Chapter 454: Luzon lying on the gold mine

Luzon, Manila.

Architecturally, it is rare to see Arabized and Indianized architecture here, and all kinds of X-Christian temples have disappeared.

Even the inscriptions and non-Chinese style tombstones were all smashed, and not a single brick or tile was preserved.

If you don't know the history of Luzon, perhaps many people will feel that this is the homeland of the Chinese kingdom.

Because of the red brick buildings that can be seen everywhere, even the signs on the road and the city plan are the same as those in Meaux.

In addition to the short hair and short clothes, only the merchants of the Ming Kingdom still wore Ming costumes, and a few other styles of clothing were almost outliers.

Before Yan Zheng attacked Luzon, he gave a special task to require the demolition of all non-Chinese buildings and the destruction of all books and steles with foreign languages.

Most of the former indigenous adult males are now buried in large pits in and around Manila.

After destroying everything, the immigrants of the Huaxia Kingdom built everything that belonged to the Huaxia Kingdom, they lived in red brick houses, and the streets became Chinese.

Except that the wife is indigenous, it seems that nothing related to the indigenous can be found, and the only remaining indigenous can still be seen at the beginning of the city's reconstruction, and when the reconstruction is over, they are all driven to the plantation.

No one knows what happened here, and no one knows that when the rubble is gone, there was a different scene, like a gust of wind that blew everything away.

No one cares what the natives think, the immigrants who get the land, the immigrants who get the mother-in-law, they only care about what they get, as for the destruction of a race, what does it have to do with me?

Natural selection, survival of the fittest! The self-created created world, how many races have been destroyed in the long river of history, why can't your race enter this heavenly cycle?

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In the government building, Chen An was flipping through the economic situation of the month, while still writing a work report.

The biggest expansion in recent years has been in Luzon, where they have discovered several gold and silver mines deep in the mountains near Hawksman.

"The Ronin Who Started from Douluo"

The armed immigrants led by the leader of Mona have also subdued many headhunters, and at this moment they are a tyrant in the deep mountains, and their blood sacrifice to the ancestral spirit has also been changed to once a year.

Without the interference of the headhunters, Yan Zheng sent three battalions of troops to be stationed there, capturing a large number of natives and transporting a large number of Japanese laborers.

Last month, a road was finally dug to connect the port of Hawksman, so that the nearest gold mine could transport the gold out.

They also found a place deep in the mountains, which was very pleasant, with flat terrain, warm in winter and cool in summer.

After Chen An reported, Yan Zheng named the place Baguio and ordered a battalion to be sent in.

In later generations, this place was also called Baguio, and Yan Zheng once read about this place in a travel advertisement introducing Southeast Asia.

So as soon as they heard that it was warm in winter and cool in summer, they knew that they had discovered a treasure in Luzon.

And the place where the Mona leader found the dog's head gold is the Anta Mauku mine in the east of Baguio, which has been mined for nearly 300 years.

What's even more rare is that there are several large gold mines in the area around Baguio, which are not far from the port!

There are not only gold mines, but also copper and silver mines, which almost control this area, bringing in large quantities of gold, silver and copper every year.

In his debriefing report, Chen An proposed the establishment of a second city in Luzon, and the focus of future immigration must include Baguio in addition to Manila.

It's really Baguio, a place that was born to control the gold and silver. The land there is fertile and flat, and a little development can ensure the supply of grain, and it is located on the main transportation route, so the gold and silver collected in the rest of the place can be transported to Baguio and concentrated, and then transferred back to Dongqin through the port of Yumao.

"Xiao Zhao, this time I will go back to report on my work, there are a few incidents in Luzon, you remember to keep an eye on them." After writing the debriefing report, Chen An put down his pen and said to his secretary Zhao Mei.

Zhao Mei was the last of the first civil service exams, and she chose to come to Luzon, where she was soon promoted to secretary to the governor.

"Uh-huh, Governor Chen, you say!" She quickly pulled out her notebook.

Chen An said with a smile: "Luzon this time, is to usher in a big opportunity for development, I will go back to report on work, I will definitely find the king to ask for another policy, this is mainly the matter of grain, you grasp it, let them implement the order of grain planting, so that they do not plant so much sugarcane and spices this year!" In the past two years, I don't know how many people will be sent! Food is the first priority in these two years, otherwise, we will not be able to settle people when they come! ”

Zhao Mei nodded and said: "There are several departments in charge of this matter, I will let people go down to visit in a few days, if there is any non-compliance, just catch a few typical examples!" ”

Chen An praised: "You can do this! There is also a need to change the policy of the quarantine area, to isolate in multiple places, these people come from the war zone, and what they are most afraid of is what epidemic they will bring! So notify the various settlements and ask them to prepare a quarantine zone. At least how many ships are to be drawn, you let them calculate! ”

"Do all the armed settlements in the north have to build quarantine zones?" Zhao Mei brushed and wrote.

"Yes! Establish the system first, and when it will always be useful in the future, those armed settlements cannot just take advantage of the benefits and not pay for the government at all! ”

Chen An knocked on the copper pen and said, "As for this last one!" Spread the news to those merchants and adventurers who want to form a group to cut down Sumu and fragrant wood, and say that the Luzon government buys women and strong laborers from them at a high price, and as long as they are caught, they can sell them to us! ”

Zhao Mei nodded, this is to advance further into the forest, the natives inside are really annoying.

As a person who has read pamphlets such as "Ten Diaries of Luzon", "Three Massacres of Jawa" and "Thirteen Hairpins of Nanyang", Zhao Mei does not have much sympathy for these natives.

Under the demonized propaganda, the two concepts of Huaxia and "non-Huaxia" have always been clearly distinguished.

In the process of colonization, such demonized rumors also reduced the psychological burden of immigrants, and thousands of years later, perhaps these rumors will be regarded as historical facts!

It can only be said that strength is fundamental, and without strength there is nothing.

The colonization of the Chinese State is more vicious than that of the Western colonizers, because Yan Zheng is colonizing on the one hand, and whitewashing on the other, and the implementation of certain policies is even more blue.

No one knows colonization better than Huaxia!

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Two days later, on his way back to Dongqin to report on his work, Chen An deliberately stopped at the port of Xuanmao.

There are still officers here, and the battalion led by Zhang Sanfeng is stationed here, and they have been purging the surrounding natives for the past time.

When he saw Chen An coming, he quipped, "How can the governor be interested in coming over to take a look?" ”

Chen An didn't say much, looked at the fortress building in front of him and said, "There will be no problems with the transshipment and storage of gold, right?" ”

"Rest assured, after being melted from the mine, it is placed in a special box, and the keyhole is filled with lead, and no one is allowed to open the seal during the whole process. It was transported to Baguio first, and then it was transported here with an armed escort. A few natives on the way don't pose any threat at all! Zhang Sanfeng said with a smile.

Chen An said: "We have a gold mining area in Dongqin, there is not much gold produced there, and the Luzon gold mine is related to the financial lifeline of the national government, I can only tell you that the national government will come to mine the gold mine here at all costs in the future!" Although I don't know what monetary reform does, I have written many letters from the monarch that are concerned about the output of gold mines! ”

"You just put your heart in your stomach, with us, we can ensure that the gold mines here can be used by the country!"

Chen An asked again: "What about the labor mortality rate?" Is it still high? ”

"The mortality rate has dropped a bit, mainly because we don't have to build roads in threatening areas, but mainly because of malaria. The original dried betel nut and stinkwood can only play a preventive role, but the stinkwood extractor is very effective, but it can only be supplied to soldiers and overseers! ”

"Alas, I can't care so much!" Chen An also sighed, laborers are all laborers, and dying in vain is equivalent to property loss.

"What about the chief? It's okay to live in the mountains, right? ”

Zhang Sanfeng smiled and said: "I traded once last month, and he seems to have given birth to another son, saying that he has a very good life, but he is a little wrong with drinking!" ”

Chen An also smiled, in the dense forest not far from Baguio, Yan Zheng personally divided an autonomous region, and asked the leader to maintain the custom of headhunting in it.

"Okay, I'll take all the gold collected this time back with me! I have to let you see, our efforts have not been in vain! ”

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