Sure enough, after hearing that his property could be preserved, Blandino's tone softened a lot.
These people's starting point is still their own interests.
Blandino had already thought of his escape route. He planned to take the money and go to some country in the Americas to become a wealthy manor owner incognito and keep a lot of mistresses.
This time in Manila, using his status as governor, Blandino did make a lot of money, much of which was snatched from the hands of the Chinese.
With this premise in mind, Blandino will not be so tight during subsequent negotiations.
The negotiations started smoothly. Blandino not only won the right to retain his property for himself, but also for some direct descendants around him.
As for the Spanish residents and merchants in Manila, let the Queen take care of their affairs.
Blandino, who was ready to run away, thought to himself.
In the end, the two sides reached a final plan for the surrender of the Spanish in Manila City.
This plan got the main generals because the hidden clause was to retain the property of these generals.
The Spanish surrendered the city of Manila, and the Spanish garrison in the city surrendered to the Renaissance Army.
The Renaissance Army will ensure the personal safety of nearly 50,000 Spanish soldiers and civilians in the city, and will gradually repatriate these people back to Spain.
All Spanish properties and properties in the city were confiscated. The Renaissance Army took over these properties.
Of course, in the end, the houses and shops among them will definitely be sold to the local Chinese. From now on, Manila will be dominated by the Chinese.
Other movable properties were used as start-up capital for the Renaissance Army to develop the Luzon region.
As for the 50,000 to 60,000 native militiamen, of course they became prisoners of the Renaissance Army.
Blandino completely ignored these people and did not fight for the rights of these people. He may not have regarded these people as human beings from beginning to end. Naturally, the Renaissance Army would not be kind enough to put them back.
Endless toil awaits them.
The Renaissance Army had already made arrangements for the natives on the island.
The majority of people on this island are natives. If these natives mix with Chinese, there will definitely be hidden dangers in the future.
As a descendant of the future, Dong Shuheng naturally knew that there would definitely be problems in such a mixed race place in the future.
Therefore, the natives on the island must be suppressed below a certain number so that they will not affect the dominance of the Chinese in the future.
This is the problem that Hu Kuansheng went to Luzon to solve this time. In fact, there are only a few ways, either to migrate out, or to suppress their living space with policies, so as to achieve the purpose of population control.
Anyway, the Renaissance Army will not commit such a thing as genocide. It is the most wasteful method and will cause many hidden dangers in the future.
These people are more adapted to life in the tropics, and they can be sent to plantations in New Guinea in the future.
The West Pacific Company was ready to be established immediately, and Dong Shuheng was ready to put the West Pacific Company into operation soon.
Dong Shuheng felt that the natives here could be handed over to the West Pacific Company as a labor force for early development.
The main development target of the West Pacific is the tropical islands in the Pacific. The natives of these Luzon Islands work there and make full use of them.
If they are sent to these places together with Korean and Japanese workers, there is no need to worry about these people making trouble. I believe that the mercenaries recruited from samurai will definitely tame these people.
Maybe many years later these natives will still thank the Renaissance Army!
Let's not talk about it for now. After taking over Manila, the Renaissance Army not only gained a lot of wealth. Most of it was accumulated by the Spaniards living here. It also took over a large number of Spanish estates and minerals.
The value of these things is immeasurable. Hu Kuansheng did not know that Luzon, where he was going to rule, had already prepared a huge ruling legacy for him.
With so much wealth, the future development of Luzon will not only require subsidies from Xinjing, but will also be able to provide Xinjing with a large amount of minerals every year.
So this war with the Spanish is definitely a good deal.
With the copper mines here and the giant gold, silver and copper associated mines discovered in Mobei, the source of copper metal for the Renaissance Army was finally solved.
At the same time, the Renaissance Bank no longer needs to be cautious when issuing copper coins.
Don’t the neighboring small countries like China’s copper coins? Then we can make them as hard as we can, and we will provide you with as many as you want. Anyway, the copper coins of the Development Bank are issued at a premium.
For example, a copper dollar is quite far from the original ten cents, but its weight is only twice that of the original copper coin.
It's just that some other metals are added and made through the stamping process, so it looks more beautiful.
In addition, a large number of plantations taken over by the Renaissance Army are mature plantations. As long as workers are moved from the country, they can be directly transformed into the farms of the Renaissance Army.
These lands originally occupied by the Spaniards were all in the best locations, and even had complete irrigation facilities.
After all, the Spanish have been operating here for hundreds of years.
Next, Ding Li led his people towards Mindanao, where there were also some Spanish strongholds.
Niu Jie, on the other hand, asked his troops to lead the local Chinese coalition forces to attack everywhere to regain the areas controlled by the natives.
In the process, a large number of prisoners were inevitably captured, and these prisoners could be used for the reconstruction of post-war infrastructure.
At the same time, this can further reduce the population of the natives.
The Renaissance Army was not prepared to unify the entire Philippine Islands.
The small Chinese state established in Zamboanga in the south also captured some land.
Dong Shuheng simply assigned the entire Zamboanga Peninsula to the Zamboanga Chinese State.
The Sultanate of Sulu, located in the Sulu Islands, has always had good relations with China.
It was a vassal state of China, and Dong Shuheng did not make things difficult for them, but allowed them to continue to exist as a vassal state.
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As the largest ocean on earth, the Pacific Ocean is anything but peaceful.
It is vast and mysterious, and navigating the Pacific is full of challenges, especially in low latitudes.
Fortunately, it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and the ocean north of the equator is the quietest time of the year.
A fleet consisting of four sail cruisers, two light cruisers and four large steam-powered supply ships was quietly arriving at the Mariana Islands along the Spanish Pacific route.
Their target is not the scattered small islands in the north, but Guam in the south.
This island is the most valuable of this large archipelago.
The Spanish have occupied this place for hundreds of years. It has always been a transit point for the Spanish from Luzon to Mexico.
The main residents of Guam are the Zamoros, but most of them were massacred by the Spaniards. Over the years, the Spaniards also brought many Chinese workers here to help the Spaniards develop the island.
The daily life of the residents of Guam is monotonous.
Only the merchant ships that dock here every once in a while can bring certain changes to the life here.
Port of Agana is the administrative center and main port of Guam.
However, due to the size of Guam and the low development capabilities of the Spanish, it is not prosperous here.
It's not a port city at all, it can only be regarded as a port town.
The Renaissance Army also opened up routes to the Americas.
In recent years, the number of ship calls at Guam ports has increased much more than before.
The Spaniards living in the port gradually became accustomed to the existence of Chinese as free citizens.
In the past, Chinese people were equated with "piglets" and contracted Chinese laborers. There seemed to be no second way of existence.
At that time, half of the ships passing through Guam to the Americas were transporting "piglets".
When the ship docks in Guam, it will replenish food and water on the island.
Because the ship transporting "piglets" consumes the most food and water.
But I don’t know when the number of white ships transporting “piglets” began to decrease.
I heard that Chinese riots occurred on many ships transporting "piglets". Not only were the people missing, but the ships were also gone.
Even the increased security on their ships could not prevent these riots.
Others say that China has issued a ban and the smuggling of Chinese laborers has been banned.
But after the number of these Western ships decreased, China's own fleet actually increased.
There is also a fleet under the American flag that often docks in Guam. This is the fleet that goes to North America under Bai Qiwen's name.
These ships mainly transport some Chinese specialty goods and immigrants to the Americas, and then transport large amounts of metal products or ores back from the Americas.
Merchants on the dock who specialized in supplying merchant ships discovered that these ships were replenishing more food and water every time.
This shows that the treatment of immigrants on these Chinese immigration ships is much higher than that of the previous "piglets".
Because most of these supplies are for these immigrants.
Sometimes the immigrants on the ship would come down to do some activities.
It can be seen that these people are all young and strong young men.
As the number of Chinese merchant ships increased, Chinese restaurants and shops gradually appeared on the docks, specializing in doing business with these Chinese fleets.
There have been Chinese people living on Guam for a long time. Most of them were indentured Chinese laborers brought over from the Spanish.
Some people also migrated from Manila on merchant ships.
Shopkeeper Wu is one of them. Shopkeeper Wu’s family has lived here in Guam for three generations.
They used to make a living by planting on the island.
Later, by chance, he came to the port to sell grain. He met a group of Chinese merchant ships.
That was the first time Shopkeeper Wu saw a Chinese merchant ship here in Guam.
Although there were Chinese who came to the island in the past, they either worked on foreign merchant ships or were trafficked "piglets".
In short, do Chinese have any status here?
Although Shopkeeper Wu and his family have lived here for three generations, their status is actually the same as that of the local aborigines.
In normal times, they were often exploited by Spanish tax collectors. Shopkeeper Wu had long been accustomed to this.
The Chinese can survive overseas in many cases by swallowing their anger.
The leader of the merchant navy saw that Shopkeeper Wu was a Chinese living on Guam. He was very enthusiastic about Shopkeeper Wu.
Shopkeeper Wu was also very curious about the other party. The leader of the Chinese merchant fleet had no braids on his head. He was very young and very strong. His words and deeds were quite similar to those of a soldier. He claimed to be from the Huaihai Ocean Company.
The team leader learned a lot about things on the island from Shopkeeper Wu, including the situation of the Spanish, the indigenous people and the Chinese on the island.
Shopkeeper Wu always talks about everything he knows.
Before leaving, the leader of the fleet gave Shopkeeper Wu a sum of money and asked him to open a Chinese restaurant on the dock. He also helped Shopkeeper Wu establish relationships with Spanish people at the port.
Of course, Shopkeeper Wu is just helping the caravan run the restaurant.
Because it soon became a business representative office of Huaihai Company.
Later, after the ship docks, they will stay here.
Shopkeeper Wu is responsible for providing meals to these people. At the same time, he also cooks and sends them to the ship for the immigrants.
Therefore, whenever the fleet docks, it is the busiest time for Shopkeeper Wu.
Of course, there are still some people left in the fleet to help shopkeeper Wu.
The fleet mainly took a fancy to Shopkeeper Wu because he was a resident of the island and he could move freely on the island. It was relatively convenient to purchase supplies on the island.
Later, Shopkeeper Wu also bought a large piece of land near the port and built a manor specifically for growing Chinese vegetables and grain crops.
In this way, the fleet can be supplied with some local ingredients when it docks.
This is actually very important for long voyages at sea.
Just last month, when the fleet came over, hundreds of people were left behind. These people were secretly hiding in the manor purchased by Shopkeeper Wu.
It's not too far from the port but very remote. Spaniards generally don't go there.
Shopkeeper Wu felt a little nervous because he found that these people were not ordinary men.
Each of them looked quite fierce. Moreover, they secretly brought some long and large wooden boxes with them when they arrived.
I don't know what's inside.
Of course, the people who came ashore were not just these people, but also a gentle middle-aged man.
The man stayed in the restaurant after landing. He claimed to be the new representative of the Commercial Office.
Shopkeeper Wu is an honest man. He has been cooperating with people from Huaihai Company for a long time. He naturally knows that there are some things that he should not ask, so he should not ask.
After opening the restaurant, his life has improved a lot.
Not only is the economy better off, the family has more and more land, and their children are also well-off.
The eldest son also returned to China with the fleet to study. From now on, the Wu family will no longer be overseas survivors living abroad.
With the help of the fleet, the Wu family has finally established its roots, but shopkeeper Wu insists on developing in Guam.
They are still valuable here. If they all return to China, they will only be small landowners at most.
"Representative Zhang, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders. I, Old Wu, know the importance. No matter what you do, Old Wu will obey your orders." Shopkeeper Wu said to the new representative Zhang from the representative office.
Shopkeeper Wu is already considered a peripheral employee of Huaihai Company. He has long regarded himself as a member of the company.
"Old Wu, just keep going as usual. You just need to observe the movements of the Spaniards at the port." Representative Zhang said.
In fact, the Spanish on Guam are not that strong.
The Spanish garrison here is less than a thousand people. In addition, in an emergency, a thousand-man militia can be organized.
There is a small fort built at the port, mainly to guard against pirates.
There are eight old-fashioned shore defense guns on the fort.
The Spanish defenders were still equipped with flintlock muskets.
The Nanyang Navy led by Liu Dahai has a marine regiment on top. It is simply a piece of cake to eliminate these people on the island.
But the style of the Renaissance Army is like this. The lion fights the rabbit and uses all its strength. This can not only reduce its own losses, but also save a lot of time.
On December 8, a small boat quietly docked far away from the port under the cover of night. A fleet on the distant sea was anchored there.
"Old Li, you are finally here." In the manor purchased by Shopkeeper Wu outside the port, Representative Zhang finally waited for the arrival of the fleet.
"Old Li, let me tell you about the situation on the island. You have known about the situation of the fort before. There are still 500 soldiers in the military camp at the port, and the other 500 people are all on vacation. There are nearly 2,000 soldiers at the port.
human inhabitants of Spain.”
"Okay, there are only so many people. It seems that there is no need for the fleet to take action this time." Lao Li said.
"Who says otherwise? If I hadn't waited for you to come, I and my more than a hundred brothers would have captured this port."
"But Lao Li, there are still some garrisons in the other two Spanish strongholds on the island, but they only have a few dozen people, so there is nothing to fear."
"Oh, by the way, two Spanish sailing frigates have recently docked in the port, but they should not be opponents of our fleet."
"Let's do this. For the sake of Mondo, I will go back and report to the commander. You should be prepared here. First, lurk your people at the port and wait until our signal is activated."
"Yeah, no problem."
After the two discussed it, Lao Li returned to the fleet in a small boat. He needed to report the situation here to the fleet.