The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce recruits mercenaries, but it can only be selected from the soldiers who have retired from the Ming army.

All guns and cannons purchased at high prices from the Firearms Division can only be used by mercenaries.

In disguise, in fact, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce spent a lot of money to hire Ming troops to protect itself.

This is fundamentally different from the Western mercenaries of the same period.

The most important thing is that every time a merchant ship of the Chamber of Commerce goes to sea, there must be mercenaries to follow and protect it, which also makes every voyage of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, whether it is the route or the goods on board, the destination Ming Ting knows it well.

The high-level of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

"If Ming Ting really has this intention, then wouldn't my Yuanhai really become the head of the four seas." Zhao Tianming suddenly burst out laughing.

"How long will it take for the fleet to return to Lasag?" Zhao Tianming's first mate on the side asked.

"If the wind is favorable, you can reach the waters of Luzon in about 20 days." The first mate on the side replied.

"Good, good."

"When we return to Laoag, we will discuss with the owners of the ships in the open sea, and we will also make corresponding preparations, right?" After Zhao Tianming listened to Wang Zhu's opinion, he was immediately full of pride.

Compared with the other three seas, Yuanhai has the most wealthy merchants, the most silver taels, and the most connections among the four seas.

It can be seen from the two envoys to the Nanyang forces, and the Ming court appointed the far sea.

The strength of the far sea is indeed the best in the world.

If the Ming court really wanted to delegate power to Yunhai, he acquiesced to Yuanhai to become the East India Company of the Ming Dynasty.

Then, the far sea may really be able to dominate the South Seas.

"Ship Master Zhao, this is just my speculation, as for what the Governor does, how will I know?" Wang Zhu smiled, only feeling that Zhao Tianming was too anxious.

"In your opinion, what should I do when I return to Laoag this time?" Zhao Tianming hurriedly held Wang Zhu's hand and humbly asked for advice.

Wang Zhu suddenly showed a smile that was imperceptible to others, let go of Zhao Tianming's hand, and stretched out two fingers.

"Obedient!"

"Obedient?" Zhao Tianming nodded thoughtfully.

"Sihai is just four dogs raised by the Ming Court."

"It's just that these four dogs are not used to watch the family and the courtyard, but to help Mingting, a hunter, go hunting."

"It's just that the dog in the far sea is stronger and more ferocious, and naturally hits the most prey, so the hunter Ming Ting naturally loosened the chain around his neck."

Wang Zhu suddenly turned pale as he spoke, and his eyes became gloomy.

"That doesn't mean that the dog in the far sea can be a wolf."

"The old man understands what you mean, most of our family's property is in Luzon."

"Even if the Ming court really delegates power to us, we still have to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and be the most loyal servants of the Ming court." Zhao Tianming said with a smile.

"When I waited for the merchant ship to leave Laoag, my Ming sailor was on an expedition to Jiading, presumably at this time, the Ming court had already conquered Jiading and was preparing to conquer Taqing in the north." Wang Zhu suddenly changed his words and talked about the Ming court's expedition to Dongpu.

"Well, Wang Shi's northern expedition to Taqing is imminent, and I should pay 200,000 taels of silver as military pay in the open sea, and at the same time send 20 merchant ships and 700 sailors to assist the Daming Naval Division in the expedition to Taqing." Zhao Tianming said righteously.

"It's not a light gift." Wang Zhu also nodded, looking at the school of sharks swimming on the sea not far away.

Luzon, Vigan City

Liu Quan was inspecting an infantry under the city at the top of the city.

This is the officers and soldiers of Weiwu Town that were formed after the fall.

Unlike the sailors who were frantically expanding their army, after taking Laoag to pacify the war in northern Luzon, the Luzon Ming Army was snubbed by the Ming court.

Except that all the elite troops of each town were transferred to Huben Town, making Huben Town a big town.

The other towns, whether they are mighty towns or auxiliary towns, have been greatly weakened by the fact that the elites have been transferred to Huben Town.

As a result, for a period of time, the combined strength of the two towns was only a thousand people.

And now the Ming court has frequent expeditions, and a large number of naval warships have been transferred overseas.

Correspondingly, some elite army town troops were also successively dispatched to follow the Daming Water Division to fight in Annam.

This overstretched the strength of the Ming army town on the island.

Some of the Fan Societies that were originally guarded by Ming officers and soldiers also had to appoint local Fan people to form township soldiers to maintain order.

The evacuation of the Ming officers and soldiers naturally made the rebel forces in various parts of the society increasingly rampant, and many of them even had cases of bandits looting villages and killing Ming officials.

There have even been three fan societies that refuse to pay taxes, which makes Liu Quan furious.

"Your Excellency doesn't need to worry, it's just a few bandits, as soon as my Ming King arrives, I will definitely kill all these bandits." The general of Weiwu Town looked at the officers and soldiers of Weiwu Town who were out of the city and spoke.

Although the town's troops were only 800, it was more than enough to deal with the bandits.

Thanks to the prosperity of the shipping of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, large timber from all over the South Seas was continuously transported to Luzon, and the iron-smelting plant in the suburbs of Laoag also began to expand its production, providing pig iron every month, and wrought iron for the firearms department to cast artillery.

Compared with the production capacity of the previous two months, the output of the firearms division this month has even more than doubled.

Although the heavy artillery firearms division such as the Zhennan General Cannon and the Tiger Ben Cannon still has limited production capacity.

However, medium-caliber guns such as the Big Buddha Lang cannon (six pounder) and the Fikcollin cannon were already basically capable of equipping the entire army, and there were even some surpluses that were sold to merchant ships from all over the world as escort artillery.

And small pound artillery such as the Little Franc machine gun, the Ming army could even be delegated to basic combat units such as the Concord or even the squad to be used as an auxiliary defense artillery.

It is only a small town of 800 people, and it is also equipped with more than 30 guns, and the density of firepower is staggering.

Of course, these 800 people are actually just the normal troop configuration of Weiwu Town.

The men who escorted the artillery and gunpowder and the wagons were not counted.

In other words, all logistics units were not included in the establishment of the Ming army.

Therefore, this time, the combat strength of those who went out of the city was only 800 people, but the number of baggage personnel who escorted artillery, grain and grass in logistics was as high as nearly 2,000 people.

"It's just a few societies making trouble, is it necessary to mobilize the people so much?" A local official looked at the mighty Ming army under the city and said in a chilled tone.

The army doesn't need money to pull out, so many people, so many mouths, how many taels of silver does it cost?

It's just a few raw shots, as for it?

"You know what? Our Ming court is about to conquer the Taqing in the north, and General Liu is consolidating the southern border to deter the small ones. A military general glanced at the household official and scolded angrily.

The official instantly closed his mouth, the current Luzon Ming court military generals are the mainstay, civilian officials are auxiliary, and the civil official system even has to rely on the merchants of the four seas and the local Tufan to maintain its operation, so there is no need to talk about going against these arrogant and domineering military generals.

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