The command room of the Shandong ironclad ship was brilliantly lit, with fuel wall lamps hanging on all four walls, and floor-to-ceiling oil lamps on the sides of the chart table, illuminating the cabin at night as if it were day.

"Although we expelled the Dutch from places like Java and Sumatra, the Dutch were not called sea coachmen, and they had several small castles in places like Medan, and the Dutch used the local natives as soldiers and hired them to work on the plantations. We're going to fight Manila, are we going to kill the Dutch? lest these Dutchmen find out that something is wrong and go back to Europe to report the news. Zhang Yukun asked.

Wang Yu shook his head: "There is no need to move these Dutch for the time being, they are no longer in the climate, and as long as our army passes, the Dutch will surrender." Now all we have to do is drive the Spaniards out of Manila. In fact, it is not a hurry, their merchants are willing to stay and do business, we welcome them, and the missionaries and churches can also be ignored; As for foreign merchant ships and all kinds of shops opened by foreigners, we don't care! All we have to do is replace the Governor of Manila with our men, and the Manila garrison with ours. ”

"You need an excuse to turn against the Spaniards, right? The Spaniards slaughtered the Han people in Manila before, but that was in the past, and the current Spaniards are as honest as grandsons, so if we go to fight them again, is it a little unreasonable? Li Rui asked.

"You can make excuses, or you can make your own. But we don't need excuses at all! When our fleet arrives in Manila, we will send people to offer them conditions. They will definitely not agree, then fight. Wang Yu said with a smile.

The Ming fleet did not sail directly to Manila to fight the Spaniards, but sailed into the opposite port of Halong Bay. There, the fleet will be supplied with high-quality coal from Vietnam, as well as fresh water and food.

The Han people did not defeat the Spaniards, Lin Feng in the era of Yan Siqi fought with the Spaniards, and also established his own regime near Yanping City established by Wang Yu, but unfortunately Lin Feng was strangled by the Ming and the Spaniards and was destroyed. And the earlier Wang Zhi was a pirate king with stronger ability than Yan Siqi, Wang Zhi was known as the owner of the Five Peaks, and when Wang Zhi was alive, it could be said that he completely suppressed the Japanese people. However, Wang Bengu trapped Wang Zhi and killed him, which led to the rampant coastal pirates.

In fact, both Wang Zhi and Lin Feng violated the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban. In fact, the so-called sea ban is the result of a group of scholars fooling the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, because the court banned the sea, these gentry can smuggle and make money.

The Ming fleet was anchored in Ha Long Bay, and Wang Yu sent a catamaran to Manila with a copy of the Mingxi Amendment Agreement to negotiate with the Manila Governorate, the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

The amendment agreement reads as follows:

Daming leased Subic Bay, built forts in Subic Bay, and stationed fleets; Daming established a police agency in Manila to work with the Spaniards to maintain order in Manila; The Tuwang on Luzon Island was restricted, and those who refused to accept it were exterminated, and the Han people replaced the Tuwang; The Ming built a castle ten miles south of Manila and stationed troops to deal with disobedient local kings; Spain did not allow foreign merchant ships to enter Manila, and only Ming, Portuguese, and British merchant ships were allowed to enter the port of Manila for trade, except for Spain's own ships.

It is completely expected that after this kind of agreement is sent to Manila, the Spaniards will definitely be furious and will definitely not agree to these conditions, because these conditions are that the Ming Dynasty will share Manila with Spain and establish a naval base in Subic Bay outside Manila Bay, which is equivalent to setting up a checkpoint outside the Spaniards and blocking the throat of the Spaniards.

Sure enough, as Wang Yu expected, the Governor of Manila, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was so angry that he kicked over the table after seeing Mingxi revise the agreement: "How can this be reasonable!" If we Spain agree to these conditions, then Manila is our Spain's or Ming's! This is simply deceptive! ”

The envoy said without being arrogant or humble: "Honorable Governor, I am sorry that you cannot agree to the conditions of our peaceful coexistence and reject our agreement on joint development, then we may only be able to solve it through war." ”

The Governor of Manila sneered: "Our Manila City is impregnable, and we are not afraid of you coming to fight at all!" And you have so many Han people in Manila, are you afraid that if the war breaks out, you are not afraid of affecting the Han people? ”

Six days later, the catamaran returned to Ha Long Bay, and the envoy told Wang Yu: "The Spanish Governorate in Manila has rejected our amendment agreement and threatened to attack our Han Chinese in Manila." ”

Wang Yu sneered: "These have been expected for a long time!" It would be strange if the Spaniards could say yes! This time it was very exciting for them, as long as Liu Qi and them in Manila added another fire, the Spaniards would do something to the Han Chinese! At that point, we will be able to attack Manila in the name of justice! ”

In the city of Manila, almost everyone of the Han people who had been prepared for a long time were equipped with muskets, not only the flintlock pistols eliminated by the Ming army, but also the more advanced breech-loading rifled guns and mini rifles of Liu Qi's Nanyang Company.

"Here, reinforce! The neighborhoods over there are within range of the Manila Citadel's artillery, and they all give up! Bury the houses over there in gunpowder jars and detonate them when the natives come! The walls here need to be reinforced, and the doors and windows are blocked, leaving only the shooting holes! Liu Qi nervously commanded the Han Chinese in Manila to prepare for the war.

On top of two fortified buildings, two hand-cranked, eleven-barreled machine guns were arranged. Liu Qi stood in front of the machine gun, he knew the terrifying power of this weapon. Liu Qi also felt a little unbearable thinking of the local indigenous people who were about to be slaughtered, after all, those indigenous people were not the indigenous people who believed in Tianfang on the islands of Medan, Java and Sumatra, and most of these indigenous people were Christians. Under the influence of Wang Yu, Liu Qi did not have such a deep hatred for Christians. What's more, there are many local indigenous people on Luzon who trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship is not bad.

However, what the Spanish governor of Manila had to do was to mobilize the local natives to attack the Han Chinese, and for this reason, Liu Qi had to shock the local natives and let them know that they were afraid.

The indigenous people of the vicinity of Manila are not monolithic, and are under the jurisdiction of different kings. These natives, they listened more to the dictates of the Spanish colonizers. This time, Wang Yu submitted a revised agreement to the Spaniards, which angered the Spaniards, who would inevitably incite the natives to attack on a large scale.

"My lord, the natives are here!" A soldier of the escort reported to Liu Qiyu.