Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 77 Changes in Luzon

Northern Luzon Islands.

The city called San Fernando by the Spaniards is now named "Cangshui City" by Zheng Kezang, only 56 kilometers away from Manila.

Cangshui is the title of Zhang Huangyan, the hero who is called the last tough guy in Nanming.

By the way, Manila was also renamed by Zheng Kezang, and now it is called "Mingyan City", which is the name of the country's surname.

Guo Xingye's last wish during his lifetime was to attack Lu Song and protect the people of Ming Dynasty. Name it after him, just to comfort his spirit in heaven.

At this time, Cangshui City had already begun to take shape, with a population of nearly 3 Chinese who immigrated from all over Nanyang.

Through the propaganda of Chinese businessmen, many Chinese immigrants from all over Nanyang learned that Luzon Island was occupied by King Yanping. Can be divided into fields.

As we all know, farming is a 5000-year-old ancestral talent of the Chinese people. Upon hearing the news of the division of fields, many Nanyang Chinese took boats to Luzon Island to find out the truth.

The simple harbor pier before Cangshui City became a hard wooden and stone plank road.

Large tracts of fertile land stretch as far as the eye can see, some are military fields, and some are private fields cultivated by the common people themselves.

Looking around, the traffic in the rice fields, various road and water conservancy projects are under construction, and it looks like it is in full swing.

The center of Cangshui City is a small two-story cement building. This building is the main government affairs center of Cangshui City, and there is a guard camp nearby.

The outside is just densely packed wooden houses, stilted buildings, very Luzon architectural style.

In addition to the Chinese from all over Nanyang, there are 8000 indigenous people living here.

After Zheng Kezang made some inspections, he found that the economy of Cangshui City was developing well, and there was a dense flow of people coming and going.

"Wang Yang, it seems that you have done a good job. I didn't expect you to be a good hand in internal affairs." Zheng Kezang praised.

When Wang Yang was told by him, he was not humble, "Your Highness, I have sacrificed a lot to make Cangshui City reach its current state. You can see that my whole body is almost sunburned, and I am almost the same color as a Kunlun slave."

Wang Yang looked like he wanted a reward.

Zheng Kezang chose to ignore it, and then entered Cangshui City.

The construction of Cangshui City is decent. Although it is not as developed as Mingyan City, it has great potential.

Although most of them are still dirt roads, many streets have already been paved with cement.

The Luzon natives coming and going on the road didn't look like savages at all, they were all wearing clean and tidy Han clothes.

Occasionally come a few fluent Chinese.

"Your Highness, how is it? I thought the natives of Luzon would be difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect it to be very easy to train." Wang Yang started selling melons again.

He then bragged about how he suppressed and appeased the natives.

Wang Yang actually put it bluntly, relying on the tactics of carrots and sticks to make the aborigines willingly work for Ming Zheng.

Wang Yang directly led troops to attack the undisciplined indigenous villages around him, arrested them and turned them into slaves.

After that, they will be educated, forced to read and write, teach them to farm, work and hunt, and when the time comes, they will abolish their status as slaves.

To be honest, the former Luzon natives had their last meal but never their next meal, and they often went hungry. If they got sick, they could only wait to die.

Now their lives are much better than during the Spanish rule. They have hope for life, and they can get wages for farming or work.

Moreover, the indigenous children also received a good Confucian education from Mingzheng, and when they grew up, they became good citizens of Mingzheng.

It only takes five to ten years for the indigenous culture to become Chinese culture.

Zheng Kezang praised with satisfaction, "By the way, how is the defense of Cangshui City?"

"Uh...that's hard to say."

Wang Yang touched his head in embarrassment, he was addicted to being the mayor.

He had been dealing with the affairs of Cangshui City, and he didn't pay too much attention to the defense, because the Spaniards were vulnerable to the Guards.

Only a few forts were built, and as the city continued to expand, the fortifications seemed to lag behind.

Zheng Kezang visited the sporadic forts at random without saying a word.

After all, this place is located in the core area of ​​Luzon, and there are many ships coming and going, and it is close to Manila. If it is captured, the consequences will be serious, and it cannot be relaxed.

Zheng Kezang thought for a while, and said seriously: "Wang Yang, you are from the Guards. If the Spaniards come back, this must be their first target. You can underestimate their army, but don't underestimate it." The firepower of their fleet."

Even if Spain loses everything in Asia and struggles in Europe, it must be prepared for Spain to suddenly lose its mind and travel thousands of miles to fight Zheng Kezang.

Young people tend to get carried away when they have a little achievement. After listening to Wang Yang, he also understood the seriousness of the matter, so he quickly said yes, and promised that the fortifications of Cangshui City would be done well in the future.

Afterwards, Zheng Kezang stopped asking about the fortifications and continued to visit Cangshui City.

At this moment, Ma Hetai, a maritime merchant from Luzon Island, came over and saluted Zheng Kezang.

Wang Yang introduced from the side, "Your Highness, this is Ma Hetai, a merchant from Cangshui City, who has sponsored money for the Guards."

Ma Hetai was nearly forty years old, and he ran a little fruit wine business in Luzon Island. He was a smooth man, and he did well under the Spanish rule.

"Your Highness, I am so lucky to meet you." Ma Hetai said respectfully.

Zheng Kezang is the owner of the Luzon Islands. These slick businessmen know how to find a source best. If he wants to go further in business, he can't get around Zheng Kezang.

"Old Ma, if you have sponsored money for the Guards, you are considered a patriotic businessman, but the country's scandal is the first thing to say, if you dare to betray Daming and collude with the Spaniards or the Dutch, don't blame the country You're being polite." Zheng Kezang said sternly.

"Your Highness, even if you give villains 1 courage, you don't dare to collude with them." Ma Hetai hurriedly
Zheng Kezang nodded, ignored Ma Hetai, and went up to the wall of Cangshui City on his own.

Standing on the city wall, Zheng Kezang looked around and saw rice fields.

A large amount of rice is planted around Cangshui City. With the climate of Upper Luzon, not only can the entire city be fed, but half of the rice can be transported to Yizhou Island.

In addition to sufficient food, all kinds of fruit trees are not bad, like mango, coconut, custard fruit and durian, which are everywhere, almost half-wild.

Luzon Island is unbelievably rich in species, and there are mature alcohol brewing workshops. There are too many fruit trees here, and a large number of fruits can only rot in the ground, but fortunately there are wine brewing workshops, and the fruits have become a A quality resource.

Zheng Kezang looked at the fruit trees outside the city, and then at Ma Hetai, a wine merchant behind him, and had a new idea in his mind.

(End of this chapter)