Under the scorching sun, Beninho was running desperately on a path, although his throat was dry and smoking, and his whole body was as heavy as lead, but he did not dare to slow down his pace at all, and still ran forward with all his strength.

He had only one thought in his mind, and that was to run as fast as he could to Apari to warn their prince Karui that a group of demons was slaughtering Prince Karui's people, and to ask Prince Karui to send troops to expel the demons as soon as possible.

Beninho originally lived in a village less than fifty miles away from Apari, and the twenty-six-year-old has three wives at home, and the most he does on weekdays is to chat and fart with the other men in the village or go around the village to get some small animals home for tooth sacrifices, and leave the farm work to the three wives of the family.

Such a day can be said to be quite comfortable, anyway, Luzon is located in the subtropics, and there are many products. I really don't have anything to eat, so I won't starve to death if I look around and find some wild fruits or crops to eat.

However, sometimes Benigno also feels a little regretful, although there is no shortage of food and drink in Luzon, but it is precisely because of this comfortable environment that the people here have developed the habit of eating and lazy, because they do not produce, so the people here are very lacking in cloth, medicine, iron tools and daily necessities.

But it doesn't matter, Beninho heard a few days ago that Prince Careoo has begun to call on people to boycott those Chinese again, and this trend has intensified, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they can do it to those Chinese again as they did decades ago.

Beninho hadn't personally experienced what had happened decades ago, but he had heard his grandfather and the village elders talk about it when he was a child. At that time, the Ming Kingdom sent a huge fleet to Luzon to pan for gold, but in the end it found nothing, so it could only leave in disgrace.

Then the king of Luzon issued an order calling on the people of Luzon to massacre the Chinese in Luzon, killing tens of thousands of people in a few months.

It was a feast, and it is said that the people who participated in the feast at that time were more or less benefited, and his grandfather was also one of them, and the furniture and the bronze statue in the family are said to have been stolen by his grandfather at that time, and they are still family heirlooms.

Originally, Beninho thought that in a few days, after Prince Karui called on people to do it to the Chinese again, he would be able to make a lot of money like his grandfather back then, but he didn't think that before things started, a group of fierce and vicious cavalry came.

After these people entered the village, they slaughtered without saying anything, and a few brave villagers who did not believe in evil picked up sticks and firewood knives and tried to resist, but they were killed by the other party like killing chickens, and the rest were arrested by them.

It was also thanks to Benigno's cleverness, seeing that the situation was not good, he hid in an abandoned fish pond, and waited until the group of cavalry did not pay attention to take advantage of the [. The machine slipped out, but his three wives and several children at home all fell into the hands of those cavalrymen, and all he had to do now was to run to Apari as soon as possible to report and ask Prince Karui to send troops to rescue them.

After continuing to drive for more than half an hour, Beninho finally saw Apari looming in the jungle, and when he saw the familiar wooden gate, Beninho was so excited that he almost burst into tears, and he mustered up the last bit of strength and ran towards the gate at a faster speed.

At the same time, in a palace in Apari, the ruler of Apari, Prince Karui is receiving several guests who have come from Cebu Island.

It is said that it is a palace, in fact, it is a few large wooden houses, covering an area of only about four or five thousand square meters, such a construction area is probably not comparable to even the richer merchants in the Ming Dynasty, but in Luzon this place is very remarkable, so Prince Karui is proud to call his residence a palace.

Now, he was sitting in the largest living room of the palace, and in front of him sat three blonde Caucasians, and in the middle was a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a serious face wearing a red Spanish military uniform.

Prince Careoo is a typical Luzon man, about 1.6 meters tall, with a dark complexion, he has a garlic nose and a big cake face, coupled with his flattering smile, the whole person looks particularly funny.

The Spanish officer sitting across from him said solemnly: "Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency Governor Fidel is very dissatisfied with your actions during this time, according to our previous agreement, at this time, your army should have expelled the Ming merchants in Apala and Laoag and other places and confiscated their property, but you did not do so as agreed, can you explain?" ”

When Prince Karui heard this, the smile on his face retracted and he became mournful.

"Dear Mr. Castro, believe me, I have really done my best in this matter, and as early as a few months ago I ordered the tax collectors of Laoag to start increasing the taxes on the merchants of the Ming Kingdom, with the aim of forcing them away, and my strategy has worked.

But just half a month ago, an accident happened, a fleet of the Ming Kingdom suddenly arrived, and they not only seized Laoag, but also disarmed an army of more than 300 people that I had stationed there.

It's been a long time since I've had a good night's sleep for this, so you really can't blame me for this. ”

Looking at Prince Karui, who seemed to have practiced the face-changing stunt, Castro felt bored for a while, and said with a straight face: "Your Royal Highness, first of all, please call me Colonel in the future, the title of Sir is not used to address me." In addition, I have reservations about what you have said, and it will take an investigation before a conclusion can be reached, so I now warn you, on behalf of His Excellency Governor Fidel, that if you fail to fulfill your previous promises, then we will withdraw our support for you, do you understand? ”

Hearing this, Karui's originally flattering face changed slightly.

The reason why his strength has swelled so quickly in the past two years is due to the support of the Spaniards, and if the Spaniards withdraw their support for him in favor of his younger brother Prince Newman, he knows with his knees what the consequences will be.

Karui was anxious and hurriedly said: "Colonel Castro, it's not that I don't want to drive those Ming people away. You also know that I only have more than 3,000 soldiers in my hands now, and I really have no power to fight the Ming people! ”

In the face of Karui's pleading, Castro still had a posture of not advancing oil and salt: "I don't care about this, I will only give you three days, and if you are still like this after three days, I can only say sorry to you." ”

"Okay...... I then ordered the army to be assembled. ”

Karui finally gave in, and just as he was about to say something, a Luzon general in armor hurriedly walked in and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness, we have just received news that a cavalry team of the Ming Kingdom is heading towards Apari, and it is expected to arrive in Apari tomorrow!" ”