Chapter 24 Forcing Equality of All Beings
After Michael sent his men to Manila, he escorted Jales to Manila.
The Manila authorities did not pay too much attention to this matter, but announced that they would detain Jales and wait for trial by the Justice Department.
Then he sent back several people sent by Michael.
Because living in Manila requires money whether it is food, drink, or accommodation.
Living in Manila for more than half a month, the expense required is not a small amount.
Although the treatment of mixed-race supervisors is better than that of Chinese miners, they can get not much salary every month.
The stingy Spanish masters do not regard them as their own people.
So, they decided not to wait for the monthly grain transport team and simply returned to the mine together.
Just as the few were about to leave Manila, a well-dressed Spaniard with high nose and deep eyes, with beautiful red hair came to them.
"Young Master Yada!"
Several people saluted respectfully.
The mine where several people work was opened by the father of this young master Yada.
Even Michael is just this young master Yada's playmate.
Yada is very proud. As a pure-blooded peninsula man, he looks down on these mixed races in front of him.
With his head high, Yada spoke.
"My father will take a respected Governor's Office official to the mine to inspect and then set off."
"I want to go to the mine in advance to arrange the greeting matters!"
"You go with me! More people will avoid accidents on the road."
Manila is not peaceful now, especially in the wilderness of Principle Manila City, which is the boundary of uncivilized indigenous peoples.
There are even cannibals among these natives!
No matter who you are, Spanish, mixed race, Chinese, or natives, in their eyes, as long as they catch them, they will be snacks that can be eaten.
Force all beings to be equal!
To be on the safe side, if you go out in the wild, the more people, the better.
Several supervisors nodded in a hurry, and they did not dare to refuse the request made by Master Yada.
The group left Manila City, and after meeting Yada's bodyguards, they headed towards the mine.
When they passed by the stream where the Chinese lived outside Manila City, they kept their heads down, and the five supervisers who were extremely humble all raised their heads.
It seems like I am afraid that others will not be able to see his red face clearly!
They enjoyed the fearful gazes of the Chinese around them and felt great.
Under the intentional induction of the Spanish colonial authorities, the Chinese had very bad relations with the Spanish in Manila and the local indigenous people.
But every time there was a conflict between the two sides, the Spanish colonial authorities were indiscriminate, blindly suppressing the Chinese and favoring the Spanish and indigenous peoples.
This has led to the fact that in Manila, the status of Chinese people is not even as good as that of indigenous people, and it is truly the lowest class of society.
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Most of the miners in the mine had family members. Li Guangyuan brought a platoon of the Restoration Army soldiers and left the mine with weapons.
They followed the winding road and headed towards the city of Manila.
The road is not wide, and it can accommodate at most a carriage. There are dense forests on both sides, and countless poisonous insects, snakes and ants deep in the forest.
The natural environment in Manila is not good. It is located in the tropical region. It is also rampant due to insufficient development, and various poisonous insects, snakes and ants are everywhere.
Not friendly to outsiders.
But the soldiers of the Restoration Army also survived in Manila for at least several years and had already adapted to the hot and humid environment of Manila.
Li Guangyuan and his group traveled for a day, because they were going home to pick up their family. Everyone was full of energy and no one complained about being tired.
Until evening, the group stopped and started to rest.
A platoon of Restoration soldiers, except for someone on duty on the periphery, were all sitting in front of a bonfire.
Li Guangyuan skewed a piece of cake on a wooden stick and set it on a bonfire to roast it.
I ate the pancake slowly, taking a sip of the boiling water that had just been boiled.
Zhu Hongyu deliberately instructed him to drink boiling water and cold water when drinking water, especially raw water in rivers and lakes in the wild. Try not to drink it if you can.
Although he didn't know why, his request for Zhu Hongyu has always been unrestricted.
Just as everyone was having a meal, a soldier in charge of guarding the Restoration Army ran over and spoke up for reports.
"Company Commander, a team of red-haired men are coming to us!"
"From the dress, I'm like a supervisor in the mine!"
Li Guangyuan put down the pancake in his hand, frowned and thoughtfully and asked.
"How many people have some weapons?"
The Restoration Army soldier in charge of the alert thought for a moment and spoke.
"Company Commander, there are twelve people on the other side, each with a musket and a sword is tied to the waist!"
Li Guangyuan let out a heavy breath and said.
"Extinguish the bonfire, clean up, let's go now, and return to the mine to report the news!"
There were twelve people on the other side, and on his side were a platoon of the Restoration Army soldiers, with thirty people.
The number of people is more than twice the other party’s!
If the other party only has cold weapons, Li Guangyuan might choose to fight to eat the other party.
But the other party has twelve muskets. If they really want to fight, their platoon is probably not the opponent.
Li Guangyuan was unwilling to see any unnecessary casualties, so he ordered his retreat and returned to the mine to report the news.
At the same time, worries arose in his heart.
The red-haired came so quickly, probably because the team of people sent by Michael to Manila came back.
It was much earlier than they expected, and it was estimated that the Liberation Army uprising could not be hidden.
Everyone packed up their things, put out the bonfire, cleared the traces left on the ground, and quickly returned as usual.
As soon as Li Guangyuan and his party left, Yada showed up with him.
A group of twelve people, except for five of whom were mixed-race supervisors in the mine, the remaining six were Yada's bodyguards.
These six bodyguards are real active soldiers of the Spanish Army.
Being able to use active soldiers from the Spanish Army as bodyguards for his own bodyguards shows that Yada's status in Manila is not low.
His grandfather was once a guest of honor for Manila Governor Barzaro. Although he died of illness, his favor remained.
His uncle was Colonel Robin, the military commander of Manila, and his uncle, Mr. Oliburn, was the most trusted deputy of the consul, Mr. Ricca.
It is precisely because of these relationships that Yada's father opened a mine in Manila with daily gold gains.
Without a strong background, even the Spaniards are not qualified to participate in things like mineral development.
The twelve people in the group did not notice that someone had been stationed here, maybe, but they didn't care.
This road leads to the mine, but it is usually used by many indigenous tribes, so the traces left by someone are normal.
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The atmosphere in the mine was warm, and amid the shouts of shouts, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army were constantly practicing.
The soldiers shouted neatly and stepped forward, accompanied by waves of drum beats, and the spears in their hands pierced out together.
The musketeers kept practicing loading, firing, and charging with bayonets.
More soldiers were running around the mine, constantly running around, and occasionally climbing over some obstacles and stopping to sort out their formation.
Everyone is practicing hard!
Chapter completed!