The Zeng family shop had been cleaned, and there were only a few chairs placed in the middle of the empty room. A young waiter carrying a wooden basin was startled by Yin Feng's tall figure. He let go of the basin and dropped it to the ground, with water splashing everywhere.
. Before he could shout out, Yin Feng's face came close to him and said: "Where is your boss?"
The clerk finally recognized the nominal second shopkeeper of the firm and breathed a sigh of relief: "Only the fourth young master is here. The third master crossed the river to Tondo yesterday. I don't know what's going on now."
Yesterday, Zeng Jingshan and Zeng Yue were washed away on the north bank of the Pasig River. Then they were very unlucky to be knocked over by a Spanish cavalry team, and their left leg bone was broken by the horse's hoof. The Zeng family's servants tried their best to save Zeng Jingshan, so they had to go back first.
Balian looked for someone to treat him. The only bruises doctor Balian had was also from Quanzhou. He had been very busy these days, and it was not until today that he came to treat Zeng Jingshan's injury.
Zeng Jingshan was speechless when he saw Yin Feng. He vomited blood and fainted. Fortunately, he had a broken leg bone and a broken rib on his chest, but there were no internal injuries. Because his mouth was full of teeth that were hit by horses.
Half of Zeng Jingshan's chest was broken, so he was vomiting blood and unable to speak, which looked scary. However, because Zeng Jingshan also had a broken rib on his chest, and his condition was not optimistic, it was unlikely that he would be sent out of Balian in the next few days.
exists.
Yin Feng didn't have time to explain to the Zeng family, so he left Mai Xiaoliu to take care of Jingshan, and quickly went to Li Dan to find a solution. According to the original historical process, time was getting tighter and tighter.
The attack is imminent.
The petitions and representations have ended, and the Spanish soldiers surrounding the square are arranging their troops. Li Dan and several Christian Christians walked out of the square talking in low voices. The Governor asked them to persuade the rebels in Tondo to surrender immediately, and on this premise
To ensure the safety of life and property of all Chinese in Balian - the rebellion must first be ended!
"Andrea Ditis!" A young Spanish officer called Li Dan's Christian name: "Porf**or, espere!" (Spanish: Please wait a moment)
This officer was tall, slightly thin, and had an obvious aristocratic temperament. He walked up to Li Dan arrogantly. Several other Christian Christians stepped back knowingly, turned their heads and whispered to each other: "This is the Governor
Your lord’s nephew Thomas, right?”
"He is the playboy who borrows money from everywhere and owes us Tang people a lot of debt!"
Li Dan and Thomas quickly ended their conversation, and said goodbye with a dark face, and Thomas walked away in high spirits. Although he didn't know what they talked about, it was definitely not something good.
This petition is meaningless. The Chinese asked to restrain the robberies of the Spaniards, natives, and Japanese, and to punish the murderers of the Binondo Manor collective massacre. The Governor only vaguely promised to investigate and deal with it. What he repeatedly demanded was that the Chinese must leave.
Tondo took refuge and returned to Balian; all Christian Christians were required to move their goods and property into the city of Manila. Superintendent Huang Kang reluctantly agreed to persuade the Chinese to comply with these conditions.
When Yin Feng returned to Li Dan's home, Li Dan's servant invited him to the living room, where the master was waiting for him.
Li Dan's face was ashen, and he stood in front of the window thoughtfully, looking at Balian in the distance. Yin Feng bowed his hands and saluted, but before he could speak, Li Dan turned around and said lightly: "Brother Feng, get ready to leave.
The Spaniards are going to take action in the next few days!"
Yin Feng was not surprised and just nodded: "Brother Li, you..."
"I can't leave. Binongduo has their spies everywhere." Li Dan smiled bitterly and said, "We Tang people are in disarray, and there are many people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the relationship with the Rats. Moreover, Balian, Wang Cheng and my associates,
It’s too late... Tonight, you take Lihua away."
Yin Feng was a little embarrassed and told Li Dan about Zeng Jingshan's situation and asked: "Why are you leaving tonight in such a hurry?"
Li Dan waved to him to stand in front of the window: "Wait a minute, you will understand."
In the direction of Intramuros, a Western-style carriage, dragged by two horses, entered Binondo District along the road, turned a corner at the intersection and ran towards Li Dan's house. The groom, a black slave, stopped the horse in front of the door.
, two Spanish soldiers got out of the car and walked into Li's house carrying a box.
Li Dan watched from the window, his face ashen.
The Spaniard handed the box to the Li family servant, handed him a letter, and then turned around and left.
Li Dan sneered: "The Governor of Manila owes me a large sum of money, and so does his nephew. Just now in Balian, the Governor's nephew Thomas told me that the situation is tense now, and for safety reasons, Lihua can be temporarily sent to him
Protection. Haha, this Thomas usually comes to me every two days, just because of Lihua! Look, for this reason, they brought this box, all of it is silver, all of it is the silver that I should get. I'm sure
, Soon the Governor's soldiers will come and raid my home. Don't worry, I have already filed a debt case with the Royal Judge in Luzon about the Governor's family, and I will be fine. I will stay in jail for a few days at most."
Yin Feng sighed and thought to himself: According to the original history, Li Dan was indeed not in danger of his life, but he was imprisoned by the Spanish for nearly five years and was even a hard labor prisoner rowing in the bottom of a battleship.
…
In the evening, dark clouds still covered the sky, and the air was extremely hot and muggy.
Several servants came out of Li Dan's house, hurriedly walked towards Balian, and got on the ferry by the Pasig River.
Several dark figures flashed at the corner of the street, then disappeared into the darkness. Yin Feng, along with Li Lihua, Magaro and others, deliberately walked towards Balian first, making the Chinese Christians who were monitoring Li's house lose their vigilance.
…
St. Francis Day is a religious holiday celebrated by the Spanish to commemorate St. Francis, the founder of the Franciscans. It is now one week before St. Francis Day, which is September 26, 1603.
Although some shops in the Balian market area are still open, the Chinese people have no intention of doing business at all. They all gather together and talk in fear. People are constantly walking through the empty market carrying thin packages, leaving Balian and heading towards the Pasig River.
Go. Those merchants and craftsmen who have fixed shops, have property that they cannot carry, and are reluctant to part with their wealth, look at the people in a hurry with worried faces. Occasionally, one or two Spanish slaves or indigenous people come to the market, and the shopkeepers
The prices we gave them were so cheap that they were embarrassed to get the goods, and the Chinese shopkeepers still asked: "Is that enough? There are more here..."
In Manila, all the stores opened by physiological men are closed, and all kinds of food, clothing, and decorations that the pampered Spaniards can easily sell on weekdays have all disappeared. This makes the Spaniards miss the physiological men very much. These days
, there is no cheap food to enjoy anymore, and even barbers and cleaners have disappeared in Manila. The Spaniards in Luzon basically live on the goods and services of the Chinese.
Two Spanish soldiers were walking on the streets of Intramuros in Manila, looking at the closed shops on both sides. The streets were deserted, with only some black slaves and natives walking hurriedly.
There was a group of people gathered at the crossroads ahead, all black slaves and natives, shouting: "Virgin Mary,..." "God bless you!"
"Is it true?"...
"What are they doing?" The two soldiers looked at each other and quickly stepped forward with their spears to drive away the crowd: "Damn black people.
Ghosts, don't gather together, go away..."
The crowd cheered and dispersed, revealing a fat black woman in the middle. She was kneeling in the center of the intersection, looking up at the sky, seemingly immersed in confusion, and mumbling something.
The black woman didn't care about the situation around her and just knelt there. The soldier frowned and pushed her with his hand: "Hey! Black woman, what are you doing? Get up quickly..."
The black woman was not afraid. Instead, she approached the guard and said nervously: "Sir, all the physiological men have been killed! I saw Manila covered in fire. There was fire everywhere, huge fire, and blood everywhere!"
The fat black woman spoke quickly, squinting her eyes, shaking her head, and looking strange. The two soldiers each took a step back and looked at each other.
"...The Pasig River is full of corpses, and the water is dyed red! God, protect us!" After saying that, the black woman suddenly woke up, looked around, and walked toward the west of the city as if there was no one around.
The two soldiers were really startled by her and did not react for a long time. The onlookers were silent for a while. After a while, a soldier jumped up and shouted: "Black woman, is this what you said? Could it be?"
Are you talking about the revelation of the Holy Spirit?"
"Witch! Witch! Watch out for the Inquisition!" whispered another soldier, looking around.
At that time, the religious sentiments and superstitions of the Spanish were very serious, and they were also the country where the Inquisition was most active in using burning to kill people. Although black slaves from Africa believed in Christianity, they often retained their own witchcraft customs and performed enchantments.
There are many tricks like possession. It is difficult to explain why this black slave woman suddenly started talking nonsense on the street, but her words are very consistent with the current tense situation outside Manila.
So, after the two superstitious soldiers came to their senses, one of them said to the other: "Mario, do you understand? What she means is that humans are going to rebel!"
Mario took a breath of air and said hurriedly: "Go and catch that black woman, take her to the governor, and ask her to tell the governor what she saw. I will go and report to the officers."
Soon, the black woman's prophecy spread throughout the city of Manila, but no one knew which slave the black woman was, and she disappeared. The whole city suddenly went into panic. If the Ming Dynasty emperor's fleet was just far away,
rumors, then the threat to the biological man is imminent. All Spaniards have forgotten who has been threatening the biological life of the biological man in the past few months.
Under the order of the Governor of Manila, all the Spanish troops were fully armed and assembled in the military camp. Missionaries and Spaniards from the Binondo and Quiapo colonial areas also began to gather in front of the church to distribute weapons and organize troops.
The remaining Chinese in Balian heard the news that before tomorrow, all Chinese must hand over their property and leave Luzon.