Luzon, Manila City.

In 1556, the Spanish invaded Manila and then gradually controlled the entire Luzon Island, turning Luzon into a Spanish colony in the Far East.

After the establishment of Ottoman Turkey, it blocked the passage of trade between the East and the West. In order to avoid the Ottoman Empire, avoid being exploited by Ottoman Turkey, and obtain cheaper Chinese goods, the Westerners started a sailing movement to open up new routes.

After Spain violated the agreement with the Portuguese to divide the world and occupied Luzon, the Spanish king was overjoyed and changed Luzon to the Philippines with his own name.

With this stronghold, the silver obtained by Spain from the Americas can be transported to the East and traded directly with China.

Because the Spaniards had a large amount of silver in their hands, they attracted smuggling merchants from the southeastern coast of China to come to Luzon to trade with the Spaniards.

Luzon is far away from Spain and close to the southeastern coast of China. By the 31st year of Wanli, that is, in 1603, there were more than 30,000 Chinese in Manila.

This made the Spaniards feel threatened, and at this moment, the news came that Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty wanted to send people to Luzon to investigate the silver mines. The Spaniards were afraid that the Ming Dynasty would contact the Chinese in Manila and threatened their rule, so they joined forces with the local indigenous people to massacre more than 25,000 Chinese, and uprooted the Chinese's power in Manila.

It was the twelve years of Chongzhen, that is, in 1639. After more than 30 years, many people on the southeast coast forgot the massacre during the Wanli period. In addition, after the first massacre of China, Manila's economy collapsed directly, which temporarily changed Spain's attitude towards the Chinese and caused many Chinese to gather in Manila again.

The arrival of merchants and people on the southeast coast made Manila prosperous again. After the Spanish defeated by Britain, their national strength gradually declined, and silver mines in the Americas gradually dried up after a hundred years.

At this time, the Manila authorities saw that the strength of the Chinese people reached a point where they could threaten them, and coveted the wealth of Chinese merchants, so they carried out a second massacre.

This time another 12,000 people were killed by Spanish colonists, and their property fell into the pockets of the colonists.

At this time, nearly twelve years have passed since the second massacre of China, and Manila has once again prospered due to trade between the East and the West.

From the time when the Spanish occupied Manila in 1556, to now in 1651, Spain's colonial rule in Luzon has been around for nearly a hundred years.

In nearly a hundred years, most areas of Luzon have retreated to tribal status, and only Manila has developed.

Because every year, ships transporting silver arrive, Manila has become the center of East-West trade, gathering 40,000 to 50,000 people.

There are Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and some natives here.

In the early morning, the sun shone on Manila Bay. The crowd carrying goods on the pier suddenly stood up straight and looked at the sea in the distance. A huge fleet was sailing towards Manila.

"It's the Spanish fleet back!" Lin Maochun, a Chinese businessman from Fujian, frowned, with a melancholy expression on his face.

Compared to those ordinary Chinese people, Lin Maochun undoubtedly knows more about the fact that the Spanish slaughtered Chinese twice.

It is only more than ten years since the second massacre of Hua, and people's memories are still unable to be eliminated.

Lin Maochun knew that these Western barbarians were not good people, but maritime trade was originally a knife-wielding blood. For huge profits and the mentality of luck, Lin Maochun came to Manila for trade a few years ago and established his own warehouse here.

The businessmen are well-informed and know that the relationship between Spain and China has deteriorated recently, and the Spanish authorities have stepped up their investigation of Manila Chinese since a few months ago.

Not long ago, watching the Spanish fleet emerge from all directions, Lin Maochun guessed that it might be about to go to war with the Zheng family.

This made Lin Maochun feel a little panicked, afraid that the Spaniards would massacre again. Many Fujian smuggling merchants felt that the atmosphere was wrong and had evacuated Manila one after another in recent times.

Because Lin Maochun had not taken action in the warehouse, he was reluctant to leave these goods, so he stayed in Manila with some merchants and continued to wait and see the situation.

At this time, he watched the Spanish fleet return, feeling a little scared, not knowing whether the Spanish won or lost.

Although Lin Maochun was a Chinese, he hoped that the Spanish fleet would win the war at this time.

Because if the Spaniards win, the Zheng family will not be able to threaten Manila for the time being. It has only been more than ten years since the second slaughter of China. Manila has not fully recovered its prosperity and the lambs have not yet been fattened. It is unlikely that the Spaniards will kill chickens to get eggs. It is safe to do business in Manila and can continue to make money.

If the Spanish fleet loses, the Spanish in Manila will feel that the Chinese in Manila will pose a threat to them, and it is very likely that they will kill China again.

At this time, the Spanish fleet had arrived in the harbor, lowered the sails, lowered the speed of the ship, and prepared to moor the ship.

Lin Maochun stared at the Spanish fleet and counted carefully. He was shocked. When he went out, he only had twenty gun ships back, and almost one by one was injured. Several of the sideways were bombarded with several large holes, which needed to be overhauled.

"The Spanish were defeated!" Lin Maochun made a judgment immediately.

Lin Dong, a man beside him, asked: "Boss, how can you know that the Spaniards were defeated?"

Lin Maochun said a little panickedly: "It is said that the Spanish went on a war to help the Dutch drive the Zheng family out of Taiwan. If they succeed, they will definitely stay in Taiwan. However, their time to leave is only enough to go around Taiwan. When they look at these warships, they obviously retreated in panic after being defeated by the Zheng family."

Lin Dong said in surprise: "That's what the Zheng family won. The boss, I heard that the King of Minyue was named King of Luzon. Will the Zheng family take advantage of the victory and occupy Luzon?"

Lin Maochun was not in the mood to discuss these with him, but hurriedly ordered: "Lin Dong, you go rent two boats immediately, recruit some people, and load all the tea leaves in the warehouse onto the boat!"

After saying that, Lin Maochun couldn't wait to instruct the coolie who was unloading the goods, and said anxiously: "Don't unload them, reload all the unloaded goods onto the cargo ship."

Lin Dong asked in confusion: "Boss, why is this? Why should the goods that have finally been shipped again?"

Lin Maochun waved his hand impatiently, "Don't ask so much, hurry up and do what I said!"

While the two were talking, the Spanish fleet commander Cod, with an arm hanging, had already walked off the gunship and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.

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