Domineering Daming

"Follow the order." Cao Huachun said.The emperor's trip to the south this time is a reshaping of the surrounding relations. It has been basically completed now, and the cabinet needs to do it with all its strength.

For this "negotiation", the Ming Dynasty made a "huge contribution". Satsuma, North Korea, and Ryukyu were all grateful. After signing the "treaty", they hurried back to China and made preparations.

The Ming Dynasty only showed "help" to them, and had no intention of "annexing" them, and they all left one after another very happily.

Zhu Xu also made a good show, personally sent them to board the ship, and sent someone to escort them away.

The two Mongolian tribes, Horqin, Chahar, and Zhu Xu also gave them face and sent them north.

The two were quite reluctant and full of thoughts, but they still left.

The southeast peninsula couldn't wait any longer, scrambling to leave.This time Zhu Xu didn't bother to pay attention and let them leave - they will come back soon!

The rest are the captives of Holland and Spain. Zhu Xu has no plan to let these people go. After all, there are still matters in Spain that have not been resolved.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Xu traveled around Guangdong, Guangxi and other places, mainly to deal with the "foreign race" and maritime trade issues. In the future, there will be two centers of maritime trade, one is Jinyin Village in South Zhili, which is In later generations of Shanghai, one is Guangdong. Gold and Silver Village is the core of East Asia, where Ryukyu, Japan, and Korea meet. Guangdong is a geographical advantage. Maritime trade should be convenient, and going to sea is also the most convenient.

Zhu Xu intends to set up another special zone, but he can't find a suitable candidate, and he doesn't have that much energy, so he can only do it slowly.

Time flew by, and it was August in a blink of an eye.

Suddenly, a typhoon hit, with torrential rain and strong winds, half of the base was submerged.

Standing at the door, Zhu Xu looked at the torrent of water that was just around the corner, and looked towards the south with a frown.

Knowing Zhu Xu's worry, Cao Huachun said softly, "Your Majesty, counting the time, Cao Zongbing should have arrived long ago, and there should be a place to shelter from the rain."

Whether Zhu Xu knew about the matter thousands of miles away, she was equally uneasy. She pressed her heart, shook her head and said, "What's going on with Annan?"

Cao Huachun took a memorial in his hand, handed it to Zhu Xu and said, "Back to the emperor, Dorgon joined forces with Oboi to raid Taiyuan, then turned around and wiped out the Wu family. Now Chen Bing is [-] miles away from Taiyuan and Zheng's [-] The armies confront each other. Zheng Zhilong's fleet has already landed in Nam Dinh and headed straight for Thang Long (that is, Hanoi). The two-phase attack will be over within three days and the entire territory of Nan'an will be recovered."

Zhu Xu nodded. Annan's elephant army was completely vulnerable to the artillery of the Ming Dynasty. The Zheng family had [-] troops at full strength. How could they be the opponents of the Ming Dynasty!

"Order Dorgon to speed up, the navy doesn't have to worry about it, I want them to destroy the Ruan family within ten days!" Zhu Xu said.

The two largest separatist forces in Annan are the Zheng family and the Ruan family, and there are some small countries in Champa in the far south. What Zhu Xu needs is to wipe out the Zheng family and the Ruan family with thunder, and shock the southeast peninsula!

"Follow the order!" Cao Huachun said.

After Zhu Xu finished speaking, he looked to the south again.

"I hope that nothing will happen to Lao Cao..." he said to himself from the bottom of his heart.

Moving forward five days in time, on Luzon Island, it was relatively calm, with only slight fluctuations in the sea water, and the same was true in Manila and Wangcheng.

Oquindo fled back with three warships, but one sank on the way, and only two ships and more than 300 people were brought back.

The Governor of the Philippines, Acuña, stood at the table, staring at Oquendo with eyes wide open, his face full of astonishment.

"What did you say? You failed and only brought back two warships?" Acuña was so shocked that he couldn't speak. No matter what, he shouldn't have lost so badly!

Ocundo is now very calm, he poured a glass of wine, took a sip, and said in a hoarse and deep voice: "Mingren is stronger than we imagined, we just met unexpectedly on the sea, and then, Lost."

Acuña stood there, his expression constantly changing, and said, "Dutch, how are they?"

Oquindo took another sip of his wine, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I have seen hundreds of established warships in the Ming Dynasty, and cannons more advanced than ours. The Dutch will never please them..."

Acuña felt relieved inexplicably, and sat down slowly, looking contemplative.

Their opponents at sea are the Dutch, and now they have only a few hundred people left. If the Dutch are also hit hard, it doesn't matter.

The reason why Ocundo can be so relaxed is also thinking so. He raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and said: "Okay, I will return to China tomorrow. Before that, you have to find a way to stabilize the Philippines."

They attacked with all their strength before, but now only more than 300 people have returned, which is their full strength. If Ocundo is going to leave, he must take some of them with him. The Royal City of the Philippines is tantamount to empty.

Acuña didn't move at all, and sat there thinking.

Spain is different from the Dutch. As long as they don’t lose here, it doesn’t matter much if they lose a few people. The Dutch are different. One or two thousand is a big loss for them, and they will not be able to mobilize people to Asia for a while.

"What do you think of Batavia?" Acuna looked up solemnly.

Oquendo was startled, but immediately agreed. Earl shook his head and said, "There are damn treaty restrictions, and, outside of Europe, we are at a disadvantage."

Acuña showed a hint of resentment on his face, and snorted coldly: "It's all the damn English's fault for ruining our Armada..."

Oquendo wiped his beard and said, "Don't think too much, let's run the Philippines well."

Acuña shrugged his shoulders, and said: "The Philippines can't build a big ship, and it has to be mobilized from the mainland. Please."

The current European colonists are keen on plundering overseas. They will build strong cities and fortresses for plundering, but they don't have the patience to "develop industry".

Oquendo grumbled, "No problem." After speaking, he left.

At the same time, Cao Wenzhao's fleet has arrived at Dagang, which is the most important port at the southernmost tip of the Philippines. He easily occupies it and avoids the current typhoon by the way.

Inside the city, Liu Wentian looked at the heavy wind and rain outside, and complained: "This city is really too small, even the wind can't stop it."

Lai Daosheng was looking at the map of the Philippines with Cao Wenzhao inside, without raising his head, he said: "Well, I have inquired, the land here is sparsely populated, and they are all uncivilized barbarians, they can't build anything decent .”

Cao Wenzhao looked at the map for a while, straightened up and said, "The typhoon will pass by tonight at most, and then we will go all the way south along the west coast, and we will be able to reach Manila in at most three days. By the way, Wen Tian, ​​what is the person you are looking for?" How is it?"

Liu Wentian turned around and said, "My lord, I have already found them. There are more than 100 merchants. They are very excited and want to come to see you."

Cao Wenzhao nodded, and said: "Let's arrange it when the wind and rain are less severe. According to the domestic system, one of them is appointed as the county magistrate, in charge of everything, and 300 people are left for him. After the Spaniards are cleaned up, please ask the emperor to make specific arrangements." .”

Liu Wentian, it doesn't matter if he comes to Daosheng, anyway, the main force of the Frangji people has been wiped out, they just came to take over, and then everything will be dealt with by the cabinet.

The local aborigines and merchants of the Ming Dynasty hated the Spanish colonists for a long time. They were overjoyed to see the "Wang Shinan coming" and came to express their "support" one after another.

After Cao Wenzhao announced the "National Treatment" of the Ming Dynasty, everyone was overjoyed. They were extremely happy to set up government offices and other management agencies under the command of Cao Wenzhao, and 300 elite soldiers stayed to serve as their guards. Naturally, the family is more happy, wishing they could go south with Cao Wenzhao to drive away Frangji.

On the second day, Cao Wenzhao's fleet continued southward along the west coast of the Philippines, with the direct goal of Manila.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Liu Wentian said: "My lord, this Manila is hidden in a bay, and it happens to be able to drive straight in. They will be caught off guard!"

Lai Zongdao said: "My lord, in order to avoid trouble, why don't I take a small ship with 1000 people and sneak attack overnight, and I will definitely do amazing things!"

Including Cao Wenzhao, they were all full of confidence, and a fleet of 120 ships headed south majestically.

If it's not that they don't have the experience of going to sea, Zhu Xu hopes that they can bring more, so as to promote the prosperity of Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea and reproduce the glory of the Yongle period!

However, there will be opportunities in the future, and now we still have to swallow the entire Nanyang.

Cao Wenzhao put his hands behind his back and said with great ambition: "This battle must be upright, and the movement must be loud. The warships will directly sail into Manila Bay and be shocked by cannons!"

Liu Wentian and Lai Zongdao immediately understood what Cao Wenzhao meant, and immediately said, "Yes!"

At this time, Philippine Governor Acuña was still unaware, and was busy mobilizing manpower and redeploying defenses to prevent the indigenous people from knowing the news and making trouble.