Chapter 227 Please accept our decent surrender

Author: tx Cheng Zhi

Chapter 227 Please accept our decent surrender

Chapter 226

The actual person in charge of Zheng He Port and Zheng He Port Area is Cheng Shi. In fact, the person in charge of Ning Navy's main fleet is Li Zhixiang. Whether in terms of level or qualifications, Cheng Shi is far inferior to Li Zhixiang.

Of course, Cheng Shi’s only advantage over Li Zhixiang is that he is Cheng Shijie’s adopted son. In the eyes of outsiders, Cheng Shi can represent Cheng Shijie.

When Governor Juan wanted to negotiate, Cheng Shi was no longer Zheng He Port Area, but was on the dock on the south bank of the Bashi River, where he was with Li Zhixiang.

What Cheng Shi is most uncertain about now is the strength of the navy: "How much time do we need to take down Manila City now? This is a city made of stones, and it is far from the range of the navy's naval gun..."

Li Zhixiang smiled faintly and said, "Please invite Li Weiluan, the commander of the jumping camp!"

In history, Li Weiluan followed Huang Long, the general of the Dongjiang Army, to guard Lushun. Kong Youde and others found out that Lushun was empty, so he led the attack of the Later Jin army. Huanglong had a very strict defense. The Ming army successively killed Na Hai, the son of Xin Fei Yingdong, Yue Leshun, the guardian school, Ede, the Qianzong Cheng Guofu, and the cavalry commander Tanaka.

After the fierce battle, the Ming army's gunpowder, arrows and stones were all gone. Huang Long said to his general Tan Yinghua, "The enemy is large and we are few. The city will be destroyed tonight. If you can quickly hold my seal and send it to Dengzhou, you can go to the sea. Tan Yinghua came out, Li Weiluan and others fought hard. Huang Long died, Li Weiluan knew that the matter was no longer possible, so he set fire to the fire and died. The other generals Xiang Zuolin, Fan Hualong, Zhang Dalu, and Shang Keyi were all killed.

After Li Weiluan surrendered to Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie took a differentiation of the generals from the Dongjiang Army. For example, Xiang Zuolin, Fan Dalong, Zhang Dalu, and Shang Keyi, who were originally killed in history, were all highly valued. Among them, Li Weiluan was transferred to serve as the commander of the Jumping Camp and independently commanded the Jumping Camp.

"Meet Lord Li, Major General Cheng!"

In fact, Cheng Shi, like Li Weiluan, is now both with the third-rank general.

Cheng Shi looked at Li Weiluan and said, "When will the Jumping Camp be able to take down Manila City?"

"The end will be as soon as possible!"

“How fast is it as soon as possible?”

"Five days!"

Cheng Shi asked: "Mr. Li, can the Navy cut off the support of the Spanish, the officials and their local areas?"

Li Zhixiang smiled faintly: "Of course I believe that the strength of our Ning Haijun is the most important thing to depend on the needs of the general!"

Li Zhixiang immediately realized that Liaodong was already strong enough at this time. If the Grand Secretary and Luzon were occupied, the court would probably not be able to sit still.

Liaodong is too powerful and cannot be lost.

Not to mention whether Cheng Shijie will be suppressed by the court or not, and whether he is willing to compromise with the court, but Ning Navy soldiers and the Liaodong Management Committee are not very willing.

Currently, the members of the Liaodong Management Committee are divided into three levels, namely the Executive Committee members. Compared with the prefecture and prefecture levels of the Ming Dynasty, the working committee members are compared with the county and town levels.

Chen Dayong, the former Shuangcheng Guard Military Management Committee, is now the director of the Military Management Committee of the Grand Secretary. The Military Management Committee is just a transition. Once it stabilizes, it will be like the Shuangcheng Guard, and the executive committee will be established.

This means that the Liaodong Management Committee will have an additional director of the executive committee of the fourth rank, a deputy director of the fourth rank, and seven committees of the fifth rank.

Once Luzon is taken, there will also be a position of one fourth rank and one from the fourth rank and seven fifth ranks. Whether it is the civil and military officials in Liaodong, they hope to continue to open territory.

Now Liaodong has most of the Liaoning in later generations, one in Jilin and one in Heilongjiang, with an area of ​​more than 250,000 square kilometers. With the Dashen and Luzon, the area will reach nearly 400,000 square kilometers. In Europe, it will be the area of ​​a powerful country.

Of course, even if it is located in the Ming Dynasty, it is still a considerable province.

Li Zhixiang looked at Cheng Shi and said, "The issues we need to consider now are too early. This is the issue that the Grand Marshal needs to consider. We will take Manila first. It is easy to take Manila, but it is not easy to take down the entire Luzon. There are too few people. If we want to occupy Luzon in full, it will take at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops, and it will take one or two years!"

The expansion of Luzon and Liaodong was different. In the Ning Navy in Liaodong, only Jiannu was the enemy. Once Jiannu was defeated, he could expand land for hundreds or even thousands of miles. But the problem was that Luzon was nominally a country, but the problem was that they were a loose tribal alliance.

It needs to be fought step by step, and there are too many natives in Luzon.

Li Weiluan said: "Let's fight first!"

"Just fight first!"

Just as the Jumping Camp was setting up and preparing to start the battle, the north gate of Manila quietly opened. Louis led two translators and walked towards Ning Haijun with white flags.

"Don't shoot, our Governor demands negotiations. We are a member of the civilized world and should not kill bloody like barbarians. We should resolve disputes in a civilized way..."

These Spaniards are so double-standard. In fact, all Europa people are so double-standard. If they have the advantage of the military situation, they will definitely not be willing to negotiate. Of course, when they are at a disadvantage, they will only use negotiation methods when they know that they can't beat the other party.

Cheng Shi looked at Li Zhixiang and said, "Did they adopt the procrastination tactic?"

"It takes at least four months for them to be from Spain and more than two thousand miles away from the senior officials. Of course, if they are willing to transfer the senior officials' warships and sailors, Lord Chen will definitely wake up in his dreams!"

In Li Zhixiang's opinion, if Chen Dayong gave up this opportunity that was within his reach, Cheng Shijie would definitely deprive Chen Dayong of all his positions and let him go home to face his fifty-three concubines alone.

Of course, the negotiations were not something that Li Zhixiang or Cheng Shi was good at, and this matter was left to Xie Jinglin.

The war is left to Li Weiluan to take charge.

Although the result was not yet out during the negotiations, Ning Haijun's jumping soldiers commanded the Spanish sailors and mercenaries captured from Spanish warships, and about 500 people began to dig trenches.

This is to prevent the Spaniards from jumping over the wall and breaking through. The Spaniards have been managing Luzon for more than half a century, and the indigenous people of Luzon have long been tamed by them. Once the Spaniards break out and collude with the indigenous people, the trouble will be great.

Although the Chinese were doing business and working in Luzon, the problem was that most of them had their own farms, plantations, and rubber forests. A fleet of hundreds of ships, dozens of specialty warehouses, more than 240 stores, and four bankers. They were all Chinese industries. Where they were rich, they could compete with the country.

Near the banks of the Bashi River, there is a courtyard that combines Chinese and Western styles, with five courtyards in front and back. Inside a cross-yard on the west, there is a two-story, completely Western-style building. There are some green tropical plants on the walls, which has a unique flavor compared to the surrounding Chinese buildings.

This is the property of the Wu Shangzhi family. It belongs to a villa with an area of ​​more than ten acres. When Cheng Shi arrived in Manila, Wu Shangzhi gave this courtyard to Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi slightly renovated this yard, forming the Zhenghe Port District Port Administration.

In the first floor hall of the small-story western-style building in the west cross courtyard, dozens of people including Xie Jinglin, Louis, Wu Shangzhi, Li Guoqun and others gathered together.

"Mr. Xie, this is a beautiful misunderstanding!"

Louis said to Xie Jinglin very frankly: "Now six or seven hundred people have died, and enough blood has been shed. We are all people from the civilized world and should not kill like barbarians without restraint..."

Chinese representatives such as Wu Shangzhi and Li Guoqun cursed in their hearts, "You damn guys, that's not what you said before."

Xie Jinglin smiled faintly and said, "What do you mean now?"

"Our Spanish colonial authorities fully respect the interests of the Ning Navy in Manila. We fully respect the legal power of this Manila leased area. In the future, similar things will never happen!"

“Is it just these?”

Louis nodded and said, "We decided to extend the service life of the rental area..."

"not enough!"

"We can expand the scope of the rental area, with the estuary of the Bus River as the boundary, until..."

"not enough!"

Louis really wanted to hold his civilization staff and hit Xie Jinglin hard on the head. This fat man is so hateful.

Of course, he could only think about this in his heart.

"Mr. Xie, you can tell me what you need!"

"I only have one request!"

"What's the requirement!"

"You Spanish surrender unconditionally, and our Ning Navy will ensure your life safety!"

"No, God, it's not dark yet, you don't have to dream anymore!"

In fact, when Li Zhixiang made a mistake in his judgment, Juan did adopt a delay tactic. As early as when Cheng Shi ordered the guards to kill two Spaniards, Juan had decided to take revenge, and the means of revenge were nothing more than using the local indigenous people.

The Spanish and the leaders of the indigenous tribes had long had a tacit understanding and made them rich. They immediately flocked to them like straw dogs smelling blood.

It's just a pity that Ning Haijun didn't play according to common sense and played as soon as he said that he didn't give the Spanish time to react. The armed personnel of the indigenous tribes had just set out, and with their urinary nature, it would take at least three days or even longer.

In this case, Governor Juan could only delay time by negotiation.

But the problem is that Ning Haijun has already tasted the sweetness of expansion. Under the expansion model of Liaodong, everyone benefits. Needless to say, Ning Haijun soldiers are the first beneficiaries. Beheading can reward land, be promoted, or make money.

Of course, with the incorporation of the new territory, the Management Committee has established more executive committees and has a large number of positions to do. Although the members of the Management Committee have no promotion, they have relatives and friends. You should know that they are all recommended powers and can benefit.

As for farmers, this is even more true.

Military households can obtain more land, immigrants can also have land to cultivate, factories can also have larger and cheap raw materials, new territory represents the market, new market represents consumption, and merchants can also make more money.

Louis shrugged, "I can't make any decision on this matter, I need to report back to the Governor!"

"Yes, please give me a try!"

After Louis left, Wu Shangzhi said: "Mr. Xie, I'm afraid that the Spaniards will not surrender easily. If we force them to get angry, they..."

"Mr. Wu, please believe in the combat effectiveness of our Ning Haijun. The soldiers have already gained an absolute advantage on the battlefield. If we do not take down the benefits we deserve, I am sorry for the sacrifice of the soldiers!"

Xie Jinglin smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, bosses, don't you want those cheap farms? Once our Ning Navy takes Luzon, our Ning Navy will definitely not be able to eat up all the territory of Luzon. Even the remaining farms and plantations in the hands of the Spanish, you should be able to calculate the profits produced by these things, right?"

"I wonder how to deal with these farms?"

"It's very simple. Our Ning Haijun fully complies with your interests in your original farms, plantations, factories and shops, but you have to pay taxes!"

"It is natural to pay taxes. I wonder how much does it need to pay?"

Wu Shangzhi was a little worried that Ning Haijun's crossing river dragon was too greedy.

Xie Jinglin did not speak, and directly placed the Liaodong Agricultural Tax Law, the Liaodong Industrial and Commercial Tax Law, the Liaodong Personal Income Tax Law, and the Liaodong Property Tax Tax directly in front of everyone.

"We in Liaodong rule the country with law, and all the rules are formulated!"

Xie Jinglin said: "In the future, we plan to establish the Luzon Executive Committee. Some of you here will become the directors or members of the Executive Committee."

Then, Xie Jinglin explained to everyone the various regulations of Liaodong and the functions of the executive committee.

Wu Shangzhi understood that Ning Haijun asked them to be officials.
To be continued...