seize their property, but in the secret files of the Honolulu Staff Headquarters, he has been promoted to major staff and is in charge of all Honolulu's secret operations in the South Seas.

Now it is an eventful autumn in Honolulu, and I am sharpening my knives with the support of Europe and the United States with the intention of making a comeback, and the fleet sent by the Russians will also go to the Far East through the South Seas in the near future, and the construction of the Ryukyus has also entered the fast lane.

At the same time, he couldn't help but be a little worried, as a staff officer, he knew better how much preparation work was required for an ocean-going expedition, and he knew the importance of the right time, and now the army was pointing at Luzon, which was obviously not the best time!

So what is the young master here for? Is it just for a few pirates?

"Impossible." Jiang Tianxiu shook his head, the young master is not the kind of person who likes to play pirates with heroes, his vision is not to mention himself, even the chief of staff and Mr. Li are not as good as admiring it, so he must have a more important purpose for this trip.

Could it be ......?!

A thought flashed through him, and Jiang Tianxiu seemed to feel that something suddenly opened in his mind, but just as he was about to think about it, he saw that Sloh had already walked out of the gate of the Governor's Palace, and hurriedly got out of the car and continued to pretend to be an assistant, opening the door for him.

"Mr. Sloe, are some going well?"

Getting into the carriage, as the horse's hooves began to flutter, the proud boss faction of Sloh just now suddenly disappeared, and he said with a proud face: "Jiang, don't worry, Bolawechia has agreed to our conditions, and in the afternoon he will immediately send someone to drive out those locals on the charge of financing the rebellion, and get the plantation in his hands." ”

"Are you saying that people are funding the rebellion?" Jiang Tianxiu lifted his forehead and looked at Sloh with a smile: "Dear Mr. Sloe, why can't you think of some other excuses?" ”

After getting acquainted with Jiang Tianxiu, Siloh lost his nervousness at the beginning, and said with a smile: "Dear Jiang, what excuse is better than this?" ”

Jiang Tianxiu nodded, Sloh was right, now there are frequent riots in Luzon, although they are not large-scale and lack of organization, but the signs of social unrest are already obvious, although such an excuse is old-fashioned, but it is very practical, anyway, as long as you can take the land north of Luzon that is larger than a dozen Hawaiian Islands combined, and complete the plan to expand the rubber plantation.

As for the civil revolt and riots, leave it to the new governor to give him a headache, and besides, it is time for a larger riot to shake the foundations of Spanish rule, and there is no fish in stagnant water!

However, it was Sloe, who thought of some things and was a little worried, glanced at Jiang Tianxiu and asked, "Jiang, I know that you have been busy expanding the rubber plantation recently, but why are you eyeing the land of those Chinese?" They are your countrymen, in case they know about it. Isn't that ......? ”

"Affect the reputation of the young master?" Jiang Tianxiu interrupted Slow, glanced at the few bodyguards outside, and smiled: "Mr. Slow, you are not Chinese, you will not understand their psychology. ”

"For the Chinese in Luzon and the whole of Nanyang, although they don't like the rulers of the Qing Kingdom, the orthodoxy in their eyes is still that continent, so you look outside." Jiang Tianxiu pointed to a few Chinese with braids walking by the car window: "They still have whips, and they still give up their feelings for that country in their hearts." ”

"They are in a foreign country, but their hearts are still in the country, and many people still reject us, and even after we defeated Yue himself, they still regard us as aliens. Do you feel it is necessary for such people to control large swaths of land that we desperately need? ”

"Besides, if we only target the locals, I'm afraid the Governor will doubt our intentions."

Although Jiang Tianxiu said vaguely, Slow still heard something, and some of the Chinese factories and plantations he chose to occupy were obviously screened, in addition to hiding the purpose, but also preparing for that person to come here in the future!

This is a completely different people from Europe, under thousands of years of civilization, they have their own code of conduct, although on the surface his student is shaping himself as a leader in the defense of overseas Chinese, but secretly he is still using this means to stifle or even directly eliminate those possible hidden dangers.

The thought that he was now deep in this whirlpool made Slow feel a chill in his heart for no reason, and when he was about to ask again, suddenly, the carriage stopped suddenly, and a bodyguard walked to the door.

"Mr. Slow, someone is making trouble in front of our company."

"Trouble!" Slow was furious, and the cold that had just risen in his heart was suddenly dissipated by anger, who doesn't know his power in this land these years? Dare to make trouble!

The most important thing is that Nemo is coming, and if something happens at this time, the good impression he earned earlier will not be completely ruined!

But when Slow jumped out of the carriage angrily, wanting to see if it was the blind man who came to the company to make trouble, the scene in front of him surprised him, even if he was used to seeing big scenes in the past few years, he couldn't help but have some scalp trouble-

"This is Manila City?"

Master Li walked in the city of Manila, looking at the chaotic roads and houses around him, and sneered at the Spanish colonial authorities, this old colonial empire is obviously weakened, and it is a big step worse than Taipei to put such a good place without development!

Even Yan Fu and Duan Fei around him frowned a little, compared with Honolulu Ryukyu, which had been planned from the beginning of development, it was a compliment to describe Manila City as a slum.

Fortunately, as we go deeper into the city center, the environment of the city has gradually improved, and you can see many villas of different styles, and there are many restaurants and bars hanging with foreign signboards on the streets.

In terms of customs, it has been colonized by Spain for hundreds of years, it is more open than the Qing Dynasty, there are many pedestrians on the streets, European-style horse-drawn carriages, Chinese-style rickshaws are endless, blonde and blue-eyed foreigners can be seen everywhere, and even the local young people holding books are also a lot more, and most of them are dressed in more Western-style clothes, and can communicate in Spanish and English more fluently.

But Li Mo knew that under this tranquility, the flame of the national reading movement was rising, especially as more and more well-educated local students joined the craze, and they colluded with the local gentry who held the wealth and land and had the right to speak, and were gradually prying the foundation of Spanish rule.

Spain is getting old, and no one knows better than these Luzon people living under the rule of this old empire, and when the gentry are becoming more and more hungry for wealth and land, and when the students and elites want to have a state of readability and sovereign integrity, and end colonial rule like the United States and Canada, this magma is hard to hold!

From the intermittent information, it can be seen that there have been many disturbances in this land recently, covering almost every province, although the scale and number of people are not large, but once these sparks are connected and form a prairie fire, it will be a seismic change.

When this molten lava erupts, everyone will feel extremely tricky, but I just want to control, use and stifle this growing flame, and be a fisherman.

Where do you start?

While thinking about where to start, Li Mo walked towards Sloe's headquarters under the leadership of Duan Fei, and before he knew it, he had already arrived in the center of the city. Suddenly, Du Dazhuang interrupted his thinking with an exclamation, and when he looked up, he almost thought that he had encountered a bandit who robbed his house!

I saw the gate of the magnificent three-story company headquarters, as if it was surrounded, surrounded by hundreds of men armed with knives and sticks, and all of them were Chinese!

"What did this guy do with Sloe? Did you rob someone's little daughter-in-law? ”

Looking at each other, Young Master Li and his entourage immediately quickened their pace.

(To be continued)