The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 134 Luzon version of the eight traitors
With a devilish smile on Zhu Hongyu's face, he raised two fingers and his voice was full of temptation.

He knew that for a businessman, there was no business that could not be done.

The reason why it can't be done is because the money is not in place!
Marx once said:
If there is a 20.00% profit, the capital will be ready to move;

If there is a 50.00% profit, the capital will take risks;

If there is a [-]% profit, capital dares to risk hanging its head;

If there is a [-]% profit, capital dares to trample on all laws in the world.

The Ming Dynasty was able to produce eight traitors and Shanxi merchants who resold military supplies to Jiannu and sold the military information of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the rule of the Governor-General in Manila, can't there be a Spanish businessman who resells supplies and intelligence to the Liberation Army?

After hearing Zhu Hongyu's words, Capello's heart was moved instantly.

If Zhu Hongyu was going to take his son's empty gloves and white wolf in exchange for so many supplies, he would resist from the bottom of his heart.

Even if his son is in the other party's hands!
However, if the Liberation Army wants to spend money to purchase supplies, the price can even be twice that of the Governor's Mansion.

That situation is different!

How do you say that, make money, don't be fooled!

This is the essence of capital, as long as the benefits are enough, there is nothing they can't do!
As for psychological pressure, hehe...

A group of colonists who are devoid of conscience have no bottom line at all, so how can they have psychological pressure?
As long as you can make money, what's wrong with betraying the governor's mansion?
As the West itself said, business knows no borders!
They wouldn't hesitate to call God a son of a bitch.

Zhu Hongyu spoke again.

"Accepting this transaction is the precondition for the governor to agree to your redeeming his son!"

"If the transaction cannot be completed, I can only send your son to mine!"

Zhu Hongyu gave Capello another reason.

Capello didn't want to betray the Governor's Mansion, but the rebels were holding his son's life. He was a father, and no matter what he did for his son, he should be forgiven, right?

This is the love between father and son!

Capello gritted his teeth and said.

"Twice is not enough, triple it!"

Zhu Hongyu couldn't help frowning, but after thinking for a while, he agreed.

Because the military government is about to have a decisive battle with the Governor's Mansion.

Now money can only be called money if it is spent and exchanged for goods, otherwise money is just a pile of nicer stones.

Besides, when he wins the decisive battle against the Spaniards, hehe, now that the dealer has hacked him so much, he will have to pay back twice as much.

But Zhu Hongyu did not agree to Capello's request so easily, he added conditions.

"Three times is fine, but Ben Du wants saplings of rubber trees and cinchona trees, as well as mature trees of various ages!"

"If you can feed yourself, don't fool me with dead trees, otherwise hehe..."

Zhu Hongyu came up with the idea of ​​rubber trees and cinchona trees again.

In fact, Zhu Hongyu has been thinking about rubber trees and cinchona trees since the recovery army came out of the mountains.

Rubber is a good thing. In the short term, after vulcanization, rubber can be used to make raincoats, rain boots, rainproof cloth, etc.

In the long run, if rubber can be used as the sealing material, the energy conversion rate of the steam engine can be increased several times at least.

Although it is estimated that it will be some time before the advent of the steam engine, there is always nothing wrong with preparing in advance!
As for cinchona tree, it is even more important. This is the only medicinal material known in the world that can effectively treat malaria.

However, Nanyang is located in the tropics and is in a malaria-prone area. One can imagine the importance of the cinchona tree to the Liberation Army.

It's just a pity that the Spaniards are very strict with these two plants.

The spies tried several times before and after, but failed to get the saplings.

So, now Zhu Hongyu has changed his mind, since the spies are no good, then spend money to buy it!

What the spies can't get doesn't mean that Spanish dignitaries like Capello can't get it either!

Capello thought for a while, nodded and agreed.

It was not difficult for him to get some saplings of rubber trees and cinchona trees.

There are quite a few in his own estate!

It's just that he couldn't figure it out. It's normal for the Liberation Army to want cinchona trees. After all, the bark of cinchona trees can treat malaria, but what does the Liberation Army want rubber trees for?

In this era, except for Zhu Hongyu, a traveler, no one knows how useful rubber is!
The two sides finalized the trade and the redemption of Capello's son Yada. Capello left Lingayen and returned to Manila.

Go to prepare the materials needed for the transaction!
Zhu Hongyu also continued to get busy with his own affairs, and approved an exercise plan and a field training.

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After finishing his official duties, Zhu Hongyu set off for the fortress that the Liberation Army was building.

When Zhu Hongyu arrived outside the fortress, the construction of the fortress was still going on.

A large number of natives and white prisoners of war are busy inside and out.

In addition to these prisoners of war, there are also some laborers who are also working. Most of these laborers are from the crocodile tribe and other tribes close to the military government.

Although their work is very hard and tiring, they have money to take, and their food and treatment far exceed those of those prisoners of war.

And every ten days, there will be one day of paid vacation!
On this day, even if they rest, they will still be paid.

In addition to the laborers, there are also many nobles among the aboriginals working as supervisors on the side of the recovery army, and the treatment of the supervisors is even better.

Zhu Hongyu glanced at the crowd who were busy under the sun, and ordered.

"Drinking water supply must be timely!"

"The governor remembers that there should be some mung beans in the warehouse to cool off the heat, right? Cook some mung bean soup and transport it to the construction site, giving priority to supplying supervisors and laborers."

The secretary beside Zhu Hongyu nodded in agreement, agreed to the matter, and ordered others to do it.

Then he followed Zhu Hongyu to inspect the construction of the fort.

Now the defense system of the fortress has almost been established!
The main structure is a Chinese-style city, but in some respects it also borrows the characteristics of Western-style bastions, for example, the walls are inclined at a certain angle.

Build a fort on the protrusion of the wall, firepower!

The wall stacks adopt a secondary mode!

In other words, even if the enemy ascended the city during the war, they could only ascend the first level of the city wall. At this time, there was still a high platform one person high in front of them.

If the enemy wants to really attack the city, they need to climb the high platform again!
In addition to the defense on the city wall, the Liberation Army also dug a lot of trenches and traps inside and outside the city wall, and prepared a lot of firepower points.

The streets in the city were also planned as T-shaped roads, and breast walls, firepower points and simple forts were built at the intersections of streets and streets.

It can be said that if it were not for the absence of barbed wire and heavy machine guns, the fortress of the Liberation Army would be as strong as the fortress of trench warfare during World War I.

If the Spaniards wanted to conquer such a fortress, they would not be able to do it even if they drained their blood!

In addition, the weapons workshop is also surrounded by the fortress in the middle to ensure the safety of the weapons workshop, and the recovery army can also have the ability to repair and replace ordnance during wartime.

Even when building this bastion, factors such as domestic water, latrines, and firewood and coal needed for cooking were all taken into consideration...

(End of this chapter)