All the Iron Crafts Fleets are coming in!

At this time, since the gunners on the city wall were almost injured, there was no need to drive to the other side like Xinbatulu. Soldiers appeared on the first deck of almost all warships, and there were mortars in front of them!

Under the cover of mortars, a large number of fast ships were put down, and then the fully armed Marine Corps carriers boarded the river beach with a portable ladder!

There is no suspense. Half a day later, the Truchens took down this section of the city wall with only a small amount of casualties!

With the short-barrel artillery and the light mortars were hung onto the city wall, a large number of marines were extending into the distance of the city wall!

At the end of the day, the Truchens completely occupied Fort Santiago!

The Spaniards in the city only have one white camp, while the residents in the city are completely white!

The white camp simply surrendered when half of the casualties.

The most sturdy castle in the Far East, covering an area of ​​one square kilometer, was taken down by the Truqins in one day. Later Japanese and Americans spent three days to compete for this castle. The Truqins are obviously worthy of being proud of themselves.

Such a castle can completely put two brigades of Truchen in, and Qitad took his two regiments to settle in.

In the middle of the castle is also a small rectangular fort surrounded by all sides, which is where the defenders and their families live.

There is a big garden inside the small fort.

The garden full of trees but no flower garden can be seen!

There are at least a few hundred trees, with adult trees, and more of them are saplings!

The garden is still full of floral fragrance, brown and green leaves, long peduncles, with countless calyxes on it, and the inflorescences are covered with light yellow fluff.

Jinjinna Frost Tree!

Qitade knew it just by thinking about it.

"The Spanish would not let such precious trees be planted in Manila. Although the Spanish dominate the majority there, there are still some Chinese, native, and Japanese who come and go"

"Only Fort Santiago, they regard it as the impregnable Fort Santiago, and only the white people enter and exit the Santiago Fort Santiago is the safest place"

"In the past, the Dutch and the British fought for the spice tree species in the East Indies, because only a few islands produce this spice. The Jinchona frosting tree, which is much more expensive than spices, is obviously very strict in its care."

But all this is his.

Bathed in the garden with cinchona frost, smoke and a faint smell of blood, Qitad closed his eyes and felt all this quietly.

After a while, he opened his eyes again.

"A place that is so solid is not just a place where the cinchona frosted trees are planted"

His eyes suddenly shone.

....

At night, in the place where the former Spanish defenders lived, Qitad listened quietly to Zhou Jixun's report.

"Your Majesty, we interrogate the officer"

"This man has a hard mouth. He only said that this is a military land. He doesn't know what money is there. However, not everyone has a strict mouth. Your Majesty, guess what I have discovered?"

During the day, Qitad saw soldiers wearing boat hats, orange tops and white leggings, and also some people wearing noble clothes, and one with glasses.

Then he smiled and said, "Is the treasurer in the jurisdiction of the Philippines also here?"

Zhou Jixun was stunned, "Your Majesty clearly saw that Wanli was also in the jurisdiction of the Spanish Governor General, and there was also a committee. Under the Governor General, there were roughly financial officers, military officers, legal officers, officials who were specifically responsible for Chinese or local affairs, and deputy equivalent to the Governor General, who were called the No. 2 person of the Secretary"

"The person wearing glasses is Jose de Silva, the secretary of the current Governor-General Xavi!"

"Is there any more?"

"Silva usually lives in Fort Santiago!"

"Oh?", Qitad's interest became stronger, "Is there anyone other than the secretary?"

"No more, his financial officers, military officers, legal officers, Chinese/local affairs officers and bishops all live in Manila City"

"What else?"

"There is also a monastery in the city, where white people and native believers who violated the canon rules in the entire Philippines were imprisoned. There were also a stolen stand inside. There were also some white people who committed crimes, Chinese and native leaders, among which white people were imprisoned on it, Chinese people were imprisoned in the basement, while natives were imprisoned in the water prison"

"Most of them were captured native leaders who believed in Islamic Buddhism in the Southern Archipelago, by the way, they all claimed to be the Sultans"

"We also interrogated Jose. According to him, this is the archive storage place for various archives in the entire Philippines, including financial, military, population, religious and other affairs. As his secretary, his main task is to manage these archives"

"Where he lives, he did find a huge library of books, piled up with all kinds of archives and files. The Ministry of Justice happened to be practicing Spanish, and he said it well"

"Oh?"

"According to the archives, the Spaniards have three divisions in their jurisdiction, including one in Mindanao and two in Luzon. The rest of the archipelagos are fiefs of native Spanish nobles, all of which have formed their own troops. Except for Cebu and other places, they all need to be under the jurisdiction of the governor."

"These islands are all mercenaries, and there is also a division in total"

"The two divisions in Luzon, one is arranged in the hinterland, mostly in battalions, whites as the backbone, and in mixed with natives who converted to Catholicism. There is a division near Manila Bay, and a whole brigade in the city of Manila. The main force of its fleet has been annihilated by our army, and the rest have all run to the southern archipelago."

"According to their records, there are about two million natives in Luzon, about one million in Mindanao, and the southern archipelago is the same."

"The total number of Chinese people is about 500,000, scattered everywhere, and there are about 100,000 in each of the three places"

"According to Jose, the Philippines has been unable to make ends meet in recent years, but there are still about one million taels of silver ingots worth of Manila City that have not been transported out. It was originally intended to be used as funds for Guangzhou trade, but since the ship was gone, it had to be temporarily placed in Manila City"

"In addition, this person also said that if our army can let go of white people in the Philippines, they can also raise up another two million taels of money and a large amount of supplies"

"Materials?"

"Your Majesty, although saltpeter, copper ingots and sulfur are also available here, Peru produces more and is more convenient to mine. Especially saltpeter and copper ingots are sold in large quantities to Guangzhou, Batavia and other places"

"Of course, there is still a lot of food, enough for our two brigades and two fleets to use it for the first half of the year"

"In addition, after hundreds of years of development, they have successfully cultivated local tall Andalusian horses here. This horse is taller than the Walli horse and has adapted to the humid and hot climate here"

"We found more than 100 horses in Fort Santiago, and it is said that there are still hundreds of horses in Manila City, and about 5,000 horses in the whole Philippines"

"Is there any more?"

"Your Majesty, this person is obviously covering up the cinchona frost tree. He said that in the garden of the Governor's Manila City, there are also many ornamental trees planted by the Governor's House. What is the tear tree? After cutting the bark, milky white juice will flow out from it. The Spanish call it the tear tree, and it was also transplanted from South America."

Qitade suddenly stood up, shocking Zhou Jixun.

I saw him walking up in the living room of the Governor's Mansion with a thick carpet, holding his hands tightly together. While walking, he murmured to himself, "Tear Tree, Tears Tree, Oh God"

Zhou Jixun was confused, "Is this kind of tear tree also a special tree for treating a certain disease? By the way, our country now has a solution to smallpox. According to Your Majesty, the bark of the Jinjina frost tree is a special medicine for treating malaria"

"There is only the plague left now. At present, our country is still helpless in dealing with this disease. Could it be that this kind of tear tree is actually..."

After a while, Qitade turned around and Zhou Jixun clearly saw tears in his eyes.

"This is not a tear tree, this is a rubber tree, similar to the rough rubber extracted from natural asphalt in my country, but it is better than rough rubber. With this thing, my country's chemical industry can take another step"

"Okay, let's not talk about these things, protect these trees, Harach!"

His secretary, Harach, who had been following him, hurried over.

"Remember, these trees, including seedlings and seeds are all rare treasures. You must be imprisoned. In the future, you will transplant them all to... Singapore and cultivate them in large quantities there. Then set up a formal state-owned forest farm in Hexian Town, where the Minister of Agriculture will be personally responsible for the matter."

"Yes"

Qitad sat down again, "What else is there to pay attention to except here and monastery?"

"No more, what's left is the training ground, where soldiers and their families live"

"Oh, so if the Spanish had treasures, they would either be here or in a monastery?"

"Your Majesty, there are several large churches in Manila. According to Christian tradition, famous people are buried underground in the church, and it is naturally a great place to hide treasures."

"What's more, the Governor's Mansion covers a much larger area than here. Apart from its street is the largest Cathedral of the Immortal Virgin Cathedral. The Governor also serves as the Archbishop of the Philippines. If you have any wealth, wouldn't it be better to hide there?"

"Then think about why they did not plant the extremely precious cinchona frost trees in the larger city of Manila, but in Fort Santiago?"

Zhou Jixun's eyes lit up, "Your Majesty, I'll interrogate their people again, maybe I'll find something"

Qitad nodded, "Don't be too polite to the Spanish. How many Chinese have they killed? According to Timur's previous report, there were originally hundreds of sultanate countries here, and the main source of financial resources of the sultanate countries was gold. The Spaniards destroyed them all. Did all these gold be handed over to the Spanish king?"

"It is obviously unlikely that the officials here, except for the governor, deputy governor and several officials of the committee, are almost all local whites. Strictly interrogating local white officials will probably find out."
Chapter completed!