The Manila galleon is actually the Spanish Galen.

Seventy years ago, that is, during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, Spain opened a route from the Americas to East Asia.

Chinese silk and porcelain, Indian cotton cloth and precious stones, were transported to Manila by merchants from all over the world, and sold directly to the Americas by galleon. Silver, cocoa, and wool from the Americas were brought to Manila by galleons and exchanged for a variety of Asian goods.

Zhang Juzheng's Ming tax reform would never have succeeded without the silver of the Americas transported by galleons. In other words, the content of the reform is different, and silver cannot become the mainstream currency in China.

At the same time, the Manila galleon trade directly smashed the American silk weaving industry!

During the Zhengde and Jiajing periods, Spain had developed the silk weaving industry in the Americas. After the Chinese raw silk was shipped, the American raw silk was quickly eliminated because the Chinese raw silk was of high quality and low price.

Today, the market share of the American silk weaving industry has been absolutely monopolized by Chinese raw silk.

In Mexico alone, there are 14,000 workers in a silk weaving factory, and all raw materials are made of Chinese raw silk. These American silks will be shipped to Europe to be sold, and the price is lower than that of Chinese silk, which is quite sought after by middle-class and lower-class nobles and middle-class merchants.

It can be understood that Chinese silk is a foreign product, and American silk is a domestic product, and domestic products are definitely not as good as foreign goods.

As a result of the popularity of Chinese goods, Spanish products were crowded out in the Americas, and King Philip II of Spain ordered restrictions on the galleon trade fifty years ago. It is stipulated that no more than two galleons may be sent to Mexico per year, each with a cargo capacity of no more than 300 tons.

This restriction was clearly exploited and instead became a means for colonial officials to make money.

The Governor of New Spain (Mexico) was even more powerful, and even forty years ago, he ordered a ban on Mexican silkworm weaving, and Mexican silk weaving factories could only use Chinese raw silk!

Also 50 years ago, cotton cloth produced in China had destroyed the Philippine cotton textile industry.

As a result, the Governor General of the Philippines issued an order prohibiting the purchase of Chinese clothing by natives. Two years after the ban was issued, the Philippine governor was killed by Chinese mercenaries.

The Filipino colonizers in Spain had a very complicated attitude towards the Chinese.

On the positive side, they need the Chinese to trade, the Chinese to build the city, and the Chinese to keep the city running.

On the negative side, they hate dumping by Chinese businessmen and beg Chinese businessmen to destroy industries in the Philippines and Mexico.

By the way, China's cotton ban has been maintained to this day.

Chinese cotton cloth and silk are not allowed to be sold to indigenous Filipinos, but only to official trading posts in the Philippines. This led to the loss of profits for Chinese maritime merchants, and even if there was no massacre, as long as Zhao Han was willing to send troops, there would definitely be merchants who would help the emperor in the war!

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In the waters west of Manila, a major naval battle began.

Six Spanish galleons, 16 small warships, against nearly 100 warships of China, the Netherlands, Brunei, and Sulu.

Brunei and Sulu are all old-fashioned galleys, and the tonnage is so small that they can be ignored.

The Dutch navy quickly circled to the west, the Chinese navy spread out formations to the east and north, and the fleets of the two countries tried to encircle the Spanish fleet on three sides.

"Boom, boom!"

Before the encirclement was completed, both sides began shelling.

In the 18th minute of the battle, a Chinese battleship was heavily damaged and very slowly tried to break away from the battlefield.

In the 32nd minute, a Spanish battleship was rained down by several times its own firepower, and its bow was directly smashed to pieces, and even the captain was shattered by shells.

"Don't bombard, catch the gang, deal with the red-haired ghost's boat first!"

When the second Chinese warship suffered heavy damage, Zheng Zhilong asked the adjutant to wave the flag. The Chinese Navy's warships are too fragile to win an artillery battle, and it is still cost-effective to directly engage in broadside battles.

The Dutch navy, too, liked to take sides, especially when facing Spain.

The Sino-Dutch coalition forces rushed forward almost simultaneously.

The Spanish fleet fought and ran, not allowing itself to be surrounded, and avoiding engaging the enemy in broadside battles.

The two sides chased after me, from Manila Bay to Mindoro Island.

Bunduluo, literally translated into Spanish as "gold mine", the Great Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty called it "Ma Yi Country".

"Projectile grappling hook!"

Vice Admiral Hong Xu of the Shanghai Navy shouted excitedly while holding the clairglass. Thanks to the interception of the Dutch, he finally caught up with a Spanish battleship.

Hong Xu is a member of Eighteen Zhi, an old pirate who roams the South China Sea. In the past few years, in addition to transporting grain, he is fishing, and occasionally cruising with the fleet, and he has been suffocated.

A large number of hooks were shot from the Chinese battleship, pulling the enemy and the enemy together, and the Chinese battleship also took the opportunity to activate the flamethrower.

"Bang bang bang!"

The two sides fired at each other across the side of the ship, and Chinese sailors in leather armor jumped into the gang after the first round of firearms.

Hong Zhanfu is a member of Hong Xu's clan, and he has long been out of the five suits, but he is still reused because of this. When he led the team to jump into the gang, several levels around him were shot by close shooting, some fell on the deck, and some fell into the sea.

"Phew!"

Hong Zhanfu crossed the side of the ship, and before his feet could stand firmly, he slashed at the enemy.

The leather armor on his chest was also cut, and he fought to kill the other man, and then slashed at another Spanish arquebusier.

Another Chinese battleship came from the side to pick it up. The two ships caught the jumping gang, and there were more and more Chinese sailors, and it was only a matter of time before the battleship was captured.

From noon to evening, only four of the small Spanish warships managed to escape, and the rest were killed by the Sino-Dutch coalition forces relying on their numerical superiority.

But those six Spanish galleons are really hard to swallow!

In particular, the big guy with a displacement of 1,200 tons, relying on the ship's strong guns, rampage on the battlefield. This galleon alone killed four Sino-Dutch warships.

You can't pick up the gunboard, you can't jump into the gang, you can't attack with fire.

This thing has three or four decks, which is a lot higher than the Chinese and Dutch warships. Even if the encirclement was successful, the broadside battle would have been a "siege battle", with sailors having to climb up with ropes and Spanish soldiers shooting from a high position.

Wan Bangyan, the chief admiral of the Guangzhou Navy, was born in the Jiangxi Navy.

Wan Bangyan only knew that he couldn't deal with the big guys, so he took all the warships under his command to surround and intercept the 500-ton galleon - this is the smallest one.

The smallest of the Spanish galleons, the largest of the Dutch warships......

"Desperately take over the ship!" Wan Bangyan's eyes were red, and he was extremely envious of these big European ships.

Although the Datong Navy has a lot of military spending, the mainstream warships are still contributed by Zheng Zhilong. The Zheng family was sold to the imperial court at cost price, and it was used for repairs and improvisations, and even if they fought with the Dutch, they were able to fight for their lives with superior forces.

A lot of 100-year-old wood from the mountainous areas of southern China has been hoarded, but it is still being soaked, and the wood will have to be soaked for ten or eight years before it can be really strong.

In two years, the Datong Navy will be able to build its own ships!

In addition, some century-old teak has been imported from Myanmar and Cambodia. This is the top material for shipbuilding, better than oak, and it is all stacked in Guangzhou for brewing.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A Guangzhou Navy battleship, on its way to the port, was fired at close range by a 500-ton galleon.

The upper cabins and decks were instantly torn apart by shells, wood was splashed everywhere, and at least twenty Datong sailors and sailors were killed on the spot.

However, the ship's hook had been shot, and the galleon was firmly clung to death.

The other three Guangzhou battleships also shot hooks one after another.

Spanish sailors shoot condescendingly, while sailors swing their knives to cut ropes.

"The world is the same, long live Your Majesty!"

Zhang Hai was a fisherman in Guangzhou, who used to live in great poverty, but it was His Majesty the Emperor Datong who brought him a new life.

Seeing that his comrades-in-arms around him had fallen one after another, Zhang Hai roared, with a waist knife in his mouth, and climbed with both hands, and quickly climbed towards the enemy ship. A comrade-in-arms beside him screamed and fell, but the rope was cut.

More and more hooks were shot, and more and more sailors were climbing, and the Spanish sailors could not shoot them, and the Spanish sailors could not cut them.

More than 200 sailors of the Datong Army have been killed in battle and overboard, and they are still climbing one after another.

Finally, Zhang Hai turned over and climbed onto the enemy ship and hacked an arquebusier to death.

The Spanish arquebusiers on both sides immediately discarded their firearms, pulled out their waist knives and fought with Zhang Hai, and the Spanish sailors also rushed over with knives.

"Hooray!"

Zhang Hai roared and swung his knife, slashing the arquebusier on the right to death, but the arquebusier on the left stabbed him.

Fortunately, there was a leather armor to block it, and when the tip of the knife pierced the leather armor, the force was slightly deviated, only piercing the flesh of his side waist, almost stabbing through the internal organs.

Zhang Hai held the handle of the knife and stabbed his head back without looking back.

Stab the enemy behind him to death with a single sword, then draw his sword and charge forward. And the enemy's knife kept sticking into him, and the wound kept bleeding.

Due to Zhang Hai's first arrival, Datong sailors soon followed the ship's side.

When the second Datong army climbed up, Zhang Hai had already suffered three wounds all over his body, and still held on to the side of the ship to stop the enemy.

"Kill!"

The third Datong sailor boarded the ship, Zhang Hai had been injured in five places, and he was still fighting there with blood all over his body.

The fourth Datong soldier boarded the ship, Zhang Hai fell out of strength, fainted, and did not know whether he was alive or dead.

The Dutch are doing the same, and the Dutch flagship has its eye on a 700-ton galleon. Compared with the Dutch Army, the Dutch Navy was not afraid of death, and repeatedly climbed with bullets and bullets.

It's a pity that there are too few Dutch people to die.

Several Dutch warships surrounded the shipwreck, and after paying hundreds of casualties, they decisively chose to give up.

The Chinese Navy values ships, and it doesn't matter if it can snatch a galleon and kill hundreds or thousands of soldiers.

There were only so many Dutch sailors in the Far East, and one less dead.

The hundreds of naval casualties have already hurt the vitality of the Netherlands, and it is a hundred times more distressing than the death of a thousand army troops. Because the Dutch army could be recruited at will in the colonies, the navy often had to be replenished from the European mainland.

Seeing that the galleon was surrounded, but it was let go by the Dutch, Zheng Chenggong put down the clairvoyant mirror and scolded: "These red-haired ghosts really don't know how to fight, they are all fucking fools!" ”

"Boom, boom!"

The big guy with a displacement of 1,200 tons continues to exert his might, and another Chinese warship is crumbling.

The Chinese sailors besieging the galleon have already lost more than 400 people one after another. The Dutch gave up directly, the Chinese Navy is still desperate, and it is likely that thousands of people will not be able to capture the ship.

At the same time, the Spanish naval commander was frightened, he was afraid that his soldiers would lie down tired, afraid that the musketeers would run out of ammunition.

When it was dark, the Dutch Navy was the first to withdraw the siege, and Zheng Zhilong could only choose to withdraw the siege.

In a naval battle, 2 small Spanish warships were sunk, 11 were captured, and 1 500-ton Spanish galleon was captured. Seventeen warships of the Datong Navy suffered heavy damage and 5 battleships sank. 4 warships of the Dutch Navy suffered heavy damage, and no ships sank.

The Chinese Navy suffered heavy casualties, with more than 1,300 killed, seriously wounded and missing.

The Dutch Navy, more than 200 killed, seriously wounded and missing.

Of the six Spanish galleons, only the smallest one, was captured by the Chinese navy, and the rest all sailed away.

If such heavy losses are achieved according to the usual way of play, the Netherlands will directly choose to withdraw its troops.

However, China does not withdraw!