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In this capture of Manila, not much gold and silver were seized, and only 9,840 taels of gold and 124,000 taels of silver were counted.

But in addition to these silver, a large number of goods were also seized, including pearls, ambergris, blood exhaustion, agate, rhino horn, ivory, tortoiseshell, agarwood, sandalwood, ebony, sumac, pepper, borneol, flower vine incense, yellow flowerwood, Luo Hu incense, shellac, Qi Nan incense, Zhenzhen incense, frankincense, myrrh, glass, etc., it can be said that there are a variety of everything.

If these things were shipped back to Great Qin, the preliminary estimate would be worth more than one and a half million taels. This income alone is enough to offset all the expenses of the three fleets that Great Qin has built so far.

Among them, ambergris is worth more than 30 taels of silver per catty in Daqin, pepper is worth 3 taels of silver per catty, frankincense is 5 taels of silver per catty, agarwood is 3 taels of silver per catty, and blood exhaustion is 15 taels of silver per catty.

Pearls, agate, rhino horn, red sandalwood, yellow flowers, etc., are also very valuable. There are also many silks, porcelain, lacquerware, tea, etc. produced in China.

It can be seen that the Spaniards mainly traded with China, and as far as the whole world is concerned, whoever controls the trade with China will have untold wealth.

China has a huge market with the most exquisite goods, and it has the initiative in the world's trade. China can not trade with Western countries, but Western countries cannot afford to lose China as a trading partner.

The rise of the Great Voyage was the Ottoman Empire's blockade of trade between the East and the West, forcing Western countries to find ways to trade with China from the sea, and then made great geographical discoveries.

From this point of view, China is not afraid of going to war with any country, and if it hurts you, you have to obediently come to China.

His Majesty, the Emperor of Great Qin, had drawn a grand blueprint for the navy, first of all, to expel the Western forces from the South Seas and control the trade routes in the hands of Great Qin.

And controlling Luzon is only the first step, and it is also a crucial step.

Because to conquer more distant places. It is not possible to rely entirely on domestic supplies, so it is necessary to turn Luzon into a forward base of the Great Qin, and use this base to radiate the entire South Sea.

How to achieve this grand goal, Gu Rong, Zheng Sihai, Zhang Mingzhen, Hai Rufeng, Wang Guichen, Shi Lang, Tong Haifeng, Zhao Han, Zhang Hui and others once again held a meeting in the former Spanish Governor's Palace.

This time, in order to avoid irresponsible remarks from those old pedants in China, Qin Mu gave face-to-face lectures to the admiral in Yanziji, and at the same time gave the navy a lot of power to make decisions on the spot.

How to act after conquering Luzon, although Qin Mu did not explain it very clearly, he had already given them some hints.

Wang Guichen first said: "Luzon is far away from Great Qin"

"Hey!" Hai Rufeng immediately interjected, "General Wang, this is wrong, now Luzon is my Great Qin." How can you say that you are separated from my Great Qin? ”

Everyone laughed, and Wang Guichen also smiled and changed his words: "After all, it is far away from our homeland, and if you want to rule this land, the most worrying thing is that the natives here are in turmoil, although they can't make any big waves, but it's still very annoying to add a little chaos often." Although I didn't say it explicitly, I could see that His Majesty was preparing to move people to Luzon. ”

"It's all your own people, General Wang, don't spit it out. Say whatever you want, damn it, these monkeys on Luzon Island have killed so many Han people, and the blood debt is repaid. What else is polite to them? ”

"Since Admiral Gu said so, then the general will also say it directly, there are about seven or eight hundred thousand natives in Luzon now, according to my meaning. Bring women over the age of ten and under the age of forty-five back to Daqin to work as maids, or sell them to merchants to work.

As for men, we always have to grow food and eat in Luzon. Someone has to farm. The Tang Dynasty opened up the Western Regions, established the capital protectorate, and relocated people to reclaim. Let's learn and gather all the indigenous men for military reclamation. ”

Wang Guichen's idea is bad, women are all pulled back to Daqin to be servants, and the rest are all men, men can't have children with men, after a long time, plus some assimilation methods, it won't take long for the natives to disappear in this land.

It is believed that by gathering 200,000 or 300,000 natives to reclaim Luzon and set up military reclamation farms, it is believed that a large area of fertile land will soon be reclaimed.

Gu Rong smiled when he heard this: "This is a good idea, we are only responsible for arresting people, Daqin's caravan believes that it will soon swarm in, just sell the woman to them directly." ”

Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, said hesitantly: "Lord Admiral, if you do this, I am afraid that it will cause impeachment by the imperial historian in the country." ”

"Impeachment fart, these are all prisoners of war, all dynasties conquered one place, and there were a large number of prisoners, and Wang Zhi, the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, was still a prisoner. His Majesty exterminated the Jurchens, not uh, anyway, these are all captives, what are they impeaching. Gu Rong's brain was not yet rusty, and the remarks about His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor stopped in time.

Zhao Han, the governor of the South China Sea Fleet, was much more pragmatic, he said: "From the official's point of view, if Great Qin wants to govern Luzon Island well, it is inevitable that strong cadres and weak branches will be strong, as General Wang said, after all, Luzon is far away from Great Qin itself, and if you want to avoid chaos in the future, the number of natives must be controlled." ”

Hai Rufeng said: "General Wang's idea is good, the natives around Manila are easy to handle, but most of the natives are scattered in the deep mountains and old forests after all, so we can't go all over the mountains to catch monkeys, right?" ”

This is a big problem, there are less than 200,000 natives living around Manila, and it is not easy to dig deep into the mountains and old forests to catch the rest.

Zhao Han thought for a while and said, "If you want to take it, you must give it first." We are not afraid to treat the natives around Manila first, and then put up notices, but all the natives who are willing to move to Pingyuan to live, in addition to each family will be given 100 acres of land, but also five taels of silver, two pieces of cotton cloth, plus porcelain and tea, as long as they are tempted to make heavy profits, I believe that many natives will be willing to come.

If there are still those who do not want to submit to the Great Qin, they will send troops to exterminate them, force them to use their power, and induce them to benefit, and the official believes that it will not be long before a large number of local people can move to the plains. ”

"Wonderful! Great, that's it! Gu Rong couldn't help but applaud loudly when he heard this.

Shi Lang added: "No matter how coercion and temptation you are, there will always be some natives who are unwilling to move out, so let's not take precautions against razing, let that Aquino organize thousands of indigenous soldiers to go to the deep mountains and old forests to arrest people, and every time they catch one, they will give certain benefits, I believe they will work very hard." ”

Not to mention that these Luzon monkeys still have no national concept, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, China was also a Han Khan innumerable, and most of China was defeated by the Han Khan army with the help of the Manchu Qing.

A person like Aquino turned out to be a lackey of the Spaniards, and as long as he gave him some sweetness, it would be strange if he didn't obediently wag his tail and beg for mercy.

Everyone is a soldier, they act cleanly, and they do what they say after they have been discussed.

First of all, Zhao Han brought Aquino and asked him to publicize to the natives: You are all the people of Great Qin, His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin, benevolence and all things, and you will soon be able to get rid of poverty and live an infinitely rich and beautiful life in the future. All the natives around Manila, each family will be given 500 acres of land, and from now on, you will all be landlords.

As for the people who are still living in the deep mountains and old forests, they must move out quickly, as long as they move out to be the people of Daqin, they will immediately have countless benefits, and every family will have silver, land, and goods. If anyone refuses to move out, they are unwilling to be the people of Great Qin, they are the enemies of Great Qin, and the mighty Great Qin soldiers will exterminate them one by one.

At the same time, Zhao Han gave Aquino a general of Zhengyi, and also carved a seal in a serious manner, and embroidered a battle flag for him. and rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver, and even gave him a Spanish woman in her thirties.

It turned out that the Spaniards had organized an army of 3,000 native servants, all of whom were now under the command of Aquino.

It was as if Aquino had suddenly been sent into heaven, into the arms of his Heavenly Father, and the boundless happiness instantly overwhelmed him, almost suffocating him.

When he kowtowed to Zhao Han, it was called a force, and a pit appeared on the mud floor.

Qin Jun was not idle, began to set fire to the mountains around Manila, this, don't get me wrong, this is not to smoke out the monkeys, at this time most of the Luzon Island is still in the original ecology, to pioneer must first burn the woods and thorns, after burning, a large area of grass ash has become the best fertilizer for the land.

As for environmental protection or something, that's a joke, now the whole of Luzon is overgrown with trees, if you don't burn some of it, where will the land come for you to cultivate, unless you're going to learn from the local natives to go into the woods to be monkeys.

The caravan from Daqin was faster than Gu Rong expected, and on the third day, dozens of Daqin merchant ships arrived at Manila Port, bringing supplies that the navy urgently needed.

Zhao Han was in charge of trading with the merchants, selling the seized goods directly to the merchants and transporting them back to China for sale.

Aquino worked very hard, leading thousands of men and horses, armed with knives, guns, bows and arrows, into the deep mountains and old forests, and drove the natives inside to Manila.

The local aborigines live in simple thatched huts, and their families are usually poor and white, and a few pots and jars can be carried on their backs and they can go.

If you don't go, you can't go, if you don't go, you'll die, and under the forced drive of Aquino, thousands of natives were driven out of the deep mountains and old forests on the first day.

When they arrived in Manila, they did not expect to receive land, silver, cloth, porcelain and other goods that they would not normally think of.

The natives, who were still crying just now, suddenly smiled and rejoiced.

As soon as the news spread, the natives in the mountains and forests were all fried, and there are still such good things in this world? Is it true? The natives who received the news first sent people to Manila to inquire about the news.

The people who came to inquire didn't need you to bother to verify it, in addition to the living examples in front of him, Qin Jun also sent him silver first, and asked him to go back and publicize Daqin's policies well.

(To be continued......)