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Half a month after the Manila merchant uprising, Liu Wang of the Kyushu Army came to Manila under the escort of two sail frigates.

The colonial authorities in Manila were on the verge of an enemy, and warships and armed merchant ships anchored in Manila rushed out to confront Liu Wang and the others at the port.When they knew Liu Wang's reason for coming, they breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the other party didn't come to fight.

Liu Wang was wearing a cloak, and behind him were several soldiers of the Kyushu Army. They went down to the port and ignored the Spanish soldiers who were on guard.

These Kyushu Army soldiers came from the north, they were Liu Wang's guards, and their physique was no less than that of some Nordic mercenaries who were colonized.

A colonial official came with Spanish soldiers and saw the soldiers of the Kyushu Army who went deep into Manila alone. They didn't know whether they were brave or too confident in the strength behind them, but since the other party dared to go to the meeting alone, it was enough to explain a lot.

"I am Viscount Castle. Our governor is not here, so I will give full power to negotiate with you." The leading colonial official asked, "Who is your Excellency from the Eastern Empire?"

"I am the general of the Kyushu Army. You can call me General Liu. I am the person sent by the Nanyang Fleet to negotiate with you." Liu Wang said.

"I don't know what you want to negotiate on? Last time, almost all of our strongholds in the eastern part of Yizhou were removed by you, just because you claimed to be temporarily your land. But the Manila we occupied is not your Huaxia land. said Castle.

"Although Manila is not our land, the people who make a living on the land are our people, and we need to ensure their safety," Liu Wang said.

"They lived here hundreds of years ago. They paid taxes to the native kingdom here and to us. They have nothing to do with you. Why do you come here to embarrass us for them?" Castle heard Liu Wang's tone, roughly for A Manila businessman was arrested for coming.

"If you are a Chinese person for a day, you will be a Chinese person for the rest of your life! As long as they still admit that they are Chinese businessmen, I will guarantee their safety." Liu Wang showed no sign of weakness!
Cold sweat broke out on Castle's forehead, and he secretly thought that the Kyushu Army was too domineering. They actually dared to come here with great fanfare, and directly declared that they would protect the Manila Chinese businessmen here.

For a moment, the two sides were at war with each other, and the tense atmosphere spread in the port. Some colonial soldiers had already taken their arquebus from their backs.

"We Han people have a saying that we are visitors from afar, should we just stand and talk on the pier like this?" Liu Wang said again.

Really don't treat yourself as an outsider!In order to show his gentlemanly demeanor, Castle had no choice but to say to Liu Wang: "Come with me, we will talk in the Governor's Mansion."

Castle led Liu Wang and the others to the Governor's Mansion.The stone wall destroyed by shells on the opposite side of the Governor's Mansion has not been cleaned, and there are scratches on the ground. It seems that because there are blood stains on the ground that are difficult to clean, they have to be scraped off with iron or sand.

In the city of Manila, some places were also destroyed by flames.All show that a fierce battle broke out here not long ago.

"What did you do with the dead soldiers?" Liu Wang asked.

"They are all rebels. According to our method of dealing with rebels, they showed their heads to the public. A few days ago, they were buried for fear of causing a plague." Castle said.

"Where is the captured businessman?" Liu Wang asked again.

"All the guards are detained, and the rebels among them must be found before they can be released." Castle said.

"Half a month has passed, and you still don't intend to release them. When will you investigate them?" Liu Wang said.

"At least they have to confess that there are still those who participated in the rebellion, and those rebels who have to escape come out of the forest and surrender." Castle said.

"Hmph, do you know how much the Kyushu Army loses to the Manila businessmen every day they are detained?" Liu Wang snorted coldly.

"What does our arrest of the businessman in Manila have to do with the Kyushu Army?" Castle couldn't help feeling depressed.

"First, Manila merchants have the most trade with our southeast coast and the Chief Secretary of Cochin. After they were arrested, many of our originally ordered goods have been unable to be traded. Many merchants have already asked us for help. Second, if even Manila If all the Chinese merchants cannot be protected, our merchants will be panicked and unable to trade with peace of mind, which will be a huge harm to the enthusiasm of our merchants! Third, many merchants in Manila are not overseas Chinese, but our southeast coast. The merchants who trade normally in Luzon Island, they are stranded here, and they are arrested by you as rebels, this is not arresting the wrong person, but what is it?" Liu Wang blamed.

After listening to Liu Wang's accusation, Castle couldn't help sweating profusely, unable to refute.Liu Wang completely stood in the position of Chinese businessmen. He didn't seem to defend the local Chinese businessmen in Manila, but pointed the contradiction directly at the Manila businessman's uprising.The general meaning is that you must let people go, otherwise it will cause great trouble to us Chinese businessmen.

"General Liu, what if we decide not to let people go? These rebels suddenly attacked the Governor's Palace half a month ago and set fire to the city, causing us huge casualties. Countless houses collapsed and 31 soldiers died. , more than 100 people were injured, and they must pay for their betrayal," Castle said.

"According to me, the rebels have basically been suppressed by you. The only rebels who escaped was a small team, which fled to the mountainous area where the aborigines are. If you insist on annihilating them, I have no objection at all. But the people in the city The Huaxia merchants are innocent, you must release them immediately, or you will face revenge from our Kyushu Army." Liu Wang sat at the negotiating table and said coldly to Castle.

"Revenge? What kind of revenge?" Castle asked cautiously.

"We will declare war on Manila. On the one hand, like you, we will detain all Spanish merchants in the territory we control, and order all Chinese merchants not to sell porcelain, tea, silk and other commodities to the Spanish fleet. On the other hand, we will Form a huge fleet, come to Manila to pick up our businessmen, and destroy Manila by the way." Liu Wang said calmly with his hands folded on his chest.

"You..." Seeing Liu Wang's threat, Castle's tone became a little trembling.

The Kyushu Army is imposing economic and military sanctions!However, the Armada of the Spanish Empire was taught several times by Great Britain and fell into the quagmire of war in Europe. They really couldn't bear the heavy consequences of losing the market in the Far East.

(End of this chapter)