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Chapter 336: Cruel Man (Part 2)

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    The next day Wang Hua left Manila with his Nanjing fleet, and the safety of Manila was handed over to the Manila fleet brought by Hong Chengchou!

    This fleet consists of eighteen warships. The flagship is the 1,500-material clipper ship "Dingnan". Among the eighteen warships in the entire fleet, including the "Dingnan", ten are  Eight of the Galen ships are clipper ships, and the personnel are also deployed from the Liaodong and Fujian navies. Although it is a newly formed fleet, its combat effectiveness is still very good!

    The Army stationed in Manila consists of 2,000 soldiers from the Shenji Battalion. As the main force of the Beijing Battalion, the Shenji Battalion has not only been completely reorganized in the past two years, but its training and equipment have also been strengthened. Although it is inferior to the Guards in combat effectiveness  It's still a little worse, but it's more than enough to deal with the natives, not to mention that the 20,000 Imperial Army troops were also left in Manila!

    Not long after Wang Hua left, Hong Chengchou invited Li Dan, Yan Siqi and Li Jingyuan, the local Chinese representative, to the Governor's Mansion!

    In the conference room, Hong Chengchou said frankly: "Everyone, according to His Majesty's decree, the indigenous people around Manila and even on the entire Luzon Island must be wiped out. At the same time, the reclamation of Manila must also begin. I have no other requirements. Next year, Manila  The Governor-General has to transport one million stones of rice to the imperial court, I don¡¯t know, you don¡¯t have any difficulties?¡±

    Li Dan and Yan Siqi have always made a living at sea, but they know nothing about farming, so they set their sights on Li Jingyuan!

    Li Jingyuan frowned and said: "Your Majesty Governor, Luzon Island has a vast territory and a hot climate. It can produce four crops a year. It is definitely not a problem to produce millions of stones of food every year. But now all the natives around Manila have been killed.  There are less than 40,000 Chinese in Manila now, and most of them are traders. Even if we want to reclaim land now, we don¡¯t have enough manpower!¡±

    Hong Chengchou said: "You don't have to worry about this. Before I came, I had already requested your Majesty's order to transport one hundred thousand slaves from the Japanese country. As long as the head of the Li family told each family, they would eat these one hundred thousand slaves and reclaim the land."  The matter will be solved!"

    When Li Jingyuan heard this, his face showed joy and he said: "That's easy. I wonder how much silver is needed for 100,000 Japanese slaves?"

    Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment and said, "How about five hundred thousand taels of silver?"

    Li Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief. He was also afraid that Hong Chengchou's lion would open his mouth. Now it seems that the price given by Hong Chengchou is still very fair, so he smiled and said: "That's no problem. The villain will put the five hundred thousand taels of silver on the table first, and wait for the Japanese  When the slaves from the country arrive, just distribute them to each family to avoid trouble later!"

    Hong Chengchou was quite surprised at this moment. He didn't expect such a poor place to be so wealthy. A family said it would spend five hundred thousand taels of silver and they would spend five hundred thousand taels of silver. How rich were Li Dan and Yan Siqi?

    What if we get all this money?

    However, Hong Chengchou immediately gave up such an idea. He had stayed with Zhu Youxiao for a long time, and he naturally knew that Zhu Youxiao hated this kind of killing the goose to retrieve the eggs. If he really did this, he, Governor Hong, would be about to die.  Not far away!

    So Hong Chengchou turned his attention to Li Dan and Yan Siqi and said: "Two sea lords, although the Governor's Palace has eighteen warships, it is not clear how the Spaniards will react after learning that Manila has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty.  If there are too many battleships coming to them, I hope the two sea masters will not stand idly by!"

    Li Dan smiled heartily and said: "Don't worry, Governor, the villain now has fifteen warships and twenty-seven armed merchant ships. If those red-haired people dare to come to the Governor and stir up trouble without having eyes, the Governor will not need to take action."  , our brothers will kill them first!"

    Hong Chengchou's heart trembled again. He knew that Li Dan was very powerful, but he didn't expect that he would be so powerful. With forty-two Galen ships and hundreds of Fu ships in hand, it can be said that Li Dan is now walking sideways in Nanyang.  , and absolutely no one dares to touch him!

    Li Dan is also an old man. Although he only caught a glimpse of Hong Chengchou's expression for a moment, he could guess what he was thinking. He quickly smiled and said: "Master Governor, don't look at the number of ships under the villain, but those more than forty ships cover  Except for the fifteen newly purchased Lun ships, the rest are all captured old goods. Not only are they slow but also have incomplete artillery, but the ships from the Royal Merchant Company are much better than the ones in the hands of the villain!"

    Only then did Hong Chengchou remember that the fleet of the Royal Trading Company was still active in the waters of Nanyang. Under the careful construction of His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Empire, the Royal Trading Company was named Doing Business, but in fact, its overall strength was probably not inferior.  Compared to any Ming Dynasty navy!

    Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou suddenly discovered that His Majesty the Emperor sitting in Beijing was so unfathomable that he unexpectedlyHe began to make arrangements for Nanyang. When everything was ready, everything was arranged properly, and there was no omission at all!

    At this moment, the thought that Hong Chengchou had just cultivated that the sky is high and the emperor is far away was immediately extinguished, and the expression on his face became gentle, and he said with a smile: "To be honest, I was sent by the emperor just to catch up.  , I need your help for many things, I believe that as long as we run Manila and even the whole of Nanyang well, His Majesty will definitely not be stingy with rewards!"

    Li Dan, Yan Siqi, and Li Jingyuan quickly saluted and said, "It's all thanks to the support of the Governor!"

    After this meeting, Manila became even more lively. The city needed to be repaired, the land needed to be reclaimed, and the indigenous people needed to be exterminated. Although these things are simple to say, they are complicated to do, especially the city construction and reclamation.  Before the Japanese slaves arrived, nothing could be done about the land except planning.

    However, what made Hong Chengchou happy was that with the presence of 20,000 Imperial Army troops, the extermination of the natives went extremely smoothly. Moreover, Hong Chengchou himself was a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. After carefully studying the terrain of Luzon Island, he gave the Imperial Army  A brand new suppression plan formulated by the army!

    Because Luzon belongs to the archipelago type and is a tropical island with high mountains and dense forests, Hong Chengchou only asked the Imperial Army to drive the natives away from the plains outside Manila. This was great news for the Imperial Army.  !

    Because that guy Wang Hua was unreasonable at all and only issued an order for the Imperial Army to clear out the indigenous people. He did not say where to clear out the indigenous people. As a result, 20,000 Imperial Army soldiers went all over the mountains and fields to clear out the indigenous people, even though they had wiped out all the indigenous people around Manila.  , but the Imperial Alliance Army also lost five to six hundred people!

    Now that there is a clear goal, the Imperial Alliance Army has a plan for its operations. In addition, Hong Chengchou ordered the Shenji Battalion to cooperate, making the entire clearing process extremely smooth!

    After completing Hong Chengchou's goal of eradicating the enemy, one hundred thousand Japanese slaves also arrived in Manila. These one hundred thousand Japanese slaves were all transported from the Japanese country in family units. Of course, all Japanese slaves had  Including the elderly, so they can be said to be very good tenants!

    After the distribution of 100,000 Japanese slaves, the city of Manila and the surrounding plains immediately became very lively. Strong cities were being built smoothly, and fertile land was reclaimed. It can be said that everything is developing in a good direction!

    However, Hong Chengchou did not take it lightly because the current situation was so good. He was either inspecting city construction or wandering around the reclamation area all day long. The worst he could do was follow the warships out to sea and patrol the waters off Manila!

    But when Hong Chengchou was busy non-stop, Manila's taxes made him smile happily. Whether it was European merchant ships, Li Dan and Yan Siqi's fleet, or local Chinese merchants, all the money earned was paid to  The governor, Hong Chengchou, paid taxes. As a result, Hong Chengchou discovered that in a small place like Manila, these taxes alone amounted to nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver every month!

    You must know that the annual income of an ordinary county in the Ming Dynasty was only this. The slave population of small Manila could not exceed 200,000, but the income was so huge that it not only surprised Hong Chengchou, but also made him admire Zhu You even more.  This is the emperor of school!

    So much so that Hong Chengchou wrote in his memorial to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty's foresight is unprecedented in ancient times and modern times. From the perspective of humble ministers, the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty must lie in Nanyang and overseas!" (Remember the website address: www.  hlnovel.com
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