"Sir Brent, when will the Spanish army be able to expel the Han people outside the city." In a delicate Western-style building in Lasag, a wealthy Arab businessman looked at the old Spanish man with an angry face.

"Mr. Jagley, please be patient, Manila will not give up on us." The Spanish official replied.

"We obeyed your orders, endured for a month, and finally drove the pirates away, because your stupidity provoked these Han people again, who will be responsible for our losses." The wealthy Arab businessman laughed angrily.

"And you hanged six captains of our Arab Chamber of Commerce, I want you to give me an explanation."

"Jagli, this is the land of the Spaniards, and we will hang him if anyone dares to provoke our existence." General Terry said gloomily that he was furious at the Arabs who were making trouble.

"Your merchant fleet left port without warning of it, and I have the right to hang them."

"Then why don't you hang those Ming troops outside the city." The Arab merchants behind Yagli finally couldn't suppress the anger in their hearts, and scolded and pushed angrily.

"Bang,"

Seeing that the situation was out of control, a Spanish lieutenant on the side fired a slam into the sky.

A detachment of Spanish guards armed with arquebuses rushed in.

The rioting Arab merchants fell silent.

"No one can break through the city of Laoag, she is as strong as Constantinople." Sir Brent stood up and stopped the Spanish soldiers.

"The pirates can't break through the city of Laoag, and those Ming people can't do it, we will definitely be able to wait for reinforcements." Brent glanced at the bearded man in front of him,

"Give us another month, and within a month reinforcements from Manila will definitely arrive."

As Sir Brent spoke, the Arab merchants, who knew that it was pointless to make any more trouble, gradually departed, and Jawgli glared at Brent and turned away.

Watching the troublesome wealthy Arab businessman gradually leave, Brent wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Sir Brent, the city's food reserves are insufficient, and the merchants in the market are driving up prices, and the inhabitants of the city can't even afford to eat their rations." A Laoag livelihood official spoke.

"These rich businessmen are really greedy." General Terry exasperated. ，

"Keep telling us to expel the Ming people who are besieging the city, but what are they doing?"

"It's the nature of a businessman." Sir Brent shook his head.

"It's not just food, it's also the drinking water that the people in the city have to drink." The official said embarrassedly.

Sir Brent and General Terry didn't know that the damned Han Chinese were in collusion with the indigenous tribes outside the city.

It poisoned the river, and a large amount of water mixed with venom flowed into the city of Laoag.

This makes the city of Laoag, which is already suffering from a shortage of food, even worse.

Even the sailors on the Spanish fleet have begun to restrict their daily drinking of fresh water.

"General Terry, will the Spanish army be able to break out of the port?" Sir Brent asked suddenly.

General Terry was stunned and looked at the consul in front of him with a shocked expression.

Sir Brent looked helpless,

"The authorities in Manila are too busy to take care of themselves, there will be no reinforcements at all, there will be no water and food in the city, and it is only a matter of time before it falls." Sir Brent explained.

Although the abandonment of Laoag City was difficult for Sir Brent and General Terry to accept.

But there seems to be no better way.

"If it's a late night departure, there should be no problem." After a moment's thought, General Terry replied.

"Bring all the gold and silver dollars accumulated by the government and the chamber of commerce to the Galen ship, and remember to do it secretly late at night." Sir Brent said softly.

General Terry sighed and nodded in agreement.

While the Spaniards were plotting to escape, Arab merchants were arguing.

"Jagley, did you just watch the six captains get hanged alive?" A middle-aged wealthy businessman was furious and pointed at Argyle and yelled.

Argyle just glanced at him and said coldly,

"I hadn't seen you so heroic when the hall was surrounded by Spanish musketeers."

"If you are really angry, for Allah's sake, you should give all your possessions to the families of those brave warriors who gave their lives."

Argyle's words left the middle-aged wealthy businessman speechless.

"Jagley, it is the intention of the Arab Chamber of Commerce to let the merchant fleet leave the port, and we cannot accompany the Spaniards to die." A wealthy businessman spoke.

Obviously, the sneaking out of port that night was premeditated.

The Spaniards and the local forces of Laoag are not concentric, otherwise the city of Laoag would not have been besieged for only a month and a half.

"We've lost too much wealth in a month and a half."

"Even the Spaniards began to brazenly embezzle our property."

Several wealthy Arab businessmen poured out their grievances.

"That's why we sent a merchant fleet out to test out, didn't we?" A businessman pouted.

"If we do this under the noses of the Spaniards, then we should pay the price." Argyle said coldly.

"Then who will compensate for the losses of our Arabs, the Spaniards or those damned Han people outside the city?" The middle-aged rich businessman was very dissatisfied, and his fat body trembled.

"No one is going to compensate us for our losses, and even this war could cost us money." Jagley glanced at the man in disgust and said to the Arab merchants around him.

"No, Argyle, you are the president, and you must guarantee our net worth." As soon as these words came out, all the Arab businessmen were immediately anxious.

When the pirates first attacked the city of Laoag, the Arab merchants were indeed panicked, and as a result, they went out of their way to support the local Spanish army in Laoag.

But as time went on, especially after the pirates were unable to attack Laoag, the wealthy merchants began to show their fangs.

They took control of the grain market and drove up prices to make huge profits, and the local Spanish officials turned a blind eye to this in order to gain the support of the merchants, resulting in the merchants amassing a large amount of wealth in just over a month.

In other words, the wealth earned by the local merchants in Laoag in the month and a half was far greater than their losses.

Because they plundered the savings of a seaport city for tens or hundreds of years.

But now, Argyle says they're about to go bankrupt.

This can make these money-hungry Arab businessmen anxious.

"Those Han people are not pirates, and even if they break through the city of Laoag, they will not kill all of us." An elderly wealthy Arab businessman muttered.

"Abdler, you're old fool, aren't you? Even your ears are not clear, don't you know what happened to Wigan. ”

The Ming army's extermination of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce had already reached the ears of the merchants of Laoag City, and although Laoag City was blocked, the merchants still had various channels to learn about what was happening outside the city.

"Then you think the Spaniards will let us go, don't forget, when we had six captains, eleven sailors were hanged on the docks." Argyle replied.

All of a sudden, the whole street fell silent, and everyone was silent, as if they were thinking about something.