In the original historical time and space, the Spaniards sent envoys to China after the massacre in an attempt to ease relations with China and shift the responsibility for the massacre to Chinese businessmen.
After the massacre, social life in the entire Philippines was affected. Traffic was cut off, trade was suspended, planting, animal husbandry and other service industries were also stopped. The entire Luzon has virtually become a dead place. This tragedy caused the Philippine economy to suffer
Serious losses. In this time and space, due to Yin Feng's intervention, the Spaniards suffered even more serious losses of personnel and property. After the incident, Li Dan was the only Chinese left in the entire Philippine colony, staying alone in prison, most likely also by the Spanish
People have forgotten why. The Spanish colonists had less than 1,000 men and women living in Luzon before the war. After the incident, there were less than 500 people and only 150 soldiers left. Governor Acuna had to request reinforcements from Mexico.
They also requested that more immigrants be brought over from the country, otherwise the Spanish colony in the Philippines would exist in name only.
However, it is impossible to rebuild the Philippine social economy without the Chinese. Before the massacre, all economic activities in Luzon Island were run by the Chinese, and the colonists could not leave the Chinese in all areas of life and work. The Philippines does not produce mysterious and valuable products.
Metals (gold and silver), and no special products (spice), the basis for maintaining the prosperity of Manila is the trade of Chinese merchants. Therefore, Governor Acuna sent a mission headed by Captain de la Cueva to Macau.
Looking for channels of communication with the Chinese official. Also setting off together were the Governor's business agent, the new Christian Francisco Díaz de Montoya, and a Spanish Jesuit monk as a guide.
Yin Feng didn't want to explain anything more. Sometimes it was necessary to maintain a sense of mystery in front of his subordinates. He brought the topic back to the original topic: "Guangzhi, the assassination of the Greek envoy must be kept secret. Do you think there are any other flaws?
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Although Lin Xiao is a bit impulsive and reckless, he is a smart man: "The problem right now is that the movements of this envoy with ties to La are unknown. If he stays in the monk's house all the time, we will have no way of doing anything."
"His movements, haha, Magaro is here, he will tell us."
As soon as he finished speaking, Magaro appeared on the balcony. This is the inner room of the master's house. Generally, black slaves are not allowed to enter casually. However, Magaro is basically a free man, except that he still owes a legal formality.
Outside, he has always treated Yin Feng with great respect, so he did not sit down but just stood aside and talked.
"I have contacted those black brothers. One of my brothers is working in a missionary's house. Among the black slaves brought by the Spaniards, there are also us East African Bantu people..." He spoke in Portuguese,
Lin Xiao listened very hard and interrupted: "When will they go to outdoor activities? They will definitely go to church on Sunday, right?"
"I have inquired clearly. On Sunday, the morning of the day after tomorrow, they will go to Our Lady of the Rosary Church to attend mass, and then go to visit local Chinese businessmen."
Yin Feng nodded: "They cannot be allowed to come into contact with Chinese businessmen. The assassination plan must be completed before then."
Lin Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
Yin Feng sneered: "We are businessmen who are only interested in profit. As long as we can make money, we can do anything. Once the local Chinese businessmen are deceived by the Guanlu people, someone will definitely go to the court to say good things to the Guanla people. Once the imperial court issues an edict.
If we are allowed to continue trading with the Greeks, then our trade embargo will be an open rebellion against the imperial court, and we don’t have the strength yet.”
"No strength? Could it be..." Lin Xiao hesitated, lowering his head to drink tea.
Yin Feng asked Magalo: "Why do they go to Our Lady of the Rosary Church instead of the Cathedral?"
Magaro shook his head and spread his hands to show that he didn't know.
In fact, the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary originally belonged to the Order of St. Dominic and was built by Spanish monks from the Philippines in Macau in 1587. Shortly thereafter, due to the rejection of the Spanish by the Portuguese in Macau, the Jesuits rejected the Dominicans, and finally
After the Spanish were driven away, this church was managed by Portuguese believers. The Spanish chose to go here to celebrate mass, probably because of its connection with the Spanish.
Yin Feng took Lin Xiao, Magalo, Chen Zhongji and others in front of Our Lady of the Rosary Church and admired the gorgeous and magnificent main entrance of the church.
This is the center of Macau's downtown area. The church was built to worship Our Lady of the Rosary. It was originally built with camphor wood and was later replaced with solid bricks smeared with mortar from Yin Feng's time and space. It belonged to Portugal in the 17th century and was popular in the East in the 18th century.
And often adopt the architectural style. The church has three halls, the main hall is deep and wide, and an arch made of solid bricks separates the main hall and the main hall. The ceiling in the church is covered with decorative patterns, including a crown pattern, which happens to be
On the main altar, the door is exquisitely carved, and the interior of the church is colorful. The patterns composed of stained glass of different shapes give people a bright feeling; there is a statue of the Virgin holding the Holy Child in her hands on the altar, and inside the church there are
There is a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The annual pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima on May 13th starts from this church and goes to the Bishop's Hill Chapel. During this period, mass activities are also held. The nearby St. Paul's Church
It is still under construction and will become the landmark of Macau: Ruins of St. Paul's.
During this time, the cross at the top of Our Lady of the Rosary Church became skewed due to the typhoon last year, and was being repaired by a group of Chinese craftsmen.
Now, several craftsmen are painting the walls on the roof. One of them is not working. He is standing on the pointed vault, holding the cross, turning his head up and down, looking around.
Lin Xiao laughed and whispered to Yin Feng: "Captain, look at Luo Aquan's look, hehe, he is lazy and doesn't work!"
Yin Feng put his hands on the awning and looked up. Luo Aquan happened to be looking towards them. He nodded without anyone noticing and went to work behind the cross.
Yin Feng smiled and said: "Guangzhi, tell the brothers tonight, try not to attract anyone's attention. Where are the original craftsmen?"
Lin Xiao said: "I gave each of them 10 taels of silver, and they will board the ship and go back to their hometown in Guangzhou tonight. It was the Foreman Fo Lang who gave them 10 taels more."
"Is this guy in trouble?" Yin Feng asked seriously.
"No, this guy is lazy and doesn't care about anything. He only comes to the construction site once every few days, so don't worry."
Yin Feng emphasized again: "Attention, this operation must be foolproof and absolutely confidential. Do you understand?"
In order to ensure success and absolute secrecy, this assassination operation used all direct descendants of Yin Feng: Danmin sailors. Of course, except for the planned sharpshooter Luo Aquan.
This plan was actually launched in a hurry.
Yin Feng originally did not expect to cut off the connection between Spain and China. For more than half a year, he was busy building infrastructure on the island of Taiwan, receiving batches of Fujian businessmen, and writing a series of written materials such as company articles of association all day long. He was so busy
It's very exciting. He is a time traveler from the future, but now he has to work in a traditional agricultural society at the pace of the electronic and information age. There is nothing wrong with him, but other people around him can't adapt at all, and he is
He was exhausted and exhausted to cope with his endless demands and plans. One result of this was that according to the company's articles of association, he only had 20% of the shares, and Li Dan's family had the same say as him; however, everything in the company
Basically, he is planning and executing everything, and thus controls most of the power of the company, making it easier to promote his own plans.
In fact, Li Lihua, the representative of Li Dan's family, didn't care about the company's business at all. She fell ill as soon as she arrived in Taiwan. After all, the girl had never traveled far. She had lived in a very wealthy life since she was a child and had not suffered much, so she fell ill as soon as she arrived in Taiwan.
After that, the company's structure was basically established, and she did not want to participate in management, but returned to Fujian. Li Lihua's biological father is also from Fujian, and she has never returned to China since she was born.
One day in April, Li Lihua's trip to visit her motherland was over, and she returned to Taiwan from Quanzhou with Yin Feng's cheap concubine Mai Waner. Yin Feng sent Chen Zhongji to pick up Waner specially in Quanzhou in order to let Wan
Bring me those manuscripts for goldfinger.
In order to find some contents about the Dutch East India Company, Yin Feng spent a long time looking through his manuscripts, which were like a heavenly book, but found out the historical fact that the Spanish sent envoys to China to communicate after the Manila Massacre. In the original historical trajectory, the Spanish
I found several Zhangzhou businessmen in Macau and used generous business conditions to induce these businessmen to write to the governor of Fujian to justify the massacre by the Spaniards.
At this time, the central court of the Ming Dynasty was most concerned about the issue of Emperor Wanli's crown prince. The demon book case caused a lot of unrest in the court. The second demon book case involving the so-called "dispute over the foundation of the country" occurred in the 31st year of Wanli.
What happened at the end of the year became a big melee between parties inside and outside the court, fighting against dissidents, and seeking personal revenge. It triggered several large prisons. It was not until May of this year (the 32nd year of Wanli) that we could barely understand it, but its impact has already been felt.
Far beyond the palace, throughout the government and the public, the dangerous palace struggle has not subsided.
Tens of thousands of merchants and people from Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other places in Fujian jointly petitioned the governor of Fujian to accuse Luzon of the indiscriminate killing of the Rats, which happened in the second month of the lunar calendar this year (1604). Tens of thousands of people from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou jointly petitioned,
Some of them were organized by the China United Company. The Ming Dynasty officials, represented by Fujian Governor Xu Xueju, did not know that the Manila Massacre had occurred until this time.
In the original historical trajectory, the Spanish encouraged several Zhangzhou merchants to write to the governor of Fujian. After the report was finally reported to the court, the result was that the thunder was loud but the rain was small. Emperor Wanli executed Zhang Ni and his accomplices for deception.
It was just a reprimand, publicly announcing that the Chinese merchants and people who died in Luzon were all abandoned people who had abandoned themselves as kings, declared that there was no need to go to war for these untouchables and the Spaniards, and promised to restart trade between Luzon and China.
Yin Feng did not expect that this period of history could be completely changed by his appearance, but he wanted to delay the development of this period of history. Therefore, cutting off the contact between the Spanish and the Ming Dynasty officials and killing all the Spanish envoys was the best option.
The direct and most effective way is to at least make the court unclear about the actual situation in Luzon. Under the pressure of businessmen and people's petitions, they will not easily compromise with the Spanish. In this way, the China United Company's trade embargo on Luzon can be
Only by not conflicting with the will of the imperial court can we have the opportunity to reasonably and legally integrate the power of Fujian's overseas merchants. Needless to say, the so-called Jinghai Gang was just a trick thought up by Yin Feng to confuse the public. In fact, Lu Shitou had already followed his wishes.
Recruiting manpower along the coast of Fujian, a large number of "former" pirates who had long since quit their work have begun to regroup under the cover of the Chinese company.
Yin Feng, on the other hand, left behind a lot of company affairs and hurriedly appeared in Macau with his people on the newly renovated Xinxing No.
Fortunately, the Spaniards are not very popular in Macau. Their arrival will always be paid special attention to by the Macau City Hall, and Bernardo is a member of the Municipal Council. If there is news about the Spaniards in the port, he will be the first to
Time passed to him. Therefore, Captain de la Cueva's Luzon Colony Spanish Mission had just landed in Macau Port and was already being watched by countless Chinese. Their every move would be reported to a gang of people in the harbor.
On fishing boats, and then through Chinese vendors who bought and sold small commodities, it reached Yin Feng and others living in Bernardo's home.