Chapter 133 Negotiation
Liu Yu was patrolling the dock and watched with his own eyes hundreds of Han people being taken away by soldiers.
"Wang Li, it's a good job, but the mountains and seas are doing it in your hands." Liu Yu glanced at a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes behind him and smiled.
Wang Li also showed joy. Over the days, the Ming army successively captured Lavag City, Tuglauga and other places, occupying almost the entire northern part of Luzon, which caused the Spaniards to shrink to the southern part of Luzon.
It is undoubtedly good news for Chinese businessmen who have been under the surveillance of Spanish people all year round.
In the past, these Chinese businessmen had to live cautiously and carefully under the exploitation of the Spanish and bullying of the natives, and were exploited or even slaughtered by the Spanish at any time.
Now that he turned over and became the master, Wang Li felt comfortable as he watched the natives respect the Chinese merchants.
He even thought in his mind that he should bring the people from Guangdong to Luzon in a while, which is much better than living under the Iron Tatar cavalry.
"Sir, there are three ships in total, transporting 500 Han people from Chaozhou and other places. They are honest and honest farmers, both farming and laboring, and they are first-class." Wang left his mouth and said.
This means that the Han people could settle down in Luzon and it became a fact that they could move Luzon from the mainland.
"Thanks to your tribe members in Guangdong, the court will not treat them unfairly." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"But you must be careful. You can take away the coastal fishermen who fish, or the people in the coastal areas. Didn't the Qing court ban the sea? How many people are displaced and lost their vitality? I persuade them to come to Luzon. At the same time, they should spend money and connect with the gentry. Don't be stingy. Those who need to be cleared should be cleared well. Try to let the local gentry help us cover and let the Qing court notice it as late as possible." Liu Yu said while patting Wang Li on the shoulder.
As a businessman, under the ban on sea in the Qing Dynasty, he could trade and smuggle in Guangdong to Luzon. This shows that the Wang family is very powerful, and these things can be done with his tribe members in Guangdong.
After all, they are already on the same boat as the Ming court. If the Ming court is strong, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce will also develop.
However, Wang Li had to pay for the money spent during this period, because the Ming court was financially in a shortage.
Wang Li also laughed and cried and quickly agreed.
After counting the time, it has been four months since I fled south to Luzon, which is roughly the end of the 22nd year of the Kangxi reign.
By the 23rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Qing court should have developed a maritime ban, and then all coastal ports were opened, and private trade was even allowed. This year lasted for more than 30 years.
However, Liu Yu did not know whether the direction of history would change because of himself, so he did not place much hope on the Qing court's ability to open the maritime ban.
"Sir, the Flang robot fleet has arrived." Suddenly, Wuda ran to Liu Yu panting and spoke.
"Haha, President Wang, look at the arrival of the begging envoy from Manila." Liu Yu pointed to several merchant ships outside the port and said with a smile.
This time, unlike in the past, Sir Gore actually got off the merchant ship to the dock, and Uda and others personally welcomed him.
Today, Liu Yu did not sell Gore's face, but turned back to the official residence and met the Manila special envoy in person at the official residence.
"Marty, your army is stronger than before." Gore said with a smile when he saw Liu Yu.
"Yes, my soldiers are invincible." Liu Yu deliberately typified the last few words very heavily, and I don't know if Wuda heard it.
After listening to Uda's translation, Gore nodded, obviously very satisfied with his firearm.
"To be honest, sir, we also have several trade merchant ships trapped in Lavag City due to pirate attacks. Now I hope sir can let me take these merchant ships away."
Gore's request made it difficult for Liu Yu to refuse. After all, he did not even swallow the Spanish merchant ships, let alone other merchant fleets at the port of Lavag.
"It's OK, but it requires a little handling fee. How about a ship with 15,000 Spanish silver dollars?" Liu Yu said with a smile.
Gore was stunned and said, "Sir, you really know how to do business."
"Of course, it's not as much as you earn. The mere 100 firearms cost 200,000 pesos of silver coins." Liu Yu said with a smile.
Liu Yu was worried about the last time he was cheated by Gore. One Spanish silver round is roughly equal to seven cents of silver, which is 0.7 taels of silver, and one hundred thousand Spanish silver round is equivalent to seventy thousand taels of silver. The American imperial deceased the Middle East princes in later generations, and you didn’t cheat like this.
Looking at Liu Yu's sarcastic smile, Sir Gore was not angry.
"Sir, we will get what we need in that business in Vigan."
"We merchants want to make a profit, and you need our firearms. No one of us is really losing money, otherwise our merchant ships will not enter the port of Lavag."
Liu Yu naturally could not refute Sir Gore's words.
Although the merchants cheated Liu Yu of 70,000 taels of silver.
However, when the Ming army was trapped in Weigan and isolated and helpless, it was already quite amazing that these merchants dared to do business with the Ming army.
Liu Yu naturally couldn't be demanding anything anymore, so he nodded reluctantly.
After thinking for a while, Liu Yu agreed, but after all, he was not losing money.
"Sir Gore, in addition to redeeming the merchant ship, you should have more important things to tell me." Liu Yu said.
"Yes, the Manila authorities hope that the Ming army can release thousands of Spaniards in the city." Gore spoke.
"Sir, most of the Spanish in the city are merchants and sailors. They should not be involved in this damn war." Gore said righteously.
Liu Yu shook his head, "More than half of the thousands of Spanish people in the city are officers and soldiers. If I let them back to Manila, they will definitely pick up their weapons and fight us again."
Liu Yu rejected Gore's request, Gore thought about it and said.
"There are hundreds of merchants and sailors in the city, they are innocent."
"Innocent." Liu Yu looked indifferent,
"Are they innocent?"
"Isn't the Chinese businessmen running in Luzon innocent? Thousands of Han people died at the guns of the Spanish, are they innocent?" Liu Yu asked back.
Gore's face also darkened, and his pair of blue eyes looked at Liu Yu.
"Sir, I just want to ease the relationship between you and Manila. Could it be that sir, I really want to fight the Spaniards until the last moment?" Gore said coldly.
The hall fell silent in an instant, and everyone present remained silent.
Liu Yu stared at Gore, and it was unknown how long it took Gore to break the silence.
"What if Manila pays a certain price."
"What's the price?" Liu Yu asked.
"A deal." Seeing that things were expected, Gore hurriedly said.
"A deal that has been torn between you." Gore handed over a rolled-up letter to Uda.
Wuda quickly presented it to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu opened it and looked.
The content is nothing more than a ceasefire agreement between the Ming army and the Spaniards, and both sides regard the national importance as the boundary.
Chapter completed!