Jia Hao shook his head: "As far as I know, not all Spain is willing to surrender......"

Then the Governor of Lebando respectfully said: "Those wicked people who, in the name of faith, have taken the Spaniards of Manila to the bottomless abyss, whose crimes have been recognized by all Spaniards, and they will be judged justly." ”

Jia Hao frowned: "A fair trial? Whose justice? Until the serious crimes committed against us Chinese are liquidated, they have no right to be judged by your own people. ”

Governor Lebandu bowed: "Yes, so at the moment they are all still only imprisoned. ”

Jia Hao said coldly: "They!? Who should be judged, is it up to us to decide, but for yourselves? ”

The governor sweated on his forehead and continued to bow, but Jia Hao slowed down his tone: "Of course, at the last moment, we can be lenient with those who are willing to join hands with us China." ”

The Governor hastened to the serpent's stick: "Then the sooner your country determines the relevant policy regarding the galleon trade, and the future of Manila and even Luzon, I believe that our two countries will abandon their old grievances and face the future together...... This is what the Governor wants to ask for an explanation, in order to calm the panic of the Spaniards. Jia Haoxin said, you can get an explanation from me, but I can't get an explanation from the fourth brother, I still want to be alone to face the anger of my subordinates and even public opinion in the country.

"Your Majesty! Why keep the galleon trade and do business with the Spaniards!? We have died thousands of people in Manila! Even Brother Tian was killed! Your Majesty!? ”

Before it was Jia Hao's turn to accept his anger, Siniang's anger had already enveloped Li Shi, and at this time, Li Shi returned to Yingyang Port on Kunlun Island, and was preparing to return to the north.

Li Xi didn't hide much from Si Niang's side, and when he heard that Li Xi was not ready to slaughter the Spaniards in Manila, and even wanted to continue doing business with the other party, Si Niang was angry.

Many of the homeless orphans who were bought by Li Shi with her were already middle and high-ranking officers, and many of them shed their blood in Manila, among which Tian Tangjian, Wang Tanghe, Fang Tangheng and Yang Tangcheng served as deputy commanders of artillery divisions in the Luzon Dispatch Army, and died in an artillery battle half a month ago, and was the highest ranking among the soldiers who died in this battle.

Under Tian Tangjian, in the past two or three months, the British and Chinese officers and soldiers have chosen three or four thousand to die in battle, and nearly two thousand have died of illness, and by the end of this war, I am afraid that the dead will have to choose 8,000 people, if you count the Chinese Laofu, and then count the Chinese who served for the Spaniards, the first battle of Manila devoured as many as 30,000 or 40,000 compatriots.

Siniang is her daughter's family, and she didn't seriously think about killing the Spaniards, and the total score of soldiers and civilians is not it? But such a tragic sacrifice, in the end, it was necessary to maintain the galleon trade, and this battle was really ridiculous, and the price of just taking the control of Luzon seemed too heavy, and the gain seemed too little. Li Xian wanted to rub the girl's head, but Siniang twisted away with a straight face, and there were tears in her eyes.

There are really a few people who can understand what the soldiers sacrificed for. Siniang's anger is nothing, if Sanniang is here, I don't know what the situation will be.

Li Xian smiled bitterly, he had never thought of erasing the trade lines of the Spanish galleons at first. On this trade line, millions of taels of silver flow every year, and if this battle is fought and this trade line is lost, it is really a sesame seed and a watermelon.

briefly explained, Siniang was still in tears, and she was extremely puzzled.

Since we still have to do business with the Spaniards in the end, can't we talk about it? Why do you want to raise a country, go to many armies, and get corpses all over the wilderness?

Li Xi laughed again, women's thinking, no, not just women, I'm afraid many people think so. Talk? If the entanglement of interests in the world can be resolved by mouth, the earth would have entered the Datong society long ago.

Talks are definitely needed, but how can we talk about the results without making sacrifices, not fighting in the dark, and letting each other understand the strength and weakness of the strength and the weight of the weight, so as to clarify the status of both sides?

"It's not that you make 50% in business, I earn 50%, everyone is harmonious. In business, there are always people who eat the big head and someone who eats the small head. This trade route, in the past, the Spaniards ate the big heads, and the Chinese ate the dregs they dropped, but now, we have to control the overall situation, they can only eat small heads. Li Xian said this, but said in his heart that keeping this trade route is not just a matter of how much to eat. To a certain extent, this line can lead the future of Yinghua and even the whole of China. , Siniang seemed to be convinced, but she still pouted, it was difficult for her to accept, the blood of the soldiers was so closely linked to the money, in her place, whether it was the glory of the soldiers or the belief in the people, it was a blasphemy.

Li Xianzheng said: "What's wrong with fighting for money? With these silver coins after the war, the imperial court can widely educate and relieve the poor, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and rely on their own labor to obtain more benefits. Is it just to defend the country when soldiers throw their heads and spill their blood? Wrong, the military is more about earning greater benefits for the country and all the people. I don't know what came to mind, he said leisurely: "Isn't such a sacrifice more worth it than defending the family and defending the country?" ”

Siniang's voice became even quieter: "How can Coco be enlisted, and everyone can enjoy these benefits?" ”

Li Xian smiled: "Isn't that what I, the fourth brother, the imperial court I bring, and the local government that I want to work hard to do?" "Smiling on his lips, but his heart is gradually heavy, this is a more difficult thing than war, let's just say that the follow-up of the trade line between Luzon and galleons, the smoke that will rise in the country, I am afraid that it is better than Manila.

The fragrance wrapped Li Shi again, Siniang was wiping her tears, leaned over and said carelessly: "I'll hammer the back of the fourth brother's legs, okay?" ”

Knowing the meaning of this sacrifice, in Manila and Diego Castle, Jia Hao's feeling at this time was like the fourth brother who was enjoying Siniang's fragrant service thousands of miles away, comfortable and tired.

Just in terms of material gains, this war is already extraordinary. In the more than a dozen churches of the castle of St. Yago, there were mountains of gold, silver and jewelry, and the military senators roughly estimated that they were worth at least a million taels of silver.

This is faith, Jia Hao sneered at the Spanish priests, and they were actually qualified to criticize those Spaniards who surrendered because their faith was corrupted by money. Not only gold and silver, the church in Manila controls sixty percent of the land in Manila, and the church's income is even twice that of Manila's taxes, they are the masters of Manila, and of course they have to resist to the end.

The seizures in the central areas of the church, the governor's palace, and the barracks were counted as trophies of the whole army, and the rest were distributed among the troops below. Jia Hao took out the means of driving the Bo Ni colonial army, one word: rob! What's grabbed is yours.

But there are rules for this robbery, first of all, it is divided into partitions, and it is not chaotic, and secondly, it is not burned and killed, and it is not looted. The third is that the servant army also has a part, but it must be led by the Anglo-Chinese army.

The city of Manila was ruined, but many buildings, including churches, were still intact, and many treasures were not transferred by the Spaniards. These places were previously placed under military control due to the war, but now they are open along with the castle of Santiago for the army to loot on its own.

There is a servant army, and the performance of the Anglo-Chinese red-clothed army is simply gentle, anyway, the districts are divided, and the servant army and the Anglo-Chinese army in each district are together. The British and Chinese troops moved their mouths, and the servant army moved their hands and legs, and the robbery was particularly orderly.

Wearing a large number of gray-clothed soldiers, under the leadership of a small number of red-clothed soldiers, they accumulated all kinds of materials like sweeping the floor, and a group of gray-clothed officers embroidered with red threads were full of emotion.

Mo Gaoji, the Li Dynasty moderation, Wu Lun Ge, the prince of Siam, Fang Fu Peng, Quang Nam Nguyen's son, as well as the princes and clansmen of Cambodia, Champasak and Lanna and other countries and other servant generals gathered together, listening to the admonition of Chen Dading, the head of the Privy Council's Coastal Defense Department Nan Cao, which even included the Mo family army led by Mo Tianci of the Mo family of Hexian Hexian, who came here voluntarily to prove their loyalty to the Celestial Empire, and Yang Dian, the lord of the Chinese State north of the Three Buddhas, also personally brought hundreds of soldiers, It is necessary to use this battle to show the determination of the people of Pattani to be loyal to the Celestial Empire.

Chen Dading was arranging for them to withdraw the troops subsequently, this robbery was an additional gain, and the rich rewards had been determined, and everyone sighed that the victory of Yinghua's national strength and the strength of martial arts were strong. And how lucky it is for his own country to be able to climb the chariot of the Celestial Empire. Compared with the joy of the servant army, the people who fought vigorously for this purpose, especially the people in Manila, are full of expectations. Fan Sihai and You Minggui and other leaders have passed on the assurances of the middle and high levels of the army that everyone's material rewards will not be too much, but if they get a homestead in Manila, or land outside the city, this one will never fall.

There are two other things that make the Chinese people in Manila happy, one is that almost all the natives in Manila work for the Spaniards, and they are bound to be "disposed of", and the other is that the Anglo-Chinese will still maintain trade with the Spaniards, and Manila will not decline.

The biggest winner was the navy, which, in Hu Hanshan's words, had become an upstart. Although Jia Hao, in order to balance the interests of land and sea, not only arranged good "fertile land" for the Fubo army, but even assigned the entire port area south of the castle to the navy for "cleaning". But in Hu Hanshan's eyes, things on land are not in his eyes at all. "All that is above water, under water, belongs to our navy!" ”

Hu Hanshan said heroically, with his words, the entire Manila Bay is navy. The millions of taels of silver found from the dozens of merchant ships in the bay were all returned to the navy.

Not counting gold and silver, there are still twenty or thirty usable ships in the entire Manila Bay, many of which are warships, and the battleship "Royal September" made Hu Hanshan and the naval officers laugh from ear to ear. Perhaps Spain still had the illusion of defending the castle and did not destroy it completely. The battleship only damaged the tail and trail mast, and there was also repair value.

However, Hu Hanshan still jumped to his feet and cursed when he inspected, the warrior who had sneaked into the attack with him earlier, "If you stuff a bucket of gunpowder less, you will die!" ”

After a few days of snatching, except for the war captures that had to be surrendered, all the officers and men of the British and Chinese army were bulging in their pockets, and even the servant army each received a share of the capture worth twenty or thirty taels.

In addition to being elated, when they saw the temporary cemetery behind the camp, the tombstones were stretched out layer by layer, and the soldiers were silent again.

In the 10 days after the end of the war, the top brass of the army was busy handling various handover affairs, while the grassroots were busy looting for war gains. After both sides were roughly busy, the joy of victory and harvest gradually faded, and the soldiers, the Spaniards who were detained in the makeshift camps, began to be particularly glaring.

They were still dressed in bright colors, dressed in gold and silver, they ate and drank well, they were not abused, and they still looked up proudly, without a trace of shame or repentance in their eyes.

The blood of the comrades-in-arms and the tragic fate of the Chinese in Manila were once again churning in the minds of the soldiers, and the rumor in the army, that the governor had promised to keep the galleon trade and exchange courtesies with the Spaniards, gradually came true with the details of the piece.

The emotions of the grassroots soldiers converged, making the high-ranking officers start to fidget, and many of them were originally dissatisfied with Jia Hao's decision.

"Trade is a national policy, but also a matter of the future, what are these Spaniards going to do now?"

Pan Shiyu had the biggest opinion, and fired directly at Jia Hao at the regular meeting of the military council.

Jia Hao said indifferently: "The crime must be liquidated, don't be impatient." ”

With Jia Hao's sentence put down, the Spaniards in Manila finally ushered in the verdict they had been waiting for for a long time.

(To be continued)