In the summer of 1686 AD, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, outside Guide Gate in Guangzhou City, there were crowds of people jostling each other.

At this moment, outside the city of Guangzhou, there are already thousands of houses and bustling shops. When Zhu Heji designated Guangzhou as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, this first city in the south of the world had not yet evolved from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

After recovering from repeated turbulent times, the number of soldiers and civilians in the city was only a few hundred thousand. After more than ten years of gathering, this number has already reached hundreds of thousands. It can be said that the prosperity and splendor of the late Ming Dynasty has been restored. Especially in the south facing

In the direction of the Pearl River, the commercial banks, banks, and shipping companies that grew up in this international trade metropolis have the most buildings.

Almost all of these buildings are in the style of square enclosures, but these new-style enclosures are much more luxurious and extravagant than the traditional enclosures in Chaozhou. There are no adobe walls, they are all made of bricks and stones and cement.

There are no walls that are load-bearing or not, and they are all built to be strong and durable. The outside of the brick walls are usually inlaid with granite or porcelain tiles as veneers, which make them look particularly decent. And the most luxurious ones are the windows——

There are all small pieces of transparent glass windows, most of which are Crystal Palace glass with the best light transmittance and no bubbles!

A merchant who can afford to use glass of this quality must have sufficient strength, which makes people feel reassured!

And there are hundreds of powerful merchants in Guangzhou! Guangdong has always been an important center for maritime trade. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, thanks to the large inflow of American silver, the private sector made a fortune in maritime trade.

Thousands of people. Although some people died during the turbulent times of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and others were ruined, some people still fled to Annan or Nanyang by boat. After Zhu Heji opened the Ming Dynasty again, these people successively brought

With their capital and channels returned to Guangdong, Guangzhou, as the undisputed first city in Guangdong, naturally became the gathering place for these maritime merchants.

Under their leadership, Guangzhou's business has become more prosperous!

In addition, due to Zhu Heji's support and promotion, Guangdong's handicraft industry has also developed rapidly! It has also formed four world-famous key products such as crucible iron, milk white porcelain, special white (white sugar), and sugarcane wine!

In addition, Guangzhou's financial industry also started very early, almost at the same time as the reopening of the Ming Dynasty. By the seventh year of the Grand Duke's reign, the Guangdong General Bank of Edong Factory, Nanyang Bank, and Penglai Bank of Guangdong had been formed.

It is a financial system with four banks and one institution as its core, including the main bank, Guangfu Bank and Guangfu United Exchange.

These commercial banks and banks have built luxurious and magnificent buildings on several streets in the south of Guangzhou and the outer city of Guangzhou. If you walk into the city from Tianzi Pier, you will see row upon row of high-rise buildings and buildings that you have never seen before.

The jaws of outsiders dropped in shock.

Most of the triumphant athletes who had just disembarked from the Tianzi Pier, walked along the wide and straight streets, entered the outer city of Guangzhou, and then walked all the way to Guide Gate, as well as the captured Westerners and indigenous people, had never experienced such prosperity.

When we got off the boat at Tianzi Pier, everyone was shocked. They opened their mouths and widened their eyes, looking around, for fear of missing any bit of the celestial atmosphere of this mountaintop city, one of the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

But it’s a scene that can last a lifetime with someone!

On the Guide Tower, the Ming Emperor Zhu Heji, the Supreme Emperor Zhu Cijiong and other civil and military officials, the Xun Qi clan, and envoys from various countries were all on the Guide Tower, and all the banners in front of the emperor were displayed, etc.

They included the meritorious soldiers who made a triumphant expedition to Luzon and the various captives they captured as prey.

The people of the two capitals in the north and south have seen such a grand event before, but the people of Haijing and Guangzhou City, the place where the Ming Dynasty was established, had seen it for the first time... And it was said in the newspapers here in Guangzhou

Well, this time the one who was defeated by the Great Tomorrow Soldiers was not some small country in Southeast Asia, but Spain, the largest country in the world and known as the favored empire of God, the sun never sets!

The so-called sun never sets means that the country is too big and too vast. Everywhere is his family's territory. The land is all over the world, so there is always a place under the sun!

And this Spanish empire on which the sun never sets is extremely ferocious. It began to rise almost two hundred years ago. It fought wars every year and expanded every year. From a small country located in a corner of Europe, it suddenly expanded into a large country.

A superpower whose area far exceeds that of the Ming Dynasty... it even established a stronghold on the island of Taiwan, the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty!

Moreover, more than a hundred years ago, when they first conquered Luzon Island, they actually planned to use Luzon as a stronghold and use 20,000 troops to destroy the Ming Dynasty... This was extremely arrogant and did not know whether to live or die!

Although the expedition failed to take place due to various reasons, the country massacred Chinese businessmen three times on Luzon Island... At least half of the Chinese businessmen killed were fellow Guangdong fellows!

This is a country full of evil. Apart from the good people in the world, Kang Mazi is the worst among them.

Moreover, this Spanish country also joined forces with Kang Mazi who ran to India, and was thinking of ruthlessly attacking the Ming Dynasty!

Such an evil empire has now been defeated by the Ming Dynasty... Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not use all its strength. It only recruited a group of Japanese dwarf soldiers to beat up the arrogant Spain.

Looking for teeth everywhere!

Looking at the scene on the street of the groups of dwarf soldiers with long flintlock rifles, none of whom have bayonets, escorting the tall Spanish foreigners, it is not only a relief, but also a bit funny.

Behind the street-facing windows of the tall buildings on both sides of the street, there were many big businessmen who were doing business in various countries in Southeast Asia, or who had made a fortune by doing maritime trade with Nanyang trading companies. Most of them were holding Crystal Palace signs.

Looking through the telescope from a distance, when they saw the captured foreigners, they all became excited... Spain was just like that, and the Netherlands was not much better than that!

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Santiago Fortress that the Spaniards worked hard on in Luzon was broken by those dwarf soldiers with mines and rockets in a few days... The Dutch were on Java Island

How strong is the Batavia Fortress? How strong is the Dutch fortress in the Strait of Malacca?

If Batavia and Malacca can be captured...then the Dutch's monopoly trade on the Spice Island in Southeast Asia and the control of Malacca will all fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty merchants!

This is a good deal that will make a lot of money!

In many enclosed buildings, at this time, people were already discussing in low voices about petitioning Emperor Zhu Da to attack the Netherlands...

"No matter how bad the Spanish in the Philippines were, they never dared to invade the Chinese mainland. However, the East India Company in Batavia repeatedly offended the Chinese and even burned a new warship built by Zheng Yiguan in Xiamen...

Back then, Zheng Yiguan was a guerrilla of the Ming Navy, and they burned the ships of the Ming Navy! This account must be settled!"

"And there's more! They took advantage of the death of Mr. Guo Xing and the civil strife in Prince Yanping's palace to collude with the Qing demons to attack Xiamen, killing many anti-Qing martyrs, and forcing the young Prince Yanping to abandon Xiamen and flee to Taiwan...

Can little King Yanping forget this grudge?"

"The Dutch also colluded with Kang Mazi, sold a lot of weapons and sugar pills to Kang Mazi, and helped Kang Mazi kill our soldiers. They deserve death!"

"Yes, the Dutch are more hateful than the Spanish, we must not let them go!"

"How can we let it go? After fighting the Spaniards, it's time to fight the Dutch... If the court needs money, it can issue Malacca bonds and spice bonds. I will buy one hundred thousand yuan first...

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"We can raise it at the council meeting, and the court will definitely agree!"

"You can also ask Big Brother Hui, King Yanping and Military Advisor Chen to go and talk..."

These fellow Guangdong people from Zhu Heji are really loyal and patriotic. They have already planned to spend money to buy bonds to help Emperor Zhu Da fight against the Dutch!

Just when these patriots were discussing how to be patriotic, the warmest cheers could be heard in the Guide Gate area.

"Wan Sheng! The Ming Dynasty is Wan Sheng..."

It turned out that the prisoner-offering team had arrived at Guide Gate, and all the prisoners were being escorted to kowtow and beg for their lives to the Grand Duke above the city gate... Seeing this scene, the people outside Guide Gate naturally

It was boiling.

On the Tower of Guide Gate, everyone's eyes were turned to Emperor Zhu Da. There were almost ten thousand people kneeling on the street outside Guide Gate, most of whom were female relatives... To spare, or not to spare.

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Of course I have to forgive it!

Those who could not be spared, the "dwarf soldiers" took them to various places in Luzon to work as coolies...if they died! Of course, those who could be taken to Guangzhou to be sacrificed as prisoners were those who had been screened and could be spared.

Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to a group of foreign envoys standing in the corner, including those from the Netherlands, England, France, the Ottomans, Hindustan, the Rakshasa Kingdom, Sweden, and some small Southeast Asian states.

The envoys who came were all wearing their own formal attire. However, there were no envoys from Spain, Portugal, and the Great Mongolia, nor were there any envoys from the Great Bobo and the Holy Roman Empire. They were too busy with their own country's affairs and had no time to go there.

Envoys to expanding European countries overseas.

Among them, the envoys from the Netherlands, England, France, Sweden, and the Rakshasa Kingdom were of course livid--half of today's prisoner presentation ceremony was held for them, right? This clearly made Spain a target.

Give them a few beatings! If you don't accept it, you will beat them next!

The envoys of Annam, Siam, Lancang, Borneo, Chenla, Champa and other small Southeast Asian states were trembling - the Ming Dynasty is showing its power! Who will be the next unlucky one? Kneel down now

Is it too late? If we kneel down, will the Tomorrow Dynasty settle old scores? Will they destroy their country?

As for the envoys of the Ottoman Empire and the Hindustan Empire, they are full of expectations... The Ming Dynasty is on their side! Now that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, they will inevitably follow and take advantage of it!

At this time, Su Zhanshan, the admiral of the Luzon Army who was in charge of the Battle of Luzon, had already led several staff and general soldiers up to the city tower to report to Zhu Heji and ask for credit. I saw this Su Zhanshan walking quickly to Zhu Da

The emperor bowed in front of him, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, my minister Su Zhanshan has led our heavenly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to destroy for you all the Spanish bandits who have been entrenched in Luzon Island for more than a hundred years...

.Also captured 10,888 prisoners!”

"Okay!" Zhu Heji laughed a few times, and then deliberately raised his voice so that the foreign envoys could understand, "Well done! It showed the power of our great Ming Dynasty...

.As early as the Ming Dynasty, during the era of Taizu and Chengzu, it was the Celestial Dynasty that was surrendered by all the barbarians. Malacca, Java Island, Burma, Luzon, Annan, Chenla, Champa, etc. were all ministers of the Celestial Dynasty and were protected by the Celestial Dynasty. I don’t know why.

From then on, these ministers of the Celestial Dynasty were either trapped by the Western Barbarians, or they were conscious of the Celestial Dynasty, or they were disobedient to the Celestial Dynasty. As a result, the laws of the Celestial Dynasty no longer existed, and the vassal countries continued to be in chaos, and even became colonies of the Western Barbarians!

Now, our Ming Dynasty has been revived, and our national prestige has spread further overseas. Korea is annexed, Mongolia is tied up, Japan has also returned from its lost way, Ryukyu, and Luzon have also returned to the vassals of the Celestial Dynasty...are the other vassals of the Celestial Dynasty also?
Chapter completed!