"This matter has nothing to do with you Spaniards. This is a war between us Chinese and the Ilok people." Afu's army had a translator who knew Spanish. He heard the translator's words and responded immediately.

"The entire Luzon is the territory of our Spanish Queen. You are declaring war on the Kingdom of Spain. Do you know what this means?" Antonino was as arrogant as most white people.

In their eyes, the yellow people in the East are all aborigines. They are the only ones who invade and colonize the aborigines. There is no reason for the aborigines to fight back against themselves.

In fact, Spain at this time was already suffering from internal and external troubles. With the successive independence of its American colonies, the Kingdom of Spain was no longer a global empire.

Although Spain claimed to occupy the Philippines in 1521, until the 18th century, Spain had been unwilling to spend too much effort to integrate the Philippines into its own economic system and make the Philippines its real property.

Under Spanish colonial rule for a long time, the Philippines was only used as a transit point by Spain to facilitate the exchange of silver from Mexico, silk from China, and spices from Southeast Asia in the Philippines. Spain relied on this transit transaction to

Earn profits, and this form of transit trade is also called "galleon trade".

Starting around 1820, the Spanish began to pay attention to the Philippines and promoted the cultivation of sugar, tobacco and other cash crops there to obtain more benefits.

Otherwise, there would be no Spanish garrison in a small place like Aparri.

"This means you Spaniards are going to be unlucky. Haha..." Afu didn't want to continue talking nonsense to this Spaniard.

He laughed loudly and ordered Antonino to be escorted down. The one caught by the escort was a prisoner.

There are many white prisoners in the hands of the Chinese, including British and Americans, including a few Spaniards.

Soon the city was cleaned up by the Fuso Brigade. They did a great job, even the blood stains were washed away, and some places affected by the explosion were also cleaned up.

But at this time, the city was basically empty.

Here, Ah Fu actually met a few Chinese people.

They originally ran businesses locally, but they were all small businessmen.

The Chinese here are relatively weak and are often bullied by the local natives. There are very few Chinese businessmen who are really willing to come here, and even fewer who can make it big, because once the Chinese businessmen become big, they will be harvested by the local natives.

Ah Fu talked with several businessmen and found that they were all willing to join the Chinese community and serve the Chinese community.

The ancestral home of these people is Zhangzhou, Fujian, and they can be considered fellow villagers.

Because a few people know the surrounding situation better.

Ah Fu immediately asked a few people to take the Fuso Brigade and the Fanren Brigade to clean up the surrounding plantations, mainly to collect supplies and widen the warning range.

At the same time, he also ordered one of the first troops to attack along the coastline in both east and west directions.

However, this offensive was soon suspended because the second typhoon came. This time the typhoon made landfall from the east of Luzon Island.

Immediately afterwards, the typhoon moved northward, affecting Dongpan Island and Fujian Province.

The situation this time is much better than before, and the Chinese officials are more prepared than before.

The typhoon is raging in the south, but no action has been taken by all parties.

Ye Mingchen of Guangdong and Guangxi organized a local training regiment of 20,000 people and sent people to negotiate with foreigners to purchase weapons. However, this matter was not easy.

The foreigner responsible for the negotiations was the new Consul of Guangzhou, Parkes.

Parkes' parents died in his early years, and he later lived with his uncle.

He arrived in China during the First Opium War and served as a translator for the British army.

During this period, a major event also occurred. Wenhan resigned as Governor of Hong Kong after visiting the Taiping Army.

Bao Ling naturally became the new Governor of Hong Kong.

The governor of Hong Kong during this period had considerable power, and affairs in China and Southeast Asia, except for the Straits Settlements, were basically under his jurisdiction.

Bao Ling had been in Shanghai before and had just returned to Hong Kong after taking office.

As soon as I arrived in Hong Kong, I received the good news that Ye Mingchen was asking for help.

You must know that Bao Ling was the consul of Guangzhou for several years before. He had been leading one thing, which was to let the Qing government let go of Guangzhou.

When Ye Mingchen heard this, he immediately became very angry. If I buy something from you with real money and silver, and you have to attach political conditions, I naturally won't agree.

Ye Mingchen has been an official in Guangzhou for many years, and he knows that he must be cautious on issues such as opening up.

Foreigners have always wanted to open up Guangzhou and relax the conditions for them to enter the city. Is it really just for better trade?

Some people may think that since business has been done anyway, what’s the problem with opening up Guangzhou City?

Things are not that simple. The British wanted the city of Guangzhou to be opened just to speed up the colonization process here.

When they come to the city, they don't just do business. They also go to preach and open schools. In a few years, Guangzhou will probably listen to the foreigners.

Even now, a group of "yellow people" like Zhang Yalin have appeared in Guangzhou. They rely on foreigners to make money. If foreigners settle in Guangzhou at this time, these people will definitely welcome them.

But the suppression of bandits is imminent.

Bai Gui repeatedly persuaded Ye Mingchen to compromise with the foreigners. He believed that suppressing bandits was the top priority, and it didn't matter even if he sold some sovereignty to the foreigners.

In fact, when it comes to treating foreigners, the Manchus and the Han have completely different attitudes in general.

The Manchus would rather sell their sovereignty to foreigners than have their land controlled by Han rebels, let alone expand the power of the local Han governors.

This kind of mentality belongs to a gangster mentality, just like the money stolen by robbers. They will spend it lavishly and not cherish it.

Amid this wrangling, the team training between Guangdong and Guangxi has progressed slowly.

But the problem will eventually be solved.

Ye Mingchen felt that Wu Chongyao had a tacit understanding with the foreigners, so he asked Wu Chongyao to talk to the foreigners and instructed him to use Guangzhou trade as a threat.

At this time, trade in the north was cut off, and Guangzhou became an important port for foreigners to export opium to the Qing Dynasty.

There’s no reason why foreigners don’t take it seriously.

Wu Chongyao did not want to offend foreigners, but Ye Mingchen could bankrupt him with just one word.

Wu Chongyao mentioned this matter to Parkes, who immediately became furious. The British never accept threats.

He quickly went to Hong Kong to find Bao Ling to report the situation.

In the Governor's Palace on Hong Kong Island.

Bao Ling sat in the familiar governor's office, but before he had always sat in the guest seat in front of the desk, and now he was the master here.

After hearing the situation reported by Parkes, Bao Ling was not angry. Instead, he comforted Parkes and said, "Mr. Parkes, you have been a little too hasty on this matter. Those Qing officials should be summoned now. Guangdong will soon be

They have become an isolated island. We leave them alone and watch.

How long can they hold on? In two months' time, the fleet and expeditionary force sent from the country will arrive. By then, not only Guangdong, but also the Fujian Province occupied by the pirates will become the Queen's territory. This

Once we don’t need Qing people, we will find people to manage the local area ourselves.”

Bao Ling's words shocked Parkes. The amount of information contained in them was too great.

Only a few people knew about the dispatch of an expeditionary force in the country.

Come to think of it, the British Empire, as the world's policeman, has an inviolable dignity.

They had wiped out so many ships on Dongfan Island, so they naturally wanted to regain their place.

It's just a big empire. It will definitely take time to conduct a large-scale expedition, especially in a constitutional monarchy like the United Kingdom.
Chapter completed!