Luzon, Manila, the vicinity is full of endless mountain ranges, and only the coastal areas near the sea have plains for farming.

The Lin family's plantation is 40 kilometers away from Manila by the sea, there is a small village here, inhabited by more than 100 local indigenous residents of Manila, the Lin family will hire these indigenous people to help in the plantation during the busy farming season, these indigenous people live by fishing and picking wild fruits on weekdays, even if the village is next to a large area of wasteland that can be cultivated, these indigenous people will never open up the wasteland.

That's right, before the Chinese came to Manila, the indigenous people here lived so freely, they didn't need to work hard, they didn't need to pray for good weather, they only relied on the gifts of nature, they could mix food and clothing.

If there is no comparison, such a state of life may be very enviable, but after the Chinese came to Manila, when the Chinese cultivated plantations and built new houses, the mentality of the natives began to be unbalanced, even if there was no provocation by the Spaniards, these natives would one day turn their butcher knives at the Chinese.

"Now is the time to prove your loyalty, I believe you all hate the Spaniards, if it were not for their provocation, then the land would still be peaceful and peaceful, now is the time for us to restore order, take the knife in your hands, either kill these Spaniards or kill yourselves, you have three minutes to think about it." In a clearing at the head of the village, the Hispanic mercenary López announced in a voice with a grim expression.

In front of López, kneeling were about a hundred indigenous people, most of them small in stature, with dull complexions, and in shape, more like underage children.

It was these people who rushed into the homes of local Chinese people with butcher knives and committed a lot of blood debts, and although the Spaniards hated them, they were also unforgivable.

Right next to these natives, there was also a Hispanic officer and a dozen or so colonial servants who had been tied up in a variety of flowers, and when he heard López's Spanish, the Hispanic officer couldn't help but howl: "Damn you're a Spaniard?" See what you've done? You should go to hell—"

"Shut up, I've not been Spanish for a long time, you better think about what you're going to do next, and hopefully you'll pee your pants later." López is welcome, López has always believed that he is Hispanic, but not Spanish, so don't talk about damn nationality, that will only make López more angry.

On the ground next to it, there are still more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, just half an hour ago, Austin planned this attack, they attacked a food requisition team, killed some of them, captured the other part, and now López They are forcing these natives to surrender, if these natives refuse to do it, then the dozens of mercenaries around them will not let them go.

Through three smuggling attempts, the task force has all arrived at the Lin family's compound, and at the same time, there is also a batch of weapons to support the Lin family, most of these weapons are pistols and shotguns, although they are not the most advanced, but they are the most suitable for Manila.

After the weapons were in place, Austin immediately began to act, forcing the local natives to rebel is part of Austin's plan, according to the procedure set by Bai Qi, it should be the local natives and the Spaniards fighting, and the mercenaries are behind the scenes, so maybe the casualties are a little bigger, but it doesn't matter, no one cares about this problem.

"Is this possible? These natives are capricious, and even if they submit their names, they will not be single-minded with us. Lin Xianghai does not hide his hatred for the natives, although Lin Xianghai hates the Spaniards the most, but these natives are not worthy of forgiveness.

Like the Spaniards, these natives are also the murderers of the persecution of the local Chinese, and they should be held as responsible as the Spaniards, in the past, Lin Xianghai could only do anything but make a false promise, but now with the support of the Ryukyus, Lin Xianghai just wants to kill them all, so as to comfort the souls of those innocent Chinese who died in heaven.

"It doesn't matter, after the vote, let them fight the Spaniards, and if the Spaniards can also accept their capriciousness, then let them please both sides." Austin doesn't care about the life or death of these natives, over the years in the army, Austin has been as strong as iron, and he will not show mercy to anyone, these mercenaries are more like a war machine with no emotion and coldness, anyway, these natives will eventually die, and there is no difference between dying in the hands of mercenaries and dying in the hands of the Spaniards.

Time flew by, and in less than two minutes, a native who looked to be in his twenties could not bear the heavy pressure, got up with a knife in his hand, and staggered to the Spanish officer.

"Fuck off, you damn pig, do you know what you're doing? I'm going to skin you and hang you on the walls, and let those bloodthirsty mosquitoes bite you alive. The Spanish officer felt a deep malice and disguised his panic with a loud scolding.

The prestige accumulated over a long period of time played a role, and the young natives were scolded so red-faced, the hand holding the knife was trembling slightly, and after a few lifts, he still did not have the courage to cut down.

"Do you think that if you don't dare to do it now, he will let you go in the future? Don't be stupid, one of you must die today, it's either you or him, it's a simple multiple-choice question, even if those threats are effective, they won't take effect until the future. Austin's voice sounded faintly, and Lin Jian'an was beside Austin as a simultaneous translator.

"Bastard, get out of the way, you damn pig, disappear in front of me right away." The voice of the Spanish officer became more and more frightened, he had already felt that the situation was probably irreversible, in the eyes of the young natives in front of him, the Spanish officers could only see the crazy killing intent, this kind of look The Spanish officers were not unfamiliar, many times they appeared in the eyes of different natives, but the previous victims were all Chinese, this time-

"Die, you damn white pig." The native finally relented, and the long knife in his hand slashed hard.

The power of example is endless, if there is the first person to do it, there will be a second one, and at the same time as the young natives are killing them, more than a hundred natives rushed up, and angry scolding and screams suddenly spread.

After just ten seconds, all sounds disappeared again, leaving only the strong smell of blood and the blurred flesh of a dozen corpses on the ground.

The task was well accomplished.

"Very well, you have now gained my trust, our goal is to drive the Spaniards out of Luzon, now is the time for us to go further, we are going to look for more opportunities, to take out the Spaniards like today, they have been riding on our heads for too long, we want a clean Luzon, a Luzon that is not bound by anyone." Austin was finally satisfied, and then, as long as this model was promoted, it would not be long before the rift between the Spaniards and the natives would grow wider, and it would be time to make a difference, maybe the Ryukyuans, maybe the Americans, there would always be people who jumped out to pick the fruit.

When Austin forced the Manila natives to take sides, the Greenfield, loaded with Far East Company mercenaries, finally arrived in the Ryukyus.

"Colonel, you're welcome." As a representative of the Ryukyus, Bai Qi personally went to the dock to greet Colonel Steven.

"General, it's an honor to meet you, and I hope our arrival won't cause you any trouble." Steven knew that Bai Qi was an American, so he behaved in a decent manner, and did not speak and behave beyond his identity.

"Why, I am also a member of the United States, it is the responsibility and obligation of each of us to serve the country, if it weren't for the military position on the Ryukyu side, I would prefer to fight side by side with you, the battlefield is the destination of our soldiers." Bai Qi is still a little envious of Steven, sitting in Bai Qi's position, he can't do what he wants, or Steven's identity is relatively free, even if Steven does something out of the ordinary in Luzon, he also has the endorsement of the Far East Company behind him.

"Yes, I think so too, so I just retired from the 1st Cavalry Division of the Army on the front foot, and joined the Far East Company on the back foot, but we people are not worthy of envy, now many people call us war hyenas, hyenas are hyenas, I think that represents their fear of us." Steven can think about it, since he is a mercenary, he will inevitably be scolded, scolded, mercenary has never been a profession that survives by pleasing people.

The total number of the first batch of mercenaries was five hundred, and not a single one died on the road, including Bill the Rotten Man, who had been painting his deck since he left Hawaii.

This is thanks to the research of the Pacific Company, in order to reduce the loss of ocean migrants along the way, the Pacific Company has tried all kinds of methods, including raising dairy sheep on ships and cultivating bean sprouts, which can provide people with rich nutrition and essential vitamins on the ocean journey, with nutrition, people can fight diseases, and vitamins are an important means to fight leukemia, and bean sprouts can solve this problem.

With rich experience, the efficiency of the Pacific Company's immigration ships is getting higher and higher, two years ago, a thousand Chinese immigrants, at most 700 people can reach the United States, the loss along the way is almost more than 30%, now this data has fallen again and again, to the Far East Company, there is simply a zero accident, which should be considered a miracle at this time.

This is indeed a miracle, has always been the biggest factor restricting the scale of immigration, the early Western colonizers from Africa to the Americas when the worst loss of more than 60 percent along the way, an average of 100 people on the ship, at most only 40 people arrived in the Americas, on the one hand, because of the poor living conditions on the migrant ship, the backwardness of technology is also an important reason.

"We've built a temporary camp for you, but we're sorry we don't have any more funds, so the facilities in the temporary camp may not be perfect, but I don't think that's a problem, the Far East Company is not short of this money, and your bosses are all rich." Bai first sent a high hat to stop Steven's mouth, so as not to be shocked and drop his jaw later.

It's really rudimentary, if it weren't for Bai Qi leading the way, Steven even suspected that it was just a random wasteland and then a wall would be done, there were only a few tents in the yard, which were for the officers, and most of the mercenaries had to bury their own tents, otherwise they would be ready to sleep in the open tonight.

"Well, I now understand what 'not perfect' means." Steven smiled a little helplessly, in fact, they are all their own people, can they say something well? I have to do these things.

"Colonel, before you arrived, I had sent a small detachment to Manila, their mission was to protect the local Chinese in Manila, and at the same time to make trouble for the Spaniards as much as possible, I have a request for a private position, if you can, please take proper care of the local Chinese in Manila, get rid of it." Bai Qi's words are sincere, if Steven gives a promise now, then maybe Bai Qi will change places for the mercenaries.

"General don't worry, even if you don't say it, I will do it, you know, one of the bosses of the Far East Company is Chinese, and there are many Chinese in our Far East Company, so rest assured, I don't dare to guarantee that the Chinese can receive the same courtesy in Manila as in New York, but I can guarantee that the Chinese will no longer be targeted by anyone, by the way, General Bai Qi is also Chinese, I think with this guarantee, the Chinese should be able to rest assured." Steven didn't dare to slack off, even if he didn't ask for it, Steven didn't dare to target the Chinese, Li Mu's defense of Chinese Americans in the United States is well known, if Steven dares to learn from the Spaniards against Chinese, then I'm afraid Steven won't return to New York alive.

"That's the best-" Bai Qi was overjoyed, and his face was finally full of smiles: "I hope Mr. Colonel can understand my feelings, you know that there have been Chinese who have fled from Manila to Ryukyu, their experience is outrageous, the Spaniards are too much, they not only want to deprive the Chinese of their property, but also provoke the natives to massacre the Chinese, I think the Spaniards in Luzon should be judged, they are now a disgrace to the civilized world, such collective behavior should never appear in a civilized society, I think we in the Ryukyus will do something for the Chinese in Luzon, and if we can, I hope we can send someone with you to Luzon to collect evidence. ”

Bai Qi is not doing nothing, there are some things that can be done but cannot be said, to say that the behavior of the Spaniards in Luzon is no different from the behavior of the British and French in the colonies, but no one blames the British and French for this, if Bai Qi stands at the level of the Ryukyu state to expose the Spaniards, this may not help the Far East Company, but it will definitely be welcomed by Washington.

The Americans' war against Spain was not a sure thing, and the United States needed as many suitable reasons as possible, both from a practical point of view and at the national level.

"Of course, we are against all anti-human regressions, which are also regressions of civilization, and we should make as many people as possible pay attention to the living conditions of the Chinese in Luzon." Steven is indispensable, and in this kind of thing, Steven can't make it awkward for Bai Qi.