Zhao Ming gave Tang Tong half a month, but Tang Tong only took ten days to defeat Manila City.At dusk, the battle in Manila came to an end, and truckloads of corpses and belongings were dragged out of the castle, while the soldiers of Tokai Town were still searching the castle for the Spaniards who were hiding.At this time, Zhao Ming, surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers, entered the castle that the Spaniards had run for more than 70 years.The stone fortress was unusually strong, and it was shelled for many days without much damage.At this time, there were still sporadic explosions and gunshots in the fort, which were the Spaniards who were clearing the various rooms and warehouses of the fort.For the Spaniards, Zhao Ming did not have mercy, but ordered to kill them all.This was to avenge the slaughtered Han Chinese, to show their majesty, and at the same time to deter the indigenous Luzon natives and send them a signal.The Spanish slaughtered the Han Chinese and fought against the town of Donghai, and now the fortress has been taken and all the rebels have been killed.The natives have to weigh their own weight, and the Spaniards who have ruled them for more than 70 years have been killed by Donghai Town, so they naturally know what to do.At the same time, this is also to put pressure on the Dutch, now Donghai Town allows the Netherlands to negotiate peace, if they don't cherish this opportunity, then when Donghai Town soldiers come to the city, the fate of the Spaniards is their end.At this time, a team of soldiers escorted a group of Spanish soldiers out, and saluted the leading general Han Chaoxuan: "Prime Minister Qiqi, the governor of Xiyi, Manrik, was shot and killed by the soldiers, and the Xiyi in the city has basically been cleared.At this time, Manrik's body, as well as the captured Xiyi, dare to ask how to dispose of it?
”Zhao Ming turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to lift the white cloth on the stretcher carried by the soldiers, saw a white man who was beaten into a sieve, and sneered: "Lost the fish!"
”After speaking, Zhao Ming looked at the depressed Spanish captives, and after a moment of silence, he waved his hand and said, "Take them outside the city and kill them all!"
”Now it is not as good as before, Donghai Town needs to obtain the technology of artillery and musket manufacturing from the west, at this time, Donghai Town has been able to forge all kinds of firearms and build warships by itself, so it is not necessary to Xiyi, especially Xiyi soldiers who have no skills themselves, it is better to kill Liwei.When Han Chao heard this, he immediately clenched his fists: "Obey orders!"
”After speaking, he waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Take it away!"
”Zhao Ming watched the soldiers escort the captives out of the city, and was walking towards the castle, Tang Tong walked towards him, saw Zhao Ming, and immediately said happily: "Prime Minister, I have found some good things in my humble position!"
”Zhao Ming smiled and said, "What kind of good thing, is it a lot of silver?"
”Tang Tong's face showed a look of surprise, "Prime Minister, how do you know it's silver?"
”The purpose of this southern expedition to Donghai Town is to obtain land and property to alleviate the financial pressure of Donghai Town and strengthen its own strength.Zhao Ming's attack on Luzon, in addition to taking a fancy to this land, another reason was to take a fancy to the property of the Spaniards.The main purpose of the Spaniards in occupying Luzon was to buy Chinese goods with silver dug up in South America.Silver is essentially a metal, it cannot be eaten, it has to be valuable, it must be used to buy things, and the Spaniards bring dozens of ships of silver to Luzon almost every year.Silver mines are scarce in China, and it is said that in 1631, 14 million taels of silver were transported from Manila to the Ming Dynasty, and this figure is equivalent to more than twice the silver production of the Ming Dynasty in 30 years.For nearly 100 years, from 1550 to 1645, about 14,000 tons of silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, some of which came from Japan, of course, but the bulk was South America.In recent years, due to the collusion between the Spaniards and the Manchus, the town of Tokai restricted trade with the Spaniards, so a large amount of silver shipped from South America was accumulated in Manila.Zhao Ming estimated that Manila would only have a few million taels of silver, which was enough to fill the deficit of the feudal government.At this time, Zhao Ming followed Tang Tong to the underground warehouse of Fort Manila, where several Spanish corpses had not yet been transported."
Prime Minister, look!"
Tang Tong waved his hand proudly, and immediately a soldier lit the oil lamp in the warehouse with a torch.Under the light of the fire, the surrounding area suddenly reflected a silver light, almost blinding everyone's eyes.Zhao Ming looked around, he was used to seeing big scenes, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.The warehouse was littered with walls of silver bricks and boxes of Spanish silver and gold coins, drawing everyone's attention.The Donghai Town Domain also has nearly 10 million pieces of silver in hand every year, and Zhao Ming often transfers hundreds of thousands of silver with a stroke of his pen, but those are all numbers on the books, and they are far from being shocked by directly piling up silver in front of him."
How much silver is this?"
Zhao Ming couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and asked calmly.Tang Tong looked at Yinshan with some obsession, "Back to the Prime Minister, the preliminary estimate of the humble post is at least 10 million taels!"
”"Ten million taels?"
Gu Yanwu's voice changed."
Hehe~ good, good!"
Zhao Ming, who regained his composure, smiled and said: "With this money, not only can the deficit of the feudal government be smoothed out, but the funds for the activities of the feudal mansion are also available." ”After Zhao Ming finished his southern expedition, he had to return to Jiangdong and fish out Zhu Yihai.And to fish out Zhu Yihai, in addition to military threats, it is to sell the generals and officials of the imperial court before the flower.Zhao Ming was happy in his heart, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Mr.
Gu, let people count it immediately, and then send a ship back to Taiwan and Jiangdong." ”When more than 10 million taels enter Donghai Town, inflation will definitely rise, but most of the money Zhao Ming is going to use to sell and win over the Zhejiang family, as well as some court generals.The money fell into the hands of generals and ministers, who most likely found a silver cellar to store it, and it did not immediately enter the market circulation, so it did not immediately cause prices to skyrocket.Gu Yanwu said excitedly: "Humble duty, let's take someone to count." ”Although this southern expedition was forced to end early, the capture of Donghai Town was already very rich.In addition to the acquisition of large tracts of land in Tainan and Luzon, the silver seized in Tainan and Luzon is probably close to fifteen million taels, and it is even more difficult to count other goods.These silver and goods are enough for Donghai Town to spend for several years, and will become the capital of Donghai Town to dominate the world.In addition, Donghai Town also captured several warships and a large number of artillery, which not only met the heavy artillery needed to colonize the South Seas and various strongholds, but also made Donghai Town's sailors an invincible existence in East Asia.While Zhao Ming had the seized property transported back and forth by boat, the captured Spaniards were taken outside the city to be punished.The Spanish colonized Luzon for more than 70 years, during which time they massacred China, killed indigenous people, and committed countless crimes.When hundreds of captured Spanish soldiers and clerks of the governor's palace were taken to the beach and beheaded in front of tens of thousands of Han Chinese and natives, the people immediately applauded and wept bitterly.Of the nearly 5,000 Spaniards in Manila, only two Catholic missionaries of Italian origin survived.After the capture of Manila in Donghai Town, Zhao Ming changed the city of Manila to Luzon City, set up the Luzon Governorate District, with Dong Zhining as the governor, and left Han Chaoxuan to lead 3,000 soldiers to defend it.Considering that Zhu Yihai was trapped in Xiaoling and could not support it for long, Zhao Ming did not wait for the Dutch to negotiate in Luzon after arranging Luzon affairs, but secretly led a large army back to Tainan to prepare to participate in domestic events.()