The grape trellis in Wang's backyard almost collapsed because Wang Yuan wanted to send his eldest son to Nanyang.
Song Ling'er wore the armor given by the late emperor, carried a long knife on her waist, and hung a bow and arrow on her back. She rushed into Wang Yuan's study on horseback, pointed the knife at her husband: "If you are tired of me, I will take Ce'er, Che'er, Ming'er with me."
Just go back to Guizhou. If you dare to send Pei Ce'er to Nanyang, I will fight with you today!"
Wang Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He went over to help his wife off the horse and explained with a smile: "Madam, please calm down and listen to my husband's explanation."
Song Ling'er didn't wait for Wang Yuan to get close, but struck at him with a knife: "I don't have much education, so I'm afraid I'll be deceived by you, so don't explain. Just say one word, will you let Ce'er go to Nanyang?"
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Wang Yuan narrowly avoided a knife attack, went around and closed the door, and whispered: "Not only Ce'er is going to sea, but our whole family will be going to sea in the future. Tianzhu, Luzon, Java, Johor, Borneo (Kalimantan Island)
, Jinzhou (Sumatra Island)... take them all, and the children will all become kings. The combined territory is much larger than the Ming Dynasty."
Song Ling'er's anger subsided a little, and she said angrily: "These are places where birds don't poop, who cares?"
Wang Yuan said: "In addition to the weather hotspots, the land there is very fertile. As long as more Han people migrate there, how will it be different from the Ming Dynasty after it prospers?"
Song Ling'er was silent, thought for a moment, and asked: "Do you really want to go to sea in the future?"
Wang Yuan replied: "I must go to sea, otherwise the emperor will be uneasy. As for the children, if they want to go to sea, they can go to sea, and if they want to stay, they can stay. As long as I am alive, no one dares to touch them!"
Song Ling'er suddenly showed a smile, turned over and dismounted and said: "Don't let Ce'er go, I will conquer Luzon myself. Anyway, the capital is very boring, so I am looking forward to a war. It will definitely be interesting to fight overseas."
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "Ling'er, you don't understand what colonization is. There are indigenous people on Luzon Island. In the past, we had to kill people and seize land. This is not just a game played by children. In the future, the more immigrants there are, the more land we will seize.
The more indigenous people are killed and the more indigenous people are captured as slaves. This situation will last for at least fifty years. Only when the number of Han people is large enough will they relax their suppression of the indigenous people and start from suppressing, killing, and plundering.
Transformed into assimilating natives.”
Song Ling'er suddenly realized: "This is like being a bandit, killing people and setting fires."
Wang Yuan said seriously: "Those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will be princes. Those who steal homes and homes are called bandits, and those who capture an island are called kings!"
"Okay, I know, you don't have this kind of thing in Guizhou?" Song Ling'er said, "Cer'er is young and unreliable in his work. I will help him steer the ship for a few years. I will return to Beijing when I have enough fun."
Wang Ce turned 18 at the end of last year, and his wife Luo Shi was still pregnant.
After the young couple said goodbye, Wang Ce followed his mother Song Ling'er to Tianjin. Accompanying him were Song Ling'er's married guards, or the children of those guards.
The maid A'le married a guard named A Gui. The couple went to sea with Song Ling'er and left their two children in the care of the Wang family.
The oldest Achai and Ngawang sent their sons to follow them due to their physical disabilities and old age. The two of them alone have five sons, ranging from sixteen to twenty-five years old. And
He has been studying and practicing martial arts in the Wang family. Not only is he proficient in bow and horse, but he can also use firearms.
…
The first year of Shaofeng, AD 1931, June.
Chen Li led a fleet carrying more than a thousand immigrants to the Bay of Fonseca in Central America, also known as Dasheng Bay of Yinzhou.
Song Ling'er and Wang Ce took a boat south to Luzon.
Wang Yuan also had a fleet, flying the royal dragon flag, which contained Zhu Houzhao's shares, and the ships were donated by Zhoushan pirates.
In fact, Zhu Houzhao took dry shares. After making a lot of money from Yinzhou gold and silver, he no longer looked down on the fleet's money. Wang Yuan did not burn bridges and still distributed money to the royal family, but not in proportion to profits, but in proportion to profits.
A fixed amount of 5,000 taels of silver is paid every year.
Relying on the convenience of Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yuan, this fleet developed very quickly and owned more than 80 merchant ships of various sizes, 26 of which were armed merchant ships.
The manager of the caravan is called Bao Chaoxiang, Wang Yuan's first disciple. The rest of the ship stewards or accountants are all Wang Yuan's students or disciples. Some of them couldn't even pass the examination, so they simply went to sea to make money. Especially in the beginning
The management team all owned shares in the fleet, with Bao Chaozhen alone holding 3% of the shares and Wang Yuan himself only holding 60%.
Tianjin, port.
Prime Minister Bao bowed his hands in greeting: "Well done, Master Madam!"
Song Ling'er clasped her fists in return and said, "Let's talk on the boat."
The fleet, already loaded with cotton cloth, immediately set off for Fujian for sale, where many maritime merchants transshipped cotton cloth for sale overseas.
Song Ling'er asked: "Where is the team?"
Prime Minister Bao Chao said: "They are all in Shilang Bay in the north of Luzon Island, where we have our private military port. There are three thousand people in the team, all of them are young and strong refugees. They have been training for more than a year, and they all use rifled guns with bayonets.
, and twelve new artillery pieces.”
The so-called "Shilang Bay" refers to Bangui Bay in the northern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
At this time, there were large areas of primitive unclaimed land in the north and east of Luzon, and the indigenous people were still practicing slash-and-burn farming.
As early as when Wang Yuan was the Minister of Rites, he had fleets continue to immigrate to the Philippines.
There are not many, with 500 to 1,000 immigrants immigrating every year. Over the past ten years, the total number of immigrants has exceeded 10,000. These immigrants have harmonious exchanges with the local indigenous people. Because the land is vast and sparsely populated, there are no land conflicts. The Han people also teach the indigenous people advanced farming techniques.
Children who marry early can run all over the place.
At the end of the previous year, there was a severe drought in several southern provinces. Wang Yuan recruited 3,000 young refugees at one time and transported them to Shilang Bay in northern Luzon Island for training.
Song Ling'er looked at the map of Nanyang. The densely packed islands made her feel a little confused and asked: "Go to Luzon directly?"
Prime Minister Bao Chao shook his head and said: "Yes, attack Luzon first, then Fengjiashilan, then go south and annex Gumalalang, Maoliwu, Wangjinjiaolao, Shayao and Nabi."
Wang Ce scratched his head and said, "Senior Brother Bao, there are so many country names, I'm almost confused."
Bao Chaoxiang smiled and said: "Don't think these are countries, in fact they are similar to the villages of the Ming Dynasty. One island and one country, the small one has a population of more than a thousand, the large one has a population of two thousand, and those with a population of more than five thousand can dominate the islands. Really
The only one to worry about is the Sulu Sultanate in the south."
For example, Cebu Island, which Magellan passed through, was a country in the eyes of Ming Dynasty officials, with a population of only about 2,000. These 2,000 people were still conquering the surrounding islands, and Magellan helped them fight, but the result was that they lost the battle.
These small countries are also known locally as "balanga", which means "sailing ship".
Some of the kings of "Balanga" are called "Hari" (from Sanskrit), and some are called "Sultan" (from Green religion).
The Luzon Kingdom does not occupy the entire Luzon Island, and many places are in a primitive state. In the southwestern region of Luzon Island, there is also the Fengjiashilan Kingdom, where the pirate Lin Feng founded the country in history.
Song Ling'er, Wang Ce's mother and son were seasick for about two days, and finally adapted to sea navigation.
They were familiar with all kinds of relevant knowledge along the way, including nautical charts, star positions, tides, storms, trade winds, currents, reefs... and so on. It will definitely not be learned in a while, and they need to keep running boats and gradually master it. As for naval battles
Technology requires more practice.
It was already mid-August when we arrived at Shilang Bay in northern Luzon Island.
The mother and son rested and adapted to the local climate, then began to take control of the three thousand musketeers, and appointed the guards they brought as officers. They trained in this way for more than a month.
Finally, in early September, Song Ling'er led 26 armed merchant ships and went south to attack Luzon. She didn't understand naval battles and left them to Prime Minister Bao. Song Ling'er was only responsible for landing operations.
The first target of the attack is called "Beautiful Coast Port". There are more Han people than indigenous people, and some Han people have settled here since the Song Dynasty. This port is the only place for Fujian maritime merchants to go to Luzon, and the number of Han people is increasing.
It formed a port city. Historically, this city was later colonized by Spain and renamed "Vigan City". The Han people were expelled and persecuted.
"Boom boom boom!"
26 armed merchant ships fired cannons into the sky, with a large word "王" hanging on their masts.
The merchants and merchant ships in the port panicked, thinking that pirates were coming to rob the port. They quietly prepared weapons to resist and sent people to negotiate to delay the attack.
A man came in a small boat, raised his hands and shouted: "Xu Wei, I'm in Zhangzhou, may I ask who is here?"
Prime Minister Bao Chao walked to the bow of the ship: "Do you know Mr. Wang Ge?"
Xu Wei asked: "But the world-famous Wang Erlang?"
"Exactly," said Prime Minister Bao Chao, "Wangge Lao's wife, Mrs. Song, and Wangge Lao's son, Ce Xianggong, personally led the fleet to conquer Luzon. Do you want to help Luzon fight against the heavenly troops?"
Xu Wei obviously didn't believe it: "What kind of person is Mr. Wangge? How could his wife and children come to Nanyang?"
Prime Minister Bao Chao smiled and said, "Then have you heard of my name, Prime Minister Bao Chao?"
Xu Wei was shocked: "It turns out that Mr. Bao is in person, so this must be true. Everyone, please wait a moment. I will go back and persuade the merchants to offer the city."
This poor place no longer belongs to the territory of Luzon at all, and the residents are all indigenous people who cultivate slash-and-burn farming. Because it is located on the only route from Fujian to Manila, Chinese maritime merchants set it up as a supply point, and gradually developed it into a trading point.
It has become increasingly prosperous over the past hundreds of years, and when the Luzon Kingdom expanded, it also swallowed up the Port of America.
The Luzon Kingdom had little control over the city and mainly relied on Han autonomy. There was a fixed annual tax collection, and once enough money was given, it was ignored.
However, the tax quota is getting higher and higher, and the merchants in the city are becoming increasingly dissatisfied. Once encountering an invasion from outside, it is a normal operation to surrender to the enemy as long as you can ensure your own safety.