On the fifth day of December, Francisco, the Governor of Manila, handed the letter in his hand to the translator next to him.
"Read it to me!"
The Spanish disdain to learn Chinese from yellow people, and the translator next to them is Japanese. However, the Tokugawa shogunate strictly prohibited the Japanese from eating the sea. The Japanese who fled to Manila in Southeast Asia have basically been expelled from Japan.
This Japanese translator had not returned to Japan for decades, and his Japanese became increasingly unfamiliar. Instead, he learned Ming Dynasty Mandarin and Spanish in Manila.
The Japanese looked at the letter written with a brush and read: "Third brother, I haven't seen you for many years. Your sister and I are very good in Manila..."
This letter was written by Lin Sanfeng, a Chinese from the "Eighth Company" who was kneeling in front of Francisco. This letter was originally going to be shipped to Macau with the Spanish ship. At this time, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of Spain merged, and merchant ships from Macau continued to
Raw silk from the Ming Dynasty was shipped to Manila, and the Spanish transported the raw silk to Europe.
But by mistake, the letter was opened by a Manila native on the ship. The native could understand Chinese and found that the content in the letter was extremely unfavorable to the Spaniards, so he handed the letter to the Spaniards.
Lin Sanfeng knelt in the office of the Spanish Governor, with cold sweat pouring down her head and trembling all over.
He really didn't expect that the Spaniards would check his private messages as a low-class Han Chinese.
The letter started with some short-term daily chores, which did not arouse Francisco's suggestions. But a sentence in the middle of the letter made Francisco frown.
The Japanese holding the letter read: "...I heard that the King of Tianjin conquered Japan, which is really amazing. Speaking of which, there are not many Francois in Manila. If the King of Tianjin comes over and takes over Manila, we can do it again.
The people of Ming Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Francisco snorted coldly.
Lin Sanfeng, who was on the ground, shook and fell to the ground with almost no strength.
He is dead.
The clerk next to him bent down and said: "Earl, if this letter is allowed to flow into the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the people of the Ming Dynasty will really know about our military strength and reality."
The clerk looked at Lin Sanfeng on the ground and said, "Earl, this Chinese should be killed!"
Francisco walked a few steps back and forth in the office and shouted: "People from the Ming Dynasty will always be people from the Ming Dynasty and will never become loyal subjects of my Kingdom of Spain."
Lin Sanfeng's face was ashen. Cold sweat dripped from his head. He raised his head and looked at the Governor of Manila. He begged in Spanish: "Your Majesty, the content of this letter was written by me alone.
My family has nothing to do with it, I beg the Governor to spare my family and only kill me!"
Lin Sanfeng knew the cruelty of the Spanish.
Manila is located in the middle of the Philippines, very close to the southern coast of China. The seventeenth century was the Age of Discovery in the West, and the Han people in Fujian and Guangdong in the East also continued to expand. Many Chinese migrated to Manila to live in various industries on the sparsely populated Luzon Island.
Profession.
But the Spaniards who ruled Manila were extremely cruel to the Chinese whose skin color was different from theirs.
At the slightest displeasure, the Spaniards launched a massacre against the Chinese.
The first massacre occurred in 1603, when the Spanish bloodbathed Manila. According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", the number of Chinese who died was 25,000, the Fujian governor estimated the number at 30,000, and the Spanish colonists estimated the number at 23,000. After the massacre,
There are no barbers, no tailors, no shoemakers, no cooks, no farmers and no herders in Manila.
The second massacre occurred in 1639. The massacre expanded to the entire Luzon Island, causing the overseas Chinese in Luzon Island to be basically wiped out. A total of 22,000 to 24,000 overseas Chinese were killed in the Philippines. "The water in several rivers was
The corpse was so contaminated that it was inedible for six months. Within many leagues around (Manila), the fish in the river were fattened by eating human flesh, so people couldn't even eat the fish."
Lin Sanfeng knew the cruelty of the Spanish, so he knew that he would die if Xin was discovered by the Spanish. His only thought was that his family would not be harmed.
Francisco didn't even look at Lin Sanfeng, but picked up his tea cup and took a sip of black tea.
"Li Zhi is unstoppable. The Chinese in Manila are ready to move and want Li Zhi to invade Manila. We cannot let the Chinese who know our details continue to live in Luzon."
"Kill them. Send out our guards and kill all the yellow-skinned Chinese."
Lin Sanfeng's eyes widened, almost not believing what she heard.
The Spanish officers next to Francisco looked at each other and were all very excited. To the Spanish colonists, the indigenous people of Southeast Asia were absolutely backward and could be exterminated at any time. However, the Chinese had advanced handicrafts and technology, and could even operate boats and cannons. They have always been regarded as
they see as competitors
What is even more detestable is that the Chinese arrived in Luzon earlier than the Spaniards, and some Chinese even regarded the Spaniards as outsiders.
The Spanish officers had long wanted to carry out another massacre against the increasingly populous Chinese.
Lin Sanfeng, who was kneeling on the ground, was stunned with shock. His whole body was shaking violently, and he suddenly crawled forward, grabbed Francisco's leather boots, and stammered: "No...no...that's tens of thousands of lives."
Ah... We Han people serve the Spanish and work like cattle and horses, how can they kill us all again?"
"How can you kill us all again?"
When Francisco saw Lin Sanfeng touching his boots, he seemed to think that the yellow man had soiled his boots, and walked away angrily. He waved to the guards on both sides, and the guards dragged Lin Sanfeng down.
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When Francisco saw Chinese Lin Sanfeng being dragged away, he breathed a sigh of relief and seemed to feel that the air in the office was much fresher.
"The massacre begins today! You all lead your troops out!"
The Spanish officers in the office agreed excitedly and rushed out with their swords on their waists.
Under the command of the officers, the Spanish soldiers shouted slogans and walked out of the military camps one after another.
Soon, miserable screams rang out in the city of Manila. Raging fires burned in the "Eighth Company", the Chinese gathering area in Manila, and groups of heavily armed Spanish soldiers began to kill Chinese people and rob the Chinese in the Eighth Company.
property and burned down the Chinese-style houses of the Chinese people.
The screams of the Chinese were everywhere. Women and children fled barefoot among the blood and flames, but they could not hide from the Spanish swords and matchlocks. The soldiers with live ammunition shot at the unarmed Chinese people.
, and then drew out his long knife and carried out a bloody charge.
The smell of blood became stronger and stronger, but the screams became weaker and weaker. The massacre lasted for an afternoon, and then the whole of Manila gradually became quiet, leaving only the fires that continued to burn and the Chinese corpses scattered in the streets.
Francisco held up his cup of black tea and stood at the office window looking at the fire and smoke from the Eighth Company.
After killing all the Ming people, Francisco felt that Manila was suddenly much safer.
