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In the days that followed, Shou Han spent a very leisurely time, almost the happiest period of time he had after coming to Daming. ..

Under the coconut tree every day, watching the sun rise and fall, listening to the singing of the Spanish banjo, by the way, I used my eyes to measure the body size of those Spanish ladies.Feel the warm Spanish style?

oh!No! Shou Han still pays attention to this point!At least until the rubber is successfully introduced and fully utilized, he will not have any relationship beyond friendship with these foreign women.

You must know that this era happened to be a time when many infectious diseases, such as syphilis, gradually spread throughout the world through sexual intercourse among sailors and natives.God knows what kind of virtues these Spanish women, who are full of aristocratic style and charming appearance, have in private?

Therefore, Shouhan's greatest pleasure is to hold Xiuxiu's little hand, wander among the sun, sand, waves, and coconut trees, and leave two pairs of footprints in the sunset.

He lived a comfortable life, and naturally there were some unpleasant ones.

Xie Yinglong, as an old man of the Li family and one of the old confidantes, was appointed as the representative of the Hanyuan firm's commercial representative office in Luzon. Although the name is a mouthful, it is easy to understand after Li Shouhan's explanation.

"Have you ever seen the inspectors of the Eight Houses on the stage? Have you seen the imperial envoys? Don't they all have Shangfang swords in their hands, the so-called presence like me? That character is just like yours! In Luzon, you are me! You It’s the representative of General Ha Tinh’s Mansion! Any actions against you or the business representative office can be considered as targeting General Ha Tinh’s Mansion!”

Therefore, Xie Yinglong began to work on the construction of the commercial representative office, personnel, soldiers, houses, and fortifications.etc.

The most important thing is to train the recruits of the escort team to form combat effectiveness.

In the Chinese Volunteer Team, Xie Yinglong selected hundreds of people to train according to the training method of Li Jiajun. At the same time, he organized the Baojia organization for those Chinese in Manila, and planned to implement the system of "one armor, one soldier" in the future.

In addition, according to the provisions of the Manila Treaty, the Chinese have the right to cultivate wasteland in the Luzon area. The so-called Zhongyang Plain in the north of Manila City has become the welfare allocated by Li Shouhan to those newly enlisted soldiers.In this fertile land, every Chinese under the management of the commercial representative office can also enjoy the [-]-acre land reclamation quota.Will adjust accordingly in the future!

Hearing this news, Huang Aqi, who practiced formation and spear and knife skills under the Luzon Lie Sun, waved their knives and guns more powerfully.

As for the hard-working Zhang Xiaohu, he led several ship owners and several schooners to work intensively among the various islands in Luzon.

In the eyes of Perez and his predecessors, the wealth of the Luzon Islands is the countless gold and silver on Luzon Island, as well as those iron mines. In the eyes of the Spaniards, only gold and silver are what the Spanish Empire needs most!This may be the reason why the Spanish Empire, as the first empire that never falls, failed once it fell.

According to the treaty, Li Shouhan got Mindanao and several other islands in Luzon.These islands, in the eyes of the Spaniard Perez, are completely wild places, and they are happy to hand them over to this young Ming general.The islands of Samar, Masbate, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, and Mindanao have almost no meaning for the Spaniards to occupy except for the ferocious indigenous people and the harsh natural environment.

However, Li Shouhan is very clear that in the future nanny country, apart from Subic Bay, a good naval port that must be won, only those huge mineral reserves and fertile land have left an impression on his mind.Unfortunately, in the hands of those lazy Luzon natives, it cannot play a normal role.

These islands are rich in minerals, such as iron, coal, gold, copper, chromium, and manganese. Except for the poor quality of coal, the rest of the minerals are ranked among the top ten in the world. They are all calculated in units of [-] million tons; and the gold mine with astonishing reserves on Masbate Island is what Li Shouhan needs most in the future.

Copper, gold, nickel, chromium, manganese, these are the resources Li Shouhan needs now or in the future.Especially at present, the huge copper resources on Luzon Island are no less than a huge gold mountain in China, which uses copper as the basic currency unit.

What's more, Shou Han's troops now need a lot of metal to make artillery and other weapons.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaohu worked hard.On several islands, he chose the landing place, built simple ports and berths, and chose sites for mines in suitable places to build fortifications and houses.

Inevitably, there were natives who were unwilling to reconcile their homes to be occupied by these outsiders and came out to resist. However, under the intensive shooting of muskets, these people either became the heads on the Sangmen gun, or they were Zhang Xiaohu's captives.

Then came the natives who had been sentenced to hard labor.According to Li Shouhan's trial, although these people did not participate in the massacre against the Chinese that year, the actions of their father and brother made them accomplices enjoying the fruits of the crime. Ten years of hard labor.After ten years of hard labor, you can become a freelancer.

Of course, as a mine, under high-intensity labor, harsh production conditions and other factors, there will be certain attrition and attrition. The proportion is not too large, and it is completely tolerable. The annual loss of personnel is about Around ten percent.

However, everyone can rest assured that the attrition personnel will naturally be replaced by new personnel until the family or tribe has no males at all!

Finally, after completing the surveying and surveying of several islands, and the construction of simple ports and wharfs, Li Shouhan got up and led the huge fleet and set off in a hurry.

The trade with Luzon this time can be said to be a huge gain. From a military point of view, an outstanding naval commander has been cast under his command.The military operations against Manila have exercised the combat capabilities of the naval fleet, whether targeting forts or fighting warships at sea.The officers and soldiers of the navy are all confident.Moreover, having obtained a good naval port, Subic Bay, in Shou Han's heart, with Subic Bay in the east and Cam Ranh Bay in the south, with two ports in hand, he can firmly grasp the South China Sea route in his hands.

Politically speaking, the signing of the Manila Treaty made the Spanish Governor's Palace their own puppet regime. By showing off their force in front of them and massacring those natives, they have defeated them spiritually again.

Economically speaking, Shouhan is confident that he will turn Mindanao into another granary in his hands within ten years after he has obtained the rights to land reclamation, planting, and mining of minerals in Luzon.

As for how many precious metals were plundered from Luzon, this figure has always been a topic of debate among Chinese and Western scholars.

Western scholars insist that Li Shouhan looted at least tens of millions of taels of gold and silver. The evidence is the books and records of gold and silver transported from New Spain to Luzon for several consecutive years.In addition, during the pirate-like occupation of Luzon by Li Shouhan, he carried out dozens of organized, step-by-step, and purposeful looting against the natives, looting at least millions of taels of gold and silver.From gold and silver to copper ingots, from pig iron to sugar, there was almost nothing that Li Shouhan did not rob.

So that later, in Spanish, there was a set of vocabulary, "Lee's cleanup", "Lee's attack".It is from this Manila incident.

The most convincing evidence is the confession written by Li Peilin, an effective official under Li Shouhan, in his notes "Journey to the South", in which he said, "Although the general's trip to Luzon was extremely dangerous, the experience accumulated over the years in Luzon All the Tibetan irons are in my treasury!"

listen!This is your own statement!Isn't that convincing enough? ?

However, in the mouth of Chinese scholars, there is another theory.

Li Shouhan obtained gold and silver from Luzon, but these gold and silver were obtained through legal trade, and there are contracts and contracts between the two parties, as well as historical materials such as inspection reports as evidence.

"As for what Spanish scholars said about the whereabouts of gold and silver in America, we ask you to carefully read the memoirs of Governor Perez and the memories of many parties involved. At the beginning of the armed conflict between the two sides, the director in charge of the Luzon authorities' finance Is it an accident that he disappeared with the account book? We suspect that in Luzon at that time, there was no so-called American silver at all. It was all embezzled by these colonial officials."

And Western scholars have put forward relevant evidence. The source besides "Experience Records of the Southward Journey" is Li Shouhan's financial expenditure after returning to Ha Tinh.

"All expenses such as cannon casting, military training, shipbuilding, iron smelting, people's livelihood, immigration, land reclamation, etc. are listed here."

Without the strong support of Luzon Gold and Silver, how could Li wantonly expand armaments and armaments in the Annan area?

Sitting in his cool cabin, Shou Han's heart was like fried.

For nothing else, the gold and silver, copper ingots, and pig iron carried on those schooners and blessing ships, these wealth materials can make the sailors and soldiers of the fleet happy, smiling, sitting together in groups of three and four, enthusiastically Discussing how the general will share the reward after returning to the teacher, and how much reward each person can get.However, Li Shouhan, as the commander-in-chief, cannot be so optimistic.

Nothing else, one is the inflation problem that will be caused by the influx of huge amounts of precious metals, and another precedent is the syndrome of excessive accumulation of precious metals in Spain.

The territory that Shou Han now controls, besides He Ting, is the area on the north bank of the Ling River and part of the Lao Kingdom.The population is less than one million.

If such a large amount of gold and silver poured into the He Tinh area like a landslide, the situation would become very serious.

Although the current price index in the Ha Tinh area is very low, if the rewards that the soldiers should receive are distributed, it will be a huge amount. Once this batch of gold and silver enters the market, the prices will undoubtedly be high.

How can I attract immigrants?

"Let me tell you, when you go home this time, you just wait to marry the most beautiful girl in your village! I'm from here, and the general insurance will send the money!"

Um?Outside the cabin, Lu Yunsheng was describing to Aka and other recruits the good times after several expeditions with the army. "Insurance?!"

yes!Insurance!

In the memory of Shou Han, no army in this era has handled this business for its soldiers and officers. The problem is the phenomenon of Guan Zhong who shrinks back in battle.

If I take out this sum of money and give it to the soldiers, but don't distribute it to them, will I avoid the Spanish syndrome of inflation and excessive accumulation of precious metals?

Moreover, it can also let the soldiers have peace of mind?

However, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Shou Han still made a bold move when he landed.On the pier, he announced that Zhang Xiaohu, the former pirate leader, accompanied him on the expedition this time, commanded properly, made great achievements in the battle, and rewarded some gold and silver, which will be cashed on the spot.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaohu, who had just joined on the journey, was able to get so much gold and silver, the soldiers and sailors cheered loudly, yes!The adults really keep their promises!

As everyone knows, this is the old trick of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, to play with the remaining Yong Kai and still make him a marquis.

However, Zhang Xiaohu, after getting several thousand taels of gold and silver, actually went to find a Miao silversmith, drew a pattern, and made a huge three-headed tiger.

Soon, the hell three-headed tiger logo made of gold and silver became the most familiar thing in the eyes of countless sea merchants.Those who love him regard him as a patron saint, and those who hate him regard him as the gate of hell.