Dragon Sea Empire

In the original historical time and space, the Spaniards sent envoys to China after the massacre in an attempt to ease relations with China and shift the responsibility for the massacre to Chinese businessmen.

After the massacre, social life throughout the Philippines was affected.Traffic was cut off, trade was halted, animal husbandry and various other service industries were also stopped, and the entire Luzon has virtually become a dead place.This tragedy caused serious damage to the Philippine economy.In this time and space, due to Yin Feng's intervention, the Spaniards suffered even more serious losses in personnel and property.After the incident, Li Dan was the only Chinese left in the entire Philippine colony, and he stayed alone in the prison, probably because he was forgotten by the Spaniards.Before the war, less than 1000 men and women lived in Luzon. After the incident, there were less than 500 Spanish colonists and only 150 soldiers left.Governor Acuna had to ask Mexico for reinforcements and to bring more immigrants from the country, otherwise the Spanish colony in the Philippines would exist in name only.

However, it is impossible to rebuild the Filipino socio-economy without the Chinese.Before the massacre, all economic activities in Luzon were run by the Chinese, and it was impossible for the colonists to leave the Chinese in all areas of life and work.The Philippines does not produce mysterious precious metals (gold and silver), nor any special products (spices). The basis for maintaining the prosperity of Manila is the trade of Chinese merchants.Therefore, Governor Acuna sent a mission headed by Captain de la Cueva to Macau to find a channel of communication with the Chinese government.Also setting off together were the business agent of the Governor General, Francisco Diaz de Montoya, a new Christian, and a Spanish Jesuit monk as a guide.

Yin Feng didn't want to explain too much, sometimes it is necessary to maintain a sense of mystery in front of his subordinates.He brought the topic back to the original topic: "Guangshi, the assassination of the Greek envoy must be kept secret. Do you think there are any mistakes?"

Although Lin Xiao was a little impulsive and reckless, he was a smart person: "The problem right now is that the movements of this envoy from Guanla are unknown. If he stays in that fan monk's house all the time, we will have no way of attacking him."

"His movements, hehe, Magaro is here, he will tell us."

As soon as the words fell, Magaro appeared on the balcony.This is the inner room of the master's house, and ordinary black slaves are not allowed to enter casually.However, Magaro is basically a free man, except that he still owes a legal procedure.He has always treated Yin Feng with great respect, so he didn't take a seat, but just stood aside and talked.

"I have already contacted those black brothers. A brother of my race is working in a missionary's house. Among the black slaves brought by the Spaniards, there are also Bantu people from East Africa..." He spoke in Portuguese, Lin Xiao listened very hard, and interjected: "When will they go to outdoor activities? They will definitely go to church on Sunday, right?"

"I found out that on Sunday, that is, the morning of the day after tomorrow, they will go to the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary to attend mass, and then go to visit local Chinese businessmen."

Yin Feng nodded: "They cannot be allowed to contact Chinese businessmen, and the assassination plan must be completed before then."

Lin Xiao couldn't help asking: "Why?"

Yin Feng sneered: "We are businessmen, we are only interested in profit, as long as there is money to be made, we can do anything. Once those local Chinese businessmen are seduced by the Ganla people, there will be someone who will go to the imperial court to say good things for the Ganla people. Once the imperial court issues an edict If we are allowed to continue to trade with the Ganba people, then our trade embargo is openly against the imperial court, and we don’t have the strength yet.”

"No strength? Could it be..." Lin Xiao hesitated to speak, bowed his head and drank tea.

Yin Feng asked Magaro: "Why do they go to the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary instead of the Cathedral?"

Magaro shook his head and spread his hands to express that he didn't know.

In fact, the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary originally belonged to the Order of St. Dominican. It was built in Macau in 1587 by Spanish monks from the Philippines. The Spaniards were driven out, and the church was managed by Portuguese believers.The Spaniards chose to go here for mass, probably because it has a relationship with the Spaniards.

Yin Feng led Lin Xiao, Magaro, Chen Zhongji and others in front of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, admiring the gorgeous and magnificent main entrance of the church.

This is the center of downtown Macau. The church was built to worship Our Lady of the Rosary. It was originally built with camphor wood, and later replaced with solid bricks that were plastered by Yin Feng in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Portugal. and often adopted architectural styles.The church has three halls, the main hall is deep and wide, and an arch made of solid bricks separates the main hall from the hall.The ceiling in the sanctuary is decorated with patterns, including a crown pattern, which happens to be on the main altar. The door is exquisitely carved, and the interior of the sanctuary is colorful. The patterns formed by the combination of stained glass in different shapes give people a bright feeling There is a statue of the Virgin holding the Holy Child on the altar, and a statue of the Virgin of Fatima is placed in the church. The trip of the Virgin of Fatima on May [-] every year starts from this church and ends at Bishop's Hill. Church, Mass will also be held during this period.The nearby St. Paul's Church is still under construction and will become a landmark of Macau in the future: Ruins of St. Paul's.

During this time, the cross at the top of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary was skewed due to last year's typhoon, and it was being repaired by a group of Chinese craftsmen.

Now, several craftsmen are painting the walls from the roof.One of them was not doing any work, but was standing on the pointed vault, holding on to the cross, turning his head up and down, left and right, looking around.

Lin Xiao laughed, and whispered to Yin Feng: "Boss owner, look at Luo Aquan's appearance, hehe, he is lazy and doesn't work!"

Yin Feng set up the awning and looked up, just as Luo Aquan was also looking at them, he nodded inconspicuously, and turned to work behind the cross.

Yin Feng smiled and said, "Guangshi, tell the brothers at night, try not to attract people's attention. Where are those original craftsmen?"

Lin Xiao said: "I gave each of them 10 taels of silver, and they will board the boat and go back to their hometown in Guangzhou tonight. It was the foreman of Flang who gave 10 taels of silver too much."

"Is this guy in trouble?" Yin Feng asked seriously.

"No, this guy is lazy and doesn't care about anything. He only comes to the construction site once a few days, so don't worry."

Yin Feng emphasized again: "Attention, this operation must be foolproof and absolutely confidential, understand?"

In order to ensure success and absolute secrecy, all the direct descendants of Yin Feng's direct descendants were used in this assassination operation: Danmin sailors.Of course, except for the planned sharpshooter Luo Aquan.

In fact, this plan was launched hastily.

Yin Feng did not expect to cut off the connection between the Spaniards and China.For more than half a year, he has been busy building infrastructure on Taiwan Island, receiving groups of Fujian businessmen, and writing a series of written materials such as the company's articles of association all day long. He has been extremely busy.He is a future traveler, but now he has to work in the traditional agricultural society at the pace of the electronic and information age.He himself was fine, and the others around him were totally out of tune, exhausted by him, struggling to cope with his endless requests and plans.One result of this is that according to the company's articles of association, he only has 20.00% of the shares, and Li Dan's family has the same right to speak as he does; With most of the power, it is easier to promote one's own plan.

In fact, Li Lihua, the representative of Li Dan's family, doesn't care about the company's business at all.She fell ill as soon as she arrived in Taiwan.After all, the girl had never traveled far, and her living conditions were very affluent since she was a child, and she had never suffered much, so she fell ill as soon as she arrived in Taiwan.After recovering from illness, the company's system has basically been established, and she didn't want to participate in the management, but returned to Fujian.Li Lihua's own father is also from Fujian, and she has never been back to China since she was born.

On a certain day in April, Li Lihua's home visit tour ended, and she returned to Taiwan from Quanzhou with Yin Feng's cheap concubine Mai Wan'er.Wan'er was specially picked up by Chen Zhongji sent by Yin Feng to Quanzhou, in order for Wan'er to bring the manuscripts for opening cheats.

In order to find some contents of the Dutch East India Company, Yin Feng dug through his bible-like manuscripts for a long time, but found out the historical fact that the Spaniards sent envoys to China to communicate after the Manila Massacre.In the original historical track, the Spaniards found several Zhangzhou businessmen in Macau, and lured them to write a letter to the governor of Fujian with generous business conditions, justifying the massacre of the Spaniards.

At this time, the top and bottom of the Ming court were most concerned about the issue of Emperor Wanli's establishment of a prince, and the demon book case made the court restless.The second demon book case involving the so-called "country-based dispute" occurred at the end of the 31st year of Wanli. In the 32nd year of Wanli), it was barely understood in May, but its influence has reached far beyond the court, and spread throughout the court and the public, and the sinister court struggle has not subsided.

Tens of thousands of merchants from Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other places in Fujian Province jointly wrote a letter to the governor of Fujian Province to sue the indiscriminate killing of Ganguan La people in Lusong, which happened in the second month of the lunar calendar this year (1604).Tens of thousands of people in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou jointly appealed, some of whom were organized by the China United Company.Officials of the Ming Dynasty, represented by Fujian governor Xu Xueju, did not know of the Manila massacre until this time.

In the original historical track, the Spaniards encouraged several Zhangzhou businessmen to write to the governor of Fujian, and finally reported it to the imperial court. The result was thunderous and rainy, and Emperor Wanli executed Zhang Ni and his accomplices for deception. It was just a reprimand, publicly declaring that the Chinese merchants who died in Luzon were abandoned people who abandoned their kings, declared that there was no need to fight for these untouchables and the Spaniards, and promised to restart the trade between Luzon and China.

Yin Feng does not expect this period of history to be completely changed because of his appearance, but he wants to delay the development of this period of history.Therefore, cutting off the connection between the Spaniards and the Ming government and killing all the Spanish envoys is the most direct and effective way.At least the imperial court must be confused about the actual situation in Luzon, and under the pressure of the merchants' complaints, they will not easily compromise with the Spaniards.In this way, the China United Company's trade embargo on Luzon will not conflict with the imperial court's will, and it will have the opportunity to rationally and legally integrate the power of Fujian's seagoing merchants.The so-called Jinghai gang, needless to say, is Yin Feng's trick to confuse the public. In fact, Lu Shitou has already recruited people along the coast of Fujian according to his wishes. Down, start to gather again.

Yin Feng, on the other hand, left behind a lot of company affairs. He brought people and hurriedly appeared in Macau in the Xinxing model that had just been refurbished.

Fortunately, Spaniards are not very popular in Macau.Their arrival will always be paid special attention to by the Macau City Hall, and Bernardo is a member of the Municipal Council, and the news of the Spaniards appearing in the port will be passed on to him as soon as possible.Therefore, Captain de la Cueva's Luzon Colonial Spanish Mission had just landed in Macau Port, and it had already been watched by countless Chinese.Their every move will be reported to a Danmin fishing boat in the harbor, and then passed on to Yin Feng and others who live in Bernardo's family through the Chinese hawkers who buy and sell small commodities.