Soon after Lei Shili said this, Ming's warships began to dock.
Louis, the governor of Xiyi Franji, did not stop him and actively cooperated to prepare a place for the Ming army officials to stay.
Admiral Chen Lin then asked officials such as Liu Yingqiu, a member of the Ministry of Rites, to be responsible for the evacuation of overseas Chinese, announcing to the Chinese that the imperial court was about to send troops to Luzon and would pick them up to prevent them from being invaded by the Western Manila authorities.
As soon as Liu Yingqiu arrived in Manila, the wealthy businessman Li Hai led a group of Chinese to stop Liu Yingqiu.
As soon as Li Hai and others stopped Liu Yingqiu, Li Hai took out a memorial and held it in front of Liu Yingqiu:
"Please convey the difference to the Emperor, and the overseas Han people are bathing. I sincerely ask the Emperor of Heaven to stop fighting and open trade, so as not to cause chaos in the world, increase the number of casualties, increase the crying of small people in the world, and greatly damage the saintly virtue!"
"I have heard for a long time that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has the ambitions of Yao and Shun, and loves the people as his own sons. Please also check the intentions of us small people, and do not use swords and guns to force the barbarians from all over the world into bandits and make the sea areas unrest..."
Liu Yingqiu did not expect that the first group of Han people he met when he set foot in Manila City were actually trying to dissuade the Ming Emperor from launching troops in Luzon.
This made Liu Yingqiu quite embarrassed.
Looking at Wanli's face, Louis and Lei Shili, who came to greet Liu Yingjie and other Ming Dynasty officials politely, and who were also on the lookout, secretly smiled when they saw this.
Therefore, Liu Yingqiu lowered his face and asked, "So, you are not willing to let Master Wang take you away?"
"Of course I don't want to!"
"We just want to do business down-to-earth here and support the Han people who live here, and we ask the court to make it happen!"
Li Hai replied attentively and glanced at Liu Yingqiu.
"Please the imperial court will grant you permission!"
Many wealthy Chinese businessmen who came with him started talking.
Liu Yingqiu said: "When the imperial court takes back this place, it's not that you won't be allowed to continue doing business, but the tax rate will be lower. Why don't you want to leave?"
"Then we won't leave either! We'll just stay here."
"Please the imperial court will grant you permission!"
Li Hai replied.
After hearing this, Liu Yingqiu asked: "Aren't you worried that they won't retaliate against you because you are Chinese, take your money, or even kill you all on the pretext that you are spies?"
When Liu Yingqiu asked, he pointed at Lewis, Lei Xiaoli and others.
Lei Shili didn't explain much, he just looked at Li Hai.
At this time, Li Hai replied: "Thank you, not all people are ignorant of etiquette. The officials in Manila are here on behalf of the Lord, and they are here to preach the gospel and love. For this reason, they also baptized us. They We have always attached great importance to morality, and we are all people who are willing to do our duty honestly, so naturally we will not worry that those who are also baptized will not treat us with kindness, but will use swords and guns to punish us."
After hearing this, Liu Yingqiu resisted the urge to further persuade these wealthy Han businessmen, but only accepted the memorial and said:
"I will submit your request, but don't have high hopes."
"Because the Western barbarians here have the intention to destroy China, and they have massacred all the natives in Sheliao Island, Dongpeng Prefecture. They also owe us Han people countless lives in Huangshan Town, and even slaughtered our officers and soldiers. It is no longer possible for our emperor to just sit back and watch such a treacherous bandit exist. If the emperor does not seek justice for the dignity of his country and the tragic death of his people, it will be even more unethical!"
"You are just businessmen and don't know much about political affairs. I don't care about you at all. But you should think carefully about why a person who dares to raise a butcher's knife in Dongpeng Mansion dare not raise a butcher's knife here. ?”
"Isn't the kindness shown in it just a disguise?"
After Liu Yingjie said that, he walked around to the ordinary Chinese businessmen in the back and asked, "Aren't you willing to return to China too?"
"We are willing to follow Master Wang back to China!"
"They have ordered us to surrender our weapons. Their intention is self-evident. Aren't we just waiting to die if we stay here?"
At this time.
There is a book about an ordinary Han businessman who was an undercover Jinyiwei. He said to several Han businessmen who were close to him: "Everyone, it's okay to make a little less. You will earn it back in the future. Now that the imperial court is willing to spend national funds to travel thousands of miles, Pick us up, what else can we say, we can’t really bet here that the war won’t affect us, right? It’s better than the court not caring whether we live or die and just firing guns as soon as we arrive, right?”
"Brother Zhang is right!"
"Let's follow Master Wang back!"
"We are also willing to follow Master Wang back!"
…
Immediately, many Chinese businessmen and people agreed.
Lewis, Lei Deli and others couldn't help but their faces darkened, but they couldn't say anything at this time. After all, they had promised the Ming army to allow these Chinese to leave freely.
But there are also many Chinese who are unwilling to leave, especially those who have been baptized.
Because most of these Chinese are local landowners and wealthy businessmen, they have a close relationship with the local Spanish officials. It can be said that these Chinese are their compradors, and they have a lot of trust in the local Spanish officials. .
But Liu Yingqiu still wanted to persuade some Chinese to leave out of concern for his compatriots.
For this reason, Liu Yingqiu specially found Huang Kang, the largest wealthy businessman, and asked him: "Is Huang Yuanwai willing to return to China or not?"
Huang Kang, who has a reputation as a student, said with a smile: "Students have long been accustomed to this place, and there are so many industries here that they can't move away for a while. There are also many people who stay here who rely on me to go there." To make a living, so I won’t go back.”
Liu Yingqiu couldn't help but said anxiously: "Aren't you worried that they won't harm you after we leave? I heard that you even took the initiative to persuade the Chinese to hand over their weapons?"
"What can we do if we don't turn it over? We are the people here, and the people will not fight with the officials."
"As for whether the officials here will harm us because of the imperial court's use of troops, please rest assured Tiancha. The students have been dealing with them for many years and know them well. They will not harm good people."
Huang Kang replied.
Liu Yingqiu chuckled: "What about the Dongpeng Mansion?"
"Well, the Emperor of Heaven doesn't know about this. Isn't it clear that the difference between heaven and earth is different? How many officials of the imperial court are not exaggerating to cater to the imperial court's preferences, or even framed?"
Huang Kang asked.
Liu Yingjie suddenly slapped the table and said, "You are making excuses! Pedro and Maquina recruited them themselves, and you still don't believe it."
“Students can’t believe it!”
"It's too late to be angry!"
Huang Kang replied, and then said: "After saying this, the student also told me frankly that even if things are really as expected in the future, it will be my own fault. I will not blame God even if I am under Jiuquan. They almost forced us to leave."
After hearing this, Liu Yingjie said: "Then you can cooperate with the court to persuade those Chinese who are unwilling to leave to leave. Everyone knows that you, Huang Dashan, have a great reputation here."
"Well, although the students have some reputations, how can they force others!"
Huang Kang smiled and declined.
(End of chapter)
