In the original history, the King of Sulu, under the pressure of the Spanish, asked Qianlong to merge with China, but Qianlong refused.
Now the King of Sulu has clearly seen the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to avoid being attacked by Spain or similar red-haired people again, and based on the situation in Luzon, he made a wise decision.
Zhu Youxiao naturally wanted it.
Although Sulu had long been his target for annexation, Sulu's proposal to annex made everything more logical.
He sent Sun Chuanting to Luzon and granted the king of Sulu the title of Duke of Sulu, which was hereditary.
In this way, the entire Luzon became the land of the Ming Dynasty.
The election for the Luzon House of Commons also kicked off at this time.
People in Luzon have already known about the privileges of congressmen in the early publicity, and since the election is now only conducted in northern Luzon, there are only fifty places, and the competition is very fierce.
In the newly recovered Mindanao and various islands, publicity about the House of Representatives was also launched.
A large number of people from Henan came to Mindanao and other places, opened Chinese-language schools, and introduced new farming methods, which greatly increased rice production in Mindanao, which was already economically stronger than the north.
Zhu Youxiao also asked people to promote sugar cane on a large scale in Luzon.
Sugar cane has higher yields in tropical areas, so Zhu Youxiao felt that it should be grown in Luzon.
Machines that use sugar cane to make sugar are also being manufactured and tested.
Zhu Youxiao The school is preparing to turn Luzon into the agricultural production base of the Ming Dynasty.
After completing their mission, Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong took the fleet back to the chief officer.
They will rest and recuperate in Dayuan.
Three-masted gunboats built by Qingjiang Shipyard will be continuously transported to Dayuan.
Zheng Zhilong's fleet will undergo a large-scale refit, replacing the original three-masted gunships with powerful firepower suitable for jumping.
Help fight the pirate ship.
Yan Siqi's East China Sea Fleet did not need to be redressed.
The order he received was to repair and sail to Japan, completely occupy Ezo Island, expand the scope of whale hunting, immigrate to Ezo Island, and build soap factories and candle factories.
Because domestic soaps and candles have been sold out, and due to weather conditions, transporting raw materials to the capital will cause a lot of waste, so Wei Zhongxian proposed to open a factory directly in the whaling area, and then transport the soaps and candles back to greatly reduce costs.
Zhu Youxiao was surprised that Wei Zhongxian could make such a suggestion.
He praised: "I didn't expect that the factory minister could come up with such a good idea.
I am really impressed."
Wei Zhongxian said with some embarrassment: "I didn't come up with it myself, it was suggested by the subordinates in the cooperative.
I thought it was good, and I asked Mr.
Xu Ge and Mr.
Sun Ge specifically.
They both said yes, so I came to report it to the Holy Master. , slaves are not that smart."
Zhu Youxiao laughed and said: "Chang Chen, you are wrong.
As the steward around me now, you don't need to be smart or have any fantastic ideas.
You just need to listen to other people's opinions, and then Just analyze it yourself or ask other smart people to make a decision.
You did a great job here, not only because you came up with a good way to increase the production of soap candles, but because you already know how to get these good things.
Way.
Mr.
Chang, I am very optimistic about you."
Wei Zhongxian smiled like a chrysanthemum: "I thank you for your praise.
I will know what to do from now on."
Yan Siqi's East China Sea Fleet first came to Nagasaki, found some Japanese as interlocutors, and then sailed to Ezo Island.
After passing Honshu, the East China Sea Fleet first blocked the sea between Honshu and Ezo Island, and then boarded Ezo Island.
Yi Island.
After the Ming army landed on the island, they encountered the Japanese army, armed with old-fashioned matchlock guns and bamboo guns, and were quickly defeated by the Ming army.
After taking several prisoners for questioning, I learned that there were still Japanese who had not evacuated and were now living in Fukuyama Castle.
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The Ming army immediately asked the prisoners to lead the way and marched towards Fushan City.
Soon we came to a fence.
Yan Siqi smiled and said: "This is Fushan City" The prisoner replied: "My lord, this is Fukuyama Castle.
It was built by the Matsumae family more than thirty years ago.
There are more than a thousand armored soldiers in the city."
Yan Siqi asked the tongue people to call the door and ordered them to leave the city and surrender immediately, otherwise the city would be massacred.
When the city lord Heihisa Matsumae heard the news, he stood at the top of the city and saw a dark Ming army outside, their armor and weapons gleaming coldly.
He opened the city and surrendered without saying a word.
Yan Siqi looked at the Japanese filing out and felt very bored.
Matsumae Heihisa held a sword, knelt down in front of him and said: "The Lord of Fukuyama Castle, Matsumae, is willing to serve as the master of the country."
Yan Siqi took the sword, gently pulled it out, looked at it and said in Japanese: "This sword is quite good.
How many soldiers and fields do you have under your name now?"
Seeing him take the sword, Matsumae Heihisa breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Reporting to Lord Kami, Fukuyama Castle has 1,300 armored soldiers, supervising more than 6,000 Ezo people, and cultivating more than 10,000 acres of land. " Yan Siqi quickly discovered the problem: "Why can't you meet your daily needs with only such a small amount of land?"
Matsumae Heihisa said: "Your Majesty, it is clear to you that Fushan City is mainly engaged in fishing and hunting, so there is not much cultivated land."
Chen Shouyi, the internal officer who came with him, was overjoyed after hearing Shiren's translation.
He was worried that Ezo Island was too far away and cold, and it would be difficult to recruit people willing to fish.
Now he knew that there were a large number of locals here who were good at fishing and hunting.
This problem It's perfectly solved.
Yan Siqi was also aware of this problem.
He waved his hand and said, "Get up.
I will appoint you as the director of Ezo Island.
You can lead people to build us a house first."
Matsumae Heihisa was overjoyed.
He originally thought that his life was in danger, but he didn't expect Lord Kamikuni to appoint him as the supervisor.
He kowtowed several times before getting up and said, "Please give me your permission, Sir Kamigoku."
Yan Siqi said to Chen Shouyi, "Eunuch Chen, please tell the manager of Songqian."
Chen Shouyi said to Matsumae Heihisa through his interlocutor: "I heard that the winter here is cold, so the houses built must be thick.
You first lead people to cut down the big trees.
We brought new saws and sawed the trees into thick boards before building the houses.
We have people Specialized in guiding house construction matters, you just let them follow the instructions. " Matsumae Taira agreed, and he asked the Ming army to stay in Fushan City temporarily.
Yan Siqi shook his head and refused: "No, we will live on the boat first.
Only Eunuch Chen and some people live here.
We will move to the defense after the barracks are built."
Please ask someone to send some food to our ship first."
Matsumae Heihisa called a few Japanese soldiers, and they started carrying food with a large number of Ezo natives.
The Ezo people are about the same height as the Japanese.
The men have red beards and have more hair on their bodies and faces.
Ming people were very surprised and came to watch one after another.
Chen Shouyi said: "No wonder they can live in such a cold place.
It turns out that they have more hair than us.
It's strange, why do they have red beards?
Are they the same as red-haired ghosts?"
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