And Huang Da later learned that there were many more advanced entertainment and food on this ship, but it cost a lot of money.

This made Huang Da, who already had some money, feel that the life on the ship was not boring and boring.

The operation of some fee-based items on ships has existed since the Ming Dynasty began to run the official ship transportation industry and carry out the Great Immigration.

Basically, the merchants who operate all kinds of goods and services on the ship are businessmen with powerful bureaucratic backgrounds, but they are branded as officials and businessmen who are registered in the Ministry of Commerce.

The imperial court allowed them to do this because if they did not allow the powerful bureaucrats to make extra money by doing business, then the powerful bureaucrats would make extra money by colluding with the sailors on the ship to blackmail the merchants on board.

After all, the sailor is not a good type, and he also has the desire for profit, especially at sea, the cost of covering up the violation of military discipline is very low, so the imperial court can only use the way of officials and businessmen contracting ships to buy and sell on the ship, and the situation of direct collusion between the powerful and bureaucratic and the sailor to extort money appears.

This is undoubtedly more civilized.

Naturally, the sailors could not directly engage in business, but a large part of the income from the operation of officials and merchants would still be handed over to the state treasury, and then the treasury would divide a part of the profits to them in the form of various subsidies and bonuses, so as to avoid the dissatisfaction of the sailors with the imperial court not allowing them to do business directly.

The conversation turned back.

While Huang Da enjoys a high-end entertainment life on the ship, he will also read the books and newspapers on the ship, and even listen to the drama and listen to the story.

As a result, Huang Da was able to learn about the Huangshan Massacre and the Sheliao Island Massacre through dramas and newspapers, as well as the Portuguese invasion of Tuen Mun Island, which was not widely publicized by the Ming Dynasty before.

Huang Da became more aware of Xiyi's true face, especially after reading the sharp writing and incisive analysis of some newspaper columnists, he was more sure that Xiyi was likely to slaughter Hua.

This gave him a lot of insight.

"It's right for us to get on the boat and leave, according to the inference of this old man in Qingteng, even if the imperial court doesn't want to recover Luzon, the Han people in Luzon will be slaughtered!"

Huang Da therefore also talked to his wife Hong on the boat.

After hearing this, Hong asked, "Why, aren't we Han people already very honest?" ”

"What a woman's sight! No matter how honest the fat sheep is, it is a fat sheep to be slaughtered! ”

Huang Da said angrily, and then looked at Haibo outside the window.

Hong knew that he was angry at himself not because he was worried about his father-in-law Huang Kang and his mother-in-law, so he asked, "That is to say, the master and the wife." ”

Huang Da clenched his fists and didn't speak, just looked in the direction of Manila.

The books and newspapers placed by the officials and merchants who operated the ship's business according to the orders of the imperial court were basically aimed at opening up the wisdom of the people, so that many scholars could broaden their horizons through reading, and under the guidance of some knowledgeable people, they could further understand the logic of the operation of the world, and then know why the imperial court did what they did.

Not only books and newspapers, but also ordinary Han people who have not yet read or do not know a few words, mainly through drama and listening to books, know why the Ming Dynasty wanted to recover Luzon and why Luzon's Xiyi should be wiped out.

"Kill these thieves!"

"Kill them, especially that Marquina, and you should cut him with a thousand knives!"

Therefore, in the storytelling area and drama area of the ship, every day, ordinary Han people who returned to China were influenced by these works and became emotional after learning the stories of these Xiyi victims, and even shouted and shouted to kill.

So.

Almost all the Han businessmen who were willing to return to China were more willing to believe that the imperial court was willing to spend such a large price to take them back to China because it was really for the sake of their lives and property, and many of them began to be grateful to the imperial court, knowing that the imperial court took them to heart, and did not care about their personal lives and interests because they were far overseas and did not contribute to the Ming Dynasty and pay taxes.

Therefore, the entire fleet of evacuated overseas Chinese went particularly smoothly on the way back to China, and there was no mutiny.

The only conflict was that some emotional Hermes-epitek saw the white-skinned orchid and took revenge on him as a wicked person, but it was not much, and after the officers and soldiers stopped it, they basically switched to paying money to go to the ship's hook fence to carry out a coupled attack on the betrayed orchid.

"What you said is true?"

It didn't take long for Chen Lan to learn about the massacre of China in Manila, and after he knew, he asked a Jinyi guard who had just caught up with the evacuation fleet on a boat to report the situation.

This Jinyiwei's name is Xie Jing, he is a strong man from Liangguang and Guangzhou, and genetically he should belong to the South Asian race, and many natives in Nanyang belong to a race, so the skin color and body are basically the same, which is convenient for mixing into the Philippine natives.

Since Zhu Yijun let Zhang Jingxiu take charge of Jinyiwei, Zhang Jingxiu's promotion to Jinyiwei's official school is based on merit, especially military merit, so there are many people like Xie Jing who would rather risk never coming back after joining Jinyiwei to be undercover in Nanyang natives, learn local language, and collect important information for Jinyiwei.

Because once he reaches a certain number of years, he can directly serve as a hereditary official of a hundred households after returning to Beijing, and his promotion will be given priority in the future.

No further ado.

Xie Jing replied after Chen Lan's question: "Yes! They are frantically slaughtering the Chinese who refuse to return to China with Wang Shi, even the Chinese who have been baptized by them, the elderly, children and women are not spared, and they also take their money and plough their fields. ”

Xie Jingrao is a strong-willed person, and his voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

Liu Yingqiu, who was on the side, pursed his lips and asked, "In other words, Huang, Li and other Chinese clans have not been spared?" ”

Xie Jing nodded and said, "Naturally! And the thieves were the first to kill them and their family! ”

"I persuaded him, so I almost ordered him to ask or kneel down to beg him Huang Kang!"

Liu Yingqiu sighed at this time and said.

Chen Lan said: "Have you rescued the living? ”

"Yes!"

"Knowing that the imperial court may need, a few of my Jinyi guards who pretended to be natives united with a few trusted natives to save some Han people and brought them back, and now they have brought them all."

Xie Jing replied.

After hearing this, Chen Lan looked at Liu Yingqiu: "Let these people go and tell the people on the ship about the current situation in Manila, just like Your Majesty asked the soldiers and civilians affected by the disaster in Huangshan to go to various places to talk about the evil of thieves, so as to further open up the wisdom of the people and gather people's hearts!" ”

Liu Yingqiu bowed his head and asked Xie Jing to go with him.

Here, Chen Lan walked out of the cabin, came to the deck, and looked south.

An hour later.

After entering the cabin of a large bird ship, Nong Shoucheng, the son of a Chinese merchant in Manila who had been returned by Jinyiwei, saw many Han people dressed like himself watching the orchids dance in a gorgeous hall like a paradise, or sitting on a rattan chair next to him drinking tea and chatting, and after his face was full of joy and comfort, he couldn't help but think of the tragic scene he saw in Manila and his family members who had been slaughtered.

(End of chapter)