The Luzon in Da Ming's mouth was the later Philippines, a place rich in servants.

At this time, Luzon had been colonized for decades since the Spanish invasion of Manila during the Ming Dynasty.

In the past few decades, a relatively bad incident has occurred, that is, the massacre of overseas Chinese by the Spaniards in the 31st year of Wanli.

Speaking of the cause, it is also quite ridiculous.

Originated from a carpenter named Zhang Wei, this guy through the relationship of some officials, to the emperor said that there is a Jiyi Mountain outside Haicheng County, Fujian, where gold beans are produced, and suggested that the imperial court send people to dig gold.

Since the imperial court was indeed not wealthy, Wanli discussed with the minister, and despite the opposition, he sent a eunuch named Gao Yu, plus a county magistrate of Haicheng County, and led a group of people to Jiyi Mountain to look for gold mines.

Although I don't know if he has any misunderstanding of the concept of outside Fujian, this outside has directly gone to Luzon.

Let's not talk about whether there are gold mines, but let's talk about what kind of place is Luzon?

It was someone's territory, although it was known as the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but the discerning people knew that it was a lake. But Gao Yu doesn't understand this, he only knows that he is a person next to the emperor, and he can walk sideways in the Ming Dynasty, let alone your small vassal country?

He was acting in Manila with an unusually high profile, and he didn't care at all about the feelings of the Spaniards. Makes the Spaniards suspicious.

In the end, although Gao Yu and others found this Jiyi Mountain, they didn't even find a hair on the mountain. In the end, in order to make a difference, I dug up a basket of soil and brought it back.

They are gone, but the Chinese diaspora in Manila has suffered. All kinds of rumors spread around, saying that they were the meticulous work of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty sent people to find them to spy on intelligence, and then they would raise 100,000 troops to attack Manila, and then they would kill all the Spaniards together as internal responses. Then there were rumors among the overseas Chinese that the Spaniards were going to strike first and kill all the overseas Chinese in Manila.

The rumors made the overseas Chinese panic and decided to strike first and kill the Spaniards. But how could a group of carpenters, tailors, and men who had organized themselves beat the Spaniards with muskets, and moreover, besieged the city. It failed unsurprisingly, and nearly 20,000 people were slaughtered afterwards.

waited for someone to kill, and it was also enjoyable, and the Spaniard remembered that there was such a big tree as Daming behind these people.

They began to get scared, killing so many people at the gate of the house was not a trivial matter. What if Da Ming really raised 100,000 troops to fight him like the rumors he created?

So he began to strengthen the city wall on the one hand, and sent people to send letters to Daming on the other. It is said that the overseas Chinese rebellion in Manila had to be suppressed and some people died. Now we are ready to return the detainees. As a result, the letter was sent again and again, and there was not even a message.

The Spaniards spent more than a year in worry. It was not until the thirty-third year of Wanli that the Ming Dynasty's Xingshi asked for guilt belatedly. But there is only one letter, and the general content of the letter is this:

Luzon was originally a desert island infested with ghosts and wild beasts, but fortunately, the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty used to do business, and it slowly became a city. Our people of the Ming Dynasty also taught you to farm the land and build houses, so that you could gradually become rich. What is there about these people who are sorry for you that you should kill so many people?

We don't know what the cause of this fight was. Anyway, among the four types of people in the Ming Dynasty, merchants are lowly. They abandoned their families and spent their days on the seas, and everyone hated them. This kind of pariah, there is no pity if you don't want it, how can you mobilize people to fight for them?

How can they be untouchables and stir up a military revolution?

Look, there are so many levels!

In fact, Zhu Youzhen was quite speechless about Wanli's approach. Although it was true that it was unable to raise troops to fight at sea at that time, it could not be fought if it could not be fought, and it was necessary to say that the untouchables were not worth sending troops.

You say so, can those expatriates have a better life? How chilling?

At present, the people who went to Taiwan to ask to buy seeds were actually Spaniards, that is, the Francians in Da Ming's mouth at this time.

In fact, the Spaniards were deeply hostile to the Ming Dynasty, after all, they had just been driven out of Taiwan not long ago.

After being driven out of Taiwan, they didn't care much at first, because Taiwan was not as important as they thought. If you lose this chicken rib, you will lose it.

But within two years, they found out they were wrong.

Relying on Taiwan, not only the business of the Ming Dynasty is booming, but also the cargo ships flying the flag of global commerce and trade are constantly coming and going. Even on the island, large tracts of land have been reclaimed for rice and sugar cane.

They began to regret it a little, but they were also afraid of the great strength of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not dare to compete with it at all.

But the more regrettable thing is still to come, Daming doesn't know where to get the good seeds, the rice mu production capacity reached eight or nine hundred catties, seeing that a ghost place with a miasma raging was slowly operated into a granary by them, and the intestines of the Spaniards were repentant.

In the end, after reporting to the headquarters, it was decided that it was impossible for Taiwan to be recaptured, so it would buy seeds from Daming and plant them back.

So he sent people to find Shi Bangyao many times, wanting to buy high-yield seed grain from him and return to it.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a long time, but decided to sell the seeds to them.

There are three reasons for this:

1. Luzon rice is harvested three times a year, and we can sign a grain repurchase agreement with them to deal with natural disasters in the country in the future.

Second, open up markets, control grain varieties, and lay the foundation for global grain trade in the future.

3. Prepare for future colonization.

In the perception of many people, it seems that valuable things are some precious things. In fact, in global trade, food has always been quite a lucrative business.

Later generations A, B, C, and D were known as the four major international grain merchants, and they have been quietly harvesting global wealth. Take soybeans as an example, the largest importer is the rabbit country, and the largest producer is the football kingdom, but neither country has the pricing power, and the pricing power is in the hands of Ameriken.

Imagine what it would be like if global food production and trade, including pricing power, were in the hands of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

After replying to Shi Bangyao's recital, it was already dark. During dinner, Zhu Youzhen remembered Hai Lanzhu, so he asked Wang Chengen on the side.

"Wang Banban, have the people sent out come back, how is Hai Lanzhu?"

"Long live Hui, it's already back. They found Zu Dabi by the sea and handed Hai Lanzhu to him. He said that it was given to him by your majesty. ”

"What is Zu Dabi's reaction?"

"I'm very happy."

"Haha! He was too early to rejoice! ”

Tianjin

Zu Dabi is dining with the sisters Hai Lanzhu and Da Yuer.

"Official, since Your Majesty has given you your sister, you have to treat her well." During the banquet, Da Yu'er said to Zu Dabi.

"That's natural, you two sisters and I must be impartial, a bowl of water is even. Let you follow me to eat and drink spicy food! Zu Dabi waved his hand and assured the two.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Not happy? Seeing Hai Lanzhu bowing her head and not speaking, Da Yu'er asked curiously.

Hai Lanzhu glanced at her sister.

Happy? I'm happy!

was originally a woman who was the king of a country, but she turned out to be the concubine of this rough man. Who is happy? Emperor Ming deceived people so much that he even rewarded me to a small general!

"Nothing. I just miss my father a little. Hai Lanzhu casually found a reason to prevaricate.

"When you say that, I'm homesick too."

"Huh! On this beautiful day, why do you say these sad words. Let's go, go back to the house. I'll teach you how to ride a horse! ”

"Horseback riding?" Hai Lanzhu was a little puzzled, what kind of horse can be ridden in the room?

"Sister, the official is very good at riding horses, and I learned my equestrian skills from him. Teach you today! Da Yu'er's face was slightly red, and she pushed Hai Lanzhu and walked into the house.

"Hahaha!"

Zu Dabi laughed proudly and walked towards the room with the two of them in his arms.

Day 2

The traitor was Ling Chi at the entrance of the West Market, which aroused the onlookers of many people. Zhu Youzhen ordered the publication of the biography of the two ministers, and ordered people to publicize their despicable deeds at repeated propaganda points.

The people who are accustomed to listening to the story of the imperial history and other episodes have finally ushered in a new paragraph, and every day there are large groups of people around the stage to listen to the stories of these traitors.

After October, the weather suddenly became cold, the days were short and the nights were long, and people were on board with thick cotton clothes.

Due to the gradual development of global textiles, even though it is very cold this year, the price of cloth has not only not increased, but has fallen slightly. The severe cold weather not only did not make the capital depressed, but as the New Year approached, the capital became more and more lively. Merchants from the north and south were in an endless stream, and the streets were full of other foreign costumes.

If there are people, you can drive the economy. The city's teahouses, liquor stores, and even some unspeakable places have done better.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Zhu Youzhen is very keen to go out of the palace without anything, but every time the people below are extremely nervous, as if they are facing a great enemy. Later, he didn't go out when he had nothing to do, and the weather was too cold, so when he was bored, he read books and played games in the palace.

Time soon entered the wax moon.

An unexpected person from Zhu Youzhen entered Beijing.

Qin Liangyu.