The Sihai Chamber of Commerce recruited mercenaries, but it could only select from the soldiers retired from the Ming army.

All the muskets and cannons purchased from the Firearms Department at high prices can only be used by mercenaries.

In disguise, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce spent a lot of money to hire Ming Jun to protect itself.

This is essentially different from the Western mercenaries of the same period.

The most important thing is that every time the chamber of commerce goes to sea, mercenaries must follow and protect it. This also makes the Ming court know the destination of every voyage of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, whether it is the route or the cargo on the ship.

The senior executives of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce dare not speak out.

"If the Ming court really had this intention, then wouldn't my long sea really become the leader of the four seas?" Zhao Tianming suddenly burst into laughter.

"How long will the fleet return to Rawag?" asked the first mate next to Zhao Tianmingchao.

"If you have a good wind, you can reach the Luzon waters in about 20 days." The first mate on the side replied.

"Okay, okay."

"After we return to Lavag, we will immediately discuss with all the ship owners in the sea. We must also make corresponding preparations, right?" Zhao Tianming was immediately full of enthusiasm after hearing Wang Zhu's insights.

Compared with the other three seas, Yuanhai has the most wealthy businessmen, the most silver and the most contacts among the four seas.

It can be seen from the two missions to the South China Sea that the Ming court appointed the far sea.

The strength of the long sea is indeed the best among the world.

If the Ming court really wanted to delegate power to Yunhai, it would acquiesce Yuanhai to become the East India Company of the Ming Dynasty.

Then, the distant sea may really dominate the Southeast Asian country.

"Master Zhao, this is just my guess. As for what the Governor should do, how can I know?" Wang Zhu smiled, thinking that Zhao Tianming was too anxious.

"In your opinion, what should we do this time when we return to Lavag?" Zhao Tianming hurriedly held Wang Zhu's hand and humbly asked for advice.

Wang Zhu suddenly showed an undetectable smile from others, let go of Zhao Tianming's hand, and stretched out two fingers.

"obedient!"

"Assuming?" Zhao Tianming nodded thoughtfully.

"The four seas are just four dogs raised by the Ming court."

"But these four dogs were not used to visit the house to protect the hospital, but to help the Ming court hunter."

"It's just that the dog in the far sea is stronger and more fierce, and naturally beats the most prey, so the hunter of the Ming court naturally loosened the chains on his neck."

As Wang Zhu said, his face suddenly became narrow and his eyes became sinister.

"This does not mean that this dog in the far sea can become a wolf."

"I understand what you mean. Most of our family property is in Luzon."

"Even though the Ming court really delegates power to us, we still want to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and be the most loyal servants of the Ming court." Zhao Tianming said with a smile.

"When we were waiting for the shipping merchant ship to leave Lavag, our Ming Navy was expeditioning to Jiading. I believe that at this time, the Ming court had already conquered Jiading and was preparing to expedition the Qing Dynasty in the north." Wang Zhu suddenly changed his mind and talked about the Ming court's expedition to Dongpu.

"Well, the king's army is about to fight against the Tartars and Qing Dynasties. We should pay 200,000 silver taels from far away as military pay for military benefits. At the same time, we are sending 20 merchant ships and 700 sailors to assist the Ming Navy in expedition against the Tartars and Qing Dynasties." Zhao Tianming said righteously.

"This gift is not light." Wang Zhu nodded, looking at the sharks swimming on the sea not far away.

Luzon, Vigan City

Liu Quan was inspecting an infantryman under the city at the top of the city.

These are the officers and soldiers of the Weiwu Town formed after the destruction.

Unlike the navy that was expanding its army wildly, after taking down Lavag and pacifying the northern battle in Luzon, the Ming army of Luzon was ignored by the Ming court.

Except for all elite troops from each town, all the towns were transferred to Huben Town, making Huben Town a big town.

The other towns, both Weiwu Town and Auxiliary Town, were greatly weakened because their elite troops were drawn and supplemented to Huben Town.

As a result, for a period of time, the two towns had only a few thousand troops added up.

Now the Ming court has frequently made expeditions, and a large number of naval warships have been transferred overseas.

Correspondingly, some elite army town troops were also successively drawn to follow the Ming Navy to conquer Annan.

This made the troops of the Ming Army Town on the island short of strength.

Some foreign clubs, which were originally guarded by Ming army officers and soldiers, had to appoint local foreigners to form rural soldiers to maintain order.

The evacuation of Ming army officers and soldiers naturally led to the increasingly rampant rebellion in foreign communities in various places. Many foreign communities even saw cases of bandits plundering villages and killing Ming officials.

There were even three foreign clubs who refused to pay taxes, which made Liu Quan furious.

"Sir, don't worry, it's just a few bandits. Once my Ming Dynasty King's Army arrives, I will definitely kill all these bandits." The general of Weiwu Town looked at the officers and soldiers of Weiwu Town who were lined up to leave the city and spoke.

Although the town has only a mere 800 troops, it is still more than enough to deal with bandits.

Thanks to the prosperity of shipping in the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, large wood from all over the Southeast Asian region was continuously transported to Luzon, and iron smelting plants near Lavag also began to expand production, and every month it continuously provides pig iron and cooked iron to the firearms department to cast artillery.

Compared with the production capacity in the previous two months, the production of firearms and casting guns this month has even doubled.

Although heavy artillery firearms like the Zhennan General Cannon and the Huben Cannon are still in limited production capacity.

But medium-caliber artillery like the Big Bolang machine cannon (six pounds) and the Ficcolin cannon can basically be equipped with the entire army, and there are even some more for sale to Sihai merchant ships as escort artillery.

As for small-pound cannons like the Xiaofolang machine cannon, the Ming army could even be delegated to basic combat units such as the Associate and even the Squad, as an Associate Defense Cannon.

It is just a small town of 800 people, and it is equipped with more than 30 cannons, with a fire density that is surprising.

Of course, these 800 people are actually just the normal military configuration of Weiwu Town.

The civilians who escorted artillery and gunpowder and the baggage carriage were not included.

In other words, all logistics units were not included in the Ming army organization.

Therefore, although the combat force that left the city this time was only 800, the logistics personnel escorting artillery and food were counted as large as nearly 2,000.

"But it's just a few fan clubs that have caused chaos. Is it necessary to mobilize such a large army?" A local official said in a chilling tone as he looked at the mighty Ming army under the city.

It takes no money to drive the army. There are so many people and so many mouths. How much money does it cost?

Just a few new fans, is that?

"What do you know? My Ming court is about to fight against the Tartars and Qing Dynasties. General Liu is consolidating the southern border to intimidate the villains." A general glanced at the official of the Ministry of Revenue and scolded angrily.
Chapter completed!