The Dutch governor, Van Dimen, fell ill during the rainy season and received the Manila Five Agreement from his hospital bed.

Van Dimen immediately called a meeting and called all the members of the council. "Gentlemen, in this year's Manila campaign, we have fully achieved the expected goal," he announced, smiling with a sick face. Although the island of Busuanga is barren, its location is very important, it is located between the Chinese, Spanish, and Sulu powers, and is a crossroads for local trade. Now that the island is ours, we should immediately mobilize our men and materials to build a castle and a harbor on the island! ”

Van Dimen then continued: "The southern part of Mindanao, although it is all barbarian and indigenous. But there is a bay (Sarangani Bay), which is a natural haven within which a port and a city can be established (General Santos City). As long as we establish ourselves in the Americas, this is the first stop on the way to the Far East! Here can be a second Manila! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

The parliamentarians immediately applauded, but there was not much excitement.

The southern region of Mindanao will have to operate for at least ten years, and it will have to cooperate with Dutch power in the Americas before it can be truly realized.

Although Busuanga Island is geographically important, there are several large ports nearby, which will suck away trading ships, and it is difficult to make profits in the short term.

The Netherlands gets these two places, and if it is compared to playing Go, it is to land in two key parts. Long-term thinking is certainly a clever move, but it does not have much effect at this stage, and legislators who focus on short-term interests always feel that they are at a loss.

Fortunately, the Netherlands was given the right to trade, and together with China, it could monopolize the spices and gems of Brunei and Sulu.

In Van Diemen's eyes, this trade right was negotiated as an incident, and the parliamentarians saw the trade right as a real war dividend.

Excited, Van Diemen seemed to be getting better, and when he returned home, he asked his servants to open a wine to celebrate.

……

Banten Port.

A senior employee of a trading post was writing to the top management of the British East India Company:

"Gentlemen, I just received amazing news. The Dutch East India Company, in alliance with the Emperor of China, defeated Spain both on land and at sea. The Chinese emperor acquired Luzon, and the Dutch East India Company acquired two key territories. The two sultanates of Brunei and Sulu rejoined the arms of the Chinese emperor...... By the way, the Dutch East India Company also joined forces with China to monopolize the spices and precious stones of Brunei and Sulu. ”

"Gentlemen, we need a war, a direct war between England and the Netherlands. Only war can seize commercial interests. If this continues, it will be difficult for the British East India Company to gain a foothold in the Far East......"

Teddy Holland at sea, stirring up trouble everywhere in the world, naturally has no good relationship with the UK.

Both countries had the East India Company, and it was all too normal to steal business from each other.

More than 20 years ago, the British were doing a good spice business on the island of Java, and the Dutch fleet suddenly came to kill them. After a beating, the Dutch forced Britain to sign an agreement: the Oriental spice trade was divided into three parts, and the Dutch monopolized two.

The matter was not over, only a few years later, the Dutch killed all the British in the Maguru Islands because of the spice trade, which is known as the "Ambuana Massacre".

In the Baltics, the Mediterranean, and West Africa, the Netherlands also competed with Britain for business at every turn. He even went to the British offshore to catch herring and then sold it to the British.

If the British want to harden up, they have to wait for Lord Protector Cromwell, and at the moment, the British king has no mind to engage in a trade war.

Of course, the British, who had a hard time, are now thriving in India.

Portugal had a bad relationship with the Mughal emperor of India, and the Mughal emperor was very happy that the British fleet defeated the Portuguese fleet. The British then licked the dogs and frantically knelt and licked the Indian emperor, and the British king also sent an envoy to coax the Indian emperor to delight the Indian emperor in an almost flattering way.

As a result, the Indian emperor ordered that officials throughout the country should protect the British.

The British did business in India without any restrictions, and local officials were not allowed to harass British factories. And even in some areas, the British were directly exempted from commercial taxes!

What a great Indian emperor, for whom the British are grateful, and they will do their best to repay the emperor's kindness.

……

Nanking.

Standing in front of Zhao Han were all important ministers of the Datong Imperial Court.

Zuo Xiaoliang said: "It is definitely impossible to set up prefectures and counties in Luzon, and the Xuanfu Division can be set up to rule. ”

Ouyang Steam said: "The land outside the country should be like this, just like the Lao Propaganda Division, set up a Luzon Propaganda Division, and let the local Tusi manage the territory. ”

Yang Zhong asked: "Can this Luzon farm?" If you can't cultivate grain, it's convenient to use toast to govern the land. ”

The ministers argued for a long time, and they all set up toasts.

Zhao Han didn't discuss it with them anymore, because there was really no common language, so he simply issued the holy decree directly.

First, the governor of Luzon was set up, and the rank was from the second-rank officials, who were selected by the left servants of each department. He was appointed for a six-year term and was in charge of Luzon affairs.

Second, the Luzon civil envoys were set up, and the officials with the rank of three ranks, were selected by the heads of the provincial departments. He was appointed for a six-year term and was in charge of civil affairs in Luzon.

Third, Luzon missionaries were set up, ranking and ranking as three officials, who were elected by the heads of the provincial departments for a term of six years and were in charge of Luzon educational affairs.

Fourth, set up a Luzon financial envoy......

Anyway, the governor monopolizes power, sets up a bunch of officials in charge, and then sends the imperial historian to inspect once every three years. The Imperial Historian was to take root in Luzon for three years, and was responsible for prosecuting corruption and perversion of the law by local officials.

There were 3,000 Luzon garrisons, and the soldiers were to make their homes there.

The Governor may not mobilize troops unless Luzon is under attack, or if there is a riot in Luzon. If you want to use troops abroad, you must report to the Ministry of War in advance, obtain permission from the Ministry of War, and then get an order from the emperor before you can use troops.

In addition, 70% of Luzon's fiscal revenue goes to the royal family, and 30% goes to the national treasury.

If the cabinet officials want to collect more money, they must make the cake bigger.

It is not okay not to give money to the imperial court, otherwise a few decades later, like Zheng He's voyage to the West, the development of overseas territories will be denounced as "laboring the people and losing money". Zheng He definitely made money when he went to the West, and distributed some to the treasury, but most of it was still used to do things for the emperor.

Today, the population of the North is small, and it is unrealistic to immediately emigrate to Luzon.

Zhao Han then issued an order: If any Han people occupy terra nullius in Luzon, they must report to the Luzon government. The maximum amount of land per person is 100 acres, and more than 100 acres can be owned, but for each additional 10 acres, the tax on excess land increases by 1%. In addition, families with more than 10 people must be separated.

This is to encourage immigration, but also to encourage exploration, and at the same time to limit the growth of local power.

There are certainly loopholes that can be exploited, even leading to land concealment, just as overseas territories are necessarily hotbeds of corruption.

Spain has set up institutions in the Americas, and officials have checked and supervised each other, is it not corruption and smuggling?

Li Banghua read the freshly baked decree and carefully tasted the deep meaning.

"This land of Luzon is considered His Majesty's Imperial Village?" Li Banghua muttered.

Tian Younian said: "The imperial village uses eunuch officials, but there are court officials in Luzon. Your Majesty is expanding the territory. ”

Li Banghua asked, "How much tax can Luzon pay each year?" ”

Tian Younian shook his head: "I don't know." ”

……

Fuzhou.

Lin Fusheng called the two concubines: "This is the holy decree that has just been sent to Fuzhou, the land of Luzon, each person can occupy a hundred acres." More than 10 acres, only one percent of the tax will be raised. One person owns 500 acres of land, of which 400 acres of land is taxed by 40%, which is nothing in Luzon. Of course, it depends on how much tax is paid. Nowadays, there are not many Han people in Luzon, and I heard that the red-haired ghost left a lot of familiar land. You can go back to your hometown in the countryside and invite your fellow villagers to go to Luzon to occupy the land. Tell them that my Lin family will pay for the journey, and my Lin family will supply the seeds. ”

Lin Yingwen asked: "Nearby, are you recruiting villagers as tenants?" ”

"Confused," Lin Fusheng admonished, "there are not many Han people in Luzon, and it is difficult to bring some Han people over, how can they be called as tenants?" There are barbarians everywhere, and they can't bother the government in everything, and one more Han will give them more strength. When you take the villagers to Luzon, you must treat them well, and you must unite to deal with those wild people. ”

Lin Congwen asked, "But where can you find tenants?" We can't do it ourselves. ”

Lin Fusheng said: "The red-haired ghost left many serfs, and His Majesty did not allow them to keep slaves, so he turned these serfs into tenants. Also, don't occupy the land indiscriminately, as many people cultivate it, you can occupy as much land. Taxes are collected according to the acres of land, and whether you plant or not, you have to pay taxes and pay grain. If there are not enough manpower and a large area of land is occupied indiscriminately, it will become a loss-making business! ”

"Remember, child!" Lin Yingwen said.

Lin Fusheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty has left a gap for us to drill, your household registration in Fujian will not be eliminated, and you can re-settle in Luzon, which is equivalent to occupying land on both sides." In less than ten years, our Lin family will become a big landlord again! Remember, marry more indigenous women and have more children and grandchildren. If you have more children and grandchildren, you will be able to dilute the acres of land and pay lower taxes in the future. ”

Of course, the vacancy was deliberately left to encourage private immigrants to open up, and Zhao Han only didn't see the land occupied in his hometown.

After all, immigrating to Luzon is also risky, and it is possible to hang up if you are not adapted.

It's a pity that everyone in the countryside has land, and those who don't have land have immigrated to the north early, and they can't encourage development.

Lin Yingwen and Lin Congwen came to their hometown to gather the villagers.

They offered extremely favorable conditions, provided travel expenses, provided seeds, and could divide the land when they went to Luzon, and as long as you could plant it, it didn't matter how much you planted, and they could recruit natives as big landowners. However, few responders responded.

"Luzon, I know, it's a far place."

"I heard that there is a miasma in Luzon, and if you enter the forest, you will die."

"My family's land is enough to eat, and then weaving cloth to earn some household income, and it is not bad to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar."

“……”

After tossing for several days, the brothers only recruited three villagers.

When they returned to the city, they saw a large number of citizens gathered around in front of the proclamation of the holy decree and discussing.

Many of these citizens do not know how to farm, and they work in the city to make a living. At this moment, there are many people who are moved, even if they don't know how to farm, they can recruit indigenous tenants and local owners!

Nine out of ten of the first civil immigrants to Luzon were from the city!

Especially those who are idle, Zhao Han ordered the magistrates to crack down on gangsters. They have been cut off from their means of wealth, and they refuse to work honestly, and now they finally have the opportunity to go out.

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