Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 663
"In addition to buying tea from China, we can also buy tea from India and other places. As for your porcelain, we have also mastered the corresponding technology, and we can already produce porcelain similar to yours in Europe." Cass Er refused to admit defeat and said.

"The India you are talking about should be the Mughal Empire. Although the tea taste there is stronger than our Chinese tea, but it is not a high-end crude tea. In your Western countries, only the lower class would drink it. And the king at the top, and the tea at the bottom Even the declining aristocrats use our Chinese tea as the top grade, and their profits are hundreds of times and thousands of times that of the tea of ​​the Mughal Empire. The porcelain they pursue is also the porcelain produced in China, not the counterfeit goods you produced in Europe. Don’t think that we are far away In the east, we don’t know the situation of your western market, and we are beginning to understand your situation.” Liu Wang said.

Castle was silent for a while: "You're right, we can't leave your goods for the time being. But after all, these merchants can't let them go easily. I want to ask the governor to make a decision."

Liu Wang nodded: "OK."

After Liu Wang went to Manila as an envoy, the defenders in Manila were forced to ask for instructions from Governor Acuña who was still in Batavia.Acuña hurriedly left people to continue discussing the East India Union, and then quickly returned to Manila.

Acuña argued with Liu Wang for a while, and the two confronted each other, almost turning the table over.However, as the governor of Manila, Acuña cherished his wings very much. He didn't want to become the first target of the Spice Islands being attacked by the Kyushu Army because of offending the Kyushu Army, so he chose to give in.However, he made two conditions.One condition is that the Chinese businessmen in Manila have to hand over a huge sum of money as compensation and ransom.The second condition is that they will not let go of the rebels who fled to the indigenous tribes.For these two conditions, Liu Wang unexpectedly compromised and agreed to Acuna's conditions.

Mr. Chen and other Manila Chinese businessmen were released from prison by colonial soldiers, and each of them had scars from whipping on their faces.

"Fortunately for you, next time you have mischief, you will not be so lucky!" The colonial soldier closed the iron gate heavily.

"Damn." A young businessman muttered in local dialect, "We were obviously not the ones who rebelled, they arrested us here, extorted most of our savings, and accounted for all the family fortunes we have accumulated over the past few years."

"You're a young businessman, it's alright. We old men who have been in business for decades will be miserable if their families are gone. I don't know if we can pay the wages of the buddies. If you can't even pay the wages, this business will not be possible in the future. "Old Chen said with emotion, "I warned them not to act recklessly, but I didn't expect them to act recklessly, and everyone ended up dead."

"Actually, their plan may not be unfeasible. It's just that I heard that there was a traitor among them, and they temporarily handed over the plan to the people in the Governor's Mansion. As a result, the uprising was suppressed." A lame businessman whispered.

Before entering the Spaniard's prison, his leg was still in good condition, but now it is estimated that it will not recover in a few months.

"Do you know who the traitor is?" Another businessman gritted his teeth, "If you know who he is, I will definitely eat this piece of shit alive!"

"Yes, we must pull out the dog and throw it into the sea to feed the fish!" The businessmen were furious in private.

Shopkeeper Wang was at fault for leading the rebel army to revolt without authorization, but his plan was not completely unworkable, but this traitor was the most abominable, because he caused the rebel army to fail, all Manila Chinese businessmen were arrested, and a lot of their property was extorted!

"Everyone, are you all right?" Liu Wang greeted them outside with the soldiers of the Kyushu Army.

The Chinese businessmen in Manila saw their clan relatives from the Central Plains coming to pick them up, and thought of the Kyushu Army traveling thousands of miles to rescue them, their eyes suddenly became hot.Mr. Chen and other old businessmen of the older generation who drifted to Manila from the southeast coast were even more tearful.

Mr. Chen walked staggeringly, his crutches making noises on the gravel road, and walked towards Liu Wang, almost kneeling down: "I am grateful to the Kyushu Army for coming all the way to rescue us. If it weren't for you, Manila might be in a bloody storm again!"

"Don't be like this, old people. We are just doing what we can. All of you here are descendants of us Chinese, wandering abroad, and it is not easy to support our families. Help if you can." Liu Wang saw a group of Manila businessmen with dark circles and faces. There are more or less scars on their faces, knowing that they have also suffered some torture.

"Well, it's not easy for anyone these days. Back then, there was a severe drought in Fujian and the people were struggling to survive. I had no choice but to travel to Nanyang with my family. Unexpectedly, after decades, I would never have the chance to go back." Chen said, " The only thing that hasn’t changed is the accent.”

"Yeah, back then I escaped from Shandong, back then."

"Our ancestors were captured here by Japanese pirates and have been here for more than 100 years."

A group of Chinese businessmen traced their roots one after another. All of them had their own family’s bitter history when they left the mainland.

"Manila was originally a good place. Their king treated the Ming Emperor as their suzerain and treated our ancestors well. Our ancestors were all upper-class people here. Until the red hair came a few decades ago, they captured Manila and hanged the locals. King, the status of our Chinese is getting lower and lower, and then they continue to raise taxes and implement tyranny, and our life is even more difficult." A businessman said.

"In this way, I can understand your feelings and understand why the rebels are so eager to revolt." Liu Wang thoughtfully, "But you don't have to worry about it in the future. The current Central Plains is no longer the former Central Plains. With our support, they Don't dare to mess around."

"I didn't expect that the Central Plains would slow down and become strong again. It seems that we can consider returning to the Central Plains after this incident." Chen Lao and other businessmen said one after another, all of them were full of desire to return to the Central Plains.

Most of them left their hometowns because of natural disasters and man-made disasters, otherwise few people would leave the prosperous Central Plains.Now seeing that the Central Plains is strong again, they also have a little bit of wealth, so they have the idea of ​​returning to the Central Plains.

"You don't have to jump to conclusions so quickly. Let's talk about it after a while. Our Kyushu Army also needs a group of people to be active in Nanyang." Liu Wang saw that the businessmen in Manila wanted to return to the mainland, but felt that it was inappropriate.

Their Nanyang Fleet is plotting against Manila recently, and the [-] overseas Chinese in Manila are the basis for the Kyushu Army to establish rule in Manila.Unlike the Spanish colonists, the Chinese have a large population and great influence in Manila. The future rule of the Kyushu Army will definitely be stronger than the colonists.

(End of this chapter)