"The Chinese merchants in Luzon did not seek honor when they defected to the Ming court." Just as Lord Ruan questioned Zhao Tiange, a retainer suddenly stood up.

"The Spanish in Luzon are suspicious and brutal. They massacred Luzon Chinese merchants several times. The Ming general fled to Luzon. The Spanish were afraid that Luzon Chinese merchants would cooperate with the Ming army inside and outside, so they imprisoned Manila Chinese merchants. If it weren't for the British dealing with each other, they would probably have all the Chinese in Luzons been slaughtered by the Spanish." Resident Ruan Youjing said.

"Sir, our Luzon Chinese merchants did not collude with the Zheng army, but were cruel by nature in Spain. We insisted that our Luzon Chinese merchants colluded with the Zheng army and wanted to harm us Luzon Chinese. We had no choice but to escape from Manila overnight and head north to the Ming court." Zhao Tiange saw someone talking for him, so he quickly explained.

"That's not because you are asking for honor by yourselves, but because the Spanish persecuted you and others Luzon Chinese merchants, and you have to go to the Zheng army in Beitou." Lord Ruan said coldly.

Zhao Tiange nodded quickly,

"Everything that villain said is true. If the Lord of Luzon was generous and cheerful, how could we, the Chinese merchants, have we, go to the Ming court in the north? We were forced to do so." The Chinese merchant Zhao Tian was so tired that he could not cry, so he had to kneel on the ground and kowtowed.

This is true. At that time, the Chinese merchants in Luzon were very repulsive and even disgusted by the Zheng army's southward movement to Luzon, for fear that the arrival of the Ming army would make the Spaniards angry with the Chinese merchants in Luzon. Even if Juan repeatedly appeased the Chinese merchants, he said that Manila would not angry with the Chinese merchants in Luzon.

But during the past several massacres, the Spaniards also promised that they would not touch the Chinese merchants, but in the end, even the Chinese merchants would inevitably die.

Therefore, most Chinese businessmen who had long known the nature of the Spanish fled Manila, and later Juan did put all the hundreds of Chinese businessmen and their families in Manila in prison and confiscate their property.

Later, the Ming army's royal division arrived and repeatedly defeated the Spanish army. Only then did the Chinese businessmen choose to cooperate with the Ming court.

"So the Ming court in Beitou is forced by the Spanish, not the original intention of you." Lord Ruan said.

Zhao Tiange nodded quickly and said, "Zhao Tiange is just a businessman, which does not mean that he is loyal to the Ming court in Luzon. Seeing Ruan angry, he kept clearing his relationship with the Ming court.

"What is the point of presenting me with the letter of trade today," Lord Ruan asked again.

"The Ming court has a small land and the people need to be poor. Both military funds and banks need to be earned by the world. Now, the former Zheng general of Annan, Chen Shangchuan, wrote a letter to the Ming court to ask for help from the Ming court. In order to show his sincerity, Lord Liu Yu was willing to make a permanent love with Guangnan, and specially sent Chinese merchants to submit letters to transportation merchants."

It is no longer a secret that the Chinese in Annan seek help from the Ming court in Luzon. At least several helmsmen in the world knew that Zhao Tiange, as the owner of this ship, was responsible for escorting firearms and silver to Annan, so he naturally knew something.

"Chen Shangchuan and others were all Zheng generals, and refused to serve the Qing Dynasty. They came to the south and surrendered and were willing to be servants. Master Ruan accepted it just now, but today, the Ming merchants and others secretly colluded with Chen Shangchuan and others, what was they trying to do?" Ruan Youjing asked sternly.

"It is not about the business of Chinese merchants. This is the act of the Ming court. We are just entrusted by the Ming court to send goods to Chen, Lord Chen." Zhao Tiange suddenly stammered.

"Oh, give me something, what are you giving me?" Ruan Youjing shouted.

"Fire, firearm." Zhao Tiange timidly spit out two words.

Now, the lobby exploded in an instant, and everyone looked at each other and muttered in a low voice.

"Mr. Zhao, you go to the inn to rest first." Lord Ruan signaled Zhao Tiange to retreat under the hall.

Zhao Tiangeru was about to be pardoned and staggered out of the lobby with the help of several servants.

Seeing Zhao Tian staggering out of the lobby, Lord Ruan, dressed in gorgeous clothes, had a gloomy face.

"Sir, Dongpu Chen Shangchuan and Dingxiang Yang Yandi were both surrendered to the Zheng family. Now they have colluded with the Luzon Ming court and asked to send three thousand troops to the command of the last general. The last general will placate the Ming people of Dongpu within three months." Ruan Youjing petitioned under the hall.

Lord Ruan Phu Bing did not respond, and his old face was in a state of uncertainty.

When Chen Shangchuan and others led 3,000 troops to surrender, Ruan Phoenix actually did not want to accept it, but he was afraid that these Ming people would surrender and rebel.

After all, there were 3,000 mercenaries from the Ming people fled south, and Guangnan was weak. Although they could be suppressed, they might be damaged. So Ruan Phuc came up with a good idea, which was to send these Ming people to Dongpu, the land of Zhenla.

In this way, not only can the resettlement of these Ming army surrendered soldiers be properly solved, but also can slowly erode Zhenla land through these three thousand Ming troops, and then obtain fertile land for thousands of miles of water and Zhenla.

But no matter how much he calculated, he still didn't realize that there was a Zheng army who would go south to Luzon. He captured most of Luzon Island in just one year, and the fight made the Florian huddle in Manila City and never leave.

Nguyen Phuc also knew the strength of Luzon's red barbarians. Many Spaniards from Guangnan purchased Nanyang, and they knew the power of Spaniards.

But these Ming people actually made the Spanish in a mess and even seized the northern part of Luzon to establish the Ming court. To be honest, Nguyen Phuc was really a little angry.

Nguyen Phuc had read the trade letter submitted by Zhao Tiange and had discussed it with his ministers.

However, considering that the Luzon Ming court was established on Luzon Island and Luzon was the land of the Spanish, if they traded with the Ming court, it would anger the Spaniards. At the same time, the Qing Dynasty in the north would never tolerate these remnants of the Ming Dynasty.

If Guangnan had traded with the Luzon Ming court, it would have angered the Spaniards in the South China Sea and the Qing Dynasty in the north. Both the Spaniards and the Qing Dynasty were all giants that Guangnan could not afford to provoke. Therefore, the ministers advised Ruan Phuket, which led to the previous scene.

"The Ming Dynasty of Luzon occupied Mingcheng in January and broke 3,000 Spanish and Tufan coalition forces, occupied Weigan in March and captured Lavag in half a year. It was actually a tiger and wolf army. Now the Ming surrendered general Chen Shangchuan and others colluded with the Ming court, which may be unfavorable to Guangnan. The Lord would send troops early to destroy the Chen family in Dongpu first." Another retainer stood up and spoke.

"Father, no." Nguyen Phuc suddenly stood up to dissuade him.

He was Ng Phuc's second son, and the lobby suddenly became silent.

"Oh, why not?" Ruan Phuc asked, staring at the second son in front of him.

"Chen Shangchuan and other Ming generals stationed in Dongpu and other places. The father arranged for Ming generals to go to Shui Zhenla. The original intention was to use the Ming people to dissolve Zhenla's rule over the Shui Zhenla area and thus seize the fertile land of Shui Zhenla for thousands of miles." said the second son Ruan Phuc.

Ruan Phuc nodded, "Yes, I originally intended to use the Ming general who fled south to suppress Zhenla, and thus try to seize the water and Zhenla from Zhenla."
Chapter completed!