By the way, in the past two years, due to anxious waiting, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty gradually became anxious, which led to the Chinese gathering area outside the Manila royal city. In the end, even the Kalamba Farm (the gathering place for Chinese farmers) dozens of miles away, and the Krabi Shipyard (the largest shipyard located in the Philippines, and the craftsmen were mainly Chinese) became turbulent.

The Spaniards had experience in dealing with the Chinese. In the original history, another massacre occurred. The Chinese in Krabi were almost massacred, and later the Spanish ships even maintained the maintenance of the ships.

"Krabi Shipyard", Nikan's eyes couldn't help but lit up.

Sure enough, Wang Ranming's next words confirmed his idea, "But the Spanish did not allow Chinese merchants to leave, and they also mobilized troops to surround the Eighth Company and Krabi. The situation was very bad."

Nikan laughed and said, "You should ask the government officials in Fujian or Guangdong for this matter. What is the use of finding Ben Khan? Or find the king of the sea Zheng Zhilong, who is the serious general of Fujian and the king of the South China Sea..."

"Shank you!" Wang Ranming suddenly became a little excited, which made Yang Tingdong, who was standing behind Nikan, pull out half of the horizontal sword. Nikan quickly stopped him and signaled Wang Ranming to continue.

"Da Khan", perhaps because he realized that he had lost his composure, and the person in front of him was a real king of the Northern Territory. He suppressed the tarnu and Jiannu and was obeyed. He must not be confused by his face. "Da Khan forgives his crime, and the young man is also in a hurry..."

"Not bad"

"Yes, Khan, let alone Fujian and Guangdong governments, even the eunuchs in Nanjing, the Minister of War also learned about this..."

"Oh? How?"

"Oh, it would be nice for the government officials to protect their own land one acre and three-point area. They don't care about that much, let alone a place thousands of miles away. Besides, people are now prohibited from going to sea on the surface."

"What about Zheng Zhilong? He is not subject to this restriction."

"Hmph, he is good. He lies in the Southeast Asian area. Even the Spanish and the Dutch dare not do it easily. It's just that their business is good. There are still huge amounts of flag fees to charge every year. How can I care about my life or death?"

"Have his ship left Manila?"

"Who said no! I heard that the Governor of Manila bought his goods with local silver, and he let him go in a few days."

"That's okay. Wait for a few days and wait for the Spanish ship to arrive, you can trade with him. It's just a waste of time."

"Khan, you don't know that the Spaniards are both responsive and guard against Chinese people like us. They live in large houses built with stone bricks and tiles, and they are also surrounded by tall walls. Only Chinese people are allowed to build houses with wood. Poor these Chinese people, their predecessors have massacred once for decades, and soon rebuilt the Eighth Company."

"It burned several times during this period, but it was rebuilt like a moth to a fire."

"Why is this?"

"Isn't it for the sake of silver? The country's silver coins are scarce, so the Spaniards found huge silver mines in somewhere, and the silver coins they cast seemed to be too many to use up."

"Okay, Ben Khan already knows the situation. Did you come from Nanjing thousands of miles away just tell Ben Khan?"

"Of course not." Wang Ranming suddenly stood up and knelt down at Nikan. "According to the Spanish wolfish ambition, if they lose their ships on the sea, they will definitely make up for their own losses by massacre and robbing Chinese merchants."

"How many Chinese are there in Luzon now?"

"I don't know the specifics, but there are probably 40,000 to 50,000 near Manila."

"Where is the Spaniard?"

"Maximum five thousand"

"Ah? I'm still afraid of 5,000 forty or fifty thousand?"

As he said that, Nikan helped him up personally, "Sit down and talk, you can speak carefully, Ben Khan will decide after hearing this."

"Yes. Khan, you don't know that in addition to the Chinese, there are about 5,000 Japanese people near Manila. I heard that they all believe in the Chezhi Dan Sect. Later, they were expelled to Luzon by Japanese governments. Except for a few people who engage in business and business, most of them do nothing."

"Then what do they make a living?"

"Alas, these Japanese people are not like Chinese like us. They are young and strong. They almost have a long sword and are tough and hard to deal with. In order to suppress Chinese like us, the Spanish vigorously promoted Japanese people and most of them appointed Japanese people to serve as yamen runners in their farms, ports, mines, and towns."

"Oh?" Nikan didn't know about this section. According to the knowledge of later generations, it was said that the Spanish colluded with local natives to deal with the Chinese, but they didn't expect that there were Japanese people involved.

"Well, how many people can the Japanese send out at a time?"

"After gathering, at least one thousand Spanish soldiers in the royal city were the same. I heard that there were two hundred cavalry, and there were also complete guns and cannons. To the west of the royal city, there was also a Santiago Fort, which controlled the Bashi River leading to Manila. More than ten cannons in the castle tightly sealed the river surface."

"Khan, if you want to deal with the Spanish royal city, you have to pass the Santiago Fort. But it is said that although the castle is not very big, the city is more than three meters thick. It is made of huge rocks, as high as three meters. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack..."

"Haha," Nikan suddenly laughed when he heard this. He looked at Wang Ranming with a bit of malicious intention. "Mr. Wang, you said you are a businessman and don't do business well. How could you be so concerned about the urban defense fortifications in the foreign land?"

Wang Ranming's face turned slightly red, his mouth moved, and finally said, "In the face of the sweat, the little one dared not hide anything. The little one... the little one was born in Manila!"

"ah?!"

"Don't panic. The young man was born. The year he was born, he encountered a massacre by the Spanish. There were no Japanese at that time. It was done by the Spanish and local natives. Fortunately, my father saw the opportunity quickly and took his mother and the newly born... the young man on the boat and ran away."

"So that's how it is." Unexpectedly, there was another incident. Nikan was also a little surprised, "Did you Hui merchants go to Southeast Asia so early?"

"Da Khan, my father is from Zhejiang, close to Fujian, and he is... married into the Wang family..."

Nikan understood a little. It was estimated that Wang Ranming's father was very good. He couldn't help but carry forward the family as a son-in-law and vaguely brought the family to the height of the head of Huizhou Shang. Of course, Wang Ranming's mother must not be the former mistress, most of whom were concubines, otherwise he would not have followed his father around.

"Da Khan, later I heard from my father that all the family members of the Wang family died there. My mother had just given birth and was bumpy on the sea. Unfortunately, she fell seriously ill and died on the boat before she arrived in Daming..." When she said this, Wang Ranming wiped her eyes, "The Wang family could only rely on the second house, which is my father's house, and later..."

Nikan interrupted him without asking, and it was obvious that it was Wang Ranming's father who turned the tide alone at this time and gradually took over the power of the Wang family. Later, after his mistress died, he covered the sky with one hand.

In fact, what Nikan didn't know was that Wang Ranming's mother was also a famous prostitute, otherwise he would not have taken care of Liu Ru like this when he grew up.

"It turned out that it was not only for the Chinese businessmen in Manila, but most of them were for his mother," Nikan thought to himself.

However, this person can secretly understand all the situation in Manila for his mother. Although he is not able to catch up, he is a kind-hearted person who values ​​love and righteousness.

"Where are Chinese merchants in Manila? Isn't there a powerful person? Forty or fifty thousand people, at least tens of thousands of young and strong, tens of thousands of young and strong, wait for the rich merchants to transport their weapons to arm themselves, even if the Spaniards and the Japanese unite, they are not afraid. Why..."

A hint of helplessness flashed in Wang Ranming's eyes, "Khan, although we are a lot of Chinese businessmen, we are a bunch of people and powerful people, but we are a mess. Not to mention getting together, we are still in charge of our own affairs. The Spanish are using this to defeat each other, and it has been tried and true."

"Each person is in charge of his own affairs? How do you say it?"

"Khan, the eighth company had the most Chinese businessmen and workshops. There were estimated to be more than 20,000 people in total, two of whom were quite powerful. One was named Lin Taiping, a Fujian native. He controlled the bulk business of silk, cotton, porcelain, tea, pawn shops and other bulk businesses on the market. He was the leading figure among Chinese businessmen."

"There is another person named Zeng Guansheng, from Dongguan, Guangdong. He was a blacksmith and worked as a pirate. After he had a certain wealth, he stopped washing his hands. However, he could not go back to his hometown and finally settled in Manila."

"This person now almost controls items other than the goods controlled by Lin Taiping, and almost all workshops, and is also inseparable from pirates of all sizes on the sea. Most of the stolen goods on the ship are sold through him."

"Lin Taiping has a group of martial artists who have been in the Southern Shaolin area. Zeng Wansheng was born into a pirate. Naturally, there are many powerful figures around him. Both sides fought in the Eighth Company."

"There is not so chaotic in Krabi. However, there is a master named Mai A Shui, who was born in the official shipyard in Guangdong. Because of his superb skills and knowledge of Spanish, his son Mai Weiming also learned Spanish. The father and son are highly valued by local Spanish officials. At present, except for the Spanish, the entire Krabi shipyard, even if he and his father and son keep their word, even the Japanese cannot even interfere with the words."

"How many craftsmen are there in the boat shop?"

"I'm afraid there are hundreds of households, plus those who live with the boat house, there must be thousands. There are 200 Spanish musketeers and dozens of cavalry. Their own ships, including the sailboats across the ocean, were mostly mainly built by Chinese people, and Spanish craftsmen just gave guidance from the side."

"A dozens of miles south of Manila, called Kalamba, there is a large flat land with abundant water sources and nearly a thousand Chinese farmers farming there. Originally, there were wastelands, and the Chinese died, so many people opened it into fertile fields. According to the previous statement of the Spanish government, the newly opened fields do not require taxes, but are purchased by the government."

"I didn't expect that after the first season of rice was produced, the government started to think about it and formulated heavy taxes. The relationship between the Chinese and Kalamba's chief officials was very tense."

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With Wang Ranming's story, a picture of Manila near Spanish rule gradually emerged in Nikan's mind, including Spaniards, Chinese, Japanese, Moors (rulers before the Spanish came), local natives, including shops, workshops, ports, carriages, and farmland. According to Wang Ranming's story, the entire Manila economy was almost supported by the Chinese.

The Chinese are called "Sang Lei" by the Spanish, but they are actually Fujian, which is a "business traveler". The Cantonese word is resounding. Sang Lei, big and small, feed tens of thousands of Spaniards centered on Manila. However, the Spaniards are always on guard against Sang Lei and slaughter them every now and then, like raising pigs.

It is a pity that the Chinese still rushed to that place like moths to the fire, and they are constantly banned.

At the end of Wang Ranming's speech, Nikan's memory was completely activated.

Just at the end of this year and early next year, another massacre will be staged in Manila. More than 8,000 people were killed in eighth company, and almost no ship workers in Krabi survived. Calamba's farmers were killed because they killed the local chiefs, and the fields became Spain's "manor".
Chapter completed!