On May 6, 1697, the three-masted sailboat "Antarctic Wolf" drove into Brunei Port in a panic. Without saying anything, this "Master"

The ship is going to be repaired again. Older ships are just like bears, especially when crossing the turbulent oceans, the damage rate of ships is very high. Correspondingly, the maintenance cost is also high.

The "Antarctic Wolf" was attacked by bad weather in the waters south of Mindanao. At that time, they had just been tossing around the equator for about a month and sailing ships were so depressed when they crossed the equator. As a result, they encountered strong winds and waves just after a short while of sailing. Fortunately, Mindanao was not far from their destination port, Brunei. Therefore, after some emergency repairs, the ships barely sailed over, and neither the personnel nor the ships were lost, which was a blessing in disgrace.

The "Antarctic Wolf" carries some mechanical equipment. This was ordered by merchants in Brunei, mainly some wood drying equipment, and a few loose parts for transporting carriages. It can be seen that the cargo owner is relatively rich and lacks confidence in similar products made by the Blackwater Management Committee. He would rather order from the local area at a high price than buy cheap blackwater goods.

Some local equipment manufacturers have ridiculed the quality of Hei Water industrial products, and said that they can only pick up locally eliminated equipment and technology and lack the ability to continue to innovate. But they have to admit that because they are close to the market, they have made great progress over the past few decades and have snatched a lot of local businesses. Local businessmen laughed at it, but to put it bluntly, it is still a relationship of competition for interests.

After unloading the cargo, the sailboat "Antarctic Wolf" drove into the dock as soon as possible. The workers at the ship repair yard skillfully fixed the ship with ropes, and then slowly began to drain the ship, intending to carry out a thorough repair and maintenance of the ship. They are already very skilled in this kind of work, although some of them were still farmers just a few years ago.

There are also more commercial facilities on the dock. Shandong people opened wine shops, inns, and teahouses, and their businesses were booming, attracting many merchants who came here to trade for consumption. The popularity that was once lost due to the war with the Sultan of Brunei has now slowly returned. Even with the painstaking management of the East Coast people, the prosperity of Brunei Port is even more prosperous now.

However, in this series of good news, there is also a disharmonious factor, that is, the Malays who came to Brunei Port to trade, the number of Arab merchant ships decreased sharply, causing the port to lose a lot of taxes. The reason is that last year, the East Coast people "boldly" abolished the Sultan of Brunei and officially annexed the Port of Brunei.

The Brunei Sultan was also frustrated. He was a puppet erected by the East Coast people in a hurry. The big and small matters were decided by the East Coast consultants, and it was difficult for him to think of a palace. As a result, now he could not even be a puppet. The East Coast people directly forged an order for him, officially announced the abolition of the abolition, and handed over the land to the East Coast Republic of China to manage. In other words, the Brunei Sultanate was destroyed! In addition, this order also announced the abolition of the Green Church's status in Brunei and established the "right faith" that the East Coast Taoism must believe in.

If abdication is normal, then the special status of deposing the Green Cult can be said to have stabbed a hornet's nest in Southeast Asia. Although it is a little different from the Green Cultists in the Arabian Peninsula, the monarchs in Southeast Asia promoted the Green Cult to rule better here. The royal power is higher than religious power, and all the ministers must have royal blood. The Sultan personally appointed religious officials to judge religious disputes and declared himself "the king of the world, like Allah overlooking the earth, like the sun, like the moon hanging high, and was chosen by Allah, and was the shadow of Allah on earth." But the behavior of the people on the east coast still shocked them because even the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the Spanish had never done such a thing that shakes their rule. Therefore, the Sultans of the various Malays were angry and suspended their trade with the East Coast, let alone those Arabs with more pious beliefs.

However, the people of the East Coast seem to be indifferent to this aggressive opposition situation. They are carrying out various tasks step by step, ignoring other accusations and scoldings, focusing on developing new territory, and trying every means to immigrate. They firmly believe that with the increasing number of immigrants in the mainland, the local Malays in Brunei will be assimilated in the future even if they are not transported away. Under the protection of the regime and military power, the super assimilation ability of Chinese culture will complete all the work.

In addition to deposing the Sultan of Brunei, the East Coast people also quietly did something that many people did not notice, that was, to convince the Zheng family of Fujian with the method of sponsoring weapons, and sent people to land in the area of ​​General Santos City, the southern end of Mindanao, Philippines, and established a solid stronghold.

The Zheng armed forces that landed in advance had more than 50 ships, carrying more than 2,000 people ashore. Although these two thousand people were selected by the Zheng family, such as local regiments and patrols (the elite troops were unwilling to take them out and wanted to protect their hometown in Fujian), this team of mixed hot and cold weapons became more and more brave after experiencing the small setbacks in the early stages of landing. They eventually expelled the local Moro natives who believed in the green sect and built a rough city.

In order to reward Zheng Kezang for sending troops into Mindanao, the East Coast people not only sent three thousand new muskets and twenty various artillery to Fuzhou, but also changed their clothes to those who had already landed. At the same time, they sent consultants to help train the troops and improve their combat effectiveness. Overall, they still paid a lot.

By the way, the newly occupied place was ordered as Shijing Port, which was ordered at a location in the Zheng family's hometown. It is said that Zheng Kezang also wrote a three-character plaque with his own handwriting, "Shijingwei" and sent it to the local area, and the occupying army hung it on the village building. Subsequently, the Ming Empire, which was also almost a puppet from the east coast, also issued an edict to postpone Shijingwei as the territory of the Ming Dynasty and appointed the local commander Zheng Sandao as the commander of Shijingwei.

Since Shijingwei was established, according to the Ming Dynasty, the land must naturally be distributed to officers and soldiers at all levels, and the immigration of military families must also be put on the agenda. To be honest, Zheng Kezang was actually reluctant to spend this money. He now wants to build various prefectures and counties in Fujian and colonize Taiwan. He really doesn't want to invest resources in a distant place in Mindanao. But there is no way. The people on the East Coast forced him to pay for money, and in the end he could only agree, saying that when the northeastern monsoon blows at the end of this year, he will start to deal with this matter. Before that, the people on the East Coast will rely on the care of the people on the East Coast.

Of course, the East Coast people were happy to take care of it, because this was an excellent way to increase their influence. Think about it, the ammunition, food, medicine and other daily necessities needed by the two thousand people who landed in advance were provided by the East Coast people (in fact, it was a 200,000 yuan loan from the Taiwan Bank to Zheng Kezang). Several warships of the East Coast people were patrolling the sea outside the sea. Even if Zheng Sandao was a member of the Zheng clan towards Zheng Kezang, what about the people below? What would they think? Not to mention the powerful influence exerted by the thirty-man military advisory group that had been sent in advance. Ishii Wei could not run out of the palm of the East Coast people!

Here is a very speechless thing. Although most of Mindanao is still controlled by the Green Cult natives, the Manila Trial Court District established by the Spanish at least nominally possesses the entire Philippine archipelago, and the East Coast people also recognized their rights many years ago. As a result, this time the Zheng armed forces attacked across the sea and captured Ishiiwei for almost half a year. The Spaniards in Manila were still unaware of it. It has to make people wonder what they have been doing for so many years, and their control over the entire archipelago is so poor.

Since the Spaniards are so incompetent, the East Coast people will naturally not be polite. After a new wave of immigrants arrived at Ishiiwei and gained a foothold in the local area by the end of this year, according to the plan of the East Coast people, they still have to expand. The local green believers have a little civilized level, and they don’t even have a few muskets, just a unique blood and courageous spirit of barbarians. But what’s the use? Can they beat muskets and cannons? As long as Zheng Kezang doesn’t hurt money and is willing to invest here, some people from Fujian, which has a relatively overpopular population, are immigrants here. If they operate this for a few years, the East Coast Navy will help the offshore, I’m afraid it’s not like an iron barrel!

The East Coast government has foreseen that the war may break out with the Spanish Kingdom in the future and has made careful plans. There is no doubt that this is another global war! The East Coast people will not hesitate to launch forces around the world, win over all the allies, and launch an attack on all the Spanish colonies. Whether in the American continent or Asia, they will be everywhere, completely disintegrating the Spanish colonial empire, and making the people who ultimately control Madrid disgusted as if they were eating a fly.

As the only colony of the Spanish Kingdom in Asia, the Manila Trial Court District must be taken down. Considering that the eastern coast is seriously insufficient and he does not have the strength to directly eat up the huge Philippine Islands, it is inevitable to win over allies to go south to capture them. Fujian has many mountains and few lands and overpopulation. It has always had a tradition of immigrating outwards. Now that there is such a large colony, they are enough to come over ecstatically. People need space for survival. Millions of people huddled in a province with continuous mountains will eventually lead to the inversion of society. To be honest, immigration to the Philippine Islands can alleviate the internal conflicts of the Zheng group. As long as Zheng Kezang is not stupid, he will always realize this in the end.

With the all-round support of the East Coast people, as long as the international situation does not change drastically, it will eventually control the entire archipelago and assimilate the local natives. In the future, even if the two major powers in mainland China decide the victory and the loss and absorb and annex each other's land, then the Zheng family in Fujian still has a way out. Compared with Taiwan, which is only a sea away from the mainland, Qiongzhou and the Philippine Islands seem to be a better place to exile, and the Ming Dynasty can continue to survive.
Chapter completed!