Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 194 The situation in Luzon changes, and the status of immigrants reaches the top
Haixi Bania (corrected in the previous chapter) did not rule in Luzon for a long time.

Before they arrived here, most places in Southeast Asia, including Luzon.

There are only overseas immigrants from Fujian and Vietnam, as well as some local aborigines.

Although the two major forces occasionally conflict, most of the time they are mutually beneficial and coexist friendly.

This is due to the idea that the people in the Central Plains are hardworking and simple, and that harmony makes money.

These Fujian-Vietnam immigrants brought advanced technology and spread the fire of civilization.

However, due to their own morality and the deterrence of the imperial court, they may not be able to see overseas enclaves.

In short, for various reasons.

Although there are a large number of people, there are few establishments who claim the title of king.

On the contrary, those natives have established political power one after another.

And pay tribute to the great Wei.

After the Haixibanians arrived, they had fierce conflicts with the local aborigines.

The Manila Kingdom of Luzon was quite powerful at that time.

Including southern Badayan and other places, most of Luzon is under its jurisdiction.

Under the command of its lord, Manilla fought bravely against these Haisibanians.

Unfortunately, there was a little surprise in the end.

As a result, the lord was unfortunately killed in a naval battle.

Afterwards, Manila was conquered by Hecy Bania.

These Haixibanians not only established the Governor's Mansion in Manila City, but also took over the rule of the Manila Kingdom.

It also established a stronghold in Cebu to radiate the Nanyang Islands.

So far, Luzon has basically been reduced to a colony of Haixibania.

Why almost?
Because there are still very powerful forces in the local area, which are not under their rule.

When these Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants fought in Haixi Banya and Manila, they just watched from the sidelines.

Because in their view, it doesn't matter who rules.

As long as it doesn't touch their interests, it has nothing to do with them.

Behind them is the powerful Central Plains dynasty, and they are quite proud of the heavenly kingdom in their hearts.

I think these western fans dare not touch them lightly.

In addition, compared with the semi-primitive natives who are wild and difficult to tame, the Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants are too hardworking and simple.

Haixi Bania also needs a large amount of labor and maintains good business relationships with merchants from the Great Wei Dynasty.

So the two sides have reached a new balance.

This relationship lasted until the later days of Emperor Tiantai.

As far as the Hecybanians of Luzon, and the Hecyfrasians of Manchuria.

Disagreements arose over ownership of the Moluccas.

Spices rich in the Moluccas, after being transported back to Haixi, the profits are so huge that it makes people jealous.

Several skirmishes broke out between the two sides, which eventually turned into a fierce competition.

It was at this time that the governor of Luzon at the time turned his mind on the immigrants from Fujian and Vietnam.

They are to be recruited to fight against Manchuka.

His calculations took off, but the Fujian-Vietnam immigrants were not stupid.

Fujian and Vietnam immigrants have always been neutral overseas, so naturally they would not participate in such a war.

Haixi Bania's troops in Nanyang were slightly weaker than Mancijia, so the governor of Luzon at that time had no choice.

However, he forced the local Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants to join the war, which aroused their resistance.

During the march, someone organized a counterattack.

Annihilate all Haixi Banian people including the governor.

After this conflict, the Haixibanians in Manila began to unite with the Luzon natives to exclude these Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants.

There are more and more voices to drive Fujian and Yue immigrants back to the Great Wei.

For a while, Luzon was jittery.

The two forces are facing each other tit-for-tat, and no one is willing to make concessions.

In such a situation, someone reported this to the Wei court.

The Great Wei immediately sent the Quanzhou Navy to Manila to pick up more than 3000 Wei people.

But this time, most of the people who went back were famous local figures.

There are tens of thousands of ordinary immigrants stranded in Luzon.

Without a leader, these people quickly fell into a disadvantage.

The Haixibanians united with the local aborigines and carried out a bloody massacre of these people.

Fujian and Vietnam immigrants were almost completely emptied.

So far, Luzon has been reduced to the territory of Haixi Banian people.

But these Haisibanians soon found out.

Without these Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants, the city of Manila was paralyzed.

The main force in the local cultivation of crops and business operations has always been Fujian-Vietnam immigrants.

Take reclamation as an example, the efficiency of the natives is extremely low.

It is less than half of the hard-working Fujian-Vietnam immigrants.

Not to mention the local trade of goods, without these common people of the Great Wei, it would also come to a standstill.

These Western fans want to get drunk, but no one knows how to make wine.

Therefore, in the next few years, countless immigrants from Fujian and Vietnam flowed in.

Once again, the shortage of local labor force and the gap in business and trade have been filled.

Originally, the matter ended here, but soon there were rumors that "Luzon has a gold mine".

As the news spread to Wei, the imperial court also sent people to investigate on the spot.

But such a prospecting move touched the sensitive balance of the governor of Luzon.

These Haixi Banian people think that Wei wants to occupy Luzon by force.

So the Haixibanians in Manila united with the local aborigines again.

All these later Fujian-Vietnam immigrants were slaughtered.

This time the news was sent back to Great Wei, and it was already the time of Emperor Jingshun.

At that time, Emperor Jingshun and the cabinet received the news and issued the following instructions:

"Overseas immigrants, abandoning their homes and traveling abroad, father, brother and relatives, all despised."

"Overseas battles, the culprit is unknown, how can we start a military revolution like this?"

In other words, overseas immigrants first abandon Wei, and Wei will not send troops for you.

In fact, this is also a helpless move.

Because Emperor Jingshun at that time had just ascended the throne not long ago.

The throne is not stable yet.

The military power is in the hands of Jiu Xun, how dare he use weapons rashly?
What if it is false news, defrauded of the order to deploy troops, and then strikes back?
The chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Songyue, joined the cabinet as a newly released emperor teacher to assist him.

The emperor is not safe, let alone him as the emperor's teacher.

If he ordered troops to be dispatched, he would be easily criticized.

Put on a "unstable" hat.

As the saying goes, "An old man must be cautious when seeking a country."

As the chief assistant, if you can't do "steadiness", then you should basically go home to take care of yourself.

How could he get a reputation for being good at fighting borders because of things thousands of miles away?

Therefore, the master and apprentice rejected the request to send troops very tacitly.

Such news spread back to Minyue, which made the hearts of all the overseas immigrants feel cold.

The Haixi Banian people on the other side were worried that Wei would retaliate, so they stepped up their army preparations.

However, due to the lack of soldiers and food, morale was very low.

Facing a behemoth like Wei, there is almost no possibility of winning.

In such a desperate situation, the Haixi Banian people can only wait pessimistically.

The whole city of Manila is shrouded in an atmosphere of despair.

Governor Manila is also a little scared,
While sending people to inquire about Da Wei's movements, he started doing superficial work.

It also promised to return the property of overseas immigrants.

Knowing Wei's attitude, these Haixi Banian people were shocked.

They were all prepared to fail, but nothing came of it.

Such a result made Haixi Banian people no longer have any scruples about the overseas Wei immigrants.

The property that was originally promised to be returned has nothing to say.

The methods of ruling the immigrants of the Wei Dynasty became more and more cruel.

Even if Feng Yibo doesn't send troops this time, it won't take long.

The Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants here have been unbearable and are ready to resist again.

It was against this background that Mengzi led his troops to Manila.

The governor of Manila has received the news in advance and made some preparations for the battle.

There is no way, the size of the fleet is huge, and it cannot hide its whereabouts at sea.

The way to pretend to be an ordinary businessman is useless.

But before that, Mengzi had already sent someone to sneak into the city as the vanguard.

When preparing for the arrival of the army, the inside should cooperate with the outside.

Governor Manila received the news and thought it was Wei's navy.

People were so frightened that they closed the water fortress tightly and shrank their troops in the city.

And began to urgently recruit aborigines and keep an eye on immigrants from Fujian and Vietnam.

Little did they know that many Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants in the city also got news.

At this time, several highly respected people have been elected and quickly connected together.

Before the Haixibanians came over, they had already discovered Liuqiu's vanguard that had sneaked into the city.

And help cover up the past.

For the people sent by Liuqiu, the Haixibanians could hardly tell the difference.

But these Fujian-Vietnam immigrants revealed their identities almost instantly.

Without him, Fujian-Vietnam immigrants are almost all fellow villagers leading fellow villagers.

Many are in a township.

And these Liuqiu vanguard troops are all faces.

There are also many people whose accents are from the Jiangnan area.

If there were dozens of people, it would be inconspicuous.

But seven or eight groups of people appeared at the same time, all of whom were unfamiliar faces.

It is also a sensitive period when soldiers are pressing down on the border.

In the eyes of Fujian and Vietnam immigrants, this is almost like a guiding light.

It's too much at first glance.

When these immigrants expressed their willingness to help and fight against the Haixi Banians together.

Liuqiu's leading officer readily accepted it.

Although Minyue and Jiangnan have different accents, they are definitely like a family overseas.

Especially when facing Xifan.

Liuqiu's advance troops chose to trust these fellow countrymen of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Afterwards, the Fujian-Yue immigrants learned that they were actually members of the Black Dragon King of the East China Sea.

Immediately overjoyed.

Da Wei has almost abandoned them, they want to avoid being bullied, they just need a backer.

Once the name of the Black Dragon King of the East China Sea came out, he was definitely the best choice.

This name is so famous, not to mention them, even Xi Fan knows it.

In the past few years, as long as they lived in the sea, there was no one who didn't know the Black Dragon King.

Especially not long ago, the Black Dragon King did something.

Let all overseas immigrants in Nanyang and the great Wei maritime merchants be deeply encouraged.

That is, nearly a hundred heads of the Hercy Francians were brought back to Manciga.

At the same time, there was also an oral order from the Black Dragon King: warning them not to smuggle.

Although it was just a warning, this was the first time the Wei people had been tough on Ruosi at sea.

As for the man thorns, there has been no response so far.

Because they have inquired about the strength of the East China Sea Black Dragon King through some businessmen.

In the descriptions of these merchants who have been to Liuqiu, four words are repeatedly mentioned:
Unfathomable!

Among other things, since the rise of the Black Dragon King of the East China Sea.

The Japanese pirates who had harassed the coast of Wei for many years were almost wiped out.

On the surface, it is the credit of Ningbo Wei and Quanzhou Wei.

But many people know something inside.

The islands occupied by countless Japanese pirates were burned overnight.

There are also many rumors that the maritime merchants who colluded with the Japanese pirates disappeared.

They were all fed fish by the Black Dragon King.

It's just that there is no evidence for this, so it is only circulated among overseas businessmen.

But whether it's true or not.

Many maritime merchants who were originally related to the Japanese pirates, and even had some relationship with the Japanese country.

In the past few years, it has been frightening.

Anxiety all day long.

For fear of being misunderstood by the people of the Black Dragon King, he would be targeted overseas and sink into the sea to feed the fish.

Of course, these are rumors.

When the Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants in Luzon heard about the Black Dragon King, the first thing they thought of was:

Since the Black Dragon King had beaten and warned Haixi Fransya.

Haixi Bania, who is comparable in strength to Haixi Fransiya, is definitely not a problem!

If the Black Dragon King of the East China Sea occupies this place, then they are also Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants from the Great Wei Dynasty.

Isn't he a first-class citizen of Luzon, or even Nanyang?

At that time, don't talk about being bullied by others, if they don't bully others, they are good-hearted!

It was with this in mind that the temporary leaders elected by the Fujian-Vietnamese immigrants became very excited.

They all expressed that they should do anything for important people and things.

Naturally, Liuqiu's vanguard would not refuse, and the two sides immediately made a plan together.

As soon as the Mengzi army arrived, the vanguard troops who had already sneaked into the water village immediately made contributions.

Manila's water fortress was directly captured from the inside, and it opened up to welcome the Liuqiu fleet.

With no effort on Mengzi's side, the army successfully entered Hong Kong.

More than a dozen Western-style warships that can accommodate 300 people were also captured without damage.

By the time Governor Manila reacted, Mengzi had already approached the city.

Although Manila Castle has thick walls, the defense is extremely strong.

But looking at the soldiers in bright armor outside the city, the governor of Luzon was almost desperate.

At the same time, Fujian-Vietnam immigrants moved again in the city.

The gunpowder prepared by Mengzi didn't come in handy, and the city gate was already opened from the inside.

Except for the loss of the vanguard.

When seizing the water stronghold and opening the city gate, more than a dozen people died.

The Mengzi army took Manila almost without using their weapons.

At the same time, the Cebu side has also started.

Liuqiu's army encountered fierce resistance from the Haixibanians here.

There is no strong city to defend in Cebu. As Liuqiu's army shrinks, the Haixi Banian people are slowly besieged in several small castles.

With the "bang" sound of gunpowder, only houses collapsed to greet these Haixi Banian people.

The battle ended quickly, and the damage was more than that of Luzon.

Together, the two sides lost nearly a hundred soldiers.

This is the biggest loss since the establishment of the new army.

Originally, according to the plan, the Haixi Banian people would be sent to Liuqiu as captives.

Or logging, or mining.

But Mengzi was aroused by this unprecedented battle loss, and directly ordered no prisoners to be kept.

So far, the Haixibanians of Luzon and Cebu.

All were annihilated!

The governor of Mancijia got the news and was ready to fight.

Even prepare to be wiped out.

However, I waited and waited, but there was no news.

He didn't know until he sent envoys to negotiate, the garrison was left there, and the rest were all withdrawn
This made the Franzian of Haixi, Manchuria, both rejoicing and puzzled.

It can only be attributed to the fact that the Black Dragon King came to avenge the immigrants from Fujian and Vietnam!
So far, the status of Wei's overseas immigrants in Nanyang has been raised to the highest.

No one dares to mess with it anymore!
(End of this chapter)