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Chapter 342 Tribute
The typhoon came and went, and Chen Mu didn't know whether Regasby sent a fleet to the sea to blow the wind.

The strong wind passed through the border, and Manila was in a state of misery. At the request of Suleiman, military doctors who knew gold sores and surgery were selected, and the banner army sent nearby tribes, including the Binoduo settlement in Manila, to heal the wounded Luzon people. .

There are more than 300 people sent out. In fact, it is not enough to simply treat the wounds, the key is the dead.

The torrential rain for half a month has caused many landslides and mudslides in the mountains northwest of Manila. There are also casualties caused by houses being washed away and blown away. There are as many as a hundred reports from more than a dozen tribes.

In many cases, when the house collapsed, it would be full of households.

If the same damage happened in Ming Dynasty, there would be refugees and bandits, but this situation does not exist in Luzon.

What is there to lose? On the island, two fruit trees can live, and the land is sparsely populated. What is there to rob?

The main reason Suleiman approached Chen Mu was that he found that Chen Mu had a good way of dealing with the plague. He killed so many people in the north of Manila, and the corpse capital did not produce plague. He must have the means to avoid the plague, so he asked the Ming army to deal with the aftermath. .

The reason was very legitimate, and Chen Mu couldn't refuse it—these are the people of the Great Tomorrow, who measure the acres of land and organize households, so there is no room for error.

Originally, after Suleiman returned to Manila, he was a little tired of the Ming army wandering around, especially when he came here and saw Li Yuxi hiring people to collect sulfur, and Chen Mu also occupied the royal city, which made this heroic warrior leader feel unhappy.

But this unhappiness soon dissipated.

"Look, my lord, this small one is the tribe in the past, and this big one is Luzon Island. Now Luzon Island has no officials or kings canonized by the emperor. There are only one leader, so it is impossible to concentrate power."

Chen Mu pointed to Manila and said: "This place should be set as the capital and trading port. In the future, all open ships will dock here, and the Luzon Kingdom will collect taxes uniformly. Tax laws and laws must be formulated. For example, a ship carrying sulfur Fu Chuan, according to the value of the goods, how much tax to pay to the palace needs to be estimated by a special person."

Suleiman's eyes lit up.

"After the establishment of households and the measurement of the fields, each commoner has to pay taxes, money, food and labor to the palace every year; these incomes can be used by the king to govern the country, spend the royal court, and arm a standing army to protect the king. Civil servants recruited during the war are truly seasoned warriors."

Suleiman's eyes brightened.

"The king recruited [-] to [-] seventeen or eighteen-year-old warriors and hired Ming generals to practice them. From bird guns, armor, military uniforms to artillery and warships, the king can buy them from the Yamen of the Nanyang Minister. The Ming army is the same, with first-class armaments, first-class training, and first-class elites in the world."

Suleiman opened his mouth and asked, "Same as General Chen's soldiers?"

He didn't know how Chen Mu won the battle, and even those Lu Song soldiers who were captured after the defeat couldn't tell how they won. In short, he knew that the opponents Chen Mu encountered were not weaker than his previous army. Manila's army was even stronger than him, because he was led and defeated by the Spaniards.

According to the battle reports he knew, the enemies were all defeated at the first touch.

Chen Mu nodded heavily, and said: "The same, Luzon people are brave and fierce. They grow up and travel through mountains and rivers, and their physical strength is even better than yours and mine. They are born excellent warriors. It's just that they don't have good training, excellent weapons and protection. Armor, that's why he was defeated."

"With these, they will be an invincible army under the King's command."

Chen Mu arched his hands: "How?"

In the flickering candlelight, Suleiman looked at the map that was enlarged by more than three times, thinking about Chen Mu's elite banner army and the title of King of Luzon in the future, and asked, "General, please teach me how to pay tribute."

Is it Chen Mujiao's turn to do this?
He has never paid tribute!

"When the rainy season is over, the weather will still be calm, and the injury will be better. Your Majesty, it is best not to go alone, but go north with your family. I will send a fleet to escort you to Guangdong. From there, you will go to Beijing to select the heirs who will inherit the Lusong Kingdom and a few Only a few reliable tribal leaders will be the only ones who will be in charge of the country in the future, and they will go together and study in the Imperial College, and they will be able to govern the country better when they come back in the future.”

The closest thing Chen Mu knew to the tributary was his brother-in-law's confinement and comfort department. Anyway, the reception standard of the tributary country would only be higher than that of Yang Yinglong and not lower than him. A generation of successors will have the opportunity to study at the Imperial College; of course, envoys will be sent to the suzerain every year to pay tribute to the emperor and present treasures.”

"As for the matters in the country, when the king is away, I will take over temporarily and continue to expel Xiyi to the south, helping the king to unify Luzon."

The Luzon mentioned by Chen Mu is not Luzon Island, but the Luzon Islands. His hand moved south across the entire Luzon Islands on the map, and finally stopped at the border with the Sulu Kingdom. After the great dynasty pays tribute, there should be a governor stationed by the imperial court to govern the country and help Luzon to make the country rich and strong, and if there are no internal worries, I will bring some Luzon troops with me to continue the southern expedition and save other countries."

Suleiman really wanted to ask what Chen Mu was here for, it sounded like a god that the Spaniards forced them to believe in.

When the country is in crisis, suddenly lead the sky army to come, expel the enemy, bring wealth and technology, finish all the difficult things, and go to save other countries.

Spain played the absolute villain in this tribute.

What can Suleiman say?Now everything depends on Chen Mu's arrangement, and in his opinion, this situation is not too bad. The Ming Dynasty neither has the will to rule them, nor does it force him to do anything. Everything is exchanged in a fair way, even if he After suffering a little loss, this is nothing more than another exchange.

very fair.

Chen Mu, who walked out of the palace and rode his horse back to the city, was refreshed. Next, he was going to take down Mindoro Island, which has gold mines on the island. It is very important, not just the gold mines.

If Mindoro is taken, the surrounding islands can be connected in a line, and the fleet can completely blockade the northern part of Cebu, and many islands there are relatively flat, and they should be in a hurry recently due to the typhoon.

If you can't make the enemy feel worse, then this snow is meaningless.

He is going to discuss with Chen Lin and Deng Zilong about attacking Mindoro Island.

However, before the discussion, some flag troops along the coast rushed to Bao Xin, saying that Sun Ao of Chen Lai Island had intercepted a few boats of Japanese people, and sent a message saying that the Japanese people were on their way to Manila to prepare for the handover.

Chen Mu scratched his hair scarf, why would a Japanese come over?
(End of this chapter)