Annoyed, the captain of the spice ship, Luis, followed José to the East with the investor's money in search of spices, and he was ready to return with a load of fortune and beauty, only to be left with a lot of work.

He should never have agreed to make a detour with Jose to Manila to avenge José's brother, thus encountering this incomparably powerful eastern fleet.

Now, José chose to flee, allowing him and the spice ship to fall into the hands of the Orientals, causing them to fall from heaven to hell.

"Hands up!"

The tiger girl in a bullfighting suit stepped onto the deck and commanded loudly with the demeanor of a general. Seeing the ship attacking their fleet being killed, she was also very happy in her heart, and even more angry at this kind of bandit.

Faced with such a little girl, Louis and the others had no choice but to obediently comply.

This group of Orientals not only has the advantage in numbers, but the performance of the two ships is even better than him, the weapons are in absolute superiority, and the fighting spirit is still very high, and they are crushed in all aspects.

Mu Ying and Shen Jun and their subordinates had already entered the cabin first, and Chen Zhixiao ran out with a handful of pepper in his hand, and said to everyone with a red face: "The cabin inside is full of spices!" ”

"Really? I'll take a look! After Yang Chunlai learned the news, his eyes immediately flashed with snow, and he hurriedly walked towards the cabin.

If it were other Ming merchants, they might not know the value of spices, but as a joint merchant group that aspires to be based in the South Seas, how can they still pass by this kind of treasure?

The reason why Lin Haoran chose to target Spain and lead the formation of an "anti-Spanish alliance" with Nanyang countries was naturally not really for any justice. In addition to finding an excuse for the United Merchants to enter the South Seas, an extremely important reason is precisely for this spice that Westerners dream of.

Once the United Merchant Groups were able to obtain large quantities of spices from the South Seas, they would reap huge profits as long as they resold them to the Portuguese. According to Lam, the potential profit of spices will not be lower than that of the joint workshop.

Now the Lianhe Workshop has a profit of tens of thousands of taels per month, which is already unbelievable to many people, but the profit of the spice trade is still above this, how can they not feel excited?

When they saw the full spices piled up in the cabin and smelled the rich fragrance, Yang Chunlai and the others were completely stunned.

It was thought that it was a group of Spanish robbers who had robbed their property, but it turned out to be a boy who had delivered treasure, and a whole shipload of spices was given to them, much to the great encouragement of the whole fleet.

"How much is this worth?" Shen Jun came in and saw the pile of spices, and asked with a foaming mouth.

Yang Chunlai suddenly straightened his face and admonished Shen Jun seriously: "You restrain your people, we will replenish some food in Manila, and return to Guangzhou tomorrow, this matter is not allowed to go any way, do you understand?" ”

"I know!" Shen Jun looked at Yang Chunlai so seriously, knowing that this matter was not trivial, or that the value of this ship of spices was very high, so he immediately put away his joke and responded seriously.

Although he did not achieve the desired results here in Luzon, he obtained the pearling rights of Repulse Bay from the king of Sulu Dong, and finalized the spice trade intention with the mud country and other forces, and now he has captured a whole shipload of spices, and the harvest of this voyage is enough to deal with Lin Haoran.

It is precisely because of this that everyone no longer pays attention to whether they can achieve the desired results in Luzon, and only wants to return to Guangzhou as soon as possible.

The fleet returned to the Manila docks, where Suleiman had led the prince and his retainers to greet them with a solemn ceremony.

Suleiman looked at the Spanish captives who had been taken down, pointed at Louis and a dozen other Spaniards, and ordered through gritted teeth: "Bring them here!" ”

"You...... What are you doing? Louis felt a strong uneasiness in his eyes and cried out in alarm.

Suleiman snorted lightly, ignored Louis and the others, and gave an order to his own soldiers: "Execute them!" ”

If at the beginning, he still felt that the Ming people were alarmist, and he was still thinking about some benefits that he could get from the Spaniards. Now he has recognized the ugly face of the Spaniards, who are the greatest threat to his throne.

"Let go of me! Let me go! If you dare to execute us, are you not afraid of the retribution of our great kingdom? Luis and the other Spaniards shouted in panic and shouted threats.

When Suleiman heard the translator's words, his face became more murderous, and he made a decisive gesture of beheading.

Burst! Burst! Burst!

More than a dozen Spaniard heads fell one after another, which became the price of their invasion of Manila, and Suleiman proved that he and the Spaniards were already on the same page.

Chen Zhixiao looked at this scene and knew that there was no accident about renting land.

Sure enough, when the group arrived at the palace, Su Manman happily leased a large area of land in Tortoiseshell Bay to the United Merchant Group. As for the settlement method, half of it is silver and half is Leizhou cloth, and the two sides officially signed a contract.

It is worth mentioning that regarding the taxation of the northern tribes, United Shangcai decided to promote cotton cultivation with these tribes, so it also bore the taxes of all tribes, including the Beishan tribe.

Yan Yi is considered to be Luzon's adviser, but he actually wants to stand up against it.

If the tax was handed over to the United Merchant Groups, Luzon would seem to have less trouble collecting taxes, but it would have reduced its control over many northern tribes, and even given some of its power to the United Merchant Groups.

It's just that when the matter came to this first step, seeing Suleiman seemed to be very happy and drinking, and the United Business Group did give him a lot of benefits in private, and finally silently chose to accept it.

The banquet was very enthusiastic, and the Luzon princess seemed to have taken a fancy to Shen Jun, but she frequently threw her eyes at him. This scene happened to fall in Yang Chunlai's eyes, and Chen Qinghe exchanged glances, and the two smiled ambiguously tacitly.

After the land lease was finalized, the joint merchant group was very encouraged. The first step was not to open up the land for cotton and pepper cultivation, but to decide to build a wharf in the hawksbill turtle and build a United City to establish a base in the South Seas.

Of course, it was imperative for them to make their way back to the flight, so they left Manila early the next morning and drove slowly in the direction of Guangdong.

It's just that the combined fleet still encountered a little trouble on the return trip. A convoy of pirates suddenly appeared on the northern side of Luzon and was slowly heading towards it, and it didn't seem like a lie that the North Mountains had been sacked by pirates.