***

Among the thousands of colorful and colorful indigenous servants, Aquino was dressed in the black-clothed armor of the Qin army, which looked particularly powerful and conspicuous.

He held the "General Zhengyi" banner embroidered by Zhao Han in his hand, so he felt that it was not enough to explain his special identity, so he used a string of hemp rope to hang the big seal of "General Zhengyi" carved out by Zhao Han on his chest like a necklace, and never left his body.

As he walked, the Great Seal kept hitting his chest, and it hurt a little, but Aquino was happy to do it.

In this era, Luzon Island, except for the relatively civilized near Manila, most of the area was covered with primeval jungle, and the natives mostly lived in the jungle, built some thatched huts with thatch, and lived a slash-and-burn life in the form of tribes.

A small number of larger tribes were able to make some rough clay pots and weave some linen cloth, and produce some relatively backward daily necessities, in short, both the social structure and the mode of life and production were still very backward.

On this day, Aquino came with an army of 3,000 servants to attack a tribe called Mutt, which was located by the sea, and there were more than 2,000 people including the elderly, weak, women and children.

In order to help Aquino achieve a quick victory, Zheng Sihai sent Wang Guichen's battalion of men and horses to sail over, first approaching the shore with a battleship, and coming with a volley, blasting the indigenous tribes into a string of rats, screaming again and again, and then rushing in by Aquino's servants.

The three thousand servants worked extremely hard, because Zheng Sihai offered a price, and the natives under the age of forty-five who have not lost the ability to work can get five dollars of silver for every time they catch one of them, and two of them are one or two white flowers!

But in the jungle, thousands of soldiers rushed in with a strange scream like apes, ignoring the thorns and tearing their clothes, and the arrows flew through the forest, and their mouths kept screaming. It looks like a group of monkeys attacking another group of monkeys' territory.

Wang Guichen on the boat looked at it from a distance, and sighed while picking his teeth: "Damn, it's really thanks to Aquino's group of monkeys, if you want to deal with monkeys, you have to use monkeys." ”

Mo Liang, who was under him, smiled hesitantly: "Head, don't talk about Aquino, grab a captive for five coins of silver, and even his subordinates are itching." ”

Li Sangui, the former second commander and the current deputy commander of the 10th Battalion, scolded with a smile: "If you itch, you will rub the wall." It's really not good, just wait until you catch the indigenous woman, just pick a few to relieve the itch. ”

"Hehe, the second master, don't say you didn't do this, that night, you pulled that Spanish woman to"

"Shut up! What do you say? Who the Spanish woman? ”

Wang Guichen saw that Li Sangui was anxious, his pair of inverted eyebrows raised, and said, "Okay." Okay, Lao Li, who doesn't know about your? Don't hide it, what's this? She was also a captive. If not, wouldn't they know about it? It's just a matter of turning a blind eye and letting you have fun. ”

"That boss, in fact, this Yanma is not very good. That smell just isn't right. ”

"Okay, then I'll give you two indigenous women, this should be the right taste for you."

A few people blew without saying a word. Holding on to the side of the boat to watch Aquino on the shore, they are desperate, looking very leisurely, Aquino is a good thing if he wins, what does it matter if he loses, just go back and reorganize some servant troops.

As for women, in the past, in the country, the Qin army has always strictly forbidden lewdness, but the situation in the navy is relatively special, and they have to drift at sea for many years in the future, and life is extremely boring, and the physiological needs of a group of big men must always be taken care of.

The soldiers used the captured women to vent, and the officer in charge of military justice also turned a blind eye, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

This can effectively alleviate the mental depression of the soldiers, alleviate their homesickness, and maintain morale. In the Song Dynasty, there were camp prostitutes, but in the Ming Dynasty, because the garrison was similar to the peasants, they were with their families, so there was no such thing as camp prostitutes.

Aquino's courage and courage in the jungle were swift and victorious, thanks to their superior strength and advanced weapons.

The indigenous tribe, including the elderly, the weak, women and children, were all taken prisoner and taken aboard ships.

Since he was a captive, he was not welcome, he had no land, and he did not take the initiative to go to Manila to get a reward of five taels of silver. The women were sold directly to the merchants, and the men were put into the South China Sea Fleet's military farms.

In doing so, it played a great deterrent effect, and each family who took the initiative to move to Manila could get 50 acres of land, five taels of silver, as well as cloth, porcelain, and daily necessities.

Those who refused to move were beaten and sold to merchants, and men were taken to military farms to do heavy labor, and if they dared to be lazy, they were whipped with leather whips, and their lives were worse than those of slaves.

In contrast, those who take the initiative to move live a paradise-like life, and those who refuse to move are worse than death. In this case, there is an endless stream of natives who have taken the initiative to move to Manila;

In just half a month, as many as 90,000 natives took the initiative to move to Manila, which is a remarkable achievement, you must know that the number of natives on Luzon Island at this time was only 780,000, and there were more than 100,000 people who originally lived near Manila.

According to this speed, it will not be long before the natives on the island are basically under the control of the Qin army.

The Qin army commanded these natives to burn forests and open up wasteland on the seashore in earthworks suitable for cultivation, and every day on Luzon Island, thick smoke rose into the sky, and it could be seen from far away on the sea.

Two or three hundred thousand people organized the land, and the land burned by the fire became so soft that it could be easily dug up with a hoe and planted with corn, red and other crops.

Paddy fields are relatively troublesome and require a rake, and when many natives don't even know how to use a rake, they need Zheng Sihai to send soldiers to guide them.

In general, due to the increasing number of people and the proper training of the Qin army, the speed of development was very gratifying.

Manila was in full swing, but Hai Rufeng led a detachment to the north.

A few years ago, Qin Mu inspected the navy in Yanziji, and when it was opportune, after letting the navy capture Luzon, he went to a place called Baguio to look for gold mines.

How did Majesty know that Baguio had a gold mine? Could it be that the First Emperor dreamed again? Hai Fengru led his team north from Manila with a mind full of questions, and the mission was to find gold mines.

In addition to the casualties in the naval battle, there are more than 300 people left in the ninth battalion, because there is only an approximate location, and the prospecting time may be relatively long, in addition to the battleship, Hai Rufeng also brought two medium-sized supply ships;

In addition, craftsmen with rich experience in prospecting are naturally indispensable, which Qin Mu specially prepared for the search for Baguio gold mines.

There are still 500 servant troops with them, and these 500 natives are mainly used for miscellaneous work.

The fleet went north with the wind, and in the cabin, the sea was like a wind while drinking tea, while looking at the map, on the map, from Manila Bay all the way to the north, the coastline was basically flat, until a few hundred miles to the north, the coastline suddenly concave to the east for nearly a hundred miles, according to His Majesty, landed in the depression of the coast, and then went east into the inland not far away, which is the so-called Baguio.

Hai Rufeng inquired about the natives, and there was no place name called Baguio in that area, because it was still a barren mountain field, and there were only a small number of indigenous distributions, in short, there was no place name.

Captain Lu Tian couldn't help but complain a little: "My lord, what kind of gold mine did you say we were looking for, this barren mountain and wild ridge, and I don't know the exact location, and I don't know what to look for to find it."

According to me, it is better for us to fight all the way over, as soon as this cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and it is not much easier to knock down those small countries in the South Seas one by one and move them directly from their vaults than to go all over the mountains to find gold mines? ”

Hai Rufeng put down the teacup and looked at the coastline to the east, and then said: "You know a fart, now this is our Luzon Province of Daqin, do you understand?" ”

"So what?"

"Since it's a province of Great Qin, there must be people, right?"

Lu Tian asked puzzledly: "What does this have to do with us going to find a gold mine, and let the ministers of the DPRK and China find a way to move the people in the country over." ”

"This is the genius of His Majesty, although Luzon has become the territory of Great Qin, but after all, it is far overseas, and now there is no shortage of arable land in the country, and few people are willing to move to Luzon, if the people are forcibly moved, the people will inevitably have resentment in their hearts.

It would be different if we found a gold mine, and when we go back to China to publicize that Luzon is full of gold, you think about it, will the people in China flock to it at that time? ”

"Ahh

*******************

PS: Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a subscription!.

(To be continued......)