After staying for some time, Gore finally left Laoag.

The war in Luzon allowed him to make a lot of profits.

In particular, the mountains of goods such as spices and cotton cloth in the port of Manila were bought by these East Indian merchants at low prices.

Selling to the East Indies or Chinese mainland is another sky-high price.

However, in these troubled times, the only company that could do this kind of business was the East India Company.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since the Ming army took Laoag.

The merchant fleet that had escorted Spanish merchants to Manila also returned.

The Manila authorities also followed the rules, and all the thousands of Chinese businessmen imprisoned in Manila were released.

It happened that the Ming fleet took them back to Manila and other northern Luzon towns.

Most of these Chinese businessmen were thin and skinny, and there was no glimmer of light in their eyes after seeing the merchant fleet of the Ming army.

Although the Manila authorities did not execute these Chinese businessmen, they did not make them feel better, and the Manila authorities did not hesitate to seize the wealth of the Chinese businessmen, just like the Ming army's seizure of the assets of the Spanish businessmen in Manila.

At the same time, most of these Chinese were tortured in prison, and dozens of people died from injuries and malaria on the sea route back to Laoag from Manila.

When the thousands of Chinese businessmen came to Laoag, the merchants of the Four Seas Commercial Bank who were in charge of greeting them were all shocked.

The Chinese merchants who got off the boat were unclothed, skinny, and some were even wounded, lying on stretchers and carried by the Ming soldiers.

Seeing this scene, the merchants of the four sea trading houses were shocked and scared for a while.

The Chinese businessmen living in Manila were much higher than the Chinese in northern Luzon.

But the scene in front of them is difficult to connect them with the merchants in fine clothes and fine food.

At the same time, he also felt a burst of joy that he took the lead in defecting to the Ming army.

Fortunately, the Viganhua people chose to support the Ming army and tied themselves to the chariot of the Ming army.

If you really listen to the temptation of the Spaniards and go to Manila, I am afraid that this will be the fate of yourself.

With the stark contrast of this scene, the Chinese businessmen of the Four Seas Commercial Bank became more obedient to Liu Yu.

Originally, Liu Yu established the Four Seas Commercial Bank, forcibly tied the Chinese in Weigan and other places to the chariots of the Ming army, and continuously sucked the blood of the Chinese merchants, which caused the local Chinese merchants to be angry and resentful.

But after seeing the tragic scene of their counterparts in Manila, the Chinese businessmen present suddenly felt that Liu Yu was simply a living Bodhisattva.

Not only did they not put them on death row, but they did not even embezzle their property in the open.

The assets of these Chinese businessmen living in Manila have naturally been embezzled by the Spaniards and the local chamber of commerce.

It was impossible for the Ming soldiers to help the Chinese merchants regain their assets, after all, it was quite good for the Spaniards to let them go, and it was impossible to make them spit out.

This made the Chinese businessmen secretly feel lucky, and even privately felt that it was appropriate to give the Ming army food, grass and silver, after all, it was already tied to the same chariot with the Ming army, and it belonged to both loss and glory.

For example, businessmen who took the lead in taking refuge in Liu Yu, such as Su Langqing, have an even bigger family business than before.

The Chinese businessmen who returned from Manila were soon accepted by the Four Seas Trading Company.

After all, they are all Chinese who do business in Luzon, and living under the exploitation and rule of the Spaniards all year round can be regarded as sympathy, but the merchants of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce are more fortunate.

They met the Ming army earlier and were sheltered by the Ming army, while the Chinese merchants in Manila were robbed of their assets and lived in a dark water prison, worse than death.

Even the older generation in Zhaozhou, who have lived in Luzon for decades, are grateful to Liu Yu.

After all, Liu Yu can completely ignore the life and death of these Chinese businessmen in Manila.

He could exchange these hundreds of Spanish merchants from Manila for a large amount of gold and silver, jewelry, and even firearms and warships.

But Liu Yu chose to redeem these thousands of Chinese businessmen.

This kind of kindness makes the older generation of Chinese living in Luzon feel an inexplicable emotion.

"These Franc Robot people are really Rakshasas, evil ghosts." Looking at these scrawny Chinese on the dock, Su Langqing was grief-stricken.

The family's business is not only in Laoag, but also in Manila.

The vast majority of the ethnic group also live in Manila City.

In fact, there are not many Chinese businessmen living in Laoag, Vigan and other places.

Some of them traded in these coastal towns, but most of them were aware of the news of the Spaniards and fled Manila in a hurry.

As a result, most of these merchants in Manila are related to each other.

Looking at the tragic appearance of these Chinese businessmen, Liu Yu also had a trace of anger.

Although he seized the property of the Spaniards such as Laoag, he did not torture the Spaniards in Laoag.

The Spaniards who boarded the merchant ships bound for Manila from the Laaag pier were all shiny and gorgeously dressed.

Spanish merchants and their families were even allowed to keep some personal belongings.

Before leaving, Liu Yu also gave them some wine that he had collected from the cellar of the Laoag mansion.

Look at everything you did with good intentions, and then look at the miserable appearance of these Chinese businessmen in the port.

Liu Yu always felt as if he was a little cheap.

The captain of the ship, who had just been in charge of transporting the merchants back to Laoag, also reported.

Along the way, 71 Chinese died on the road because of their injuries or diseases.

"Su Langqing, let the Chamber of Commerce treat these Chinese businessmen well, give them the best medicine and food, as for housing."

"Anyway, the Spanish businessmen have already gotten out, so let's assign their houses to these Chinese businessmen to live in."

Liu Yu couldn't bear to look at the scene on the dock anymore, and turned to Su Lang and instructed.

"Understood, sir." Su Langqing nodded and replied.

Maybe it's because of relatives or sympathy, the Chamber of Commerce is also a proper arrangement for these thousands of Chinese businessmen.

In just one day, these thousands of Chinese businessmen settled down.

These people are not only businessmen, but many are also family members of merchants.

It is also quite troublesome to let the Ming Court come forward to deal with it, and it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for the Chamber of Commerce to come forward.

Shortly after the merchant fleet escorted the Chinese merchants from Manila back to Laoag, the Three Towns Naval Division led by Xiao Wu also returned to Laoag.

This time, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce led by Liu Yu and the local officials of Laoag greeted them together.

"Qin Guogong." Seeing Xiao Wu walking forward with a high spirit, Liu Yu hurriedly greeted him.

Since the last time a pirate alliance such as the Black Flag Gang was ambushed by the Ming army and the Spanish navy in the area of Laoag, the pirates have fallen apart.

The battered pirate gang was broken up and operated off the coast of Luzon.

This undoubtedly gave the Ming army's naval division a great opportunity to train the troops.

In a month and a half, the Ming Army's Three Towns Naval Division basically eliminated the pirate forces along the northern coast of Luzon.

"What, Li Tianyou is dead." Liu Yu was taken aback.

"Hmm." Xiao Wu nodded.

The mighty Luzon pirate died.

And he did not die under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, but at the hands of Muhanvili, the second leader of the Black Flag Gang.

"Li Tianyou lost too many henchmen in the first battle of Laoag, and he was surrounded and suppressed by my Daming Sailor, and his vitality was already greatly damaged, so it is not uncommon to be killed by an ambitious subordinate." Xiao Wuzhi was not surprised by this.

After Li Tianyou's death, the Black Flag Gang fell into the hands of Muhamvili.

The battered Black Flag Gang and some of its affiliated pirate forces finally chose to submit to the Ming army.

In a one-and-a-half-month naval battle, dozens of pirate forces, large and small, were wiped out, and the sea troubles in the northern Luzon region were basically eliminated.

More than 200 pirate ships of all sizes were captured, more than 1,000 pirates were captured, dozens of artillery pieces of various types, and countless weapons.

As for the Ming army, it sank only a few clippers and a bird boat, and folded dozens of sailors.

"Most of the pirates captured this time are willing to pledge allegiance to the Ming Court, and now is the time when the Ming Court is in dire need of personnel, so I hope to be able to form a new water town and let them work for the Ming Dynasty." Xiao Wu saluted King Lu and said respectfully.

In this regard, King Lu could only nod.

Last time, he vaguely remembered that he had sealed Li Tianyou a black flag town.

Unexpectedly, Li Tianyou was playing with him.

However, this time, the thousands of pirates who were captured by the Ming army had no way to live except for their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.

It just so happens that the Ming army is also short of manpower, and it is not a good blade to be able to use these brave and warlike pirates.

Of course, the premise is that Xiao Wu can control this group of pirates.

Seeing that Liu Yu had no objection to this, Xiao Wu smiled and asked Xu Bin on the side to take out the Zhao Shu that had already been drafted.

In one go, two more water towns were formed.

"Congratulations to Qin Guogong, you have two towns, it's really like a tiger with wings." Liu Yu said with a smile.

"It's all for the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and I should go to the soup and fight the fire, and I will not give up." Xiao Wuyi said rightly.

"But now the money and food needed for the military strength of the several towns under the control of the Ming Court still need to be supplied by the Four Seas Commercial Bank." Xiao Wu looked at Liu Yu and laughed.

"Old fox." Liu Yu scolded secretly.

Nowadays, the expenses of the military towns of the Luzon and Ming dynasties are basically raised by the towns themselves.

Liu Yu commanded several towns, and Liu Yu was naturally responsible for raising money and grain for the military towns through the Four Seas Commercial Bank.

The military town under Xiao Wu's command had relied on pirates before, and now the city of Laoag was transfused with blood to supply military money and food.

Seeing that Liu Yu had made a lot of money in the Four Seas Commercial Bank, Xiao Wu naturally had the intention to intervene.

Xu Bin, who is a subordinate, has some talents, and he also has some contacts with the Four Seas Commercial Bank.

This made Liu Yu also vigilant.