The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 681
Calculated according to Xu Gonglie's purchase price, this is only about one or two hundred catties of raw silk. Even if it is purchased in Songjiang, it is only five hundred catties at most.

I knew that raw silk was so expensive. The last time Priel went to find rubber seeds, it was very close to Mexico. Wouldn't it be a fortune to ask him to bring [-] catties there?
But now he can only think about it, if he really wanted to bring [-] catties of raw silk, he would definitely be robbed there on the spot.

In Luzon, those who do this are all local high-ranking Spanish officials, and no one is allowed to export.

Of course, no one knows how to sail a ship to Mexico.

If he could drive there, Xu Gonglie probably would have driven it by himself.

Now there is no experienced leader like Prior to lead the way, even if you ask Ding Yi to sail to Mexico, he would not dare.

Seeing that Ding Yi was tempted, Xu Gonglie tried his best to encourage Ding Yi to organize an army, conquer Luzon, drive out the Spaniards, and then transport raw silk to Mexico to sell, and the profits were beyond imagination.

Ding Yi's heart was moved, but he was still very embarrassed on the surface.

He sighed: "The profit is indeed astonishing, but it is not easy to go to Mexico from Luzon."

"You should know that not long ago, someone from our side came back from Europe and brought me rubber seeds."

"They also used to be very close to Mexico."

"Going to Mexico, you have to pass through the terrible Cape of Good Hope. Prior has been running back and forth for three years."

"56 times the profit, I don't think it's too high."

Only from Mexico to Luzon, it takes three to four months with all tailwinds, and half a year with headwinds, and back and forth, it takes at least nine months. It is impossible to have all tailwinds, and it is estimated to be at least one year.

So 56 times the profit is also normal.

The freight and cost of shipping raw silk to the Spanish was 80 pesos, which proves that it is not easy to transport it there.

Think about the three boats of Prier who went out, only one came back, the loss of the boat alone was tens of thousands of taels, and six of the eighty-odd people survived.

It's all cost.

Therefore, Ding Yi will not consider going to Mexico at all now, and he will definitely not consider it before the steamship comes out.

Dan Ding Yi didn't want to go to Mexico, he wanted to go to Luzon.

The officers now have [-] navy divisions and [-] infantry divisions.

Excluding Tai O's [-] infantry division and [-] naval division, there are still [-] soldiers and horses.

It's not a problem to keep them on the island every day. Apart from running business, they don't have much war.

Take advantage of it as soon as possible.

Ding Yi had imagined countless silver pesos and silver and gold in his mind.

He thought for a while, then slowly said: "From Luzon to Mexico, the sea journey is long, and it takes more than a year to go back and forth. This kind of business is not suitable for us Ming people."

"..." Xu Gonglie blushed, a little unwilling.

"But the Westerners went too far. They massacred our Ming people. I can't send troops to avenge everyone's blood and save the people. Unfortunately, I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Without the emperor's order, I dare not do anything."

Xu Gonglie's expression was extremely sad.

At this time, Zhao Dashan finally spoke, and he mumbled: "Boss Xu, fighting a war is not easy. The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first."

"It's a long way to go to Luzon. Do you know how much more food and salaries will be paid to mobilize the navy and infantry battalion? Not to mention the ordnance consumption for a battle, how much will it cost to support the dead and wounded after the war? We have no money to fight."

Although Xu Gonglie is not a soldier, he certainly knows how much it costs to fight a war.

He bowed his head and pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Actually, I have discussed it with all the members." They have the Luzon Chinese Business Association, and they are all big local bosses.

"As long as General Ding is willing to send troops, we will pay for all expenses."

Zhao Dashan's eyes lit up, and Xu Gonglie saw it again.

"This." Ding Yi looked puzzled: "We are all Chinese, we should support each other, how can we measure it with money."

"It's just --- it's a serious crime to use military weapons." Ding Yi stomped his feet: "Stop talking, I can't do this." Ding Yi waved his hand and asked Xu Gonglie to leave.

Zhao Dashan hesitated to speak, Ding Yi glared at him, but Zhao Dashan didn't dare to say anything.

Xu Gonglie rolled his eyes and got up first to go out.

He paused outside the door for a while, as if he heard Ding Yi and Zhao Dashan arguing inside.

One said silver and the other said the emperor, he could probably guess what the two were talking about.

He was not in a hurry, he went outside and waited for a while, then Zhao Dashan came out angrily.

"Governor Zhao." Xu Gonglie hurried forward.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Dashan said unhappily.

"Are you free tonight, some of us Chinese businessmen would like to treat the governor to have a drink?"

Zhao Dashan hesitated, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "We'll talk about it after General Ding leaves."

"General Ding is leaving?" Xu Gonglie was overjoyed.

"He will return to the Ming Dynasty in two days." Zhao Dashan said.

"Okay, okay, we'll talk about it in two days." Xu Gonglie left happily.

He and the Chinese businessmen waited anxiously for a few days, and sure enough, Ding Yi left with three ships two days later.

Ding Yi had no choice but to leave. Xu Gonglie had bought him [-] catties of raw silk back then, so why would he have the nerve to slaughter others now.

But Zhao Dashan can do it.

And this kind of greedy and degrading things, of course, let Zhao Dashan do it.

On the night Ding Yi left, Xu Gonglie and six Chinese businessmen invited Zhao Dashan to dinner.

Along with them are Xu Erxian, senior navy officers, Pilut, Yu Zhentai, Qiu Liangtai and other officers from all walks of life.

At the banquet, as soon as the Chinese merchants mentioned that the Xiyi had massacred the Chinese people, Xu Erxian and the others yelled and shouted that they wanted to destroy the Xiyi.

The embarrassing expression on Pilut's face made him quite helpless.

Fortunately, there is a Spaniard over there, he is Dutch, and he is not from the same country.

Someone immediately persuaded Zhao Dashan to send troops.

Zhao Dashan said, the court has no orders, and General Ding has not spoken, how dare I.

Xu Gonglie thought, you, the governor, are not bigger than the general?

He and several Chinese businessmen looked at each other, and said in a deep voice: "Governor Zhao, we have discussed, if your army can help us fight back to Luzon and drive away Xiyi."

"Each member of our family will give out 10 taels of silver to reward the army."

"10 taels per family?" Xu Erxian seemed to have never heard of such a large amount of money, and the wine glass fell on the table.

Yu Zhentai hurriedly said, "How many members do you have?"

"There are eight of us who escaped." Xu Gonglie said.

"Hiss, 80." Everyone looked at each other with a greedy expression on their faces.

Only Zhao Dashan remained motionless, as if unmoved, but his eyes had already betrayed him, and Xu Gonglie clearly felt that Zhao Dashan's eyes were also flickering.

At this time, another Chinese businessman said in a deep voice: "We have more than 3 Chinese in Luzon, and at least [-] were killed this time."

"The Chinese were almost wiped out, and all the wealth was plundered by them."

"Fortunately, we have a good relationship with a Xiyi. He notified us in advance to let us run away."

"If the generals fight back now, they will definitely be able to take back all the wealth of our Chinese."

"There are more than 3 Chinese in Luzon, and nearly 50 households. Even if each household has 100 taels, it is more than [-] million taels."

In fact, according to later statistics, the property losses of the Chinese reached 700 million pesos and nearly 500 million silver.

Zhao Dashan was obviously moved, but he seemed to be waiting for something.

Don't look at what Xu Gonglie said, but the fact is that the Chinese businessmen and Chinese people at that time decided to resist tyranny. Many Chinese businessmen who had fled were picked up from the sea, and they ran back together.

Seeing that Zhao Dashan hadn't spoken yet, Xu Gonglie thought for a while and said, "They are also quite rich in Xiyi."

Historically, only from 1630 to 1635, there were statistics and publicly displayed that the total income of the local colonial government in Luzon for five years was 2084781 pesos.

About 140 million taels of silver.

This is still the income from five years ago.

Xu Gonglie said that it is now estimated that the annual income is at least one million pesos (70 taels.)
If the colonial government is defeated, not only can the wealth of the Chinese businessmen be recaptured, but their wealth can also be robbed, at least the income can reach more than 200 million.

All the generals' eyes lit up when they heard it, and it turned out that what Master Ding said was right, if you want to make a lot of money, you have to rely on fighting.

Zhao Dashan finally spoke at this time: "I have no orders from the emperor, and it is a serious crime for me to engage in warfare without authorization."

"We took such a big risk to fight the war, what if we don't have 200 million taels?"

Xu Gonglie and the others looked at each other.

"Don't think I'm greedy." Zhao Dashan said earnestly: "You said that the local force is at least 5000, and I must mobilize at least [-]."

"The expenditure of 5000 people is a lot of money, and each person is paid 50 taels, which is hundreds of thousands. If a warship is sunk, it will be a blood loss."

What Zhao Dashan meant was that in addition to their 80 yuan, if they won't earn 200 million yuan, it would be a loss.

"There is no 200 million, we will make up for it." Xu Gonglie was desperate to call back at this time. He turned to look at Zhuhua merchants, and everyone gritted their teeth and nodded at the same time.

"Okay." Hearing these words, Zhao Dashan jumped up against the case, and said with righteous indignation: "The Xiyi is barbaric and cruel, killing our compatriots."

"Let them pay in blood."

"Blood debt paid in blood." All the generals and Chinese merchants shouted in unison.

After the second tragedy in history, the Ming court asked Zheng Zhilong to send troops to fight against Luzon, but he did not pay him, and sending troops at sea was more expensive, and Zheng Zhilong was of course unwilling.

This matter is over.

This made Xiyi see the weakness of the Ming court. Twenty years later, in 1662, the third tragedy started again.

It should be explained that people do not have a long memory. They were massacred twice before, and they had to go to Luzon. After more than 4 years, the local Chinese in Luzon once again reached more than [-].

This time Xiyi took the preemptive strike, using the excuse that Zheng Chenggong would call over, the whole island was searched and arrested, and they also killed people on sight. This time they killed [-] days. There is no record of how many people were killed, but at least [-] to [-].

Then there was a fourth and a fifth time in succession.

The arrival of Ding Yi terminated the three future tragedies in advance.

After Ding Yi left, Zhao Dashan began to prepare for the attack on Luzon according to Ding Yi's request.

Luzon is very close to Daxuan, and if the wind is favorable, it can be reached in seven or eight days.

But Zhao Dashan was not in a hurry to fight there. According to their early detection and the reports of residents such as Xu Gonglie, Luzon had about 4000 to [-] troops at this time.

(End of this chapter)