Laoag Seaport,

Due to the recent unpeaceful waters off Luzon, many merchant ships have temporarily anchored at the wharf, and the wealthy merchants in the city are eagerly awaiting the change of situation.

These rich merchants were not worried about whether the Ming army could exterminate the pirates, after all, even the Spaniards were expelled by the Ming army, and how could a few pirates defeat the Ming army.

In fact, the pirates' counterattack did not really choke the shipping lanes.

Laoag and Vigan are both on the northwest coast of Luzon, and it is a big deal that merchant ships do not go through the Babuyan Strait, and they can reach Vigan directly from Laoag to bypass the western waters of Luzon, and even reach Manila City by some more sea routes.

Coupled with the reconstruction and opening of Mingcheng during this period, a new land trade route from Laoag to Vigan to Mingcheng was opened up by the Ming army and Tufan laborers.

In addition, the Spaniards were very peaceful during this time, so there was a brief period of peace on Luzon.

Many wealthy merchants turned their attention to the traditional overland trade routes.

The containment of shipping eventually ushered in the opening of overland trade routes, which was a blessing in misfortune, at least for the merchants of Shanhai.

However, for the land and sea and the mountains and seas that were engaged in the business of the Ming army, the battle in the Babuyan Strait made them want to cry without tears.

You must know that they smuggled goods from the mainland to Luzon basically through the Pabuyan Islands, and now the pirates and Ming army sailors are fighting to the death on the Babuyan Islands, and this sea route is naturally not gone.

The anxious merchants of Lu Hai circled around the docks all day long, but Liu Yu explicitly ordered Lu Hai not to go to sea on the grounds of pirate attacks.

"Yes, the rice, leather, gunpowder, etc. on the three big ships must be sent to Dayu Island." On the wharf, Su Langqing counted the list of goods carried by the ships that were about to go to sea.

At this time, there is no one who can go to sea than Minghai, but this concession is really crying for many Minghai merchant ship owners.

Because they were delivered to the Ming army sailors, you must know that the Ming army sailors in the Luzon Sea fought to the death with Muhanvili, the big pirate leader.

These unarmed galleons loaded with food, gunpowder and herbs crossed the Babuyan Strait to Dayu Island, and if they met a pirate ship on the way, they would be dead.

Su Langqing was still counting the amount of goods, and several merchant ship owners on the side stood there one by one.

"The town of the sailor seems to have gone to the islands further north to exterminate the pirates, and if the sailor is not there after arriving on Dayu Island, you can leave directly after unloading the goods."

Su Langqing naturally knew that Xiao Wuqin led the main fleet north to exterminate the pirates, and there were not many Ming troops stationed on Dayu Island now, but the supplies that should be sent still had to be delivered.

At present, the Ming army and sailors stationed on many islands off the coast of Luzon are stationed, clothed, fed, housed, and transported, and their supplies all depend on the transportation of the Ming Sea.

It can be said that the sea is the logistics department of the Ming army, and it is the most special and life-and-death branch of the four seas.

With such an important Ming Hai, Liu Yu handed over to Su Langqing, which naturally was his trust in Su Langqing.

Su Langqing naturally will not live up to Liu Yu's trust, but the merchant shipowners in the Ming Sea are always just merchants, and if you let these merchants fight behind the Ming army and deliver goods with pirates' knives, it is at the risk of losing your head.

Su Langqing had no choice, knowing that Xiao Wu was fighting in the seas further north, but he could only send grain and grass supplies to Dayu Island, at least no matter whether the Ming army returned from a big victory or not, he could get supplies in time.

As for the sea area further north of Dayu Island, there is no way to do it in the Ming Sea.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that pirates are frequently active, we must be more careful, and we must send the grain and grass materials of the three big ships to Dayu Island, and the supply of the sailors and towns depends on you."

Su Langqing is very grateful to these merchant ship owners who dare to go to sea to transport supplies for the Ming army, after all, six merchant ships have been looted, and the shipowners and sailors are not alive or dead.

"It's all for the Ming Court." A wealthy middle-aged businessman with a sturdy physique smiled and spoke.

"My lord, there are several merchant ships coming into port." Suddenly, a local indigenous officer ran over.

"Oh." Su Langqing was shocked when he heard this, there were still merchant ships entering Laoag at this time.

The entry and exit of ships in the port of Laoag has always been in charge of Wu Da and Su Langqing, who are also Liu Yu's cronies.

The local Tufan merchants of Luzon or the merchant ships of the Arabs were in charge of the voyage or port of the Uda Uda and the Sulangqing was in charge of all the Chinese merchants who went to the South Seas to Laoag.

Su Langqing couldn't help but look at the sea in the distance, but several three-masted ships loomed on the rippling blue sea.

"Looking at the style of the ship, it seems to be a wide ship."

Su Langqing is no stranger to this kind of ship, most of the merchant ships that go to the South Seas from the mainland and Guangdong are Cantonese ships, and even the smuggling ships on land and sea are mainly Cantonese ships.

"Where did the fleet come from and what for?" Su Langqing glanced at the Tufan official.

"Coming from Dongpu, he said that he was a Chinese businessman who came to Laoag to do business." The Tufan official was a mixture of Chinese and local native women, and because he was familiar with Chinese characters and Min and Cantonese, he also became a port official after the Ming army took over Laoag.

"Let them in."

Although the pirates have been making trouble off the coast of Luzon these days, they will never dare to come to Laoag and give the pirates ten heads.

In addition, Su Langqing also knew the name of Dongpu, and he couldn't help but be a little curious about these Dongpu visitors.

He hurriedly sent someone to inform Liu Yu that if there was a merchant fleet entering the port to trade in the past, unless it was the fleet of the East India Company or the Spaniards or the Dutch in Batavia, there was basically no need to send someone to inform Liu Yu.

However, these merchants who stayed outside the port of Laoag and claimed to be from Dongpu made Su Langqing have to pay attention to it, and specially sent someone to the governor's mansion to inform Liu Yu.

Several merchant ship owners also retreated with interest, and they still had to tell their families some things before going to sea, so they didn't bother Su Langqing.

When Su Langqing agreed to enter the harbor of the merchant fleet, the sailors on a sampan immediately left the dock to report the news.

Su Langqing was on the dock, during this time, the number of ships going down to the South Seas has decreased sharply, and even the ships on land and sea dare not cross the Babuyan Islands, and these ships from Dongpu dare to come to Laoag, which makes Su Langqing a little curious.

Soon the ships entered the harbor, and several sampans took seven or eight people from the ships and rushed to the docks.

Su Langqing hurriedly greeted him, and the person who landed in front of him was obviously dressed like a Chinese, which made Su Langqing breathe a sigh of relief.

But when he saw the appearance of the first person, he was stunned.

It's not that Su Langqing recognizes the Chinese businessman in front of him, but that the Chinese businessman in front of him is too old.

The merchant who came down from the sampan had gray temples and a face full of vicissitudes, but his body was exceptionally strong, and there was no death in his twilight years.

This surprised Su Langqing, after all, the businessmen who go to sea are basically young and middle-aged, even the shipowners and businessmen are also middle-aged, after all, the sea journey is extremely risky, and such an old man still goes to sea, not to mention anything else, this courage makes Su Langqing admire.

He hurriedly stepped forward to ask in Cantonese, and those people were obviously headed by the old man.

After seeing Su Langqing's inquiry, the old man just smiled slightly and said, "I waited for the Ming people to come from Dongpu, and on the order of Yang Yandi, the leader of the Ming people in Dongpu, I came to Lawag to meet the king of Laoag. The old man smiled and whispered.

The king of Laoag, this title is the title given to Liu Yu, the ruler of northern Luzon by the Spaniards of Manila and the East India Company, after all, he took the northern part of Luzon in a short period of time, and built a northern coastal town of Laoag into a trading sea city second only to Manila, so the Europa people of the South Seas gave Liu Yu a resounding name.

Liu Yu couldn't laugh or cry at this.