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This turmoil was originally directed by Mao Jue. In Hangzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other big cities, the East India Company and the emerging bourgeois owners have naturally made preparations, and they don’t know how much food, clothes, etc. , at one end, refugees from the south of the Yangtze River fled to these big coastal ports full of apprehension. A sailboat heading south.

The current Southeast Asia is a cornucopia. The huge Luzon, the newly recovered Taiwan, the huge Borneo, the warm and fertile land are picked for nothing, and there are all kinds of precious spice veins. As long as someone develops them, the money will simply follow. The rain is splashing on the forehead like that, and if you can recruit a person, you will get an extra profit, just like picking up money! Under the trend of profit, the "black-hearted" bosses and manor owners are also doing their best to export people overseas. A large sailboat full of refugees who went to sea to work, sailed heavily towards the southeast.

On the other side of the sea, he stood by the port every day, watching boatloads of Ming people pouring in, and his city quickly became full. Huang Degong's old face couldn't help but bloom with joy.

"This is a real breakthrough!!!"

Chapter 7. Threat

Marx once said that since the day capital came into the world, every pore has been soaked with blood and dirty things.

You are right!

The entire south of the Yangtze River was involved in a huge war, the people were displaced, and the prosperity of Manila in the northern Ming Dynasty was built in the blood and tears of countless big landlords.

Population is the greatest wealth. It is true! In July, more than 5 people poured into Manila every month. Those Spanish farmer estates who were massacred and driven into the mountains to fight guerrillas were immediately destroyed by the later The Han people are full, and there is no winter here at all. Although it is already late autumn, but just came from Daming, it is the time to express a strong desire. Replanted new green seedlings.

Moreover, the Luzon Islands are absolutely vast and sparsely populated for the Spaniards. They only occupy locations with the best water conservancy, lighting and transportation conditions to build sugar cane gardens.

Anyway, there is a lot of land, and the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion deliberately instigated and secretly promoted it. In order to keep the people, the various plantation owners turned a blind eye and closed their eyes, and let these fooled refugees secretly cultivate. With the waving of a hard-working hoe, the earth was opened up one after another green patches.

How can the economy be developed without road construction?The refugees from the Southern Dynasties who were transported the most to Luzon Island were directly formed by the East India Company to build roads.

The poor Luzon Peninsula has been rippling in the sea breeze of the South Pacific for an unknown number of years, but now it is unlucky. Puffs of thick black smoke rise into the sky. Refined in Liaodong, a large two-ton crucible is burned with fine fuel from Shanxi coal mines. The coal was burning, and black smoke billowed into the air. Seeing that the crucible was almost burned, several East India Company foremen shouted and shouted, and a dozen workers gritted their teeth and shouted, pulling the hot iron chain. , In the air, under the astonishingly unpleasant smell, streams of scorched black and viscous liquid flowed out and sprinkled on piles of broken stones.

These things come from the black mine in Guangyuan, Sichuan, and they are called asphalt by a name that is more familiar to later generations.To be honest, in Mao Jue's impression, these things are the products that can only be refined by the oil industry in later generations. The only thing he has heard of is natural, that is, the asphalt lake in Central Park in the United States. He really did not expect that natural asphalt is also available in Daming.

The discovery of this thing is also quite legendary. This Zhang Xianzhong exchanged population for military rations, and among them were the local tyrants who sent a large army to raid and capture in Longyuan Mountain.

To become a tycoon, the brains must be better than ordinary tents, and the desire is also great. Other redeemed Sichuan residents are assigned to state-owned enterprises, so they don’t have to be slaves, and they still have wages. Everyone is happy, and this tycoon is Not happy at all. Where did he pick cotton and step on the sewing machine?As a result, the tyrant dedicated the black mine he brought from home to Wen Meng, who was the head of military affairs in Shaanxi, saying that it was very valuable, and he was willing to run it for the regent and his old man.

However, Wen Meng didn't know the goods, and didn't take it too seriously when he saw the dark and shiny things, so he just gave the tyrannical money away.

In ancient times, the Xianbei tyrant Dugu Xin, who established the Western Wei Dynasty, had an octadecahedron and a seal made of coal spar. This Mao Jue ascended the throne, and Wen Meng had nothing to give, so he dug out the black asphalt mine, and he also learned how to carve it. As a gift, he made an eighteen-face seal and gave it to Mao Jue to express his loyalty.

Opening the gift box in the capital, he was choked by the familiar smell. Mao Jue slapped his thigh in surprise, isn't this asphalt?He knows the value of this thing very well, so he ordered the Ministry of Industry to organize a delegation to investigate Longyuan Mountain in Sichuan. One more big project.

Not to mention other functions, this thing is much faster than concrete for repairing roads! Before the liquid cooled and solidified, the sweat was profusely hot, and the shirtless worker hurriedly mixed the melted asphalt and gravel with a shovel. Together, and then rushed to the road that had been flattened with a roller, and then rolled it again at this end, and waited for the asphalt to cool, and a straight and beautiful asphalt road came out.

This end was in full swing, but suddenly there was a jingle of bells coming from the other end, followed by a white horse trotting over with a four-wheeled carriage.

This thing is not uncommon in Jiangnan, but after all, only the rich can afford it. The workers in charge of road repairs still habitually avoid a road to the side, but as they walked, suddenly the curtain of the car was covered. Open it, revealing a face of a Westerner. All of a sudden, the calm road construction team suddenly became agitated. The workers excitedly held hoes and sticks to surround the carriage.

"What are you doing? Rebellion?"

The level of this carriage was not low, and it was actually protected by the cavalry of the Governor's Mansion. Looking at this scene, it was obvious that it was shameless. The cavalry captain of the guard drew his gun angrily and shouted loudly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you, Junye! Isn't the government offering a reward to the Spanish cannibals? Seeing the barbarians, the brothers couldn't help being excited!"

Up to now, Ming Dynasty has still not spared the Spaniards in Luzon, offering rewards to natives and immigrants from Ming Dynasty. If one is captured, the reward is 30 taels of silver. In Daming, you can’t earn 30 taels in ten years. After two or three years of wages, it is no wonder that a group of road maintenance workers seem to have seen a treasure.

Listening to the foreman's resentful explanation, the cavalry from the Beijing Normal Army immediately brought out the discrimination between the North and the South to the fullest, and taught them a lesson with pride and disdain.

"Bandhammer! Unexperienced Nanman! I will teach you today. There are many types of Spanish. The Spanish are as black-haired and black-eyed as us. Like a horse monkey, this is a Dutch fan, with blond hair or brown hair, and the one with a hook nose is an eagle Ji Li fan. That is the best Xi Fan, and our emperor appreciates them! Remember clearly, next time if You have caused trouble, and I have to bother you to come and find you!"

"Aren't you going to give way to the Lord?"

The captain of the guard cavalry stared, and a group of road maintenance workers hurriedly hid on both sides of the team, respectfully sent them off, and watched a few cavalry guarding the carriage and walking towards the Governor's Mansion together. Black hair and red hair are good and bad, and the older ones put away their smiles and spit on the ground with sour faces.

"Beiyuzi, what are you looking for? Long live Lord's ancestral home is still on our south side, who do you look down on!"

People from the South and the North are blackmailing each other here, what kind of barbarians from the south and the barbarians from the north, the most depressing thing is Sir Cohen, the minister of the Dutch East India Company sitting in the carriage and the representative of the 17-member shareholder meeting, because the two sides regard each other as a The same kind, but he didn't take him for granted. He really looked like a monkey watching the horse. It was extremely uncomfortable for Cohen, who claimed to be the center of civilization and was always aloof wherever he went.

After re-hanging the carriage curtains, Cohen couldn't help yelling in Dutch slang.

"Stupid oriental monkey!"

But what makes him even more distressed is not the Ming people's contempt for him, but the number of Ming people!

The Spaniards have colonized the East Indies for almost 100 years. The entire Luzon colony is one of the most developed colonies in the Spanish Empire. What is the total population?Less than [-], and almost lost in the bloody fight with Daming.How long did Ming Dynasty colonize Luzon?Five months! Looking at the number now, the population may already be more than [-]. If this trend continues, it won’t take long for the Ming people to surpass the number of local natives and become the largest ethnic group in East India.

The Taiwanese colony was under Ming's eyes. Mao Jue surrounded the city of Zeelandia without even sieging the city, and directly immigrated and reclaimed it. The Dutch could only watch. The unlucky Governor of Taiwan Vanderbilt and thousands of employees of the Dutch East India Company were redeemed, and the Taiwan colony was gone!

But following the current trend, it won’t be long before Da Ming manages the Luzon colony well, and Batavia and the Spice Islands will be under Da Ming’s eyes like the Taiwan colony. At that time, will Da Ming repeat the old tricks? Shi?Just squeeze the Dutch out?

Holding a Brazilian roll in his hand, the more he thinks about it, the heavier his heart is! With the shaking of the carriage, the wrinkled face of this old politician, who stomped his feet in Europe and made the Pope's heart beat faster, changed from cloudy to cloudy They kept going, but in the end, a palpitating ferocity froze in his pupils.

Just at this time, the cavalry team who were in charge of sending each other outside shouted loudly.

"Old Monkey, the Governor's Mansion is here!"

click~

The snake was broken in two! Sparks could not stop gushing out

Chapter 7 and Seven. Ming's New World

Cohen's mission this time was exceptionally smooth. After all, Mao Jue already had everything he wanted at this time. Malacca in the west and Luzon Islands in the east were added together, like two gates. Southeast Asia is locked in his arms, and Taiwan has become a floating soap box in the bathtub of the Inland Sea of ​​Ming Dynasty. If it hadn't been for Cohen's visit this time, even the huge sea commanding troops on the front line in Nanyang would have forgotten that there is still a city occupied by his own troops. Besieged.

Without much trouble, the Dutch side paid a symbolic compensation of one thousand Dutch guilders, admitting that it was evil and stupid to fight against Daming, and Pang Hai gave the order to let him go.

In history, when Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan, he besieged Zeelandia for nearly a year, but this time, Beiming besieged it for two years and two months, and the Beiming Royal Fleet, which was blocked at Luermen, gave way to the sea. On the road, Vanderbilt, who was several years old, was in tears, and staggered out of the moss-covered stone gate.

In two years, the food in the castle had already been eaten. Fortunately, the Ming army did not siege the city to death, and allowed them to fish in the bay. Otherwise, these thousands of Dutch people would have starved to death a year ago.

Even so, more than 1000 people died from diseases caused by nutritional imbalances.

Food is not the most deadly thing, but the most deadly thing is the ubiquitous despair! Thousands of them seem to be trapped in the ocean of Ming Dynasty. They cannot see reinforcements, hope, or even death. The Ming army They didn't attack the city, they didn't ask for surrender, they just surrounded it like this, and even the city of Zeelandia sent to ask for surrender, and the answer they gave was to ask their superiors for instructions. If Christians didn't allow suicide, Vanderbilt would even doubt it. , I have already shot myself in the head.

Fortunately, everything is over.

He even rejected the invitation of Tian Tao, the Governor of Taiwan of the Ming Dynasty, to practice the banquet. When the Golden Deer and the East India, which were sent by the Dutch East India Company to pick up and drop off the expatriates, entered the port, Vanderbilt was the first to climb onto it with both hands and feet. deck.

As the setting sun slanted, the tricolor flag representing the East India Company was slowly lowered, and the Golden Dragon Spit Flame Flag representing the Ming Empire was slowly raised. Standing on the deck, holding a full glass of wine that had been absent for more than a year Then, Vanderbilt couldn't help saying goodbye to the white gloves happily.

"The future will be indefinite, Taiwan!"

It is estimated that after these two years of siege, he never wants to come back here again!

Frivolous like a young boy celebrating his escape from death, but if Vanderbilt had heard an old Chinese saying: If things go wrong, nine out of ten! Probably he would not be so frivolous.

Just as the Vanderbilt gentleman was bidding farewell to the place where he fought, he suddenly heard heavy footsteps behind him, and turned his head slightly drunk, but it was the captain of the Golden Deer who came to pick him up wearing a uniform and wearing a few gold medals. One of the medals also had beards, and the old face that looked a bit like a wild monkey was full of solemnity, and walked over rather dull.

"To the end of the war, gentlemen, cheers!"

Holding the wine glass, Vanderbilt toasted with a high voice, and the relaxed smile made the wrinkles on his old face loosen.

I don't know if it's because he was born unable to smile or what, but the smile that Dumpludo extended was like two lines randomly drawn on the dough with his hands, stiff and dull, and he also took a glass of wine from the round tray, the Golden Deer The captain raised his glass in response, but the words he said made Vanderburg sober up.