Just the day before Yuan Jin returned to China, a large number of Greek soldiers, Japanese warriors and Pampanga natives rushed into the Balian market area. In the name of confiscating metal utensils, they looted some shops and killed several Chaozhou businessmen.
The Chinese rose up in resistance, and several Japanese warriors were killed. Huang Kang, the Chinese manager of Balian, came out to appease everyone and went to petition the governor on behalf of all the Chinese. When he came back, he claimed that the governor guaranteed the safety of legal merchants and asked everyone to bring all the goods to the governor.
All the metal utensils were bought to the Qianlu people, and Huang Kang was even willing to buy Chinese meat-cutting knives at a high price for the Qianlu people.
Because business is not good this year, Li Dan is also preparing to spend the winter in Balian. However, he is a Christian who once ran for the general manager of Balian. He lives in a Chinese Christian community on the north bank of the Pasig River (Pasig River), north of the Balian market.
Binondo. Two of his ships have been sent to Japan for trade, so now he can't leave even if he wants to. Li Dan still has some connections with the upper class of the Spanish ruling class, so he thinks nothing will happen to him, plus he still has
A large amount of goods were piled in the warehouse, and Yuan Jin was first sent to escort a batch of silver back to China. He was still in Bari quietly waiting for changes.
He sent Yuan Jin to inform Yin Feng not to go to Manila next year until the situation becomes clearer. This was his good intention, but it was a pity that Yin Feng had gone to sea 20 days ago. Yuan Jin also brought the Zeng family
The current situation of the brothers; they are both well now and staying at Li Dan's residence on the north bank of the Pasig River.
Of course, another 20 days passed and the situation changed again. People in Quanzhou had no way of knowing. The Spaniards strictly checked household registrations and drove away all non-Christian Chinese from Binondo. The Zeng brothers now live in
The Quanzhou merchant community in the Balian Market area.
At this time, all of Yin Feng's crew members were paddling in shifts, working hard on the sea. Yin Feng personally came to the bottom cabin and joined the rowing team of four people. This move made the crew less complaining.
A lot.
No one understood his behavior: it was already a crazy move to go to Luzon at this season, and the ship did not carry much cargo, only a few barrels of gunpowder and knives. This was a waste of the ship's carrying capacity. The Chinese sailing ship was in
Under the same weight, the carrying capacity has always been more than that of Western sailing ships, but now the entire cargo hold is almost empty. This is why the old needle master, Fire Chief Xiao, keeps sighing. According to the rules at the time, he could have carried a certain amount
He had his own cargo on board, but Yin Feng almost dragged him out of bed before departure, so he almost got on board empty-handed.
The backbone of Yin Feng's crew was still the 10 Hainanese sailors. They obeyed Yin Feng's command unconditionally, and they were hardworking and willing to work hard, which convinced others that they had no choice but to follow the hard work.
Four days of long-distance paddling exhausted everyone's physical strength, and the water and food on the boat were quickly exhausted. Finally, when only the last scoop of water was left, a piece of land appeared in front of them, and the mouth of a large river appeared in front of them.
There is a village on the shore of Haikou, and there are several indigenous canoes wandering on the river.
As we boarded the boat, we found a group of indigenous people gathered on the dock next to the village at the mouth of the river. Not far away, some indigenous women were bathing naked in the water while looking at the Lucky Star, showing no sign of shyness.
The crew members who had just escaped from the predicament couldn't help but get excited. The young men sang the courtship songs of men and women from their hometown in southern Fujian. Some people asked the captain Yin Feng: "Captain, we are all smelly and sweaty, let us go down and take a bath!"
Yin Feng said angrily: "Aren't you afraid that the natives here will cut off your thing? The natives here like to cut off people's heads!"
A tall man walked out among the natives. He was bare-chested and his skin was much fairer than that of the surrounding natives. He shouted in fluent Hokkien: "Are you physiological?"
Yin Feng was struggling with how to communicate with the natives, and he was overjoyed when a native who could speak Chinese appeared.
The ship docked at the dock. Yin Feng came down and cupped his hands and said: "We are merchants from the Ming Dynasty, and our brothers are..."
"I am a Chinese, just like you. What are you doing here?" The young native looked at the "Fuxing" curiously and said, "The buying and selling season has passed, how did you get here?"
Yin Feng's mind lit up and he looked the indigenous young man up and down: "Are you Chinese? Oh, this is Pengjiasilan?" He immediately thought that the young man in front of him might be a descendant of the survivors of Lin Feng's fleet 30 years ago.
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The mouth of the river where Yin Feng came to was the mouth of the Ango River in Lingayin Bay on Luzon Island opposite Beacon Mountain (Kalayaan Island) (called Tortoiseshell Port in China). After Lin Feng failed to attack Manila, he retreated here to set up a fort; later
When they were driven away again by the Spanish, some people were left behind to retreat to the mountains upstream of the river, where they mixed and intermarried with the local Yi'ao people. Their descendants were called the Chinese by the locals.
The Chinese are the best craftsmen and farmers in the eyes of the locals. This mixed-race Chinese young man seems to be quite popular in this village. At present, he helped Yin Feng and others arrange supplies of food and water, and contacted the villagers
Craftsmen help repair damaged ships.
In the stilt house of the village elder, the natives warmly entertained Yin Feng and his party. Everyone called the Chinese young man Da'an. He asked Yin Feng why he wanted to go to Manila at this time: "There is a lot of civil strife in the river now, and people with relevant ties come to arrest them every day."
People make trouble."
Yin Feng was a little curious: "Why do you know so much about the current situation in Manila?"
"A physiological man came here a few days ago to do business. You can ask him after he returns to the village after dark. He just came from Manila."
In the evening, a little man carrying a peddler's load came back. He was about 40 years old, with a short Western-style haircut, dressed in a combination of Chinese and Western clothes, and a cross hanging around his neck. He was a Christian man; the Spaniards had banned Chinese from participating.
Local retail trade, but no ethnic group can be as hard-working as the Chinese - the Chinese can get up early in the dark to carry burdens, avoid Spanish surveillance, go out from the alleys and walk through the streets, go up mountains and rivers, and buy and sell any small needles, threads, and brains
, small profits but quick turnover, taking the trouble to make money coin by coin, and being willing to lend money to the indigenous people to buy goods, crowding out all other ethnic retailers. In the end, most of the retail industry in Manila was controlled by the Chinese, and even the Jewish and New Christians
They were no match for the Chinese. The Spanish had to stipulate that only Christian men could trade 60 miles away from the Balian market. This middle-aged man named Zhang Wei had been in Luzon for ten years and traveled all over Northern Luzon.
Almost all mountain tribes and local indigenous people are familiar with him.
"You are really desperate, you dare to come to Luzon this season!" Zhang Wei said to Yin Feng and others while drinking local wine: "I was afraid that something would happen in Manila, so I hid here.
The natives all know me, and if I have any relations with the Latins, they will protect me."
"Are you saying that the wax people will deal with us Tang people?" Old Acupuncture Master - Fire Chief Xiao asked carefully. He never believed Yin Feng's words.
"I can't tell you, last year there was water in Manila, so the Latins closed the city gates and prevented us Tang people from going in to help put out the fire. Now, Manila has been fortified, and a few cannons have been added to the top of the city. The muzzles of the cannons are facing
Jiannei. There used to be a checkpoint for the Chinese soldiers here, but now the soldiers have been mobilized to Manila. Many Tang people living outside have been killed, and now everyone dare not go out alone. I am also here.
We came here in their canoe under the protection of some native friends."
"Isn't it the natives who did it?" Da'an, a Chinese mixed-race young man from Eluo, interjected: "The Pampanga people near Manila are not good people."
"The Pampanga people listen to the Qianla missionaries so much. Even the people they killed were instigated by the Qianla missionaries." Zhang Wei said with great certainty. He turned to Yin Feng and said: "One more thing, I
When I left Manila a few days ago, all the people in Manila had closed the port, and you couldn't even go there."
Yin Feng was startled: "What, sealing the port? Can trading ships also not be allowed to enter?"
"No ships from the Tang Dynasty are allowed to enter Manila Bay; ships from other countries are allowed. However, what kind of ships will come to Manila this season? In fact, we are on guard against our ships from the Tang Dynasty."
“Where else on the coast near Manila can we land?”
Zhang Wei frowned and asked, "Young man, why do you have to go to Manila?"
"Go and save people. My brother is in Balian."
Zhang Wei's eyes lit up and he looked Yin Feng up and down: "I have never seen anyone rushing to die like you. I have been in Luzon for more than ten years, and I have seen how the Qianlu people killed us Tang people.
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"So I have to save my brother. I can't care about the life and death of all Tang people, so I can only try my best to save my brother's life." Yin Feng said without hesitation. He took out a few ingots of silver: "You are a local snake here, you must
There is a way to take me to Manila. I can pay you, and you can tell me the amount."
"Crazy! You must be crazy!" Zhang Wei took the money hesitantly, shaking his head.
"I also feel that I must be crazy, but I still have to go." Yin Feng himself also lacked confidence and felt that his trip would not go smoothly. He did not expect that the Spaniards would actually close the port, which made him sail into
The plan to return to Hong Kong and sail back with people fell through.
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On the fifth day when the Lucky Star landed at the mouth of the Ango River (Tortlefish Harbor) in Lingayin Bay, the ship was repaired, brought with it sufficient supplies, and continued its journey to Manila in the south. The ship moved close to the coastline, and the coastline in this area was continuous.
There are constant cliffs, and occasionally indigenous canoes appear.
Two days later, after crossing a small river into the sea, a flat beach appeared in front of us.
"This is Badyan Beach. The high mountain in front of us in the Tang Dynasty is called Dalun Mountain. Go over the mountain and go southeast, and you will see Manila City soon." Zhang Wei, a small vendor, finished the introduction, and then said: "Be careful, there are mountains in the mountains.
There may be Pampanga people who are accomplices of the Greeks."
Yin Feng took Magaro and two Danmin sailors off the boat and stepped ashore through the sea water.
He left 8 Dan civilian sailors to control the Fuxing ship because the sailors temporarily recruited from Quanzhou showed signs of instability. They clamored to go home at Tortoiseshell Port and were unwilling to continue south to Manila. Yin Feng promised to double the amount