Chapter 180 The Nanyang Army Looks at Mr. Xingzhou
Chapter 180 The Nanyang army looks towards Xingzhou... (Change first and later)
Miaoqing looked at the rows of spiritual objects on the shelves in front of her, which were as bright as a sea of stars. The shock and complexity in her heart were difficult to express in words.
Thinking that she, one of the three sects of the Taoist sect and the leader of the younger generation of disciples of the Zaoge Mountain Lingbao sect, had traveled north and south along the Yangtze River for more than two years for a high-grade spiritual material, but found nothing.
But in the treasure house of her wealthy junior brother, there are nearly 800 high-grade spiritual objects lying quietly!
This is just a treasure house. Who knows how many treasure houses Jia Lian, a big dog, has?
Is there any trace of justice in this?
The world is indeed broken!
Can’t have it anymore!
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Jia Lian looked at Senior Sister Miaoqing beside him, a little confused.
This stunning senior sister first stood blankly inside the treasure house door for a long time, and then took several deep breaths. This action made her tall body begin to tremble, and she immediately attracted Jia Lian's attention.
Such a fragrant scenery made Jia Lian involuntarily obsessed with it for a moment even in his current state of mind. Fortunately, he quickly came to his senses.
"Cough...cough! Senior sister, you can choose slowly and you will always be able to choose the most suitable spiritual material.
This is you. When other brothers and sisters come over, I have to hide at least half of them, it’s still a bit conspicuous."
"One piece?"
"Um...these two pieces?"
Miaoqing hesitated for a moment, and took another deep breath under Jia Lian's subtle eyes.
"Forget it, no reward for no merit, just one thing!"
Jia Lian's delicate face couldn't help but evoke a beautiful arc. She turned her face slightly and blinked at Ke Qing, who was smiling on the other side. Ke Qing immediately understood.
"Sister, please don't be a heretic. Although the things inside are rare, if you keep them like this, what difference does it make if you have them or not?
If senior sister can use it, just take it and treat it as a meeting gift from me and sister Xifeng to you, senior sister."
"That's right, senior sister, I don't even have the key to this place. We finally got in once and we have to take only three or five of them. Senior sister, which ones do you like? Tell me quietly and I'll get them for you.
It’s on me!”
"This...thanks to the two girls and my junior brother, I only need two pieces at most."
"..."
If there were two high-quality spiritual objects with similar attributes, she would be confident to ask the elders on the mountain to refine a high-quality Taoist artifact for her.
It's not impossible to even go back to the mountain and search Master Zi Ning's family fortune, and then improvise a top-quality Taoist weapon.
Jia Lian and his wife accompanied Miao Qing around the treasure house three or four times with smiles on their faces, and watched her finally choose a tawny leathered wooden shield and a translucent crystal stone that shimmered with water.
After a group of four people came out of the treasure house, Miaoqing solemnly bowed to Jia Lian to thank her. After Jia Lian received a brief ceremony, he quickly asked Ke Qing to help her up.
The four of them walked to Rongxi Hall chatting and laughing again. Along the way, Miaoqing couldn't put it down and played with the two spiritual objects. With these two treasures, she had hope for the future!
Returning to the Hall of Rongxi again and taking his seats one by one, Miaoqing hesitated for a moment and then said to Jia Lian:
"Junior brother, if the spiritual objects in your treasure house are allowed to bloom like this, I'm afraid there will be something wrong..."
When Jia Lian heard this, he smiled proudly:
"Sister, don't worry. Look at the two spiritual objects in your hands that have been placed in the treasure house for more than half a year. Aren't they completely intact?
Junior brother, most of the Houtian warriors in my house take turns cleaning and maintaining these spiritual objects as a daily practice, which can not only consume their energy, but also hone their fine control of the true energy."
"Oh, that's just me being nosy."
Just admit your mistake. Why are you staring at me with your big watery eyes when you say this?
"Where, senior sister is caring about me, how can junior brother be so indifferent?"
"Hehe~"
"..."
Seeing Jia Lian acting mischievously, Qin Keqing, Wang Xifeng and the other girls couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Suddenly, the house was filled with spring scenery.
"Junior brother, my original plan was to wait for your Nanyang fleet to return the loot, and then I would return with that fleet to Luzon, but now..."
Now that she has the spiritual materials in hand, Miaoqing naturally wants to turn them into treasures that can replace her own natal tools as soon as possible.
"Senior sister, don't worry. You have enough time. I'll let Keqing and Xifeng take you to the Rongqing Hall in the back to meet my old lady. You are the first distinguished guest from my master's house. You should be allowed to meet my grandmother.
At first sight.
Then stay here tonight with peace of mind, and after breakfast tomorrow morning, I will send you back to the mountain with [Blue Dragon Jade], ensuring that you will arrive before sunset."
"So, very good!"
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After sitting for a while, Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng led Miaoqing to the Rongqing Hall in the rear to meet the old lady, while Jia Lian got up and went to the imperial city.
In Manila, more than 20 days have passed in the blink of an eye. All the buildings that were collapsed and damaged due to the war have been cleared and preliminary repairs have been carried out.
This large diamond fort, which can accommodate a hundred thousand residents, has roughly restored its former prosperous and lively scene, at least on the surface!
However, some areas that used to have a large number of Chinese people have been experiencing constant conflicts and killings these days. It can only be said that the Chinese are really the most thoughtful race. It is obvious that the city of Manila was captured by the imperial army who are also of Chinese blood.
But these people were completely dedicated to advising their Castilian masters, and even personally participated in assassinating the rebels.
On the contrary, the local natives of Luzon, perhaps seeing the glorious record and strong combat power of the Nanyang Army that easily captured the city of Manila that day, have always behaved more honestly.
After ascertaining the situation, the senior generals of the Nanyang Army, led by Liu Changgong and Fenyang Bo Xie Yun, discussed and decided not to show mercy.
After the Nanyang Army became serious, the traitors who had been making small fuss and trying to subvert "anyway" suffered heavy losses in a short period of time!
For five or six days in a row, captured traitors have been paraded through the streets, whipped and humiliated every day. Their final destination will be farms and mines across Luzon!
Endless work for the rest of their lives will become their entire life!
Manpower will be an extremely precious means of production for a long time to come. Jia Lian has already given orders to refrain from large-scale massacres unless it is absolutely necessary.
You must know that Luzon is a good place rich in products. It is not only rich in tropical fruits such as rice and coconuts, but also rich in iron, gold, manganese, copper and other mineral deposits.
Due to the limitations of the times, these precious mineral deposits are destined to be developed in only a few open-pit mines. In the visible future, these will become a huge amount of wealth that is extremely enviable.
And if you want to develop these wealth, you will naturally need a huge amount of manpower, so even if they are the most hateful traitors, the Nanyang Army will not kill them easily, but will throw them into the darkest mines with the worst working environment.
Work till death!
Finally, such ruthless measures worked, and the city of Manila and the surrounding areas began to become increasingly stable.
Now that the internal situation is gradually becoming stable, it is time to deal with external events.
Although the British, French, Dutch and others were deceived by the Luzon Governor's Palace, they sent some of their personnel as missions to Hangzhou, Guangdong, Jinling and even Tianjin to seek opportunities for dialogue with the Daqing court.
However, they still have not given up influencing the Luzon Governor's Palace from all directions. Moreover, it is time to deal with the twenty or so merchant ships and warships from various countries who were surrounded and trapped in the port during the Battle of Manila.
These so-called expedition fleets or "national fleets" composed of villains, gangsters, pirates, missionaries, and small nobles, did not always accept their situation honestly during the period of siege.
From time to time, they would join forces to make a fuss, until Jia Xiazhou and Dahei, who were sitting here, got angry. Dahei directly took action and destroyed a ship flying the Frankian flag. It was about 70 meters long and had a displacement of 1,000 tons.
The above double-decker battleship!
The sailors and soldiers on this battleship were naturally the most noisy among the twenty or so ships. It can be said that although this killing of chickens and monkeys may have some consequences, it has to be said that the effect at that time was indeed
Extremely significant.
The huge shadow field rolled down like a real mountain, and the tall mast on the battleship was bent on the spot, and then quickly broke.
Broken masts fell on the ship one after another, killing and injuring many people, and then the materialized shadow realm continued to crush down.
Countless human bodies were pressed on the deck and cabin, crushed like water bags, and blood-red slurry shot out in all directions. Finally, they were mixed with the fragments of the entire ship and sank completely beneath the sea surface, disappearing without a trace.
Watching helplessly, the huge battleship of the Francois was crushed and shattered by the dark shadow realm, and was bloody suppressed.
All the ships from various countries watching the show fell into silence, and in the days that followed, they began to ask their respective commanders for help.
Senior officials and nobles on several warships also began to write letters non-stop, and spent a lot of money to entrust the defenders to deliver them to them.
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"My lord, I have always heard that your country is a country of etiquette, but why on earth did your country kill our country's important asset, the USS Valentez, as well as several nobles of noble blood, in such a bloody and barbaric way?
They refused to give us the opportunity to pay the ransom.
If you can't give my lord a satisfactory explanation, Franji Country will seek justice for these noble gentlemen at all costs, even if it launches a war!"
Liu Changgong and Fenyang Bo Xieyun listened with calm expressions to the chatter of the Chinese interpreter brought by Officer Franchi, and then looked at Officer Franchi who had been looking ugly and glaring at them since he entered the Luzon Governor's Mansion.
Only Xie Yun replied:
"First of all, when our army was fighting the Castilians, the battleship Valentez had taken off its gun jacket and even loaded it with shells. Our army did not sink your country's warship at that time.
A battleship has already done its utmost to be benevolent and righteous.
What's more, during the period when our army took over the Port of Manila, the soldiers and sailors on the battleship Valenz continued to ignore our warnings and were the first to cause trouble every time. Our army sank the Valenz this time.
The battleship is completely reasonable, legal and compliant, and cannot be criticized!"
After hearing what the Chinese translator said, the officer of the Folangji Kingdom suddenly turned pale and started to babble again with an angry expression.
The interpreter also had a dull look on his face, but finally started to translate under the sharp eyes of Officer Fran.
"My lord said, even so, your country obviously does not need to use such brutal and bloody methods. This really goes against your country's reputation as a country of etiquette, not to mention that there are a large number of innocent sailors on the USS Valenz.
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I now ask your country to compensate five million taels of silver for the unprovoked killing of the innocent sailors on our warship Valenz! Otherwise, Franco will never give up!"
"Love will never end! You guys, tell your master that the one who crushes your Valenz battleship is a legendary powerhouse of the fourth realm who surpasses their so-called third-level faith knight!"
If the Francois are not convinced, let them go directly to the Manila Port Yamen to ask for compensation from that gentleman."
The interpreter did understand. He hesitated for a short while with a horrified look on his face before translating Xie Yun's words to the Franco officer.
After hearing this, Officer Fran's expression became even more livid. He immediately stopped talking, and without even saying a harsh word, he stood up and walked out.
The interpreter was stunned for a while, then hurriedly followed.
Isn’t it said that the noble nobles of Franji are all noble people with gentle manners and don’t show their emotions or anger? How is this...
However, after these people came here, the Luzon Governor's Palace also came to a conclusion on the ships that had been detained in Manila Port.
In addition to the battleship Valentez, which had been sunk by the Great Dark, there were three other ships of various sizes that had made attack intentions during the Battle of Manila Port, and even secretly helped the Castilians fire a few cannons.
The warship will continue to be detained, and the members on board will also be treated as prisoners of war waiting to be processed.
The other eighteen ships of various types were all released, including three imitation Galenic warships.
This move has, to some extent, eased the mood of businessmen from several Western countries.
Although I don’t want to admit it, at least during this period, merchants from Western countries were still an important part of the commercial activities in Manila and even the entire Luzon.
Subsequently, the Luzon Governor-General's Office issued a "People's Peace Announcement", announcing that commercial activities in Luzon would still be carried out according to the previous model for the time being, but the tax rate would be adjusted in accordance with the practice of the Daqing court.
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At the same time, the top generals of the Nanyang Army had looked elsewhere again. In a lively meeting room in the Governor's Palace, the names Johor and Sin Chew were mentioned repeatedly.
Johor was the Malaysia that Jia Lian knew in his previous life, while Singapore at this time was called Sin Chew and was part of the country of Johor.
Sin Chew, adjacent to the southern port of the Strait of Malacca, happens to be guarding the throat of the southern entrance to the Strait of Malacca!
Thank you to uncle v from the Tang family for the hundred rewards! I hope you, uncle, will be enveloped by Lu Xiaobai’s Buff!
Also, I’m rolling around asking for monthly tickets!
