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Li Yanzhi is in an era that is almost great!

From the middle and late Ming Dynasty to the middle Qing Dynasty, it was an era when Chinese people actively expanded to the ocean! During these 200 years, Chinese coastal expatriates moved to the South China Sea. Without the support of the government, dozens of regimes of all sizes were established. The forms of regimes include kingdoms, republics, autonomous ports, autonomous regions, etc., and even the Chinese themselves ruled a great country! This situation generally occurred in Annan, Siam, Sanfoqi (Sumatra) to Luzon, spread across the peninsula and archipelago in Southeast Asia.

However, it is a pity that the greatness of this era is only the greatness of the Chinese, not the greatness of China. Since the central government is not interested in overseas and even pulls its back, the Chinese regime in Southeast Asia has risen and destroyed over the past 200 years. None of them can last for a long time, and they have not been able to integrate with their mother country. In the end, they were wiped out by European countries with national power behind them.

Perhaps, the children of overseas Chinese who were once active in Southeast Asia worked hard to eliminate the pressure of the spread of the West and built a buffer zone without knowing it. When the Europeans cleared these barriers, they continued to move forward and were the Chinese mainland, and then the Opium War, which was the consequences of self-sufficiency after the contraction of three hundred years.

In that obliterated history, I don’t know how many heroes like Zhang Qian and Ban Chao were wiped out by the rotten historian system. They were not paid attention to the court at that time, and were also forgotten by the children of the mainland because of this.

Li Yanzhi was in such an era that was almost great. He even himself did not know that a large number of talents with the spirit of the early Han Dynasty had gathered under his command at this moment! These were a group of real men who dared to rush into the sea and rage among the waves! They no longer just turned the butcher knife inward like the Water Margin, nor were they as timid as those Confucian scholars! They released their wildness on the sea, fighting against the sky, the sea, and people for their desires!

It is precisely because of such an overseas Chinese as the population base that the co-benefit fleet was almost smooth sailing when it moved south! Wu Pingbe took advantage of the remaining power of the Heavenly Dynasty and welcomed him wherever he went. The Chinese were sincerely loved, while the natives were afraid of their power and virtue.

Wu Ping's fleet had only five ships and 500 maneuvers, but his actions were like a chain, linking the generals with Luzon. He did not set up another village when he arrived, but usually like Zhan Yi was in Manila, he established a new immigration site near several Chinese villages. On the one hand, he used the power of old immigrants and provided the power behind the new immigrants.

"All Chinese in the South China Sea are protected by the Ming Dynasty and are protected by me!"

"Whoever bullies you is declared war on me! Killing the elderly in our clan is like killing my father and brother! Killing the young in our clan is like hurting my children!"

"All Chinese descendants should unite and respond to external changes!"

Wherever the Double Carp Penang goes, these slogans are being promoted!

In fact, in addition to being famous at sea and the title of Juren, Li Yanzhi did not have much substantial power to protect the expatriates at this time, but this slogan itself already has powerful power!

Chinese in Southeast Asia, whether they are Chinese on the peninsula or Chinese on the archipelago, generally have their own economic lifeline and even have their own private armed forces. However, due to the lack of organization, they are scattered like scattered sand, with clan unity and no larger-scale unity, so they cannot eventually become the masters of this region!

After the Double Carp Penang Banner entered, after Li Yanzhi's slogan was heard, not all local Chinese supported him, but through the crowd and the advocacy day after day, an unbreakable concept gradually emerged in the minds of overseas Chinese: "Everyone is Chinese and should be consistent with the outside world!"

Once this concept is formed, even if some Chinese powerful people are unwilling to unite under Li Yanzhi, they have to admit Li Yanzhi's concept!

"The Tang people in the South China Sea should be protected by me!"

"No! I'm protected!"

They hope to steal the results of this concept, but they unknowingly became propagandists of this concept.

The Chinese bloodline, which was originally divided by mountains and straits, began to flow under Li Yanzhi's advocacy and gradually became connected. A few years later, the Chinese in the South China Sea gradually formed the concept: the boundaries of China are not on the land, but on the people! Wherever the Chinese expand, they are China!

Some people have soil, and some soil have wealth!

After Wu Ping showed off a trip to Wuwei in Luzon, he led Zhang Lian to the Sulu Sea area. The Sulu Sea is located between the Luzon Islands, Mindanao and Boni Island. The Spaniards built a stronghold in the Cebu area east of the Sulu Sea. Wu Ping established a village on Palawan Road northwest of the Sulu Sea to avoid direct conflict with the other party.

As Wu Ping's deputy, Lin Daoqian personally went to Cebu to negotiate with Lopez. At the same time, he arrived in Cebu, Lopez also sent to Yuegang to visit Li Yanzhi's subordinates. After returning to Cebu, these people described Penghu, officials and Yuegang, and told Lopez that with Spain's current strength in Asia, they could not defeat the Li family.

Lopez was not surprised by this conclusion, but he felt a little uncomfortable. He was quite sensitive to the arrival of the Li family's fleet in this area and was worried that the road to the South China Sea would be cut off from now on.

"Don't worry," said Lin Daoqian. "If you can guarantee not to invade Luzon, the Chinese, and not to rob north or west of Palawan Island, then we are willing to guarantee that our fleet will not invade Cebu."

"Can the Li family ensure that our fleet passes through Luzon safely and passes through the Strait of Grand Master?" Lopez asked.

"Of course, but you must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty after entering the East China Sea."

What was the law of the Ming Dynasty? These Europeans actually didn't understand it. But after Li Yan arrived in Penghu, he once collected more than a dozen of the most basic laws from the Ming Dynasty laws, such as killers died and thieves compensated them, and promulgated Hui Hui and Folangji to most foreigners who felt fair and were willing to abide by these laws. These laws and the later mature and abundant laws became the Ming laws that overseas were considered by overseas years. However, they did not know that this was quite different from the Ming laws that were traveling with the mainland at this time.

Before coming to Cebu, Li Yanzhi asked Hillary to translate the contract that had been increased to twenty-two articles into Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and wrote down the trial procedure. At this time, Lin Daoqian took it out for Lopez to show. After Lopez finished reading it, he felt that this was indeed the legal system that a civilized country should have, and he also increased his awe for the Ming Dynasty. He thought: "The Ming Dynasty is indeed not Africa, and those countries in the New World can compare!"

“Now that we have entered your waters,” Lopez said, “we are willing to abide by your laws.”

Lin Daogan said again: "But in exchange, we hope that our ships can also go to the New World."

Lopez was a little surprised: "You are going to the New World?"

"Not necessarily." Although I have seen the map, Lin Daogan actually doesn't understand the meaning of the New World. I just heard Li Yan say it's far away, but there is gold!

"Well, if we are just doing business, we are willing to share the route with you." Lopez said: "But when you arrive in the New World, you have to ensure your safety. There are many pirates there, and we cannot protect you all the time."

"Same." Lin Dao laughed dryly: "There are also thieves in the East China Sea. We Li Xiaolian can only guarantee that you can pass through the Daman Strait smoothly. From then on, your safety will be held accountable."

At this moment, the two sides discussed the agreement on sharing the waterway. The basic form was to exchange waterway navigation marks: the Spaniards wanted to pass through Luzon and pass through the Daren Strait, so they purchased waterway navigation marks from the Li family, and the Li family would provide them with a guide; similarly, if Chinese people wanted to enter the waterway controlled by the Spaniards, they also had to purchase waterway navigation marks from the other party. The waterway navigation marks also indicated the size of the ship and the amount of inventory, which determined their value.

Lin Daogan and Lopez agreed that the two families would provide each other with a fixed quota waterway navigation marker every year. The waterway navigation markers they exchanged would not be used by themselves in the next few years because the Spaniards did not have enough ships to reach Zhejiang and Japan. The Li family was caught in a fight within the mainland and could not send ships to the New World.

As a result, both companies sold the waterway navigation mark and sold it to other merchants, so that for a period of time, the waterway navigation mark became a kind of currency in the Southeast Asian waters.

The two sides were very excited about their talks, but in fact they were both fraudulent. Li Yan directly claimed to represent the official, but he was not an official yet. Lopez claimed to represent the king of Spain, but he had not been officially appointed as governor. However, due to their respective forces and the agreed maritime rules, the agreement between Lin Daogan and Lopez in Cebu still had a considerable model influence on future generations. Lin Daogan went to negotiate with the Portuguese later, and basically used the same arguments and similar conditions.

After receiving the promise from the Li family, Lopez felt a big stone falling in his heart. For them, China shrouded in fog, the Japanese waters seemed to have reached the sun. At this time, Lin Daogan gave him another suggestion. He first asked Lopez: "I heard that you are often worried about food."

Lopez didn't expect Lin Daogan to suddenly talk about this, but Lin Daogan said it was indeed something they had troubled. They set out from Europe and crossed the ocean, of course they could not rely entirely on food supplies from Europe. Therefore, they had to set up shops to seek supplies everywhere. There are two main ways to seek supplies, one was to directly plunder and the other was to buy from locals. However, the plunder was very unstable, and buying from locals would cost a lot, which added some worries to them.

Lin Daogan obviously came prepared and said, "I'll give you an idea. You can actually open up farmland around the commercial station. This will not only achieve self-sufficiency, but also no longer have to spend so much money. Once the farm is developed, you can even make money from this. You know, our filial masters don't want you to grab food everywhere."

Lopez sighed and said, "Where do we have so many people to grow food? We also hired some natives to grow food, but these natives are too lazy! And they are clumsy, and they must be driven to do things with whips. We have too few people in Asia. Not to mention growing crops ourselves, even if we send people to supervise, we will have to wait a few years before talking about it."

The agricultural harvest is slow and the yield is low. Who can travel from Europe to East Asia these days? Which one is not ambitious? Which one is not ambitious? It is slow to do business, let alone ask them to run a manor?

Lin Dao laughed dryly and said, "Actually, we can help you solve this problem."

"Oh?" Lopez found that the people in the Li family could always give him some surprises: "How to solve it?"

"We can provide you with excellent farmers." Lin Daogan said: "These excellent farmers don't need anything. You just need to set a few pieces of land suitable for cultivation around the trading station. You can plant whatever you want. The farmers we recommend to you are very hardworking and will plant the fields without your supervision. And they are honest. As long as you treat them fairly, they will not cause trouble. In short, they are like a group of babies who can make money and are happy to give some of the money to yours!"

Lopez said in surprise: "There are such good people in the world, such good things?" He could not believe it.

"That's because you don't understand China. The wealth of our country is accumulated by tens of millions of such farmers. Because you are a friend, you reveal this secret to you." Lin Daogan said: "If you need it, we can send hundreds of people to Cebu to try it. However, our Master Xiaolian has the conditions to do this: you must protect them, not bully them, and must manage them with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. They are all fellow villagers of Master Xiaolian. If you bully them, Master Xiaolian will turn against you! Also, you are not allowed to interfere in their beliefs and do not hinder their sacrifices to ancestors."

Lopez thought for a moment and asked, "Do they bring weapons?"

"No," said Lin Daogan. "Take a hoe at most."

Lopez thought to himself that there were too many fertile wasteland around Cebu Business Station, and this matter would hardly cost him. If the farmers who came did not bring weapons, there would not be any danger.

"Then, that's OK," said Lopez. "But they can't live in the castle." He still defended himself.

"That's fine," said Lin Daogan. "They will build villages around the trading station. These farmers eat less and work more. When they come, if you want to build houses or something, they can hire them-of course, you have to pay wages and not ask them to work for nothing. They are not slaves here. If we find that you enslave them, we will send a boat to take the people away immediately."

"Well, that's fair." Lopez said. "Then let's try it first. I hope these farmers are as good as you said." (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in. There are more chapters, support the author and support genuine reading!) (To be continued)
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