In just one year, more than 3,000 Chinese businessmen or ordinary people came to live in Luzon.

Most of them live in the city of Laoag.

This has undoubtedly strengthened the city of Laoag and made it more prosperous.

"Your Excellency, the East India Company's fleet has come to the port of Laoag to see your Excellency." Wu Da hurriedly walked over and whispered a few words to Liu Yu.

"These English people are interesting, too, why do you have to see me?" Liu Yu shook his head and stood up.

The East India Company had already set up trading houses in Laoag and Vigan.

If there is something important that cannot be discussed with the officials of Beiting County, he will come to himself.

"My lord, this time Sir Gore himself is here." Wu Da on the side saw that Liu Yu's face was not good, and hurriedly spoke.

As soon as he heard that Sir Gore was coming, Liu Yu's expression improved a lot.

This Sir Gore was an important investor in the early Ming court.

It's been almost two years since I last came to Laoag.

Unexpectedly, this time Sir Gore would come in person, and Liu Yu naturally got up to greet him.

Liu Yu rode his horse out of the Governor's Mansion with the Iron Man Army and went straight to the port of Laoag.

Today, the port of Laoag is not inferior to the port of Manila.

At least after two years of repeated expansions.

It took over the South Seas trade of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and the Great Qing Kingdom, and even some of the East India Company and Dutch merchant ships came here.

Its merchant ships have even surpassed the Port of Manila.

As soon as they arrived at the port of Laoag, they saw a group of English merchants waiting at the docks.

"Sir Gore, long time no see, I miss it so much." Liu Yu hurriedly dismounted and greeted him with a big laugh.

On the dock, seeing Liu Yu coming over, the English businessmen present hurriedly saluted.

"You did it, Lord Governor." Sir Gore saluted Liu Yu.

"Today's Laoag is no worse than Manila."

"It's the second pearl of the Far East."

Hearing this, Liu Yu also laughed out loud and hurriedly shook Sir Gore's hand.

"This is also thanks to the help of the East India Company, if the East India Company had not brought so many South Sea merchant ships to the port of Laoag, I am afraid that it would be impossible to sustain it from all over the world."

The two of them said as they walked, and headed straight for the East India Company Merchant House.

It wasn't until they entered the English Mercantile that the two stopped complimenting each other.

"This time, Sir Gore came to Laoag in person, probably not for business, right?" Liu Yu personally poured a cup of black tea for Sir Gore.

Sir Gore nodded nondeniably.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this time I went to Laoag on my own, and indeed not just for trade."

"Oh!" Liu Yu frowned, it seems that it is really nothing good for these East India Company merchants to come to Laoag.

"Remember your armistice pact with the Manila authorities?" Sir Gore took a sip of his tea and spoke.

Liu Yu nodded, that time, two years had passed since the truce of Laoag was signed.

The Manila authorities were honest, and the colonists of the Manila authorities did not have the ability to go north.

"I remember telling you that Spain is an empire and that Manila is just a jewel in the crown of the empire." Lord Gore said.

Hearing this, Liu Yu already had a bad feeling.

"The Spanish expeditionary fleet has arrived in the East Indies."

Hearing this, Liu Yu's heart seemed to be beaten heavily, and he was a little out of breath.

"When?" Liu Yu asked.

"Two months ago." Gordau.

Two months ago, if this was the case, the Spanish reinforcements were now on the way to Manila.

"At the time I left the East Indies, the Spanish fleet was still in Goa, and it seemed that they were still there to supply supplies and maintain trade, and Manila was their last stop." Sir Gore continued.

"What does the East India Company think?" Liu Yu asked.

Sir Gore shrugged helplessly and waved his hand.

"You know very well that our war with the Wolmore Empire has cost the East India Company so much that it is impossible to help you, hostile to the Spaniards, and most importantly, we have no obligation to do so." Sir Gore said indifferently.

"Then sir, please think about the size of the Spanish fleet that came to Manila this time?"

"There were about ten battleships and thousands of officers and men, and this time, King Carlos II of Spain was really furious." Sir Gore smiled indifferently.

"Looks like the King of Spain really thinks of me." Liu Yu sneered.

To tell the truth, the main forces of the Ming army's naval divisions were fighting outside, and the defense of the port was very empty.

If the Manila authorities were to attack north by land in the Banggui area, the Ming army would still be able to fight positional warfare with the Spaniards by defending the city.

But if the Spaniards were desperate and the navy went all the way from Manila to the port of Laoag, then the Ming army really had no choice.

"Thank you Sir Gore, if it weren't for Sir Gore's kind reminder, I'm afraid that according to the Ming court's reaction, it would not have been possible to find out that the Spanish reinforcements had arrived in the Far East."

This is indeed the advantage of the West.

Today's Ming Court is an afterthought for the dynamics of Nanyang and even the whole world.

After all, the tentacles of the Ming court are only in Luzon, Annam and Qiongzhou.

Basically, it revolves around the entire South China Sea, and the broader South Pacific and Indian Oceans are really not capable of being touched by the Ming court.

Even many of the things that happened in the Far East, the Ming court was basically in a state of hindsight.

Even the war between the East India Company and the Wolmore Empire was learned from the British Merchant House.

Of course, this kind of hindsight also has to be compared with whom, if it is compared with the Qing Dynasty, then the Ming Court is really open to see the world, and the public opinion of Nanyang is in my hands.

"Sir Gore personally arrived at Laoag this time, probably not just to inform the arrival of Spanish reinforcements." Liu Yu glanced at the English businessman in front of him and said with a smile.

"Of course, in fact, the East India Company preferred to do business in Nanyang and the Ming Court than the Spaniards." Lord Gore said.

"Of course, the tariff at our Laoag port is a full half less than that at the port of Manila, and the taxes paid by English merchants in Laoag City are much lower than those in Manila City. Liu Yu said.

"Not bad!" Gore nodded.

"You know, we don't want to be hostile to the Spaniards, especially now that the war with the Wolmore Empire has just ended." Gore said with a grimace.

Liu Yu nodded, in fact, the East India Company was able to stand on the side of the Luzon Ming Court, which had already satisfied Liu Yu, as for letting the East India Company join forces with him to fight the Spaniards, it was really unrealistic.

"We know that the Ming Court lacks good soldiers with high quality, so this time we bring a well-equipped soldier." Gordau.

"Oh!" Liu Yu was a little surprised.

"They are all prisoners of war from the Wolmore Empire, persuaded by our East India Company to come to Luzon voluntarily, and you only need to pay their daily salaries."

"Rest assured, these imperial warriors are good at using muskets and artillery, and we also know that the Ming army is on an expedition, and the city of Laoag is in dire need of a large number of high-quality soldiers."

"The East India Company is really a helper." Liu Yu nodded.

Today, Luzon does lack high-quality soldiers.

After all, the Irok natives on the island are indeed a little out of touch with this era, and the Ming army does not have the energy to teach these Ilok natives soldiers to use firearms.

"In addition, we brought with us three hundred arquebuses and two hundred barrels of gunpowder, as well as ten twelve-and-a-half-pounder cannons and two twenty-four-pounder bronze cannons."

Hearing this, Liu Yu also understood the reason why this Sir Gore came all the way to Laoag.

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